The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-09

The date of the marriage OF MISS
Velma Harlow and Mr.. Joseph Slaugh-
ter, of Kansas City. will be Saturday
August rs. The marriage will be-
quietly soIemnized at the home OF the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. W.
Harlow. 1906 West Tenth avenue.
The n, Il x. girls of Miss Harlow's
graduating class in the high school
will give a party for her friday
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The Beta girls will meet Ihurs9as
afternoon, at $3.50 o'clock, with MISS
Tyirifred Greene. in the Devon apart
ments.
The Betas will give their installation
affairs in September, when they VII,
become a chapter of the natlonai
sorority of Alpha Phi Inc petltion
presented by the Betas for admission
to Alpha Phi, by the way, is a work
of art, cleverly designed, ana must
have been costly. 1t is bound in tool
ed leather in a gold-brown shade II
contains handsomely finished photo-
graphs of all the members OF the
chapter. with a printed sketch OF each
bioRraphy There are views of the
college grounds and buildings, taken
when the grounds are at their pest,
and there are snap shot pictures OF
everyday student life at Washburn
matters about the college, its endoW-
ment and various advantages The
petition makes not only handsome
volume, but also valuable record in
sorority and social affairs.
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News of the Curtis family, at Wash
ington, d. c., states that Mrs. Charles
PeasIey George has left for Ell Paso,
Texas, to join Captain George. Mr.
George, it seems, has been advanced
from the rank of lieutenant to that of
captain. Mrs George was in WASH
ington all winter with her parents,
Senator and Mrs. Curtis.
Miss Leona Curtis has been in New
England a large part of the summer.
She went to Attleboro, Mass, to be
bridesmaid at the marriage of one of
the Webster girls. She has recently
r. L, and will return to Washington
about the 18th of August.
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Mrs. Walter Cannon entertained
her thimbIe club this afternoon. A
guest of the club was Mrs. Wallace
peka to visit her people. Mrs. Cruch-
er. before her marriage, was Miss
Ruth Whitney, one of the popular So
ciety girls of Topeka.
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The women with a vaccination
mark on their arms can take comfort
for they need no longer choose be-
tween exposing the scar to view or
wearing sleeves when sleeveless gowns
are in favor. The newest scheme
originated in Paris, and was first
adopted in this country by Wanda
Lyon, prima donna of "a World of
Pleasure" the New York Winter Gar
den attraction, now running at the
Palace Music hall, New York. The
plan is to place over the vaccination
mark a little beauty patch which is
called tho "Wee-kis'' beauty mark. It
is in the shape of a butterfly and
either the complexion or the gown of
its wearer. 1t not only hides the vac
cination mark, but is also attractive
looking and adds to the natural
beauty of the arm; =
Miss Adelaide Gaspar of Independ-
ence, Mo, will arrive this week for a
visit of a few days to her aunt, Mrs.
w. Z. Collins of 1884 Van Buren,
street. Miss Gaspar is a close per-
lars of Independence, a niece of Mrs.
George Port Ashton, who visited in
Topeka and met many of Mrs. Ash
toms friends last winter. Both the
dependence. The Collins family re-
Gently came to Topeka from Kansas
City. to make this their permanent
home.
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There are some married men about
town that you may have noticed step
ping pretty spry lately. There has
been a perfect exodus of wives troup-
ing off to the lakes the mountains or
the seaside, leaving their lords and
masters at home to dig up the kale.
These same men are not all spending
every minute of their spare time look
after the ice box. keeping the house in
decent order and sitting impatiently on
the edge of the chair waiting for the
postman to bring a message of love
from fond wife. No, indeed They
are having a vacation, too, if YOU
please. We have seen some of them