The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

am idle, and / am going to be the rest
or my life. There was time when
l longed to be a useful woman. 1 dis
charged my maid, cooked the meals,
washed the dishes, cleaned the floors,
Red Crossed and Navy Leagued Be
fore started to be aseful, was pop
ular. l was invited out 20 meals and
to motor parties, and 1 Was gay. But
when l got useful l go- neglected.
People told me the reason was that 1
talked about what 1 was to have for
the next meal, how many dishes 1
washed and now early 1 finished my
work, or else 1 counted stitches in my
knitting. Now you can have the ad-
miration for being useful, end I'll take
the criticism for being worthless, if 1
can have the good times that go with
it. Also 1 have some coed yarn and
knitting needles for sale Want them? ?"
X y
The New York Evening Post has
published a poem THE Rosary Re
vised." 1t voices the sentiments of SO
many Topeka women, that it is repro
duced for their sakes:
The hours 1 spend in knitting here
Are as so many weeks to me.
The clumsy stitches slowly do appear
My rosary, my rosary.
Each stitch a pearl. each pearl a prayer
That Fh .. all my work be not in vain:
But ravel all and start again.
oh, knotting wool and hands which ache!
Oh, gracious needles, constant shock
| count my stitches strive to make
For the Red Cross a sock,
For the Red Cross.
Mrs. ]. c. Jones' mother of ]. Err
nest Jones of the Merchants National
bank. end her daughter. Miss Elsie
Jones, returned today from Rochester,
Mimi, where Mrs. Jones recently un-
derwent a successful operation at the
Mayo hospital.
Mrs. J. A. Bostwick and two chill
dren of Kansas City, who have been
the guests of Mrs. Bostwick's brother,
| r. B. Austin, 315 Woodldwn avenue
went to Emporia today . visit rela-
tives
Notes and Personal Mention.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Burns, who
have been in California for the past
four or five weeks. returned home
geles, Long Beach. Monterey. San
Francisco and other cities of the
| coast
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Parks are in
San Diego, Cal, and will remain at
the coast until September
Mrs. George Crane and her sister,
Mrs. Clark. are spending the summer
in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Freeman, Mrs.
Charles Brooks Thomas and Mrs. Nat
| Black motored to Silver Lake to or
ganize a unit of the Red Cross So
ciety last week.
Miss Mary Bunker has left for a
trip to Chicago and Ludington. Mich.
| Miss Dorothy Norton, of Keokuk,
Iowa, is visiting her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Norton.
Her mother, Mrs Ada Norton; aunt,
Mrs. Charles Kirsch. and cousin,
Ralph Kirsch. all came thru in their
own car and will return the latter
part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Elliott and
Charles Elliott, jr., have left for q
trip to Pueblo and Colorado Springs
Miss Maxine Mitchell has returned
: from St Louis, Mo, where she visited
her sister, Mrs. Frank Z. Miller.
Miss June Tucker. of Norton, is
visiting Miss Alice Griffin.
Miss Frances Willard, of Concor-
dia, is visiting Mrs. Herbert G. West
Mr.. Jay E. House has gone for g
business trip to St. Paul. Mimi
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Eastman viii
J leave in few days for a trip to the
northern lakes.
Mrs. d. r. Bennett and her daugh.
ter, Eugenja. of Seattle Wash, ar.
J rived Monday to visit Mrs. Bennett:
mother. Mrs. Sophia Morgan
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Lundy and theil
daughter, Nedra, and Mr.. and Mrs
F. d. Under and their son. Kenneth