The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-28

ever. keeping in touch with musical
affairs and wishing not to lose entirely
its identity as a purely musical or
ganiZation, even for one season, the
club has arranged to give a concert
at the ElkS hall Saturday afternoon,
December 1. This is one of the few
musicales of the year, outside the
regular concert course conducted by
the Elks society, and it affords an
opportunity to hear distinguished
pianist, Pasquale Tallarico, an Italian,
who has received his musical educa-
ton in America. He has been soloiSt
with the following symphony orches-
tras: Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis
and Los Angeles. He has received
favorable notice from the leading mu
steal journals and newspaper review
erS in the country.
The club members are selling tickets
to the concert, and are meeiDg with
success. as the concert field here has
been so little titled this season. A
special rate of SO cents is made for
selling for 81, all tickets subject to a
10 per cent war tax.
X X X
A YULETIDE PROSPECT.
For Christmas
I have bought
My wife
A set of furs
That set me back
A hundred bones;
And she's
Bought me
A cut-glass happy
And a
Dozen
Oyster forks.
Goshi
I'm a lucky guy.
Kansas Industrialist.
X X y
Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter of To-
peka, the noted Kansas author. who
speaks at the Current Events dinner
tonight, is the guest of Mrs. B. S.
Justice part of the time during her
stay in Chanute.
At 1 O'Clock today Mrs ]. F.
Hughes, who is a cousin of Mrs. Nc
Carter, gave luncheon in her honor.
Wednesday Mrs. W. L. Merchant
will give 1 o'clock luncheon for Mrs
McCarter and tomorrow afternoon a
! reception will be given for her at the
home of Mrs. T. F. Morrison, presi-
dent of the City Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, from 8 to 5 o'clock to
which all women of Chanute are in
vited. whether members of the fedora
ton or not.-Chanute Tribune.
x x x
Mrs. w. E. Atchison and Mrs. Fred
Jackson were hostesses at a meeting
of the Minerva Club at Mrs. jack
sons home. The literary program
was taken up with the discussion of
three present-day writer's. Mrs A B.
Jeffrey discussed the writer Gals
worthy, taking as her illustration his
book The Bootmaker" H G. Wells
was discussed by Mrs. Robert Gordon
who spoke of his book Mr.. Brittling
Sees it Through" and Mrs George
| Pritchard talked on Arnold Benefits
book How tos Live on Twenty-Four
Hours a Day"
The musical program took up the
work of two modern composers, Cyril
| Scott and Percy Granger. Mrs F. l.
! Richards told of the life and work of
Scott, and Mrs. c. D. Wellman sang
/ his "Blackbird's Song" Miss Maiorie
Irwin, who has been studying with a
pupil of Granger, reviewed the life
| of this composer, and gave his Mock
Morris Dance" Other numbers by
Granger were: shepherds Hey"
Mrs, Fred Munson; Willow Willow, -
Miss Carolyn Loyewell; Molly on the
Shore" Mrs. F. 1. Richards.
/ Guests of the club were: DR.. Dor
othy Nicoll, Mrs. w. c. Keiser DR..
sara Greenfield. Mrs. J. NJ. Hill. Mrs.
john kingan, Mrs. G. T. Legg. Mrs.
a. l. scout ana DR.; Lenora Whitmore.
| The Independent of Kansas CITY
takes little slap at the anti-to bacco-
nists, and administers the high sign
OF approval Tor Mrs. Monroe of this
! city. The para graph anent the recent
| disturbance is as follows:
Lila Day Monroe of Kansas saws
that the misguided persons who are
| trying to prevent the soldiers from u.s.
ing tobacco are helping the kaiser She
is correct. This is no time to exploit
| an anti-tobaco campaign. To deprive
| the army of the comfort of smoking
at such a time would be nothing less
| than cruel. Everything that is posi-
BILE should be done to make the men
comfortable. moreover, it is rather
nervy to attempt such a thing under
the guise of reform" Nobody but a
mollycoddle or a henpecking shrew
would attempt it, anyway
] To stop the Sammies from using to-