The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-06

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and the ladies of the Queens house,
hold were dressed in lavender and
were the ones who served the supper
following the festival. A band OF
strolling players gave story of
Young Lockinvar, under the direc-
ton of Miss Lima Bresette, and the
program closed with the procession of
chimney sweeps.
A meeting to organize a local mems
league to assist the women in working
for suffrage, is called for wednesday
evening at 1880 o'clock at the Com
mercial club rooms. All men who
are interested in the cause are asked
to attend.
The use of slang by college girls
ing the place of English in such
wholesale way that the authorities at
Wellesley have decided to impose a
fine on all girls violating the new
rules against slang, the sum obtained
to go toward the student government
building fund. Hereafter instead of
the word "Calebs,'' the girls must say
"a person whose achievements you
ADMIRE" masculine kisses must not
be- referred to as "dewdabs;" per
son not on the square is not to be
called a pill or a peanut; neither must
the young women call in a crush,
when she means the person who es-
corts her to parties when her man
friend is out of town. one is no long
er Lab de dahl when she is dolled
up or we'll dressed.
An epidemic for language that
makes the Wellesley conversation
sound like lines from Phoebe Carey
by comparison, went through a To-
peka school one time, and some OF the
pretty red lips that got the habit OF
framing line of bar-room words,
sometimes allowed them to slip
through outside the scholastic halls
and shocked the good people of the
towr, nearly out of their senses. So
this system of fines, If it works, may
not be so bad.
The following young people had
hike Friday night to the Frank Logan
home, where they had picnic sup
per: Miss Jessie McCarter, Miss Hazel
Boast, Miss Lucille Lukens, Miss Ruth
Bomgardner, Miss Esther Kleinhans.
Miss Martha Logan, Mr.. Chas Lyon,
Mr. John Williams, Mr.. Geo. Hoge-
boom, Mr.. Ralph Kingsley, Mr..
Churchill Sargent Mr.. Frank Hether-
ington.
The following members of the Beta
Sorority had a steak roast at the
home of Miss Mignon Logan: Miss
Elizabeth Kimmell. Miss Ammetta
Nicoll, Miss Lillian Stone, Mr.. Glenn
Pratt, Mr.. Elton Mcintosh, Mr.. Merle
Palmer, Mr.. Fred Cooper, Mr.. Earl
Trobert. Mr.. Gilbert Worley and Mr..
John Fent.
The Duplicate Whist club met Sat
urday afternoon with Mrs. A. L. Mich
OILS, 721 Fillmore street.
Mrs. o. B. Martin will entertain the
B. c. D. club Wednesday afternoon
with a dozen guests in honor of her
daughter, Mrs. H. G. Martin of Ell
Reno, Ok.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hallock of 1041
Garfield avenue, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Pearle, to Mr.
Edwin Chincholl; the wedding to take
place in the fall.
A reception will be given tonight
for Miss Effie McLaird of Minnesota
at the j. w. Fisher home, FOL Fill
more street.
The following notice is taken from
the Los Angeles Evening Herald:
The production. of the operettaa
Temple Auditorium May and 8, |
promises to be one of the picturesque
affairs of the year. The special honor
of enacting the role of the Empress of
Nippon has fallen to Mrs. Harmon
Ryus, a petite and dainty woman of
regal bearing and winsome manner.
Mrs Ryus will be surrounded dur
ing the evening by the pagoda maid |
ems. group of young girls whose duty
it is to attend the empress on all oc-
casions. These young girls will wear
the vivid and graceful frocks of the |
Japanese and will be especially in evil |
dence when the empress is crowned in
the third act.
The plot of the opera concerns
young bachelor emperor of the island
who is compelled by law to select
wife to share his throne, and finally |
chooses the beautiful princess, to be |
impersonated by Mrs. Ryus. The royal
robes worn in the coronation scene |
will be of the handsomest possible |
quality and will of course follow the |
styles of Madame la Mode of Japan.
Mrs Ryus was formerly Miss Ce-
leste Nellis of Topeka
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs W. F. Hurd and Miss Harriet |
Crosby of Orleans, Mass, have return |
ed home after visit to Mrs. Warren |
M. Crosby.
Miss Mildred Morton is visiting Miss
Helen Hornaday of Lawrence.
Miss Ariel Nichols visited Miss Doro- /
thy Porter at the State university |
Saturday.
from a visit to friends in Lawrence.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Eaton of Chi /
cago, who have been in Topeka the
past month, will return home this
week. Mr.. Eaton came on business
and Mrs. Eaton accompanied him.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Tinker, Az
Woodlawn avenue, are the parents of
twins a boy and a girl, born Sunday
morning, to whom they have given the
names William ard Jeanette. Mr..
Tinker is superintendent of the money
order division of the Topeka postofice.
Mrs. Tinker was formerly Miss Myrtle
Townsend of Aucubon, Iowa