The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-28
met WITH CHEERS FOR KANSAS DAY.
Returning Troops Given Great WOmens
Welcome in New York. Celebration January 20.
Paul H. Brown Writes of His Morning
Homecoming. gram IN Afternoon.
H0B0kEN IS 4 LIVE PLACE |PUT ON ELABORATE PAGEANT
Soldiers and Sailors Anxious F. FARRELL in Charge
To Get Their Discharges. Display Arrangements.
Every Comfort Provided at Well Known Women of State
BAY, Areo the Program.
WOmen's Day Club Plans for
Celebration January 20.
Business in Morning and Pro-
gram in the Afternoon.
PUT ON ELABORATE PAGEANT
Mrs. ]. F. FARRELL in Charge OF
Display Arrangements.
Well Known Women of State
Are on the Program.

The annual celebration of Kansas
day by the Woman's Kansas Day club
is expected to be better attended this
year than it has for many seasons
Last winter. while the attendance was
good, it fell below the average on ac-
count Of the war interests that abb
sorbed every other activity.
The general plan of former meet
ings will be observed at the celebra-
ton this year, which is to be held
Wednesday. January 20. The place
of the meeting has not been decided
upon. The afternoon program will
include an elaborate pageant, and not
more. than three addresses. In the
forenoon, officers for next year will
be chosen, the routine business of the
club attended to, and short speeches
made by the officers and district
presidents. The annual address of
the president is also given at the
morning session.
Mrs. d. w. Mulvane in Charge.
The entertainment committee is in
charge of Mrs. D. w. Mulvane. chair
man, and she has asked Mrs. George
Crawford, Mrs. Frank Merriam, Mrs.
Fred Freeman and Mrs. j. F. Dillon
to serve on her committee. Other
women of Topeka and other cities of
the state who will assist in receiving
the guests are: Mrs. Arthur Capper,
Mrs. Henry J. Allen, Mrs. w. A.
Johnston, Mrs. Silas Porter, Mrs.
Rousseau A. Burch, Mrs. Henry F.
Mason, Mrs. J. S. West, Mrs. John
Dawson, Mrs. John Marshall, Mrs. No
BILE Prentis. Miss Effie Graham. Mrs.
H. o. Garvey, Mrs. J. E. House, Mrs.
Stephen s. Estey, Mrs. James P. Deb
Kaye, Mrs. P. P. Womer. Mrs. Frank
Burrow. Mrs. Clyde Miller, Mrs. James
Wise, Mrs. Frank P. MacLennan, Mrs
J. r. Koontz. Mrs. Dewitt c. Nellis,
Mrs. Randall Burrow, Mrs. A. H. Hor-
ton, Mrs. Alvarado NJ. Fuller, Mrs.
Charles Brooks Thomas, Mrs. Horace
Hall: Mrs. Charles Mitchell. Mrs. W.
r. Smith, Mrs. c. I. Martin. Mrs. j.
M. Cornell, Mrs. J. r. Shelton. Mrs.
F.. C. Fox, Mrs. Lee Monroe. Mrs. ].
D. Mcfarland, Mrs. J. c. McClintock,
Mrs. w. S. Lindsay. Mrs. c. ]. Evans,
Mrs. r. w. Herrick. Mrs. ]: F: Sim
of Fort Scott, Mrs. c. H. Brooks of
Sedan, Mrs. F. Dumont Smith of
Hutchinson, Mrs. Cora G. Lewis, of
Kinsley. Mrs. J. L. Pettyjohn of Dodge
City, Mrs. Francis Price of Ashland,
Mrs. Wilder S. Metcalf of Lawrence,
Mrs. Frank Strong of Lawrence, Mrs.
C. c. Goddard of LeavenwOrth, Mrs.
Effie Van Tuyl of Leavenworth, Mrs.
Walter Wilson of Washington, Dean
Mary Pierce Van lille of Manhattan.
James Orr of Atchison, Mrs. Sheffield
Ingalls, of Atchison. Mrs. W. A. Bran
denburg of Pittsburg, Mrs. A. C.
Graves of Pittsburg, Mrs. Eugene
Ware of Cherokee, Mrs. ]: K. Cod
ding of Lansing, Miss Kate Camp
Allen, Mrs. w. P. Innes. Mrs. Fred
Stanley and Mrs. Chester J. Long, all
of Wichita; Mrs. Guyer of Kansas.
Mrs. Charles Scott of lola, Mrs. May
Belleville Brown of Salina. Mrs. Kath-
crime Hoffman of Enterprise, Mrs
Lillian Mitchner of Beloit, Mrs. Ola
B. Chapman of Great Bend, Mrs. A.
X. Skidmore of Columbus, Mrs.
Claude McNay of Galena. Mrs. A. F.
Williams of Columbus, Mrs. c. A. Nc
Neill of Columbus.
Committees in Charge.
Mrs. A. Marburg is head of the
membership committee; Mrs. Robert
Carver, of the music committee; Mrs.
Charles Spencer and Mrs. Clement
Smith, of the decorations committee;
Mrs. A. A. GODDARD, of the hotels COM
mittee, and Mrs. w. A. McCarter, Of
the publicity committee. Mrs. ]. K.
Codding, of Lansing, will head the
resolutions committee, and will be as
sisted by Mrs. A. A. Doerr, of Larned.
and Miss Effie Graham. The telfers
will be Mrs. E. G. Foster, Mrs. E. l..
Copeland, Mrs G. c. Bowman and
Mrs. J. B. Larimer.
The women who will preside at the
door are: Mrs. H. E. Ray, Mrs. Kath-
crime Hand, Mrs. w. w. Kitchell, Mrs.
w. r. Smith, Mrs. T. r. Paxton, Mrs.
Henry F. Mason and Mrs. D. L. Nc
Eachron.
Arrange a Pageant.
The women who will arrange the
pageant are: Mrs. ]. F. FARRELL, COM
mittee chairman; Mrs. Katherine
Hand. Mrs. Charles Dillon, Mrs. Frank
Suuires, Mrs. G. w. Parkhurst and
Miss Marguerite Koontz.
The ushers will be a group of young
women, who will be invited to serve
by Miss Grace Koontz. chairman of the
committee having that work in charge.
The officers of the cluA this year
are: Mrs Charles S. Huffman, presi-
dent: Mrs. Matte Britt Hale, of La
Crosse. first vice president; Mrs. Sher-
man Medill, of Leavenworth. second
vice president; Mrs. w. Y. Morgan, of
Hutchinson. recording secretary; Mrs.
F. w. Watson, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. John A. Stark. of Bonner
Springs, auditor: Mrs. Adrian Greene,
recorder: Mrs. H. o. Carney, parlia-
mentarian; Mrs. w. A. Johnston. his
torian.