The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-25


Mrs Frank Marspeakcr was hostess.
AT her home on Fillmore street, at an
informal luncheon yesterday in COM
1,lirnept TO ner sister. Mrs. Gale Jones
If Kansas City. The guests were a
few intimate frieEds
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A bridge tournament which was fin
isbed this week ended in dinner
marty at the Country CLUB with the
two defeated players as hostesses.
TIaving in the tournament were Miss
Julia Larin.er. Miss Gwenn Goddard.
Miss EIfie Dean and Miss Margaret
Lovewell. Miss Larimer and MISS
Goddard gave the dinner
An interesting guest in town this
week is Miss Helen Hughes. daughter
of Judge and Mrs. Hughes OF Pierre'
S. D. She is visiting Miss Foiiy NOW
ers in Potwin. Mss Hughes is strlk
ing girl of the brunette type she Is
highly accomplished having received
her degree in piano, voice and ORA :
matte art. She is a graduate of Mount
st. Joseph's college in DUBUQUE. Iowa
She will leave next week for her nome.
Among the enterta inments given IN
compliment to Miss Hughes was
morning tea by her hostess Wednes-
dev Miss Gertrude Kitchell Will en-
terrain in her honor saturday atter-
noon. and Miss Alice Hughes Will nave
her bridge club with Miss Hughes as
an honor guest Monday afternoon.
This afternoon Miss Mary Weight
II an entertained the members OF her
sewing club III compliment TO MISS
Hughes. Those present were MISS
Hughes. Miss Polly Movers. Miss Ance
Tuphes. Miss Gertrude Gray. MISS
Inlet Brown. Miss Winifred Hartley,
Miss Margaret Dolan and Mrs. Ray
Kimmel of McLouth.
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Whether or not it is due. IN part TO
the pending strike on the railroads, we
c.tnnot say but there never was SO
much overland traffic as TINS summer t's T. :
eud since the danger of the strike has
arisen numerous cars are passing thr u
ToDelSa every day with every town De-
tween the two coasts as their various
destinations
Many Topeka people have made
trips in their cars during the pas W.
months. Colorado has been the most
popular resort fer Kansas people, as
il always is and many of these tour
lists have driven their cars thru.
Mr.. Ed Kellam and Mr.. Wendell
SNitzer who left few days ago IN Mr.
I-eIlam's car for Colorado, arrived at
Green Mountain Falls yesterday art
ernoon at o'clock. During the flrst
clever hours of their trip they made q
distance of 500 miles. reaching syria
Cuse Kan. They Will return hoihe
some time next week
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The woman's party held a meeting
Yesterday afternoon at the Wintrode,
for the purpose of introducing Miss
Tavlor. who is here from New 1orki
to assist in getting the women OF 10
peka interested in national suffrage
The following women were elected OF
ficers of the woman's party, Mrs. A
Are
Inns. Mrs Chester Arthur and Mrs
Viola Polly, vice chairmen Mrs. j.
d. Mcfarland, treasurer; Mrs. Emma
Sells Marshall, secretary and Mrs. Z.
II. Morrison. auditor. The next meet
ing will be held in two weeks at the
home of Mrs. w. T. Collins 1924 Van
Buren street.
Mrs Lila Day Monroe introduced
Miss Taylor who explained the OBJ
iect of the woman's party, which is to
secure an amendment, to the United
States constitution. enfranchiSine
women Miss Taylor said in part, In
order to do this it is necessary at pres
ent to defeat President Wilson and the
Democratic candidates for congress
with him. The woman's party was
formed to fight the Democratic party
because the present administration
has not given the women a square
deal.
II Is not a matter OF never voting
the Democratic ticket or of always
standing with the Republicans. but
only of defeating those opposed to
national suffrage. That happens to
be the Democratic party this year. We
are not like the old colored woman,
who when asked for whom she had
voted replied, Wall. 1 recon l voted
for everything under the rooster She
was informed that she had voted the
straight Democratic ticket. Throw
ing up her hand in horror she said,
I'll never do it again..
The woman's party as a whole en-
dorses Mr.. Hughes for president be-
cause he has taken a firm stand for
national suffrage in spiteof the bitter
feeling, which he is causing in the
east among men with power, money
and brains"
Miss Taylor read kilograms from
Mr.. otis Benton, Mr.. Charles NJ. EIar-
vey, NJ. Thomas c. Wilson, Mr.. J. S.
Simons and Mr.. E. C. Little expressing
their sympathy with national suffrage.
Mrs. Monroe made an enthusiasts site
talk in which she said, THE most
wonderful thing a statesman ever said
was the statement by Mr.. Hughes, Z