The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19


at the game of licking the platter But
his restraint was heroic, but IT put
his nerves in such a state of tension,
with that good looking girl sitting
next to HIM and all the other excite
ment. that he upturned a bowl OF
around his plate He was so over
come with chagrin that he gazed
straight into his plate all the rest OF
the meal time
But the girls did have a rattnns
good time, and they are going up TO
the very next party that brings them
an invitation
Mrs. Don Mulvane and Mrs Dana
Davis will entertain guests at lunch
con Thursday at the Country club, IN
compliment to Mrs. Arthur McCl1n-
took of Denver, Colo, who is visiting
her sister, Mrs Frank D. Merriam
A dispatch from London announces
that the city is paying honorS to the
American doctors and nurses VINO
have gone over in advance of our
army. The London item says
The American doctors and nurses,
comprising the units from Chicago,
Philadelphia and St Louis are being
entertained here on a lavish scale this
week Nearly every hour of their
time is being demanded by their Eng
Iish. Canadian and American hosts,
who have arranged in their honor
many receptions, dinners. teas, thea
ter parties and sightseeing trips
In This party of newly arrived
nurses il London, is the first Topekan
to engage in war work in France since
America entered the fray. She is Miss
Louise Kieninger, wko went abroad
with the ST Louis unit Miss KEN
niger spent her childhood and early
youth in Topeka She received her
early education in the Lutheran
parochiaI school and later attended
Harrison school After taking
business course in Topeka, she went
to st. Louis to study nursing. Later,
she was superintendent of nurses in
the Answorth hospital of St Joseph,
Mo, and then became superintendent
of nurses in a Lutheran hospital in
St. Louis
She wrote to her people from
aboard the United States ship, St
Paul. May IS. She said in part:
This morning I am fine and ready
to land The unit from Philadelphia
is sailing with US, so we are about
1900 on the boat There are few
private passengers After dinner we
come to the deck, then we have chap
el at $50, and are then off to bed;
exercise every morning at so; break
fast at s; French at 10. One of the
passengers has been so i'll that she
no effort TO get out I heard some ore
ask Why don't they come and shoot
u.s. The crew has target practice,
and We have had drills with our life
preservers- We all know our places
and are assigned to boats in squads
We are all calm There is no dane
ing. The next two days will be a time
of careful watching, and we have our
life belt with US all the time We
have no lights at all on deck-every-
thing dark No matches are struck
and no flashlights used
We are anxious to land and get to
work None of US know just what we
are going into. By the time you read
this we will have landed
They are doing queer things at New
port this season to prove their pa
trtotism- For example. Mrs. Freder-
lex Nelson is wearing a red white
and blue jeweled flag in her bonnet.
And that is enough easier than sewing
all day in a Red Cross work room
planning and carrying out public en-
tertainments. or soliciting contrfbt1-
tons from old Mr.. Moneybags-
A student recital will be given
| wednesday afternoon al $3.50 O'Clock
| by pupils of Miss Roberta McKirahan
at her studio, 1895 Lane street. The
program will consist of original songs
and piano works and class exercises,
as given by the Fletcher music meth
Cd which Miss Mckirahan uses.
A second recital will be given in the
evening at the studio at O'Clock
when the older pupils will play.
< K
Mr.. and Mrs H 3. Howard enter
| tanned at a family picnic at their
country place, 'Roseacres,' Monday
evening ThIse present were Miss
Myrtle Howard and sister, Mrs. Geo
Hutson Of independence. Kan: Mr.
! and Mrs Albert Nelson Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Smith and Hubert Howard.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs Noble Prenuis returned TODAY
from Newton, Kan, where she visited
her daughter, Mrs. J. C Mack