The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23

held at the home Of Mrs. ]. H. Lux
ton. 1875 Mulvane street, Tuesday at
ternoon, November "a, at 1880 o'clock.
The program will be as follows: Roll
! call. one suggestion for checking self
ishness: Paper. The Selfish Child. how
developed, its bearing on our present
social evils. Mrs. r. T. Shaffer: paper.
The Period of Individual PrOwess.
Mrs. Gibbons; reading, Why Pete
Licked His Boy, Mrs. S. u. thinner
man: discussion led by Mrs. Milton
Connor, Under What Circumstances
{ Should the Fighting Instinct be En-
couraged; vocal solo. Miss Lillian
Stone.
Mrs. Forrest Kutz will give fam
lily dinner party Thanksgiving day.
A kindergarten teacher. who has
school on the East side, tells the story
OF a winsome little girl in her class
who was particularly gieeful over the
song about Jack Frost. The song goes
this way: "Old Jack Frost is a merry
little elf. merry little elf is he" After
IL lusty singing of the song by the
school. the little girl declared that she
could sing it all by herself. She was
what she sang: ''Old Jack Frost is
merry little whelp. a merry old whelp
10 he.'
Justice and MIS-. j. .. west enter
tanned the following friends at an in
formal dinner party: Chief Justice and
Mrs. w. A. Johnston, Justice and Mrs.
A. w. Benson. Justice and Mrs. Clark
A. Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Kiene
and Mr.. and Mrs. = J, "hitmore.
Miss Harriet Price gave an informal
afternoon party for her guest. Miss Viz.
ginia Rockwell of Junction City, a for.
mer student in the College of the Sis
ters of Bethany, who left today for
Hutchinson. after visit to Miss Price.
The guests asked to meet her were:
Mrs Robert Shoemaker, Miss Helen
Louise Crosby, Miss Mamie Zahner,
Miss Esther Clark. Miss Helen Koontz.
Miss Marie Porter. Miss Polly Mowers.
and Miss Gwendolyn shakeshaft-
Miss Lulu Mckee. successful
kindergarten teacher is spending
an hour each Saturday after
noon in the children's room Of
Halls book store, telling stories to
children who are invited to the store
Saturday afternoon to hear them. Miss
Mckee told Thanksgiving stories last
Saturday. and in her audience were the
young children Of Oakland school,
chaperoned by Miss Grace Boast. Any
child who wishes to attend the story
Saturday, Is asked to do SO. Most of
the children are between the ages of
and 10. but children either younger
or older are welcome to come:
Miss Mary Hale entertained her Story
Telling club and a few other friends
Saturday afternoon. The guests in
, Guided: Miss Afford, Miss Andrews.
Miss Wright. Miss Bartholomew. Miss
Cooper. Miss Coe. Miss Clarkson. Miss
Parkinson, Miss Thompson. Miss
Geucklich, Miss Hartburg. Miss Love-
less, Miss Mckee and Miss Koontz.
= . .
The newly organized chapter Of the
general society of Mayflower descen-
dants held it's first annual banquet
Saturday night at the National hotel.
On the dining table were baskets of
with pink ribbons and the place cards
were decorated with designs of flags
and ships. Mr.. Arthur H. Bennett was
POSTMASTER, and responses were made
as follows: Toast to John Alden. Mrs.
Sadie Damon George, Wichita; Rich
ard Warren. Mrs. Clara Huntington
I DOds, of Kansas City; Governor Brad
ford, Mrs. Helen Scott johnson, of
Lawrence; Edward Fuller, Mrs. Lee
nora Cove MacGregor, Lawrence; Ed
| er William Brewster. Mrs. Clara B.
! Eddy Mcclure; Steven Hopkins, Pro-
fessor Edwin Mortimer Hopkins of the
University of Kansas; Thomas Rod
gers, Mrs. Harriet Handy Shelton of
Topeka.
A meeting was held in the afternoon
at the Memorial building to complete
| the organization. Mr.. Bennett has
! spent a good deal of time out of the
past two years in procuring a charter
for the Kansas Mayflower society.
Thirty-three Kansas people, attended
the meeting in the afternoon. meet
! ing will be held once each year for the
purpose of promoting interests COM
mon to all the state societies of descen-
dants of people who came to America
in the MayflOwer, and to discover and
| make public information regarding
them. Officers elected at the Satur-
day meeting were: Governor, Mr.. Ben
nett; deputy governor, Mrs. Harriet
Handy Shelton, of Topeka; cores