The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-27


s, washing wool.
and cans. The girls help her if nee
essary, but they also instruct. The
woman can be assured that her food
will be put up in the best way and
the services of the girls cost her
nothing.
At Minneapolis. Kan, the intelli-
gence bureau was not large enough to
maintain a community kitchen, so
demonstrations were given and dis
plays of conservation exhibits were
placed in the grocery windows.
The village Of Achilles in Rawl'ds
county has four families, but it con-
tains two college volunteers. The
volunteers arranged for a demonstra-
ton on food conservation. Women
came in from the surrounding coun-
try and the affair, which was planned
by Miss Rilla Hammat and Miss FoS-
ter, was great success.
Miss Eunice Brunker of Maize
found that some of the women i'll her
town did not know how to use substi-
tutes. She got permission from gro
Ger to put on a demonstration in his
store. The demonstration was the Zig
attraction of Maize and it is said the
grocer's business increased greatly be-
cause of the free advertising.
In Dickinson county Miss Frances
Fengel was elected chairman. The
girls have been of great assistance to
the county administrator in getting
the food message across.
The girls have just one complaint
That is there is not enough work to
do. They are just eager for job and
will do anything. The pay they get
for their services is the same as that
paid to dollar year men. except they
don't get the dollar. The only charge
they make is for expenses
A patriotic young woman who has
given up her vacation time to assist in
war works. Miss Marguerite Voorhees,,
who Is stenographer for Judge Dawson,
of the supreme court. She is allowed
a. vacation to the first of September
but instead of going away from the
suffocating heat of Kansas to the cool
of the mountains or the lakes, as she
has done in former years. she is giving
her services to the womans commit
tee, Council of Defense, and is work.
ing every day of the week, all day, at
the headquarters in the Memorial
building. The committee has an en-
ormous volume of work to handle, in
asmuch as it operates thruout the
state, in every county. thru county and
local units. Every leader in the work
has to be kept in close touch with
every new order which headquarters
receives from Washington and trans
MUS TO IT'S county -CndlrHnen. MISS
Voorhees, is not only a patriotic vol
unteer worker, but an unusually eff
ficient one. Another volunteer work
er, who has given up her July vacation
to render patriotic service, is Miss
Orah Moneypenny, who is assistant Ii
brarian at the Kansas state travelling
library. She is remaining in town dur
ing her vacation, and is assisting in
the clerical and tipping work for the
Red Cross.
Miss Ceora Lanham, who has been
directing exhibitions of a pageant,
THE Spirit of Patriotism" written by
the country. will give the pageant IN
Topeka August Z, at the city auditor
ium under the auspices of the Knights
and Ladies of Security. About 800
persons of Topeka will take part in
the pageant. Miss Gladys Neil will
ISM" Miss Ernestine Biby, 1.-The Spirit
of War" and Miss nellie Cunningham
the Spirit of Peace" The story OF
the pageant is intended to teach pa
| triotism, conservation and vital lessons
of national life. A living Red Gross
will be formed by thirtytwo young
women of Capital Council No. l and
Columbia Council No. so. Following
| that will be tableau showing 1OC
Topeka mothers of boys in the service
X X
SHEET MUSIC FOR THE BOYS.
With the American army in France
June Is (by mail.)-The boys want
music over here in the trenches. i
you want to make a hit with a soldier
boy, send him some of the latest SONG
hits, so that he and his pals can try
| to "harmonize' on them during the
long evenings they spend in the
trenches or among the ruins or some.
where in the woods.
European officers say the American
army is the most musical in the world
The boys are always going about theil
work, whether it's marching into the
trenches or filling up a shell hole IL
the road, with song.
A song to sing is a great thing.
boosts up the spirit and the morale
and makes a man forget the things hi
doesn't like. The fellows in the army
who can't sing. always whistle. Some
where in every group is an instrIfmen
of some kind, often nothing more thar
a couple of strings over a cigar boz
with a handle on it-but something
that will make a tune.
/ The boys usually get near hut
that has a phonograph now and the1
and try out the songs. But they wan
new ones the latest ones from Ameri
ca, the soldier songs that take so Ions
to drift across the sea, unless SOM
one sends sheet music.
So if you want to make a hit will
a "doughboy'' send him some shee
music, the latest thing you can ge
I from Broadway. The best way to SEM
it is in an envelope, sealed tight. a
first class matter. for otherwise
may be lost.
X x
A swimming party Sunday mornin
at Gage lake will include Miss An
:. / MT CT
Miss Charlotte West, Miss Hele
Neese, Miss Georgia Neese, Mis-
Maude McNey, Miss Pauline McVey
Miss Ruth Foster. Miss Esthe
Thomas, Miss Marjora Blank, Mis-
Forestine Blank. Miss Eula Fleming
Miss Glee Iden of Ryegate, Mont, an
Miss Dorothy WEIGH of Coffeyville.
y.
Word has been received in Topek
. that Second Lieut.. r. r. Hasty ha
been promoted to first lieutenant
Lieutens MT Hasty is a Washburn col
. lege man and received his commissio