The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-07

leave in a few days for western
in the later spring they will sail for
Honolulu.
The Philomath club will meet Fri
day afternoon with Mrs. H. S. Putney
and Mrs. Clinton johnson. at Mrs.
DR.. and Mrs Merrill Mills will en-
terrain their bridge club Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Cyrus Guthrie gave a line par
ty for Miss Margaret Harmon, who
will be married next week to Mr.. Sam
uel Darlington of New York
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Miss Polly Movers and Mr. Paul
Mowers have asked guests for dane
ing party at their home Thursday
night.
One of the young chaps had date
the other night with one of the beau
tiful girls who lives in one OF the
fashionable homes of the city. She
is not only pretty, but supposed to be
what the young fellows call inter
esting." just what it is to be inter-
esting to a college chap of twenty,
has not yet percolated thru the con-
seriousness of this department. How
ever that may be, the lad had a date
with the youthful queen, and as he
was in funds just then, no doubt hav-
ing received his allowance, he bought
a great arm load of roses to take to
this interesting person. He tucked the
box under his arm, hoped a street
car, and reached her door. He was
met by the servant who told him the
young woman was out for the evening.
He thereupOn shook the dust of the
doormat from his feet and returned
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grateful shrine for his Votive offering
He met a pal who told him about one
of the girls who was down with the
grip. The chap who was dressed up
and equipped with flowers, with no
place to go. called a taxi. and was at
| the door of the sick girls house in a
! 1Itfy. He knew at least that she would
be at home. This girl is also pretty
good looking, and if she isn't known
as interesting she is known as
| square" Since then the young man
, has utterly transferred his affections.
and the second young woman in sick
| ness and in health, will receive his
floral offerings hereafter. Whereby
1t appears that 1t often pays better
to be honest than to be tempermental
THERE IS A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who has bought a new spring hat
/ of uncommon coloring, and now is
obliged to fit herself out with an en-
| tirely new costume to match it.
And there is another woman in our
| town who has selected her new hat
which is to cost $50. She has lovely
white hair, and this sixty-doIlar crea-
! ton is going to be a real drea m atom
! of it.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Haynes and
Geneseo, Ill, and will make their
| home here. They are now at the
| w. A. Morton home in West Tenth
avenue. Mrs. Haynes, before her mar
riase, was Miss Mildred Morton.
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A new card game was introduced at
a card party this afternoon, at which
Mrs. Rousseau A. Burch and Mrs. c.
F. Foley were hostesses The game
is Monte Carlo whist. The guests at
the party, which was given at Mrs
Burch's home, are some of the legis-
lative women who are special friends
of the hostesses. There We're eight
tables.
Mrs. Eustace Brown, adviser of
women of the State University, Law
renee; Dean Whitney of the State
Normal shcool, Emporia; Mrs. Mary
Fierce Van lille, dean of women of
the state Agricultural college, and
MISS Elsie Neuen Schwander, asso-
ciate professor in the department of
:
sity of Kansas, were in Topeka this
week to visit the legislature in the
/ interests of the dormitory bill a
measure proposed by the Kansas
council of Women, to provide halls of
residence at the state educational in
! StitutionS
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Mrs. L. w. French will have guests
at dinner Thursday night in comnli-
ment to Mr.. H F. Graham. represen-
tatlve from Jackson county, and Mrs.
Grapam, who has come to Topeka to
spend a few days with her husband.
Inc other guests will be Justice and
MRS: }. S. West. Mr.. and Mrs. J. e
Spaid1ng and Mr.. and Mrs. w. p.
Bulls. -
Club women especially will be in
terested in decision given by the
school board, whereby all the school
buildings may be used as social CEN
ters' and for public gatherings and
| meetings in the interests of politica
| education or any other matter of pub
lie interest. 1t is being recogniZed
Inat the expensive school buildings
should be used as much as they are
needed by the public which maintains
them' and not kept exclusively for
the hours of the day in which they
are occupied by the pupils.
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Notes and Personal Mention
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Sherman have
the past month.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George StaebIer have
returned from short visit to friends
| in Kansas City.
DR.. Roy Forbes has returned to
Cleveland. Ohio. after visit to his