The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02

dinner And after you four men
nave given your dinners said one of
the girls, I'VE will all get together and
give a grand spread and show you
now well we can cook"
can see" said the man who was
stung. for the first dinner, that this
cluo VIII last just four weeks
=
The best thing the federation has
nad hand in for long time" is the
way one prominent club woman des-
cribed the library tea given yesterday
afternoon at the Washburn library by
the library committee of the city fed
Grafton of clubs. The guests were ask
ed informally and every club was re-
queSted to send at least one book-f1c-
tion-for libraries which the federation
viii present to the city hospitals. About
$50 volumes, almost all new and all well
CHOSEN, were contributed fully one hum
bred dollars worth of books The
library committee is to be congratulate
ed on most successful undertaking for
the tea afforded a most delightful social
diversion aside from the excellent re-
suits in material way. Over one hum
dred women were in attendance The
library which offers beautiful and ar
tlst1cally satisfying place for gather
ing of any sort was made additionally
attractive with rugs and bouquets OF
| garden flowers. A clothes basket was
transformed by the use of bunting ana
flowers in the federation colors, pink
and lavender, into a huge May basket
WHICH, the DOCKS were OCPOSAIONA'
I Sherbet was served and every guest
was given a small bunch of pink sweet
peas tied with lavender ribbon The
members of the library committee, who
received the guests, are Miss Effie era
| ham, Mrs. Francis L. Hayes, Mrs 5. s
Estey, Mrs. B. H. Pugh, Mrs. S. j.
Crumbine. Mrs. A. A. GODDARD, Mrs
| Charles F. Spencer, Mrs. Norman Plass,
who were assisted by Mrs. j. c; NC
| Clintock, Mrs. T. S. Mason, Mrs. H. w.
Roby, Mrs Arthur McCabe, Mrs. w. F.
| Schoch, Mrs. A. o. Wellman, Mrs. w.
S. Eberle, Miss Alice Mccoy, Mrs. w.
E. Culver, Mrs. w. E. Clark. Mrs. Shu-
mate Mrs. Walter Bates Mrs. Charles
Hammond, Mrs. S. j. Perkins, Mrs. F.
P. Lindsay, Mrs. Ward Burlingame, Mrs.
L. K. Butterfield, Mrs. M. l.. Chamber
| lain, Mrs. ]. H. Johnston, Miss Blanch
Stewart, Miss Bessie ONeill Mrs. E. ].
Whiteker.
Mrs. w. t. crosby entertained the
Fillmore Street Whist club today.
Mr.. and Mrs. george NJ Eagle will en-
terrain a few friends informally to-
night.
Miss Margaret Going entertained her
| sewing club today.
The Saturday afternoon club will en-
terrain the Travellers club Saturday
from three to six at the home of Mrs
L
Is
Leavenworth Times: Mrs. Nellie Nc
MILAN spent Tuesday in Kansas City.
While there she selected the portrait of
Lincoln, which will be presented to the
city library of Topeka by the Depart
ment. of Ladies of the Grand Army of
the Republic, during the encampment
next week at Topeka.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will give the third of their series of re-
ceptions at the church parlor May 3, |
from to 5. The reception committee is
composed of Mrs. stephen S. Estey, Mrs.
Adrian L. Greene, Mrs. George w |
Parkhurst, Mrs. Robert Carver, Mrs.
William E. Drechse1. Mrs. John E. Frost, |
Mrs william Macferran, Mrs. L. B. |
They will be. assisted by Mrs. Charles !
F. Spencer Mrs. Mary E. Holmes, Mrs. |
Frank Brown, Mrs. Harold Chase, Mrs.
Willis Coston, Mrs. Scott Hopkins, Mrs. |
Silas Porter. Mrs. A. H. Thompson, |
Mrs. Nathan Price, Mrs. J. D. Gardner, |
Mrs. ]. B. Johnson and Mrs. w. e.
Culver. Mrs. ]. NJ. Bonebrake, Mrs. w. |
B. Wilton, Mrs. r. S. Magee and
Mrs. C. F. Menninger. Miss Winifred |
Green Miss Marguerite Koontz, Miss |
Louise Culver and Miss Rachel Coston |
will be at the punch bowls. All ladies
of the church or congregation living be-
tween Topeka avenue and Lane street
and all strangers are cordially invited.
When the men are around the girls,
especially the young ones who feel that
they have an ideal to live up to and
want it to be said of them that they
have a "birdlike Appetite don't eat
much. But at a hen party these
ethereal creatures who look as II they
were compounded entirely of sunshine
and sentiment prove that they are or
the earth, earthly all right, and If the
"eats' suit them do the Jack Spratt
stunt capably as anybody.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
auxiliary of Grace Cathedral will be
held at the Bishops House tomorrow
afternoon at three o'clock. Women with
mite boxes are asked to bring or send
them at that time.
We've been married twenty years
and oh! he's so tender "I should think
so after being that long in hot water"
The ladies of the Boys club will meet
Friday afternoon at o'clock at the
Provident association.
A new man in town who was taken
up by some of the cream cheeses of the
younger set was greatly impressed by
the elegance of the society into which
he had inadvertently stumbled. "Gee!'
he cOnfided to a friend but this Tope-
ka society is the candy. I was here
once before for few months but I
didn't get into the smart set. The only
girl I knew then was telephone girl
but she was mighty pretty all right"
y
Mrs ]. B. Sims will give dinner
this evening at her house on College
Hill for Miss Gertrude Coburn, Mrs.
Thompson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and
Mrs Ernest McCracken of Guthrie,
Oklahoma. Covers laid for eight. Mrs.
Sims will entertain again next week.
A the meeting of the U. and 1. club