The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-22

The opening party OF the Lotus cluD VIII
be held tonight at Hudson's hall.
Mrs. J. NJ. Shellabarger of New York
City will sing a solo at the First Methodist
church Sunday evening
this city Mrs. Paxton went to Kansas
City to attend the wedding of Miss
Ruth Thwing, a sister of Miss Grace,
whose marriage to Mr. Edwin w.
Small took place recently. Lieut..
Richard d. Small, was best man at
his brothers wedding. The two sis
ters, whose weddings occur within so
short a time, will be married to the
two brothers of the Small family.
The following notice from the New
York Churchman will be interesting
to a large circle of Topeka people:
Mrs Barbour Walker has sailed
for France under the auspices of the
Y. w. G. A. to engage in canteen work
Mrs. Walker was for some years head
mistress of the Cathedral School for
Girls in Washington, D. c. In 1918
she left Washington to open a Ca
thedral School for Girls in the Philip
had school for American boys at
Daguro, and the girls school was
founded at the same place. In one
year Mrs. Walker made the school
self-supporting, and during her ad
ministratiOn, she established it on a
turned to this country recently and
Immediately engaged in war activi-
ties"
Mrs. Walker. before going to Wash
ington, was in Topeka two or three
years as principal of the College of
the Sisters of Bethany.
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THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who has just recently arrived in
Topeka to make her home, and al
ready she has more town spirit than
most of the DANES who have lived
here all their lives. She has never
yet stood up and harangued a club
meeting on the glories of Kansas and
its fair capital city, but she does what
some of the orator women don't de,
and that is, she buys her finery from
Topeka merchants. She lived former
ly in Chicago. and then moved to
Kansas City. She became accustomed
to shopping in the biggest stores of
the middle west and so when her
husband announced to her that they
were to move at once to Topeka, he
began to hurry her to go right down
town and fit herself out with enough
good clothes to last her all season.
No" she told him, Il won't do that
If Topeka is a good enough town for
me to live in, it S a good enough town
for me TO buy in. It's going to be my
home, and it's going to get what trade
have to give" She kept her word,
and a few days after she arrived she
started at Sixth street, and shopped
in various stores on Kansas avenue,
getting her hats, suits, gowns, wraps,
gloves and shoes, to say nothing of
accessories, all in the three blocks
that contain our principal markets for
WomenS apparel
And there is some difference be-
tween the public spirit of that wom-
an and the public spirit of some of
the Topeka women who ride around
on railroad passes, and buy even their
handkerchiefs and hairpins in Chi
cago and Kansas City.
X X X
instruction in rhyme on the best
way to please the Sammies overseas
is given by Theodosia Garrison. Here
it is:
There are good gifts and golden gifts and
And gifts that show nations pride and
care,
And some that in a soldiers estimate
Are made for ornament and not for wear
But here's a gift to send cover There
That only honest gratitude provokes-
If you aim to really please the Sammies
Send EN- Smokes
In the name of all things friendly,
Send EN- Smokes.
There are fine gifts and gracious gifts and
But here's little gift of LONELINESS
That tells man mate has understood.
That makes the space between trifle less.
It's like cheering word in time of stress,
Whit of old time fellowship and jokes.
If you'd lend a bit Of ease to a Sammy
send Him Smokes!
In the name of all things friendly,
Send Him Smokes!
X X X
Mrs. Frank c. Thompson and Miss
! Ruth Thompson have gone to Hum
boldt, Kansas. to attend the wedding
! of Miss Roberta Armel to Mr.. Tracy
/ CARVE, which took place this after
noon, at the Humboldt Presbyterian
l church Miss Thompson was brides
maid The bride has often visited in
| Topeka at the Thompson home, and
| has a group of friends in Topeka.
/ Mr. CARVE is druggist of Humboldt.
Miss Thompson will return home to-
night, and Mrs. Thompson will re-
! main in Humboldt to attend a recep-
| ton to be given for Mr.. and Mrs.
! CARVE upon their return from short
/ honeymoon trip.
The following young girls wrote a
/ play entitled The Unapproved Mar
! rage" this past summer: Muriel
( Barnes, Frances Esterly, Virginia Mil
( Ter and Betty Frost They gave the
play Friday afternoon at Clay School
for the students in the Eighth Grade
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The marriage of Miss Hazel V
! Rousch and Mr.. John E. Kirk took
: place Saturday afternoon in Burlin-
! game. The marriage service was read
/ by the Rev c. F. Conner. and the
young couple were accompanied to
Burlingame by DR.. A NJ. Rousch and
| Miss Winnie Kirk. The bride is the
daughter OF Mr. Wyatt Rousch of the
Pioneer Mortgage Company Mr.
Kirk has a position with the Pru-
Dental Trust company. At home al
1909 West Fifth street.
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Mrs. James Anderson, of North Mad
ison street will give a party tonight
/ complimentary to Miss juliet c. Smith
who will leave soon to make her