The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
c)OCETY

The washburn school of music. Mr
ALI Klingenberg, dean, will observe
birth of Chopin, with a Chopin even
ing MacVicar chapel tonight Mr.
George Barlow Penny of Kansas City
i will give a brief appreciation of the
/ artist and Mr.. Klingenberg, than
| whom a more sympathetic interpreter
/ of the Polish composer has never been
heard in Topeka, will play the fol-
| lowing programme of his best COM
| positions for the pianoforte:
Sonata, B fiat minor.
| Three EtudeS.
Nocturne, c. sharp minor.
Scherzo, B fiat minor.
| BaIlade, G minor.
Valse, C sharp minor.
l. Impromptu, F Sharp.
BerceuSe.
| Polonaise in A fiat.
| general invitation is extended for
| the occasion.
| The last of the Tuesday at homes
| at the National, will be held tomorrow
4 by the out-of-town women who have
| made the hotel their home during
| the legislative session, assisted by the
| Topeka women who live at the hotel
| q
| The Youngster had been elected
! presid ent of a club composed of boys
>
| the rest of the family were chatting
| him about it. There's a. book on
parliamentary usage in the library,
! his father said, you'd better study
| it." HUH responded the Youngster
| What do I want with that? I can
lick any boy in the club
One of the most enthusiastic motor
lists in town is Miss Frances McClin-
took, DR.. and Mrs. ]. c. McClintock's
youngest daughter who not only
drives the McClintock cars and is one
of the best drivers in town, but. in the
occasional lapses between chauHeurs,
which happen in the best regulated
automobile owning families, takes all
the care of the cars and is an author
ity on their construction. Motor
ing is a considerable fad among the
girls of the Younger Set. Miss Mary
MacLennan, Miss Clyde Bonebrake
and Miss Eliza beth Mills are skilled
and enthusiastic drivers who, pre-
ferably, dispense with the services of
a chauffeur There are number of
Topeka women who drive their own
electric cars: Mrs. c. w. Snyder,
Mrs. Harry GaVitt, Mrs. Charles
Brooks Thomas, Mrs. ]. NJ. Padgett,
the Misses Curtis, Mrs. J. w. Going,
Miss Margaret Going and others.
Mrs. Armin A Weiskirch and Mrs.
Margaret Wiggin have asked a few
guests informally for Saturday after
noon. from 5 10 o at hTS- w WelShiICH
house in Potwin to meet Mr.. Weis-
kirchs sister, Mrs. Lloyd G. Harris of
St. Louis.
Shortly before the dinner hour
Saturday night a faint Odor of onions
emanated from the Delta Phi chap
ter house on College Hill and grad
ually increased in vigor until every
resident of the classic neighbOrhoOd
was trying to locate the source of the
seductive fragrance. Wild-eyed girls
rushed from the sorority houses and
shifted frantically and the recon
centrados'' of the boarding houses
on their way to prunes, liver and
Clipped beef, envied the onions their
strength and savoFiness. In the
kitchen of the Delta Phi house, with
his sleeves and trousers rolled high
and apron tied around his neck. and
a huge spoon in his hand, Mr.. L. L.
Kfene famed concocter of Goo-ey
Goodies. stood before the range which
held five great, steaming, pots heaped
with chop suey, from which
veloped College Hill Beside him
stood Mr.. E. w. Thompson, first as
sistant, and there was a background
of watering mouths and teasing "tum
their guests. Mr.. w. A. rNeiswanger,
Major A. NJ Harvey. DR.. Otto Kiene
and others. 1t was a hungry mob,
withal suspicious, and every move
ment OF the cneI was clOSe1y watched,
for, whether it be the celestial as in
this case or the common or garden
variety everybody wants to know
what goes into his hash. Mr.. Kiene
was instructed in the mysteries of
chop suey by a Japanese who re-
Gently visited Topeka, and the Delta
Phi men, hearing of his call local
rights reserved patent, on the
Oriental dish, invited him to give
demonstration at the frat house. In
the feed Saturday night two pecks OF
onions, seven chickens, quantities or
mushrooms, celery and Chinese sauce |
Especially imported for this occas- |
sion) were used. Chop suey, was of
course, the piece de resistance (what- |
ever that isl, of the supper. It's
accomplishments were rye bread, rice |
and tea with cigars to follow. After
the feed and smoker the guests were
levied upon for further entertainment. |
his famous Canuck recitatfons and
impersonations and Mr.. Neiswanger |
talked about fraternity interests. |
There were forty Delta Phis and |
guests present at the chop suey fes- |
tival and. just to show they weren't |
sore because they hadn't been in
vited some of the sorority girls and |
their Steadies sneaked in the back
door after the feed was over and ate
the leavin's.
The stocks shown on the figure above |
is unusual Y sraceful in design and suf- !
hciently removed from the ordinary to
attract notice. 1t is made of bands of
lace insertion and white net. Two tucks |
of the. net borCer. each piece of inser- |
ton, and a small tucked j3hot of the
same falls from between tne points. |
The stock on the upper right was also