The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18

his graduation from the engineering
department of the Kansas university.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II.
Thomas of Topeka. His wife was
formerly Miss Rose Mitchell of To-
peka and is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. f. Mitchell.
The committee on public informa-
ton of the wQufans committee of the
council of defense, gives the following
account of the numbers of foreign
women who are volunteering for gov
eminent service:
That foreign women in the United
States are volunteering to work for
Unclo Sam and the allies is evident
from the registration taken by the
woman's committee of the council of
national defense. There have been
many reports of italian women doing
Red Cross work or buying liberty
bonds. Polish women, Russians Por-
tuguese AID Japanese offer all sorts
of service. The Chinese were fea-
ture in Chicagos registration. But the
last report from the states is possibly,
the most striking of all, for in Idaho,
Basques are volunteers
There never was such a test of our
melting pot as this which is on US
now" says the woman's committee,
and the response of the many aliens
who are with US has been as touching
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Mrs l. C Hodge will entertain the
Nautilus club Tuesday afternoon, Feb
ruary 10, at o'clock. The following
program will be given: Response to
roll CALL paper on Art and Architec-
ture in South America, by Mrs F. E.
VoSt; discussion by Mrs. John Sargent.
All the members are asked to be pres
ent, as plans for the coming years
program will be made.
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My Hosiery.
The hours l spent on thee. dear Socks
Are as string of purls to me;
count them over by the weary clock,
My rosary, my rosary.
First two knit. then two ! purl
And round the leg slowly reel;
Now joyful paeans to the heavens l hurl,
I've turned the heel.
Oh, knotted ends that scratch and burn
On, stitch that dropped uneven row;
kiss each blight and strive at last to learn
To reachsthe toe. o Lord, to reachthe toe.
Eleanor NJ. Jencks, in Los Angeles Times.
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The following letter from Maj. H. D.
Ryus, who is in the fighting zone in
France, is published in the Los An
geles Examiner. Major Ryus is the
son-in-law of Judge and Mrs. DeWitte
c. Nellis of Topeka:
1T really seems ages since L left
you last summer. L do hope this year
will see the finish of this beastly
business. We are going into the front
line again and very soon 1t seems
hard to have to move this kind of
weather l tell you it is beastly. Very
cold and showing most of the time
! now. The roads are blocked with
many feet of snow; the water freezes
both night and day.
II have very little time to myself
was never so busy in my life
everybody going at top speed.
| Word has just come in that in a
recent raid by the Boche on a trench
! held by Americans at least twenty
Germans had captured a lone Ameri-
can. They cut his throat and other
wise mutilated his body. Our men
| found it when we chased them out
You can guess what effect this sort OF
/ thing is having on our men. We have
taken several prisoners and they all
seem to be such young boys. Per
sonally, l feel like shooting every one
| L See- You may rest assured that
am going the limit to do my bit and
| help end this suffering.
| The Germans are putting women
| children and old men out of theil
homes and putting their horses anc
wagons in those home. The weather
! is below zero, so you can guess the
suffering of these poor people. 1 dc
| hope America is commencing to real
ize what a horrible bunch these
! BOcheS really are. can assure you
the above is a fact and not a story.
| I'VE are surely against the rea
thing and are going to spend a lot o.
wonderful men before it is over. These
men are really wonderful. and the!
seem so glad of the chance to give al
they have (their ives) to'get chance
at the Boche and L do know that thi
division will go the limit-no doub
the casualty lists will be published b!
the time this reaches you, all o
which is not a very pleasant Christ
mas line of talk, so forgive me.
Our Christmas trees to the poo
children last night were great. w
had fifteen of them, and a wonderful
celebration; was a great success. The,
all went wild about it and the mel