The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-18

Mrs. Wallace Crutcher was hostess
at a meeting of her bridge club Tues
day. A guest at the meeting was Mrs.
Harley Reisman of'Chicago, who has
returned to her home after visit to
her sister, Mrs. Fred Davis.
Mrs. William Collinson entertained
her sewing club Wednesday of this
week.
The wives of the secretaries of
state will be entertained by Mrs. ]. T.
Botkin and the state presidents of wo-
mems organizations who live in To-
peka, Tuesday afternoon, October %,
at Masonic temple Mrs. H. o. Gar
Vey state president of the Federation
of Women's Clubs, VIII extend a greet
ing. A literary program has been ar
ranged, after which the guests will
be given an opportunity to meet the
visiting women, with Mrs. Arthur
Capper, Mrs. Botkin and Mrs. Charles
Sessions in the receiving line. The
court and the wives of the state Off
GERS have been asked to assist. All
club women are cordially invited. The
hour is 2:3O o'clock.
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The women of the Good Govern
ment club have opened the boxes that
were distributed about town for the
reception of coins to be used in the
purchase of sweets for the soldiers at
Christmas time. The amount collect
ed was disappointingly small, as the
club women had hoped for a more
hearty response to their appeal. The
boxes placed in the dry goods store
where women shop, contained nearly
the entire amount collected. The
boxes in the tobacco shops, drug
stores. commission houses and mems
clothing stores contained almost no
mr. n q hn he ole hot
the money Is to purchase are to be for
men entirely. The sum collected in
the boxes was about S24. That amount
will be brought up to $40 by the wo-
men of the committee who had it in
charge, who are Mrs. J. d. Mcfarland.
Mrs. Clara Hazelrigg and Mrs. Lee
Monroe. Any one interested in giving
to make the fund larger may leave the
contribution either at the office of the
State Journal or the Capital.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George Godfrey Moore
have returned from a trip to the
south. They went first to New Or
leans, where Mr.. Moore attended a
convention. Later they went to Jack
son, Tenn, and were guests for two
weeks of DR.. and Mrs. T. J. Kim
brough, formerly of Topeka There
they were entertained at numerous
dinners. bridge parties, motor parties,
etc. Mr.. Moore, DR.. Kimbrough, and
friend from Nashville, took a fish
ing trip to famous Tennessee lake,
which is supposed to furnish the best
bass fishing in the United States.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore have bought
the house at 1924 Topeka Avenue,
and have moved from their former
home at 1905 Topeka Avenue.
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Mr.. Leland Willis, a former Wash
burn college student, arrived in To-
.oIy : - l.
tin, Tex, where he has been attend
ing the United States aviation school,
He has received a commission as first
lieutenant. He has now left for New
York and will sail next week for
France. to serve in the United States
aviation department. He is a MEM
Der of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity
and was captain of the freshman foot
ball team last year. College people
especially will be deeply interested in
his new venture.
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Mrs. W. H. Cushing and her daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Cushing, went to Kan
sas City to be guests at the marriage
of Miss Katherine Langtry and Mr.
William Sylvester Wolo, Jr. The bride
is the daughter of the late Charles
Langtry, a prominent man of Kansas
City, and the family has friends in To
peka.
The current number of the Satur-
day Evening Post. in its who's Who
and Why" page. has for its begin
ming article a sketch of Rob Wagner
written by himself Mr.. Wagner is
the author of the movie stories that
have been one of the popular features
of the Post from time to time. To-
| pekans have sort of personal inter
| est in him because he married a To
| peka girl, Miss Florence WEIGH. The
picture of Mr.. Wagner published with
the sketch is from a painting which
he did, of himself. for he was ar
artist by profession before he begar
writing for publication. In placing