The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-11

One of the organizations that is try
| ing to meet the demand for greater
dissemination of knowledge in matters
artistic is the art department of the
| Woman's club, which has a larger
| membership than it has ever had IN
! previous years and more interested
/ following The department has ar
ranged for a afternoon Friday, when
Mr.. Albert T. Reid will make draw
| ing of one of the pretty society girls
| of Topeka. He will explain his method
| as he makes the drawing. about as he
would give lesson to a student The
model will be gowned in a costume
] that will be arranged especially for
the occasion. 1t is Mr.. Rcid's object
| to show the simplicity az the funda-
mental processes of making picture,
and it is his aim to assist those who
hear the lecture to determine the
merit of other pictures that may come
to their notice, that they may be able
to judge intelligently and to know why
| they like or do not like a painting. Mr.
Reid never talks any art "froth" that
sounds Intellectual and means moth
ing in particular. 1t is his purpose to
give, in as simple a way as possible,
some of the facts on the practical side
of his work. He has met with success
as an illustrator, and his work has
found a place i'll most of the large
magazines of>the country He is well
known as a cartoonist also, tho his
reputation as an artist is based chiefly
on his work as an illustrator. He Illus
trates books as well as magazine arti-
cles and stories.
The drawing for the lecture Friday
will be in water colors and crayon.
The form of entertainment that Mr..
Reid will give is entirely new, being
very different from the work of any
other professional artist who has I'M
dertaken drawing before audiences.
The lecture will be given in the as
sembly room of the Y. w. C. A Friday
afternoon. The art department is ask
ing as guests all the members of the
Woman's club, and the wives of the
! legislators who are in town. Some of
Mr.. Reds personal friends also have
been asked to be present.
The WOman'S club is issuing cards
to the wives of the legislators admit
4 ting them to meetings of the club
which may he held during the time the
| legislature is in session. The cards
will admit those who hold them to the
department meetings of the club as
well as to their general meetings.
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| The Society of Native Daughters of
Kansas will have its annual meeting
! Tuesday, January 80. The date chosen
follows the day of the annual meet
ing of the Woman's Kansas Day club,
and the native Kansans who are in
Topeka for that event will be able to
attend the Native Daughters meeting.
The program for that day will be in
commemoration of John Brown.
The society was entertained at a
tea Wednesday afternoon by Mrs Ar
thur Capper. The guests were greet
ed by Mrs. Capper and Mrs DeWitte
| c. Nellis. the president of the society.
! and it's founder. The callers were pre-
scented to Mrs. Capper by Mrs. George
Crawford. The assisting women were
/ Mrs. w F. Bowen, Mrs w. T. Crosby.
| Mrs. w. ]. Curtis and Mrs G1enwood
| Jones
| Four young girls presided in the
/ dining room, where the ices were
served. They were Miss Isabel Craw-
| ford. Miss Marguerite Stewart, Miss
| Mary Rodgers and Miss Eva Miller.
! A register was kept in the library,
where the people who called entered
their names, and gave the date of the
arrival of their parents in this state.
The object of the organization is to
preserve incidents of early Kansas
| history and to promote a sense of
comradeship among the native women
| of the state. Each member contrib