The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-04

3 Mr.. r.. b hellam Ie1t yesterday LOT Sdl-
fornia.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Latham left yester-
| day for Connecticut to spend the summer
Mrs A. Scott and daughters will return
Monday from a three weeks visit in Bald
win.
|
little granddaughter with her, and
the child was arrayed in bingham.
The little girl had always before worn
fetching little French embroidered
dresses, but this time she wore her
Bingham frocks with all the peacock
pride imaginable. They were as cum =
ming as could be, and tho they were
originally adopted for economy's sake,
they are now beginning to look much
like real money.
x X.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barnes will
entertain guests at dinner at the Coun-
try club Saturday night of this week.
X X x
The mass meeting of the woman's
committee of the Kansas division of
the council of defense will be held
Friday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock in
| Memorial hall. At this meeting, the
Kansas council of women, forming
basis, the heads of all state organiZa-
tons, leaders of unorganiZed women
and rural women will meet to discuss
plans for conservation work.
Mrs. w. A. Johnston, state chair
man of the Woman's committee, will
outline the duties that will be laid
upon the women of the state in the
matter of food conservation.
The wives of state senators and rep
resentatives are particularly invited to
the meeting; also president of reli-
giouS, fraternal and other organiZa-
clubs.
A man named Milton Danziger, who
is of Washington, D. c., has been sent
to Kansas by the national government
to instruct members of mothers and
daughters canning clubs over the
state. Topeka has no such club, but
| Topeka is to be favored by visit
from this man Gamer just the same
Arrangements for his coming were
made by a telephone message to Mr.
johnson of Manhattan yesterday, and
he will arrive Thursday, and will give
lessons to Topeka women Thursday
and Friday in the canning art All
women in, Topeka are invited to hear
him and to learn what he has to teach
regarding canning and drying vegeta-
bles and fruit.
x X
Miss Carolyn B. Whittlesey will give
her annual musicale Wednesday eve
ming. July IL, at the First Christian
church, at o'clock.
| X
A regular meeting of the Military
Sisterhood of Kansas was held Tues
day afternoon in Memorial hall, Mrs
c. I. Martin, president presiding
Standing committees have been APP
pointed as follows:
Crawford; family visitors. Mrs. Molly
Anderson; sick. Mrs. A. w. Whitsett:
| employment, Mrs T. S. Morrison; in
| vestigation. Mrs. James A P. Carna-
han; relief. Mrs. Seth A. Hammel;
lawyers advisory, Mrs. J. S. Dean; dis
| oh Nrc T F farrell. social Mrs
! Merrill K. Lindsay.
Short speeches were made by Mrs
Festus Foster, Mrs c. w. Smith, Mrs.
J. D. Mcfarland, and others, who ex-
pressed themselves as feeling strong
sentiment of sympathy in the organ
ization, for every other woman in the
state who had relatives in the army.
The veterans of the Spanish-American
war have offered their services to the
Sisterhood.
The French classes for the soldiers
that have bNen conducted in the past
few weeks, are under the auspices of
the Sisterhood. The teachers Mrs
George NJ. Stone, Mrs. Frank Britton,
Mrs. T. B. Willard and Miss Stella
Ewing, have been made honorary
members of the society.
An editorial was read from a Wich-
| tia paper which told of the organ
purposes and projects of the society,"
An article, in the New York Times
p, magazine gives page to telling OF
patriotism in the middle west, par
| ticularly in Kansas.
The Sisterhood has issued booklet
containing its bylaws the list of its Of
| ficers and standing committee chair
men. The society, being incorporated,
| has no constitution.
Arrangements are made for differ
ent members to act as officers for
three days out of each month to be in
charge at the society Headquarters
X K
A party of young people who are
having picnic at Berryton today are:
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Mcfarland. Mr..
and Mrs. William Collinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ivan Dibble, Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes
Meade, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Close, Mr..
and Mrs Russell Frost, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Southwick
X X X
The Frank Willard family is hay-
ing its annual Fourth of July picnic
today. Those who are attending are:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Willard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Bonebrake, and family; Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Thompson. and fam
lily; Mr.. and Mrs Robert Thompson,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Rodgers, and fam
lily; Mrs. A. K. Rodgers, and her
daughters; Mr.. and Mrs. r. S Pierce
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pierce, jr., Mrs,
Reid Alexander, and her daughters,
Mary, Jane and Henrietta; Mrs. A S.
Andrews, Mrs. A. H. Thompson. of
Lawrence; Miss Margaret Gilfillan,
Mr.. A. H Gilfillan, Mr. and Mrs. T. B.
Willard.
Mr.. Arthur Soderstrum entertained
for his pupils Tuesday evening, who
took part in the fourteenth Diano re-