The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-27

The parties thus far announced fol-
next week are: Mrs. Fred Anderson's
bridge party Tuesday afternoon fol
Miss Sybil Harvey of LeavenWOrtf
and the Helianthus dance Tuesday
night at the Elks' hall A good dea
of interest is taken in Mrs Anderson
bridge, for it will be quite a large at
fair, more than a dozen tables, and
Mrs Anderson, though she has not
lived in Topeka great while, has
made friends with a lot of the best
people. Her people were Kansas pio-
neers and until a short time ago made
her home in Leavenworth.
An event of interest to the college
crowd is a dance that the Sigma
Delta Psi girls will give Wednesday
night at Steinberg's hall for their
pledges. The pledges, the girls of the
active and alumnae chapters and their
men friends will make up the COM
pany.
Mrs. Scott Hopkins will have
guests at a house party during the
convention of the Woman's Kansas
Day club. Her guests will be about
half dozen friends from Horton,
and will attend the luncheon Monday
at the Y. w. c. A. building.
The La Douzaine Whist club will
meet February 1 with Mrs. Willft.1
F. Habig at her nome, 915 Fillmore
street
The Ceramic Art club met Friday
afternoon with Miss Katheryn Lind
say and Mrs r. W. Coppedge at Miss
L1ndSays home, IT'S Fillmore street.
After the business of the meeting the
members went to the home of Mrs.
IT. f. Menninger on Topeka avenue
and were entertained by an address
given by Mrs Menninger, illustrated
by lantern slide pictures
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The Music Studv cI1lh will moot
Thursday with Mrs. R. H. Cav at her
nome on Fillmore street at the regu-
lar matinee meeting.
a reception viii be given by the
First Presbyterian church Friday
evening, February ,. for the new
members by the Ladies Aid society.
The hours are from to IL.
The grade teachers of the public
schools of the city have been organ
lied into large club for some years.
and Friday night they held their an
nue. nual banquet at the Y. w c. A rooms.
me dinner was attended by about $50
guests, and was quite a delightful and
elaborate affair The tables were ar
ranged to form a large square and
We're decorated with fern and red
candles, and on each table was a
large vase of red roses. At the
speakers table were seated the presi-
dent, Miss Mabel F. Smith, the toast
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and the speakers, Mrs. June r. Chap
man. Mrs J. c. Evans. Mrs. Kate s.
Glessner, Miss May Monteith, Mrs
Laura Mcclure and Mrs. Margaret
Hill McCarter- Their table had a
decoration of white roses. Mr.. c. c.
Starr, superintendent of city schools,
and Mrs Starr were guests at the
dinner.
The officers of the society are:
Miss Mabel Smith, president: Mrs.
Irene B. Russell, first vice president;
Miss Gertrude Morton, second vice
president: Miss Blanche Carnahan
third vice president: Miss Minna Nc
Call, recording secretary; Miss Alta
rata WhitmOre, corresponding score
tary; Miss Alice Mccoy, treasurer:
Miss Jane Clelland. auditor. and Miss
Jean koOntz, historian.
The Treble Clef club, composed of
members of the club, sang cycle of
songs, and Miss Smith made the in
vocation The program was in cele-
bradOn of Kansas day but was held
Friday instead of Monday, the ami
Versary of the admission of the state
on account of the meeting of the
Noman's Kansas Day club on that
date.
Mrs. Katheryn Crawford. the clev-
err toastmistress, introduced the speak
ers, and the first response was made
by Mrs. Lucella Cromer, whose sub
ject was 'Ad Astra per ASpera,' - KAN
SaS more but never 1esS-Kansas all
the time. The address was interest
none
full of its future. Mrs. June r. Chap
man spoke on the ..Parent-Teachers
Association" which has but lately been
organized, and its Importance in pro-
noting cooperation of teachers and
mothers and esta blishing a mutual
understanding to the inestimable ben
eft of the pupil. Two members of the !
school board Mrs. G. ]. Evans and
Mrs w. A. McCarter, both of them
we'll known speakers, were on the pro
gram. Mrs Evans address to the
teachers was Enthusiastically bright
and entertaining, full of good stories
Her subject was the importance of the
early training on the later life of chill
dren- Mrs. Evans is a clever after
dinner speaker and her remarks fall
easily into the lighter vein, so pleas
ing after a turkey dinner Mrs. Kate
8. Gresser responded to a toast on
''Nere Man" A dinner at which the
guess were women would not be com
plete without the usual roast" for
the men, and the presence of the one
man guest at the banquet gave point
to the remarks of the speaker. The
eJayhaWker Woman" was the subject
of Miss MOnteith'S toast. Much has
been said of the achievem ents of Kan
sas men, and Miss Monteith's address
evened up the balance by pointing out
the attachments of Kansas women, |
showing what they had done for the !
state. Miss Laura Mcclure. whose
subject was Bird eS-to-Be limited at
some secrets of wedding news soon to |
be made known among the women of
the profession. Quite q number of /
brides-elect were among the guests, |
and they were told how much would
be expected of them as wives. that the
clubs honor demanded that they be |
the best houSekeeperS, and that their |
John Henry Williams must be angel |
children, etc. zone of the teachers |
who is to be married soon to a Cali |
fornia man interested in the sugar re- |
fning industry. is planning a trip to |
cuba. the Hawaiian Islands and coun-
tries of the Far East) The brides-to- |
be toast naturally contained a good |
4eoT Of concentrated interest The last |