The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

know you will be pleased when 1 tell
you that we will have at least twenty
three doubtful, but inclined to be
favorable, and only eleven votes
against it on the Republican side The
showing on the Democratic side is
hardly as good"
DIR. Henry Jackson Waters, who has
resigned as president of the Kansas
State Agricultural college to become
editor of the Kansas City Weekly
Star, was the guest of honor at a
luncheon given today by Prof. n A.
Crawford, head of the department of
industrial journalism at the institu-
ton. Instructors in the department
and members of the Manhattan chap
ter of Sigma Delta Chi, national jour
nalism fraternity, were guests. Sigma
Delta Chi presented Doctor Waters
with a card congratulating him upon
the work he has accomplished at this
/ institution and upon his entrance into
agricultural journalism.
x X X
Mrs J. w Bolts, of Kansas City,
will give a house party the weekend
following Christmas. Topeka guests
: will be Mrs. w. E. McVey and her
daughters, Miss Maude McVey and
Miss Pauline McVey.
/ The Red Cross drive is starting off
this morning enthusiastically In one
family, where there are two people,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell,
check was handed in for IS, as mem
bership dues for the family. When
Mrs Mitchell handed the check to her
husband he demanded to know how
! cost SIS. She explained: "One dol
/ lar is for the Red Cross card in the
window, one dollar for you, one for
/ me, one for the colored house man.
and one for Teddy, the old horse"
And Teddy shall have Red Cross
button on his harness to prove that
he's a member" Mr.. Mitchell de-
clares.
The J. D. Netherlands will have
their annual holiday reunion next
week DR.. and Mrs. c. c. Stillman,
Christmas with their parents, Judge
and Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland: Miss Kath-
crime Mcfarland, who is student in
the State Agricultural college, will
come from Manhattan for holiday
visit; Mr.. James Mcfarland of Des
Moines, Iowa, will come home for
Christmas visit and Mr.. John. McFar-
land of New Mexico, will also visit
his parents during the holidays. cap
tain Earl Mcfarland and his family
Topeka this year, on account OF the
captains military duties
THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who finds her greatest happiness in
getting rid of worn or unsatisfactory
clothing and ornaments at rare bar
gain. Some time ago she went to KAN
sas City and bought lovely pair OF
earrings which were her pride ana
ioy until her husband saw her wear
ing them. His unaccountable preJu-
dice against her earrings made wear
ing them a misery, so she cast ABOUT
her to see how she could turn" them
to the best advantage. At the criti-
/ cal moment in the history of this jew
elry, the gas gave out in the Kitchen
range and the woman had some press
( ing to do. She thought of neigh
Dor who had two electric irons, so she
fastened forth and borrowed one of
them She found it so much to her
liking that when she returned it she
proposed to the neighbor that they eX-
change hardware-for-h hardware As
luck would have it always for this
+ fortunate woman, the neighbor was
| simply pining away for set OF ear
I rings The exchange was made, and
now two charming Potwin women are
! thinking of contributing to some wo-
mans magazine an article on How
/ to dispose of household elephants"
X
Three of the advanced pupils of Mr..
! Willoughby Boughton of Washburn
college will give a recital Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock in the college
! chapel Each pupil will play a move
ment of a piano concerto. in which
/ Mr.. Boughton will take the second
piano part. The program is as fol-
! lows:
Grieg Concerto first movement), Miss
Elizabeth Hopkins.
/ Arensky Concerto (first movemenC ,
Miss Helen Reinbach.
Saint Saens G minor Concerto (first
movement), Miss Rebecca Adams
/ Tschs' kowsky Concerto-Mr w D.
Boughton, with Mr.. Horace White
house accompanying on the organ.
x X
Mr.. and Mrs c. NJ Bennett. 1913
Elmwood avenue. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Jessie
Bennett Smith. to Mr.. Ralph P STAN
/ ion of Pawnee, Okla. The wedding
will take place December IS. Mr.
Stanton is superintendent and agent
for the Pawnee Indians.
X x
The third in the series of musical
culture evenings of Miss Jennie Blinn
given at the Lowman Memorial
church Friday evening at O'Clock.
The subject is the oratorio. Miss Blinn
will give talk on the oratorio and
her pupils will sing selections from
or1torios of Bach, Handel and Men
deissohn. There will be both solos
and choruses.
MIR. J. NJ. Humphrey now of Mem
phis, Tenn. will be up Christmas to