The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21

teen, Mrs. ice Morgan, Mrs. Earl VIII
liams, Mrs. Roy Thompson. Miss Daisy
Neil. A group of girls who Will sell IN
the theaters in the afternoon are Edna
Peppmeyer. Jean koontz' katnerine
Cushing, Elizabeth Mulvane, Velma
Blakley, Marian Reid, Octavia O'Neil,
Katherine Cole, Katherine Mullin.
Maurine Duncan. Frances Marsh,
Bernice Hemus, Isabel Smith.
/, GENIUS MISGUIDED.
New York Tribune.)
man of an inventive turn
Designed for women's skirts a lining
The figure one could not discern
However bright the sun was shining.
1t didn't seem to sell somehow;
He drew no plums. unlike Jack Horner'
His wife is in the poorhouse now.
He's selling pencils on the corner.
Another, time and fortune spent
(And, oh, the weary months of waiting)
On contraptiOn to prevent
The female bust from oscillat1ng.
And planned a widespread distribution
He didn't sell blooming one
And died in awful restitution.
A benefit for Bethel chapel at FL
mont will be given tomorrow night by
a few Topeka women. Miss Nanon
Herren will give a miscellaneous pro-
gram of readings. Miss Helen Phipps
will furnish several numbers and MISS
is visiting Mrs. R. NJ. johnson. will
sing. Miss LaRue is an experienced
entertainer. having sung In grand
opera in Kansas City for some time.
THERE'S A Nan m OUR TOWN
Who was driving his car along the
country roadside one day last week
when he noticed man walking wear
lily in the same direction. but after
stopping his car he thought the man
did not look as American as he should
so he asked him what nationality he
was. The foot traveller answered,
German and the driver replied.
We'll, then. walking is good enough
for you and you may walk" And he
did from necessity.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Miss Helen Brigham left today for
Minnesota university to take Red Cross
course during the next few months.
Prof. Hugh Dickerson, who has
been instructor in voice in Washburn
college for two years. has accepted q
similar position in Drake university
for next year. He and Mrs. Dickerson
will leave in the fall for Des Moines.
Mrs. Elton Mcintosh who has been
here from Hooper, Colo, visiting Miss
Helen Brigham and other friends, left
yesterday for Axtel to be with her
parents for short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Irwin, Of Los
Angeles. Cal. are guests of Mr.. Irwin's
street.
Mrs. Graham and her daughter.
Miss Ruth Graham. are guests of rel
atives in Omaha, Neb:
Mrs. E. G. Robertson, of Wichita, is
visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs. E.
M. Cockrell.
Mr.. Tinkham veale left last night
for Denver, Colo. to visit his mother,
Mrs. Genevieve T. Veale, and his sis
ter, Mrs. Wilbur Galloway, who are
spending the summer there.
Mrs; Frank Tappan and two chill
dren of Norman Okla, have left after
| short visit to Miss Annette Nicoll.
Henry H. Hall. New York Life-Adv.
Miss Winifred Hartley and Miss
Bernadette Huycke spent last week
| visiting in Leavenworth and Kansas
City.
Mrs. LaRue Royce will arrive the
| last of the week from Salina for a
visit to her parents. Judge and Mrs.
r. A. Burch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy H. Delhi. Of
Duluth, Mimi, will stop on their way
south next week for a visit to Mrs
Diehl's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. c. H
Burge.
/ Miss Clara Nicholson, of Los
| Myrtle Radcliffe.
| Mrs. Arch Catlin and her daughters,
Muriel and Catherine, have left for
| Wisconsin to spend the remainder of
/! the summer.
Mrs. A. w. Dana and her daughters.
Miss Grace and Miss Marian Dana, are
occupying an apartment in Evanston,
| Ill
| Miss Winifred Green. who has been
| ill at local hospital, is improving.
| Miss Bliss Lounsbery, of Oklahoma
| City, who has been the guest Of Miss
Helen Whitfield, has returned to her
| home.
| The Sunday school of the First Pres
| byterian church will give an ice cream
social on the lawn Saturday evening.
Mr. Muller's orchestra will furnish the
music.
| Mr.. Clifford Pierce is spending this
| week in Chica go in the interests of the
Y. NJ. C. A.
| Mrs. C. NJ. Hill and her daughters,
Miss Harriet Hill and Miss Margaret
Hill. have left for trip to California.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Luxton and
| three daughters will leave next week
for a motor trip to Colorado.
If you need any sort Of a summer
hat, read Picken's ad--Adv.
F.! Mrs. Forrest Mayhem and her two
children, of La Junta. Colo. are visit