The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-19

Mrs d. w. Mulvane. state chairman
. of the woman's committee of the Kan
sas Council of Defense. is arranging
the divisions of the committee and APP
pointing the heads of the diffe. ent
. divisions. DR.. Lydia Allen De Vilbiss,
head of the Kansas department of
child hygiene, has been selected to
head the division of child welfare for
d the committee. Her work in the com
mittee will be the conservation of
childhood during war time. Dr. De VIII
bliss has said that the child, being the
most sensitive member of society, is
the first to suffer from the hard con-
ditions that war brings. She expects
. TO put forth every effort in her power
. to counterbalance those effects of war
on the child life of the state of Kan
sas.
Miss Lima Bresette, secretary of the
t Kansas State Welfare Commission, is
appointed head of the womans indus
trial division of the committee. There
is no woman in Kansas with more
. Information and general knowledge of
women in the industries of the state as
Miss Bresette. She is deputy factory
Inspector. as well secretary of the
commission, and has visited many
times ali the factories in the state
where women are employed she is i'll
possession of close knowledge of the
conditions under which they work.
The home economics division viii
probably be headed by Dean Mary
Agricultural college, but that appoint
mint is not Nct settled
The work of the Woman's committee
will he continued thruout the time the
war lasts. The registration of Kansas
women was highly successful, the re-
turns from the counties showing that
at least $4,000 women Of this state
siened the pledge cards and the war
service cards on september ., regis
tration day The car6s will still be
available for signatures in store, col
-1eges and various public places thru
out the state for more than month
longer 1t was first intended at WASH
ington that the Hoover pledge cards
must all he signed by September 8,
but the food control committee have
determined to extend the time. Where
fore both the food pledge cards and
the war service cards are still aVa1la lie
for signature by those who were I'M
able to sign on registration day, or by
those who may have later acquired
a greater understanding of their pur-
pose and a new sympathy with the
governments aims in asking for the
signatures of American women.
The Topeka chapter of the d. A. R.
will give the entire afternoon Thurs
day from 1880 to o'clock, to serv-
ice at the Red Cross rooms.
All members of the organization
are asked TO bring what books they
can contribute to the soldiers library
with them to the Red Cross work
shop.
Miss Ida Hardy. who is in charge
of the Lowman school kindergarten,
requests that all the kindergarten
mothers of that district attend a meet
ing Friday afternoon at o'clock in
the kindergarten room of Lowman
school.
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Mrs. o. NJ. Downey, 306 West
Eighth, wishes to announce the we'd
ding OF her youngest daughter, Agnes,
to Albert Fieger of Topeka. The mar
rage took place in the early spring
in Kansas City. Mo.
X
A Red Cross unit for women of the
First Presbyterian church was organ
lied Tuesday at meeting held at the
home of Mrs. L. s. Quinton, in Topeka
avenue. Meetings of the new organ
ization will be held at the Presby-
terrain church twice each week. The
first meeting will convene Friday of
this week, and thereafter the sessions