The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-02

of course, talk politics just as they
do at home"
Though Miss Harris has lived in
Europe most of her life, she ventures
no opinion on who is to blame for the
| war 1--WE cannot tell very much
about it at this distance. Though /
have lived in Germany a long time,
| and my mother is German, it looks
| to me as though the emperor started
the trouble; still this is long dis
! lance for an accurate observation, and
| there are many ms ard outs to the
question of international affairs of
| Europe
British ambassador in Washington at
| thus time, was the English represen-
tative at one of the foreign capitals
where the Harris family lived
The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity of
the State Agricultural college. Man
haitian announce the following
pledges: Mr. Jack Woods, of Louis
Vile, KY; Mr. Clifford Joss, of To-
peka; Mr.. Amis Small, of Anthony;
Mr.. James Hewey,- of Belvue-
| Mrs. c. F. Menninger announces
that she, will meet women interested
in taking up study of the Life OF
Christ, at the Y. w. c. A building
Tuesday, October 5, at ten o'clock.
Girls who wish to take the course,
may meet Mrs. Menninger at seven
p. m.
The district federation meetings of
the various congressional districts Of
the state will be held within the next
few weeks. Mrs. ]. M. Miller, of
Council Grove, president of the State
Federation, will attend all the district
meetings. and it is her purpose to
!, Cd or ion
the lettering of conditions in Kansas
penal institutions She will tell the
women of the district conventions of
her experiences as a member of the
state board of corrections, and she
wants the club women to do what
they can for the correction of some
conditions.
The Child Study club will hold its
first meeting of the season Thursday,
October Z, at the home of Mrs. Hugh
Benner, 7O5 Lincoln strete.
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The Ladies Aid society of the First
NJ. E. church will meet in the church
Wednesday. october g. The Fourth
+ + J.
The Vespuccian club will meet
Thursday. october Z, at 2:30 o'clock,
at the home of Mrs. R. E. Campbell.
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The Crochet club will meet Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs; A. A Scott
The Varsity dancing club had its
first party of the season Friday night
at Kellam nall. The company includ-
ed; Miss Katherine Albaugh, Miss
Winifred Burch, Miss Helen Welty.
Miss Mary Paxton, Miss Mamie Zahn-
er, Miss Margaret Whitney, Miss An
toinette West, Miss Ruth Rooster, Miss
Dorothy Nichols, Miss Cynthia Mon
roe, Miss Harriet Hill, Miss Violet
Marjorie Herrig, Miss Corinne Ripley,
Miss Isabel Savage, Miss Jean Lindsay,
Miss Jane Alexander. Miss Mary
Weightman. Miss Ella Waldron, Miss
Miss Esther Clark, Miss Ruth Thomp-
son, Miss Eloise Sargent, Miss An
toinette Clark, Miss Beth Thompson,
Miss Pansy Benton, Miss Martha
Burch, Mr.. La Rue Royce, Mr.. Ken
meth Alexander, Mr.. Chester Wahle,
Mr.. Leonard Kline, Mr.. Carl Hatha-
way, Mr.. Warren Humphrey, Mr.. John
Raster, Mr.. Ted Lagerstrom, MI.
Seaton Hamill, Mr.. Roger Savage, Mr..
Herman Ewers, Mr.. Robert Ward, Mr..
Robert Hasty. Mr. Don Heath, Mr..
Frank Ripley, Mr.. J. Glenn Logan, Mr..
Roy Tucker, Mr.. Willis Garvey, Mr.. |
William Carney, Mr.. Forrest Rice, Mr.
Tomlinson, Mr.. Louis Smith, |
Mr.. Edwin Olander, Mr.. Leonard Kline, |
Mr. John March, Mr.. Russell Swiler, |
ley, Mr. Frank Fable. Mr.. Joe Hull, |
Mr.. Thomas Crawford, Mr.. John Ell
lott, Mr.. Leroy Quinlan, Mr.. Merrill |
Rutter
Good gracious, can it really be
This season that we're going to see
The good old fashioned quilting bee
Replace the favored tango tea?
It certainly looks so to me!
The newest bee in milady's bonnet
S a mighty old one-the quilting bee,
f YOU please. At least a perfect pas
ion for this old time handwork is
weeping over the modern hearth and
low no home is complete without
,it of handsome quilting Shocking
las been laid aside and patching up
las become a fine art
There are first of all the large bed
Iuilts done on unbleached muslin
With appliqued designs of old fash
oned hollyhocks in lovely rose pinks
nd green's and the whole quilt bound
n an inch wide binding of green. Then
here is the morning glory design in
hades of blue and lavender. The
lollyhock design and colors are per-
laps the most effective and there are
lip covers for chairs, table covers
nd even curtains in the same pat
erns the latter appliqued on single
thickness of the muslin and quilted
My in the sense of the patch work
esign being stitched on by hand.
There are even tea napkins with
my patches of red and green cloth
ct on in one corner like a cluster of
wo cherries with binding of the
ed around the whole. In a set of
hese napkins there are only two of
Ike coloring in the dozen, some of
he cherries being wildly futuristic in