The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-24

ers, f. NJ. and George Sheldon, have
gone to Rockford, Ill
so long, that the tide is turning, and
the people are wanting to share in
their entertainment. This is resulting
in united effort on the part of the
people to do some Lr their own sing
ing.
Trying to sing ourselves, gives us a
better appreciation of the trained
musician. A partial understanding of
the singers art and artistic intentions
is a binding force; and it is greater
between those who sing together than
between those who sing and those
who listen. Singing also lightens the
laborer's load; and makes a better
turer of France is trying to get his
workers to sing about their tasks
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( The Music Study club met Thursday
afternoon with Mrs Ralph Cav. of
| Fillmore street Special study was
made of D'Indy, a leader of the mod
ern French school of music.
All the numbers on the program
were by D'Indy, except the two last
which were given by guests of the
club, Mrs. ]. P. Hicks and Miss Helen
Brigham. The numbers for the after
noon were as follows:
Birds Morning Song ......... DIndy
Mrs. Morton Albaugh.
VII ' Mrs. B. B. smythe. M ;
Entrance of Fervaal and Ceremony,
| second act DIndy
Mrs. Harry Tasker
Chant Prophetique- Finale of third
act fei Mrs. W. H. Bowlby. i'''S
Attente-Od. 5. No. L.. .D'Indy
Mrs. NJ. F. Laycock.
Agitato-Op. 16, No. 4 D'Indy
Mrs. J. F. Kaho.
iad orif n6N
Clair de Lune-Op. 10. ....-D 'Indy
Miss Lulu McCabe.
''Istar ''-Symphonic Variations flour
hands ... .............D' IndY
Mrs. Harry Tasl1er and Miss
Elsie Chapman.
Welcome, Sweet Day of Rest. Hall
Mrs. ]. P. Hicks.
II Bacio .Ard1te
Miss Helen Brigham.
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Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Bell enter
tanned the Impromptu club at its
meeting this week. Mrs. d. C. Tillot-
son talked on French Traditions,
and Mrs. Ralph Squires on the attitude
of the French people toward the war.
Mrs. Monte Kistler was hostess a 1
meeting of the Matinee Music club
Thursday. The program was as fol-
Down in the Forest. .......R Ronald
Miss Euphemia B. Page.
Caprice Kreisler
Miss Edith Connell.
Fire Fly .Cadman
Miss Gladys Cav.
Barcarolle ...... .Chas. Critics
Miss Helen Estey.
The Morning Wind 49,. Bransco.lbe
The Open Road ... Branscombe
Miss Mildred Agard.
Romance in E Flat Rubenstein
The Birding Grieg
Miss Josephine Mckee
Guests for the afternoon were: Mrs.
Adrian sherman, Mrs. A White, Mrs.
V. B. Kistler, Mrs. Frank Grimes, and
Miss Margaret Connell-
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Petticoat politics is getting it's hold
in England, and Englishmen do not
| like it the least bit. Some of the
brightest women of England who pub
/ lish little paper called the Britain
mia, have been run out of the coun-
| try, with their little press, and have
continued their publication elsewhere,
going back to London, and circum-
venting the authorities in the distri-
i button of the paper. The trouble with
| these women is that they see the
| discover flaws in administrative af-
| fairs that their men prefer they should
not discover, or at least, that they
should keep blandly quiet about.
Since the famous eighteenth CEN
| fury Duchess Diana of Devonshire
English women have welded more or
| less power in governmental affairs,
and have been noted for their ability
| cleverness and knowledge of the ins
and outs of the political game. Gut
it has always been a fad of the upper
| classes, and the women have con-
| tented themselves with discussing the
subjects chiefly over the cups, and
| scarcely exceeding the bounds of con-
| cealed wire pulling that met with no
] opposition from the men. Now, how
ever, the women are swapping their
| fingers at the bosses, and telling what
| they know of their failures.
| 1t is not lack of ability that has kent
American women from a participation
in this most fascinating section of our
national life; for in the party in power
| in London, the numerically small
coterie of women who dabble in politi-
cal affairs, is made up in part Of
American wives of Englishmen Lady
Paget, Lady Cunard, Lady Essex, Mrs
Lionel Guest and the Duchess OF
| Marlborough are all in closest touch
with the government
Now American women are going :,
j try their hand at the game of poll
/ tics. In the east they are handicapped