The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-06

broidered crown and monkey fur
around the brim and a scarf to match
were not among the least chic of the
Parisian's offerings. Mrs. S. Fried
burg is the head of the store and two
of her saleswomen are Miss Lulu
Fordyce and Mrs Eta Barnes.
The American Legion and the Mill
tary Sisterhood will have a booth at
the fair where one may rest. meet
their friends. get a drink of water or
telephone. There will always be
number Of hostesses on hand to well
come visitors and make them take
off their hats and make themselves to
home" The honor roll will be on
display.
Monday the hostess will be Mrs. Roy
Stevens and assistant hostesses: Mrs.
G. 1. Martin, Mrs. James Brier, Mrs.
VIM. Macarthur, Mrs. f. NJ. Culp. Mrs.
L. NJ. Mcintyre, Mrs. c. G. Blakely,
Mrs. Seth A. Hammel, Mrs. Ida Hew-
lit. Mrs. Fred B. Bonebrake.
Tuesday the hostess will be Mrs. Z.
G. Hadley; assistants, Mrs. r. A.
Jones, Mrs. A. z. Beine, Mrs. J. T.
Davis. Mrs. Francis Robinson, Mrs.
]. Hanlon, Mrs. E. B. dennis. Mrs. C.
w. Shepherd, Mrs. Theodore Saxon.
Mrs. G. F. Rees, Mrs +. G. Corbin,
Mrs. A. o. Harper, Mrs. H. C. Stevens.
Wednesday the hostess will be Mrs.
J. j. King; assistants, Mrs. z. c.
Fable, Mrs. H. H. Welty, Mrs. f. H.
Gurtler, Mrs. r. H. Morehouse, Mrs.
{; S. Nicely, Mrs. w. w. Bowman,
Mrs Arthur Mills, Mrs. s. Magill, Mrs
j. f. B. Johnston, Mrs. Belle c. Allen.
Thursday the hostess will be Mrs.
7. A. Widner; assistants, Mrs. T. S.
Morrison. Mrs. Guy Kiene, Mrs. J. E.
Warwick, Mrs.~1 G. Fletcher. Mrs.
p. G. Kinley, Mrs. ]. w. DeGoff, Mrs
L. B. Harper, Mrs. L. L. Baker
friday the hostess will be Mrs. NJ
l Short; assistants, Mrs. James Going,
Mrs. ]. E. Thomas, Mrs. Nettie Mont
gomery, Mrs. H. Root, Mrs, c. 1. Mar
tin, Mrs. Ike s. Lewis, Mrs. G. f. Rees.
Mrs. Nettie Short, Mrs. Mary Fleming,
Mrs. j. M. Richa rdson, Mrs. L. R.
Brown.
Of course it was clothes first; for
men were so logically the thing to
talk about. And what is there inter-
esting besides men and clothes? Her
uniform jacket was hanging over the
chair and 1 noticed the victory bar on
the lapel. 1t looked so exceedingly
military and important THE "
workers who got over before the
aTnnlstlce was signed were given them"
she explained. And then she showed
the little silver triangle on her sleeve
six months across and had almost
earned another" For Miss Ceora
Lanham, who arrived in Topeka
Thursday, went overseas last fall.
And did you wear it all the timer"
I asked.
Il should say so. It or the uniform
dress. They were most strict about
this rule, and you never could tell
when some woman would turn up
whose duty it was to see you were in
regulation costume, and IL you were
not to report you to headQuarters"
al A ar
remember at the hotel I stayed in in
Paris there was an American
! banker whom I knew quite we'll
| Toward the end of my stay I came
down one night to dinner in a dinner
gown, a big picture hat and a cana 1
bought in Paris. And do you mean
TO tell me you are the same woman
I've been seeing all these months and
| then after sigh, well, clothes GER
tainly do make the woman. You
didn't look bit hugable or kissable
in that uniform And that was just
the idea. We didn't. and they didn't
want us to-"
But when you gave your enter
| tainments you could dress otherwise ?"
Yes; only low necks and short sleeves
were taboo. They approved of low
/ shoes, however, and attractive hats
and light colors in our dresses and a
soft fluffiness about them. And when
the boys saw the girls so wholesome
so American, so dainty. they would
shout out their approval. But the
French never saw us except in uni
form, and they think American
women are hopeless and they wonder
why more soldiers don't take home
French girls"
Miss Lanham did entertaining both
in the hospitals and in the huts and
she has an endless number OF interest
ing and fascinating experiences to tell.
OF the long journeys in lottery Fords.
of the rain. the interminable French
rain and the times the plano had to
/ be moved in the leaky huts to escape
the downpour; of the unappreciative
audiences. of the fascinated audiences.
| of the homesick boys, Of the weary
! boys, and most of all of the wounded
! boys. The last three months abroad