The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-29
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luncheon will b. given Saturday
| at Pelletiers tea room, compliment
tary to Miss Marie Davis of st. Louis,
district president of the Kappa Alpha
| Theta sorority, who is visiting the
young women at the chapter house at
| WaShburn college.
| The party will be one of the most
attractive social affairs that the girls
/ have given during this season of war
economy and simplicity. The arrange
| ments are in charge of Miss Louise
McNeal and Mrs. Warrick Updegraff.
m bers of the alumnae chapter
which is giving the party.
| After the luncheon, the active
| chapter will entertain for Miss Davis
| at an afternoon tea at the Theta
| house. The alumnae members and
pledges will be guests.
| X x x
Mrs. c. W. Kouns has returned from
| Wichita, where she spent two weeks
| visiting Mrs. a. o. Rorabaugh Dur
| ing her visit Mrs. Kouns was enter
| tanned a numerous informal social
affairs given by friends of Mrs. Rora-
baugh.
Miss Evelyn Rora baugh who has
| frequently visited her aunt, Mrs.
year in the Kansas university, and has
| just been elected president of the
university Y. w. c. A.
X
| News has been received in Topeka
of the marriage of Mrs. Bess Morrow
| and Mr. Ned Osborn, both former To-
| peka people, which took place Thurs
day al the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Pinnell, of Kan
| sas, Ill.
Since leaving Topeka Mrs. Osborn
| has been buying agent for some
American importers of Oriental goods.
furnishings, fabrics and curios. Her
work has taken her into the countries
| of the far east and she has travelled
most of the time since she took the
position. She is now entering Red
Cross work and will leave for France
early in April as a member of the
| Henry Allen Red Cross party.
Mr.. Osborn is the only son of the
] late Governor Thomas A. Osborn
! whose name is a prominent one in the
| annals of Kansas. He is a graduate
of Williams college, and was dean of
the Washburn law school. For the past
two years he has made his home in
| Lawrence, where he taught in the
Kansas university law school. He has
now received a special commission in
| Red Cross work, and he also VIII go to
| France to engage in Red Cross activ1-
ties.
The April meeting of the Women's
club will be held Thursday all day at
the Y. w. C. A. At the forestry de-
partment meeting at II O'Clock the
music will be furnished by Mrs.
George H. Allen and Mr.. Glenwood
Jones' Papers will be read by Mrs. s.
j. Thurston, Mrs. A. A. Robinson and
Mrs. R. G. Herrick. Mrs. L. H. Mum
is chairman of the department.
At the social hour the hostesses
will be Mrs. Henry F. Mason, Mrs.
John w. Mowers and Mrs. C. F.
Spencer.
Mrs. Jarrells play, out Goes Jen-
ME- will be given at 2:30 o'clock in
the afternoon at the high school, I'M
der the auspices of the literature de-
partment, of which Mrs. Katherine
Hand is chairman.
Mrs H. w. Jacobs will entertain
the Friday Bridge Luncheon club to-
night. at O'Clock. The members of
the club and their husbands will be
guests.
X
twentieth annual conference of the
Kansas Daughters of the American
Revelation it is the first time it has
been held in Atchison. Many of the
delegates are seeing Atchison for the
first time, and. in a desire to put the
home towns best foot forward. the
first event in the conference was a
social one, when Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Orr extended their hospitality with a
reception last evening. The recep-
IlOn was lot the OeteSdleS. NlSllOTS "
the conference, and the members of
the Atchison chapter of the organiza-
ton. The Orr home. which is one of
the handsomest in the city, was made
especially attractive last evening with
floral decorations of pink roses and
Il SnaEdragons. with the exception in
the library in which red carnations
were used. Mr.. Orr made a back
ground for the receiving line in
which were Mrs. Orr, Mrs. Georgia
Thatcher Guernsey. president general
j of the national society of the D. A.
Il r. ard whose home is in Independ-
Il ence. Kan: Miss Catherine Campbell
state regent. who lives in Ottawa, and
Mrs. L. W. Bixler, regent of the local
chapter. After the guests arrived
there was a brief program. when Mrs
/ Pixler made the welcoming address
Sheffield INGALLS, followed with ..(Sreef-