The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-13

parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Smith He
has accepted a position as teacher OF
music and German in a wealthy, en-
dowed school for boys near New
Haven.
Mr.. Smith is a graduate of Wash
burn college, and two years ago, he
was at the head of the music depart
ment of the high school He went
east to study music in Boston last
year, and he also took some work in
the theological school at Andover,
Mass.
Excelsior Springs has been the
playground for a number of Topeka
society people during the last week
or two. Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Wear
have returned from the Springs, where
they spent a few days Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Gault, who motored over last
week, have returned home.
Mrs. V. B. Kistler spent two or
three weeks at the Springs. and the
-lrst of the week Mr.. and Mrs. Monte
Kistler drove down, and brought her
home with them on their return. Mrs
Don Mulvane and her children and
her brother. Mr.. John Freshman, of
Oklahoma City, are at the Springs for
a few days.
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Friends of Mr.. Edward Ingham. of
Boston, formerly of Topeka, will be
interested to learn that he has accept
ed a position as health officer for
California, and will have his head
quarters in Los Angeles. He anG his
family will go west to make their
home. Mr.. Ingham has been con-
| nected with the Boston School of
Technology, and has also served as
agent for the committee on public
health of the Massa chusetts Medical
| society. He is a graduate of Wash
| burn college, and Oh the Boston School
of Technology. He is a son of Rev.
and Mrs. Ingham. Mrs. Ted Ingham
was formerly Miss Mary Wickwire of
Larned.
A word of cheer in the midst of all
the pessimistic prophesies, is brought
| home by a returned traveller, Miss
Augusta Pickens, who has been in the
east for several weeks. 80 far as l
can see," she says, 1.-The war is not
hurting business the least bit. 1 am
| told at the Harvey house in Kansas
City that twice as many travellers dine
there as stopped last year. People are
| going to dress just as well, have as
many new garments and fads as they
ever had, according to all the indica-
| tons"
Miss Pickens has been in Montreal
thru the Thousand Islands. spent a
long time in New York and Boston
and visited in Washington, d. c.
THE clothes that the New York
shops are showing" she says, ARE
rich and costly, and they are being
snapped up at that The skirts seem
to be rather shorter than they were
last season, and they will be narrower
too. Many of the fabrics are in dark
rich colors."
What will the woNen wear on theil
heads?" Miss Pickens was asked.
"Oh, good looking hats. That mean.
that the hat must just suit or it won't
do at all, and it also means that there
is a great, wide choice. I saw ever 81
many wells on hats. Some of the
women are wearing little face wells
and then a hat draping veil in add
ton. For dress hats. the soft ma
terials and shapes are especially at
tractive, tho there are some severt
| looking chapeauX for street wear
,
Mrs. Harry Gavitt and Mrs. W. c
McDonough were hostesses at the ar
, exhibit in the state house rotund
Wednesday afternoon. About a hun
bred visitors called, including Mis-
Katherine Bayhay of Kansas City
who is one of the judges at the stat
fair art exhibit, and Miss Fife Sea
crist, a newspaper woman from tn
east, who is in Topeka to write abou
the fair.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jolly, formerl
of Kansas City and later of Minneap