The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-05

Mrs. George H. Hodges returned
home Sunday after spending the lat
ter part of last week in Lawrence.
She went to Lawrence for the opening
of the football season, attended the
games, and rode in the parade which
preceded them with Mrs Eustace
Brown, the dean of women OF the
university, and Mrs. Frank Strong.
the chancellor's wife.
She was the guest of honor at a
luncheon given by Mrs. John Kill
worth, and was the honor guest at a
dinner given by the men of the Sigma
fraternity at their chapter house.
number of university students from
Olathe are members of the frater-
nifty. and they were friends OF the
Hodges family in Olathe.
She was invited to assist at a re-
ception given Friday afternoon by
Mrs Eustace Brown in honor OF the
freshman girls.
Mrs. Hodges will leave tonight to
join Governor Hodges in Olathe.
where he is attending some meetings.
From Chanute she will go to Fort
Scott to attend the w. c. T. U. con-
ventiOn. and Thursday and Friday
she will spend in Atchison attending
the First District Federation conven-
J. Willis Bailey, the wife Of former
Governor Bailey. She will return
home the last t. of the week.
The Junior Atlantean club will be
entertained Tuesday by Mrs. w. D.
Storrs. 1913 Fillmore street. The
guest Of honor will be Mrs. j. H.
Jones of Oklahoma City. formerly of
Topeka. Mrs. Jones. who was Miss
Edith Moore before her marriage,
was one of the Junior Atlanteans.
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The Nineteenth Century club held
it's first meeting Of the year this after
r. B. Kepley as hostesses. The meet
ing was held at Mrs. Austin's home.
instead of at the Country club, as the
hostesses at first planned, the change
being made on account Of the wealth
err. The roll call was answered with
items Of current interest. Mrs. Austin
spoke on Summer Memories" Mrs.
Kepley read a paper. Looking
Ahead" and Mrs. C. G. Colburn had
a paper on Roosevelt in South Amer
ica."
In keeping with the South American
study outlined by Mrs Colburn, South
American tea and waters were served.
The affair was a guest day meeting.
the members being privileged to
bring friends for the afternoon.
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The Wednesday Afternoon Bridge
club will be entertained by Mrs. A.
Powell at her apartments in the
Devon Wednesday Of this week.
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The wedding of Miss Corinne Cos
ton and Mr.. Walter Glenn Shipe OF
Kansas City will take place Wednes-
day at noon, Oct. %. at the home OF
the brides parents, DR.. and Mrs. Will
lis Coston, 1909 Buchanan street. DR..
S. S. Estey will read the service. Miss
Coston will be attended by her cou-
sin, Miss Alice Bayless, and Mr..
Shipe's best man will be Mr.. Roy E.
Eb1en of st. Louis.
Mrs. v. B. Kistler has cards out for
a tea at which she will be hostess
Wednesday,, Oct. IA, in honor of Mrs.
Edwin Kistler, her daughter-in-1aw,
who has lately come to Topeka as a
bride, and for Miss Josephine Perry,
who graduated last spring from Sim
mons college and has returned to To-
peka, after spending the summer with
her people at the H. A. Perry summer
home in Bernardstown, Mass.
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Mrs. Edward Robertson gave q beau
tifully appointed luncheon yesterday
afternoon at her home on North Law
renee avenue honoring her mother,
Mrs. e. NJ. Cockrell of Topeka. The
guests were seated at four round
ia bles, in the center of which were Jap
anese baskets filled with quaint Jap
anese scenes. Following the luncheon
the guests played auction.-Wichita
Eagle.
Mrs. Robertson. before her marriage,
Was Miss Grace Cockrell. of Topeka.
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Some of the new fashions, while not
calculated to stir up the sensation that
the split skirt and the hobble created
in the ante-bellum days, are still some
what startling. The most noticea BILE
thing about the new costumes is the
shortness of the skirts. Many Of them