The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-23


Santa F'e in Topeka and now assistant
chief engineer in Chicago, is a mem
Der of the committee on arrange
mentS
THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who has a. hat with an arrangement
of black feathers around the crown,
standing up in bristling fashion, and
wonderfully smart looking Down IN
Buffalo, N Y, where the hat was
bought, everyone thought it was stun
ming. but in Kansas the people. and
especially the old settlers, sit up nights
to knock on it. 1t gives them such an
uncomfortable memory of the old days
when they feared Indian raids And
I must say it does look a good bit like
W. Fisher gets under for pioneer day
masQuerades, and such occasions.
X r
! "AI young men who were married
since May I 8 will be subject to draft,
and all men married before that time
will probably enlist anyhow. So what's
the difference KANSAS Industrialist,
Admirers OF the poems of Harry
Kemp, the tramp poet of Kansas, VIII
be interested to know that he has ar
ranged to produce two of his own
York for three nights the last week in
February. The playlets are THE
ProdigaI Son. a Biblical comedy IN
J. prose, and Hannah and the Golden
Knight" Mr.. Kemp is looking for
players, and he prefers that they be
| amateurs rather than professionals.
J They must be young and enthuSl-
astic,'' he says. IT must have a tall
girl with a wealth of blonde hair. |
am going to do the whole thing but
| the acting, and have no fear of fail
ure- Oh. the awful plays we see up
town. Wait till you see mine.
Mr.. Kemp's taste in leading ladies'
seems to have undergone a change
| There was a time when the tall blonde
was not what he thought he must
have"
| The Art Guild will have a meeting
Saturday night in their club rooms in
West Eighth street. Mrs. Charles
and cartoons, and she viii exhibit her
collection Of the posters
| The Good Government club will
have a Kansas day party Thursday.
January "a, from $3.50 to 5 o'clock at
| the home of Governor and Mrs. Ar
| thur Capper- The guests will be re-
| ceived by Mrs. Capper, assisted by:
! Mrs. G.. A. Supple, Mrs. P. ]. eleven
ger Mrs Cyrus Guthrie, Mrs J. w.
/ E Keller, Mrs. Emma Sells Marshall,
Mrs. Herman Greenbaun1, jr, Mrs.
John L. White, Mrs. Fred Here, Mrs
| r. l. Cofran, Mrs. Jas. kirkpatrick
and Mrs. s. F'riedburg.
Each member of the club is privi-
legged to invite guest, or more than
| one. The. program which has been
arranged for the afternoon will be as
| follows:
Violin solo. Miss Mary Louise Kirkpatrick
| Accompanies, Miss Marina Kinney.
Piano numbers:
Nocturne ID" fiat Observation-Disclosures. Chopin
/ Staccato Etude Ruben rpiu
Esther payne Muller.
Address-On Kansas Judge:
wbi,tiine solo. . uuee ne Miss "I Fair
Reading ---...:....Mrs Joseph P Hicks
o'u N4n0 tBg special reauest.j
Vocal solo Miss Margarite, Gohlke
Piano solo ------ Stanley Clithero
Piano solo - ~o. Miss Fiorencew oife
i1'fO''Aun '-''--'' i-iSA'
/ The Scottish Rite Masons will serve
lunchepn Thursday for the women
| doing Red Cross work at the Masonic
| temple.
A new gaveI, of old material, is be-
| ing prepared by Mrs A Marburg, for
| the Woman's Kansas Day club. The
! gave1 is to be historic, inasmuch as
! the mauet will be made of walnut
| from the first cabin built in Topeka
| That cabin was the pioneer home of
/
| the site which is now the J. NJ Meade
| home. Mrs Meade was a daughter
| of the Wards. The handle of the
| gavel will be made of native walnut
| from the old Baptist mission, which
| was the first building erected in
II Shawnee county. The walls of the
/ mission still stand 1t is situated on
the R. L Lee farm near Wanamaker.
The gaveI will be made in the To-
peka high school manual training de-
a-%- E1xr u
scended from a pioneer settler
II
Topeka is to have grand opera
again, this time by the Boston English
Il Opera company, which will be in To-
peka Wednesday, matinee and night,
January 80.
The company will bring a Topeka
girl back home. Hazel Eden Nudge,
who sings under the name of Hazel
Eden. is the leading dramatic soprano
of the company. She was brought up
in Topeka, and has relatives who still
make this city their home. For a
number of years she has been in Chi
cago and the east, and has met with
conspicuous success as singer
Possessed of a voice of natural
beauty she has had the advantage OF
coaching with the foremost American
and European teachers Three years
ago she became a member of the Chi
cago Opera company under Maestro
I WneTe she lmIneO1dIely
proved herself one of the most reliable
and capable artists for three success
sive seasons. With the advent of the
Boston English Opera company tn
season in Chicago, Miss Eden was
Iured away from the Campanini forces
to become a co-star with Mr.. Sheehar
for a season of opera in English and
she ct once established her right t.
be classed among the leading sopranos
of the day.
II
liancy Miss Eden possesses a physica
beauty and personal magnetism anC
that rare sense of the stage which i:
so necessary for 4 successful operate
career.
The company will present II Trova
L tore for the matinee with Sheehan il