Topeka Society Notes Echo Atlantean Club Party
The Atlantean club hosted a reception for Topeka clubs at Mrs. J. C. McClintock's home with about two hundred and fifty ladies attending. איר The event showcased outfits and flowers in yellow, with a mandolin club providing music. Other society news highlights Miss Maud M. Kidder's Versailles trip, Miss Ruth Emery's Iowa visit, and upcoming club meetings and entertainments across Topeka.
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Topeka
E. Nu
Grace Morrill
Mra
J.C. McClintock
Mra. McClintock
Mra T. H. Church
Mesd
el Ananias
Ffty
Helen McClintock
Ethel Martin
Lottie Nellis
Hattie Price
Planta
Bay Window
General Society
Maud M. Kidder
Tenth Street
Versailles
Mia
Mirs. M. G. Preston
Sabatha
L. C Preston
Nemaha County
Nmpteen
FP. P. Baker
Ruth Emery
Iowa
J. W. Gleed
W. W. Phelps
Kanly
Mra Bone
Mea Phelps
California
W.L Moorhead
Baldwin
Kan
James Hunter
C. W. Kidder
Clarence F. Holland
Topeka High School
Kansas
W.T. Crosby
Lucile Stafford
Misens Blund Glidden
Mollie Tellock
Carrie Benson
Margie Margram
Belle Dietrich
Anna Walsh
Ada Glidden
Mecara. Om
Gordon Bell
Duncan Campbell
Urban Dod
Clarence Poindexter
George Findlay
Atlantéan
Sirs L N. Baker
Golden Rule Club
J. C Holland
Fifteenth
West Street
Camera Club
W. B. Culver
Library Hall
A Latham
E. Morrill
Copeland
Ladies Aid Society of
Grave Cathedral
Myra Hams
Paints a Black Picture Race Talk at Evanston
Rev E A Delano spoke at First Baptist Evanston on the race problem after a trip through Kentucky Tennessee Georgia Alabama and Florida. He described a persistent gulf between whites and blacks with no prospect of fusion or assimilation and warned that the black population grows and spreads across society in a way likened to a watercourse swelling.
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Bev H. A. Delaus
Chicago
Cutcase
E. A. Delano
First Baptist Church of
Evanston
Egypt
Georgia
Florida
Avon
Israel
Fires Break Out Twice In Busy Morning
Early today city firemen were eating breakfast at 7 when a blaze hit A A Buck’s grocery at 735 East High Street in the hay room. A displaced chimney cap, burning soot, and rubble ignited. firemen contained it with small damage. A second alarm from Sixth and Topeka sent crews to a basement fire at 22 West Sixth Avenue, International Subscription Agency and C B Tuttle confectionery. blamed on old papers, it burned through the first floor but was stopped by a fireman. Estimated damage around 50 dollars.
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A A. Buck
East Highth Street
Sixth
Topeka
West Sixth Avenue
International Subscription Agency
C. B Tuttle
Price Baking Powder Company
They Fight to Get Navy Bill Through Congress
Jan 24 WasatsuTos friends of the new navy expect a hard fight to pass the appropriation supplying three battleships and twelve torpedo boats. Secretary Herbert backs the plan, but treasury shortfalls are cited as a main obstacle. Chairman Sayers vows to oppose the ships, hoping to secure ultra economic support in the House. Representatives Wilson notes revenues may soon exceed expenditures, boosting hope. The naval committee relies on president's message and anticipated Democratic votes for the ships.
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WasatsuTos
Friends of the
Herbert
Treasury
Sayers
Appropriations Committee
Naval Committee
Wilson
Curing Cross Eyes and Early Eye Care
An early use of glasses can safely correct strabismus in youth, with surgery later if needed. Cataract removal is a delicate operation removing the opaque lens and replacing it with artificial lenses. Glass eyes are fitted to restore natural movement, while sensational tales of rabbit eyes are mere moonshine.
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Optician
Are Not Its Exponents Mistaken In Love Of Suffrage
An Omaha World-Herald opinion argues against universal woman suffrage, noting many women may lack the natural fit for political life. It questions that enfranchisement alone will fix duties, suggesting domestic sphere limits and varied fitness among women and men.
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East
Ultra
Omahs World-Herald
Clever piano placement to fit in a small room
The article suggests arranging a piano with one end near the door to let the door open against the piano back. An iron brace prevents the door from hitting it, and a crane rod serves as a portiere to conceal the back. The plan also suits doors opening toward a wall, though it may challenge traditional furniture placement preferences.
Preparation for the Ballot by Phebe Hana Sh
The speaker urges women to view the ballot as their nearest duty. She advocates a broad education and personal development for all women from mothers to professionals, arguing preparation benefits every role. She envisions a deeper life perspective that strengthens civic engagement.
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Phebe Hanash
Eight Wirds on One Hat Exposed in Temple Place Display
The Boston Commonwealth notes a hat decorated with eight humming birds, described as a barbaric showcase. The piece recalls Altruria fashions where women must kill and skin birds before wearing them. It questions societal cruelty and mocks local pretensions in Boston.
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Boston
Temple Place
Altruria
Women Club Editorials Accepted by The Denver News
The Woman's club of Denver successfully edited the Christmas issue of the Denver News. Impressed editors offered the club a permanent department in the Sunday paper. An editorial committee was formed to begin work at once.
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Woman's Club of
Denver
Denver News
The
News
Empress of Japan and fashionable woes in white lace
The Tokyo Letter describes the Empress of Japan’s extensive royal laundry, noting 2000 silk kamonas and thousands of tiny stockings with meticulous care. A New York letter highlights heiresses Mrs Hermann Odrichs and Miss Fair, their charity, business sense, and social grace. A Philadelphia piece on fur fashion and an old rite of laundering contrast modern times with past female laundry workers.
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Japan
Imperial Household
Tokyo
Munch
Hermann Odrichs
Miss Fair
Senator Fair
Newport
Birdie Fair
New York
Married tutors face divorce risk under New Jersey ruling
The New Jersey vice chancellor in Pitney’s court ruled a wife who taught a private school could be held to live with her husband or face divorce action. The decision upholds the old Scriptural injunction and allows physical restraint to enforce obedience.
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New Jersey
Vics
Pitney
Court of Chancery
Miss Dawes Earns D Lit at London University
Miss Elizabeth A S Dawes has earned the degree of Doctor of Literature at London University making her the first woman to hold the title. Daughter of Rev J S Dawes she studied at Girton and wrote a thesis on The Pronunciation of the Greek Aspirates. She has taught Greek in Baltimore and runs a school at Lindores Weybridge.
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Baltimore
Lindores
Weybridge
Mary E. Dawes
London University
London Star
Reference to 1804 and suffrage in Julia Holmes Smith remarks
The piece contrasts old and new eras for women's rights, citing 1804 as a precedent for suffrage and reform. Dr. Julia Holmes Smith quotes Chicago Times and Miss Willard praising past progress while noting the strain of aging on ongoing activism and duties.
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Sarah Grand
Cnlt
Julia Holmes Smith
Chicago Times
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Sketched Size of Women's Sleeves
At a New York dinner Elizabeth Cady Stanton closed a sketch on early mothers with a humorous note about the growing size of women's sleeves. She linked the fashion to a coming physical superiority and Amazonian proportions women were said to reach.
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New York City
Mra
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Notable Hymn Origins and Translators Highlighted
St Louis Globe-Democrat outlines early hymns and translations linked to Charles Wesley Watts Lyte Bourignon Palmer Hastings Elliott with dates from 1739 to 1871 noting pieces such as Arm of the Lord Awake Infinite God to Thee We Raise Come Saviour Jesus Blow Ye the Trumpet Blow and Just as I Am among others and cites Mozart melody usage for a Lyte poem.
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Charles Wesley
Watts
Jesus
Antoinette Bourignon
Henry Francis Lyte
Mozart
Holy Ghost
Ray Palmer
Robert l
France
Thomas Hastings
Charlotte Elliott
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Gems of Thought and Oddities From a Late Issue
A mixed fragment from a late issue offers maxims on virtue and self discipline, notes on high altitude clouds, a French claim about nitrate of strychnine for alcoholism, and polar ice thickness estimates. It closes with a remark about a venue called the Bijou.
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Polar
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Mrs. Morrill
Topeka Atlantean Club
Torsea Srman Lauxper
Chinchilla
Philadelphia Press
Tex Aelifon Mises
Hymns and Hymn Writers
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