The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-26

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women's clubs Of Indiana Urs- Nc
Carter will be the speaker Of the even- !
Ing. and will make her Lincoln address
to the club and its guests.
The END OF the week Mrs. McCarter
will return to Chicago to resume her
visit few days. and will arrive home
some time next week.
The following paragraph concerning
the Woman's Kansas Day club meet
ing. is from the Atchison Globe: Mrs.
r. wv. Ramsay will sing at the Wo-
mems Kansas Day luncheon In Topeka
January %, and among the other Atch-
ison women who Will accompany Mrs.
w. J. Bailey. president of the club, to
Topeka will be: Mrs. c. J. Conlon, Miss
Florence Bafth, Mrs. Jesse Bader, Mrs
L. W. Bixler and Mrs. Alva Clapp It
looks as though the towns in different
parts Of the state are .vying with each
other to have the largest line parties
for the luncheon. Mrs. Bailey. the
president Of the club. lives in Atchi-
son and is very popular here. and 1t is
likely that Atchison will send the larg-
est delegation.
Word from Mrs. Bailey il to the eff
feet that 80 women will come from
Atchison for the meeting. Quite a
number OF women will come from Law
renee. among them: Mrs. H. b. Asher.
Mrs. John Leavitt, Mrs. E. L. Griffin,
others Of the Literary League, also
Mrs. George Barker and Mrs. Hall.
clude: Miss Mary D. Hendrickson. Mrs.
J. c. Keepers. Mrs. Charles 8. Petty
john, Mrs. Jonathan L. Pettyjohn.
Among the women expected from
Senesa are: Mrs. NJ. r. wilkinson, Miss
Dora Adriance. Mrs. L NJ. snope. Miss
Anna Arnold. Mrs. J. J. Jones and Miss
Bessie Howard. Word has been receiv-
ed from Goff, KAN. that the following
women will attend: Mrs. Silt3walter,
Mrs. c. L. Goodrich. Mrs. E. e. Holston,
Mrs. L. NJ. Simon, Mrs. J. d. Spear,
and Mrs. C. NJ. Adams. Others who
have made reservations are: Mrs. Ram
baugh of Fort Scott. Mrs. C. T. Beatty
Of Chanute. Mrs. J. NJ. Miller Of Coun-
Gil Grove, Mrs. Jean Tucker Of H0lton.
Mrs. F. A. Wilcox Of Abilene. Mrs. J.
f. Simmons of Hutchinson. Mrs.. Sadie
p. Grisham of Cottonwood Falls, Mrs
Eugene Ware Of Kansas City. Mrs. Net
tie Barlow of Manhattan, Mrs. Charles
F. Scott Of lola, Mrs. C. F. Huffman
Of Columbia and Mrs. w. c. Sawyer OF
Sterling
Reservations will have to be compile
ted by Wednesday morning. az the sale
of tickets closes at that time.
Some of the local clubs have in
vited delegations from other towns to
sit at their table. Sorosis club will
have as their guests the delegation
from Olathe, and the Nautilus club will
ask the women Of valley Falls to be
at their table. The tables will be mark
ed by attractive banners designating
the club or delegation for each table.
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Mrs. George p. George, OF Fort Riley,
was the honof guest at an informal
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Mrs. William Curtis. Lieutenant and
Mrs. George came to Topeka Friday Of
last week for the Helianthus dance. and
to visit Mrs. Georges people. the Chas.
Curtis family. Lieutenant George re-
turned to the fort Saturday. and Mrs.
George remained over Sunday. Miss
Marian Webster of North Attelboro.
a guest at Mrs. Curtis party Saturday.
The Westlawn Evening club met Sat
urday night with Mi. and Mrs. ]. H.
McGon. Mr.. and Mrs ]. W. Hudson
played-fo absent members. -v--- s=---'sss'-
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The Spalding Reading circle vaude-
Vile performance will be given Tues
dey~ and Wednesday evenings this
week in the Knights OF Columbus club
rooms.-Adv. +.
The Kappa Alpha Theta sorority will
celebrate the forty-fourth anniversary
OF the founding Of the sorority this
evening with q banquet at O'Clock at
the chapter house on Indiana street.
The twenty-four present will be seat
ed at quartette tables which win be
decorated in the Theta colors, black and
gold, and in the center of each table
will be a small basket filled with white
naricissus. The tiny nut baskets will
be tied with black and gold.
Mrs. A. T. Walker will be toastmis-
tress for the evening and the following
will respond to toasts: Mrs. Estey Of
Topeka. Miss Ruth Harger OF this
chapter. Mrs. Paul Learned of Law
renee and Miss Anna Stophlet of Kan
sas City.-Lawrence Gazette.
About half a dozen Topeka women
will go to Lawrence for the founders
day party.
Tango is passe. that 1t is cheap and
plebeian to dance it now, and its success
sor has arrived. The dispatch reads:
The tango Is dead so far as the New
York "400'' is concerned. 1t was buried
last night at Mrs. Stuyvesant Ffsh's
ball. The hostess herself said:
Il won't have any tangoing done in
my house. When everybody's doing a
thing in cabarsts and dance halls it is
time to stop it,
Like insurgents against previous
vogues, Mrs. Fish did not slay one
ruler until another was provided. Mr..
and Mrs. Vernon Castle devised its sue
cessor and Mrs. Fish has given 1t its
name.
Mrs. Fish's ball the Innovation"
was crowned as the next dance favor
ite. At 10 o'clock the Castles took the
center of the floor. They stood at least
! a foot apart. facing each other. and be-
gan a slow, stately movement, half
glide, half waltz. They never touched
each other. He kept his hands in his
pockets and she hers on her hips. Not
once did their bodies Craze each other.
The dance was as majestic as the min
uet and as graceful as the waltz in slow
time.
The birth of the new dance marks 4
new epoch in dancing. Society IL tired
Of the tango. It had already revolted