The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-29


dressing room and roll bandages? L
think l ought to neglect my home
little if necessary to respond to the
call for workers. Even the children
are folding bandageS- But the chew
and-spit club still goes sereneiy on its
way. Can't a moral draft be applied
Or city ordinance framed? Why not
paint the park seats yellow and nave
a squadron of women visit the court
house club and the street corner club
every afternoon to act guides to
surgical dressing rooms?"
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Friends of Fay Tincher formerly of
Topeka, are following her stage career
with interest The latest news OF her
is to the effect that she has signed
with the World Picture Co. to release
on its regular program. She has re-
Gently gone to Hollywood, Cal. re-
/ turning from trip to New York, to he
gin work at once in the Wiihs-1nshs
studio, on her first World-made pic
| ture. 1t is scheduled for release July
| 1. She stopped in Chicago on her
way west, and made an address in the
| interests of the third liberty loan
campaign
Miss Tincher writes the script for
| her own productions On her western
| trip, she wrote the play while she
| travelled. As each episode was com
J pleted she wired it from the various
stations to her director, AL SanteH,
who had her company all ready for
the production of the play upon her
arrival in HOLLYWOOD
|
The woman's committee of the ma
| tionaI council of defense has taken up
| thru its epartment of educational
propa ganda, the work of bringing to
| the American people realization OF
| the Importance of victory for Amer
| lea in the war. AS a means of reach
| ing a large number of people, they are
,r1S
| mencement themes for high schools
ard colleges. This matter will be
presented to Kansas schools thru the
state committees educational depart
ment. Among the subjects suggested
are: "A Contrast of This War and
Former Wars why We Must Win
the War 1.-The Detenses of Our
/ Country" rs War Only Mans Job ~
/ Historic Papers of This War; His
torical Steps Leading to the War "A
Comparison of German and American
Forms of Government" New Inven-
tions-Results of the war; '-What
Will Germany's Expansion in the East
Mean to Us?" What Does Democracy
Mean %. Commanders of the Allied
Armies" Economic and Social
Changes Which May Follow the War"
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The Nautilus club will meet Tues
day with Mrs. ]. H Hobson. 1886 Null
vane street. at 2:30 o'clock. for Red
Will be given: Responses to roll call
The Present Day Influences of Eu-
ropean Countries on South America, -
Miss Hazel Bullock; discussion, Mrs
Richard Shakeshaft.
The Amaranth club will have an all
day meeting in Masonic hall Tuesday
to do Red Cross work.
K X
Mrs. H. o. Garvey, president of the
L Qrac-~ L~rl@
has just been officially advised by
William H. Short, secretary of the
League to Enforce Peace, that she ha:
been elected by the executive com.
mittee to membership in the nationa
committee and that such nationa-
committee will hold a meeting at the
Bellevue-Stratford hotel. Philadelphia
in connection with the win the wal
for permanent peace" convention, Il
be held there the middle of May
Mrs. Garvey, who is at present ir
Hot Springs. Ark, attending the meet.
ing of the National Association Of
Women's clubs. expects to go to Phil
adelphia to attend these peace con
ventiOnS, before returning to Topeka
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Mr.. Edwin Menninger. the son OF
DR.. and Mrs. c. F. Menninger of To
peka, has been promoted to the of
flee of assistant war editor for the
new syndicate department of the New
York Tribune He is a sophomore il
the journalism department of Colum
bia university. Mr.. Menninger is &
graduate of the Topeka high schoo
and of Washburn college.
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The United States department o.
Agriculture announces the appoint
ment of a Kansas girl. Miss Rens
Faubion, a home economics teacher
at Fort Hays, Kansas. to encourage il
Kansas the production of cottage
cheese on farms, and also to stimu.
late it's use in homes.
Miss Faubion. one of Al womer
agents named for as many states. i.
to cooperate with federal and state
agricultural home demonstration
agents.
Miss Gertrude Van Hoesen. of Chi
cago, Ill, formerly teacher of house.
hold arts at the University of Chicago
is the leader for the cottage cheese
work in the central western states
The work in Kansas will be part OF
the department of agricultures nation
al campaign, in connection with the
United States food administration. tc
encourage the use as well as the pro-
periments by the department have
shown is equal in food value to meat
Cottage cheese can be made from
skim milk or buttermilk, now largely
wasted or fed to animals. and its ex-
tended use is expected to save large
amount of meat which can be used
by the armies and allies of America
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The Junior Prom at Washburn was
given in the gymnasium Saturday
night. The guests were seated al
quartet tables. where a two-course
luncheon was served, and during the
luncheon, group of entertainers gave
songs, dances and various stunts.
A farce was presented by Miss Uarda
Baird, Miss Marie Moore and Miss
Jessie Henry. There was dancing by
some of the college girls, and a group
of high school girls.
The gymnasium was decorated in
pergola effect, with a lattice, twined
| with vines, overhead. japanese lam
terms were hung about the rooms.
The party. which i; an annual af-