The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-02

er, so that it may receive additions
from women who could not be present
at the tea but who have articles to
give. Such articles may be sent t.
Mrs Mcfarland, Mrs. Monroe and
Mrs. Norman Keller.
The women at the party decided to
inaugurate a Self-denial week, and
have chosen next week for the time to
deny themselves some luxuries, the
cost of which will be given to the fund
for war work.
The treasure and trinket fund is oe-
ing raised all over America for the
benefit of the aviation service.
X x
A little poem appearing in the cur
rent number of McCalFs Magazine
was written by Topeka woman, Mrs
Harvey Parsons The verse is en-
titled THE Magic Mantle and is a
charming little bit of lyric writing
Mrs. ParSOns'S pen name is Ruth Hun
toon, which was her maiden name.
X X
Some of the trained nurses of our
town are having mo end of quiet fun
aver a certain faux pas committed
the professional nurses know how to
make bandages and sponges and all
sorts of surgical dressings with all
necessary accuracy at lightning speed.
That is part of their business, and
it is to be assumed that they under
Il
training of five or six weeks in the
making of the whole kit of supplies
in Red Cross work, and never any
previous experience, spoke the other
day of the difficulty she had in get
ting the workers to make the supplies
correctly. And" she ended up, 81
have the worst of my trouble with
trained nurses
Notes and Personal Mention
Mr.. and Mrs. E H Crosby, Mrs
Minnie D. Horner and Miss Helen
Louise Crosby motored to Lawrence
Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. GODDARD have
leased the Speed Hughes house, which
they have moved into.
Mr.. Hubert Yerkes of Chicago. who
is making a business trip west, was
the weekend guest of Mrs. Yerkes's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A Marburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Watson and
their daughter, Miss Altha Watson.
will return this week from Lake To-
pinabee, Mich, where they spent the
summer
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Zahner and Mr. and
Mrs. A. Marburg motored to Kansas
City Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Moore, who stopped
in Topeka on her return from Cali
fornia, was the guest of DIR. and Mrs
w. n. West and their family. and has
left for Chicago
Miss Vera Croft of Nortonville is
a guest at the Alpha Phi house.
Henry H. Hall, New York Life
Adv.
Mr.. George L. Dickinson of Pasa-
dena, Cal, stopped in Topeka on his
return from New York, and was the
guest of Prof. and Mrs. J. T. Lovewell.
Miss Jane Alexander and her guest
Miss Clara Root Workman, spent the
weekend in LeaVenworth with Miss
Wortham's brother, who is an officer
at the post.
Dr. and Mrs H. S. Valentine of Kan
sas City are the parents of a son, born
Saturday. The child is great grand
son of Mrs. D. NJ. Valentine of Topeka.
Miss Lydia and Miss Martha Geiser
will entertain the members of the Ep
worth League tonight at o'clock, at
their home. 2p4 Taylor street.
Ladies swell high-top shoes. Every
new fall shade. IS values. 81 to Sc
pair. Famous Clio. Co.-Adv.
Mrs Paul Walker, who has been
in Chicago for The past few weeks,
returned home today.
Mrs. AgDes Fowler entertained
Monday night at her home in Polk
street for Mrs. Elizabeth Maher, who
in Guthrie, Okla. The guests were:
Mrs. Maher, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy viii
kinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Langley.
Mrs. Carrie Booth and her daughter
Margaret. Mrs. Jennie Rust and her
daughter Margaret, Mrs. E. E. jerks,
Mrs. E. Donaldson of Seymour, Ind,
and Miss Ruth Gavitt Mrs. Fowler
took Mr. and Mrs R. Wilkinson of
Paris, Ark, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Langley for a motor drive to Ho1ton
and Atchison Sunday.
Mrs. H. B. Howard returned Mon
day from St. Louis, Mo, where she
visited her siste-', Mrs. c. G. Schilling,
and her SON