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

who is in town temporarily to do som
special photograp work.
These French women certaini
know the art of dressing. And speak
ing of the French. that nation is max
ing a fine effort to hold its place
the center of sartorial design. He
position of distinction includes nj
only the designing of feminine rainier
but a large part of the silk industr
as well, the making of the finest fab
RIGS and laces, ana a practical monor
oily of the manufacturing of artist
ornamentations for gowns and cha
peaux. Paris needs the United State:
She is, thew say, producing master
pieces of sartorial art such as tn
world has never seem She is gather
ing ideas from rich fie!ds-the perio'
between 1880 and 1860 and of Loui
XIV. when luxury at the court ha
reached its height And the Frenc,
are holding their place in the world o
fashion, in spite of the efforts of Chi
cago and other American cities to out
bid them fer the favor of American
women in ideas of dress, in the earl.
part of the war.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr.. Robert Hobson is visiting his
brother, Mr.. Harry Hobson, and hi:
family. He came to this country from
England some months ago, and re-
Gently has been in Missouri, engaged
in buying and shipping horses for the
British government.
The Rev. Mr.. John L. Gage. broth
err of Mr.. L. T. Gage, is recovering
from a serious attack of appendicitis
in a hospital in Huron, S. D.
| Mrs. Robert s. Gordon will speno
the weekend in Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chase of Kan
sas City are visiting their parents, DR.
and Mrs T. s Chase.
Mrs f. Cunningham of Maquon
Ill, is visiting relatives and friends il
Topeka.
Mrs Ray Kiene of Valencia is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Kiene a few
days.
Miss Marguerite Koontz and Miss
Grace Koontz will see the Ballei
Russo in Kansas City Saturday night
DIR. and Mrs. Hal Hazlett have gone
to Abilene to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. Hazlett's father, Mr.. S. A. Cooper
who died in Toronto, Canada, and wa
brought to Kansas for burial.
Miss Annie Laurie Close is ill with
acute rheumatic fever.
Mr. w. D. Fisher of Alliance, Neb.
will arrive tonight to visit Mr.. anG
Mrs. Hugh Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Donaldson will
attend the Russian ballet in Kansas
City Saturday night.
Mrs. Willis Coston will spend the
weekend with her daughter. Mrs. w
G. Shipe of Kansas City, and will at
tend the Ballet Russo.
Mrs. Harry Speer is visiting Mrs. J.
P. GriswolG. She will go to Michigan
later in the spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lem White and their
two children of Ratoon, n. NJ, are Wis
iting Mr. Whites sister, Mrs. Arthur
Mills.
Mr.. Lee NJ. Gage has accepted a
government position in Oklahoma City,
Okla.
The Central Park Kindergarten club
will meet Monday afternoon. March 6,
at three o'clock in the kindergarten
room.
Mrs. Gaillard r. Miller of AIbu-
querque, n. NJ. is ill at the home OF
Mrs John Taylor, 314 East Sixth ave-
nue..
Edward E. Clark has returned
from Los Angeles. where he has been
located for the last six months. He
is the guest of his father, Elon s.
Clark at the Topeka club.
Miss Jessie Mcfarland of 101 Clay
street will entertain the d. o. l. club
tonight.
A birthday luncheon was given at
the home of Mrs. F.. ]. Smalley, 1910
Tyler street. The guests were mem
bers of the Glover Hill Aid society and
their husbands. as follows: Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. H G.
Lyons. Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Gasche.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smalley, Mrs G. G.
Stiles, Mrs. A c. Kornhaus. Mrs. c. B.
Beuhrer and Mrs. A. w. Mosely. 9th