The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-21

for repairing footwear.
Since the clothes will be subjected
to the hardest kind of wear. only gar
ments made of strong and durable
materials should be sent. It is useless
to offer to any afflicted population
garments of flimsy material, or gaudy
coloring. Make the gifts practical.
Garments need not be in perfect
condition. A hundred thousand desti-
tute women in the occupied regions
are eager to earn a small livelihood by
repairing gift clothing. and making
new garments adapted to needs with
which they are familiar.
The Red Cross has asked for five
thousand tons of old clothing from the
United States to be used in clothing
the refugees behind the battle lines in
France and Belgium. The conserva-
ton committee of the Topeka chapter
of the Red Cross has charge of gather
ing up the old clothes here.
THE LETTER OF A DEBUTANTE.
Dear S. r.. Do you suppose there
will be any more circus line parties
given by the bachelors, whose ranks
are getting thinner almost every day?i
And will there ever be another bach
| elor ball?- We have almost begun to
wonder if there will be a bachelor in
town by the time spring arrives. Ned
Osborne's departure from the bache-
Tor class was perhaps the greatest sur
prise to all who knew him and
thought the smiles of no woman ever:
made an impression on him. And
| then too there was David Bowie,
whom every one thought immune to
the darts from the arrow of the little
god; Harry Southwick, who had al
| ways claimed to be too smart to be-
come ensnared in the intricate web of
matrimony; Glen Pratt. who claimed
| TO nave no such intentions and sue
| ceeded in fooling a very few people:
| Harry Leland, who before his engage
ment was announced. had aroused the
| suspicious of at least those who saw
the farewell at the station almost ev-
cry sunday; Robert Yates. who
seemed to have serious intentions
| from the first; Bing BarteI, now a
| major and recommended for 'lieuten-l
ant colonel. who woed as he is fight
| ing; and last to fall Clay Hamilton.
| whose friends thought he would never
do it, just because he talked that wav.
But looking over the girls they chose
can even a debutante blame them yery
| much?
| one OF the boys wrote home from
england shortly after he had arrived
overseas, that most of the bows by the
time they had reached England were
heroes before the fact and he men
| tloned having seen letter which one
OF them had written home in which
he said, Mother, I'll bet 1 have kissed
over two hundred girls in England
| Perhaps you won't like that, but that's
the Gods truth and know you want
the truth" The Topeka boy added.
Alas, for me, I haven't kissed any.
and that's the Gods truth, too"
Did 1 tell you that one of the very
most popular girls in the society and
coilege set has been engaged for two
years to a boy who is to be a sailor.
Of course they are too young to have
| their engagement announced, but their
| Irlends say it is serious just the same
fhey are considering very seriously
! compelling all children to have birth
certificates before they are permitted
TO start to school, because some par
ents are starting them off so early. a
year or two before they. have reached
school age. They are enforcing this
law In some cities now and the first
grace teachers are just waiting for
a chance to prove what they know
about the ages of some of. the mere
lnfants who are sent to school to them.
one of the young high school girls
VINO has lots of beaux and as many
good times as any girl in her set.
makes all her own waists and MANY of
| her dresses. She often has to excuse
herself from her boy friends who are
hanging around the front door steps
loath to say. "Goodby." and go in to
get lunch for the family. And by the
way, they say she is a good cook. too.
Yes. this is the day when even a high
school girl must be efficient. -.i
Have you tried to buy any clothes
this year? If you haven't, don't There
never were such prices! some of the
very young girls are paying fifty and
Isixty dollars for dresses which before
the world war would have been about
twenty-five.
I suppose election is in order for the
best looking man in town as the gem
orally conceded and not conceited one
has recently left the city. Let me know
II they are going to cast a ballot on
a successor for him and you wish the
vote OF AGATHA.
Prof Henry ]. Dotterweich is to sue
coed Professor Boughton as head of
the piano department at Washburn,
and it will be of especial interest to
those of Professor Boughton's pupils
who are planning to continue their
work on the piano, that Professor Dot
terweich uses the same methods of in
struction. In fact the Messrs Bough-
ton and Dotterweich were classmates
both in this country and when
terweich has many concert ap-
pearances to his credit. One
critic says, "He is a pianist of positive
genius, characteristics of his playing
are beautiful tonal gradations, and
strength and precision in chord pas
sages." Another newcomer is Miss
Elenore Kurth, contralto, who will be
a vocal instructor. Miss Kurth is also
a church and concert singer, one paper
says of her work, that ''she executed
her part with the finished, easy style
of a cultured singer. The, full rich
voice was heard to advantage in a
group of French folk songs"
4 4 y
The newly organ ized choir of Grace
Cathedral will sing Sunday morning
the following numbers: tie Deun
Laudamus." by stephens, and an an
them "Grieve Not the Holy Spirit" by
) Stainer. The offertory solo, abide
With Me- will be sung by MISC Irma
: Lewis. Miss Lewis came to Topeka
; about a week ago to have charge CT
the voice department of Bethany col
Ilege. She is the soprano soloist in the