The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-07


Days curtain downward rolled,
The sky flashed rose and gold,
And in life's afternoon
1 loved thee, dear.
Noble L. Prentis.
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Miss Flora Dyer, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. T. NJ. Dyer, has invited
limited number of guests to a piano
recital which she will give at the
residence studio of her teacher, Mrs.
o. E. Hunt, 613 Polk street, Satur-
day afternoon, December 8, at two
O'Clock She will be assisted by Miss
Opal Lesson, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. V. Lesson.
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The December meeting of the Wo-
mans club was held all day Thursday
at the Y. w. c. A The afternoon
session was in charge OF the art De
partment of the club, of which Mrs
L. D. Whittemore is chairman. The
feature of the meeting was a demon
stration of the art of making por-
trait, given by Mr.. George M stone,
whose work as an artist has gained
recognition all over the country. The
model for the portrait was Mrs. Noble
PrentiS who wore a simple gown OF
black silk, trimmed with rare old lace
Mr. Stone made a sketch in charcoal
and then painted it in, explaining his
work as he proceeded.
the morning, the need of workers at
the Red Cross rooms was explained,
and each department head agreed TO
see that ten or more women from her
department spent at least one-half day
a week at the work room
The business meeting was held in
the morning instead of at the open
ing of the afternoon meeting, as here
tofore Twenty women made one
minute speeches telling of some con-
affa in 6air
homes.
During the social hour immediate
ly following the luncheon, the host
esses were Mrs. S. S. Estey, Mrs. JON
athan Thomas and Mrs. P. P. Womer.
The plan for the entertainment was an
arrangement whereby each guest
+ wrote out on a slip OF paper a recipe
or a suggestion of economy or con-
servation, and presented it to as many
people as possible in the allotted time.
The game was made into a contest,
and the woman who conveyed her
idea to the greatest number of persons
present was given a prize. To further
mountaineering among the MEM
berS, three points were added in favor
of the woman who introduced herself
to stranger and presented her recipe.
Mrs. J. V. Rowles won the prize,
which was kitchen scale. Her con-
servation item was a plan for burning
slack in the furnace.
The department of Civics and JUS
tice of which DR. Sara Greenfield is
teresting and practical programs thNt
the department has had. The sub
| ject for the meeting was Housing
Conditions" Mr.. w. L. Porter spoke
on dwelling conditions among labor
| ing people in general, considering the
| problems of transit, proximity to
work and the difficulties of providing
suitable habitations for factory and
large corporation employees. OF the
situation in this state, and Topeka in
particular, he said:
Our greatest menace is the box
car home of the Mexicans employed
| by the railroad. The railroad COM
panies ship the employees and their
| families into the state, run some old
| box cars that are not fit for further
service into the yards for dwellings
and, while they do not compel these
people to live in the box cars, they
are there for this purpose, and, of
| course, being near their work, they
dwell in them.
II have seen as many as IL to IA
people sleeping and eating, and 1 was
| going to say living, but 1 hesitate, be-
cause living in such a place would be
! only ventilation to the habitation
would be a 2x2 window in one end
and the door by which they ente- in
the other, both of them usually closed.
/ rms IS wrong, not only from a
| health standpoint. but from a moral
standpoint, as well. The children of
these Mexicans are attending our
/ grade schools and will soon become
| citizens of the United States. Surely
we should look after their health and
moral education as well as their men
! tai education.
Again, 1 have seen six or seven
| members of a family living in a
small two-Eoom dwelling. one of the
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There were no screens on the win