The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-19


la good looking girl. The meat man is
fat, as all meat men are, and he stood
in the window of his shop, neatly fres-
lcOed against the glass of the big win
dow. The goo looking girl has a
lsense of humor which is always prop
! erly checked by an equally strong
Isense of propriety. She has eyes that
will dance when she is amused, and
her nose is tip-tilted to the exact an
gle that is always interpreted to de-
shop window a passing glance, and
then turned to look again. The fish
/ and-beef vender, watching the pOul-
try flocking down the street, caught
the backward look, and gave our her
Oine whopping fat wink. 1t is not
written down in the books on correct
conduct for girls that they should
laugh under such shocking circum-
stances, but that is what the girl did,
nevertheless. The butcher appeared
to think he had made an impression.
| He may never know the facts in the
case, but here is the truth. He was
standing so that the printing on his
shop window stretched blandly across
his wide chest and appeared to be
printed straight across the front of
him, labelling him Fresh Meat"
The interest of the Washburn coll
lege people is centered in the junior
prom to be. given tonight in Carnegie
Hall on the campus The party is one
of the large social affairs of the early
spring at WaShburn, and the arrange
ments for tonight's party will include
some surprises for the guests
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Mrs. T. S. Hand has gone to Wich-
tia to visit Mrs. E. L. Martling and
Mrs. Murdoch. Mrs. Hand and Mrs.
Murdoch attended the same school of
design and interior decoration, the
Parsons school, on Long Island. From
Wichita Mrs. Hand will go to En-
v-io -,csk -
Poponoe. During her absence her
daughters, Miss Katherine Hand and
Miss Elizabeth Hand will be guests
of their aunt, Mrs H. L.. Shirer.
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A thimble party will be given Mon
day afternoon of next week at the
home of Mrs. H. L. Shirer, in compli-
ment to Mrs. Louise Daniels, whose
marriage to- Mr.. Fred Woodbury. of
OHvet, Kan, will take place soon. The
old Helping Hand society of the First
Congregational church. This society,
some years. ago, merged with the
Woman's society, and recently new
Helping Hand society has been or
ganized among the young women and
girls.
Mrs. H. S. Roger entertained the N.
W.. club ateluncheon Thursday. Easter
decorations were used in the dining
room, and those who sat around the
table were: Mrs. n. F. Houston, Mrs.
E. v. King, Mrs. Charles Hammond,
gan, Mrs. F. c. Boltz, Mrs. r. F. De
Almond, Mrs. T. c. Mueller, Mrs. d.
F. Clammer Mrs. A. w. Tennyson,
Mrs. F. M. Drake and Mrs. Roger
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A small audience of the cultured
the elect-of Topeka, met Thursday
night at the auditorium to attend the
presentation of a play by Madame
Harriet Labadie, who is reputed to be
the greatest artist in her field of work.
She is not a reader nor an imperson-
ator nor reciter. She presents plays.
She gives what is known as psyche
logical plays, and the one presented
last night was YChange," by J. o.
Francis. She has been engaged in
the Interpretation of the works of Ib-
sen, Wilde, Galsworthy, Maeterlinck
and others. of the school to which she
inclines.
Madame Labadie has no scenery at
any of her readings. just, the bare wall
behind her. She describes briefly the
setting of the play she is to read She
has the ability to make the characters
distinctly Individual, and the rapid
transition from the speech of one to
the other is accomplished by a change
in the tone of voice. 1t is remarkable |
that in a play of some, eight charac- |
cal information that made them recog- |
nized in flash. A slight hoarseness
in the voice of young man stricken |
with consumption, the cracked, high |
pitched tones of an old man, designat- !
ed to perfection the characters to |
whom they were given.
The play last night is the story of a |
family in which the conservative po- |
litical and religious views of the par !
ents are cast off by the sons, who /
take up with the new ideas of govern |
ment and refuse belief in the dogma
Of the churches. The story is thought /
fully written by Francis and intensely /
and dramatically interpreted by Mad /
anne Labadie, who reads clearly into 1
the lines their intent and purpose.
49, Madame Labadie actually reads the +
play, keeping the book in her hand |
from beginning to end of the story. |
The book, however, is soon, forgotten |
oy the audience, though it is not app
parent why the reader chooses to give
he play from the book rather than
from memory. Madame Labadie is a |
experience, and the knowledge that
comes with them. applied to her art,
explains a part of her success.
The entertainment was given under
he auspices of the Shriners' club, and
is purpose was to raise money for the
fund that is to pay the expenses of
Marshalfs band to the Pacific coast
his summer.
Mrs. Clithero will have a demon
tration recital at her studio, 1854 Clay
street, Saturday, March 20, at 1880
p. m.
The object of the demonstration re-
citals is to dem onstrate the progress of
he pupils every three months.
A thirty-minute mothers confer
ence follows each recital when Mrs.
Clithero will discuss the following
;u bjects:
The power of mental suggestion, as
approved at the State Music Teachers
association and by prominent educa-
.orS.
Entire lack of confidence makes