The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN

Who is personally acquainted with
Conrad Nagel, the handsome chap who
played the part of Youth. the lead, in
the drama Experience" given here
last week. The woman is young and
pretty, and had the pleasure of at
tending some parties last summer at
which Nagel was a guest, at a summer
resort where they both happened to
be spending the season. She was out
canoeing with him time or two. But
this young woman, somehow, does not
have an eye to the main chance for
she didn't go back in the wings be-
tween the acts to let Mr.. Nagel know
she was there Her mother says that
if she was as ambitious as some wom-
en- she knows about, she would have
given a reception for this exceedingly
attractive young actor.
X X X
Some of the spring coats in the
bright green shades are right pretty,
especially on the young girls. 1 saw
one yesterday afternoon, a vivid green
cloak, with big buttons of green and
cream, and at the waist was pinned a
big bouquet of pink sweet peas. The
hat was small, black lacquer straw,
with narrow, dropping brim, and a
bit of white in the scant trimming.
X X
Mr. and Mrs. d. D. Paxton an
nounce the marriage of their daughter
F9ossie Loretta, to Mr.. Roy earns of
", Z,
at Sis p M, by the Rev. Ralph Ward,
pastor of the Westminster Presby-
terrain church. Mr. and Mrs. earns
will make their home at 619 West
Fifth street.
The Good Government club will
have a meeting Thursday of this week
at the Y. w. c. A. On account of the
pending war, the program will be
changed, and the discussions given in
the year book will give place to topics
apropos of the times. Mrs. Emma
her talk How We Can Best Help
the Nation in Its Time of Need"
X X
The Shawnee County W. C. T. U.
will hold it's spring institute Friday
April / 8, at the Swedish Mission Beth
Ell church, Harrison and Sixth streets
The program will be as follows:
9:3O-Opening devotional service
Mrs. Alice Wright
disappointment of committees
Minutes of 1916 institute
10:30-Points emphasized at Norton
Mrs. Nellie Ensign. Discussion.
11-Symposium on the use of
cigarets- E. Mailer
11:20-The national convention
Mrs. Emma Blair.
11:40-Gems from the Union Signal
Mrs. Mabel Roudebush.
12-New members. Plans. Miscel-
laneous business. Noontide prayer
Mrs. A. ]. Lyons.
1:45-Devotional service-Mrs. j. P
Hicks.
2:15-How can we help our sisters?
Mrs. Sarah Malone.
2:30-How can Shawnee county
unions make the w. C. T. U. more eff
fective Mrs. Nellie Ensign.
2:50-Music- Free will offering.
3-Better mothers. Better babies
DR.. lydia DeVilbiSS
3:20-Question box-Miss o. P.
Bray.
3:45-Harmless and helpful saloons
Mr.. o. j. Bowman.
Miscellaneous business.
Announcements. Adjournment
x X y
A good Episcopalian decided recent
ly that her small son was old enough
to go to Sunday school. She accord
ingly took him by his chubby hand and
led him to the school for two or three
successive Sundays, and then think
ing he knew the way all right and
would have no trouble finding the
place, she sent him off alone. After
a few weeks the mother and son
were riding on the car one day, and
the little boy told his mother that the
man across the aisle was the one that
told him about God. NO" the mother
said. that isn't the man. 1 know them
all at church. and he is not one of our