The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-30
MATTE KIMBALL
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members Of the club, Mrs. Kimball re-
spending, and Mrs. Scott following
with an addendurn.
Mrs. Frank Montgomery, who
served last year as historiaR of the
club. gave an excellent paper on the
Kansas women who have taken an ac-
tive part in affairs. At the finish of
the paper it was voted by the assembly
that her paper be given a place in, the
archives of the State Historical society
The portraits of two early Kansans,
Judge jam Humphrey and his wife
Mrs. Mary Vance Humphrey of juno
ton City, were presented to the State
Historical society by Mrs. w. A. John :
ston Mrs. =. w. Kitchell presented
a portrait CT Mrs. Albrecht Marburg,
which was Zone by George NJ. Stone u
the society. Miss Clara Francis ac-
cepted on behalf of the organization.
Mrs. Murphy Speaks
The retiring president of the club,
Mrs. Murphy of Goodland, gave her
message at the afternoon meeting.
What magnet is it that draws women
from distances far and near to this
annual meeting of the Woman's Kan
sas Day club?" asked Mrs. Murphy.
Some might answer: Politics."
Not so, for-despite the fact that
Topeka today is a maelstrom of poll
tics-the Woman's Kansas Day club
dies not indulge in politics, per Sc. 1t
is a nonpartison organization and par
ty allegiance or party alignment is not
even mentioned" said Mrs. Murphy.
1T is not to gain practical knoWl-
edge of housekeeping affairs, altho we
are nearly all housekeepers," the
speaker continued. Neither is it to
learn how to care for the health of
our babies, tho that is a matter in
which we are vitality interested. If
our own babies are grown up we are
interested in our sons or daughters
babies, or those of next door neigh
Dor. 1t is not even to learn how to
manage a husband, tho most of have
husbands, and we don't always know
how to manage them"
Mrs. Murphy turned to the clubs
constitution for a answer. 1t says the
purposes of the club are: ITO encour-
age and promote the collection and
preservation of the early history of
Kansas;-to instiu patriotism in Kansas
youth and to establish comradeship
among Kansas women"
EuIogy to Pioneers.
Mrs. Murphy paid a eulogy to the
pioneers;
I'VE study the recorded history of
these heroines of territorial kansas
those times of privation, of loneliness,
of Indian raids. of grasshopper
plaques and civil war horrors-and
!
women whose high courage and lofty
patriotism Knocked the elements and
defied their enemies in order to create
a free state. If it is our good fortune
to meet one of the mothers in IsraeF'
they are few in the land of the liv-
ing now-we ply her with questions
about her experiences in those trying
days, and, if we are wise, we make her
story a matter of record"
I'VE have no fear Of lack of patri-
otism in our American-born children, "a
said Mrs. Murphy. THE real job THAT
eign- born children. We shall solve
this problem, too, if our government
officials will only see to it that they
do not come in too great numbers"
The afternoon session was opened
with a series of living pictures of pio-
neer women of the state, the presi-
dents of the various districts, giving
the address.
District Vice Presidents.
District vice presidents of the
Women's Kansas Day club. were
elected as follows: First district. Mrs,
Charles F. Spencer. Topeka; Second
district, Mrs. o. W. Sheppard, of Kan
sas City, kan; Third district, Mrs. A.
Brewster, Baxter Springs; Fourth dis
trict, Mrs. A. r. Wallace, White City;
Fifth district, Miss Lorraine E. Woos-
ter, SaIina; Sixth district, Mrs. Eliza
beth J. Agnew. of Hays; Seventh dis
trict, Mrs Lillian Mitehner,,. Beloit;
Eighth district, Mrs. F. ]. Darrah,
Garden City.
Present Musical Program.
This was followed by a musical pro-
gram by the string trio Aof Fort Hays
State Normal school, with Mrs. Clara
Malloy, violinist; Wilbert Maynard
cellist, and Walter B. Roberts, pianist
The program included:
BY the BroOk" -............-.... BoisdeffTt
Romance" ...---...-.-.s.... hu0ehHtedH
Trio.
"RondinO on a theme by Beethoven"
-..--...-..-...; ,;..;....-.-..- hrelsiel
Mrs. Malley.
"Adagio Cantabile" ..-...---....-. Beethoven
'ScherzO" -.............-.. Beethoven
String Trio.
| Love waltz" .--....-....-..... MoSzkoWSkl
Mr. Roberts.
Song of India" .......... Rimsky- KOrsakof1
Mr.. Maynard.
93seTehade .;:....;,.'.'..'.'.' mamma o.
| String Trio.
| Dean Anne Dudley Blitz, dean OF
| women at Kansas university. gave the
! address of the afternoon on Patriot
/ ism, Yesterday and Today"
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