The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-09

L LIZ Nj LIZA D141A
forenoon and the luncheon at IL. Mrs.
r. T. Herrick is chairman of the COM
mittee, which includes the following
ladies: Mrs. Charles Elliott. Mrs.
Lloyd Smith. Mrs. NJ. w. Cardwell.
Mrs. William Feiger. Mrs. Hugh Nc
Vey, Mrs. ]. S. West, Mrs. G. c.
Thompson, Mrs. ]. A. Renwick. Miss
Esther Lindell, Mrs. c. E. Naylor. NSs.
F. c.. Seger, Mrs. w. F. Stahl, Mrs.
w. D. Wallace. Mrs. E. ". King, Mrs.
Walter Wedding and Mrs. Otto B.
Cutler.
The need for the housewife and
every member of the family to save is
greater now than it has ever been.
The collapse of the foe adds to the
food shortage because it adds to the
numbers which we must feed. Last
year we had a little job compared with
what we must meet this year. Last
year we were able to fill our obliga-
ton to our allies by saving the inn
portant food and substituting other
foods. We cannot do that this year,
there are not enough substitutes. We
must cut our food purchases to some
thing near our bodily requirements.
No one needs to lack for essentials.
but we will have to quit eating for
pleasure. We will have to quit over
eating. a habit the American people
have become addicted to because of
our abundance.
Word was received IN Topeka yes
terday of the death of Mrs. Isabel
Davis, Of Leavenworth. Mrs. Davis
was the mother of Mr.. E. w. Davis,
who with his wife. formerly Miss Jes-
sic Campbell, often visits Mrs. Davis's
mother. Mrs. ]. A. Campbell, of $40
Clay street.
| Suggestions are being made by
members of the General Federation of
Women's clubs in the states crossed by
| the Lincoln highway that memorial
| trees be planted for the soldier dead in
those states. The conservation COM
mittee of the federation is considering
| the plan. Each state was to look af-
ter the planting of shade and nut
| bearing trees along its part of the
| route says a statement from the Amer
| lean Forestry association, but with the
coming of war the memorial tree idea
| came to the front. The plan for me-
corral trees for the soldier dead that
| the American Forestry association is
urging. is being taken up by many
| cities and towns, says p. S. Ridsdale,
the secretary of the association.
THE LETTER OF A DEBUTANTE.
| Dear S. r.: No one care about any
| thing except whether or not we are
| going to have immediate peace and II
1 should tell you about that you would
MT believe it any more than you
would if the U. P. would say tomorrow
| that the war was over. Any way, isn't
it remarkable the number of people
who said yesterday, after the report
had been proven without a founda-
| ton, that they didn't really believe it
anyway. Some even went so far as to
say that they knew the German armi-
stice delegation couldn't possibly have
reached General Foch by that time
Some few in this town seemed to be-
lieve it and being relieved from the
| tension at which the nerves of those
(and that's most everybody having
close relatives over there have beer
| during the recent fighting, was prob.
| ably very good thing.
When it is over won't Topeka have
| a fine bunch of young soldiers coming
home and won't the Here Comes the
Bride" be in demand, tho? Do you
suppose many of the girls will have
large church military weddings? Whe
do you think will be the first one?
II Did you hear that one of the boy.
who has been having the flu in France
says that the woman in whose house
he was quarantined could not under
stand a word of English, but tina
when it came to nursing, she re-
InlnQeQ nlnl OF d regular American
Red Cross nurse.
What-do-you-think-a the repor
that some of the young society girl!
from the best families are publicl.
smoking cigarets? And they do sa.
that two of these girls ride up ant
down the avenue until they find som,
of the boys who will go and buy thei
favorite cigarets for them. Do 20,
suppose they think the war has mad
the cigaret respectable to that extent
OF course, the parents of these youn,
girls will be the last to hear of ii
But anyway all the boys are talkin,
about it and the girls should just hea
what they have to say. There woul,
suFely be a hasty reform.
Did you know that one of the me-
/ who bought up a large number o
papers announcing the close of tn
wax sent said papers back to the offic
the next morning with his compli
ments to the United Press. Anyway
he didn't ask for his money back
| guess.
There was an interesting little scan
dial connected with party held re
| Gently by a well known business ma
in his office downtown. When tn
party was over the guests, and tn
l host too, departed. Ielving the light
on, the doors wide open and none
and other suggestive things strew
over the table. 1t seems a policema
arrived on the scene about o'cloc
in the morning and decided to in
veStigate, which he had no troub1
In doing, since the door was open an
\ no one was there to prevent Sal