The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-02

breadth and acreage Of the sk1rt1er
with spaces between, measuring ABOUT
five inches The bodice, as nat as
can be and loosely fitted has an en-
broidered orgaHdie collar and q pair
OF orgzndIe cuffs
Chaperonfug this frock Is a jacket
of gaberdIne IN white with a bir-of 4
vestee all soUtzched over ITSELF II L
/ Just long enough to hit the Waisti1ne-
THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who frankly admits that when she
comes up to the Baby week Affairs
she leaves the family IN charge Of her
husband 4 am not one of those
she says. who leave one of the col
I Iege girls at the house for two or
three hours. at the rate of 10 cents
an hour. or Just plain accommodation.
and then come down town and bras
about the maid who Is competent
enough TO be left in entire charge Of
the house for days at time
I I find IN the Duluth 1Miuu1 News
Tribune Of April -. the following in
terv1ew, which has flavor of special
/ interest to US Of Topeka It reads
III which flowers OF several varieties
Iare viguetred for those VINO WISH
theatres
[ AS well expect to encounter q
three-Hmhed Iiou- done IN n1auVe, as
to find two shy violets pok1ng their
pretty heads into the drzb blue buster
! Of a snow swept April day in Duluth,
/ Yet you may find all three on sach a
day as was Wednesday the violeS
real and the Hou-but more OF MIN
later
I --Proba bIv YOU would not choose the
theatre for the discovery, and neither
would [ except for the establishments
of LIE Petit WI ire who, with promises
of new and ultimately shrinking rev
eIation, led the way baekstage at the
I Orpheum-
/ HE pointed TO where the genus stood
disclosed Now one approached Il
/ touted modest violet of the stage with
/ the same suspicion as he r1rsC tastes
an alligator pear Tell NE the Wnote
I glorious story of your lives. was my
I demand. designed to trick them into a
shameful forgetfuIness Of modesty-
Said on@she was Sara We were born
in Topeka studied with some splendid
teachers and have been in concert
The Observation-Disclosures And we've
been in vaudeville six weeks That's
about all and Sara nodded assent
I NO Danish prince has trained
/ you I QuerIed- None had Neither
had any French marquis showered
either sara or Nell with a million dol
1 lars worth of Cartier gems. Just for a
+ RUbif0am flicker, nor they asserted
have Munich music masters said that
Media was q piker sCugStreSs com
pared to them nor are their gowns
/ designed especially by Lucille at a cost
of 'steen dollars an inch They mega
uived such suggestions until the con-
vIctiOu grew that Whites press agsn-
Try was even less than the facts war
rauted- which is remarkable in itself
Nell and Sara are simply two.
wholesome American girls. HnspoiIed
] despite the unusual attention which
I their song artistry ha5 brought them
Fresh and cIeanIy they are q south
land breeze IN spring colorfuL- yet de-
y mure; serious about their work. yet
( not about themselves. Those who
4 heard them this week could not mag
me these young women with lark
notes in their threats. except as IN
affected folks and such they are
I They are not yet GaIli-CurciS. but they
l may be- certainly they VIII be asso-
! GATED with what Is good in American
music The Misses keuns received
recognition out IN Topeka as remark
able soprani in dialogues. Trained IN
America and Munich they had advau-
/ uzZeS OF exceptional u1aestroS prior to
their entrance upon the. concert stage
/ Martin Beck. 4 genius at finds for
I his enterprises. heard them in March
7 at a Chicago recital and promptly
sought them out Naturally we were
/ f1attered-" they said Every one has
I been gracious to US. and we hope we
: deserve II Which you VIII agree. is
enough to make the shrinking violet
shriekng flower by comparison
As 20 the lion done IN u1auve7 He
[ was q SuIIen stage lion sFFIkiuz in a
corner, probably because r1odestv
rather than might had gained afren-
tIon On Wednesday afternoon.
/ The annual meeting of the Nine
tenth Century club was held Tuesday
afternoon al the home of Mrs H E
Wolfe The following officers were
elected Mrs Speed Hughes. presi-
dent Mrs Wolfe. secretary Mrs
George V Smith treasurer. and mem
/ bers of the program committee are
Miss Mary Murphy. Mrs. D. J. Hath
away and Mrs. E A Austin
TIE club will take IN The zr,,lIr