The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-04


Greenfield, of the civics and justice
department. Mrs. George H. Allen
sang a solo, The Winds in the South
Today" accompanied on the piano by
Mrs. Robert Carver.
The program closed with the singing
of the club song, the words of which
were written by Mrs. J. F. FARRELL,
and the music by Mrs Norman Hay.
X X X
Miss Edith Cornell left today for
Fort Sheridan, H., and will be a guest
at dancing party to be given by the
She will be the guest of her brother,
Mr.. Joe ConnelI, who is taking train
ing in the officers camp.
x X X
Mr.. Charles Hobart, the younger
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hobart,
has enlisted in the Denver Hospital
unit His brother, DIR. Wilson Hobart,
is first lieutenant in the same unit.
They will serve in base hospitals
abroad, and their unit is held in read
tice. Doctor Hobart will be in the sur
gical department, and his brother in
the sanitation department. Mr..
Charles Hobart, while he waits for the
call TO the colOrs, is studying in the
law school of the Chicago university.
X X y
Mrs. Harry Wolf will be hostess at
a meeting of her sewing club Wednes-
day of next week The club had de-
cided to give up the practice of serv-
inH refreshments at their club meet
ings, and give to the Red Cross the
money that the club luncheons would
cost. The new plan will begin with
the next meeting.
X x X
The Sunflower Quartet will go to
Newman, Kan, to give a concert to-
night Mr.. Lyman King has been
chosen to sing in the quartet in place
of Mr.. Howard Searle who has gone
to join his regiment. The other mem
bers are Mr. Frank Ripley, Mr. Waldo
Haywood and Mr.. Hugh Smith.
X
A concert will be given Sunday
afternoon at three o'clock in the city
auditorium, to which all Topeka peo-
pie are cordially invited. There will
be no charge for admission, but a COL
lection will be taken, and the entire
amount received will be given to the
Red Cross.
Dean Skilton, who teaches organ
music, theory and harmony in the
Kansas State university, will play two
numbers will be a sonata recently
composed by Mr.. Skilton.
Mr.. Arthur Nevin, of the Fine Arts
department of Kansas university, will
also be on the program. He will
make a ten-minute address on Ameri-
can music and composers.
Mrs. Esther Payne Muller will play
two groups of Mcdowell piano num-
bers and Mrs, Muller and Miss Anne
Myers will play MacDowelPs D Minor
Concerto, two piano number.
The program will be made up en-
tirely of American music. an arrange
ment which is quite in line with the
prevailing feeling of loyalty to Amer
lean genius and American institutions
The concert is being arranged by
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Mr.. Fred Knapp, state auditor, and
Mrs Knapp, gave a dinner party We'd
nesday night at seven O'Clock, at their
home, III Lincoln street, complim en-
tary to the members of the auditor
official family. The table decorations
were in yellow and white. Covers
were laid for:
Mr.. and Mrs. N A. Turner, Mr. and
Mrs. George w. Wiley, Mr.. and Mrs
Wetherton, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Trox-
/ ell, Mrs Maude Gilyeat, Miss Mayme
Conroy, Miss Lena Schoenfeld, Miss
Velma Knapp, Mr.. Vernon Knapp,
Mr. and Mrs F: W; Knapp
The date of the charity card and
thimble party to be given by the N.
n. S. club, is Tuesday. October 8, in
stead of Thursday, October IL, as pre-
viously announced.
| Mr.. Frank Ripley has been chosen
| for the role of Lord Buncomb," one
of the comedy parts of the Lost Prin-
cess, to be played at the Grand Opera
| house October 12 and / 8.
| Mr.. Ripley is a member of the Sun
| flower quartet. a singing organization
| that is much in favor among local
| music lovers. He sang in the Wash
| burn Glee club. and was a member of
! the Washburn Dramatic club. lie ap-
| peared in important roles in a num-
Der of Washburn plays. and his selec-
ton for the part assigned him is con-
sidered the best that could be made
| X X
An arrangement has been made by
the Military Sisterhood whereby
uted by Topeka women can be re-
ceived at the Sisterhood headquarters,
and Immediately shipped to the mill
| tary camps.
1t is officially reported that the men
| in the military camps do not have a
| sufficient supply of bed covering. The
| government is able to furnish one pair
| of blankets to each man, but in this
| weather, that is not enough. It is
1 impossible for the new blankets to be
| turned out by the factories in large
enough quantities to meet the i'm
mediate needs of the government; so
| that gifts of bedding from individuals
| will be acceptable.
| Yesterday three Topeka women,
| Mrs. J. d. Mcfarland, Mrs Lee Mon
roe and Mrs J. V. Rowles, spent the