The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17

Morgan. Mrs. Fred Stewart, Miss
Helen Brigham. Miss Marjorie Whit
ney and Mrs Lada'
The Chancel chapter of Grace cath
| edral will have business meetins
| Tuesday, September IS, at $3.50 O'Clock
in the Guild hall. All members are
urged to be present, as plans for the
years work will be made.
Mr.. Robert Trump. the son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. l. Trump, has beer or
| dered into active duty in government
Fservice, and is enroute fe- the United
States naval radio station at cleve-
| land, Ohio, He left Topeka few
weeks ago to take training for radio
service at the Great Lakes Training
station He was one of the amateur
wireless operators in Topeka and was
member of the Boys Wireless club
! before entering the government ser
vice.
! Among the activities of the Good
Government club is the collection of
books for the soldiers to be contrib
i uted to the library being provided
from individual gifts. In the eellec-
! ton are great many novels. and the
clubs ask that some dictionaries be
sent of school size, 1t seems that the
! soldiers are asking for them.
| Another sort of book that the club
wants for its collection is song books
containing old fashioned songs, with
easy, familiar tunes The boys in
camp are amusing themselves by
writing parodies on old songs and
| singing them to the original tunes
! What they need is some copies of the
songs as the parodying will come a
pit easier with the original words be-
fore them.
| ments sent for the collection. United
States histories, of convenient size for
handling, will be acceptable. School
histories will do very well. or others
that are compact in form.
! The members are requested to take
| the books they have to give to the
home of Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland. 100
! Harrison street, this afternoon or ear
ly tomorrow morning.
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THERE'S \ GIRDIN OUR TOWN
Who has perpetuated a bon mot
that Is going the rounds in her set.
A young man who is looking forward
| to matrimony, was preparing his
share of the guest list for the wedding
He remarked to his fianeee, Let us
not have big mob at the wedding.
As for me / am only going to ask my
CLOSE friends"
''Oh, l wouldn't broke in the girl
who was listening, Il should think
you would prefer to invite your LIB
ERAL friends.
Legler Paxton, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. I. r. Paxton, of Western avenue
is suffering from an injury to his arm,
in which he received a double frac-
| ture. He received the hurt in helping
to crank a machine that was giving
its driver some trouble.
|
A progressive dinner-bridge party
was given Saturday evening for Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Tucker, by a lun-
cheon club of which Mrs. Tucker is a
member. Dinner was served at the
L. w. Stanley home for the members
of the club and their husbands, and
after dinner the guests played bridge
at the r. D. Payne home.
The dinner table decoration was an
ivory basket filled with purple asters
and tied with lavender ribbon The
candles were lavender, tied with tulle.
The company included: Mr., and
Mrs Tucker, Mr., and Mr.. Stanley, Mr..
and Mrs. Payne, Mr.. and Mrs Pres
ton Coleman, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E.
Sutherland. Mr. and Mrs r. C. Reed
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Roush, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. NJ. Brewster.
Mr.. and Mrs Tucker will leave soon
to make their home in Kansas City.
where Mr. Tucker has accepted a
position on the Kansas City Star,
The following item is from the Law
renee Gazette:
There will be a called meeting of
the Military Sisterhood of Kansas
next Monday afternoon at 2;30 in
| Post hall. Mrs. c. 1. Martin of To-
peka, the originator of the society,
! will be present to explain some of the
work and purposes of this chapter. A
large attendance is asked for, and
| relatives, blood or marriage, of SOL
diers are eligible to active member
ship, and others may become asso-
ciate and honorary members.
They are telling it on an absent
minded professor at Washburn col
lege that he boarded a street car a
few days ago, and in greeting a friend
of his on the rear platform, he hand
ed the friend his nickel and shook
hands with the conductor.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Frederick Watson, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. F. w. Watson. has returned