The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-07

by the woman cOHlHlIllee, idlloiioi
council of defense. Mrs. Theodore
Hammatt will be in charge of the war
service cards until the registration is
finished, and she will appoint num-
Der of lieutenants to assist her.
The registration in Topeka Wednes-
day ran much higher than was ex-
pected, and all over the state the re-
turns show a very satisfactory regis
tration. The competent, efficient and
trained women of the state were eager
to offer their services to the govern
ment, and those who were already
employed responded well to the re-
quest of the government to make
known to the authorities, thru the reg
iStration plan, that they were at work,
thus enabling the census department
to know what the women of the coun-
try are doing and are willing to do. 1t
| is generally understood, at least among
the intelligent women of the state,
that there is no compulsion about the
registration. Had it been compulsory,
| of course, the women would have had
no choice in the matter. But the au-
thorities made it a free-will offering
of service or information, and the ma
jority of the women responded to the
invitation to serve the government in
that way.
The Military Sisterhood will have a
| tent at the state fair next week. Host
esses for the different days of fair
week will be as follows:
| Monday-Mrs. H. H Welty Mrs
c. II. Matthews, Mrs. John NJ. kinkel
and Mrs. C. ]. Evans.
Tuesday-Mrs. Arthur Mills, Mrs. L.
D. Lewis and Mrs. George Crawford
Wednesday-Mrs. A. w. Whitsett,
Mrs. 1. S. Lewis and Mrs. A. T. Lucas
! Thursday-Mrs. c. 1. Martin, Mrs.
| Merrill Lindsay, Mrs. Seth A. Hammel
and Mrs. ]. S. Dean.
F'riday-Mrs. D. c. Tillotson, Mrs.
Molly Anderson and Mrs. Charles
Otis.
Saturday-Mrs T. S. Morrison, Mrs.
J. F. Going, Mrs. Paul Heinz and Mrs.
| J. S. Dean.
The sisterhood hopes to have mu-
sic each afternoon by the mounted
| band, of which DIR. Morrison is lead
er, if the band is still in town during
fair week.
The following girls of the Potwin
neighborhood had a spread Thursday
| evening at the home of Miss Sara
Hazel Slaughter, followed by a line
party at the Orpheum:
Miss Frances Dolan. Miss Alice
| Morehouse. Miss Ethel Caster. Miss
Ruth Lemon, Miss Lucille Heym. Miss
Sara Hazel Slaughter, Miss Lucille
Smith, Miss Mary Caster, Miss Frances
Dolan, Miss Corinne Smith.
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| There was certainly smart look
ing costume worn down town yester-
day afternoon. 1t was of dark blue
cloth, made in severely tailored fash
ion, in a one-piece gown. The neck
with open throat, was finished with q
wide roll of white satin. The gown
fastened at one side, with a row OF
buttons about half way down the
skirt. A loose girdle of the materia
was high on one side and sloped tt
| the ia ppinP on the left and the low
) er part of the skirt was accordion
pleated. The costume was worn with
) high top, grey shoes and a plain
black satin sailor hat with a higf
? crown.
,
Mr.. Fred Cowles, of Lawrence
president of Zeta province of Phi Delts
Theta, will be guest of Washburl
5 Beta chapter of Phi Delta Theta Mon
day evening at the fraternity hous
2 facing the campus. A smoker will b.
e given by the active and alumni mem
bers of the local chapter.
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Notes and Personal Meution.
/ Mrs. j. B. Furry and her daughter
!, Miss Anna Furry, have left for thei
home in Muskogee, Oklahoma. afte
y a visit to Mrs. Furrys mother, Mrs
:: Anna Wilson.
J. Dean and Mrs. Horace Wf.itehous
i and their little son, have returne,
E from Berkeley, Cal, where they spen
the summer. Dean Whitehouse wa
instructor in music in the summe
{ school of the California university
: Mr.. O. Claire Lloyd, of Seattle
: Wash, spent Thursday in Topeka, a
Z the guest of Miss Gladys Cav. H
n stopped in Topeka on his return fror
:; a trip east
e Mr. and Mrs George Keiser an
II their two sons of Lake Forest. Ill
q and Miss Julia F. Camp, of Milwau