The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-31

ter, Mrs. Monte Kistler, was a guest
at the club. Among those who spent
the afternoon at the club knitting
were: Mrs. Monte Kistler, Mrs. Eu-
gene Sallee. Mrs. George H. Allen,
Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Forrest Love-
land. Mrs. A. B. C. butcher, of Kan
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Moore.
Among those who danced in the
evening were: Governor and Mrs.
Arthur Capper, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Crawford, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Free
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Wear and
Mrs. Krauthoff, Mr.. and Mrs. Kistler'
Mr.. and Mrs. George Staebler, Mr.:
and Mrs. A. E. Van Petten, Mr. and
Mrs. S. C. Nichols, Miss Ariel Nichols,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Kistler, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Davis and Miss EugenIa
Quinton, Mr.. and Mrs. N. V. Wood,
w. P. Lyman, Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce
Mcfarland, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Jordan, Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Koontz,
Miss Grace Koontz, Miss marguerite
KoontZ, Mr.. J. M. Connell and his
family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. lief Felix, Mr. and Mrs
]. B. Sleeper, Miss Marjorie Whitney,
Mr.. Glenn Pratt. Mr.. Burgess Van
Vechten.
That Kansas women have reason to
be encouraged by the progress this
state has made in the part the women
have taken in war work, is Indicated
by the enthusiasm of two Topeka
women who have just returend from
| an eastern trip. Mrs. David w. Null
vane, chairman of the woman's COM
mittee, Council of National Defense,
for the state of Kansas, and Mrs. Ar
! thur Capper made the trip to wash
| ington for the conference of commit
tee chairmen and department heads
for the different states.
| Mrs. Mulvane says that the chart
| shows at the meetings was marked up
J the committees organization turnout
| the country, and that Kansas is one
! of the five states completely organ
lied. ct believe" she said, that Kan
sas stands among the very first in
organization, as we have the COM
| plete precinct organization that very
| few of the others have"
| Mrs. Mulvane and Mrs. Capper
were among those who attended the
| reception at the White House given
| by President and Mrs. Woodrow Will
J son for the committee. They were
| also entertained at a reception given
by the McCormicks. The Mccormick
reception was an especially brilliant
/ affair, and in the matter of dress,
Mrs. Mulvane says that the clothes
are as costly. elegant and up-to-the-
minute as she has ever known them
! to be. The war seems not to have
affected the social life in the eastern
cities to anything approaching the
way it has affected the society of the
west In the food served, however.
there is change that is very notice.
| able.
| mr. roaa,x, $1,000, ,.+arss =,
| luncheon given by Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, for the members of the
| conference interested especially in the
| educational department of the COM
mittee.
AS a part of the festivities, lunch
con was given at the committee head
quarters, and an evening session was
held in the D. A. r. building. Pres
ident and Mrs. Wilson attended that
session and were given places of hon
or on the platform. DR.. Anna Howard
Shaw, head of the woman's committee
for the nation, made an address. Sec
rotary Baker also spoke, and Ambas-
sador Jusserand of Paris, the Belgian
representative, and Secretary Daniels
| were also on the program. The Ma
| rine band furnished music. Herbert
Hoover. Mrs. August Belmont and 9TH
er distinguished Americans were pres
emit at various sessions Of the confer
ence.
Miss Ida TarbeH presided at the pub
! llc1ty department meeting and Miss
Lathrop had charge of the child well
fare sessions. Mrs. Mulvane reported
for Kansas in all the departments
While Mrs. Capper and Mrs Null
Vane were in Washington they met a
number of Kansas people and former
Kansas people who are living at the
| capital now They visited the Charles
! Curtis family and Mrs E. E. Gam.
formerly Miss Dolly Curtis They also
saw Mrs. James Hurley Mrs. L.
kendaIl. Mrs. E. S. Quinton's mother.
is In washington, and visited some of
! the sessions of the conference.
washington" Mrs. Mulvane said.
Is not. much like it used to be. 1t is
growing more like New York with its
! masses or hurrying people, and the
quiet dignity of the city that used TO
be its distinguishing charm is no long.
er to be found in it,
Mrs. Capper and Mrs MuIvane at
tended the conference of the Lea eue
10 WIN the War for Permanent Peace
IN Philadelphia, and from there thew
went to Atlantic City to spend a few
days at the Marlborough-Blenhe
inn. They later spent a week in New
York. returning home Tuesday of this
The following notice is from the
Burlingame Chronicle:
Eleven members of the Crochet
club of Topeka made their annual pill
grimage to Burlingame Tuesday tc
spend the day with Mrs. George w
burroughs, nonresident member and
the day was spent in visiting and
work for the, Red Cross, the womer
having periodically discarded fancy