The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-04
When, oh When, WiLLMen
OF Kansas Haze 'Equa!
Rights With the Women
Kansas Day Hes" Were Just Getting Organized When
: Kansas Day "She's" Busted in On Meeting-By the
Way, Mates, Have You Heard How 240 Women Voted
257 Tines?-You'd Be Surprised

! Some day the worm will turn. Some
time the men will have equal rights.
Some time they can hold a mems
gathering and the ladies will actually
let them run it. That is the sentiment
which was mumbled by several weak,
sickly looking, hesitating and uncer-
tain mere men after the Kansas Day
club gathering in Topeka this week.
The Kansas Day gathering was a
great day for the ladies. The men did
considerable amount of heavy stand
| ing around in the hotel Hobbies. They
were right energetic and seemingly
possessed of ideas when they conferred
| and caucused in closed rooms. But
when they got right out in the open,
the ladies' organization adjourned their
own meeting and came over to see that
no mistakes were made. To be sure
| it wasn't the intention of the ladies
| to interfere but. Well, the business
| session was something of a political
matter. anyway. And party response
bility weighs heavy on many shoulders.
Women Have Own Club.
For some years the Kansas women
have had their own Kansas Day club.
They have met regularly on the ami
versary of the states admission into
| the Union. Just as soon as the break
fast dishes are stacked away. the ladies'
begin stirring up their own troubles.
They get a fresh. free, untrammeled
! start. They haven't been up late the
night before smoking vile cigarets and
their brain is clear for the days work.
A lot ofsthe trouble that has been
| left over and placed in cold storage
after the women's clubs rows is quite
certain to be reopened at women S
| Kansas Day gathering. There WASH t
| a bit of disappointment about the
matter this year.
Maybe it was just courtesy to the
| ladies. May the lady reporters who
covered the women's Gathering this
year had stepped into an adjoining
| room to 1otl- at a perfectly adorable
hand painted paper mache soup
ladle. Anyway the lady reporters
didn't seem to have been present when
the regular happenings really hap
pened.
Sh-h-h-Here's the Story.
According to reports from outside
sources, there were 240 cash custom
ers at the ladies meeting. Right in
the midst of the thing was one of the
fussiest and fanciest little frizzle.
fragile hair pullings Kansas women
have staged in many ways. Some of
the ladies are reported to have spoken
right out and mentioned names and
people with a highly nervous or tenn
peramenta1 disposition had to go out
side for air or hold up their hands in
expressions of horrc~. 1t was such
a spectacle as few men are permitted
to see-without being an unwilling
party.
After the chairman of the meeting
restored enough peace to take a vote,
the 240 ladies cast 257 votes for the
various candidates. Maybe some of
them were excited and voted twice.
Maybe they had heard that this was
the way the men did it and they didn't
want to miss any of the thrills.
Just about the time the women set
tied their own affairs. some one re-
called that the mems organization
was holding a business session in rep
resentative hall. So the meeting ad-
journed. The ladies filed into the hall
and looked as comfortable as possible
in the front seats. Some of them re-
called prior appointments and were
forced to miss this session. 1t is
probable that not more than 175 or
200 of them were participants IN the
mems row.
Make a Day of 1t.
Reports are now current to the eff
feet that certain persons consid erably
active in politics and very much con-
cerned as to the outcome of the cleo
ton In representative hall, invited the
ladies to come to the meeting. There
is another report to the effect that the