The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-22
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afternoon at Mrs. Paxton's home in
Western avenue. The affair is presi
dents day meeting, and Mrs. C j.
Wilson. the club president. is arrang-
ing the program
The Kansas Council of Women.
which has a membership Of about
{ 100 Kansas women, who are presi-
derts and past presidents of state or
cyanizations an6 women deans of col
leges and universities. will have q meet
ing in Topeka Friday, January IS. at
the Y w c. A. Mrs J. s. Simmons
z of Hutchinson is president of the or
gauization. Tie women who come for
the council meeting will be in Topeka
for the governors reception Friday
and for the Woman's Kansas Day club
meeting the following day. Mrs. ].
X Codding of Lansing. and Mrs J
NJ Miller of Council Grove, president
+ of the Kansas Federation of Women's
! Clubs, and a member OF the penal
board have been invited to speak on
/ a state detention home for women. DR..
Alberta COrbin of the State university
will make an address on Halls of
+ Residence in Colleges and Universe
ties"
+ The Social Service club of the First
PRESBYTERIAN church will meet Mon
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with
Mrs. Edwin G. Kistler. rs Polk street
Mrs Cora C. Lewis of kinsley.
member of the Kansas state board of
administration. has been invited 10
speak at the annual banquet of the
. Kansas Society of Chicago. tc be held
at La Sale hotel Chicago. the even
ing of January %. The other speak
ers will be Mr.. Howard G. Bucklin,
vice president of the New Haven rail-
road. and James L Higginbotham of
Detroit, Mich.
a certain young matron OF our
town who is said TO have social aspir
atoms. occasionally employs a young
I coIored girl TO drop in to watch the
baby while she goes down town. When
she encounters her fashionable friends
she finds occasion to refer often
enough TO the maid" or else the
nurse girl" according to the ext
gencies of The converse ton
Miss Nancy is well on her way.
Large choruses of the two-act musi-
cal extravaganza have the difficult
dancing we'll under way for Miss
Nancy" Here's list of few Of the
people taking part in the chorus
work: Miss F'reda Belts, Miss Hazel
Boast, Miss Muriel March, Miss Har-
riett Risteen. Miss Ruth Bomgard
ner. Miss Lucille Bomgardner. Miss
Irene Seery, Miss Lois Strickler- This
pie being drilled on Miss Nancy,
which promises to be the biggest treat
for years to Topeka audiences by To-
cal performers
The final dates for Miss Nancy
have been arranged for February IL
and II.
Unusual activity has been taken in
this production because it is the first
time anything of this kind has ever
been attempted in Topeka Part of
the scenic effects have arrived from
Chicago and also part of the cos
tunes The management has arranged
for a special act entitled ION the
Firing Line which is supposed to be
an exact reproduction of the trials
and tribulauons of the men in the
trenches
A number of rare treats are in store
for Topeka theater goers in this pro-
duction.
The "Community Sing that is
planned to be given the evening OF
February s, at the Auditorium. is en-
listing the interest of many people
The affair is to be given under the
auspices of the Topeka Federation oil
Women, through its music depart
ment. of which Mrs. c. J. Wilson i:
chairman. The plan is Mrs. Wilson 5
She had hoped to- create an interes
in civic music, and her scheme fol
the community sing was furthered a
the time of the state teachers asso
citation. when Professor Dykeman o
J the Minnesota university told an au
IL dience in Topeka of the beneficial eff
: fects, psychologicaIly. in the town a
large. of the revival of interest il
# music By all the people. which is tn
d aim of the project The songs tina
7 will be sung will be old. familia
h ones. and everyone in town is invitet
5. and asked TO help in the singing. Tn
: movement toward civic music i
s sweeping over the country, and it i
o finding a hearty response.
Dean Horace Whitehouse will Leaf
= the singing by the audience at tn
= community sing, and there will b
~ some special music by some of tn
= well known musicians of town. Tn
- accompan iments will be an orchestr;
a and "a band.
r. The program for the Sunday nusica
: afternoon at Grace Cathedral will con
sist Of sacred numbers by MendeIssonT
. and short address on Mendelssohn'
IF Lte- The service begins at 4: 80 o. loc
ar Sunday afternoon. The musical after
o. moons at the church have proven yer
acceptable to Topeka people. Tw
z beautiful cantatas new to Topeka pee
a pie have been sung to audiences tina
" crowded the building, and every Sun
- day afternoon until Easter sacred cor
certs will be given, open withou
charge TO the public. at the church.
The program for Sunday afternoo
viii be as follows:
o God Have Mercy-frorn IS
Paul" Bass Aria-Mr. Springer
Lift Thine EVe-Anral Trio frOr