The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-18


Winfield Freeman made the presen-
tation talk to Mrs. Grinstead. Miss
Chase, daughter of Speaker Pro Tenn
Chase of the House and Mrs. Chase,
gave several piano numbers and Mrs.
GeddeS sang.
The Fifth division of the Woman's
society of the Central Congregational
church will give Martha Washing
ton tea Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. ]. N. Beasley, 1917
Western avenue. There are about
fifty women in the division.
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Mrs Hampton Shirer will give
talk on applied art before the Topeka
Art guild, at it's regular monthly meet
ing next Saturday evening at the
What Not
Mrs. Shirer. who before her mar
riage was Miss Pauline Haynes, has
recently returned to Topeka from New
York, where for two years she was an
instructor in the New York School of
Fine and Applied Art. She has been
most successful in her profession and
her work has attracted much favor
able notice in New York art circles
She will show the guilds members
some of her most recent designs.
Mr.. Shirer, who has been in mill
tary service, and who before that time
was a student of the Boston School of
Technology, will also exhibit some of
sketches and art photogra phs.
A full attendance of the members
of the Art guild is desired and re-
quested, as there is important bust
ness before the guild relative to bring
ing to Topeka in the near future an
exhibition of paintings of exceptional
worth. This exhibit, which includes
work by many of the best American,
French and Dutch painters, is now in
Kansas City, where it was seen by
Mrs. L. D. Whittemore, a leading
members of the Topeka Art guild and
thoroly competent critic. Mrs. Whit
! temore speaks in the highest terms of
this collection of paintings ard feels
| that Topeka will be most fortunate in
| securing it.
Mrs. Leonard Wood of Camp Funs-
ton has asked the Military Sisterhood
to collect materials for the teachers
| who have been sent to Camp Funs-
| ton for reconstruction work. Some of
the things asked for are knitting and
| crochet needles, old sheets which may
! be torn into strips and colored for
rugs, old leather and old kid gloves,
| 10 be made into purses, scraps of silk
and velvet for lining of the purses and
| beads to trim them. These things may
| be left at Crosby Brothers store,
where one will find a receptacle for
them. The committee in charge of
collecting these things for the recon
struction work at Funston are Mrs
w. w. Bowman, Mrs. H. H. Welty
MRS. iona kinkle, Mrs. j. E. Thomas,
Mrs. c. j. Evans.
A subscription dance given at the
| Chocolate Shop, Saturday night, was
attended by the following young peo-
pie: Miss Margaret Nichols, Miss Lii
Ian Larson. Miss Nancy Boone, Miss
Helen Mckee, Miss Sylvia Silver
thorne, Miss Esther Paxton, Miss Mar
garet Morns, Miss Betty Bonebrake
MISS Harriet Risteen, Miss Velma
Blakely, Miss Jean Koontz, Miss Flor
ence Dolan, Miss Hila Van Hook, Miss
Isabel Smith, Miss Ruth Lemon, Miss
| Ruth SWitzer, Miss Muriel Lyman. Mr.
Ray ulsh, Mr.. Loehr Rigby, Mr.. Lean
der French, Mr. Harry l. Mckee, Mr.
Allen Kimble, Mr.. William Macarthur
Mr.. Ben Marsh, Mr.. Edward Foster
Mr.. George Mauffet, Mr.. Clarence
Huycke, Mr.. Marion Coolidge, Mr.
John K. Dillon, Mr.. Dan Perkins. Mr.
DeForest Joslin, Mr.. Willis Anton, Mr.
Sheldon Monroe, Mr.. Charles Holman
Mr. Francis Wilson, Mr. Paul Kinkle
Mr.. Perry Brewer and Mr.. Flavius
Burkett.
Mr.. H. o. Carney has received 2
GarVey. stating that she had arrived
safely in France. Miss Garvey sailed
on La Lorraine and landed at Havre
France.
Mrs B. H. Pugh with Mrs. Ernest
Hughes as assistant hostess, enter
tanned the Minerva club yesterday aft.
ernoon at her home, 1875 Clay street
The first of the program was the liter
airy part and was furnished by Mrs
FRANK Thomas and Mrs. Beryl John.
son. Mrs. Thomas read two papers
The Life of a Sailor Lad" and The
Hospital Ship" Mrs. johnson gave 6
| tons
The musical program was in charge
or Mrs. Leland McAfee. She read 6
sketch of the life of Scarlatti and Al
account of the early Italian school
she played numbers by Scarlatti, Sicl
llano and Pastoral. Mrs. Charlie.
Kleinhans and Mrs. ARA Clark, two
guests of the club, played three piano
numbers for two pianos; Mrs r
Parks Bennett sang a group of songs
MISS Gertrude Burning, a guest, CAV,
Two vocal numbers; Mrs. Daniel Null
| Ter and Miss Bernice Hemus PLAYED
"Concertstuck" by Chaminade on two
pianos; Robert Service sang: Mrs j
X. Rankin sang two numbers an(
Mrs. Muller played piano solo.
Guests present were Mrs. George P
Morehouse and her sister, Mrs. Emma
Morgan, of Chicago. who is VISITING
her; Mrs. Charles Kleinhans. Mrs. Arzs
Clark. Mrs. George Port Ashton, Mis-
Myrtle Radcliffe, Miss Gertrude Bun
ming, Mrs. Daniel Muller. Miss Bernics
Hemus, Mr.. Robert Service, Mrs
George Hoyes, Mrs. w. H. Rutter. Mrs