The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16

W/H##IZZ
Miss FfdeIia l.. Benton.
| school, Columbus, Kan, which ranks
! second in point of enrolment ana
scholarship standards in the county
| high schools of the state. She instructs
| large classes of girls, conducts exhibits,
| superintends banquets and dinners
given by her pupils, and during the
/ summers she has done chautauqua
| work in Oklahoma. Missouri and Kan
| sas, giving domestic science demonstra-
| tons
Miss Benton takes enthusiasm, as
| well as efficiency to her work, and sup
| plementing her native cleVerneSS, she
has much personal charm in appear
| ance and manner. A fair face in
| frame of yellow curls gives her a look
of girlishness hardly compatible with
! the ability she shows in practical mat
| tiers. She has a wardrobe OF pretty
| gown, many of them that she has her.
| self designed and made. She spent
| part of last winter in New York and
| in Washington, D. c.. with her uncle,
| Mr.. Otis Benton, of Oberlin, Kan, then
at the capitol, appointed by President
Taft as supervisor of the Indian tund-
| She expects to take trip later TO the
| Haiwaiina Islands. Miss Benton has a
good many friends in Topeka who have
known her during the times she has
| visited her aunt, Mrs. Lucia o. Case
with whom she is spending the sum-
\ mer.
| The white gowns this season are
| nearly all enlivened with a touch of
bright color, blue and pink predom-
| mating. Many of the autumn gown
| are simple, almost severe.
| The vogue for combinations of ma
! teriaIs will continue all winter long.
skirts of soft, clinging silk materials
with chiffon tunics, giving width to
| the hips, will continue.
| In New York the fashionable i'm
porters are laying in supply Of
, heavy Shanghai crepe, mostly in
black, which is still in high favor
! The young girls will rejoice to
learn that Norfolk jackets just a lit
! tie longer than last year are still
smiled upon by fashion, either as
| separate coat or with a suit.
The mantles are gradually growing
wider, which may indicate that skirts
will also gain little in width.
The prettiest mantles which have
made their appearance in Paris are
of soft. rich velvet, either red or white
They hang in classic folds from
shoulders to heels and trail on the
| floor.
Miss Dorothy Wahle gave a slumber
party Friday night for Miss Muriel
| Hill and her guests, Miss Marie
| Haynes and Miss Dorothy Parks of
|
| breakfast for her guests this morn
| ing in Gage park
| Mrs. Will Farnsworth and Miss Will
| ma Farnsworth of the City of Mexico
| have been visiting Mrs. Fred Farms
| worth and Mrs. Tom Frost. The vis-
| itors have been travelling in the Unit
! ed States the past six months. having
! left Mexico on account of the war,
and they left Topeka today for Chi
| cago, to remain until the war is over.
/ Mrs. FarnSworth was the guest of
| honor at a family dinner party Thurs
day given by Mrs. Fred Farnsworth,
| and Thursday evening a musicale was
! given at the Farnsworth home for
Miss Wilma Farnsworth. Those who
| Miss Thea Baker, Miss Jennie Rem
| ington. Miss Bernice Tulloch, Miss
| Freda Gilbert, Miss Violet Berry, Miss
Edith sheldon, Miss Ruth Tandy, Mr.
| Harry Davis. Mr.. Ronald McCord, Mr..
| Ernest Sheldon, Mr.. Warren Reming-
ton. Mr.. Merle Alltop. Mr.. Lyman
| King, Mr.. Walter Polly.
Notes and PERSONAL i Mention.
Mr. Frank Hobart and his son,
Charles, who have been in Denver,
Colorado Springs and Cascade for sew
eral weeks. returned home today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Reisman of
Chicago are expected to arrive soon
and Mrs. A. B. Quinton-
Miss Lydia Bolmar will leave to-
night to spend the rest of the month
of August in Wahwahsoo, Mich.
Mr. Robert Pierce returned today
from fishing trip in Wyoming.
Miss Marian Wear and Miss Clyde
Bonebrake. who have been in Luding-
ton, Mich. the past few weeks, have
gone to Lake Okoboji. Ia, to be guests
of Miss Helen Spielman.
Mrs. c. c. Henshaw and Miss Mil
dred Jones went to ottawa today to
remain over Sunday.
Miss Lena Davis, who has been
studying in the Chicago Academy of
Fine Arts. will return to Topeka next
week.
Miss May Hull has returned from a
visit to friends in Kirwin. Kansas
Mr.. Willard Pierce has returned from
a business trip to various towns in the
state.
Mrs. w. T. Newman. who went to
Chicago last week. is i'll in Lakeside
hospital. where she underwent an
opera ton.
Mrs. ]. c. ,evelle, who has been
visiting relatives in Topeka, left for