The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-25

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The Young Ladies' Shakespeare club met
today with Miss Marie Brooks at her home
423 Clay street. The subject of study was
| 1.-TWO Gentlemen of Verona
of arrangement for a meeting place,
brought about by the fuel shortage.
The association is making every effort
to help the club in it's readjustment
of the days affairs.
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A meeting of the Topeka committee
of the Fatherless Children of France
has been called by the president Mrs.
j. Z. McClintock, for the Y. w. c. A.
at o'c clock Saturday afternoon. The
| purpo Sc of the meeting is to stimulate
| interest in the philanthropy, to which
there are many Topeka subscribers,
and of which Marshal Joffre is the
| head in Paris. The Fatherless Chill
dren of France is the orga nization
| thru which so many Americans have
| adopted French children to support
during the period of the war. 1t is
based on the 10 cents day plan, or
| 5000 a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hale, of La
! Crosse, have arrived to spend few
days in Topeka, and are guests, at the
| Swallow. Mr. Hale is on the bar ex-
aiming board, and is in the city in
connection with that office. Mrs. Hale
! will attend the annual meeting of the
better known among club women of
| the state as Mrs. Matte Brittle Hale,
| former vice president of the state fed
Grafton, and especially interested in
the scholarship loan fund.
! A social afternoon, celebrating Kan
sas Day, was given Thursday by the
| Good Government club, at the home of
Gov. and Mrs. Arthur Capper. About
a hundred and twenty-five guests
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received by Mrs. Capper and the
officers of the club. who are: Mrs.
/, G. A Supple. Mrs. P. J. C1evenger,
Mrs. Cyrus Guthrie, Mrs. ]. w. Lor-
more. Mrs. E. c. Moser. Mrs. N. E.
Kelior and Mrs Emma Sells Marshall
Assisting the officers were men,
bers of the social committee: Mrs.
| Cyrus Guthrie, Mrs. Herman Green-
baum. jr-, Mrs. John L. White, Mrs.
Fred Here, Mrs. James Kirkpatrick,
Mrs. r. L. Cofran and Mrs S. Fried
burg.
Mrs. Capper decorated her house
! for the party with baskets of lovely
pink roses and flowers from her own
conservatory.
A program of music. with adj
dress by Justice Henry F. Mason. was
given as follows:
'''' Miss Mary Louise Kirkpatrick.
Piano-Nocturne in d flat. Chopin
'e Mrs Esther Payne Muller. 'e-' 'e-n
/ Address on Kansas
wh.ting henfK f1 Florence Mf FaP
Piano-Hungarian rhapsody. No. %. List
Mr.; Stanley Clithero.
Vocal solo. Miss Marguerite Gohlke
'''' Miss GT Wolf. A''~'
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| Mrs. F. r. Souders and G. Metzger
gave a class party for the graduating
! class of students at Lowman school
| field avenue. The members of the
| class are Mabel Hall. Vivien Metzger.
| Ruth Souders, Bern1ce Long, Frank
| Shaeffer. Marshall Mayberry. Ralph
| Faust, Howard Gill. Richard Battey.
| John Bingham m, Walter Powers and
James Fessenden, Miss Matte Barnes,
manual training teacher, was a guest.
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The Boston English Opera company,
with record of four months in Chi
cago, jas well as runs in Milwaukee.
| St. Louis, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
nee and night, January 80. in I'll
| Trovatore" at the matinee and DO
hemian Girl" at night
Not since the days of Henry w
SaSage's Castle Square Opera COM
pany has any like organization re-
ceived such universal, praise from
press or support from the public
The cast includes Joseph F. Shee-
han and John w. Warren. tenors:
Hazel Eden and Florentine ST. Clair.
sopranos; Elaine De Sellen and Alice
| May Carley. contraltos; Arthur Deane
| and w. r. Northway. baritones; Fran
| els J. Tyler and Bert F. Goltra bassos
Among these Sheehan and Mr. Tyler
| will be remembered as former Saw
| age stars. The chorus is an unusual
n ifc a.
| of working together well nigh per-
feet. An orchestra of twenty-five mu-
/ sicians and lavish scenic investiture
combine in making this organization
one OF the most notable ones before
the public today.
One of the causes of wonderment to
press and public of Chicago has been
| the extremely low prices charged by.
this organization These same prices
| ranging from 25 cents to $500, will
prevail during the engagement in this
| city.
Mrs. J. P. Altberger, of PhiladeI-
phia, has been visiting her mother.
| Mrs. Anna M. johnson. and her sister,
Mrs. Eugene Hagan. She left today
| for her home. Mrs. Johnson's son.
| Mr.. B. C. johnson, has also been visit
| ing his mother and sister for few
| days He is now in military service.
| stationed at Camp Logan. and has left
| to return to the post.
| Mrs. Hagan gave a family dinner
| party Thursday night at the Chocolate
Shop
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The marriage of Miss Margaret
Birmingham and Mr.. Harry Vedel was
soIemnized Thursday. morning at
! o'clock at the Church of the Assunlp-
! ton, the Rev. Father McInerney Off
ciating. Miss Leona Vedel. the bride
groom sister. was bridesmaid and Mr..
/ Michael Birmingham. brother of the
bride. was best man. Mendelssohn's
| wedding march was played by Miss
Maude Butler, and Miss Genevieve