The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

Messrs. Coughlin and Robinson
of Manhattan, Miss Nellie Mccormick
of Chanute, Miss Bess West of Beloit, |
Mrs. G. NJ. Hart of Overlook, Mr.
and Mrs C. a. Deardorff and their
children, Alfred, Bernice and Charles,
Jr., of Lyndon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Records will be al
hame after March 1 at 724 North Main
street, Tulsa, Okla
The music department of the Wom-
ans club will meet Thursday after
noon with Mrs. F. A Derby, S35 West
ern avenue. The department is in
viting the wives of the Legislators to
be guests.
A Shakespearian program will be
given, the number being the second IN
a series of shakespearian afternoons
by the music department. There will
ioe some piano numbers and some
Shapespearian songs. Mrs. Frank
Squires will read parts of the play
connected with the music to be rem
dered. Also a Shakespearian dance
will be given.
Wednesday of this week witnessed
the end of the tournaments held by
the women's auxiliary of the Shawnee
Golf club when Mrs H. A Jungk de-
feated Mrs. w. L. Bates for the 1915
championship match. The tourna-
ments were held monthly during the
past summer, and the winners com
peted for the championship pin Of
fered by the club.
Tentative plans are under way Tor
the coming season, and the CLUB hopes
to begin playing by May Mrs. JunSk
has been acting president for me pas.
year in place, of Mrs. A O.: Weilman
who was elected to the office. Mrs
Bates is secretary-treasurer.
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In one of the bridge clubs, the low
score, section of the organization
agreed to give dinner for the hlgh
score winners. They were SO long
about paying off the obligation that
when they finally issued their invita-
tions, the winners appeared at the
party in grandmother caps, their bent
figures hobbling to the house leaning
on heavy sticks, while they lamented
at every breath the youth that had
slipped by while they had waited to
collect on the promise of that dinner
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Miss Mary Montieth, president of
the Grade Teachers club, presided at
the annual banquet of the club Friday
night. The party was given in the tea
room in the Mills building, and was
attended by about IT'S people Ihe
honor guests were the members of the
school board and their wives. The ia
bIes were decorated with baskets and
vases of flowers, and the president was
assisted in the dinner arrangements by
Miss Julia Davis, second vice president
Of the club Mr.. H. B. Wilson, super
intendent of the city schools and Mr..
A J. Stout, principal of the high
school, were special guests.
Miss Mildred Hazelrigg, music d.
rector for the public schools, respond
ed to toast on The Dominant
Chord" She pictured to the audience
three-act play. in which she ex-
pressed, in musical terms, teachers
career, thru the phases of love, faith,
ambition and success Miss Grace Ell
more, teacher of aesthetic dancing
and athletics, gave a solo dance. Her
costume was of pink accordion pleated
crepe de chine.
Copt. w. P. Mclean, who has lately
returned with Battery A from the
Mexican border. spoke from the sub
rect preparedness" He said in
part: True preparedness lies here
In this room. The teachers of the
public schools are directing prepared
Eess in its best sense. The one who
turns out from the schools men and
women physically prepared to meet
the buffets of life, mentally prepared
to look beyond their own narrow hori-
zon and morally prepared to forget
self for the wider good of the COM
Eiunity, has the real secret of pre-
paredness."
Miss Marian Thompson was asked
to speak on THE Unknown Guam
tity.' She interpreted the unknown
quantity as meaning woman. She
spoke of the so-called new woman
who is not a new woman at all in
the light of history which reveals the
names of Miriam, Deborah, Sappho,
the Babylonian queen whose works in
public improvement excelled those of
any man of the age, Anne Hutchinson
and many others. Nowadays" she
said, women who achieve great
hi r.E,
cause there are so many of them.
The feminine ideal is of two kinds
the fulfiilment of our duties as indi-
viduals and social responsibility.
Women are carrying these into public
matters and into business. In 1910
seven employments were open to
women; now practically every field
occupied by men is open to women,
and there are five million women
workers in America. The new atti-
tude toward women in business and in
office is a friendly one.
Miss Lulu Mckee, kindergarten
teacher and director, told a Kipling
story, which was an oriental legend
of Solomon. Mrs W. E. Atchison
whose husband is a member of the
school board, responded to toast on
The Gentle Art of Management
She gave some hints to the teachers
on some of the methods by which the
board could be managed. THE teach
| er does more to benefit the people of
the nation than members of any other
\ profession, with the smallest proper
Tomato reward" She closed her ad-
dress with some original verse on The
Kansas School Marm'
Mr.. Stout spoke from the subject,
| The Meeting of the Trails I'VE try
| to send to many he said, ''along the
main Travelled roads instead of OPEN
| ing up new trails. Children do not
have the vocational intelligence that
| they had when more of the industrial
! processes were part of the home life.