The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
A KANSAN IN NEW YORK.
CHAPTER XxXIII.
A Day at Wichita.

made more or less memorable by these
chapters. there was an interim of six
days. On two of these days the an
nual convention of the Kansas Edi-
torial association was scheduled for
hcers wanted me to be there. 1 missed
the first day. bur took night train.C
spending Saturday there, returning to
Topeka that night.
It was an eventful day. The morn
ing's program was well filled By the
women. and so far az Twas concerned.
as it happened, the afternoon program
was carried out by them.
The whole day was a day of bright
women. The mere men had had their
day on Friday. 1 don't know what
missed, but 1 had lot of informa-
ton and entertainment on that to me
"Women's Day" of the Kansas Edi-
torial association. There were bright
papers by Mrs farrell of Topeka and
Mrs. Tom Thompson of the Howard
Courant and others.
Emma B. Aldrich of the Public
Record Cawker City. dealt in an in
subject, "Camouflage" THE Kansas
women" said she, "have set the stand
ards high. 1t has been the Records
pride to preserve history without cam
outage. One copy Off our paper
thirty-five years ago is il. the fistori-
cal society,""
One man made himself useful That
was Homer Hoch of the Marion Rec
ord. Mrs. Hoch was unable to be
present owing to measles in the fam
lily, so her spouse read her interesting
paper in an intimate, humorous style;
that is. the text was. rather than the
delivery of it. Her subject was Help
full Adjectives I Have Met"
Mrs. Tom Thompson of the Howard
Courant discussed THE Country News
paper Woman" She helps her hus-
band make the paper good and keep
it good. "A woman" said she. can
add cheer. brightness, humor and
balm to the newspaper as we'll as to
the soul of man."
Mrs. w. E. Payton of the Colony
Free Press told about conducting her
newspaper in the absence of the head
Of the family off to war.
Mrs. Dora Adriance of the Seneca
Courier-Democrat, and whose hus-
band, George C. Adriance, until re-
Gently was at Camp Funston and a
frequent contributor to the State Jour-
nals Trench and Camp, said: .I
count it next best to be behind the
man who is at the front, in my capac-
ity of managing editor of his paper"
Miss Matte Ryan is running the
Wathena Times in the absence of her
brothers in the service. IT took the
newspaper as a war duty" said she.
Mrs. Myra Williams FARRELL of To-
peka said she chose her subject
Sparks From the Anvil" because she
liked the sound Of it, saying: TT is
the editor as a blacksmith who takes
public opinion and molds 1t and ham,
mers 1t into shape as an effective ele-
ment in winning the war"
Mrs. w. Y. Morgan of Hutchinson
was at the meeting, of course She
has combination of beauty and bril-
liancy and is one of the big factors in
her husbands campaign for the gov
ernorship. One man said: Mrs.
Morgan.-I would rather hear you make
| speech than any woman L have
ever heard" Why that man did not
/ use the word zone" instead OF "wo-
man." 1 will leave him to make apol-
ogy. This same man also said to her:
! to it,"
Wichita is as badly Off for hotels
as Topeka, but the future promises a
change for beth cities. In Topeka
there is now building the new North
American. fireproof hotel Of ten stories
at the corner of Ninth and Kansas
avenue. This will give Topeka, next
year, all that she can hope foS in the
way of first-class hosiery, modern
and complete IN every detail
Wichita is building a wonderfully
fine hotel of eleven stories, to be called
the Hotel Lassen." 1t will be, it is
believed. and from all indications all
that great expectations" are claiming
for it. The exterior is up, the roof is
going on at the top of the eleventh
story; counted the stories. Wichita
will have one. that is, one story "on''
Topeka. But Wichita has an oil boom,
| while Topeka merely hopes for Nne,
but has other things of great impor-
lance ION" Wichita.
After a luncheon a. the Wichita
club, which is an attractive institu-
ton. William Allen White and 1 saun-
tered back to the convention hall or
Forum, which, by the way, is d fine,
big building. fireproof, larger than
our auditorium and built of cement.
concrete and iron. The editorial
meetings were held in one of the
smaller assembly rooms.
There were men on the program,