The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-07

the flowers, when they have a chance
to express a preference, is almost al
ways the red rose.
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The Leavenworth Post contains a
long article about Miss Annie Sweet.
Leavenworth people are especially in
terested in Miss Sweet as she is a
property owner in the town. being one
of the owners of the Planters hotel
and other real estate.
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A few stories which show that the
boys 'over there" are enjoying all the
jokes there are appear in the Free
Advice for Lovelorn Lads" by Miss In
formation, Conducted for suffering
doughboys far removed from their af-
flnities," from the STARS and Stripes "
the official publication of the Amer
lean Expeditionary Forces in France.
Some of them follow:
: E: d. F.: You say she sent you 4
tin box full of fruit cake and it made
you sick and you don't want to write
and tell her so for fear she'll be Of
Tended. Well, just write and say,
Dearest, your gift fairly overpowered
me- Youth be telling the truth and
| she'll be awfully pleased. The next
time she sends you fruit cake you can
| feed it to your corporal.
Y. T. ": You write that she's
awfully cut up over the postoffice
ruling that won't allow things to be
sent to you unless you "requisition'
them, and you don't know what to do
about it. Shucks. Don't you believe
for a minute that she's eating heI
| heart out with grief. That ruling
spending less money on your cigarets
and more on her own chewing gum
You know now that more fellows she
knows are over here and more will
be coming over that you aren't halt
| the blooming novelty you used to be
So get used to neglect.
U. B. c.: If she went to call or
your mother and asked about you and
| talked about n thing else but you
| we'll, what more do you want? You
better begin right now and make ar
allotment to jewelry firm that spe-
cializes in rings.
| U. S. G.: You say your sister does
MT like her. What's that to you
Did you ever know of a sister thai
actually like the girl her brother was
going around with? No, OF course
| you never. That's the last thing II
| the world that ought to worry you.
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| Mr.. and Mrs. Hampton Shirer o
I Allentown, Pa, who arrived Monda.
to visit Mr.. Shirer's parents, Mr.. ant
| Mrs. H. L. Shirer, will be entertained
at a number of informal affairs dur
ing their stay here. This evening the.
wil1-be dinner guests of Mrs. T. w
Peers and tomorrow Mrs. KATHERINE
Hand Will entertain with famil,
dinner party for them. Mrs. H. L
| Popenoe and her three children o
Emporia, who are spending some tim
with Mrs. Hand, will be among tn
guests.
Five sisters who have left Topeka
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good in other towns are the daugh
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Wright o
All Tyler street. Miss Ethel Wright
who for number of years was con
nected with the Santa Fe here. an
her sister, Miss Doris Wright, VIII
school and the State Normal, hav
good positions with a Midcontinenta
oil company of Tulsa, Okla; Mis-
Beth, a graduate of st. Francis hos
pital, administers the anaesthetic a
the st. Paul hospital of Dallas, Tex
which is also base hospital for Cam
Loveland. which is at Dallas: Mis-
Minnie Wright, who was a student a
Manhattan and afterwards was book
keeper for the Bell Telephone com
pany, has responsible position wit
an insurance company at Dallas, an
Miss Icelie Wright graduated las
spring from the State Normal at Sill
YER City. n. NJ, and will teach thi
year at Central, y. NJ
All five are unusually bright and at
tractive girls and have many friend
here who will be interested in thei
successes
Miss Marjory Lewis and Miss Eliza
beth Lewis, of Kansas City, wer
guests of honor at a dinner part
which a crowd of girls gave last eve
ming at the vogt bungalow in High
land Park. Covers were I'd for Mis-
Lewis, Miss Elizabeth Lewis, Miss MI
riel Lyman, Miss Patty Evans. Mis-
Ruth Thoroman. Miss Elaine Hudson
Miss Alice Thrapp. Miss Thelma Hob
son, Miss Miriam Van Horn, Miss LII