The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-16
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An indoor steak roast was given last
night at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Griggs, in Fillmore street The
guests included Mr.. and Mrs. Don Null
vane, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Campbell. Mr..
and Mrs. lief Felix. Mr.. and Mrs. Dana
Davis. Mr.. and Mrs. Griggs. Mrs. Fred
Davis, Miss Clyde Bonebrake, Miss
Eugenia Quinton, Mr.. Art Griggs of
California. Mr.. John Freshman, or
Oklahoma City. Katherine and Eliza
beth Mulyane, Martha Davis, John ana
Bill Felix, Jean Campbell, Jane and
Frank, jr. Griggs.
The Rota club party yesterday after
noon had an unusually large attend
ance and most of them were soldiers
who had been there before so the az
ternoon was delightfully."- informal
one. Two French officers, AdJutant
q H. Sibert and Sergt. H. Douzeghan,
were special guests. They are stationed
for the present at Camp Funston but
came to this country only few weeks
ago directly from the front.
Another interesting feature of yes
terdays entertainment was the pirtn-
day celebration of one of the soldiers
present. Mr. Marian Leshen, from
Camp Funston Miss Nanon Herren
made a presentation speech and gave
him pie beautifully tied up with
ribbon and tissue paper.
Mrs. JOnn T. LOTu was
of the ARRANGEMENTS for the party yes
terday. The tables were all very artis-
tfcally decorated in ferns and cut now
ers: in the center of each was a basket
filled with asparagus ferns ana gary
den flowers An interesting program
was given in which Miss Herren gave
several readings and Miss McAfee sew
ersl selections.
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The women who are in town this
week for the joint war work con-
ference which is to be held all day
Tuesday. will be guests of honor at a
luncheon given at noon at the Y. w.
G.. A. building. Among the guests VIII
be several well known eastern women.
Miss Helen Davis, general war work
secretary of the Y. w. c. A. with
Headquarters in New York; Miss Hen
rietta RoeIofs, who has just returned
from France, where she was engaged
in war work; Mrs. Stephen Baker and
Miss Edith Stanton, of Chicago, secre-
tarys of the central field war work
campaign committee, are all expected
to be among those present at the
luncheon Tuesday noon.
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Among the notable speakers at the
meeting of the National War Work
council ofothe Y. w. C. A, held in Chi
cago a short time ago was Mrs Paul
Walker of Topeka, Kan Mrs. Walker
was one of the three representatives
from fourteen states asked to address
the general meeting of the council.
She made q report of the work of the
council in Kansas, she being chairman
of the council for this state. The fol-
lowing day she was called to the plat
form and asked to speak at a session
in which several hundred delegates
were assembled, including many of the
prominent women of America who are
interested in war work-The Leaven-
worth Post.
Mrs. Fred Robinette, of Seabrook,
is a Topeka woman who won thirteen
ribbons in the canned fruit depart
ment at the Free fair last week. Mrs.
Robinette made seventeen entries and
vas awarded thirteen prizes. She won
ribbons, some blue and some red, for
a collection of six kinds of CANNED
herbs, for cherries and apples for
eanued5 pork, for asparagus, peas,
beets, hominy, cucumber pickles and
beet pickles, and for dried peas and
dried corn.
Mrs. w. P Montgomery will leave
the middle of the week for New York
City to engage in Red Cross work. She
will stop on the way in st. Louis and
Cornwell, Conn., In the latter place
Sc will put her small son, Billy, in
school for the winter. at Rumsey Hall
a boys school, which has about thirty
pupils.
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THERE'S \ MAN IN OUR TOWN
Who is well born, attrac tive anG
successful. After a few years of mar
ried life a divorce broke up his happy
home and everyone wondered why
but the woman who heard this story
about him, says If this incident is al
illustration of his marital considera.
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