The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

the painter strikes out boldly to ex-
press himself rather than applying
himself to particular school.
1T is an honor in this present eX-
hibition to have a painting entered by
Cecilia BeauX, widely considered the
most gifted woman painter in our
ranks of women geniuses."
Among the other painter mentioned
are: Hayley Lever of New York, Jean
Nutting oliver of Boston, Walter Bax-
ter Closson, Jane Peterson, Paul Con-
noyer, Henry Hammond ALL, Gertrude
Bourne, Charles Hopkinson, and a
number Of other well known painters.
Mrs. Coppedge spent the summer
near Gloucester, and previous to that
she spent some time in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Anna Ripley, of Topeka, who
spent the summer with her mother, at
her cottage on Cape Ann, was one of
the visitors to the gallery, and she
writes that the Topeka representa-
ton in the exhibit is highly praised
by the critics who visit the place.
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Mr.. Sanford farrell is spending a
few days in Topeka with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. FARRELL He has
recently been dismissed from the hos
pital where he spent some time recov-
ering from an injury to his right hand.
He has been in military training, but
the injury to his hand will make it
necessary for him to be transferred to
some other branch of the service. He
has asked that he may not be dis
missed altogether.
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The following Topeka people had
guests at the dinner dance at the
Country club Saturday night:
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Freeman, Mr..
and Mrs. T. NJ. Lillard. Mr.. and Mrs.
L. Mitchell Mr.. and Mrs. Paul E.
Walker, Judge and Mrs. L. S. Ferry,
Judge r. NJ. Yates, Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Guild, Mr.. and Mrs. H. D.
Yoder, Miss Helen Yoder, DR.. and
Mrs. L. H. Mum, Mr.. n. V. Wood, Mr..
son, Mr.. and Mrs Edwin. A. Campbell,
Mr.. Ward kellar.
The Washburn college exhibit at
the fair this week will contain an art
studio, and one of the pleasant fea-
lures of the weeks exhibit, will be
the sketching from living models, by
Mr.. George NJ. Stone The studio will
be open on three sides, so that the
work can be seen by visitors, while
it is in progress. The models for the
different days will be:
Monday afternoon-Miss Margaret
Whittemore; Tuesday morning-Miss
Ceora Lanham; Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. Edward Parsons; Wednesday
morning-Miss Lanham; Wednesday
afternoon u Mr.. Edward Hodge;
Thursday morning-Mrs. Ray Wolfe
(Louise Culver); Thursday afternoon
| Miss Mary Paxton; Friday morning
Miss Jessie McCarter.
The Red Cross maintained a re-
freshment booth at the golf tourna-
ment at the Country club. The booth
was placed at the nineteenth hole, and
returned to the organization the sum
of $3.50. The sales of refreshments
cd NV n
young set
\ story is told up at the military
camp of a certain diplomat who failed
to dip. A Manhattan paper retails
the event, as follows:
! The frs. officers training camp
had been organized and the men
were rapidly becoming acquainted
with military tactics as well as their
comrades. In the group was young
man who claimed to be a diplomat,
natural born.
/ You can talk anybody out of any
| thing" said he. "All you have TO
possess is a good line and, believe me,
] I've got it
That's all right in civil life said
one of his auditors.
Yes and it goes for the military
thing, too vehemently asserted the
| first speaker.
one night after taps" had been
sounded and all of the embryo officers
were in bed, a natural born diplomat
crawled off his cot and quietly wend-
| ed his way to Junction City. In the
wee sma' hours of the morning after
| he returned-just in time fol
| .'reveille.' He got away with it.
! A week later the same natural born
| diplomat crawled off his cot after
| taps had been sounded. To juno
| ton City he hied himself. He re
turned in time for "reveille-"
During the day he received notice