The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-10

Mrs. A A Doerr of Larned. who has
| been in Topeka this winter during
| the legislative session.
winter she and Senator Doerr lived
at the hotel during the session, and
from time to time, they entertained a
| number of friends and relatives They
had guests during the meeting of the
1 Bar association. and their two daugh-
| tiers, Pauline and Isabel, attractive
high school girls, came down to spend
| a few days with them
/ Mrs. Doerr is interested in club work
in her town She is a member of the
/ Larned Portia club, which has fifty
| members and was organized IS years
ago. 1t is fostering the organization
Of arent-Teacher association of the
town. and will engineer a cleanup
/ day this spring in Larned. Mrs. Doerr
/ has been active in the club for sixteen
years.
! She is also a member of the Wora-
ans Kansas Day club, and was Sc
/ lected to have a place on the program
at the meeting in January. She is a
/ member of the Woman'S Democratic
I League of Kansas, and was one of the
I hostesses at a party given recently by
the organization She has been en-
| tertained at numerous social affairs
this winter. The gowns she wears are
among the handsomest that have ap-
peared this season at the numerous
parties in honor of the legisla tive
women, for she not only knows good
looking garments. but she also knows
the secret of becomingness.
/ Senator and Mrs. Doerr left for their
/ home today.
| The Torch society. composed of
nine of the senior girls at K. T., an
nounces its membership. Among
those chosen is Miss Mona Glare Huff
man of Columbus, the daughter of
/ Senator and Mrs. c s. Huffman, who
spent the winter in Topeka. Miss
/ Huffman is sorority girl at K L.
/ The Torch society is composed of nine
/ women from the senior class at the
university who have taken active part
/ in the affairs of the school during the
! freshman, sophomore and junior
years. The members are elected by
the previous years members It Is
one of the rules of the organiza ton
that the members shall serve without
their names being made public until
the first part of the last semester of
( their senior year.
/ graduate of K. L, was a member OF
the Torch society during her senior
year.
Mrs. James Mcfarland gave a line
party at one of the theaters, followed
&
Fort Scott women and former resi-
dents of that town, Friday. The guests
were: Mrs. keene, Mrs. Barr, Mrs.
/ Willis Coston. Mrs. E. W. Webb, Mrs.
/ Charles l. Martin, Mrs Judson s.
West. Mrs. Elizabeth Lowry, Mrs. Paul
Rankin, Mrs. W. R. Smith, Miss Sara
Bates and Mrs Mcfarland. Mrs.
Barr and Mrs Keene will leave To-
peka in a few days
/
/ Dr. and Mrs Merrill Mills will en-
/ terrain their bridge club tonight.
/ Guests, besides the members, will be
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mcpherson of
Howell, Michigan. and Mr.. and Mrs.
! David Neiswanger. Mrs Mcpherson
and Mrs. Neiswanger are sisters of DR..
! Mills.
| A meeting of the Topeka aIumuae
/ chapter of Pi Beta Phi will be held
Tuesday March IS, with Mrs T F.
Doran. 125 Western avenue
| The Ladies' Music club will have
/ its regular meeting Wednesday of
next week with Mrs. Frank P. Mac
Lehman. The program which will be
/ in charge of Mrs. Leslie Guild, will
/ be made up of music by American
composers.
! Mrs. Frank Lagerstrom will enter
tain the Topeka Avenue Bridge club
I next rIday-
I
Mrs. s. S. Beggs, president of the
/ Woman's club, has received a shower
| of letters from Topeka school children
/ thanking the club and the Forestry
/ department. for the free lectures on
birds and wild animals given at the
auditorium. The building was not
large enough 10 take care of all the
/ children who attended the afternoon
I lecture, and number of them had to
| leave without hearing il Helen Mat
thews, a little schooI girl wrote: I
am Just going TO tell you how much
1 enjoyed the lecture on animals
( Some OF US were so taken up with il
that we hardly moved, and again I
viii say how fine it was Ernest
/ Stanley of the sixth grade at Clay
wrote to thank the club for bringing
Mr.. Baynes 20 Topeka He said:
the lectures gave me a better idea
OF wild animal life than had before
could hardly wait for the pictures
10 be thrown on the screen@they were
so interesting II everybody liked il
as much as I did. am sure it was a
] great success. 1 am sure every body
did
|
! One of the most important musical
affairs ever attempted by the Topeka