The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-05

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Covers were laid for thirty-four at
dinner at the Country club last night.
| Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Carney enter
tanned for Mr.. and Mrs. Merwyn III.
| guests of Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Nellis.
| Places were set for eight. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rollo J. Parker entertained their
| house guests, Mr.. and Mrs Joseph q.
the club. Others who had tables last
| night were: DR.. and Mrs. j. c. Nc
| Clintock, Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Guild,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gault, Mr.. David
Bowie, DIR. Milton Miller and Mr.. r.
H Hall.
Mrs James Hayes will entertain her
bridge-luncneon club tomorrow at her
home on Tyler street.
A number of the young men in the
Rock Island general offices will give
a dinner Saturday evening at Mills's
leave soon to make his home in Kan
sas City.
Miss Lydia Emery entertained with
an informal musical afternoon at her
home on Lincoln street, this after
noon. Her guests were members of
the Sigma Alpha Iota sorority at
Washburn college. Those present
were: Miss Helen Coe, Miss nellie
Dickerson, Miss Emily Hardy, Miss
Caroline Lovewell, Miss Marguerite
Lovewell. Mrs. G. Jensen, Miss E!le-
amor Bartell, Miss Gertrude Hucke1l,
Miss Miriam Foster, Miss Virginia
Taliferro, Mrs Chas. Kittering, Miss
Elsie Chapman, Miss Dorothy Sims
and Miss Corinne McSpadden, Miss
Hazel Bruce, Miss June Mitchell and
Miss Joy Paxton.
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in a
night that a chapter of the national
sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, had been
granted to the Alpha Mu girls of
Manhattan. There is a chapter of AL
Topeka girls who are members of this
Beta chapter of Alpha Delta Pi are
Miss Ora Mcmillan, who is staying
at the Virginia this summer, and Miss
Laura Ramsey, of 925 Morris avenue.
Mrs Arthur Bolton, formerly Miss
Emily Tomlinson of Potwin, topeka,
is an alumna member of Alpha Delta
Pi.
The Melrose club will meet with
Mrs Harry Fraser, sol Brooks ave-
nue., Wednesday of next week.
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We published the announcement a
few days ago that certain church
would give a calendar and clipping
social We were at once curious to
know just what calendar and clip
ping SOcldf was
Teh calendar part of it dealt with
the different months of the year, each
of which was represented in sym
bolical way. For January they had
Old Father Time and the new year
February was represented by George
Washington, with his little Ratchet,
cutting the famous cherry tree March
was the wearing of the green For
April they had the April fool joke, and
May of course was the Maypole, sur
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month of weddings, was represented
by a bridal procession and mock we'd
ding staged by children under seven
years. For July they had the sane
Fourth, and August was the fishing
party. September was the beginning
of school, and October had the witch
es, and Jack o'lanterns symbolical of
Halloween. In November the poor
were remembered and December was
a tableau with the Babe in the manger.
The clipping part of the social was
the remunerative part of it Little
packages containing miscellaneous
nothings were :. sold J. at cents a clip
There is an apartment in Topeka
which is known as the B and G. quar-
tiers because three brides and grooms
have lived there in immediate sue
cession and all of them are prominent
in local social circles. This apart
ment has proven most happy start
ing place, and the BIS and G's leave
it only to occupy homes of their own.
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Mrs. S. J. Crumbine gave an infor-
Tyler street for Mrs T. E. Sabin.
Covers were laid for six.
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Miss Nora Siler, who has been doing
work in Porto Rico, will
deliver an address at the First Chris
tan church this evening Miss Siler
is a Kansas woman She is a mis-
in Porto Rico, under the
Christian Woman's Board of Mis-
sions.
Mrs. Evan Thomas will entertain
at thimbles Friday after
noon at her home on Jefferson street
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Mrs Frank Stratton of 1249 Lane
street entertained at dinner last night
for Miss Pearl Douglas of Winfield,
Kan. Covers were laid for eight.
Mrs. J. H. Runyen gave an informal
evening Tuesday evening for Miss
Douglas
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A crowd of high school girls had
a breakfast at Belvoir this morning.
Those in the party were: Miss Helen
Scott, Miss Ortha Baughman, Miss
Olive Knox, Miss Georgia Nelson. Miss
Miss Elizabeth Morrison, Miss Teresa
Cooper, Miss Lila Martin, Miss Grace
Dana and Miss Marian Knox of
Franklin.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr.. and Mrs Melvyn H Nellis, who
have spent several days this week
with Mr.. and Mrs D. w. Nellis, will
leave tonight for their home in AL
bany, N. Y.
of Empcria, are guests of
Mrs MoConn'S da11ohfor Mrc w |