The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-17

Jane Graham, Muriel Hobson and
Betty and Louie Freeman Solo
dances were done by Miss Helen Scott
and Miss Lillian Boon.
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Officers of the Good Government
club, elected Thursday are:
Mrs. Frank P. Lindsay. President
Mrs. J. P. Clevenger. First Vice Pres.
Mrs. r. L. Cofran Second Vice Pres.
Mrs. H. w. Bomgardner Secretary
Mrs. J. A. Bostic ......... Treasurer
Mrs. Emma Sells Marshall Auditor
The annual election of officers of
the Good Government club was held
Thursday afternoon, and each off
Ger was unanimously chosen. The reg-
ular program was held preceding the
election.
guest of the club and one of the
speakers was Mr.. w. L. Porter, COM
missioner of streets and parks for the
city. He read a paper about Clean
Up day, asking the club to cooperate
with the city. It is his plan to have
the school children write essays on the
value of cleanup day, and offer prizes
for the best. Last year the prizes
were paid by Mr.. Porter; this year
he wishes them to be better prizes
than he could personally afford to
give In 1914 the city spent 1892. so
for cleanup week, and last year, it
spent S1,O54.54. with a reduction in
the hauling cost of thirteen and a half
value for the money expended. Mr..
Porter has devised plan to divide the
town into districts and use a scoring
card, giving a grade on the condition
of yards and alleys. as he has done
with grocery, butcher and bakery
shops. to great advantage.
Mr.. Porter was asked concerning
the scheme to make the pest house in
to a tuberculosis sanitarium- Mr.. Por-
ter said that the committee in charge
If fa 10 hn6
was no definite information he could
give. The club postponed the consid-
Grafton of the question until after they
hear a lecture by Mr.. w. A. S. Bird at
their next meeting on a Detention
Home Farm and a tuberculosis sani-
tarium.
Miss Maud Mary Kline read Il paper
on Cleanup week. She recommended
the use of vines to mantel old build
lngs in the back yards. "Cinder walks
are better than board walks and they
could be edged with low growing flow
ing flowers, giving the back yard
greater attra ctivenesS. The vegeta bles
should be planted near the house for
the convenience of the houSekeeper
Glass should be kept out of the alleys
for the sake of horses feet as we'll as
for the automobile tires. People
should not object to having the alleys
paved, as the heaviest loads that are
allowed in the city are hauled through
the Alleys And the psychological eff
feet of paved alley, is to encourage
cleanliness and order in the rear of
the houses of tenants and owners
DandellonS can be destroyed by
cutting off the blossoms and putting
a thimbleful of salt on the exposed
root. A way to keep chimneys clean
and help to prevent fires is to burn
coarse salt on top of the coal in the
furnace"
The political status of Western
Women was the subject of a paper
by Mrs. Ward Burlingame. She took
the western states separately and gave
a brief summary of the political
privileges of women in those states,
beginning with Alaska Mrs. Bernice
Robey read paper on the life of
Western Women, speaking of ranch
life in the far west, and the social
and club activities of the women.
Music was furnished by Miss Mary
Sands, who sang Through All Eter-
nifty and Il Love You Truly" The
violin obligato was played by Mrs. b.
4. Northrup, and piano accompani-
ments by Miss Kline.