The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18

ent, the rest were Sdtd&y oA A>ei1"
and wichita's best of the fair sex
The Emporia man and the Topeka
man were certainly favored. they
were having one of the times of their
lives.
The house was beautiful and inter-
esting. We were shown over it.; in
fact, White was staying there with
Mrs. White. They had the guest room.
which is a classic IN comfort.
The living room is forty-four feet
long 1 said to Henry last summer
when the house was not quite finished.
IF you ever get tired of this for a
home. this room would make a mag
nificent bowling alley"
There is a sunken garden and
brick wall around the lot so the gem
eral populace cannot easily look over
the yard. There is a pool for lilies:
if it were little deeper it would make
a fine swimming hole In the rear
and on the edge of the pool is a look
out or block house, a fine place for a
cool evening or for a view or a ma
chine gun in case of attack from be-
low the hill.
OF course, we met a lot of interest
ing ladies, and there were no other
men around to bother or take any of
the shine off from US. There were
delectable refreshments, well served.
White got his share all right
1 had been talking to Miss Brooks
She introduced me to her mother who
is now president OF the Kansas Equal
Suffrage association. elected last week.
After fifteen OF twenty minutes the
daughter came up and said: Il know
what mother is talking to you about:
it's suffrage"
mo it is not" said I. thinking that
some defense appeared necessary, al
tho it was not. I'VE were talking
about Topeka" Mrs. Brooks had at
tended the Kansas Day Women's club
meeting in Topeka on January %,
when Mayor House, Justice Johnston
and I were the only mere men pres
emit 1t might be said here confiden-
TALLY. that just n few minutes before
Mrs. Brooks had been discoursing on
suffrage. but her daughter had not
appeared at the psychological mo.
ment.
There was wonderful music by
young Mrs. Hyde. whose father-in-law
made Menthoiatum famous and re-
munerative. Her fine voice was ac-
companied by the harp under the deft
fingers of Mrs. wallingford, formerly
of Pratt, Kan, but for the last two
years Of Wichita. She is certainly an
artist on that instrument of many
strings.
White drifted over to the harpist. 1
remained. doing the best 1 could in
the midst of the other ladies. Short
ly we all heard from the harp THE
Sextette from Lucia That vas
Whites work: I knew it. The Sex
tette'' is his favorite. He hears it ON
every occasion possible. / have heard
him striking the chords on the piano.
trying to accompany the Victrola play
ing the "Sextette.'
About this time something hap
pened: in comes a string of about
dozen Kansas editors, city and coun-
try. They. too. had tired of the pro-
ceedings at convention hall and got an
inkling of the reception. There were
two noses out of joint; but White and
the writer had had their afternoon, it
had been a good time and a good en-
tertainment. Miss Mae Hendryx, So
ciety editor of the Beacon, confirms
this.
That night there was a huge patri-
otto meeting at the Wichita Forum.
The big hall was filled with state
Newspaper men and women and wich-
ita people. General Wood was the
principal speaker. and he made good,
as he always does in places where he
is permitted, to serve.
F. P. M.
To Re Continued