The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-21

general of the national society. Mr..
Thurston is sending one of the
hatchets to each of the state branches
of the organization. The wood from
the log of wild cherry tire eS grown
on the estate at Wakefield, West
moreland county. Virginia, which was
the birthplace of George Washington.
Mr.. Thurston obtained from the
/ Smithsonian Institute information as
4 to the size and design of hatchets in
the time of Washington, and these
| that he has had made are of the cor
rect size and shape. They are notice
ably different from those of the pres
ent day. On one side of the Ratchet
/ is set in a bronze plate inscribed with
the emblem of the society and
short description of the obtaining Of
the material in the Ratchet.
X Y y
Mr. Conway Holmes of Kansas
| City, has announced the engagement
of his daughter, Miss Mary Floweree
Holmes. to Mr.. James Milton Free
land. Miss Holmes is a close friend
| of Miss Helen Yoder of Topeka, and
Miss Yoder went down to Kansas City
/ last week to be her guest Miss
Holmes was an attendant at the we'd
! ding of Miss Elizabeth Alternately of
Leavenworth and Captain Oscar Sohl-
berg, last year, and Mrs. Sohlberg
will come to Kansas City from West
marriage.
X X
/ A pretty spring tea was given Tues
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
lief Felix by the members of the
: Chancel Chapter, complimentary to
the Women's Guild of Grace Cathe-
! dral. The guests were received by
/ Mrs. Felix, Mrs. James Wise, the wife
of Bishop Wise, Mrs. J. 2. Deb. Kaye,
and Miss Hazel Risteen. The assist
ing women were Mrs. George Tbomp-
son, Mrs. T. D. Alden, Mrs. Richard
F. Hayden, and Mrs. Frank Scott
/ Davis. Two women, Mrs. ]. Wharton
| Barthelow and Mrs. w. w. Woolford,
jr., sat at the table and poured tea.
The dining table had a decoration of
a low bowl of pink sweet peas.
| X X
Mrs. Wallace Crutcher was hostess
at a meeting of her sewing club this
afternoon. Mrs. Jay Franklin Close,
who has come back to Topeka from
Greenleaf Kansas, to make her home
here. was one of the guests. She is a
former member of the club.
Miss Louise McGoff whose mar
rage to Mr.. Bruce Mcfarland will
take place Saturday, was honor guest
at a small tea given for her Tuesday
afternoon by her mother, Mrs. J. H.
McGoff Mrs. Holmes Meade. Mrs.
Wallace Crutcher and Mrs. Ivan Dbl
BILE were asked to assist. Mrs. Ralph
Moore and Mrs. A. B. Jeffrey sat at
the table and poured tea. The guests
were close friends of the bride elect.
x
The Music Study club met Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. F. A.
. Derby. SS5 Western avenue. Program
{ follows:
Lem IN III HOme-Faring topus
, Mrs. Leland McAfee and
Miss Elsie Chapman.
From the Land of the Thousand Lakes
No Air Castles .Sibelfus
No. 2-Evening Calm
No. 3-Nocturne
Mrs. ]. F. Kaho.
Lyrical Pieces (kylliki Opus Al Sibelius
Miss Chapman
The Harper and His Son. Sibelius
I'll Miss Lula McCabe.
(Harp ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS F. A Derby
1 Mein Lieb ich bin gebunden. 49,. X jerult
8I Mrs. Frank Wilson.
iii X x
hi A Washington Tea will be given bN
] the Democratic women Thursday aft.
III ernoon from to 8 O'Clock, at the
4 Throop hotel. The officers of the
i Women's Shawnee Democratic cIut
and of the Wilson League of Kansa.
will act as hostesses. They are: Mrs.