The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-26

The first or the NATIONAL at nOHleS
was observed today by the women
who are stopping at that hotel dur
ing the legislative session and who Will
receive informally every Thursday af-
ternoon during the session. The
hostesses today We're Mrs. W; J. F1tz-
Huffman Mrs G. L. Chapman, Mrs.
Bennett, Mrs. Denton and Mrs.
Rhodes. Mrs. Joseph L. Brtstow or
Salina who came to town for the cleo
ton Of Mr.. Bristow to the ONCE OF
United States senator. by the legisla-
ture, was a guest of honor and as
sisting We're Mrs. Charles L. Wood,
Mrs. James E. Hurley, Mrs. Noble
Prentis and her daughter, Mrs. Law
son Gilbert, of Chicago, who is her
guest.
Miss Caroline Lexow, daughter OF
the man made famous by the LeXoW
commission which was New York
sensation a number of years ago is in
Lawrence organizing an equal suffrage
chapter among the girl students of the
University of Kansas. This is Miss
Lexow's life work and she has or
ganized chapters at Wellesley, Mount
Holyoke, Bryn Mawf Swarthmore,
Leland Stanford, Chicago university,
Wisconsin university and many other
important colleges. Miss Lexow will
be in Topeka, Friday, a guest of honor
at the Women's Kansas Day clubs an
Good Government club of Topeka on
the programme. The meeting of the
w. K. ID. club will have three sessions
Friday, brief one in the morning,
in the senate chamber when the for
NAL presentation of the deed of Paw
nee Rock, the gift of the club to the
state, will be made, the programme in
the afternoon when the patr1otlc
women's organizations of the state
will each be represented among the
lxar ND s,
Stubs will give at the Governors
House in the evening.
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Mrs. George P. Stitt will entertain
Saturday afternoon for Mrs. A. w.
Benson and Mrs. D. NJ. Valentine.
Miss BIanch Rohrer will give a
Chatting dish supper for sixteen to-
night in compliment to Miss Fan Reed
and Miss Mable Reed of Smith Center
who are in town to be with their
father, Mr.. J. T. Reed, who is a MEM
Der of the senate, during the 1egisla-
ture. They are dividing their time be-
tween the National, where Mr.. Reed
is staying, and the home of Miss
Rohrer Miss Fan Reed was formerly
a Washburn student and Miss Rohrer
has limited her invitations for this
evening to her Washburn friends.
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Mrs NJ. F. Rigby entertained the
Mysotis club and four extra tables at
cards this afternoon.
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Mrs. H. Ward Page entertained
thirty-five guests Monday afternoon
for her guest, Miss Charlena Byerly of
Cincinnati, Q.
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Mrs. G. A. Bogue and her son, Mr..
F. A Bogue, 917 Fillmore street,
will leave soon for Chicago to reside
permanently. An informal afternoon
will be given tomorrow by some of
Mrs. Bogue's neighborhood friends in
her honor at the home of Mrs. S. c.
drummer.
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Men whose wives are members of
Western Sorosis and who couldn't
sleep last night for excitement on
reading in this department that the
club was to have an open meeting for
the husbands Saturday night, must
prepare for blow. The s. R. made
a mistake, as usual Sorosis will in
deed have an evening meeting Satur-
day at the home of Mrs. John @.
Royce, as stated, but Mere Man will
not be invited and the husbands will
have to spend the evening at their
clubs or amuse themselves in some
other way, and you kno% they'll just