The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-01

| France. however. The picture show
in kissing female pupils at a school h
the plants of the button chrysanthe-
NUNS are trimmed and trained to
cover wax figures and the blossoms
make a solid mass of chrysanthe-
NUNS in the desired shape. During
the autumn, the landscape Is beautiful
with a trimming of red maple leaves.
transparent, delicately formed, and
resembling our sugar maple when
entertained at a meeting Of the Maple
Leaf Club, and has her name card
painted with the emblem and jap
anese writing.
IT never saw such numbers OF
young children, for after the war.
the authorities decided the country
would need an increase in population
to replace the loss of battle, the en-
peror said, Let there be more child
rem and there were more and more
children which was dealing with the
race suicide question with dispatch
and efficiency"
Mrs Soper visited Port Arthur, and
from there she went to China. and
at the time of her visit in China the
Imperial Summer Palace grounds
were open to visitors for the first
time in Chinese history. This change
was brought about by the revolu-
ton, and so Mrs. Soper saw the pal
ace which is now occupied by the
dowager queen. She drove over the
Of the temples OF those that she
saw all but one had been looted Of
its treasures in the boxer uprising
of some years ago. No pubic WORKS
in China are being carried on ana
none Of the buildings are kept In
condition. for the country Is bank
rupt. Are the buildings there sub
stantially constructed?" Mrs. Soper
was asked. mo" she said. II saw
none that were more than 500 years
old" In a country where house
so years old is antique. the construc-
ton of a work 500 years old seems
moderately permanent. but Mrs. Sop
er has been in Egypt.
In Picking Mrs. Soper visited REL
alive who is civil engineer in the con-
struction Of the Imperial railway ana
whose wife accompanied her on trip
through India and Burmah. Instead
of continuing the journey into Africa
and Southern Europe. Mrs. Soper re-
turned to China and Japan 10 see
those countries in the spring OF the
year, as she had Travelled in Egypt
and the upper Nile country and in
Europe some six years before.
From China, she went through
MONGOLIA and took the Trans-Siber-
ian trip to Russia Contrary to the
general opinion Of the bleakness OF
the Siberian country" MRS. Soper
said, lat the time I travelled through
it, which was early summer. the fields
and hills were covered with grass
and blossoms, and for a few pennies
the children at the stations kept us
supplied with fresh flowers Tor our
table. In Moscow we saw the krem-
lin and the great church where Ma
poleon stabbed his horses. and the
icon, a jeweled image of st. Mich
olas. For four days the people stood
outside the doors, four abreast. wait
ing to pay their respects to the image
and to get admittance we bribed an
official. who let us in at the back
door. From Moscow to St. Peters
burg a sister of the Gar travelled
with her retinue on our train. and
was as interested in watching the
women who travelled alone as we
could have been in seeing her. The
princess was on her way to Paris,
and it was her husband who was be-
ing lavishly entertained in Newport
| last summer
On the journey through India and
Siberia Mrs. Soper and the women who
One of the men who served them was
retired marine officer and the other
was an Oxford graduate, both English
men. How those men hated the
| job! Fancy Englishmen of their class
f, fetching and carrying and checking
luggage and taking orders from six
women-three Of them fussy old
maids, at that!'
Mrs. Soper intended, in planning her
! trip, to spend some time in Greece and
, Turkey, where she has friends in the
American legation, but on account OF
the wars, she had to give up that part
of the journey. and made the return
voyage from Germany. Mrs. Soper
has been very nearly all over the
world where travel is comfortable.
and she expects at some future time
to make q trip through Spain. Greece
and Turkey. She brought home with
her quantities of lovely silks and en-
| broideries and worries.
She has been with her cousin, Mrs.
! L. H. Mum, since her return from
abroad, and is now moving to her own
house. on Western and Second ave-
nues.
f,
The Topeka Avenue club will be en-
tertained at bridge-luncheon Friday
by Mrs. q. w. Bowman. s04 Topeka
| avenue.
| = . q
Mrs. John Sargent, ST., and Mrs A.
-. Gray will entertain at an informal
tea, at the home of Mrs. Sargent, be-
tween the hours of and Tuesday
arternoon. Tor Mrs. F. L. Hayes, Of