The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-21

and executive order. In 1912 the last
executive order concerning the flag
was made, and it provided for the spe-
cific arrangement of the stars They
are arranged in six horizontal rows
of eight stars each. Starting in the
upper left hand corner, and placing
each row from left to right. the star
corresponding to each state is placed
in the order of the states ratification
of the constitution. Thus. star No. 1
in the upper left hand corner is for
Delaware, and No. AS in the lower
right hand corner is for Arizona.
The star for Kansas, by this rule, is
the second one in the fifth row, and
is the thirty-fourth star, numbering
from the first
There are no end of sentimental
possibilities in that knowledge.
X X X
The magazines and the newspapers
are full these days of the things wom-
en- may do to help along the war. A
recent number of Vogue turned out
page of costumes that were to be
worn by the fashionable women who
had taken up canning, and the talk
of the town in that place was what
the travellers should wear when they
went forth to instruct the country
women how to can fruit and vegeta-
bles. This question of dress was the
fess that the costumes designed for
the trip were smart and-expensive.
Also there is no end of enthusiasm
about first aid classes. One can learn,
you know, at a class in first aid, just
what to do for a man totally under
the influence of liquor; how to calm
a person who is having a fit; what to
do with hysterical women, and all
those gems of information, so helpful
on the battle front!
nd rda rT
ionable outdoor sport that ever hit the
country. One woman in our town
plowed up a bit of lawn, spent several
dollars for seeds, paid a man IS to do
the work, and she harvested five
beans.
A Topeka young woman who has
been noticing the trend of the styles,
has written some verses on the sub
ject. She calls the lines Gamer
amorbus," and here they are:
CANNERAMORBJS.
Since the war has become all the fashion
And turnout the whole world is the rage,
Societys found occupation.
Their doings fill up every page
For dancing was getting quite passe,
~ There her were dangers in aft ; tea
Society pinned with ennui.
With the first distant call of the cannon
The He-Castle took to the air,
War-styles just suited Her outlines
So the Cinema broke up this pair;
And all the Hawaiian Hulas
And futurist Russians took flight,
for the war dictated new fashions
Which sprang up almost over night.
Milady now rises before twelve
And motors to regions in town,
Where she changes her tailored street frock
For lovely white cap and white gown,
And here, for hours and hours,
She will measure and fold and pin,
They've taught her to run sewing ma
She can add her Bit to the din.
When twelve o'clock whistles are blowing
She looks at the watch on her wrist
And lunches. while she is consulting
Her brand new engagement list
| The class in First Aid at two thirty,
Her Knitting lesson at fou-
The Canning club demonstration
She makes dash for the door.
When weary, she wends he- way home
And vainly tries to remember
The remedy she learned for fits
Her aching eyes she closes
While passing a window of smocks,
She must deny herself one of these
And buy some more yarn for socks.
As she lays her tired head on her pillow
She tells Babette with sigh,
| To set the alarm for six-thirty.
She must go to the market to buy.
They told her to get beets ami carrots,
She'd thot they were only for cows
But can them she must twas no difference
She'd not be a Stacker, she vows.
|
On the smart Canning Special" car,
| She's to stand up and tell the farm-women
All about Mr.. Masons glass jar.
She wants to look chic tho they told her
She must subdued hat and hose
| Crowds must listen to what she saying
And not take notes on her clothes.
Many weeks pass, and now, lear reader,
| Let us peek in behind the scenes
At milady's plowed up rose garden
Which yielded her only five beans,
! And we'll gaze on the shelves where the
With a curious sort of feeling,
| For alas, and alack the contents
Now some think the styles will be chang
| ing
| 1t is whispered in inner most circles
Society is bored-so they say,
| But great will be the rejoicing
When once more manteaux are the rage
And furs and feathers and chapeaux
| Replace the canned peas on the page.
One of the chaming attentions Civ
| en- the famous Belgian commission
that visited Topeka Friday was found
| in the table arrangements for the din
\ Irer at the Chamber of Commerce. All
| the decorations were significant of
| some phase of the relations between
this country ard the allies. They
| were designed and given by Mrs. John
/ z. Lord. Baskets of the roses of Eng
! land and the lilies of France stood on
/ United States were hung all about the
room. There was a Red Cross table,
and on some of the tables were little
! stacks of wheat, symbolic of the food