The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-24

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The Varsity club had a dancing
party Friday night at Kellam hall
Among those who danced were: Mr..
and Mrs. w. p. Williams. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Seeley. Miss Hazel Boast,
Miss Doris Rosser. Miss Catherine
Conkling. Miss Juliette Brown, Miss
Ethel Chase, Miss Esther Graham.
Miss Beatrice Sha keshaft, Miss Esther
Lalterbach. Miss Mary Paxton, Miss
Violet Crumbine. Miss Annetta Nicoll.
Miss Marguerite Thrapp, Miss Sue
Louise Bell. Miss Helen Turner. Miss
Beulah Hall. Miss Georgia Neese, Miss
Margaret Suydam, Miss Laurene Crazy
Miss Pansy Benton, Miss Katheryu
Albaugh. Miss Ruth Aller Miss Grace
Julia Dana. Miss Helen Neese, Miss
Pauline McNey Miss Marian Dana.
Miss Elizabeth Edison. Miss Hazel
Rucker, Miss Katherine Harrison, Miss
Mary Burnett. Miss Alice Lyman, Miss
Marjorie Harrig, Miss Majel Langhart,
Miss Marjorie Petro. Miss Antoinette
West. Miss Isabelle Stewart, Miss
Christina Ward. Miss Marguerite Dun
ming. Miss Esther Jensen. Miss Eliza
beth Mills. Miss Dorothy Sproat. Miss
Maude McVey. Miss Isabel Savage,
Miss Jessie Burnett, Mr.. John Parkin
son. Mr.. Joe Haynes. Mr.. Harwood
Benton. Mr.. Sam Heller, Mr.. Brian
Muirhead. Mr.. Homer Cooling. Mr.
James Lindsay. Mr.. Victor Blakely,
Mr.. Arthur ShakeShaft, Mr.. Frank
Daeshncr, Mr. DeNaughn Dean. Mr..
Orville Neatch. Mr.. Chester Wahle, Mr..
Edwin Tucker, Mr.. Arthur Champeny,
Mr.. Fred Morley. Mr.. Forrest Rice
Mr. G.. Z Woodhouse. Mr.. Ross
Crichton. Mr.. Ewing Fergus. Mr..
James Allison, Mr. Edwin Olander. Mr..
Duane Van Horn. Mr.. Hugh Nichols,
Mr.. Kelsey Petro, Mr.. Robert Biene
Mr. Wayte Lyle, Mr. Glenn Hussey,
MI John Elliott, Mr.. Leonard Kline,
Mr.. Glen Kassebaum, Mr.. Percy Pax
ton. Mr. John March, Mr.. Harry We'll
Burch, Mr.. Jay McCosh, Mr.. James
Perry. Mr.. Robert Hasty, Mr.. Arch
farrell. Mr.. W. f. Griffin and Mr.
Russell Swiler.
The senior class at the naval acad-
envy at Annapolis is to be graduated
at once by order of President Wilson.
so that the men may be put at once in
service one of the members of the
class is a Kansas man. the. son of
Congressman Phil Campbell
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Miss Maym Parsons entertained her
club the 7. Y. V. girls this afternoon
at her home in Hdntoon street.
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ne bird house committee of the
forestry committee of the Woman's
club. announces that the prizes offered
Tor the best bird houses to be built
by boys in the fifth. sixth. seventh and
eighth grades. will be exhibited in
Fullerton's windows beginning next
"Wednesday. The contest for the best
bird houses is being conducted the
same as the project was carried on
last year. II will close in April, and
arrangements have already been made
for sale of some of the houses
Mrs II. f. Ray is chairman of the
bird house committee and Mrs. Frank
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department. thru which the committee
is working. has as it's chairman, Mrs.
a. A. Robinson. and its vice-chairman,
Mrs. Bennett r. Wheeler.
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The following notice from the Law
renee Gazette, is relative to a trip
which General and Mrs. Metcalf, who
spent the winter in Topeka, are TAX
ing TO the east:
General Wilder S. Metcalf and Mrs
Metcalf will leave this evening for the
east. to he absent until about the mid
die OF April. unless Gen. Metcalf is
sooner needed III Kansas. From New
York they will go to Washington,
where General Metcalf has business
with the war office. About a year ago
General and Mrs. Metcalf started east
on their wedding trip, but before they
had reached their destination he was
recalled by the threatening Mexican
war They will now finish their we'd
ding journey.
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Topeka is TO have a part in the
keeping of baby week" and the
Woman's club has Joined in the move
1nent advocated by the General Fed
GRAFTON of Womens clubs. The week
of May 1 to May 6. has been set aside
IS baby week all over the country,
and that is the time chosen for the
local campaign. which is being pre-
pared for with the utmost enthusiasm
among the Topeka club women.
room on the third floor of the
Pelletier store, in the Mills building,
has been arranged for an audience
room which will seat about three
hundred people. and the meetings will
be held there. Five booths will be put
up in which the babies will be judged
and scored. This provision will enable
the judges to score five babies at one
time, and will keep the little ones
from the disturbance which would re-
suit from contact with the audience.
and also from any possible danger of
coptagion.
The baby week school is open to
all. and babies from six months to six
years of age may be entered for judg-
ing. The plan is to have all the babies
who are to be scored, registered before
hand. The registration begins Mon
day morning, March 26. with the OPEN
ing of the store. and will continue
until April %. This will give several
weeks in which the mothers may reg
lister their babies, and only the chill
dren who are registered will be scored
during baby week. Then. in the time
Intervening between the closing of the
registration books and the beginning
of baby week, registration commit