The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23

The advisory committee, consisting of
Mrs. w. D. Van Horn and Mrs. r. C.
Obrecht, was enlarged by the addi-
ton of the following members: Mrs
David Palmer. organizer of county
Red CROSS work: Mrs. J. L. Fielder
ling, Miss M'Edna Corbet and Mr..
David Mulvane.
Mrs J. F. Cecil, of Route 4, North
Farm bureau, and Mrs. j. Q. Brown
ing, of Route 5, is secretary. i
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Mrs W. T. Crosby will entertain the
Monday Whist club at her home in To-
peka avenue. March IS.
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THE LETTER OF A DEBUTANTE.
Dear S. R.: Something tells me
that one of the young Topeka chaps
who is an officer at the military post
off to the south of US. is not the camp
pet. 1t has been whispered that one
of his superior officers is not alto
gether pleased with the young mans
f1irtations, in view of the fact that he
left a most charming wife at home.
They say, in fact, that there has been
nearly as much scandal about him a s
there was about Queen Elizabeth;
while he, on his side, considers those
who have observed and tattled as only
narrow bigots who do most of God S
work for him. At all events, his soul
is up in arms, and so are some other
souls that have been hearing of the
capers of this local Don Juan.
Strolling down the street today,
noticed some of the new tangled wall
paper in the show windows, and it
reminded me of the misfortunes that
befell the Earle Williams household
this week. Wishing to have their
spring cleaning and decorating all
done in good time. they had their
wall paper chosen and ordered last
week. The day it was to be hung
Mrs. Williams was away from the
house, but the decorators went in and
finished up the task in fine shape be-
fore she returned. When she walked
into her apartm ents, behold the work
men had put on the wrong paper.
! They had hung some one else's selec-
! ton of covering on her walls. The
next day the downcast hangers re-
turned and scraped and washed the
walls until the newly spread paper was
all removed. On another day follow
ing, the rooms were again papered.
This time when the owners returned
to their rooms they prepared to move
back the furniture, feeling satisfied
that their troubles were all in the
past. 1t didn't require a second look
at the job to discover that fate was
still against them. The edges of the
paper were faded beyond the slight
est semblance to the pattern they
had chosen. Again the walls had to
be cleaned ready for the third trial
How the next attempt turned out
have not yet heard. If good luck be-
falls the adventure, the housewife
; should be able to get settled in time
for the fall housekeeping next Sep
TENDER.
| noticed by a Boston paper a few
days ago that the Hamilton Wooden
mills had been giving a spread and
dance for the mill hands in the big
recreation rooms provided by the
company. 1t seems that the manager
/ of the concern is E. Benjamin Arm
strong, whose wife used to be Annie
Laurie Hillyer. Thus does our vii
lage connect with the philanthropies
! of the great industrial world. Ac-
cording to the article published, Mr..
! Armstrong is in charge of an i'm
mense plant which is carrying on an
industry much augmented by the
needs created by the war. He has
| 1900 people working under him, and
! the plant, with it's machinery and
/ buildings, covers a number of acres
! Mrs. Armstrong attended the party
and helped to entertain the company
most Of whom were Polish and Rus
sian workers, judging by the ski
and the twzk' terminals to the
names.
! Mrs. Albert T Reds guest has
! gone home, the young woman from
Russell, Kan. She was an attractive
| looking woman who wore stunning
tailored clothes so becoming to girls
| of her type. In the good old days
| there would have been a dozen par
ties for her, but now that we are at
war, The party giving dwindles down
to the asking CT a half a dozen friends
to come in of an evening and dance