The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-25

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In these days of changing season.
when the report of the weather man
is looked upon as the most importa..
news of the hour and new clothes have
to be planned and purchased, the ''idle
rich are not at all idling, but look
ing over the calendar, they find Them
selves involved in activities that VIII
keep them busy for some months 20
come. They know that the bUtterli;
life is a piece of yellow back fiction.
and that If you took out all the So
ciety women who have nothing to 10
but squander the cash, play bridge
and peddle scandal, there wouldn't ne
enough of them to count. For tire
U and l club Is among us, a live CT
ganization of so-called society women,
growing in power and strength b.
leaps and bounds. The explanation %
its success lies in the little word ser
vice. 1t was not started with any
selfish ends in view, for no social Or
intellectual pleasure, nor any poiiti al
or sectarian friendliness, but rather to
get acquainted with the needs of 9TH
ers and to help make the line between
plenty and poverty q little less pam
fully evident.
The club had it's first meeting for
this sean Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. E. E. Ames in Potwin.
Mrs. David w. Mulvane, who has been
office on account of her absence FROM
the city. (She is in Chicago with Mr.
Mulvane, who is one of the Taft cam :
paign managers. The vice president,
Mrs. Ames, will fill her place and Mrs
Frank Craze was chosen vice pre,sI-
dent. The other officers are; MRS
chester woodward, secretary, ana M rs-
Harry Seery, treasurer The club mas
look toward the establishment of a
home for the care of sick babies. HI :
club has maintained cot IN ChrlS-
hospital for those who are unaDle -
nav for their service there, ana II VIII
continue that charity. There are Ioar
cooking classes at the Provident as :
sociatiop, supported by the Y ana
club under the direction OF MISS A1.cS
Takin Mrs Charles Brooks Thomas'
who is visiting nurse for the Prov
dent association has been especial
" active in advancing the usefulnesS
of fine U and [ club, as she is closeIN
in touch through the various orancnts
of philanthropic work in which she IL
interested, with the conoluons Ihtt .Ae
club seeks to alleviate
The membership is limited to thirty,
and the newly elected member Tor inns
year is Mrs. Harrison Morgan.
Societv has been unusually dull all
summer and it is still in the same
n1ournful condition, although the sea
son is pretty we'll advanced, ana near
V
outing. Even the governors houSe'
which is a sort of social center IN
the season of party giving, mas not
been open for any important aIlals
lately, unless we count the dinner 81
an for Theodore Roosevelt ana ms
marty. While the ex-preSldent Vls.l
was. of course, strictly a polltlcal a..
fair. the feminine touch at the soN
ernor's house makes it a soclal HeIl;
And that touch was by the "deft ana
daughter. Miss Lenore Stubos. Ls
nraise that she has received Tor mr.
practical efficiency in household ma,
ters was again justified at the second
dinner the Stubs family have set fGr
the Bull Moose candidate In the 40
sence of Mrs Stubbs, Miss Stubs hd'l
charge of affairs, and ordered me Gun
ner and superintended us seIEii, -
which was sufficient guarantee or It's
success Those who sat around the "a
bTe were. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
and his cousin. Mr.. George Roosevelt
who is travelling with him as ms sec
rotary. Senator ]. L. BrlstoW' MT NJ
thur Capper. Mr.. ]. n: Doney' NJ
William Allen White of Emporla NJ.
Henry Allen of Wichita, MI Mill
spaugh and Mr. Ruoe
A dance will be given Friday night
at Steinberg's hall by the young men men
of the Tfvoli, Washburn and high
school crowds.
The Washburn college classes met
Friday afternoon and elected their Of
ficers The senior class officers are;
Mr.. Henry OBrien, president; Nr.
Geo. McNeish. vice president, Mr.. Ray
Brooks, treasurer; Miss Ruth Leon
ard. secretary, and Miss Josephine
Tice, director W. c. L A.
The junior officers are: Mr.. Carl
Smiley, president, Mr.. Laurens Whit
temore, vice president; Mr.. RoIlo
Harger, treasurer; Miss Leita Coover
secretary: Miss Helen Shaver, ser
geant-at arms; Mr.. David Neiswanger,
director w. c. 1. A.
The sophomore class elected Mr..
Ernest Chamberlain, president; Miss
Helen Guild. vice president; Miss Nil
bred Gephart, secretary; Glenn Lo-
gan. treasurer, Mr.. John Fent, ser
geant- alarms, and Mrs. John May
nard, director W. c. I. A.
The freshmen class have chosen
Mr.. John March, president; Mr.. Frank
Sanders, vice president; Mr.. Hugh
Nichols treasurer; Miss Frances Per-
~, secretary. Mr.. Carl Linge and Mr..
Finny Markham, sergeant-at-arms