The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-18

bride will make their home in Topeka
Members of a committee in charge
Of the food sale and bread board dem
onstracion TO be conducted Saturday
by the Good Government club at
Crosby Brothers, are Mrs. Norman
Keller. Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland. Mrs.
W z. Collins, Dr. Sarah Kline, Mrs
John TroxeII- Mrs L Candy, Mrs r
Cofran. Miss Adelaide Casper, Miss
Marie DeArmond, Mrs P F. De-
Almond and Mrs Lee Monroe Any
one who has any article OF food to
donate to- the sale, may communicare
with any member of the committee
A great many articles have been sent.
including canned fruit. cakes. jelly,
salad and bread The proceeds Of the
affair viii go TO the charity fund of
the club
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Berridge an
nouuce the marriage OF their daugh-
ter, VioIe1te. to Mr.. Dale Burd1ck. the
son of Mr. and Mrs H c Burdicz-
which was soIemnized Monday after
noon in Kansas City in the Study Of
DR.. Brftron Payne Taylor. The we'd
ding was very simple. with no at
tendants or wedding music Mr. and
Mrs. Burdick have returned TO To-
pek2, and VIII be at home to their
friends at 614 West Euclid avenue
Mr.. Burdick Is a member OF Radio
Company Signal Corps, and will prob
ably be called out in the early part
OF August His wife, during his alb
sence, will make her home with his
parents. He Is a member OF the E.lxs,
and both he and his bride have a cir
Gle OF friends n this city who will be
interested in the news Of their mar
rage.
Two Topeka men have had no end
Of heated arguments about the bath
ing suits the women wear. one of
them contending that skirts for bath
ing suits are the utmost nonsense
while the other believes that public
morals demand a modest dress for
women at the beaches. The maya
zine The Billboard" has a little
story about the newest censorship ar
engagements at Coney Island 1t says
What thou mayest and what thou
mayest not wear in the form of d
bathing suit is decided by two gentle
men, who are official ceusors Of the
morals Of the beach and fashioners OF
the fashions. Policeman O'Nen and
Policeman HUFFMAN watch the bath
ers with an eagle eye each day and
swing their clubs ominousIy.
No socks for women, II you please
Stockings must reach the mermaid
skirts No one-piece suits-no, not
of them And al dancing must be
limited to those whose suits have
dried by the salty breezes-"
A military ball viii be given Fri
day night. July 20, at keIlam hall by
the Radio Company Signal corps The
details of the arrangements are in
charge of Capt Elmer c. StahI and
Lieut. W c CarsweII. officers OF the
corps. The affair is for the benefit OF
the fund for the engineers company,
which is now at the fort The dance
is also a farewell party, as the COM
pauy expects to be called away about
August j.
Music for the party will be fur
ufsF1ed by Halls seven-piece orches-
ira. the soldiers will be in dress uni
form. and officers who will be in To-
peka for the welcoming of the Bel
zyian commission are invited as guests
TO the ball
Two of the society girls. Miss Har-~
riet Hill and Miss Carol Thrau are
assisting in the disposal of the tickets
\
Charles Whitmer, jr- Familiarity
known as To-day Whitmsr, had a
picture show line party Tuesday aft
eruoon in celebration of his tenth
birthday anniversary His guests were
GLADYS Wyatt Margaret Glover. Elfz-
abeth and Alice SheEburu and Joe
Swirzer.
meeting of the executive board of
the Good Government club will be
held Thursday morning at O'Clock
a the Navy league rooms. The state
n1eut that the session would be reg
uIar club meeting was Incorrect
The regular war relief meeting of
the Topeka chapter of the D. A r
will be held Thursday afternoon at
$50 O'Clock with Mrs H w Nc
AEae 4g4 ToveEa avenue
Miss Helen Fair Is at Fort Riley for
a few weeks TO assist in the organIza-
tor of Y w C A. headquarters,
which will provide rest rooms, read
fn.- rooms and Iuncheous for women
Y no visit at the Fort The rooms are
in Randolph hall on the artillery pa
rade and are furnished with chairs.
touches. reading and writing tables.
A tea room will be installed where IN
expensive Iuncheons may be served
The rooms were opened last Sunday
for the first time. and they Will re-
main open every day from about :
o'clock il the morning.
The Y W. c. A. work at Fort Riley
is a part OF the war work planned by
the national Y. W c. A A hospital
:ty house will probably be erected
later near the new Se3ective army
camp. The entire work is being SUI
pervised by the national war council.
represented at Fort Riley by Miss
Wfuifred WygaH Of New York as gen
eraI secretary, and Miss Vera Berger
as athletic director. Miss Fair. who
is graduate of the national Y W C
a training school is assisting For
the past year she was student Secre-
tary for the College Of Industrial Arts
IN northern Texas.
Miss WygaH was in Topeka last
week to address the meeting OF the
woman's committee OF The Kansas
council OF defense.
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THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who gives animated accounts OF the