The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-01

today in the baby clinic at Pelletiers
store. This is the last day Of baby
week." which has been successful in
every way. The order was given out
from the government thru the wo-
mans committee, that a baby week
should be held in towns turnout the
country. In Topeka the work was
club. the largest club Of women in the
city. Mrs. A. Marburg was made
chairman of the committee to look
after the affair. Hundreds of babies
have been examined, and the mothers
advised about their needs. Defects
have been discovered and pointed out
to the parents, with advice on the
remedy.
The assistants at the clinic today
are: Mrs. John Kinkel, Mrs. Ralph
Squires.~ Mrs. E. E. Brookens, Mrs. w.
w. Bollard, Mrs. w. w. Kitchell. Mrs.
Lewis Greenwood. Mrs. w H Bowiby,
Mrs. John Sargent, Mrs. ]. P. Wahle.
Mrs. Hinkle Guy, Mrs w. t. New
man. Mrs. e. D. Knox Mrs. F. G.
Nichols, Mrs. Ed McKeever, Mrs. E.
E. Dean, Mrs. ]. H. O'Connell, Miss
Flora Spalding, Miss Gertrude Barnes,
Mrs. Norman Keller. Mrs. o. J.
Mouldy. Mrs. w. 1. Waynick. Mrs. W.
D. Storrs, Mrs. c. G. Bowman, Mrs
Frank Squires. Mrs w. P. Snyder,
Mrs Fernley Ginger. The examining
physicians will be DR.. Elvenor Ernest.
DIR. w. A. Coston, DR.. W. c. McDon-
ough, DR.. r. o. Smith. Dr. H A.
Alexander. DIR. Walter Wedding.
A DEBUTANTE's LETTER.
Dear S. R.:-All this Lusk- Roberts
publicity takes the Topeka mind back
to our own juicy, local case. in which
the girl thought the wife should step
out of the scenery and leave her a
clear field. To be sure, there was no
battle and murder and sudden death
in the Topeka case, no one having
taken it quite so seriously as that, but
in both instances the girl could GER
tainly preach no end of a sermon to
the erring wife who persisted in her
selfish and unregenerate policy of re-
fusing to yield up her husband at the
first polite request that she received.
The next step of the young woman in
this case was to sit down and write
the wife real letter. If that letter
had not been so good, it might have
been written by Billy Sunday, because
it scourged sin with the loud and dis
concerning candor of that aggressive
evangel All it lacked was the asser-
ton Billy usually gives out that Uni
tarians stink and saloon-keepers are
weasel-eyed. But be that as it may,
she wrote a real sermon about diff
cult and unsympathetic wives with
plored the woman to renounce her
shameless selfishness. 1t was some
letter, and should have been Gf it
wasn't) marked exhibit A in the en-
suing proceedings.
What a pity it is when a pretty girl
has a buzz-saw disposition Such
one blooms in the exclusive social set.
She Is a regular fairy, with her/blond
hair, her fluffy ruff1es and her dainty
ways. but if she fails to take a fancy
to your personality or the particular
place you occupy in the universal plan.
she transforms herself from the this
tie down to the thistle thorn. It's too
bad for one can't be pretty and cross
at the same time.
The identity of the Most Adorable
baby has been discovered. He ap-
peared at the baby clinic. He is less
than year old. and doesn't crawl. but
travels on the back of his head, push
ing himself along with his feet. His
mother has as much pride in his
achievement she will have in after
years if he becomes president of the
United States or head of the steel
trust
One of the honor pupils finishing at
Washburn college this spring was Miss
Edna Hopkins. who received her di
p1oma from the law school. No, Miss
Hopkins did not have her picture in
the college annual of the graduate
number, inasmuch as being senior is
an old story to her. She has acquired
the habit and it has lost some of its
thrills. She graduated from Wash
burn college some time ago. After
| wards she had year in college in the
east and graduated again. and now
she has taken the complete legal
course, and steps out a full-fledged
attorney, to practice on the law" as
the boys say Miss Hopkins not only
belongs to the 'Intelligencia," but also
to one of the First Families, and she
is attractive and extremely well liked,
besides. She will want to exterminate
me for saying il but / feel it my SOL
emns duty to tell you things just as
they are.
One hears with a good deal Of re-
greet that Charlie Mitchell is not to go
into the Red Cross service in the place
which he was offered. His doctor ad-
vtses against it on account of some
nervous trouble that has given him