The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

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The regular meeting of the Topeka
/ day at the Y. w c. a. At the bust
ness session it was announced that the
! Kansas Federation annual meeting
would be held in Topeka the week of
April 9, and that the national fedora
ton president, Mrs. Percy Pennypack-
er, would probably attend
] Also the women of the federation
1 agreed to take five tickets each for
sale for the musical comedy Miss
! Nancy
The afternoon meeting was in
charge of the department of justice
and the speaker for the day was DR..
! Charles NJ. Sheldon. DR.. Sheldon ex-
ploded some bombs in the com panY,
by pointing out, under the subject
/ The Worst of Us and the Best of U.s.
some of the details in the social or
ganization of the life in this city and
/ county. He mentioned as one of the
ton of affairs, the poor farm, where
the fifty people who are thus cared
for, are housed worse than cows and
horses and autOm ObileS, " here old
people go to cold rooms to sleep, with
out even light He suggested that
the farm might be sold and a ten-acre
tract nearer town bought, and some
! proper buildings put up. He told of a
! young italian boy, i'll with tuberculosis,
who had begged for a priest to be
sent for, but owing to the distance and
the difficulty of reaching the place,
his request had not been granted.
He spoke also of the city Jail, its
filth, it's tumble-down condition, and
its general inadequacy. In connection
with city affairs he also said that he
d thought the women police would some
4 time be employed again in Topeka.
4 g The theater came in for an ar
raignment. THE boards that adver-
tise some of the moving picture shows
are shameful" DR.. Sheldon declared.
On cd
to view an advertising bulletin that is
an insult to every woman in Topeka.
1 have pointed it out to a number of
people. l do not know whether the
picture was as bad as the notice of il
or not, but no such advertising should
be permitted"
IT have inquired of the chief of po-
lice, and he tells me that the crimes
of the city are committed by about
800 people out of the SO. 900 that make
up our population, and that If those
500 could be eliminated from our
town, and none of their kind permit
ted to enter, our city would be prac-
ticalIy free from crime"
DR.. Sheldon pointed out a long list
of the good points in the life of To-
peka citizens, and to make the case
clear, he contrasted this city with q
town of the same size in Turkey, from
which Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard of DR..
/ Sheldon's congregation have recently
returned.
After his address Mrs. H. o. Garvey
spoke of a picture show she had seen
that she considered harmful and low.
and she asked if DR.. Sheldon could
suggest something the federation
could do to keep such reels from be-
ling shown. He replied that there was
a great lack of first class pictures
| available, and that if more good pho
/ toplays were written they would I'M
doubtedly be used. He suggested the
boycott of unwholesone plays and pic
4 lures.
In the morning, open meetings of
4the departments of literature and of
home economics were held. At the
J department of literature meeting, Miss
y Effie Graham read a paper on "A
forecast of the Literature of a Cen
\ fury Hence" Miss Graham is a clev-
er writer and gifted speaker, and
n sl1e has a comprehensive knowledge
/ of English literature and the trend of
literary thought. The century past,
she said, was the age of romantic ffc-
ton and epic poetry, but that age has
| passed, and the able writers are NOV
ing in another direction. The litera-
ture of the future, as evidenced by
I the changes in the past few decades.
4 will be of the sort that recognizes and
/ ennobles the everyday phases of COM
monplace existence, that sets forth the
beauties in humble walks and common
ways
Mrs Albert Greet OF Kansas City
was the speaker at the meeting of the
/ department of home economics. She
spoke on food values and proportions.
She mentioned especially the necessity
/ for wholesome and nourishing food for
1 students and growing children. Her
speech was strictly practical and dealt
with particular foods and classes of
edibles.
The music fer the morning meeting
was furnished by Miss Jeanette Price,
who sang, and Mrs. Carey Wilson.
Mrs. Alfred Spicy of Abilene, Mrs.
Frank Whitmore, Mrs. George Payne
and Mrs. Parks Bennett sang trio.
and the members OF a sextet were:
Mrs. Charles Joslin. Mrs. James Ca
tor, Mrs. R. H. MorehUuse. Mrs. w. E.
Bulls, Mrs. B. C. Welbridge and Mrs.
Frank souires-.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Kouns, Miss
Nellie Kouns, Miss Sara Kouns and
Mr. Charles Kouns returned today
from d holiday visit in San Antonio,
Tex.
The two older children of Mr. and
Mrs Tom Lillard are i'll with whoop-
ing cough.
Mrs. oscar Neil will come from Wa
karusa to spend the weekend with
Mrs. Lewis Greenwood.
Mrs Frank Elwood Miller, who Wis
/ tied her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
i F. Mitchell, during the holidays, has
returned to her home in ST. Louis,
Mo.
Mrs. P. H. Adams and a concert
I company under her direction have left
I for the west on concert tour of the
4 Santa Fe reading rooms. The MEM
u bers of the company are: Mrs. Adams,
I Mrs. Lowell Hoatson, Miss Emily
I Crow Miss Margaret Rust, Miss Rose
Gilberg. Mrs F. A. Derby, Miss
Gladys Cav, Miss Violet Crum bine.
They went to Chillicothe, Ill. and be-
gan the series of concerts from that
town, proceeding west.
! Mr. AND Mrs T 4 Makaneaca have