The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-28

announced for Tuesday will not be
held this week on account of the in
fluenza epidemic.
Keeping the Service Flag Fresh:
When the red border of your service
flag is faded. and the star in the Cen
ter is a sickly gray instead of dark
blue, get two tubes of oil paint, red
and blue, and paint the faded portions
a furlough for a visit with his par
the street and will be much more
and you'll be saved from yielding to
the temptation to spend money for
new one.-Good Housekeeping.
Deborah King is asking a few little
friends to Halloween party which
she will give at her home, 1925 To-
peka evenue Thursday evening.
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Mrs. A. Lowery. the mother of Mrs.
H. W. Jones of 1851 Lincoln street, is
young instead of 81 years old. She has
gone to Ohio and Wheeling, West Va,
to visit relatives. In Wheeling she
will attend the celebration on Novem-
Der 3 of the one hundredth birthday
of her sister, Mrs. Kummins, who is
scarcely a gray hair in her head and
in every way seems to be a much
younger woman. She was accom-
panied on her trip east by a brother
who is So years of age, Mr.. Heron
Stewart. and Mrs. Stewart, of Lyons,
Kan. and a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Stewart, of Medford, Okla. They
will return soon after November IS.
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Mr.. Charles Dillon recently attended
a dinner in New York City, where he
went several weeks ago in the interests
of the Armenians, given by a group
of leading artists The POSTMASTER
was Charles Dana Gibson and Mr. Dill
Ion was given the place of honor at
his right. Other guests were Harrison
Fisher, Howard Chandler Christy,
tenant Bairnsfather, the noted British
cartoonist.
Mr.. Dillon was the principal speaker
on the after-dinner program and chose
as his subject, "Caricaturing the
Farmer
In a letter received by one of the
| mothers from her son in France this
morning, the following information to
many Topeka persons was contained:
ABE Gordon is in Paris with a sani-
tary corps. He has been in several
active fronts already: If Abe would
write about the day he lodged boche
shells in a forest on the front and
| write it as brilliantly and humorously
as he described it in person, he could
| make a fortune.
Phil Sproat. Bob SBeine. Frank
Fable, Fred Beerbohm, Wilbur Cole,
Douglas Bowman. Ed Slitz, Smick
Smiley, Tops Rhule and the other
boys are here with US and we'll and
| happy. Howard Searle and Stewart
McGraw are at an officers training
camp. Jay Houses letter to the boys
| in France was highly appreciated.
"Walt Bowman is still with us and
| so is John ]. Lewis. Doc Morrison
has just returned from Paris where
he took a band masters examina ton
and expects to be commissioned a
first lieutenant shortly. The band
| leaders are commissioned now The
| band has just been playing Stars
and Stripes Forever They are a
| darned good band"
| Mr.. and Mrs. T.. c. Rain entertained
at dinner at their apartments Sunday
evening in honor of Miss Jolley and
Doctor williams, whose marriage will
take place Wednesday noon.
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i Miss Lulu May Powell gave a din
ner Friday evening in compliment to
Miss Josephine Jolley and DIR. c. M
Williams, whose marriage is to take
place Wednesday, October 80. Covers
were laid for Miss Jolley, DR.. Will
liams,- Mr. and Mrs. Luthey. Miss