The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-09

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Mr.. and Mrs. George Myers and
their daughter. Miss Helen Myers.
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. ].
Myers at a picnic party Sunday. They
motored as far as Lawrence, and were
met in Lawrence by Mr.. and Mrs T.
j. Myers, who took a party of friends
to join them in a picnic party. Mr..
and Mrs. Bromelsick of Lawrence also
Joined them for the party. Topeka
people who We're guests were Mr.. and
Mrs Clement Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Bowman, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Eagle, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert G. West
Mr. and Mrs F. c. Kaths. Mrs. c. B.
Reed and her guest, Mrs. ]. P. Root,
and Mr.. and Mrs Myers.
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Society is slipping away to che sea-
shore, the mountains and the lakes,
ana no one is giving a Thought to en-
tertalnments- Windows are shaded
ana lace curtains folded away Moth
ing IS going on except knitting and
Red cross work, and there are eiisnlI,
vacancies even in the ranks IF those
industries. 1t isn't easy to knit these
days when the yarn sticks to your
fingers and the needles almost melt,
ana 1t doesn't seem possible that it
VIII ever be cold enough again for any
human soldier man to want to wear
anything more than the law requires.
But a few people are staying about
town, even if they are not making
humming noise in society. Many of
the regular summer vacation trips
have been given up or postponed for
the sake of the work of food conserva-
ton and Red Cross and Navy league
activities. In place of the northern or
mountain trips, little outings at Lake
view and other nearby places, are sub
stituted
Among those who were at Lakeview
the last weekend are: Mr.. and Mrs
Horace Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Pierce, and a party of people who
spent all the week at the lake are:
Mrs. E. A. Thrill. Mrs. T. o. Chopper,
Mrs. ]. A. Cole, Katherine and Wilbur
Cole, and the sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Barnes. Mrs. Hall will go
west soon to spend part of the sum-
mer with her mother, at Fort Bragg,
Cal.
Mrs. B. E. hartman and her daugn-
ter, Katherine, of Oklahoma City,
have been visiting in Wichita, going
to that city from Topeka, where they
were guests of Mrs Zartman's sister.
Mrs. Arthur Nichols. In Wichita they
visited Mrs. C. w. Carey and Miss
Millie Carey. Miss Josephine Brooks
entertained friends at the Wichita
Country cub for Miss hartman
Miss Helen Neese will entertain the
girls of the Alpha Phi sorority AT lea
Wednesday afternoon She will be
assisted by her sister, Miss Georgia
! Neese.
DR.. F. P. Slaymaker, of Chicago,
who is visiting relatives II \ opeka,
was guest of honor at dinner CIV en-
by Dr. and Mrs. c. A. Mcclure at the
Country club Covers were placed Tor
Doctor Slaymaker, Mr.. and Mr. g e
Merriam, Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Harmon.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred D. Merriam and
Doctor and Mrs. Mcclure.
The Kappa Alpha Theta sorority
members. in their annual conclave,
decided to assist in Red Cross work.
Mrs. Charles O'Connor. whose hus-
band is in charge of the National Red
Cross work, is a member of the soror-
ity In the convention she explained
to the girls the need for supplies Tor
base hospitals, and the members de-
cided to supply the nurses with uni
forms at one base hospital The
sorority will have to raise $S,S64 TO
buy field uniforms for the sixty-efSht
nurses at one base hospital During
the spare moments of the convention
the girls made three thousand surs.i-
| cal wipes for the Red Cross. under
the direction of Mrs Leroy Kimball,
who is in charge of foreign Rel Cross
work.
Topeka girls who attended the con-
vention were: Miss Sue Louise Bell,
| Miss Violet Crumbine. Miss Charlotte
| Loyitt. Miss Genevieve Mcmillan and
Miss Beatrice Shakeshaft-
| Miss Katherine Harrison is presi-
dent of the local chapter of the soror-
| ity. and the active and alumnae mem
bers will work together to raise the
money that is their share of the
pledge for the base hospital work
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The aIumnae chapter of the Sigma
| Alnha Iota sorority will have their
| regular meeting Tuesday morning at =
! o'clock at the home of Mrs Raymond
! stewart, 1901 Lincoln street
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! Charles Mitchell has thought out
| new way to keep his house cool He
spent a good part of the weekly hoii-
| day making experiments. He discov-
cred last winter that he could heat his
house quicker by putting an electric
fan in the cold air shaft, thus NOV
ing the air current more rapidly.
| Again he employs the electric fan in