The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-26

has the country been that the en- /
franchisement of women would mean |
the abolition of the liquor trade. Put !
in Australia the women have the bal
lot, and the liquor business is, so far. |
unhampered.
Miss Sharp is deeply interested in |
all matters pertaining to the war, in
slsmuch as her own country is en- |
gagged in the conflict, and she has two |
brothers in the army. One of them. |
who is a graduate of the Melbourne
university. is in the engineering corps
somewhere in France" and is in hos
pital recovering from a wound re-
ceived while he was in trench con- |
Struction work. The other brother is |
in London engaged in work connected
with war preparation. Miss Sharp
has been in the States more than a
year under the tutelage of Doctor Sc
ten, and is Preparing to become a
teacher in the PHILOSOPHERS she is
studying after her return to Australia.
She met Doctor Seton while she had
a secretarial position with a branch
sc ciety in Sydney, Australia, and was
INN ediately recognized by her as a
woman of superior ability. She in
vited her to come to America to take
a course of instruction with a view to
becoming teacher.
Miss Sharp belongs to musical
family, her father being a profession
al musician of high standing in Mel
bourne. He is an organist and espe-
L.
Sharp has had thoro musical edu-
cation and is a singer of ability. She
has also engaged in kindergarten
training work.
She will speak Sunday afternoon at
the Unitarian church before a meet
ing of citizens who have rented the
church for weekly meetings. The
meetings are free to every one who
" jsheS tc attend
Miss Sharp is to give a lecture Tues
II ct trail ia at ba Wy ~
A. auditorium.
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The senior girls of the College of the
Sisters of Bethany had a party today,
chaperoned by Mrs. A. T. Lucas and
MRS Albert Neese. The girls drove to
Richland this morning to spend the
| day at the Neese country place, and
returned this afternoon. Tonight they
Will have dinner at the Country club.
They party is called a howl which
| means that the girls are bowling with
pleasure that school days are so near
| ly finished:
The members of the class are
| Misses:
Marjorie Sheldon Mary Elizabeth
| Helen Silver Campbell
Helen Lucas Clara Watson
Mildred Lusk Georgia Neese
| Aria Heinzman Nora Hardesty
Gretchen voiland Lucille kersey
|
| tee for the liberty loan, had this morn
ing already raised subscriptions to the
| bonds to the amount of $500 and they
| expect before evening, to have passed
| the $1,000 mark they set for them
| selves. They believe that their fund
will reach $4,000 easily, inasmuch as
one family considers the purchase of
| $1,000 worth of bonds. and the club
will be given the credit for the sub
scription.
!
| the committee, and her assistants are:
| Mrs. A. Marburg, Mrs. Frank Britton,
| Mrs. Alice Love and Mrs. Lucy Mill
| ken.
| Anyone wishing to subscribe to the
| loan thru the club. can get informa-
| ton subscription blanks from any
of the committee members.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
| Justice r. A Burch went to Cherry
/ vale Friday evening to deliver the
commencement address before the
high school of that town.
| Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Clevenger and
their children of Williamsburg, Kan.
attended the Bankers convention.
and are guests of Mr.. Clevenger's pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. ]. Clevenger.
Mr.. R. c. Clevenger is with the Ma
tional bank of Williamsburg.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A Dougherty of Kir-
|
vention and were guests of the Leet
| family of sol Fillmore street.
| Mrs. N. v. Kennedy and her daugh-
| ter, Miss Loreen Kennedy of Ottawa,
Canada, were in Topeka Friday on
their way to Junction City. They
have friends at Fort Riley whom they
will visit.
| Mr. and Mrs. A C. Root and their
/ daughter will motor from Kansas City
Monday to spend a week with Mrs.
| Foot's mother, Mrs. E. NJ. Campdoras.
| Senator and Mrs. Charles Snyder of
I-eaves.worth. who were in Topeka for
! the Bankers convention. were guests
of their cousin, Mrs. Harry Gavitt.
and Mr.. Gavitt. They have returned
home.
| w. A. McCarter. D. D. S. Orthodon-
fist. 7o9 Mills Bldg. prevention and
Adv
| Miss Verna Worley arrived home
today. from Dodge City, where she is
teacher in the high school
Mrs. Theodore Snattinger of Min
rea polls, Mimi. is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howell Jones'
| Katherine Mulvane, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Mulvane, is ill with
scarlet fever
| Mrs. Charles Otis has returned from,
| Girard, where she visited her daugh-
| ter, Mrs. Fraser Cole.
| DR.. Lillion Malone, Osteopath, $40
| Mills Building-Adv
Miss Lillian Martin of the Kansas
Estate university has been elected pres
ident of the Sigma Kappa sorority for
| END in Topeka with her parents, Adjt.
Gen. and Mrs. c. 1. Martin.
| CLUB NOTES
Mrs. H. o. Maddox and Mrs F. P.
M l.