The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-30

get them away from TWO yOuHS Iileti,
Will Jackson and George Franklin.
George and Will also leave the United
States to spend a year in foreign
travel, and they go to Germany ana
meet the girls.
The scene of the play is laid in !
German boarding house The father
leaves the girls in charge of the land
lady, who in turn puts them In the
care of d German maid. The boys ar
rive All have promised to speak
nothing but German. They memor1ze
conversations out of a book. Finally
the father returns and finds the young
men in the boarding house After
many difficulties. of course, all ends
harpily The cast is as follows:
Mr.. Stephenson ......... Paul Phelps
Margaret ........ Lura Barnes
Annie ........ Mildred BROOKS
Will jackson ......- Raymond Long
George Franklin Horton Carswel
TandIadv " Edith Young
Gretchen ... Margaret Rust
The high school orchestra will play
between acts, and Miss Rust will sing
the German "S ). !. Song
Mrs. Robert stewart will entertain
n few guests this evening in honor
of her brother, Mr.. Roscoe Stubbs,
who is spending his spring vacation IN
kansas. He is attending school in
TawrencevilIe, n J., and has been in
Lawrence a few days visiting his par
ents, former Governor and Mrs. w. r.
Stubbs
The Elwell club met Tuesday with
Mrs. Rome CoIvin. The luncheon ia
Bile was decorated with jonquils, and
the guests and members who sat
around the table were: Mrs. Will1arn
Colvin, Mrs. Oran Layton. mrs FREQ
Voiland Mrs Frank ConweI, Miss
Kate Buechner, Mrs G. Currie, Mrs
A. w Bronson. Mrs. A. T. Lucas, Mrs
w. E. Davis, Mrs. Charles Sessions.
Mrs H. G. West, Mrs. w. W. Bow
man. Mrs. Charles Bowers, Mrs. Rob
ert Merrick. Mrs. A. NJ. Petro, Mrs
Clarence Wetherton. Mrs. Harry Ly-
man. Mrs. E. G.. Foster, Mrs. ]. s
Dean.
The Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae
of Topeka will meet Saturday after
noon with Mrs George o. Smith, sos
Topeka avenue:
Mr. George Handy Shelton of New
York city is expected to arriye-today
or Friday to spend the summer with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Shelton of Topeka avenue.
Mr.. shelton has been in the east Tor
some time. He is an actor in the
Belasco company of New York and he
has written some plays also
Ogontz college. one of the old and
exclusive girls schools in the east. 10
Gated near Philadelphia, has adopted
a new plan, by which the school is in
spected once a week by staff oftlcer-
and the girl students take military
work and exercises as part OF the reg
ular training.
One of the members of the faculty
of the school is Miss Alice Gentry, IL
Kansas girl. and a sister of Miss kath-
crime Gentry of Topeka.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Lyman are the
parents of a son, born at Stormont
hospital Sunday. They will name the
baby Wendell Philips, jr. Mrs. Ly-
Ruth Wilson. The baby is a grandson
of Mrs. Anna ]. Wilson and Mr.. and
Mrs. H. E. Lyman,
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The daily paper published at the
State university makes some editorial
comment on the speech of college wo-
men, which he thinks as bizarre as
that of the college "fellah.'
Two co-eds were speaking about
certain man of their acquaintance
just as girls usually are doing-and
I one of them remarked that he was
funny. Yes, he is" the other said,
but he's nice funny" One of them
thinks John has a sweet moustache.'
/ To them, to spool is to tell harm
! less lie to ones beau to sidetrack him
when he wants to call; kiss insur-
ance" is the name for listerine; the
I OSCILLATION corner is the porch swing.
Everything else is just perfectly love-
| ly. simply grand. The men are so
splendid, and one thing sure, they
are all simply mad about them.
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Mrs Cyrus Monroe and Mrs. Pres
ton Coleman will entertain the mem
bers of the Pi alumnae chapter of
Kappa Alpha Theta saturday after
noon at 2;30 O'Clock at Mrs. Monroe's
home, 1856 Harrison street.
sks
Mrs. Lyndon f Day gave a birthday
party for her son. Robert. who was
three years old Wednesday. He
shared honors with Dwight Brookens,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Brook
ems. who is the same age. Easter bas-
kets and chickens were given as ia