The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-22

G. Foster, Mrs. J. Howard Stewart.
Mrs. Jerome Colvin, Mrs. John Green,
Mrs. Jack Harrison, Mrs. Caldwell,
Mrs. H. G. West. Mrs. c. H. Brownell
and Miss Florence Miller.
The Vespuccian club will meet
Thursday afternoon with Mrs: Sam
Cunningham, 1906 East Eighth ave
nue. A miscellaneous program will be
furnished by Mrs. S. G. Zimmerman,
Mrs J. MouldE Z and 4 Mrs, : Cunningham
the Thursday Study club tomorrow
afternoon at her country home, Cedar
Heights.
A new gymnasium class will be
organized tonight at the Y w. c. A.
for the teaching of regular gymnasium
work. and fancy steps The class will
be open to nonmembers of the asso-
citation at specially low cost
The Chalitso club of Highland Park
will meet Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. G. B. Bailey, at ? o'clock.
Mrs L. A. Gillette of III Fillmore
street entertained the members of the
W. G. T. Y. Monday at the regular
meeting of the Topeka union. Four
other unions were represented. The
prize essay contest work in the schools
was presented by Miss Gray, and Mrs.
E. S. Pettyjohn reported the state
convention held recently in Winfield.
After the program there was a social
half hour.
A plan to combat the high cost of
living has been devised by some apart
ment dwellers in a fashionable suburb
of Chicago. Three families made the
plan. They have comm unity kitchen
sides who prepares the food for the
three families, and the meals are
served by one corps of assistants in a
large room of the apartment in which
are located three family tables. The
families got together and found that
each had been employing an expen-
sive chef with the usual extra servants
that chefs must have to preserve their
had become an art with something
like grand opera, they decided to treat
it like grand opera and hire it in com
munity and not by the individual
family. The women of the three
households compose a committee on
menus, purchases and management
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. S. F. Booker of San Francisco,
Cal, has been visiting Mrs. A. A.
Hurd. She spent few days with Mrs.
John Mowers, and will return to be
Mrs. Hurd's guest tomorrow.
DR.. and Mrs. Wade Doster and their
Kansas, are visiting DR.. DoSter's par
ents, Judge and Mrs. Frank Doster.
Mrs. A. O. Wellman has returned
from a trip to Chicago. Mr.. and MRS.
Wellman made trip to Boston about
three weeks ago, and Mrs Wellman
stopped in Chicago on her return for
a two weeks visit to friends.
Mrs. A I. Hughes of Davenport, Ia,
is the guest of Mrs. John Movers.
Mrs. Stafford Chamberlain has re-
turned to Chanute, after a weekend
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. P. c. Chamber
lain. sY
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Bowman have
returned from Chicago and Lake For
est, ILL.,, where they visited their |
daughter, Miss Florence Bowman, who |
is a student at Ferry Hall.
Mrs. Elon S. Clark left today for De-
troit and Birmingham, Mich, and later |
she will go to Buffalo and Rochester, |
n. Y, to visit relatives. a.
Miss Katherine Lux has gone for a !
short stay in Excelsior Springs.
Look for the guarantee tag on Guar |
anteed Banquet Flour. ADV.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Porter left yes
terday for New Orleans and Aransas |
Pass Texas where they will spend a |
few weeks fishing and hunting on the
Gulf.
Mrs w A. McCarter returned to-
day from Dunleigh and Carthage, Ind, |
where she visited her old home. She |
aer. Ind, on her return for a visit to /
Miss Marie Witwer is spending few |
weeks in Excelsior Springs.
The XIV club met this afternoon
with Mrs. R. V. Morrison, 1917 Jack |
son street.
Miss Matte Payne has gone to Car
nett for visit to Miss Mary Gilbert.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. B. Burge have gone !