The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

meet. She weighs many pounds and
has sense of humor which are proof
of her delightfulness. She is keen and
| absolutely up to the minute. Miss
Cady is a, graduate of Radcliffe, of
Bryn Mawr and was a student in the
| University of Berlin. A Phi Beta
Kappa key bangles from her belt.
| Miss Cady gave a short address be-
fore, the women of the Woman's club
yesterday afternoon, and in the eve
ming she talked to a gathering of bust
ness girls. Better training for voca-
| tions for woman and the broadest
| view possible of citizenship are the
| two things Miss Cady is advocating.
world to stay and the point is to make
! them efficient and to demand for
| them the wage that a man doing the
same work would receive. Miss Cady
| hopes in the next election women will
/ vote intelligently and thinkingly.
Last evening Miss M. o. Scott, the
business girls secretary for this field,
arrived in Topeka and she also spoke
briefly. Following the speaking there
was an ENJOYABLE social hour
The woman's club chorus had their
second practice Friday afternoon at
the Y. w. c. A. Dean Henry V.
Stearns of Washburn. who is direct
astically of the work of the women.
He is sure now that they can sing for
the January club meeting.
They practieed on the following
songs: The Nightingale" by Gaul;
The Spinning Wheel" by Meyerbeer,
| and The Reapers'' by Cla pison.
The following women have joined
the chorus: Mrs. A. S. Amber. Mrs.
S. w Whitney. Mrs. B. B. Bartlett,
Mrs. c. A. Scott, Mrs. Robert Parks
Bennett, Mrs. ". w. Wikidal. Mrs. R.
H. Morehouse. Mrs Glen Beaver. Mrs.
c. "A. Wolf. Mrs. W. E. Bulls. Mrs.
Roy Towne, Mrs. Frank Sturges. Mrs.
e. G. Foster, Mrs. E. G. Hughes. Mrs.
| Harlowe Fem Dean, Mrs. G. ?. Buck.
Mrs. Frank Squires. Mrs. B. H. Pugh,
Mrs. Harry Rhoads. Mrs. Claude E.
Smith. Mrs. c. w. Crawford, Mrs.
George H. Allen.
Do you remember the little message
| the magazines of year ago bore tell
ing you when you had read them to
send them on to the soldiers? There
/ is no longer need for this donation
| but there are institutions here in To-
| peka which do need magazines. The
| Wonan's club realizes this and the
literature department have taken ii
upon themselves to gather and deliver
the magazines appropriate for schools
| homes and hospitals of the city. Mrs
! ]. r. Waddington is chairman of the
| entire committee and Mrs. c. 3. Var
| vided into the following detailed com
mittees: City schools, Mrs. j. A. Bos-
tic, Mrs. w. A. Seiger: hospitals, Mrs
! w. e. Wilson, Mrs. S. j. Crumbine
| Mrs. T. F. Doran: county farm, Mrs
! w. H. Rutter, Mrs. J. NJ. Quail: Crit
/ tcnton home. Miss Helen Curry.
4 A good many Topeka people will be
| called on for their magazines that are
"black and white and read all over
E1F,f Inoc ifaaf ar
and Is not asked for them. the commit
tee would be glad to. have them Of
fered.
Miss Florence Bowman will be tho
guest of honor at dinner Tuesday
evening given by Miss Violet Crum-
bine at her home in Tyler street
Wednesday evening Mrs. Kenneth
Alexander will entertain at a bridge
for Miss Bowman.
The Confidential Exchange as a reg
ulator and distributor of charity il
doing good work. this winter. A Ger
tain family was found shortly befor'
Thanksgiving practically destitute. NJ
fuel, no food was in the house. Thu
story of their need and suffering wa
told in the paper. tOf course help wa
given at once. And the people of To
peka. whose hearts are most kind. re
membered them on Thanksgiving day
More than fifteen calls came to tn
Confidential Exchange asking abou
this ia mily and offering to take then
food and cheer for Thanksgiving day
Because of the Exchange, the famil!
: were not surfeited with attention ant
fifteen other families who might other
. wise have had a meaGer Thanksgiving
were given the attention which the.
needed.
And it is these fifteen other familie
| in 1SQ fra IF n,
times They are not so destitute or 81
: notorious that the public in genera
knows about them. And yet they ar
Starving for just the little extras-th
warm mittens, the sack of Christina
candy, the little tree maybe.
A good example of one of thes
, Others is found in the home which
, was being built a number of years ag
by the father who was a carpenter ant
contractor One night he was waylai'
and beaten on his way home an
J in a few days died. The well-mad
left to his wife.
During the years since she ha
struggled along to keep and educat
the three little children with whom
she was left. Their home is scrupu
lously clean. the cheap white curtain
with the little ruffIes on the edge ar
always crisp and a blooming geraniun
is in the window. But they have oftel
been hungry and cold. For the woman
was not trained to any skilled labo
and washing and cleaning and roon
renting do not bring in much money
Thru the Confidential Exchang
they have been helped just a Iittl
thru the lean years, have kept goin
bravely and honorably. 1t was heI
that had to be given tactfu1ly and no
overdone. Giving-is a profession whic
one should prepare as much as other.
But people jump in and overdo o
underdo or Guido and upset the care
full work of years of a trained philan
thropic worker.
Already the Confidential Exchang
, has had many calls for Christmas an