The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-25
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their home, E,mwood Place, for Mr. |
and Mrs. F. S. jackson, who will leave |
soon for Washington, d. C. Covers |
will be laid for fourteen.
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The past week has been unusually
gay for Lent, on account of the pres
ence of a number of out of town
guests. Mrs. Addison Pitkin of Kala-
maZoo, Mich, who is visiting Mrs E.
S. Quinton, has been the guest of hon
or at number of bridge parties. Mrs.
A. L. Lundy of Chicago, who is the
guest of her sisters, Mrs. Willis Norton
and Mrs. Harold Chase, has been en-
tertained at various parties during the
week, including a delightful party this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Norton
and Mrs. Dean Low of Phoebe, Nevada
the guest of Mrs. NJ. A. Low, has been
the inspiration of some parties since
her arrival. These three visitors
shared honors at a luncheon given
Thursday by Mrs. George Crawford.
ter part of next week; Mrs. Lundy will
leave next Tuesday for Spokane,
Wash, TO visit her daughter, and Mrs.
Low will return to Phoebe, Nevada,
about the first of April.
Miss Helen Brigham will give a
thinnble party next Saturday afternoon
at her home on Western avenue for
the girls of the Beta sorority.
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The NOrdica concert will be one of
the interesting events of next week.
The concert will be given Friday night
at the Auditorium, and some of the
society and musical people are plan
ming to go in line parties None of the
great singers who come to Topeka APP
pear to hold the interest of the pub
lie as Nordica does. Whether it is al
together by her versatile powers as an
artist, or partly by the friendliness of
her attitude toward her audiences, it
is hard to say. At all events the in
Ct in har fc iaI
ging and insures her welcome.
Mr.. Ralph Parr, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. E. Parr, who is a student at
the Annapolis Naval academy, will
spend the summer on his ship cruis-
ing in the Baltic sea. The school
closes in June, and the boys are on
the sea during the summer, taking
their vacations in September. Mr..
Parr and his classmates will stop in
England, Russia and Sweden during
their trip through foreign waters. Mr..
Parr will spend the month of Septem-
Der in Topeka with his parents.
Mrs. w. A. Johnston has been ask
ed to attend the International Suffrage
convention which meets this year in
Stockholm, Sweden. Mrs. Johnston
has been active for many years in suf-
frage work, taking it up at time
when the movement was unpopular
among men and women alike, and her
courage in working for the principle
she believed in. has brought her into
notice throughout the country as one
of the pioneer suffrage workers. She
has not accepted the call to attend the
convention, and it is likely she Will
not go, but the invitation is at least
recognition of what she has done for
the cause
The annual banquet of the Jay
hawker club will be held at the Mis-
sion Tea room. Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock, March %. program has
been arranged for the evening Tick
cts may be obtained from Mr.. E. H. !
Hogueland, Mr.. Otis S. Allen, Mr.. w.
r. Arthur or Mr.. David Page.
Miss Elizabeth Barr. editor of Cur
rent Topics, has been asked to spend
this summer in London, assisting the
English suffragists. Miss Sylvia Pank-
hurst, who was in Topeka last week,
talked with Miss Barr on western
methods of suffrage work. and offered
her a position as contributor to the
English suffrage paper, Votes for
Women. The work in London is thor
oughly organized and they have need
of more helpers Miss Barr will spend
the summer in England if she can find
someone to take charge of her paper
during her absence.
The Topeka Avenue club will have
a banquet at the National hotel Fri
day evening, April 7.
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An organ vesper service will be
given Sunday afternoon at o'clock
by Dean Horace WhitehouSe in Cen
trail Congregational church. These
services will continue every Sunday
until Easter This is an innovation in
church services that will interest mu-
steal people, as it will give them an
opportunity to hear the best organ
music.
In the Bachelor club of Topeka,
which was organized two years ago,
eight of the fourteen members are
engaged. Even the president, Mr.. Will
liam Collinson, spends every other
Sunday in Lincoln, Neb, visiting a
girl. The real bachelors are those
who have given up hope, and they are
not the ones who belong to bachelor
club. not wishing to advertise their
shortcomings.
The Wild Thyme Shakespeare club
met with Mr.. and Mrs. d. t. Grimes
on College Hill last night. The fourth
and fifth acts of LAS You Like It"
were read to the club by Mr.. H. G.
Larimer King Lear will be read next
before the club. Those present were
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stewart. DIR. and
Mrs. w. A. McCarter, Mr. and Mrs.
r. N McEntire, Mr.. and Mrs. Ike S.
Lewis, DR.. and Mrs. c. B. Van Horn,
DR.. and Mrs. c. E. Barber, Mr.. and
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Arthur J. Carruth, jr., DIR. and Mrs.
H. w Putnam. Mr.. and Mrs. ARA
Clark, Mr. and Mrs. c. w. Wetherton,
DIR. and Mrs. L. V. Sans, Mr.. and Mrs
d. T. Grimes and Mr.. and Mrs. E. E
BrOokens.
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The Mysotis club will meet Tuesday
with Mrs George Dickhut, 7O1 West
street.
The Elwell Bridge club will meet
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. S. B.
Rohrer at her home, 429 Greenwood
avenue.
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