The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

solo. Accomplishments will be played
by Mrs. Robert Carver.
The papers for the meeting will be.
What to Do This Month in the Gar
den,' by Mrs. S. ]. Thurston; THE Ar
son. and Birds" by Mrs. R. G. Her
rick.
One of the principal parts in the
play, Out Goes Jennie" which is to
be given in the afternoon at 2:30
O'Clock at the high school auditorium
club, will be taken by Mr.. Robert Cop
pedge, who, is vice principal of the
high school. All members of the club
and their friends are invited. This
invitation includes men as well as wo-
men. The play was written by Mrs.
]. F. farrell. especially for the occa-
sion. No charge for admission is
made.
TIE very newest news in feminine
Sartcrial affairs Is the word that the
eastern women are wearing calico
dresses Inc material Is selling in all
the eastern shops IKE hamper gers at
the county Tar. The fashionable
women, the CLUB women, the movie
actresses and the society buds, are
delighted with the new style, which
is pcpularized by the theory of war
ecoLomy. and the price looks as tho
it would go to the figures that are
quoted by grandmothers these days as
Civil war cost Of calico. They say
that the calico dresses are made in the
smartest mode, and their queer old
fashioned print designs are as quaint
and attractive as they can be.
Poor old calico that takes its igno-
m Nous place in the old love charm
rhyme, six, satin, calico, rags I'M
til war befails the nation, and
Their it becomes popular as a
wealthy sorority rushee in late Sep
TENDER The change in the circum-
stances of Cinderella in the ashes
after the prince happens along, is not
more complete.
The vogue fo~ calico began in the
east. and has struck Chicago a ter
rifle blow. 1t is travelling west at
high speed.
The Washburn girls who are acting
as big sisters this year for the new
girls, will give a picnic party Satur-
day afternoon from to 6 O'Clock at
Cages park. The Big Sister party
is usually given in the college gym
nasium, but this season the commit
tee, of which Miss Ellen Brett is
chairman, have decided on an out
Sisters will take luncheon for herself
and Little Sister.
\ \
Mrs. J. D. Heym and Mrs. Fred
jackson were hostesses at a meeting
of the Minerva club at Mrs. jackson
home, 901 Lane street. Mrs. Robert
Stone gave a review of Tolstoy's book,
1.-The Cossacks." Music for the after
noon was from MacDowells compost
lions. as follows:
Vocal Thy Beaming Eyes'-Mrs
i E. G. Foster.
Piano, Shadow Dance"-Mrs. Fred
! "Etude de Concert''-Mrs w. I
Waynick.
Il In addition Mrs. Kari Rankin sang
II Came With Song" by Frank La
| Forge, and Miss Uarda Baird of Wash
burn college sang THE Nightingale
Has Tyre of Gold,' by Whelpley
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| A luncheon will be given Saturday
at 1915 O'Clock at the Chamber OF
| Commerce. by the Native Sons and
| Daughters of Kansas, in observance OF
| loyalty day. The keeping of the day
which is the first anniversary of the
| country's declaration of war has beer
asked by the governor of the state A
/ loyal attendance at the party is re-
quested. and a cordial invitation ex-
! tended to all native sons and daugh-
| terss of Kansas and all territorial pio-
neers. this being the annual guest day
/
| obtain their tickets or have them re-
served by o'clock Friday afternoon
The tickets can be procured at Pelle-
tiers, Crosby Brothers. Warren NJ
Crosby's,' and at the Campbell DRUG
/ store in North Topeka; also by tele-
| phone from Mrs. Frank Organ (phone
No. 1920 or Mrs. B. T Bartlett
| tphone No. 349D-
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. L. H. Mum and Mrs. Pau
Walker have returned from Cam
! Funston, where they spent Tuesda,
/ on business connected with the Y. w
/ C. A War Work Council. ~
| Lieut.. Charles J. Devlin, of kansa:
( City, formerly of Topeka, whose re
cent marriage to Miss Truitt of Kan
sas City took place at Fort Worth
/ Tex, has been transferred to Ca
madam post. and he and Mrs DeviiI
Kansas City. They will leave soon fol
Canada
Mrs Julia Farnsworth Soper, wht
spent the winter in California. ha:
been visiting Mrs. L. H Mum, ant
has left for Tulsa, Oklahoma, to spen,
some time with her sister, Mrs. Harr,
Ashby.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Walsh and thei
daughter, Miss Agnes Walsh, have re
turned from Los Angeles. Calf. wher,
they spent the winter and early spring
Miss Julia Larimer. who spent tbs
holidays with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs j. B. Larimer. has returned te
Kansas City, where she is a teacher
in Miss Barstow's school.
Lieut. Leroy Tucker, of Camp Deni
ufan came to Topeka to attend tn