The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-25

Mrs. Arch Catlin will entertain her
evening bridge club Monday night.
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The meeting of the Wednesday
Bridge club to have been held next
Wednesday. has been postponed until
given Wednesday by Miss Sara Kouns
and Miss Nell Kouns. Mrs. Charles
Mitchell will be hostess at the post
poned meeting.
The Sigma Delta Psi sorority Of
Washburn college will give a card par
ty Saturday afternoon at the Country
club.
A number Of the members Of the
Topeka Federation of Women went to
Lawrence Tuesday to see the exhibit
ton of Oil Paintings being given at
the university. The group of pictures
is considered the finest collection ever
shown in Lawrence. Professor Grlf-
fifth, the head of the art department..
gave an interesting lecture on the
paintings during the afternoon that
the Topeka women attended.
Among the paintings is "The Cos
sip," the famous picture by John Alex
ander Birge Harrison's Soaring
Clouds and a snow scene by John
Carlson, which hang in the exhibit.
are representative of the character
istics of the two artists. Three small
canvasses by a Lawrence boy. A. r.
Dickinson, show much promise. Pro-
fessor Griffith has on exhibition a
number of Kansas scenes.
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An organization which Is looking for
ward to the accomplishment of phil
-anthropic and educational work, is the
Social Service club. made up of girls
recently organized, and already it has
outlined its work in connection with
Redden Mission. where the club has or
ganized and will conduct a school in
which will be taught, besides the reSC-
lar studies, cooking, sewing, hygiene,
music, and gymnasium. The classes in
cooking will be taught by young won:-
en- who are all graduates of the dOmeS-
tic science department of the State AS
riculturai college.
To get money to buy equipment for
the school, the club will give a play,
Sleeping Beauty in pantomime, Fri
day night, March 20, and Saturday
afternoon, March q. The performance
will be under the direction of the club
president, Mrs. Paul Walker. The story
of the play is concerned with some folk
of fairy lore. king and a queen, a
prince and a princess, five graces, Il
witch, and some good fairies Miss
Elizabeth Anderson will be the KING,
Mrs. Robert S. Pierce the queen; Miss
Grace Koontz. the prince. and Mrs.
the Sleeping Beauty. The play con-
tains some pretty dances and good mu-
sic, and quite a number of the popular
society girls are to have a part in the
performance.
The show will be given in the Gr&-d
opera house and at popular prices.
The following women are members
Of the advisory board of the club: Mrs.
s. s. Estey, Mrs. J. B. Larimer, Mrs.
George Parkhurst. Mrs. f. E. Ames.
Mrs. Silas F~rter and Mrs. M. F. South
wick. The executive board has as it's
members Mrs. Paul Walker, president;
Mrs. Jack Campbell. first vice presi
dent: Miss Grace KOontz second vice
president; Miss Clyde Bonebrake. re-
corder: Miss Laura Southwick secre-
tary: Mrs. Glen Deaver. treasurer; Mrs
Mrs Henri Strawn and Miss Helen
Estey.
The members of the club are: Mrs.
Walter Cannon. Mrs. Edwin Campbell,
Mrs Jack Campbell, Mrs. Glen Deaver,
Miss Clyde Bonebrake. Miss Katherine
Dclman, Miss Rose Hite. Miss Grace
Koontz, Miss Isabel Mills. Mrs. Kurtz
Kellam. Mrs. Cyrus Monroe. Miss Nina
Nicholas, Miss Louise Culver, Mis-
James s. Hayes, Miss Myrtle Howard,
Miss Laura Southwick. Mrs. Gilbert
Worley. Mrs. Carl Searle. Miss Alice
Larimer. Mrs. Kercher. Mrs Rorert
Stewart. Mrs. r. S. Pierce. Mrs Wis
tar Williams, Mrs. Henri Strawn, Mrs.
j. Yetter. Miss Sara Kouns. Miss Eliza
beth Anderson. Miss Mary MacLennan,
Mrs. Don Lothian, Mrs. David Page
and Miss Helen Estey.
Mrs. c. f. Foote played as substi-