The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-26

| q meeting of some Of the members OF
the executive board of the Topeka
Mrs. George Pritchard, in Quincy
street.
Mr.. Powlison is general secretary of
the National Child Welfare Exhibi-
ton company. and he spoke before the
meeting on the subject of a child well
fare exhibition in Topeka He came
to Kansas to put his organization in
7, connection with the social welfare de-
| partment Of the State university. and
! the university has decided to encour-
| state.
! Mr.. Powlison outlined the history of
the movement for the exhibits, which
began in New York. and which have
cities and some of the smaller cities
through the country. Mrs. Pierson
! of Topeka, who has come to Topeka
within the year to. make her home,
was one of the workers in the exhibit
held in Kansas CITY, He told of the
methods of collecting material for the
exhibit. of financing it, and outlined
some Of the results it brought about.
The women who attended the meet
ing suggested that any plans for the
exhibit, in case it was decided that it
would be advisable to give it, should
be deferred until the report from the
social survey was made. and that pos
sib1y it would be well to combine the
eAHlDlI 10 UC given ny the SOClAl sur.
vey people, with that of the child well
fare exhibit.
Mr.. Powlison was himself largely in
strumenta1 in instituting the child well
fare exhibits and in working out the
original plans. which have since been
this country. but in Europe, and even
in China and Japan.
The following Associated Press dis
A~A~ e. AYnwuw H. dYwH
the announcement by Mrs. Andrew H.
Smith of this city and New York of
her approaching marriage on May 80
to Bishop Lemuel H. Wells of Spo-
kane, intimate friends OF the two. see
the elimination of romance that
began at the time of the Civil war.
In the intervening years Mrs. Smith
was married to DR.. Andrew HI. Smith
and Bishop Wells was welded twice."
The news has some local interest, as
Miss Juliet Smith, DR.. Smiths daugh-
ter, is now making her home in To-
peka, and has quite a wide circle Of
friends here.
The educational department of the
Topeka Federation of Women will have
a literary afternoon Friday at the home
Of the chairman. Mrs. w. A. McCarter.
in College avenue. The subject for
the afternoon will be Van Dykes
poetry.
The Nautilus club will have ban
quet Friday night at the Y. w. c. A.
A clever hostess of Topeka entertain
ed about a dozen guests at a Washing
ton birthday party a few days ago, and
as an innovation in the club. the MEM
bers of which were her guests. she Of
fered an award in a contest. The prize
was a large. handsome cut glass dish.
She announced to the. women that the
dish was to go to the guest who could
write more than the others from the
Declaration of Independence. Every
woman there coveted that dish more
than anything else In the world Just
then, and there was almost an audible
rustling of the leaves OF memory. Wise
hostess. Not one Of the guests could
start the declaration. and the prize re-
poses in the cupboard of the purchaser.
and best of all it was just the dish she
had long been needing.
Mrs Tom Lillard entertained inform
ally at bridge Wednesday afternoon at
her home in Fillmore street, comrli-
mentary to her guest, Miss Anne Will
liams Of Clay Center. Miss Williams is
a graduate of the State University at
in Topeka. The guests yesterday were
some Of the younger women whom Mr.. |
Lillard asked to meet her. including:
Mrs Walter Wedding, Mrs. Frank |
Griggs, Mrs. Preston Coleman. Mrs. .
Cyrus Monroe, Mrs. L. p. Robinson,
Mrs. Arch Catlin. Mrs. Barr, Mrs. Rob- |
ert Shoemaker, Mrs. Roland West. Miss |
Thomas. Miss Katherine Dol |
man. Miss Lenore Monroe. Miss Helen |
Miss Gertrude McClintock |
and Miss Ora Moneypenny.
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The members of the Vespuccian club |
will give Colonial party Friday night |
at the home of Mrs. Arthur Hodgins. |
at her home in West Tenth avenue, for |
their husbands and families.
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Preparations for the pantomime show,
sleeping Beauty" are being COM
pleted, and nearly all the cast has been !
chosen. The play is to be given by the !
Social Service club March 20 and c1 |
The following members Of the cast have |
been selected:
The king, Miss Elizabeth Aiderson:
queen. Mrs. Robert 8. Pierce: prince. |
Miss Grace Koontz; princess. Mrs. Jack |
Hite; good fairy Hippolyta. Miss CLYDE |
Bonebrake: Ugly Anne. Mrs. Henri |
Strawn: four fairies: Love, Mrs James |
S. Hayes; Beauty, Miss Nina Nicholas; !
Wit. Mrs. Carl Searle; Music, Miss ;
Dolman; ladies in waiting to /
the queen, Miss Laura SOuthwick, Mrs.
Wistar Williams, Mrs. ]. Yetter, Mrs. |
William Kercher. Miss Fay Allen. Mrs. |
Kcrtz Kellam. Mrs. Glen Deaver and |
Mrs Walter Cannon; doctors. Miss
Helen Estey, Miss Elfie Dean and Miss |
Edith Thompson; trained nurse, Miss |
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