The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-16

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| The Monday Bridge club was en-
tertained this afternoon by Mr.. r. E.
Parr. at her home In Harrison street.
The decorations were suggestive Of
st. Patrick's day. Besides the menu
! beers of the club, those who played, In
GLIDING guests and substitutes, were:
MIS- Fred Cole. Mrs. Charles Barnes.
Mrs. T. e. Dewey. Mrs. =. M. Con-
nell, Mrs. George Mitchell, Mrs- g. C.
Bowman. Mrs. Frank Hobart. Mrs. N.
b. Burge. Mrs. III. r. Guthrie. Mrs.
Frank Britton and Mrs; D. r. Barton.
Mrs. George B. Guild was hostess at
meeting of the Chaldean club this
afternoon. A discussion OF the Bull
gartan situation was led by Mrs. John
Sargent.
"A meeting of the Topeka chapter
OF the D. A. R. was held Saturday
afternoon at the Elks club rooms.
Mrs. Eugene Stotts read q paper on
The Maine Miss Rebecca Welty
and Miss Helen Lucas each gave q
reading.
At the business session. delegates
| were chosen to represent the chapter
at the state conference to be held in
Ottawa March &c and 81. The dele
gates selected are: Mrs. L. L. Kiene,
NILE. oCOIS0 0OO1ISy MOORE MISE
Clara Francis. Miss Gertrude Barnes.
Mrs. Robert Merrtck and Miss C. w.
Hanchett.
The w. T. K. club will meet Tues
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at the
Buren, street. Mrs. johnson and Mrs.
F. E. Luce will be hostesses.
The Varsity club win give dancing
party Friday night at kellam hall
The Sigma Delta Psi girls will have
their annual st. Patrick's day party
Tuesday night at the home of Miss Ber-
nice Emahizer in Potwin Place.
with the Irish Home Rule no,,cv and
the military drilling in Ulster head
lined In the newspapers and reviewed
In the magazines. Erin is being noticed
more than usual this year. and even So
ciety IN its gay way. is coming under
the influence, for when were there ever
so many affairs in celebration Of March
II. which we call st. Patrick's day?
The most important of the st. Pat
rick day parties is the tea to be Civ
en- tomorrow afternoon at the w. A.
nue.. by the Topeka Federation Of Wom-
en- The party is to be for the benefit
OF the Sarah Platt Decker memorial. a
rund that the General Federation is
raising as an endowment. The tea IL
the Initial benefit party to be given in
the First district, of which the Topeka
orSanizatton Is a member. The fed
GRAFTON Is drawing toward the close of
an active year OF efficient work, and
thus the party. which is to be a gay
anair. Is still in line with the serious
purpose of the organization.
The decorations for the party are to
be elaborate and in keeping with the
occasion. In the dining room will be
real shamrock in the decorations. The
receiving women, and the little girls at
the day in their costumes The guests
Will be welcomed by Mrs. Johnston,
| Mrs. Festus Foster, president of the
First District Federation; Mrs. A. Mar
burg, president Of the Topeka Fedora
t1on. and Mrs. George H. Hodges, wife
OF the governor. The members Of the
board of management, including Off
GERS and heads of departments, will as
sist through the rooms. They are:
Mrs. II. Q. Carney. Mrs F. w. Watson.
| Mrs. 0. L. Moore. Mrs. Charles Spen-
Ger. Mrs. George Pritchard, Mrs. A. III.
Horton, Mrs. T. r. Paxton, Mrs, De-
Witte c. Nellis. Mrs. C. j. Evans. Mrs.
w. A. McCarter. Mrs. Cornelia Curry.
mrs John CLANCY, Mrs. D. o. Coe. Mrs.
w. w. Kitchell. Mrs. A. A. GODDARD.
Mrs. A. o. Wellman- The women who
will sit at the dining table and do the
pouring are: Mrs. A. A. Robinson. Mrs.
M. A. Low. Mrs. NJ. C. Hammatt and
Mrs. A. Jetmore. A silver Offering of
Is cents will be taken. and the little
girls who will stand at the door to re-
ceive 1T. are: Juliet Hughes, Mary
virginia Kitchell. Mary Paxton and Pa
tricia Evans.
program has been arranged. which
VIII include "Glimpses Of Ireland" an
INFORMAL speech by Mrs. w. A. john
ston, who spent last summer travelling
in Great Britain. Miss Agnes Hanni-
gan. who Is well known here for her
readings IN the Irish brogue, will re-
cite. Miss NanOn Heron will read
Dawn on the Irish Coast There is
to be booth of Irish curios and those
VINO visit 1t will be given a souvenir.
There Is to be demonstration of lace
making from the times of the spinning
wheel: Upon their arrival the guests
will be given a unique program on
wnlch Will be found the songs and 9TH
er numbers OF the afternoons order of
entertainment. Some time during the
afternoon there is to be an Irish DO
tato race.
The girls who will have charge of the
cur1o booth are: Miss Guen GODDARD.
Miss Helen Curry, Miss Pauline Hud-
son, Miss Ethel Everingham and Miss
Alice Hughes.
Those who go out to the Johnston
home on the street car may take eth
er Melrose or an Asylum car. Those
VINO take the Melrose car, ride to the end
OF the line and walk two blocks north:
those going on the Asylum car. get OF
at Elmwood avenue. and walk two
blocks west.
The Kappa Iota Sigma club Of girls
Will give their first anniversary party
on st. Patrick's day. with Miss Fran
Ce8 Cav, at her horna IN E;YIv,,t,ro