The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-05

penses for the lectures, which are free
to the public.
The addresses will be illustrated
with stereopticon slides. In his lee
lures, Mr.. Baynes tells of his personal
experiences, for he is a. naturalist who
has been uncommonly successful IN
getting close to the life of the wild
animals. Some of his stories are pa
thetic. and some of them amusing,
and all of them put the audience in
sympathy with the creatures whose
portraits are thrown on the screen.
The afternoon lecture will be on
wild Birds Following it, Mr.
Baynes will organize a bird club. Ar
rangements have been made for sew
eral thousand school children to at
tend this meeting.
Mr. Baynes's greatest pet is his
knows practically every breed of dog
and their characteristics. His eve
ming lecture will be on Our Wild
Animal Neighbors."
Mrs. c. B. Rex will entertain her
bridge club Wednesday afternoon at
her home, 1928 Central Park court
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A reception was given Saturday
night by the members of the Topeka
club, complimentary to the women
who accompanied their husbands to
Topeka for the legislative session, soon
to close These women and their hus-
bands, the members of the club and
their families made up the company.
During the evening a buffet supper
was served in the upper and lower
dining rooms. The girls who We're
asked to assist in serving We're Miss
Ernestine Kline, Miss Altha Watson.
Miss Mildred Fuller and Miss Mar
garet Ray.
The receiving of the guests was done
by the women, without assistance
from the club men. Those in the re-
ceiving line were: Mrs. Silas Porter.
Mrs. Charles 1. Martin, Mrs. Charles
Blood Smith, Mrs. j. NJ Connell, Mrs.
James L. King, Mrs. a. NJ. Keene of
Fort Scott and Mrs. Wilder S. Met
calf of Lawrence.
In the late evening the guests as
sembled in the card room on the sec
ond floor to listen to a program pre-
pared by the men. Mr.. James IL.
King introduced the speakers. Mrs.
Noble Prentis, who has been visiting
the legislature all the years that kan
sas has had legislature. was one of
those asked to speak. Mr.. Fred Van
degrift of Kansas City, who was ac-
tive in getting up the party, also re-
! sponded to a call for speech. MIR
| Vandegrift is a veteran in the Kan
sas legislature, as a newspaper man.
/
/ ernor of Kansas, was one of the
speakers. Mayor J. E. House, Judge
W. R. Smith and Mr.. Charles Ses-
sions were among the speakers. AL
/ the speeches were in a light vein. Mr.
Nick johnson of Ottawa and Mr.. n
/ L. Johnson of Norton talked about the
unrelated johnson family of the legis-
lature. Songs for the evenings enter
tainm were furnished by Mrs. w
w. Wikidal and by Miss Helen Hagan
of Newton, Kan, who spent the week
end with Mrs c. c. Mack at the Swal-
low.
The halls and parlors were decorat-
ed with palms and ferns. One of the
dining rooms was adorned with Amer
lean Beauty roses, and the other with
/ a basket of jonquils and narcissus.
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The Potwin Travel club is in receipt
CT n letter from Richard Whitcomb, a
/ former Topeka boy, now in Y. NJ -
A. work in Honolulu. The Potwir
Travel club under the direction OF
their teacher, Miss Campbell, is get
ting the experience of travel, vicar
| iously. by writing to men and women
in different parts of the world.
| Whitcomb's letter rather made the
school children envious, for he writes
THE temperature here never runs
above "a degrees and never below sc
degrees There is heavy rainfall but