The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-16

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wife,
And the 1926 banqueters, the most
notable gathering of men of the year.
responded to the toast, standing, and
in the balcony. amidst the roses and
orange branches, white-haired
woman blushed and bowed her
| thanks, seeing only the stalwart fig
ure at the head of the banquet board,
whose g,ass and eyes were lifted to
her.
This generation is not giving us
many 70-year-old presidents. But it
should. MI. Ripley himself says it's
a great age. He plays golf
works He takes exercise of all sort
and lives much in the open air-and
works always, for work, he believes,
is best But he also believes in that
home lie which his partner has
known how to provide. Grow old
along with me, the best is yet to be-"
Some of the Santa Fe men brought
home photographs of the banquet
scene, among them Mr.. ]. F. farrell,
who has large picture of the party
framed and hanging on the wall of
his office.
The Afternoon Bridge club will
meet Friday with Mrs. WILDER S. Gal
! loway, 1160 Mulvane street.
| J. j. i.
| Irish woman, whose home is near
| Dublin, has written an interesting ac-
count of rest home near BOulogne,
France, where she is now giving her
! services for the benefit of the soldiers
on the way to the front, and the
wounded men on their way to the
| hospitals. The institution was founded
! by Mr.. Hildyard, for the purpose of
affording a place for soldiers to be
/ fed and cared for on their way to the
/ front, and wounded soldiers, on their
way back to the hospitals sometimes
ere brought into the home for tenn
/ institution
| is not a regular hospital Mrs. John
| son has gone to France to serve in the
| home, doing whatever work needs to
be done. The number of helpers is
small, and the amount of work heavy
| and it is being done, in a large meas
| ure, by women of wealth unaccustom-
| ed to hard physical labor They work
| long hours at a time, and consider
i that they are accomplishing much
| needed mission.
Mrs. Johnson asks that women who
can do so and would be interested in
| helping them, might send small gifts
| for Christmas to be distributed among
the soldiers. They seem most in need
of socks and shirts. A number of
women, each making one garment,
could help a great deal, and the men
are extremely thankful for the little
| help that could thus be given them.
Articles sent now would reach the
men about Christmas time. Gifts of
clothing could be addressed to Mrs.
! Lillian johnson, care No. Army Base
! Office, Boulogne, France, and money
gifts could be sent to the Hildyard
! Soldiers Rest Home Fund, care of Cox
| & Company, Army Base, Boulogne,
France.
The letter written by Mrs johnson
was addressed to Mrs Lee. Monroe.
who met Mrs. Johnson during trip
abroad near the beginning of the war.
The Abilene Reflector contains a
notice of a party given by Mrs. Alfred
! Spicy, of Abilene, in honor of her
mother, Mrs. H. E. Seeds, of Topeka.
The tea was given last Friday after
noon, the guests being aswed from two
/ to four and from three to five. Little
! Fern Belknap, dressed in a white frock
with a big pink sash, met the guests
at the door. Mrs. Spicy wore pink
brocaded satin with full draped skirt
i and bodice of rjeweled pink silk net,
over white. Mrs. sSeeds's gown was of
gray silk with sleeves and guimpe of
silk lace.
Mrs. c. L. Brown and Mrs E. E.
4 Coulson poured tea. The dining room
table was decorated with a Marie
Antoinette basket tied with pink rib
bon and filled with pink and white
chrysanthemums. Pink shaded candles
lighted the table. Miss Florence Mus
Lois Crawford, in old rose corduroy
and silk, assisted in the dining room.
The living room was decorated with
autumn vines and flowers. Mrs. c. S.
through the rooms.
Mrs. Spicy will come to Topeka in
! December to continue her study of
music.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs F. n. Risteen and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harry Rigby, of New York,
will go to Kansas City the end of the
week to spend few days.
Mrs Eugene w. Lewis, of ST. Louis,
Mo-, will leave Wednesday morning to
return to her home, after a visit to
Mrs. Adelaide Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Smith and their
] daughter. Mary, of Manhattan, motor
ed to Topeka and were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. M. Brunt. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brunt entertained their visitors al
Lake View club house Sunday. and in
the evening Mr.. and Mrs. Smith and
Miss Mary Smith left for their home
Mrs. H. H. Winter of Yates Center,
Kan, and her daughter, Mrs. E. H.
walker of Denver, Colo, are visiting
at the c. P. Bolmar home. Mrs. Win
ter and Mrs. Walker formerly lived in
Topeka.
Mr.. Frank Willard is i'll at his home
Dean Horace Whitehouse has gone
to Holton, Kan, to give pipe organ
recital tonight.
Mr.. Matt Weightman has returned
from business trip to Hutchinson
and Ellsworth.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert T. Reid have
/ left for a trip to California.
! Mr.. Otto Schardt of Chicago, is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. Late Ressegue. Mrs
Ressegue's mother, Mrs. M. Schardt
of Chicago, has been her guest a few
days, and she and Mr.. Schardt will re-
turn home the middle of the week.
Mrs. F. J. Mneham has returned to
Newton, after a visit to the E. ].
Shakeshaft family.
y DR.. H. L. Alkire is spending few
days in Excelsior Springs.
! Mrs. C. w. Kouns has left for a
weeks visit in Chicago.
Miss Juliette Brown has returned