The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17

otherwise in fact. never disturbing the
flesh.
ioned. Miss Lillian Foster, who is al
ways beautiful and exquiSitely gown
ed, wore a lavender broadcIoth two
piece suit, empire gown and long coat
white plumes. Mrs. George Fleish-
man was in a cedar broadcloth suit.
Mrs. Charles Gault wore a black
broadcloth gown with trimmings of
gold on the bodice and a black and
white hat. Mrs. Norman S. Wear was
in an electric blue cloth princesse.
Miss Elizabeth Gordon of Sioux City,
Ia, who is Miss Permelia Curtis guest
wore a costume of pale green velvet
and chiffon and a black hat loaded
with white plumes. Mrs Charles
Blood Smith wore a taupe cloth gown
and black and white hat.
man said today parties are for
girls who want excuses to be with the
men they are chasing. Nobody is
chasing me and object to being asked
just to eat up the salad for which the
no appetite.
A smoker at the Delta Phi chapter
house Tuesday night in honor of some
of the new men at Washburn was at
tended by Mr.. Joe Denny, Mr. Cyrus
Monroe, Mr.. Rudolf Downs, Mr.. Ed
Mooney. Mr.. Leo Mooney. Mr.. George
White, Mr.. Alex. Spencer, Mr.. Roy
George, Mr. J. A. George, Mr.. Lee
johnson, Mr.. Ted Ingham Mr.. Billy
Evers, Mr.. John Robb, Mr.. Wistar
Williams. Mr., Harley Bennett, Mr..
Freeman Martin, Mr. Norman Whit
Mfllice, DR.. Leo Haughey, Mr.. Ralph
Rohrer. Mr.. Carkhuff, Mr.. Roy Ufford,
Mr., Hal Hotchkiss, Mr.. Clifford
knight, Mr.. Donald Neiswanger, Mr.
Darwin Bradley, Mr.. Malcolm Cope
land, Mr. Dick Reed, Mr.. Francis
Bonebrake, Mr. James Mcclure, Mr..
Fern klinger, Mr.. Carl Dariot, Mr..
Earl Spencer, Mr.. Ralph Forbes, Mr..
berlain, Mr.. Omar Smith and Mr.. Har-
old Tice.
Miss Raye Robinson of Rockford,
Ill, who is the guest of her brother,
Mr.. L. P Robinson, and Mrs. Robin
son, was the honor guest at an after
noon bridge at their house, 916 King
street.
1t takes a lot of nerve for widower
to walk into the theater with a girl for
the first time.
The Ladies' Music club will give a
benefit concert at the Auditorium,
Monday night for the family of John
Munson who was killed in the Park
hurst-Davis fire last week. The mem
bers of the club will give the pro-
gramme and the use of the Auditor
ium, concert piano and the print
ing of the tickets have all been do
mated.
A visiting girl is great help to her
hostess if the latter is stringing two
or three men along and has them at
the stage where they are difficult to
manage.
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The meeting of the Humane So
ciety at the home of Mrs. c. G. Fos-
! ter, set for tonight, has been post
poned until tomorrow night. Every
/ body interested in the work is in
vited.
This simplifies the dinner problem
considerably" said a girl in the din
ing room at tea fight yesterday.
| ''Sister and I will eat out fill here and
Brother is going to bridge party to-
night so there'll be no dinner at our
| house"
When the hostess is unmarried,
| popular and prominent" there is al
ways some curiosity as to which of her
suitors will be "house man" at the
party-that is, which she will reserve
| for her own STEADY" instead of ask
ing him to take some other girl. This
mark of favor is regarded, by the
Young Things, as almost equal to an
| announcement of her intentions. But
sometimes the hostess sidesteps the is
sue. A girl who gave a party this
week asked four or five extra men,
all counted among her suitors. and
nobody, least of all the rivals. knows
which one she prefers.
X
Senator and Mrs. Z. F. Porter of
Pittsburg gave a dinner Tuesday night
at the National for Miss Lulu
Weathers of Pittsburg, who is their
! guest and for their son. Mr.. Houston
Porter, who is a student at Washburn
and lives at the Kappa Theta house.
| The guests We're: Miss Bess Renwick.
| Miss Laura Armstrong, Miss Isadel
| Heath Miss Bess Allison. Miss
| Weathers, Mr.. Porter. MF. Earl Voor-
| his, Mr.. Ralph Nicholson, Mr.. John
Borah and Mr.. David Ferguson.
y
Mr.. and Mrs. V. B. Kistler have
asked guests for cards tonight for
Mrs. Florence Etter of Chicago. and
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. 2. Sterne. who will
leave in about two weeks for an