The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22


do their own housework- There Is
very little nervousness, insomnia and
/ that sort of thing in the lower classes.
And while some people point to this
fact as a proof of their superiority,
the real explanation is not in the fact
| that they are too highly bred, too
far from the soil,'' too rarefied, intel
Ilectually and spiritually, but that they
| are, in plain words, too lazy, or too
lstupid to have real occupations and
absorbing interests, without which the
! strongest mind waivers and the best
| constitution weakens.
| The better the mind, the greater
the intellectual and emotional capa-
| city the more dangerous is idlen ess.
| If there is one fact about ourselves
] of which we are absolutely sure it is
THAT good health and contentment
| both demand a regular and congen-
| ial occupation and that work is our
| best friend.
| The Current Literature club met with
Mrs j. w. Allen in Potwin last Tues
| day and elected the following new Of
hcers: Mrs. Mabel Richie, president;
Mrs. r. S. MCGEE, vice president; Mrs.
lots E. Hungate, secretary; Mrs. R. L.
Nesbaum. assistant secretary; Mrs. G..
IC Bowman, treasurer. The club viii
have the last meeting of the year next
Tuesday with Mrs, alien
! The friends of Mrs. E. W. Lloyd of
Terre Haute, Ind, who was the guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Osborne, 100
party Friday evening at their house.
The company included Mrs. o. B. Shep-
| herd Mrs C. L. Howe. Mrs. P. r. I.
Howe, Mrs. ]. c. Young, Mrs. w. w.
Decker, Mrs. F. M Drake, Mrs. A E.
Ice, Mrs N. A. Hypes, Mrs. L. P. Bone
brake, Mrs. R. G. Moody, Mrs. Frank
| Barrie. Mrs. o. B. Henderson, Mrs. +.
L. Ogle, Mrs. w. F. Fitzgerald, Mrs.
In. N Bower, and Mrs. c. c. Campbell.
The Golden Rule club will be enter
tanned at an all day meeting next Fri
| day at the home of Mrs. ]. c. Hol-
land, 1906 West Fifteenth street
The Portia club met with Mrs. S. J.
Crumbine Thursday. The program fol-
Roll Calmly Favorite Humorist, DR..
Wylie, Mrs. Shumaker.
Vocal number-Mrs. J: H. McBride-
Duties to Ourselves Physically-Mrs.
IL. D. Gardner.
Reading from Kate Douglas W1gg1n-
Mrs. C. H Searle
The T. G. F. club will meet with Mrs.
III. P Taylor on Taylor street, We'd
nesday.
| A district school entertainment was
given at the Y. w. c. A. last night
L
! tainments given by the membership
committee for the members whose dues
are pain in those months. The caste
of the play included Miss Anna Heart
| burg. Miss Ellen Hulse, Miss Grace
Heinzman, Miss Merriel Packard, Miss
Mabel Peters, Miss Marian Kenney,
Miss Minnie Smith; Miss Fanny Sibley,
Miss Ada Gliddon, Miss Bertha John
son, Miss Mabel Treleaven, Miss F'loy
Whitaker, Miss Hannah Eckstrom,
NTicS Ethel Williams and Miss Matte
Smith.
The West Side Reading club will
meet with Mrs. Irving Wellman, HOO
Wetern avenue, Tuesday afternoon
The Alta Vista club will meet Mon
day afternoon with Mrs c. D. Gray.
Miss Minnie Middaugh asked a few
guests for Thursday evening at her
home, Sunny Slope, to meet her broth
er, Mr.. Fred Middaugh, and Miss Clara
Kutz of Emporia, who were here for
the week. The invitations included
Deppe, Miss Myrtle Bloom, Miss Mar
garet Harries, Miss Edith Middaugh,
Miss Pearl Anneth. Mr.. Clifford Deppe,
Mr. Verne Harries, Mr.. Roy Harries,
Mr.. Hugh Harries.
The Willard w. c. T. U. will meet
| Tuesday at p. m. at the Euclid ave-
nue. M. E. church. Mrs. Carrie Nation
will address the meeting.
The Ramblers' club will meet with
Mrs. j. Howard Stuart, 1915 Harri-
son street, Monday afternoon.
The vespuccian club will meet with
| Mrs. Sam Zimmerman, 1928 Mulvane
street, Thursday afternoon.
| =
| The last regular meeting of the Mu-
| sic Study club was held with Mrs. w.
| A. Harshbarger, 1401 College avenue,
Friday afternoon. 1t was one of the
most delightful meetings of the year.
| Mrs. Lee Monroe was present, and
gave a charming little talk. The
guests were Mrs. Monroe, Mrs w. w.
Ermina Booth. The program follows:
| Chopin's Mazurkas Nos. 5, 6, 4S,
Mrs. w A. Harshbarger.
Chopin AS Poet, Mrs. S. J. Crum-
| bine
A Twilight Lullaby-W H. Jones,
Mrs J. P. Wah1e.
Funeral March-Chopin, Mrs. w.
H Bowlby.
Military Polonaise Waltz, Chopin.
| Miss Vivian Rush.
Resume of the Chopin Series, Mrs.
Ralph Cav.
PoIonaise, F sharp minor, Waltz
F minor-Chopin, Mrs Harry Tasker.
A Dutch Lullaby-Stu1tz, Swing.
Robin-Neidlinger Mrs. r. H.
| MorehouSe.
Duet-Waltz in D f1at-Chopin,
| Mesdames Tasker and Albaugh
| X \
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hotchkiss of
| Watunga. Okla. who are guests of
DIR. and Mrs. Otto Kiene will spend
the summer in Topeka and probably
remain here permanently. They will
| occupy the H A. Spielman house in
Potwin while the Spielmans are at
their summer home at Lake Okoboji,
Iowa. Mrs. Otto Kiene is a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hotchkiss and they
have a daughter and a son in Wash
burn, Miss Ra Hotchkiss who lives
at the Sigma Delta Psi house and
Mr. Hal Hotchkiss who lives at the