The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-12

was that given this afternoon by Miss
Nanon Herren at her home on To-
peka avenue in compliment to Miss
Edith Meek, instructor in dramatic
art at Washburn college. The hours
for the party were from until 6, and
about one hundred guests called dur
ing that time.
Miss Herren received the guests in
formally and introduced them to Miss
Meek.
Assisting thruout the rooms were:
Miss Mary Weightman, Miss Helen
Paul Walker, Mrs. E. D. Schoenberger,
Mrs. Code Mccoy, Miss Vera Bowen
and Miss Mildred Coover.'
Miss Herren wore a two-tone silk in
shades of rose made over gold cloth.
The girdle and straps over the Shout
bands. With this she wore a corsage
of violets. Miss Meeks gown was a
striking combination of pale green
taffeta and silver lace.
The living room, where the guests
were received was decorated in palms
and ferns. The library was in old
rose and the dining room in red. In
the center of the dining table was a
large bouquet of dark red carnations.
Red candles were used on the table
ana the HSnlS were SndOeQ ln req
Miss Mary Van Vechten and Miss
Altha Watson poured tea. Others as
sisting in the dining room were Miss
Marie Macdonald and Misses Leah and
Charlotte Affron.
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A valuable addition to Topeka club
and social life within the past few
months is Mrs. Charles S. Huffman of
1417 Topeka avenue. Mrs. Huffman
with her husband, Adjutant General
Huffman, and her daughter, Miss
Mona Clair Huffman, moved here
from Columbus, Kan, last October.
For the last ten years Mrs. Huffman
has spent part of each winter here
with Mr.. Huffman, who has served
fur terms in the legislature and SEN
ate.
In Columbus, Mrs. Huffman has
been connected with everything for
the educational and social uplift of
the town. She was a member of the
book buying committee of the city
library and a prominent member of
the P. E. o. organization. She is
student of Shakespeare, having be-
longed to a large Shakespeare club in
Columbus for years. She has lived in
Kansas since her early childhood.
Mrs. Huffman has been a member
of the Kansas Day club since the sec
ond year of its organization. She was
secretary of the club when Mrs. Bailey
was president and is at present first
vice president. She is talked of as a
candidate for the next president of
the club.
The first of the drawing room meet
ings to be held in Topeka, was given
the home of Mrs. Paul Walker. chair
man of the local War Work council
of the Y. w. c. A. About forty guests
attended the meeting which was both
a lecture and a party. The plan is to
give a series of drawing room meet
ings, to which small groups of women
are invited, until every circle of the
women in the city is reached.
The speaker for yesterday afternoon
was DR.. Mary Riggs Noble, whose
home is in Colorado Springs and who
is doing social betterment work for
the Y. w. c. A. She has been in To-
peka, addressing groups of high
school and business girls, and mothers
on the subject of moral standards.
Doctor Noble outlined briefly the
program of the Y. w. c. A. in refer
ence to its war work. and explained
a little of the phase of that work in
which she, with thirteen other physi-
clans. was interested.
THE government" she said, has
taken the very cream of American
young manhood to do the fighting
not the riff-raff of the nation, but your
sons and the sons of the very best of
the American people. That means
that those left are less fit. and it
means that the fatherhood of the on
coming generation is less than the
best. 1t is the plan of the Y. w. c. A.
to try to see that the physical stand
ard of those left in the country, is
brought up to the highest possible
plane. 1t is the plan also of the Y. w
c. A. to look after the welfare of the
women and girls who are employed
around the environments of the coun-
try. There are upwards of a hundred
military camps in the United States,
and every one of them offers employ
ment to hundreds of girls. 1t is the
design of the association to see that
these girls are properly guarded and
protected. We have another work in
assisting girls in industries, not con-
nected with military camps. Some of
the indu trieT are speeding up on ac-
count OF the war, and the increased