The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15

Bishop, Miss Elizabeth Campbell. Miss
! Grace Gilmore, Mrs. Lucretia Emble-
| ton, Miss Louise Fleming Miss Merle
Fowler, Miss Helen Ingham, Miss Car
olyn Morton, Miss Minnie Stewart,
Miss Ethel Aldrich, Miss Lulu Nc
Cabe, Mr.. Sheriff. Smith, Mr.. w. L.
MeLelland and Mr.. w. A Turner.
Punch was served by two of the
Sophomore girls. Miss Ruth Smith and
| Miss Hawkes.. The girl were gowned
in pretty dancing frocks. Miss Par
sonss gown was green satin edged
with fur. Miss Dorothy Richardson
wore a white dress trimmed with pink
rosebuds Miss Marjorie Blank wore
red crepe de chine and Miss Helen
Wright's gown was of pink taffeta,
combined with black lace. Miss Edith
Council was gowned in white and
green chiffon, with green satin slip
pers. Miss Lulu McCabe wore black
crepe meteor combined with white
lace.
The Hutchinson Bar association is
meeting today, and the supreme court
mem bers who went to Hutchinson to
be present are: Chief Justice w. A.
Johnston, Justice Silae Porter, Justice
Rosseau A. Burch and Justice j. S.
West.
The Kansas Council of Women will
hold its annual meeting January IS
at the, Y. w. c. A, at one O'Clock in
the afternoon, following a cafeteria
luncheon. The business session will
be held in the club room on the first
floor of the building. All presidents,
and past presidents of state organiza-
tons of women and deans of uni
VersitieS and colleges, are eligible to
mem bership. The dues are S1.00
yearly.
Mrs. ]. X. Codding, of Lansing, will
~ sub of
a state detention home for women,
and DR.. Alberta Corbin, of the State
university, will discuss the subject OF
halls of residence for women at the
universities and colleges. This lat
ter subject was one of deep interest to
the late Mrs. Scott Hopkins, who was
preparing to interest the state in the
project at the time of her death. She
was at work in the interests of a plan
to provide halls of residence in the
universities, during the time she was
president of the Kansas Council of
Women. 1t was her hope to see such
halls provided at the Kansas univer-
sity, her alma mater, first The Coun-
ell will continue the work she began,
and it will stand a memorial to Mrs.
Hopkins.
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Kansas Day is to be kept in To-
peka two weeks from today. The
Womans Kansas Day club will meet at
the, First Presbyterian church for their
annual election of officers and the
program. The luncheon will be served
by the Woman's society of the Pres
byterian congregation, Mrs o. l..
Moore being president of the society.
Those who wish to reserve seats at
the luncheon able are asked to send
their orders early to Mrs. f. w. Wat
son, 401 Topeka avenue. who is having
charge of the tickets during the alb
Sence of Mrs. A. Marburg, who is in
New Y rk.
Mrs. Homer Hoch, of Marion, is to
substitute, on the afternoon program
for Mrs. ]. F. Crinkle, of Burlingame.
The plan is to have the papers for
the day at the morning program, and
to devote the afternoon to the Indian
pageantry. The vice president of each
of the eight congressional districts will
contribute to the pageant, scenes from
the life of the tribes in her district.
Each vice president will have ten min
utes in which to tell of her part of the
program. The information presented
is expected to be entertaining to the
audience, and at the same time to
form a permanent record for the ar
chives of the State Historical society.
! Mrs. Eustace Brown, of Lawrence,
vice president of the Second district,
will furnish as her part of the pageant,
a representation of the WyandOtte In
dams. Mrs. G. T. Beattie, of Chanute,
of the Third district. will represent
the Usage and Cherokee tribes; Mrs.
Homer Hoch. of Marion, of the Fourth
district, will represent the Sacs and
Fox tribes; Mrs. C. A. Hoffman, Of En-
terprise, of the Fifth district, will rep
resent the Kaws and Otoes; Mrs. c.
L. Banner, of Wilson, of the Sixth
district, will represent the Pawnees,
Cheyennes, the Comanches and the
Arapahoes.
A time keeper will be appointed,
whose business it will be to see that
each speaker occupies no more than
the allotted ten minutes
. 1t is urged that those who wish to
attend the luncheon reserve their
places early. Last year there were
, not places enough for all the guests
who came after the arrangements
were completed; though provision was
made for more than five hundred
Among those who will have part in
the pageant are: Mrs. J. K Codding,
Mrs. Eustace Brown. Mrs. Beattie,
Mrs. Hoch, Mrs. Hoffman, Mrs Dan
ner, Mrs. E. B. Jewett, Mrs George
w. Winans Mrs. ]. T Botkin Mrs
W. A. Johnston and Mrs. Cora Well
house Billiard. Those who are to dress
! in Indian costume are asked to brin q
their costumes with them to the
church at the morning session, as
there will be no time to go home after
luncheon for dressing. Only fifteen
minutes will be allowed for changing
costumes.
An interesting song recital was given
Friday evening by Miss Jennie BIinn
IN which she presented her pupil, Miss
Tresa Heck. Before the groups of
songs Miss Blinn made a short ex-
PLANTATION of the character of the mu-
sic illustrated by the numbers of that
group. The first number. Come Rag