The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
The Peasant Girl,
always loved by a duke

Society will be chiefly concerned next
week in preparation for the coming VI
the bankers of the Kansas state Bank-
ers' association, which celebrates tIle
+vven+v-fifth anniversary of its orgar1-
zation May % to "a. The wives OF
about two hundred members VIII ac-
company their husbands, and the local
committee, consisting of the wives OF
the officers of the ten Topeka banks
are making elaborate plans Tor tnelr
education. Mr.. and Mrs Il. II CROSBY
and Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Snyder nave
offered their homes for entertain
ments for the visitors The CROSBY
house has been built within the last
wear and a reception which will be
given there Wednesday night, May
%. will be the first large affair at me
new home. 1t is one of the handsom-
est houses in Topeka, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Crosby, in opening their mouse
for the visiting strangers, have DEM
onstrated the spirit of hospitality that
we are accustomed to associate with
the names of southern people the
party will be a formal reception, and
music will be furnished by an or
chestra.
The local bankers and their out-of-
town guests will go Thursday night to
the Grand opera house to see Mar
garet Ellington in 'kindling. The
entertaining bankers will bring Mar
garet Ellington and her company from
New York especially for the occasion.
and only the bankers and their guests
will be in the audience.
The guests will be entertained Fri
day morning at 10 O'clock at the &.
w. Snyder home. A program will be
given by a number of women from
different towns of the state, and music
will be furnished by Miss Nellie kouns
and Miss Sarah Kouns, who have late
ly returned from Munich, Germany.
After the program there will be a
luncheon at the Snyder home. The
decorations for both parties will be
the flowers from the gardens of Mr..
and Mrs. John R. Mulvane and Mr..
J. R. Burrow of Highland Park
After the luncheon the bankers will
go in automobiles to the Snyder home
to take the women for a motor trip
over the town.
Mrs. J. b Larimer will give a
luncheon Monday for Mrs. w. H. Lin
niger of Chicago. who will be :he
guest of friends. in Topeka. Covers
will be laid for Mrs. Lininger, Mrs.
L C. Emahizer, Mrs. E. E. Ames, Mrs.
Charles Sawyer of Norton, Mrs. Roy
Bone, Mrs o. E. Walker, Mrs c. t.
Mcclellan and Mrs Larimer.
A woman, who has been honored by
the title 1.-THE best American Citizen
passed through Topeka this week.
Jane Adams of Hull House, Chicago,
is spending this week In Kansas, and
is visiting her sister, Mrs. A.. Holde-
man, who is banker or Girard. She
was in Topeka once before number
of years ago and lectured at the
auditorium, and for 20 years now her
name has been known and her work
discussed throughout the country She
has represented to all the civilized
world the latest IDEAS IN philanthropy
and social and civic reform, and she
has stood in the forefront of the ranks
of advancement for womankind I
saw her in Wichita this week at the
c. E. Beachy home. where she was
being entertained. Il could not give
out the plans for the future of Hull
House." she said, "but the work there
is pretty closely watched, and the
public sees the fulfillment without
hearing the promise. The latest i'm
provements we have made consist in
the opening of some new trade schools
for girls, where they are taught sew
ing and other trades, and we have ex-
tended the work of the trade schools
for boys, and are teaching them mod
cling in wood. copper and brass, and