The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

al those serious grown-ups actually
. having ~0od time! She could not
oelleve that that was all there was tt
1t. She fell that. happy as they look
ca. there must be some hard, disa-
greeable duty or necessity back of it
She lo1ged to ask somebody what il
had she seen people seeking enjoyment
for its own sake On the Kansas ranch
the women as well as the men worked
and their faces were lined with care.
She had no idea that there were some
people who lived only for pleasure and
lthat most of the busy Industrious ones
sought it diligently on occasions.
lou might suppose that a little girl
from Kansas ranch at her first play
would ~emember longest and most vi
N-dly the thrilling moment when the
curtain went up on that fairylanG of
japan in the first act of the NIikado.
fascinated by the sight of the gay
ard smiling face of that transformed
Piece of icy dignity, her aunt, that
| she missed the supreme sensation. 1t
was only when she followed her awe
| some relatives absorbed g-ze, that
| she discovered the stage. The impress
sion 1t gave her was one of increased
| beWilderment. more sophisticated
child of the same age would have been
| delighted. The little girl from Kansas
was dazed by the flowers, the lights,
the music and the unholy capers of the
players. "Chlnamen!' she thought with
| 4 shiver of fear and disgust remem-
boring that they ate rats and mice and
| birdnests. The dialogue and the
songs were alike incomprehensible to
| her. She supposed it was Chinaman
| talk. After a while her aunt leaned
| over aud Whispered isn't it pretty,
! dear?' and sire murmured that it was.
But up to that moment she had not
| thought of it so-she had been trying
| too hard to find an explanation for
the levity of the grown-ups at what,
was so far as she could see nothing
hut play. And her aunts comment
strengthened this theory. Pretty! Was
it possible that groWn-ups thought of
such trivial considerations as mere pref
tiness? Pretty is as pretty does she
gained the impression that beauty was
rather reprehensible. at least frivolous
and unnecessary.
And SO the little girl from Kansas
sense of the beauty. the fun, the
melody. the grace and the charm of
the Mikado but rather an astounding
unbelievable picture of her aunt. that
severe and formidable person of whom
she was always half afraid, relaxing
in smiles and laughter for whole eV
ening and joining in the applause by
tapping on her white gloves with her
feather fan in destrained and lady
ike enthusiasm.
A club woman writes:
Ard This club house that the FEEDER
alton women want, is not merely a
place for q city federation meeting. AS
i usual with club women they have
Planned for more than themselves. They |
want to have a building that will be a |
cial and commercial asset of Topeka
"a place where the clubs may meet; !
a home for the federation; place that
will be pretty enough. "homey" enough !
for women to use for parties, recep- |
tons functions of all kinds; place |
roomy enough for the small conven- |
lions that come TO TODeka: a be2uti- |
full hall where our young people may |
have their parties: a banquet room |
that will take care of club banquets !
ard dinner parties. in short, a social |
home for functions that in so many |
Instances are too large for private |
houses.
This club house will fill a place that
has been vacant since old Library hall |
became an art gallery and it will do /
much more because it is the desire of
dining room ard kitchen which Will
not be on the same floor as the re-
ception parlors or audience rooms.
There is another thought in connection
with the use OF the building; It VIII
enable Topeka's floating and political |
PEOPLE to rent a place where they may
be socially a home. i VIII e:l:tufe
people who live in hotels and apart
ments to entertain. Why, when one
thinks of It. It does seem strange that
ago! And had the women labored as
hard for themselves as they have for
others they would have had it, too.
The sleeveless coat suits still re-
tain their popularity and are certain
cable as they may appear. The one
shown here was of beige linen, COM
bined with net and lace in the same
shade. The princess gown worn be-