The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09


supposed to be afraid of his wife who
has some temper. So it is thought by
those who know about it that the
Kansas City luncheon guest was a
cousin of his who lives in that town.
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Mrs Oscar Bennett was hostess at a
meeting of her bridge club this after
noon. Mrs. E. 6. Foster and Mrs. D.
GrindeL played for absent members.
Mrs. F. A Rooster was hostess at
a meeting of her bridge club today.
The guests and substitutes were: Mrs.
. J. p. Raster, Mrs. Frank Squires, Mrs.
Genevieve NeaIe, Mrs. l. L. kiene,
Mrs. A. NJ. Harvey and Mrs Norman
Keller
a ball is to be given Tuesday night
at the auditorium for the benefit of
the Red Cross fund. The hall is being
decorated today with the national col
/ ors, and boxes have been put up for
I dancers and spectators. The party is
TO be masquerade ball and is given
by the -Ake-Pot Ster-Boos- Instead of
I selling tickets. the committee is SELL
] ing the Mystery Woman buttons.
/ These buttons admit the wearers TO
the ball Governor and Mrs. Capper
! will lead the grand march Mr. and
| Mrs. George Godfrey Moore will rep
resent George and Martha Washing
ton Other prominent characters in
American history will be represented
at the masque.
Those who have taken boxes are:
Gov. Arthur Capper Charles Trapp
J. E. Austin. ]. VIII Kelley. b B.
EiteIman, R. K. Hinkson. W. w West
L. r. Manley. Norman Wear, Gui1ford
Dudley, John F. Dillon, II. Henry y.
Auerbach, F. w. Freeman. Arch Cat
lin, c. B. Merriam. H. G. West. Z.
L. Copeland. J. r. Burrow, Horace
Hall, Frank Bonebrake. Robert Stone
Fred G. Fox. S. L. Courtney, J. r
koontz, George Godfrey Moore. Earl
Akers. c. l. Mitchell, W. E. Bulls.
Scott Hopkins, David Bowie, c s
Elliott, W W. whitney. Ed. Arnold,
William E. Brelsford, E. H. Crosby
and A. p. McKown.
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The Tivoli club will give a dancing
party Friday evening. April g, at KEEL
lam hall Arran sements for the party
are in charge of Mr.. Stanley Copeland,
x
Mrs. Emil Brus will give a luncheon
Wednesday in the white room of the
Baltimore hotel Kansas City. Mo. for
Miss Elinor Fell. the EngIishwoman
who will be in Topeka Friday to lee
ture at the tea to be given at the
home of Mrs. J. C. McCHntock
y Topeka guest al the luncheon will
be Mrs. Frank Britton, who is one of
the women interested in the work that
Miss Fell is doing. namely, that of
bringing before the people of this
country the need OF aid for the father
less children of France. Miss Fell is
to talk on that subject Friday in To-
peka, presenting to the women of this
city an opportunity OF assisting French
children whose fathers have been
killed in the war. Miss Fell will speak
in Kansas City. also in Atchison, Leav-
ienworth. Lawrence, and other towns
Of Kansas.
Mrs. Brus is treasurer of the French
alliance and wife of a French vice
consul in the United States. The
guests at the luncheon will be Kansas
City people and some Kansas people
who are particularly interested in the
work for the care of French orphans
x
Mrs r. w Coppedge has been
awarded a prize of fifty dollars by the
Art Institute of Kansas City. on her
picture, "A Winter Afternoon in the
Kansas City exhibit. The PhiladeI-
phia Post recently photogra phed one
Of her pictures on exhibition at the
Plastic club and rproduced in one of
their issues. Her picture was the only
one of the exhibit chosen for repro
duction by the paper.
Mrs Coppedge is now in the east.
painting some spring scenes and will
return to Topeka soon.
The Gamma Sigma Literary society
OF Washburu college gave their an
nuaI party Tor the AletheanS Satur-
day night The party was given in
Boswell hall. instead of out of doors
as was planned The supper was
cooked in the fireplace, as a substi-
tute for the expected campfire meal
Those present were: Miss Rebecca
Adams. Miss Florence Fair, Miss Nell
lie Fox Miss Gretna Gardner, Miss
Margaret Gilman, Miss Ruth Helm
Miss Linda Mckee, Miss Genevieve
Mcmillan, Miss Pauline Sanders. Miss
Mary Shuler, Miss Edith Stark, Miss
Amy SWendSon, Miss Margaret Price
Miss Ruth Whitaker. Miss Helen
Whitaker, Miss Margaret whittemore
Miss Martha Whittcmore. Miss Er1na
Crabb, Miss Avis Clayton Miss Anna
Cornell. Mr. Leo Helm, Mr. HarIov
Price. Mr.. Lawrence Graves. Mr.
Woodward Smith, Mr.. Wallace Har-
lringtOn, Mr.. Dan Hopson. NJ E,rancis