The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-26

tary club subscribed. 1t was urged
upon the members patriotic move.
Mrs. Frank Organ wanted to know if
it could be considered an act of pa
triotism, if it returned a fairly good,
untaXable income. Mrs. Thurston re-
piled that if she took three and half
per cent bonds, when she might take
four and a half per cent bonds, the
transaction was just one per cent pa
triotism on every hundred dollars. A
liberty loan committee was formed,
with Mrs. w. A. Johnston chair
man, and her assistants are Mrs.
Frank Britton, Mrs. A. Marburg, Mrs.
Lucy Milliken and Mrs. Alice Love.
Resolutions were passed declaring
the club in favor of the use of all
grain for food. and none for liquors,
and also asking that camps be kept
free from vice.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lowry presented a
request from the Chamber of Com
merce, that the club cooperate with
them in the patriotic celebration to
be held in connection with the regis
tration on June 5. Mrs. Better OBJ
jected to the clubs cooperation in
what appeared to her a piece of friv-
olity in the face of the most serious
situation the country has ever met,
and she strongly disapproved of any
action in assisting in paradeS and eX-
citing festivities in connection with
registration. Her objection, however,
had no support, and the club voted to
cooperate with the Chamber of Com
merce. Mrs. Lottie Case thought that
the decoration of registered men by
pretty young girls, was bit to be de-
plored, but Mrs. Thurston contended
that if the tagging was done at the
registration booths in a dignified man
ner, there could be no objection to 1t.
Mrs Thurston. who has been par
Humanitarian for the club, was pre-
scented with a poisoning syringa plant
with the compliments of the club. Mrs.
Milliken made the presentation adj
DRESS and Mrs. Thurston responded
with short speech.
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A stirring row is to be staged in a
certain woman's organization soon, so
they say, over a new membership.
Some of the causes of it go away back
into old history, and if nothing hap
pens to interfere, there will be some
dust kicked up.
THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who is back home for a visit. In
her girl days she had bad case with
a young Topeka man who was thought
to be extremely eligible. 1t seems
that a trace of the romance still ling
ers Both are married now, but lately
they met for the first time since the
womans return. The conversation
went like this:
She: You're getting fat. I don't
He: You haven't much to say.
Why don't you diet and get your old
figure back again?
She: Have you any children?
He: Yes, I am the father of
She: Well, old top, I guess I'll drift
along.
He: Say, girl. can't you come to
see me in my office before you go
She: Yes, I'll try to. Phone me
when you have little time alone.
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Mr.. and Mrs Charles Makepeace
are entertaining guests at a weekend
party at their home. Those in the
company are: Miss Gertrude kauff-
man, Miss Antoinette Kaufman, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Adams, Mr.. Charles
Gibbs, Mr. Jack Brockman, all of Kan
sas City, Miss Minnie Rincenhausen
of Joplin, Mo, and Mr.. Charles Steck-
man of Lancaster, Pa.
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The EIks' hall, which was the scene
of the luncheon and afternoon party
for the bankers wives Friday after
noon, was attractive in its decoration
of spring flowers. The party was to
have been held at the J. r. Burrow
home but on account of the threat
ening weather, the scene was changed
to the Elks' hall. The luncheon was
of peonies spirea and peoples was
used.
A program was given after the
luncheon in the ball room, upstairs.
On the rostrum, banking the piano,
were palms and ferns, and in the fore
ground was a large, shepherdesS bas-
ket filled with purple and lavender
iris and tied with ribbon and lace in
the same shades. Baskets of flowers
were on either side. and along the wall
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baskets of spirea and iris and snow
balI. Syringa plants were placed at
the back of the room, and song birds
were in cages hung from the ceiling
The guests were received by the
members of the womans entertain
r1ent committee.
Miss Marguerite Gohlke and Miss
Myrtle Radcliffe furnished the music
for the afternoon Miss Gohlke sang
THE Violet by Mozart; ''Swe et Miss
Mary" by Neidlinger; Come to the
Garden, Love" by Salter; THE Star"
by Rogers; and Her Love Song" by
Sitter Miss Radcliffe played the &C
compartments ard gave as piano
solo, Wagner's march from Tannhau-
ser.
Aesthetic dancing was done by a
group of little girls who are pupils of
Miss Hazel Howe. The dancers were:
Marian Reed, Isabel Smith, Louise
Clark, Evelyn Bridges. Elnine Bridges
and Muriel Hobson. The little Bridges
girls danced a duet, and the others
gave solo and group dances. They
wore white and blue dancing frocks
of crepe de chine. with scarfs about
their shoulders. Little Muriel Hob
son wore tarlatan ballet dress.
Mrs. Fred Freeman, chairman of
the entertainment committee, was
gowned in black taffeta, with a touch
of blue in the bodice and an over
bodice of heavy white net and lace.
Mrs. Frank Burrow wore dull blue
Georgette crepe and taffeta. Mrs.
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