The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

allies our friends, or clubs, our party
and our country. Club women unite
in the triple alliance of the district,
state and general fedora ton, and we
unite for public welfare and self i'm
provement. We have another ally, the
gentlemen, those who gave US the bal
lot in Kansas"
Mr.. H. o. Garvcy spoke on watch
full Waiting" He said: THE presi-
dents words 'Watchful Waiting are
associated with his Mexican policy. for
which he has been severely criticized.
| nave lived near the Mexican border.
and am familiar with the Mexican
way of fighting. 1t IS like the method
of the Indian, the Mexican's cousin.
They fight from ambush, and they
ar a dangerous foe. To go into Mex
leo would mean the sacrifice of thou
sands of lives, and while it is bad
enough as it is. it would be worse to
make war on that country"
Mr.. II. b. Wilson was asked to adj
dress the club on the subject of Pre-
paredness." He declared himself in
favor of any rule of preparedness that
+ would keep US out of trouble.
At the close of the manual of arms
program. members of the club in
dulged in theil favorite form of their
annual banquet raillery. Members
were called upon to speak e1tempora-
Miss Ethel Aldrich and Miss Effie
Ora ham spoke cleverly and cnterta in
ingly; Mrs. Frank Montgomery had a
short address IN which she introduced
some facts of Kansas history. Mrs.
o. L. Moore gave what purported to
be a brief summary of the addresses
of the othe, speakers.
Covers were laid for: Miss Lola
Graham, president: DR.. and Mrs Ben
jamin Young, Mr.. and Mrs. II. .. Gar
vey, Mrs Albrecht Marburg, Chief
Justice and Mrs. w. A. Johnston, the
Rev. and Mrs. Fcstus Foster, MIR. and
Mrs L. L. Kiene, Mr.. and Mrs. j. J.
Gooden. Judge ana Mrs. Oscar L
Moore. Major and Mrs. A. NJ. Harvey,
Miss Gertrude Barnes, Miss AIaude
Barnes, DIR. Sara Greenfield. Miss
Effie Grah1m, Mrs. Frank Montgom-
cry. Miss Minnie Doering, Mrs. Cham
berlain, Judge and Mrs DeWitte G
Ncllis. Mrs. Lucretia Embleton, DR..
and Mrs. c. B. Van Horn, Mr. END
Mrs. Harvey Parsons. Miss Ethel Al
drich. Miss Elizabeth Gre CORY, Doc
tor and Mrs. Nichol. DR.. Harriet Adams.
DR.. f. Whitmore. superintendent and
Mrs. Wilson, Miss Bertha Hampstead
and Miss Kate Thomen-
The Musical Art society will have a
rehearsal tonight at the First Baptist
church at 1870 o'clock. The society
will take up Coleridge Tayolr's "Hia-
watha," and Will render it at the mu-
steal festival in the surfing.
j. + i.
The Topeka chapter of the P. F. O.
society will entertain the state presi-
dent Mrs. Alice Scott, of Hutchinson.
at luncheon at the Y. W. c. A. Friday
of this week. After the luncheon
plans will be discussed for the state
convention to be held in Topeka the
first week in May. About seventy five
delegates are expected to attend the
convention.
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Interest is being shown by Topeka
people and by out of town people also
in the concert to be given Thursday
night by Ruth Miller. The sale OF
seats is reported as unusually good.
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They say that every man of average
size in town who had a dress suit was
called upon to lend it before Miss
Nancy could be successfully staged
One young fellow was heard to COM
mand another who had sat upon the
suit he was about to get into. Get off
my dress suit Hum unused the
transgressor whose dress suit did
understand you to tell me to get off
from