The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-05

be held Tuelsay afternoon ut the home
OF Mr.. Nora Spencer Adams. and .
general committee meeting will be
held Wednesday afternoon ct ESD
O'Clock with Mrs. George Godfrey
Moore. and all subcommittee will be
appointed at that time.
A designer for the Orange Brothcrs'
company. the theatrical milliners and
dressmakers, has lately returned to the
states from Paris. and brings with him
a sensational scream about the kind OF
clothes women viii wear next year. He
says that skirts win have deeper slash
es, the X-ray gowns will be more
diaphanous. and that harem skirts with
have bigger hoops next spring than
ever before. Tie belle Of 1914 will
wear less clothing. but it win cost more
money. Life In large cities makes the
hoop skirt impossible, so that the harem
skirt cannot develop along that line.
He continues that slit skirts found pop
ularity. and that they afford necessary
freedom. Some Of the new skirts will
be slit goth front and back. the design
er thinks.
with Mrs. c. r. Bolmar, at her home
in Potwin Place.
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Mrs. H. o. Byrd gave a party Satur-
day afternoon for her little daughter.
Margaret Ann. The guests were:
Isabel Guthrie, Betty Hanchette. Con-
stance Moore. Virgil Scholle, Helen
Mary Leo Vance. Elrnie Bridge, vir-
ginia Mcdonald and Elizabeth Crow.
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Announcement has been made Of
the engagement Of Miss Harriet Belle
Cain. the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Moberly, Mo. The wedding will be
quietly solemnized January % At the
Cain home in Topeka. Mr.. Talley
formerly lived in Topeka, and had q
position with the Santa Fe.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. Imboden OF Wichita. president
sionary society. will attend q meeting
Of the Topeka branch at the First
Methodist church, Tuesday, and she
will be the house guest Of Mrs. f. L.
Loveland. Miss Ella Watson Of Lin
coin. Neb. will also be Mrs. Loveland's
guest. So
Miss Genevieve Hearrick Of Kansas
City. who IL q student in Kansas uni
versity, has returned to Lawrence,
after a visit to her grandfather, Mr..
]. p. Davis.
Mrs. A. J. Carruth. jr.. and little
son. Arthur J: III. have returned from
Herington, where they made q holi-
day visit to Mrs. Carruth's people.
Miss Lolita Johnston. who teaches
Domestic science in Holton. Kan. has
returned. after spending the holidays
with her sisters, Mrs. r. F. Hayden
and Mrs. w. F.. Montgomery.
Miss Helen Stevenson returned to
Glasco, Kan, Sunday after spending
the helidays with d her mother Mrs s., I:
Stevenson Is assistant superintendent
Of the Glasco high school.
The quarterly meeting of the To-
peka branch of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary society will be held Tues
The morning session will begin at 10
O'Clock and the afternoon session at
2 O'Clock. A basket luncheon will be
served at noon.
The Y. p. B. will meet Tuesday
evening with Miss Helen Case, 1921
Miss o. M. Mott of Wilmington, ia.
who has been visiting her niece. Mrs.
w. p. Montgomery, has gone to Wa
mego to visit another niece before re-
turning to her home.
Mrs. John Mills and her daughter,
Mrs. T. H. Means, of Brookville, Pa.
will arrive soon to visit the w. w.
Mills family In West Sixth avenue.
They are on their way to California,
where they will spend tho winter.
Mrs. Mills is Mr.. w. w. Mills mother.
Miss Vivien Heron, who Is a stu
dent in the State Agricultural col
lege. Manhattan. is visiting friends in
Topeka.
Little Mary Hayden. the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Hayden. IL Ill.
Mrs. Forter Of Marysville, Kan, has
left after visit to her son, Mr.. Cecil
Forter, and Mrs. Forter.
Mrs. George Barker of Lawrence
spent Sunday in Topeka with her
daughter. Miss Dinsmore.
Miss Edna Haywood has gone to
Duluth, MIMI. to remain a few weeks.
Miss Adala Wallace Of West Union,
Iowa, IL visiting Mrs. d. e. Palmer
on her way to California, where she
will spend the winter
Miss Blanche Simons Of Lawrence
was guest OF Miss Ruth Foster over
Sunday.
Miss Muriel Hill and Mr.. Ormond
Hill have returned from Emporia,
where they spent a week with friends.
Are you familiar with the Mexican sit
uationT. Only up to eight O'Clock this