The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26


Los Angeles. where she will meet Mr..
Phillips. and they will visit Mrs. Phil
dps's sister, Mrs. Harmon Ryus-
Mrs. Ryus win be hostess at q mu-
sicale Thursday evening, March 4, at
her home in Los Angeles, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillips will be among the guests
of honor. There are in Los Angeles
at this time a number of distinguished
Americans who are personal friends
Of Mrs. Ryus. and they will also be
honor guests at the party. The list
includes Clarence Eddy, the famous
organist: Charles Wakefield Cadman.
the composed, who gave a recital in
Topeka this winter, and the Indian
girl. who sings his music at his con-
certs; Ellen Beach Yaw. the soprano.
and James Foley, the poet.
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Mr.. Wallace Pettyjohn, who is
teaching this year in Robert college,
Constantinople. is planning a trip
around the world. arriving in Topeka
next fall. A party of three of the men
Of the school are considering making
the trip. starting from Constantine
pie, and visiting India, China, japan,
Hawaii. Australia. then finishing the
trip across the Pacific and arriving
position. Mr.. Pettyjohn would come
from California to his home in To-
peka.
In a letter just received from Mr.
Pettyjohn. he tells something of the
beauty of the city where he is now re-
siding. II am becoming every day
more and more in love with the valley
OF the BosphOrus." he writes. See
COnstantinOple and die the saying is.
! am told that it has fascinating in
fluence on every one who lives here,
and that after spending a year amid
all the fairyland beauty of the place,
one is never content to live else
where
Mr.. Pettyjohn is a teacher in the
English department of the school, and
has classes of boys that four months
ago did not know a word of the lam
guage.
The Tutors club of the college re-
Gently gave a minstrel show in Con-
stantinople, and one of the papers,
The Orient" comments on it: The
entire program, musical numbers,
stage effects and the clever dialogue
were the work Of Mr.. Pettyjohn,
whose versatility has already shown
itself in many other activities of the
year. We have to thank him and his
company, including all the American
tutors, for what was unQuestiOnably
the brightest display OF custom made
wit and humor in burlesQue that our
community has seen. While the show
awaited itself to the full Of the priv
ilege Of buffoOnery, it was always in
good taste. In the interlude Mr..
PettyjOhn entertained the audience
with some original monologues. in
which his impersonation of the newly
made American politician gave his
audience the greatest treat of the
evening"
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Kouns enter
tanned a dozen guests at dinner Thurs
day night. The party was one of a
series that have been given at the
Kouns home this month.
Mrs. KOuns will leave the first Of
March to spend few weeks in New
nellie Kouns will be in the east a part
of the coming spring.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Marco Nor
row at dinner Thursday night were:
Governor and Mrs. Arthur Capper,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold T. Chase. Mr..
and Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry b. Clark, Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor and Mrs. w. Y. Morgan, Miss
Dollie Curtis, Miss Josephine Sub
lette and Mr.. Armin' Fassler.
Miss Lucy Hawke of Battle Greek.
Mich, viii arrive the firstt part of
March to visit her cousin, Mrs. Tom
Lillard. Mrs. Lillard expects to en-
terrain at a number of parties in COM
pliment to her visitor.
Miss Mary Chase of Emporia, who
is visiting Miss Violet Crumbine, was
the guest of honor at an informal
afternoon party given Thursday after
noon by Miss Beulah Searle at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Searle.
The guests were some of the girls who
have met Miss Chase on the occasion
of her former visits to Topeka.
The engagement of Miss Ina Claire,
once of Topeka, to the great Scott, is
announced on the first page of the
paper tonight. Before her engage
ment was made public, Chicago
critic writes as follows of her appear
ance in Chicago theater:
Miss Ina Claire's conduct at the
Palace this week is of a character to
evoke the wish that all the young lady
singers. and dancers in vaudeville
would deport themselves similarly.
| Her songs are fresh and pretty and
they please her auditors without re-
course to the customary vulgarity. Her
dances are simple and dainty; heI
manner full of charm. In fabric and