The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-04

and in many cases the Jackets are put
on as soon as temperature is devel-
oped and in this way pneumonia is
prevented. These jackets are easily
made from an old shirt from which
the sleeves are cut. 1t is then lined
with absorbent cotton and put on the
patient with the cotton next him.
$.{N X T. e.s .
The report is that ten of the boys
from the Washburn S. A. T. c. eft
the barracks last evening without per-
mission and spent a, very pleasant
hour at one of the fraternity houses
Cor was 1t a, sorority houss'1. But
the offic ers were not deceived and
soon the, boys were called back to
their quarters and put to work. These
ten boys had to shine all the shoes
in the barracks, which We're 800 pairs.
Their task was com pIeted at o'clock
this morning and by that time the fun
of the night before was entirely for
gotten and Dull Gloom had settled on
every one Of the youthful counte-
nanceS. -
Miss Mary B. Sweet, who is work
ing among the refugees in Italy. is at
present located in Rimini. a town on
the seashore of the Adriatic. Here
the refugees from Venice are being
housed in the handsome summer villas
of this fashionable summer resort.
Miss Sweet was sent to Italy by the
Red Cross.
Mrs. Neil Mcleod of Valley Falls
has received word that her son. Rus
sell Swiler, has recently been commits
stoned ensign, at Pelham bay. where
he is stationed. Ensign Swiler is a
former Washburn college boy and a
member of the Kappa Sigma fra+nr-
nifty. He will arrive soon to visit his
mother in Valley Falls and friends in
Topeka.
As Washburn college is closed until
after the holidays. the girls who have
been living at the sorority houses in
College Hill are leaving for their
homes, to remain until the first of the
year. The Alpha Phi and Kappa
Alpha Theta houses will soon present
a deserted appearance.
From the Alpha Phi house Miss
I Mabel Howard has gone to her home
in Larned; Miss Faye and Miss Rheva
Bonjour to Onaga. and Miss Mabel
Howerton to Rossville. Miss Glee
Iden will go to Arkansas City to visit
her sister. Miss Gage Iden; Miss
Frances Myers goes to Whiting. and
Miss Mildred Graham to Kansas City.
Miss Marie Moore is visiting Miss
Elizabeth Backert in Eureka. and
! later will go to her home in Eureka.
| From the Kappa Alpha Theta house,
Miss Christina Ward has left for her
| homo in Merriam, Kansas. and the
rest of the girls will leave before the
| end of the week. Miss Teresa Tucker
| will go to Eureka; Miss Ann Hawley
| to Harrington: Miss Esther Jensen to
Hiawatha, and Miss Ida and Miss
Margaret Suydam to Leavenworth,
miss Catherine Conkling will leave the
Last of the week for her home in
tLyons. and Miss Helen Hunter for
Attica.
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THERE'S A MAN IN OUR TOWN y
l. Who is ill with influenza and is re-
covering all by himself with the as
I sistance of a good doctor and one of
the neighbor women, who is sending
him his meals. His wife Is out of town
and he does not want to spoil her
visit by letting her know that he is
jill. So far his case seems to be a
light one and is reported much better
this morning. -
SOME IDEA. SO
+ I've lived cooped up Just long
enough, 1 want a place to breathe
I'm tired of all this city stuff. 1 want
to pack and leave. I want. to get a
little place where expense won't worry
me. About an acre or two of ground
with some peach and cherry trees. ]
like to build a cute little house, not
more than six rooms. I'd sound the