The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

A group of young women-college
girls they are-have organized CLUB
in which they unite work ana recrea-
ton. 1t is primarily a knitting CLUB,
but occasionally the girls rest by haV-
ing a game of bridge. Besides, they
have adopted three of the tatherleSS
French children. They at first agreed
to support two of these little ones, ana
then they thought up system OF
fines whereby each girl that arrives
at a meeting after the hours o CLOCK
is fined a cent minute Tor her
hardness. In this way they nave peeh
able with a small contribution from
the members, to adopt third orphan
The girls read the letters received
from the children at the meetings.
and they prepare the answers to them
The members are: Miss Jean Llno
sey Miss Florence Bowman, Miss Nlo-
let Crum bine, Miss Antoinette West
Hiss Helen Neese, Miss Mary Weight
man, Miss Ruth Foster, Miss Eula
Flemming, Miss Helen Welty. Miss
Maude McVey, Miss Mona Claire HUH
man, and Miss Ruth Rooster.
Interest in the coming nomination
for officers of the Topeka woman
club, continues to grow Among
those whose names are proposed as
possible candidates, are MRS. D. L.
Jsrreil and Mrs. F. w. Watson.
Mrs. farrell is a well liked member
of. the Woman's club in its Literature,
Social and Home Economics depart
ments, and she is the author OF the
clubs song. She has had good deal
of success as a writer, having written
good many short stories that nave
found their way into high class maya.
zines She has written number OF
pIays. two or three of which have been
Droduced locally with great success,
and she was formerly regular con-
tributor to her husbands newspaper
in Holton. Also she wrote newspaper
articles that were syndlcated III
group of Kansas papers
Mrs Watson is one of the cIup
women of the city who has been &C
tive and prominent in club work tor
years. She was president or the city
Federation at one time, and she also
had a prominent part in the affairs OF
some of the smaller clubs. As mem
Der of the club house committee, she
did a great deal to advance the pros
poets of the city's acquiring ciuo
war when the project was dropped
until a more suspicious time
X X X
Mrs. Frank Willard has received a
telegram from her son, Francis VIII
lard, that he has received commits
sion as ensign in the navy lie mas mas
been at Pelham Bay, n. Y, and VIII
arrive in Topeka Monday, on leave,
TO visit his people here.
X x
The Music Study club will meet
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. F. A.
Wilson, 2O4 Greenwood avenue.
X X
MIR. Leonard Kline, who enlisted for
service in the navy a few months ago,
has been called to the colors, and has
left for Chicago, to report Monday
morning on the L. S. S. Gopher, at
Municipal pier. From Chicago he will
go to the L. S. navy reserve force,
u. S. n. F. officers training school, at
Pelham Bay. n. Y. He received no
tice TO go Wednesday morning and
left Topeka Thursday On his way
east he will stop in Springfield, Ill,
to--spend a day with relatives. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Kline
of 1921 Buchanan street.
X
The Topeka cha pier of the d. A. r.
held its first social meeting of the
season Friday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. P. !. Murphy. The day cele-
brated Washington's birthday, which
is also Mrs. Murphys birthday an
niversary. A program of music and
readings was given, including singing
by Miss Ruth Bomgardner, readings
by Mrs. Frank Mccoy and piano rnu-
sic by Miss Lucille Bomgardner and
Mrs. E. Fl. Anderson, accompanies
Miss Bomgardner sang THE Sunlight
Waltz" by Ware; The Wedding
Morn" by Nevin; Come Down tC
Kew" by Ders and Our Native
Land" by Grieg. Mrs. Mccoy read
~When the North and South Joir
Hands," by Charter; Initiation" by
Harrington. and The Fixed Date
Mrs. Mccoy also gave a group of three
pfaoologues, The Usual Way" The
Pickaninny Babe" and Peace or
Earth Again. by Edwin Markham
Mrs. Anderson played the accompani
ment An out of town guest was Mrs
Caroline brennan of Arkansas City
who was the woman speaker at the
Democratic banquet.
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Two Topeka women, Mrs. Pau
Walker and Miss Anne Sweet, have
returned from New York where they
attended a meeting of the war work
council of the Y. w c. A. In spite
OF severely cold weather, a coal short
age. railroad delays, etc, women came
from California, New Mexico. the fai
south and the middle west. In the
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