The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

Geo Stitt. Mrs. W. T. Davis, Mrs. w.
f. McVey, Mrs. w. c. McDonough,
Mrs. H. A. Perry, Mrs Cochran, Mrs.
Thomas and Mrs. Grow.
Announcements have been received in
Topeka from DR.. and Mrs Charles L..
Conway, of Cottonwood Falls, of the
marriage of their daughter, Eliza beth
Jennie, to Mr.. Harry Lee Cassell, of
Atchison, which took place Thursday,
March IA at Cottonwood Falls. Mr.
and Mrs. Cassell will be at home after
April 10. in Atchison. The bride has
visited in Topeka and has a number Of
acquaintance here.
An event that will interest a good
many people this week is the lecture
Wednesday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock
in Washburn college chapel The
speaker will be Mrs. Charles Park of
Boston, who will come to Topeka I'M
der the auspices of the College Suf-
frage league. Her address, however,
will be interesting as well to these who
are not suffragists, for it Will deal
with the condition of women all over
the world, and as Mrs. Park has trav
eled extensively and has given her sub
ject thorough study, and as she is an
accomplished speaker and scholar
ly woman, the meeting will present
much that is of general interest. The
public is invited.
A Topeka woman, whose education
was academic, and who was charged
to the limit with the learning of an
cient PHILOSOPHERS, literature, biology
and logic, and knew a half dozen Ian
guages, finally settled down to the
commonplace labors of being a "haus-
frau The first breakfast she pre-
pared consisted of milk toast, and khe
milk being slightly soured, it curdled
ut CT loft hn
swimming in whey. I'VE must get
another milkman,' she told her hus-
band, I'VE got better milk than this in
Lawrence, and we must not introduce
impure food elements into our diet
That was a good many years ago, and
that wOman'S daughter is now getting
her education. She is student at
the State Agricultural college, and she
is learning chemistry, domestic
science, plain sewing and tailoring. AS
a side line, she is taking little science
and English. She can make all her
own clothes, and is constantly impOr
tuned to help the other students with
theirs and there is not an unpalatable,
indigestible article of food that she
can't work over into a delicious,
wholesome Wand. Thus the style in
education changes from one genera
ton to another, just as the fashion in
hips and waistlineS is altered from
season to season.
The annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Cement Users
was held this week in Kansas City,
with a reception and banquet Friday
night at the Hotel Baltimore. Mr.. ].
M. Meade of Topeka, engineer of the
eastern lines of the Santa Fe Railway
company, was one of the convention
speakers, his subject being THE De-
sign of Reinforced Concrete Retaining
Walls" Addresses We're made by some
of the prominent civil engineers of the
country. and professors from the uni
versities of Illinois, Pennsylvania and
Colorado.
The Monday Tourist club will meet
Monday afternoon with Mrs. E. E.
Brookens, 1871 College avenue.
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The West Side Reading club will
meet Tuesday afternoon, March 10,
with Mrs. w. F. Schoch. $40 Topeka
avenue. The paper for the afternoon
will be read by Mrs. Irving We1lman.
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Mrs. S. T. Breese. dean Of women at
HoIbrook Hall, Washburn college,
gave party for the senior girls Fri
day afternoon at the hall.
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The Ceramic Art club gave a din
ner Friday night at the Y. W. c. "A.
for Mr.. and Mrs. c. Z. Jordan, who
will leave soon to make their home in