The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-01

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Ars, George a. Hodges has asked
the assistance Of the following women
at the reception At which she viii ke
hostess Friday afternoon. honoring
Mrs. W. E. Major Of Jefferson City,
Mo-: Mrs. Noble Prentis, Mrs. s. +.
Barber, Mrs. Charles n. Sawyer Mrs..
E. n. Crosby, Mrs.. Henderson Mar
tin, Mrs e. e. Ames, Mrs. Z. G. Bid
die, Mrs. D. e. Palmer. Mrs. w. R.
Smith and Mrs. Silas Porter.
Mrs. Major II tho wife OF the gov
ernor Of Missouri. and she will be In
Topeka the latter part Of the week
with her husband, both to be guests
Of Governor and Mrs. Hodges. She IL
one Of number Of distinguished per-
sons to be entertained At the govern
the first at which the wife OF anothe:
states chief executive has been the
guest Of honor. Mrs. Hodges has not
issued any Invitations, but her friends
are Informally asked to call and meet
Mrs. Major.
Mrs 8. b. Rohrer Of Las Vegas, N.
M. formerly of Topeka, Is on her way
to her home, after a visit to her peo-
pie in Fort Wayne and Lafayette.
Ind. and she will stop in Topeka for
9 short time. en- route. She will ar
five Wednesday at noon and will
leave Friday at noon, and will be the
guest Of Mrs. Luther Burns and MIRA
Roy Bone.
Mrs. Burns and Mrs Bone win be
at home Informally Thursday after
noon from three to dve o'clock. for
Mrs. Rohrer, at Mrs Burns home, SIS
Woodlawn avenue, Potwin Place. The
Aw-A - -
tons are issued. Mrs. Burns and Mrs
Bone ask friends of Mrs. Rohrer to
call and meet her during the hours
of their Eat home Thursday.
Mrs. H. A. Auerbach will give q tea
Saturday afternoon of this week ct
her home in Buchanan street.
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Miss Grace Page. whose engage
ment to Mr.. John Henri Redden has
been announced, will be the guest Of
honor at the home of Mrs. H. o. Gar
vey Thursday afternoon, when Mrs
Garvey will entertain the members Of
the Vignette club.
In an interview of Saturday. Nov.
20, Mrs. C. B. Walker, president Of
the State Federation of Clubs. was
quoted as saying. Club women are
worrying about holding Office" The
The sentence as given to the reporter.
was: "Club women are not worrying
about holding Office" Mrs. Walkers
idea is that their chief concern is for
q high grade of citizenship. There
are a few good laws they would like
to see passed, but too much time and
effort has already been wasted on try
ing to reform the world by passing
laws. She says that laws are only
expedients at best, and in the main.
open confessions Of wrong conditions
Hence, the club women are using all
their best efforts to encourage the de-
velopment of a class of citizenship
that is high principled. broad minded
and sincerely conscientious. She con-
tinues: "All things permanent must
emanate from the home; it is the in
stitution upon which our government
is founded. Side by side man and We
man went out OF the Garden of Eden,
and side by side they must retrieve all
that was lost"
Western Sorosis will entertain the
Mothers club Of the Provident asso-
citation Tuesday afternoon at the as
ISOLATION rooms.
The annual celebration Of Old Set
tiers day will be held Friday at the
First Presbyterian church. A basket
dinner will be served at the church at
noon. and following there will be i
program. This is an event which in
terests many Topeka people who are
themselves early settlers or the chill
dren of the city's pioneers. Those
who lived in Topeka prior to 1875 are
eligible to admission to the reunion.
| Mr.. P. I. Bonebrake is president of
the Old Settlers association. and Miss
Caroline Billings is secretary.
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The Topeka chapter of the D. A. r.
| will have an interesting meeting Sat
| urday, Dec. 10, at the home Of Miss
Lillian Valentine. The paper for the
afternoon will be claws for Kansas
Women" by Miss Lenore Monroe.
Mrs. Wallace is chairman Of the conf
mittee on entertainment for the aft
committee are: Mrs. D. H. Forbes.
Mrs. Kate Freeman. Mrs. C. b. Van
| Horn, Mrs. Henry McAfee and Mrs.
John E. Lord.
| The state regent, Mrs. Guernsey os
Independence, Kan, and the vice re-
gent, Mrs. Fife Van Tuyle of Leav-
enworth, will be guests Of the chap
| ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Johnston
| have returned to their home in Okla
ing holidays with Mr.. Johnston's par
ents, Mr.. Justice and Mrs. w. A.
Johnston.
Mrs. Johnston gave family dinner
party for her guests. covers being laid
for Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Johnston, Miss Eliaz-
beth McCrumb of East Oxford. Can
ada. and Judge and Mrs. Johnston.
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