The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23

\ Mrs. Arthur Capper will open her
home on the afternoon of Tuesday,
November 3, for parlor meeting fol-
lowed by a HoveriZed tea at which
the Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION will be hostess. All members
and friends of the association are in
vited. WThere will be a speaker of
prominence who will talk to the guests
during the early part of the afternoon
and an informal reception will be held
later Assisting thru the rooms will
be representatives from every woman's
organization in the city.
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Cards have been received in topeka
in which Mr.. Charles Leon Traver of
Glendale. Cal. formerly of Topeka. an
nOunces the marriage of his daughter,
Ethel, to Mr.. George Silverman Barnes
on Thursday. the 14th of November. at
Glendale. Cal. At home after the first
of December. "a South Electric
avenue. Alhambra, Cal.
Mr.. Traver and his family lived in
Topeka until a year ago last August,
when they left for a residence in Cali
fornia for the health of Mrs. Traver,
the general agent for the Wells Fargo
with headquarters in Topeka until he
was retired in 1917. The family has
many friends in Topeka to whom this
announcement Will De OF interest.
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Mr.. Roy George. formerly a student
in Washburn college and a member of
the Phi Delta Theta fraternity is in
Camp Zachary Taylor near Louisville,
KY, but writes that as he is only in
his third week he will not finish. Mr..
George enlisted at Camp Dodge. Ia,
in April, was sent to Fort Riley in
May and to Camp Custer. Mich. in
August, where he was made a top
sergeant of a field hospital company.
From there he was transferred to the
officers training school at Camp Tay-
lor where he is in the 43rd training
battery where he says of the two hun
dred men in his battery there are nine
Phi Debts.
The program which is to be given
by the Social Service club after the
bazaar and cafeteria supper which
they are going to give Tuesday after
noon at the First Presbyterian church
consists of the following very enter
tanning numbers: Romance" by
Blaze-Jewiz. Miss Ethel Frizell; Lad
die in Khaki" and when the Boys
Come Home" by Obey Speaks. Mrs.
Glen Deaver; piano solo, Miss Helen
Estey; The Americans Come" by Fay
Foster, and THE Blackbird Song" by
Cyril Scott. Mrs. Karl Rankin: Hello,
Central. Give Me No Mans Land"
1.-The Belgian Rose I'm a-Longin'
Dear for YOU" when My Ship Comes
Sailing Home" and Smiles" Peggy
and Mary Jane Strawn; "Cracovienne
Fantasique," by Paderewski, Mrs. Les
lie Guild: Ecstasy" by Rummel.
Sweet Peas" by Woodman and Re
ceipt for an April Day." by Watson.
Mrs. George H. Allen of Fort Riley.
Among the men at Camp Zachary
Taylor. Louisville, KY, who will be
home soon, are Judge Hugh McFar-
land. Mr.. Jim Mcfarland. Mr.. George
Daniels. Mr.. David Neiswanger and
Mr.; Tinkham Veale: While the mer
in the school were given a chance to
to remain if they so desired, they were
advised not to do so unless they ex-
pected to stay in the army.
Mrs. Eva Morley Murphy. promi-
nent club woman of Goodland, Kan
sas. who has often visited in Topeka
and has many friends here. received
the following interesting letter from
her daughter. Miss Lois Murphy, who
was in Washington, D. c.. when the
armistice was signed. Miss Murphy
is former Washburn student. and
made her home at the Alpha Phi
house while she was in college. She
is. spending this winter in Washington
where she has a government position
A part of the letter written to heI
mother after the Washington celebra-
ton follows:
Never before in the history OF
Washington have there been such
crowds as were on the streets Monday
afternoon and night celebrating the
signing of the armistice. The parade
which marked the opening of the
united war work campaign, was the
main feature of the afternoon. In the
evening, on the elipse back of the
White House, there were a series o.
bonfires, one for each state. They
looked so pretty as we came up. L
was more like a football rally thar
anything else I could think of. We
went first to the Kansas bonfire; die
not find any one l knew, but it wa.
music to my cars to hear the Rocl
Chalk! Jayhawk! yell. The aeroplan,
searchlight on it. was interesting ant
beautiful. but aeroplanes are losing
some of their thrills for me, see s,
many of them. The streets wer,
mined and damned with humanity
but l think 1 have never been in sucl
good natured, wholesome crowd a
this was.
They have some interesting war
time customs at Keiths where l hear,
most interesting program Tuesda,
evening. At exactly nine o'clock tn
lights are turned low in the theate
and every one stands, facing the cas-
and says little prayer for our boy
over there. Many of the boys know
of this custom, and face the west a
this hour.
Another thing they do every nigh
Since this war work campaign ha
started, is to place a brass urn on tn
estage at which the audience begins t
throw money and soon the floor abou
II is covered with nickels, dimes an
quarters, and some paper money.
haven't seen silver dollar since hav