The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-02

her audience got wise. She wasn't
talking to the performers. she was
chewing gum
Approximately 1850 persons attend
ed the New Year reception at the
Chamber of Commerce Monday aft
ernoon. From every viewpoint the
debut of the Chamber of Commerce
into the social world was success.
From o'clock in the afternoon until
| s O'Clock there was constant stream
of business men in their best clothes
with their wives in afternoon gowns
| passing thru the new quarters of the
| Chamber of Commerce.
Carnations were distributed by Mrs.
| E l. Overton, assisted by Mrs X n
! Lattner, Mrs F. c. Workman, Mrs
| H. NJ Guy and Mrs. J. Will Kelley.
1t is estimated that 1000 women at
! tended the reception
Ray Halls orchestra furnished mu-
| sic for dancing, which was in prog
ress during the afternoon. Beautiful
decorations of smiIax and cut flow
ers we're in evidence thruout the room.
A miniature fountain had been placed
in the center of the front room and
sprayed streams of water over some
beautiful cut flowers.
Altho the old custom of keeping
| open house on New Years afternoon
| has become almost extinct during the
past few years. there were few in
formal at homes yesterday. At the
street Mr.. and Mrs Reid entertained
guests all the afternoon at an infor-
NAL tea.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Weightman,
Jr., were at home Informally during
the afternoon. The house was very
prettily decorated in Christmas green's
and cut flowers. Receiving with
them were Mrs. Weightman's mother,
| Mrs. George W. Martin. Miss Mary
Weightman and Miss Anne Weight
man. About fifty guests called.
Receiving at the Young Womans
Christian association were the seere-
tarieS, Miss Fannie Hart, Miss Ethel
Dodge, Miss jessie Alspach and Mrs
NJ. E. Dowding. and Miss Mary Mac
Lehman. Miss Frances Perry, Miss
Eleanor Caldwell, Miss Maude Bishop,
Miss Eva Kelley, Miss Corinne Ripley
Mis- Ellen Heartburg and Mrs A. A.
GODDARD.
The young men who live at the Y.
NJ c. A were at home Informally last
evening to Topeka people, and the
| Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. kept open house
all afternoon. A continuous program
was furnished.
Miss Joy Paxton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. d. P. Paxton. has not spent
her vacation time idly. altho she had
several invitations to do so. Miss Pax
ton is student in the New England
Conservatory of Music Boston. She
touring Maine and New Hampshire
during the last two weeks. She has
had an offer to stay with the company
until April, but has decided to go back
to the conservatory.
y y y
Mrs. George Clark will entertain
the Fillmore Street Whist club at her
nome Thursday of this week.
y y
The Topeka Avenue Bridge club will
afternoon. Mrs. Harry Miller was to
have been hostess this week
x x X
Mrs. w. P. Snyder will entertain
her bridge club Wednesday afternoon
at her home on Mulvane street.
| x y y
The Bethany college kindergarten
will begin Thursday morning at 9
o'clock.
| Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter will
give an address tomorrow afternoon at
5:3O at the home of Mrs Jonathan
Thomas for the Ladies Aid society of
the First Presbyterian church. Her
subject will be The Heart of a Child
Mr.. NJ. F. Cosgrove will entertain
with dinner party this evening at
the Topeka club. Covers will be laid
for eight.
X y y
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Moltz gave a din
ner at their home, SIS West Ninth
street, New Years. Covers were laid
for nine.
x X X
The daughter of one of our best
families where everything is done just
as it should be, is very much worried
because she thinks that ono of the
lust before Christmas" sales girls in
J a local jewelry store mistook her for
one who eats pie with a knife. She
was in search of gifts for several OF
her friends who had not received the
customary number of pie knives fol
wedding presents and had just decided
/ to supply them all with these handy
| wide blades for serving pie. Having
dressed with that hurried, worried
feeling prevalent Just before the holi-
: day season, she was feeling not exactly
at her best when she entered the store
and said: II would like some pie
! knives
The selesgirl. who had never heard
of. any ones buying more than one pie
spatula at a time, looked the society
girl over eentemptuously and replied