The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-05

spoke to the subject "Our Country's
Flag" He began his address with an
appeal to patriotic feeling. and con-
tinued with eulogy of the national
emblem.
Mr. Willard Wattles. a teacher of
English at Kansas university, spoke
on kansas and Her Poetry" Thru
his address appeared extracts from
his own poems.
Mrs. Brown. the new president,
spoke briefly at the close of the pro-
gram.
The meeting was held at the First
Methodist church. The tables were
adorned with hyacinths and carna-
tons. During the dinner hour music
was furnished by Miss Ona May Miller
| of Kansas City, harpist, and by Mr..
Sherman Briefer of New York, who
sang.
Those who sat around the tables
were: Lieut.. Gov. and Mrs. w. Y.
Morgan, Hutchinson; Mrs. May Belle
vile Brown president elect, Salina;
Mr.. Willard Wattles, Lawrence: Mrs.
Jennie c. Graves, Pittsburg; Carleton
Everett Knox, Kansas City, Mo; Prof.
Henry Coffin Fellow. Friends univer-
sity, Wichita; Mrs. Lima Upshaw
Stambaugh. Abilene; Senator ]. E.
Hilkey, Lyndon; Gov. and Mrs. Ar
I thur Capper; DR.. and Mrs. W. a. Nc
Carter; Ex-Gov. and Mrs. E. W. Hoch,
Marion; Mr.. and Mrs. George P. More
house, Charles Dillon; Mrs. L. c. r.
Smythe; Mrs. Anna Tasker; Rev. and
i, Mrs h. j. kulp; Mrs. p. P. Womer;
Mr.: E. D. Schonberger, Washburn
college; Miss Annabel Garvey; Mrs.
Charles Spenser.' Kansas City; Mr.. J.
| W., Searson, Nelson A. Crawford, Man
haitian; Josephine c. Perry, Topeka;
Mr.: and Mrs Geo. W. Coffin. Council
Grove; Mrs. Albert Spillman, Salina;
Charles Ross Weede, Walton: Miss
Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster. Salina;
John E. Hinshaw. Emporia; Mrs. De
Witte Z. Neslis; Mrs. Frank c. Mont
gomery; Mrs. Joel Moody, Mrs. John
Wood; Judge and Mrs. John Dawson;
MRS Emma Morgan, Chicago; Mr. and
Mrs. E. G. Foster; Miss Bertha
Hampstead; John Thomas Vanderlip,
| Wakarusa; Prof. and Mrs. w. c.
| Wheeler Washburn college; Mrs
Anna l. January, Osawatomie; Mrs
sadie T. Secrist, Randolph; Mrs L.
h Evans, Topeka; Judge and Mrs. S
II. Allen. Topeka; Judge and Mrs. c.
! w. Smith. stockton; Mrs Charles r
Hawkes., New York City; Mrs. Fl. NJ
Laing. Russell; S. n. Hawkes., Mrs.
Eunice S. Barr Mrs. F. A Derby. Mrs
Louise Castle Walbridge, DIR. and Mrs.
II. w. Roby. Topeka: Miss Mariorv
Roby. Lawrence; Mrs Frank Con,
verse, Wellsville; Sherman Briefer and
Ona May Miller. Kansas City, Mo:
Mrs. Lila Day Monroe, Mrs. F. Organ.
AT the business meeting some
changes We're made in the rules of the
club relative to time and place Of
meetings. The annual meeting and
banquet will be held in Topeka. as
usual. but it will be in January here
| after Regular sessions will be held
| in May and October, the place to be
aeclded by the executive committee.
Wlchlta. Manhattan, Hutchinson and
/ Plttsburg, are asking for the meetings
of May and October
| The membership of the club has
grown in the last year. Some of the
new members have done miscellane-
Gus writing, and others have pro-
duced books and brochures. Former
ly the membership was chiefly in To-
peka: but it has now become more
scattered. Some of the writer's are
nttie known, but the purpose of the
club is to give them help.
1t has never been the intention of
| this organization to limit the mem
bership to a few professional writers
and producers of books. which would
make it mere authors guild The
| club has taken that broader view of
| including some professional writ
ers, who have produced creditable
published material of a miscellaneous
character and tries to encourage, and
has encouraged, those with an ambi-
ton to improve along the line of more
advanced authorship.
OF the membership. about twenty
five are historical writer's. most OF
whom have written histories; thirty
! are authors of books of poetry; about
thirty have written books of fiction
thirty scientific and miscellaneous
works; and thirty or more are short
story writer's for magazines and vari-
Gus publications.
During the two years past, the
clubs literary bureau has helped to
bring out several young Kansas au-
thors by limited amount of free crit
icism of the manuscripts of it's young
er members.
The newly elected president of the
club. May Belleville Brown of Salina
is one of the well known authors OF
Kansas and expects to enlarge and in
crease its scope and influence turnout
the state, as a real and well organ
lied association of Kansas writer's.
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The y. n. S. club will meet with
Mrs. ]. L. Callahan, 921 Lincoln
street, Tuesday.
The Current Literature club, which
was to have met with Mrs. H. w
Jones Tuesday afternoon, has been
postponed.
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Mrs. Rome Colvin will entertain the
Elwell club at it's bridge-luncheon