The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-10

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Miss Nina Nicholas will be hostess at
an informal bridge party Saturday af-
ternoon at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
Floyd Baker, 1921 Polk street. who will
entertain with her. The affair is COM
plimentary to Miss Frances Desaul-
niers of Moline, ILL.,. who is visiting her
aunt. Mrs. s. W. Mullinix. a dozen
guests have been asked, among them.
Miss Mary Sawyer, of Mcpherson, who
is visiting Miss Daisy Monroe.
Miss Desaulniers will return to her
home in Moline the first of next week
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Dillon will give
at their home, sos West Ninth street
Announcement has been made of the
enga cement of Miss Sarah Alice No
BILE and Mr.. Smith Hamill, both of
Keokuk, Iowa. Miss Noble is the
formerly of Topeka, and she is the
niece of Mr.. George Noble and Mr..
Douglass PETER, of this city, and
granddaughter of the late Senator
PETER. Miss Noble attended high
school in Topeka. and after the family
moved to Keokuk. she returned to
Kansas and was a student in the state
university a year or two ago, and
was a member of the Kappa Alpha
Theta sorority. She has returned from
time to time to visit her people and
her friends here and in Lawrence.
Mr.. Hamill attended Culver Military
academy, Culver, Ind, and is now en-
gagged in the wholesale grocery bust
ness with his father in Keokuk.
The wedding will take place some
time in the late summer, and Mr..
Hamill and his bride will live in Keo-
Il thni, al
pared.
Mrs. r. w. Medlicott entertained a
few guests at luncheon today for Mrs.
Arthur FftzSimmons, of Chicago, who
is visiting her mother, Mrs. }. Z.
Clare. Mrs. FftzSimmons will leave
Saturday night for her home.
Mr.. Harold Henry, of Chicago, has
joined the Minneapolis Symphony or
Mr.. Henry is a Kansas man, his home
being in Lawrence, and he has
good many friends in Topeka. He
furnished the program for two large
musicale affairs at the Governors
House, when it was occupied by the
w. R. Stubs family, and his friends
will be interested to know that he
will be with Emil Oberhoffer, the
most temperamental orchestra leader in
America" in a trip to Kansas this
spring. Mr.. Henry has for some time
been teaching in a school of music
in Chicago, and has made concert trips
from time to time.
Mrs J. Malcolm Calvin and Mrs
William H. Weeks entertained with a
bridge party yesterday afternoon at
the Woodlea in compliment to Mrs.
George B. Calvin, a recent bride. The
drawing rooms were attractively dec
GRATED with pink rambling roses, palms
and ported plants The dining table
held a large basket filed with pink
Killarney roses. Seventy-eight guests
were observation-disclosures City Times.
Mrs. George Calvin, before her mar
riage last fall, was Miss Fife BANTER,
of Topeka. Mrs. Fred Davis has been
in Kansas City visiting Mrs Calvin
The Fillmore Street Whist club met
today with Mrs. George Clark and
OILS played for absent members.
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Though the suffrage question in
Kansas is forever settled, the muffled
roar of. battle comes from other places,
and the suffragists and the opposers
of suffrage are turning their eyes to
Washington where the two factions
have lined up for the contest. A mess
age from Washington says that wom
en- in the national capital are divided, |
like Gaul, into three parts, or parties
those who are fighting for woman
suffrage. those opposed to it and those
who don't care and the two first !
named have lined up for a bitter strug- |
gle in the present session of congress.
Officers and members of the National
Woman's Suffrage association are
bringing pressure to bear on senators |
and representatives for consideration |
for suffrage legislation, while the ma
tional association opposed to woman |
suffrage is as earnestly striving to |
prevent any action.
It's a delightful situation We find |
ourselves in groaned a member of |
the house Were caught between |
the upper and the neither millstones and |
some of us probably will come out as I
mighty fine grist-if we emerge from |
the ordeal at ALL
While the suffragists are waging an
active campaign under the dome of |
the capitol. the anti-suffragists are
their drawing rooms the prin
cipal field in their campaign for con-
verts. A long series of receptions and
nome meetings has been arranged and
two public meetings also will be held
his month
The last meeting of this season of the
College A1umnae club will be held Fri
lay afternoon at the Y. w. c. a. Tea
will be served from to 4:3O. and af-
rewards DIR. Charles NJ Sneloon VIII
t. company on the subject of
'EugenicS.
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Miss Helen Spielman will give sup
Der Sunday night at her home, 1885 To-
1eka aevnue for Miss Marie Lager
;trom.
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Mrs. Robert Carver entertained her
bridge club Wednesday, with guest
able for Mrs. Clarkson Evans, of Chi
"a go, who is visiting Mrs. t. Z. Gar
Ter.
dance and reception was given
Wednesday night by the Eagles, at
heir hall 6l5 IAN Buren, street. About