The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15

to be striking features of the wool
tones. OF the silk colors it was stated
blues predominated led by the intro
duction of novelties named Louvain,
Bruges and Client while peanut and
pelt, browns, ember representing
light and fire" and burnt orange
were given special attention.
A committee of five will be appoint
ed from the different clubs to COM
plete plans for the peony show which
will be held in the early summer In
Topeka under the auspices OF the
Tuesday Study club.
THE LETTER OF n DEBUTANTE.
Dear S. r.: 1t seems but few
weeks ago that the legislators came to
Topeka and now they are about to
depart and take their attractive wives
with them. Ill assure you 1t is with
regret that we see the women OF TINS
session return to their homes as they
have been nice to meet and have given
many parties which have MADE the
capital city seem like quite lively
place once more. In fact. even the
usual gray of the Lenten season hasn't
cast much of a gloom yet,-thanks,
in large part, to the entertaining of
our visitors. AS 1 said before it is
with regret that we see them go.
One of the young society matrons
who has a son only a few weeks old
says she knows very well what he is
going to be when he grows up. He
is already fitting himself for a night
Waterman.
The hostess at one of the parties
this week lost her beautiful corsage of
sweet peas. She laid it down and
when she went to get it again it was
gone and she has no idea where. Any
way she spent the rest of the after
noon without bouquet, while one of
0n RI cd
wearing one recently acquired. 1 said
may have).
A soldier who has returned from
France where he spent some time said
his wife had written to him of her in
tentions OF studying French and he
thought she was doing until he
! came home and she said to him,
"sitzen sic"
There was a party in college circles
not long ago where most of the boys
wore full dress suits and many of
them for the first time. One young
man became very indignant when
questioned by his mother as to why
! he had to buy a dress suit for this
particular party. He replied, "Why,
mother, this is a spring formal; what
do you think spring formal is any
way?" We would be willing to wager
| that this young man doesn't break
his crackers in his soup at the spring
| banquet.
One of the girls who went to Kan
sas City this week says she wrote
down what she did every minute of the
time she was gone for fear her friends
might frame up an elopement or some
thing on her.
| There is one very interesting case,
on which the S. r. hasn't been permit
| ted to work, among the younger So
ciety people. They say the work on
/ their new home is soon to commence
| Why don't you be a sport and tell US
| about it?
Some one who was an audience has
said that a parody on Smiles is be-
ing given on the Washburn campus by
| certain sorority girls and the person
who told me about it thought it was
scarcely up to the standards which
| should be set by these refined young
women. Not that there was anything
particularly wrong with it but it was
very silly
Many of the Topeka women feel
| better Every much better) now that
certain young woman from Topeka
/ has not only sailed but has landed
safely overseas. Just another subject
1 for conversation spoiled.
! Did you hear that one of the re-
turned soldiers had quite a disap-
Epointm ent awaiting him VIXEN he came
home from war? I think she was not
very patriotic, don't you?
At a party this week a picture of
! the large building which is to be put
| up at the county nome was SHOWN,
but the gentleman who had it failed
to state just where said building is to
be put
Did you read of the new disease
called "Chevronitis'' with which some
OF the soldiers seem to be afflicted?
However, it seems the government has
this disease pretty well under control
now. But if the returned soldier can
get any pleasure out of wearing
badges, stripes and stars why shouldn't
he be permitted to do so? So asks