The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-20

manager of the Mackey Telegraph
company of Tulsa, Okla. The Foshay
family have made their home in To-
peka the past two years.
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The department of literature of the
Woman's club is having seven morn
ings with Shakespeare, under the
leadership of Mrs. w. A McCarter.
Tuesday morning of next week at 10
o'clock, at the Y. w C. A. Mrs. Nc
Carter will speak from the topic
Macbeth, the Individual as Subject
The wives of the legislators will be
welcomed to this meeting.
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Western Sorosis will have their reg
ular meeting Friday afternoon, next
week, at 2:45 O'Clock, at the home of
Mrs. Arthur Capper. The paper for
the afternoon is a story, THE Song
of the Cimarron," by Mrs. Margaret
Hill McCarter. This discussion will
be led by Mrs. ]. F. farrell. Mrs. H.
o. Carney and Miss Effie Graham.
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The Ladies' Music club will meet
next Wednesday, January "a, at the
home of Miss Birdine Chandler, 1904
Tyler street. The program will be
made up of old songs, and will be in
charge of Mrs. William w Wikidal.
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Miss Gladys West entertained three
tables at bridge Friday evening.
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Mrs. Noble Prentis made an ad-
dress before the visiting women in
Topeka Friday at the Art Guild rooms.
She suggested that the Guild engage in
a membership campaign, with a view
to procuring 500 members. This
number, at So for each associate MEM
bership, would insure an income of
$1,000 yearly with which the Guild
could bring some first class exhibits to
Topeka without the worry and diff
Guilty of realizing enough money from
the exhibitions to pay the expenses at
tendant upon their presentation. The
current expenses of the club are nearly
met with the revenues obtained from
percentages of sales of the work of the
members who exhibit there, and by the
rentals of wall and floor space to local
exhibitors who are members of the
Guild. About so new members have
joined the Guild since the opening of
the famous Borglum exhibit, which
has been held at the rooms since the
first of January. and which will close
Sunday.
Mr.. MerrelI Gage will speak Sunday
afternoon and evaning to visitors at
the exhibit.
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The program committee of the &C.
ramic Art club left the order of en-
tertainment for this weeks meeting
to the pleasure of the hostesses. who
gave a colored minstrel show, in
which Mrs Oscar Perkins. Mrs. t. S.
Stevens and Mrs. Edna Stuart took the
principal part. This was followed by
a mock trial. Mrs. Stuart represented
Judge George H. Whitcomb and Mrs.
Stevens was the Judge Robert Carver
of the court Prisoners at the bar
were Mrs. j. K. Jones, Mrs. George o.
Boone and Miss Marie Witwer.
The feature of the afternoon was
the showing of a perfectly appointed
luncheon service. A complete set of
prepared for the event. Miss Gertrude
Anderson made the design. and it was
worked out in the studio of Mrs. Edna
Stuart, under her direction. Those
who did the work were: Mrs. Stuart,
Miss Anderson, Mrs. w. c. McDon-
ough Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. H. E. Lyman
Miss Marie Mayhem and Miss Winifred
Hartley. The decoration was busted
work in pale green, old rose and dull
blue in a conventionalized basket pat
tern, outlined in black and gold. The
luncheon linen was embroidered in
pink and blue French knots and edged
with cluny lace. The work was done
by Mrs. Fred Hale. The luncheon
menu was as follows: Oyster cock
tail almond cream bouillon with
crackers, creamed cheese. mushrooms
potatoes. asparagus tips. alligator pear
salad with brown bread sandwiches,
strawberry shortcake with whipped
cream, and coffee.
The luncheon napkins were finished
with a crocheted edge in blue and en-
broidered in one corner in a teapot and
cup design in blue. The serving was
done by Miss Maria Mayhem. Guests
of the club were Mrs. ]. A. Mclean,
Miss Alberta Hale. Miss Kate Thomen
and Miss Bertha Hampstead.
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The Shawnee County Political
Science club gave its annual speaker
dinner Friday night at the First Con-
gregational church. Mrs. Festus Fos-
ter president of the. club. presided.
The first speaker of the evening was
Mrs. w. A. Johnston, introduced as
the dean of Kansas equal suffra -
Mrs. Johnston is president emeritus of
the Kansas Equal Suffrage association,
which which the Shawnee County Po-
litical Science club is affiliated Her
subject was "A Retrospect" She
talked on the steps by which political
rights are being obtained for women,
beginning with a picture of Puritan