The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-01

ICOGTY
i An informal afternoon tea was
given Monday by Mrs. John Abrahams
and Mrs. Charles Brooks Thomas for
Grace cathedral The guests were
: asked from 4 to o'clock, and nearly
q hundred young women called. Mrs.
Abrahams IL president Of the chapter,
with five different divisions. which
hold afternoon or evening meetings.
according to the convenience of its
members. There are about twenty
young women in each division.
A simple decoration of autumn
flowers was used in the parlors and
in the dining room. where the serving
was done. Miss Emma Bolmar sat at
the table and poured tea. and the girls
of the chapter who assisted in the
Crosby and Miss Mamie Zahner.
| Among others who assisted were: Mrs.
Chester Woodward, Mrs. Geo. Thomp-
son. Miss Mary Hambleton. Mrs. Frank
Scott Davis, Miss Hazel Risteen.
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| A good many women are planning
to attend the all-day meeting of the
Topeka Federation of Women. which
l Will Oeklu dt ~ o CLOCK IN the InOTu-
ing Thursday. A cafeteria luncheon
will be served at o'clock. and the
general federation meeting will be
held at $3.50 in the afternoon.
The women will have an oppOrtun-
| ity to hear Mrs. Mary A. Ahrens, of
Chicago. who has devoted a great deal
1 of her time to the study Of public
questions. Also, they will be favored
with an address by Mr.. H. C. Bowman,
who will speak on a subject that wom-
/ fv~tA }v1- hot to IA
| linquent, Defective and Dependent
Children Of Kansas.
The department of justice and
| civics will have an open meeting in
the morning, when Mrs. S. A. Thurston
will read a carefully prepared article
| on the business of the loan shark. The
loan business has been made one of
the departments of the Social Welfare
work of Kansas City, Mo-, and people
| in Topeka interested in welfare work
are interesting themselves in the meth
l DDS of money lending.
| The music for the federation meet
ing will be vocal solos by Miss Hazel
| Hypes.
The Impromptu club will be enter
tanned tonight by Mr.. and Mrs. w. E..
Atchison. 1884 Tyler street.
Prof and Mrs. c. S. Lopez will en-
terrain the Washburn Faculty club
| Saturday night.
The following women have. been
asked to assist at the studio tea to be
given the afternoons and evenings of
December and 5. by Mrs. Oscar Per-
kins and Miss Marie Witwer: Mrs.
Mrs. Frank Merrick. Mrs. r. H. Brig
ham, Mrs. DeWitte c. Nellis. Mrs.
Wallace Crucher, Mrs Holmes Meade.
Mrs. George Sharitt. Mrs. Morris
Schlegel. Mrs: c. G: Witwer, Mrs A.
o. Wellman. Mrs. T. S. Stevens. Mrs.
Marie Price Wear, Mrs. A. X. Van
Hook, Mrs. D. G. Kline, Mrs. C. J.
Cooper, Mrs. r. w. Coppedge, Mrs. E.
J. Moon, Mrs. Harry Gavitt, Miss Car
RE Stewart, Miss Katherine Lux. Miss
Gertrude Anderson, Miss Gussie Fuller
and Miss Helen Brigham.
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Mrs. George A. Clark entertained
her whist club Monday afternoon, and
the substitutes were Mrs. George
Parkhurst, Mrs. Arch Catlin, Mrs.
Mrs. Dick Alden and Mrs. w. T.
Crosby.
A housewarming party was given
Monday night for Mr. and Mrs. A. d.
Gray. who have lately moved from
wood, formerly the Frank Foster
home. A number of the Potwin peo-
pie planned a kitchen shower and sur
prise party for Mr.. and Mrs Gray.
Among those who attended the party
were: DIR. and Mrs. Merrill Mills, Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Brier, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. F.
Hughes. Mr.. and Mrs James Trout
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Clad Hamilton, Mr..
and Mrs. J: B. 1sarimer and Mrs; Lari arr
Mrs. c. p. Bolmar. Mrs. Roland Per-
kins, Mr.. James Moore, Mrs. w. W..
Kitchell, Mrs. Ward Burlingame. Mrs.
E. W. Thompson, Mrs. Charles s.
and Mrs. John Mowers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Armin Weiskirch, Mrs. Chas. Adams.
Miss Polly Movers. Mr.. William Hen
derson, Mr.. Carl Bolmar.
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Two women met on the street car
and fell to discussing the fancy work
they were engaged in. One of the
women said she had spent the entire
fall knitting stockings and mittens for
the BelgianS knitting is such old
fashioned work." said the other yawn-
ing. but it is nice to help. You know
1 tat very we'll"
However, the women of Topeka and
Of the whole state, for that matter,
have proven that they know how to
give intelligent help where it is need
ed. and that their sympathies are
awake and we'll directed. A box, or
rather some boxes, are being packed
today, and they contain hundreds Of
garments that are sensibly and sub
| stantially made.
| Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland, the president
Of the Good Government club, has
converted her parlor into a store room
and work shop for the making and
packing of clothing. Boxes of chill
dren's clothes that have been sent in
| neatly and carefully made, are piled
high against the walls, and friends of
the cause foregather in what space
is left to assert and wrap the bundles
and to take what stitches are neces-