The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-09

England. The women are loyal to their
government now that 1t is In trouble.
but they will never give up their night.
And, by the way Mrs. Monroe con-
tinued, some of the best minds among
English women have been directing the
militant movement. and the British
government would do we'll to engage
the services of those women in help
| ing them solve some of their own prob
lens. The English seem to be learning
to tolerate the suffragettes. at least.
saw one parade and attended a meet
| ing that was undisturbed. 1t seems to
me that If Englishmen had any sense
of humor. these bombs that never go
off would terrify them less than they
do"
Mrs. Monroe reserved passage on five
boats before she actually had a chance
to sail. The boats, as fast as they were
ready for the use of the tourists. were
taken for the transportation OF soldiers.
and the passengers who had booked
for the boats were left to storm about
their misfortunes or to take 1t philo-
sophically as a small inconvenience IN
a great experience.
In England, Mrs. Monroe visited the
scenes made famous by Charles Dick
ems stories, and by the Walter Scott
novels and poems, and otherwise made
her journey much the same as il there
had been no war.
I society girl whose love Of display
outran her fathers pocketbook made
up her mind to give one grand dinner
party for some out-of-town people
She chose time when both parents
were away from home. She borrowed
or rented a butler from caterer, and
took elaborate pains to impress upon
the diners that the man was an old
and trusted family servant During
the progress of the dinner the tele-
phone rang. James," said our hero
!: inc DANES is the usual name for q
butler, is it not:) lanes will you an,
swer the phone? ?" "Yes'm." said
: James, ''whar is it?'' ase
: Miss Mary Cooper, whose marriage
to Mr.. Roy Johnson will take place the
first Of October, was the guest of honor
: at a party Monday afternoon, given by
} her sister. Mrs. Harry Hobson. The
, decorations were in green and white,
and the flowers used were white Gle
) mats.
The wedding will be a simple one.
; and will be celebrated at Grace cathe-
, dral. The date for the marriage has
not yet been set.
The guests at the party yesterday
were: Miss Cooper and her mother.
Mrs. S. D. Cooper; Mrs. D. B. johnson,
Mrs. Luther Burns. Mrs. J. .. Free
man, Mrs. L. L. Kfene, Mrs. Milo Sloo,
; Mrs. T. S. Stevens, Miss Marguerite
[ ence Davis, Miss LuGrace Whitmer.
| Miss Julia Whitmer, Miss Mildred
Mills, Miss Margaret Shakeshaft. Miss
| Gwen Shakeshaft, Miss Mary Connors,
! Miss Carol Gage, Miss Dot Etnyre. Miss
| Zillah Mileham, Miss Genevieve Nc
r MILAN, Miss Isabel Dickinson, and Miss
t Bessie Lagerstrom;.
Mr.. T. B. Sweet has received word
from his daughter. Miss Mary Sweet.
y that she has reached Rome, Italy.
after spending some time in Switzer-
land. Miss Sweet has been in charge
of school in Rome, and she expects
to remain there SO long as Italy is neu-
| trail The school under her direction
| has lately combined with another Ro-
man school, and Miss Sweet expects to
teach in the school, now known as the
Grandon Institute.
The first of the millinery classes OF
! the season will be held tonight at the
Y. w. c. A, at o'clock. The associa-
ton is conducting a five weeks course
Beulah Hughes.
Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. B. Blausch of
1851 Harrison street and children Henry
and Irene and Mrs. G. w. Anderson of
1886 North Kansas avenue have returned
home from an outing of two weeks at
Maple Hill firemen's camp. They re-
port fishing good. Mrs. Anderson made
the prize catch by landing one fish
which weighed II pounds and measured
81 inches.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Miss Zillah Mileham Of Newton ar
rived Tuesday to visit friends in To-
peka- She is now the guest of Mrs
William Colvin at Rose cottage, and
Thursday she will visit Miss Esther
Clark. She will be a guest at the
party to be given Thursday afternoon
for Miss Mary Cooper by Mrs. T. S
Stevens. and Friday she will return to
Newton.
Mrs. Edwin Kistler will go to Wich-
tia Friday to visit her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Williams
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Emahszer and
Miss Bernice Emahizer returned the
first of the week from Sturgeon Bay
Wis, where they spent two months
of the summer. They stopped OF
their return in Chicago, where they
remained q week.
The William Macferran family ART
expected to return Saturday from
Minnesota, where they went for q va
cation trip few weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester WOODWARD
and their family have returned from
Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
DIR. and Mrs. L. III. Mum have re
turned from a trip to Denver md 9th
err points in Colorado.
Mrs. NJ. C. Porter, Miss Marie Por
ter and Curtis Porter returned Tues
day evening from a trip to Loni
Beach, Cal.
III Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Bone an,
their children. Harry and Jane, re