The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

| members of the Woman's club, wheth-
er members of the literature depart
ment or not, are sked to be present
X x
Mrs. L. D. Whittemore and Miss
| Margaret WhittemOre will leave next
week for Lond Island, to visit Mrs
Whittemore's brother, Mr.. Walter A.
| Davis During Mrs. Whittemore's alb
sence, her classes in drawing and his
! tory of art at WaShburn college will
be taken by Miss Frances Lindsay
Miss Lindsay lately returned from
| New York, where she spent, year
in the study of painting and drawing.
She has studied two or three years
| in Chicago, and at one time had
| charge of the art classes in the Topeka
| high school.
| Women members of the Democratic
party who attended the banquet Fri
day night were entertained at tea
Friday afternoon at the Elks club,
given by the members of the Wcman's
Shawnee Democratic club.
The rooms were decorated in a way
suitable to the celebration of Wash
lined the doorways and the chande-
Tiers. Josephine. Louise and Rather
/ inc Allen, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Otis Allen, and Ruth and Grace Pc
|
and blue hatchets to the callers.
| In the dining room the table was
adorned with an electric fountain Dor
dered in white and scarlet flowers,
and a basket of white and red carna-
tions stood on the sideboard Palms
were used in the receiving room.
Halls orchestra furnished music dur
ing the receiving hours.
The callers were welcomed by:
Mrs. S. H. Allen. Mrs. Frank L. Brit
liam S. Logan, Mrs. o. T. Wood, Mrs.
A. D. Birch. Mrs. Otis Allen, Mrs.
Frank f. Whitney and Mrs John Bar
rett. DR.. Lillian Malone welcomed
the guests in the outer hall.
group of pretty young girls in
dainty afternoon frocks served in the
dining room. They were: Miss Edith
Barrett. Miss Vreeda Birch, Miss Flor
ence Wolfe and Miss Margaret Macy
of Chicago.
Among the out of town women who
attended the party were: Mrs. Caro-
line brennan of Arkansas City, who
was the woman speaker at last night
| banquet; Mrs. c. E. Pugh. of Abilene
Mrs. W. L. D. Hogan. of Newton; Mrs.
A. J. Valentine. of Independence: Mrs.
] w. Howe. of Abilene; Mrs W. A.
Farr. of Miltonvale; Mrs. Bastian, of
Mcpherson; Mrs. King and Mrs Boyd,
of Burlingame. and Miss Mulroy, of
Hays.
X
The Ideal Bridge club will meet
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. C. NJ.
Hill, SIT Lincoln street.
X x
THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who has put it all over New York
editor. One of the large magazines
devoted to the interests of women re-
Gently offered a prize of two dollars
to the person making the best an
| swer on How I saved a dollar and a
| half" This Topeka woman wound up
her ina ination and wrote to the
magazine, explaining at length the al
legged process of making knitting
bag. She signed her fathers name to
the letter, and added that the author
was now making the ba gs for sale, so
successful had the first one been. She
wrote that piece of gunnysack bur-
lap found in the barn had been fash
ion into a big knitting bag Some
strands of baling wire had been wound
together and fashioned into hoops and
covered with red cloth. Some shoe
strings had been dyed red and used to
lace up the sides. and the final
touch of attractiveness to this i'm
aginary creation, some artificial holly
berries had been made and sewed or
for decoration.
Well, the editor ''felf' for the story
and wrote the girls father, sending
MN d EllZS VI TWO uOlldTS, saying tnal
} his scheme was the best one submit
ted, and conveying the hope that Re
would make out to sell a large num-
Der of the bags.
! Mr.. Daniel Muller is organizing a
Junior symphony orchestra of Topeka
musicians. He expects the organiza
ton to have about forty-six instru-
ments, nearly all of them being al
ready engaged. Twenty violins have
been arranged for. Mr. Muller will
conduct the orchestra and it is open
to students of music who desire the
necessary instruction and practice in
orchestral work to become members
and the personnel of the organization
will not be confined at all to students
of the conductors school A plan has
} been worked out whereby the orches-
ira will be self-supporting. so that il
will not be necessary to keep it up by
subscriptions. Rehearsal will be held
the Muller school.
y x 4
The annual banquet by the Grade
given this year on account of the ne
cessity for war economy, but in its
place an informal party will be giver
; in the high school gymnasium. A
l silver offering will be taken to be
/ used for some form of war work.
: X y
Bernice Hemus, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Hemus. will give hel
: annual piano recital Friday evening
| of ayf n he high