The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20


| with the arrangement which they be-
| lieve will give to the canyases the
| best possible light.
In addition to the exhibit of import
ed pictures, two Topeka artists will
have a few canvases in the collection
Mr.. George Stone and Mrs. R. w. Cop
pedge.
A minister who left Topeka q few
years ago to make his home in a
neighboring town, has become wild
owed Cor uncovered, which?) within
the past year or SO. Now they say he
to have a new wife before SO very
long. OF course people are all saying
it is rather "soonish," but after all
there is never anything but various
degrees of misery in trying to go on
living with someone who has put on
Immortality; so why not approve and
wish him happiness?
Mrs Kitty Lindsay Perkins and
Miss Marie Witwer have been asked to
exhibit some of their work in china
painting at the Panama exposition in
San Francisco. The man in charge or
the arts and crafts department of the
general exposition will use the pieces
that they have shipped, in his depart
ment Of the fair. There is to be no
art exhibit in the Kansas building.
The College Alumnae club gave a
sinners Daughter" at their meeting
Friday afternoon at the Y. W. c. A
Miss Helen Griffin was in charge of
the play. which was performed by
some of the girls of the Beta sorority.
At the business meeting arrange
ments were made for an open meeting
to be held in May, when speaker OF
national reputation will be invited to
ness meeting of the club will be held
and officers will be elected for next
year. The members of a nominating
committee are Mrs L: K. Hall, Miss
The club agreed to support the
movement of the Drama League,
which is represented in Topeka by
Professor e. D. Schonberger of the
college. The purpose of the league is
to raise the standard of the theater
and to encourage good plays. Miss
Aura Bradford presented the work of
the league to the CUB
Mrs Louise Daniels will give a din
ner party Sunday for the following
guests: Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Shirer.
Hand Miss Elizabeth Hand, Miss
Katherine Hand, Miss Berry, Mr.. A.
B. Whiting and Mr.. Hampton shlrer'
The Cotton Crusaders of the East
have made a patriotic effort to i'm
press on the public the Importance Of
helping the south dispose of her enor-
nous cotton crop. Topeka people
have donated generously to the rel1er
fund for the suffering Belgians; now
the women of the Spalding Reading
Circle are giving them a chance to
lend their assistance in the fashion
izing" cotton movement by mak1ns
their annual spring charity party
Made in U. S. A" affair. The party
will be given Tuesday evening, April
13. There will be cards for those who
do not care to dance
The club is anxious to have a good
at their party, and they
add to their invitation these lines:
IF What shall we wear you hear the
women say, tell them "A gown of cot
ton made in = S a. :.
The coming of Miss Florence Hinkle
in concert at the Grand theater next
week recalls a story that is told of an
experience she had at the time of
of years ago before Miss Hinkle be-
came so widely known as she is now.
she sang with a quartet. which includ-
ed Reed Miller and Nevada Van der
since become famous. After their
concert in Topeka they had only few
in which to catch their train
They rushed to the street and asked |
the first person they met which car
to take. The stranger told them to |
take the first one which came, and |
hey did so. Naturally the first one |
that comes is never the right one. The |
troupe had ridden about mile be- |
fore it occurred to any of them to !
speak to the conductor about their >
destination. Genius is bound to be /
cratic and absent minded). They |
earned then that they were travelling |
away from the depot at a good rate |
Of speed They stopped the car and |
got out just as a garbage wagon drove |
by. They induced the driver to give |
hem a lift. Within the required time. |
4 sweating, galloping horse drew up |
% the station. Two women in stage |
1ress sat on the front seat with the |