The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-15

a the skirt lost a breadth and hooked
it on to the length.
And now finally the day of really
sensible dressing has come upon us.
Partly the war perhaps. partly the
flu, possibly the moon. Anyhow in
the last two years a change has set
in. Two } ears ago out at Washburn
two of the most frivolous of society
girls came to school in cold snowy
weather wearing overshoeS-old-fas sh-
ioned arctics. They couldn't have been
hired to do that thing if Dame Fashion
had not smiled when the idea struck
them. Low heels have been smart
for several years. Women are wear
ing sweaters and wrapping comfort
able woolen scarfs around their necks
this year. And wooden hose have hit
the women of Topeka hard. They are
another indication of the senSiblenesS
of modern dressing which skirts that
are neither too wide nor too narrow,
comfortab BILE one-piece dresses, moder-
ate sized sleeves. etc, etc, prove. And
when but in a year wherein Bolshe-
vistic eruptions occur would the hose
less fad of painted skin dare show
itself2 Hose show the way the wind
blows-as well as when it blows!
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The women in charge of the re-
ception for the Woman's club to be
given at the Elks club Monday from
to 80 are Mrs. @. P. Cutler, Mrs w.
E. McVey. Mrs. S. w. Thomas, Mrs. c.
A. Scott, Mrs Glen Davis
During the afternoon Mrs. S. ".
Watson. Mrs. J. c. McClintock. Mrs
-. L. McEachron and Mrs. Bennett
FIR. Wheeler will preside at the table
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Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. T1azIett enter
tanned a dinner Friday evening in
honor of. Mrs. Frank Barnes and Mrs.
J. E. Putnam. of Rockford. H., who
are the house guests of Mrs. Frank
Crane. Guests at the dinner were Mrs.
Barnes, Mrs. Putnam, Mir. and Mrs.
Crane. Mr. and Mrs. Guilford Dudley,
Mr.. and Mrs Tom Frost, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Moh-
ler. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Scott Eavis,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Woodward
Mrs. Crane was hostess at a lunch
con yesterday noon for her guests, A
number of other friends have had
small affairs for Mrs. Earnos and Mrs
Putnam. They will leave for their
home next TUESDAY.
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The Sigma Alpha Iota girls an
nounce four new pledges Miss Gwen
dolyn DeForest, of, Wetmore; Miss
Margaret Bell. of Topeka. and Miss
Pearl Thieband. of Independence.
The girls of the active chapter will
give a dance at the Chocolate Shop this
evening in honor of their pledges
Other girls pledged some weeks ago,
are: Miss Teresa Frieburg, Miss
Carolyn Thorpe. Miss Isabel Suthern.
Miss Alice Moore.
Mrs Arthur Shakeshaft is enter
tanning the following guests at card
party this afternoon in honor of Miss
Jessie Norton, of Kansas City, who is
visiting her: Miss Dorothy Crane,
Miss Ruth Wood, Miss Elizabeth Ed
son. Miss Beatrice Shakeshaft, Miss
Gwendolyn Shakeshaft, Miss Ruth
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Norton is a Theta from the Northwest
ern college chapter.
Mrs S. S. Estey and Miss Helen
Estey have asked guests to a tea
which they will give at their home
Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs.
Robert Carver, who leaves soon to
make her home in Texas. Mrs. Car
YER and her mother. Mrs. George
Parkhurst. will receive with Mrs.
Estey and Miss Esteg.
Assisting the hostesses will be Mrsj
Henry J. Allen, Mrs. W. IT. Crosby!
Mrs. Hiram p. Dillon, Mrs. Charles Fl
Spencer, Mrs. J. c. Gafford, Mrs. w. Al
McCarter, Mrs. H. O. Garvey. Mrs. II
a. Cole. Mrs George H Allen, Mrs T.
David Neiswanger. Mrs. Robert Stew
art. Mrs. John Waters. Miss Elsfef
Jones, Miss Mary MacLennan Miss
Violet Crumbine, Miss Irene Millers
Miss Ethel CT ase, Miss Ruth Laris
mer.
An interesting visitor who will come
to Topeka next week is Miss Helen h.
Ostcrtag. who was secretary of the
Kansas reception committee in New
months when the Kansas boys We're
getting back from overseas. Miss
OstertaG had charge of the Kansas
rooms III that cit~ and the arrange
ments for entertaining and meeting
the boys from this state. Her home is
in Atchison.
Miss OstertaS has made a number
of talks since here return to Kansas
and the things she has to tell are of
course most interesting to all Kansas
people. While in Topeka she will
speak before the Military Sisterhood
and the relatives of boys who were in
the service.
The final event for the visiting 130th
f. A. officers and their wives will
come this evening. The men will have
a meeting and smoker together and
the women will have dinner party
at the Chocolate Shop followed by a
line party at the 0rpheum theater.
Honored guests will be Mrs. Hugh
Means, of Lawrence: Mrs. A. E.
French. of St. Louis; Miss Irene Day
ton, of New York City: Miss Eliza beth
Marshall of Brooklyn. y. Y: Miss
Hazel Chesney. of Youngstown, Ohio;
Mrs. r. Ritter. of Durango. Colo; Mrs.
Earl Black man. of Chanute.
The hostesses. who are the wives.
mothers and sisters of the resident Of !
ficcrs, include Mrs. Silas Porter, Mrs. !
Arthur Mills Mrs. w. P. MacLean.
Mrs. George D. Walp. Mrs. J. E.
Thomas. Mrs. Dana Jennings, Mrs. S.
D. Morrison. Mrs. Arthur Buff, Miss
Esther Thomas.
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Miss Mary Samson will have the !
comedy lead and Mss Irene Secrecy
the part of Fl Fl in Fl Fl of the Toy
Shop" to he given in Lawrence Mon
day evening. This little musical ,
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