The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30


Der OF aesthetic dances will be intro
duced.
The cast Of characters is as follows:
Princess Anetta Marie, good for moth
The King, her father Josephine Wingert
The Queen, her mother. Miriam vanHorn
Prince Felix Alexander . good prince oysws,,
Euialia, Maid to Princess Thema Hobson
'''1 Alberta ID aee Rosen. Mary Ackerman
Lord High Councillor jeanette Dooiey
Old Woman. --.....--.--. Miriam Haha
viii % the wisp. .........P Patricia Evans
treasure ..------......--- .Margaret bnlr
Kindness Ruth Thoroman
Usefulness ...................B ernice Ward
sorrow Elaine Hudson
Unrest .................D Dorothy Fessenden
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One of the young beaux about town
is SO devoted to a pretty little coed,
that instead of calling on her, he
makes it around to his home occa-
sionaIly to call en- his parents, so the
boys say. A day or two ago one of his
pals got back to town after a long
absence and decided to go to see the
lad. Did he call up to find out if he
was homC? No. indeed. for he knew
it was time wasted. He put on his
hat, walked straight to the girls house
w
came to the door that he had dropped
around to smoke a cigarette with her
johnnie. And he was there, all right,
making his daily, formal ten hour call
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Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Payne ex-
pect to leave soon to make their home
in Kansas City. Mrs. Payne who has
been active in musical affairs. will
leave behind her a membership in the
Ladies Music club, the Minerva club
and the Woman's CLUB. She was di-
rector last year of the chorus in the
music department of the federation,
now the WCman's club.
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Mrs. Harry Donaldson of 1912 Tay-
lor street. will be hostess at the first
meeting of the Art club for the season,
Monday afternoon at 2:So o'clock.
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An effort to Americanize the book
of common prayer of the Protestant
Episcopal church will be made at the
annual convention in st. Louis next
month by the revision committee on
that volume.
The committee has prepared a sep
arate prayer for the president of the
United States and the governor of the
state and will present for adoption a
prayer for congress, a petition for the
army and another for the navy, inter-
cessions for 1.-THE courts of justice, a
prayer for our country" and for the
legislature. The committee also has
written special prayer to be said on
the Fourth of July
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Mrs C. F. Menninger announces that
her Bible classes will have their first
lesson at the Y. w. c. A. next Tues
day, October 3. at 10 o'clock. 2:30
o'clock, and at Z in the evening
Mrs. Menninger's art classes will not
be organized this year.
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Prof. Chester Bliss, of he State
Normal school at Sandusky, Ohio, rec
ommends grasshoppers as a delicacy
He declared today that If only a
woman of social prominence would
start the fad, the entire country would
take it up; the new morsel would ap-
pear on the bills of fare of every
hosiery and the CRASH pper indus
try would spring into prominence.
Professor Bliss enthusiastically de-
grasshopper is par excellence.
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Miss Alice Murdoch. of Wichita,
tells sorority story. Two ministers,
she says called at an Eldorado home
the other day, and during their visit
a telegram was received from the
daughter of the household who is
away attending school. The proud
mother read the telegram to her call
ers Tt said, Made a sorority. Tiekled
pink" Whcreupon one of the men
of God inquired: May 1 ask what is
the Tickled Pink sorority7"
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Miss Catherine Hughes has con-
fessed that politics bores her. despite
the fact that her father, Charles e.
Hughes, is seeking the highest office
in the gift of the people. Miss Hughes
said: Perhaps you will be surprised.
but I never think of fathers pros
poets at ALI 1t would do no good if
T IL L,
election is going to come out. And L
am very glad 1 am out of the rush of
campaigning.
1T is all a dream to me-something
just to read about. That's the way L
like politics about them.
Frankly, politics bores me-
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An event of interest among the So
ciety folk of College Hill was the sill
yer anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs L. K.
Bowers held on Thursday evening at
their home, 1923 Redden. The home
was appropriately decorated in pink
and white blossoms with a mingling
ance were: Mr.. and Mrs. T. d.
Humphreys, Mr. and Mrs. Rene
Hum phreys. Mr.. and Mrs. 1. D. Mey-
ers, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Palmer, Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Powell, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. J. Boeger, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mervin.
MT ana MIS- FRANK Garlanu, MT. ana
Mrs. William Schick, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Ravens. Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon
Kline. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Smelser,
Mrs. Minnie Dolstrom, Mrs Gertrude
Elliott Mr.. John Kline, Mr.. Will
Howard, Mrs. A. Christie, Mrs. Rus
sell, Miss Edna Young Miss BERTHE
Hartzell, Miss Francis Holman, Miss
Creola Christie, Miss Belinda Christie,
Miss Gertrude Bowers, Mr.. A. F.
oBeger, Mr.. Herman oBeger. Mr..
George oBerger. Mr.. H. Russell, Mr..
Hodgson, Mr.. E. L. Bowers, Francis
Boeger. Mary oBeger, Dorothy Elliot,
Helen Haven, Master Herbert Elliot