The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-04

| women which is now in process of
erection at Washington, D. c. This
hotel will be finished next year. 1t
will house 325 guests and will require
a staff of 100 assistants, most of which
| will be women. The rooms in the
hotel will rent for about s25 a month
| and will include such privileges as
| sewing and laundry rooms, together
with kitchenette. Adequate dining
room at reasonable rates ara a part
| of the hotel plan. The apartment
! house will provide apartments consist
| ing of living room, two bedrooms bath
and kitchenette. which will allow for
| group housekeeping. The rentals of
these apartments is now estimated DIT
/ about $40 a month.
! Miss King of Chicago is the presi-
dent of the Women's Association of
| Commerce of the U. S. A, Miss Bass
| is the leader of the National Altrusa
club, and Miss Phillips is the executive
| secretary of the National Business
Women's committee, with headquar-
.ters in New York. All are business and
| professional women of the highest
| type and will be present at the joint
| convention OF these various groups at
! St Louis on July IA to 49,
Here's hoping that they include To-
| peka in their plans, and interest some
kind-hearted yet thrifty philan-
! thropist in erecting a few of such
hotels and apartment houses here.
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| Mrs. George White of San Diego.
| formerly Miss Ray Hotchkiss of this
/ city, and Mrs. A. ]. Buff of Concordia
will spend the weekend with Mrs.
Bluffs parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. l..
kiene. Mrs. White and Mrs. Buff are
both members of the Kappa ALPHA
Iheta sorority, and will attend the
picnic at the home of Judge and Mrs.
| georgia
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Miss Ethel Grant entertained the
| active and alumnae members and the
pledges of the Sigma Alpha Iota So
ror1ty at her home in Polk street last
evening.
Beginning with Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock, there will be regular
morning matinees for children adults
not barred), at the Orpheum theater
al! thru the summer and perhaps the
Following winter as we'll The children
of Topeka have the young women of
the Social Service club to thank for
these treats
The idea originated with Mrs. Will
nam kercher. the president of the So
clal Service club, and with Mrs Ker-
cher a dream is never lost, but is i'm
mediately put into action. Taking the
matter up with the other members of
the club, with the state censorship
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pheum theater every Saturday morn
with the result that anxious mothers
may send their children to the Or
pheu mtheater every Saturday morn
ing with the assurance that they will
see only high class pictures entertain
ing and educational. Also, the mem
bers of the Social Service club will be
on hand to see that the children are
looked after in every way. Among
the special features that will appeal
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lures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer,
which have been a feature of the State
journal for the past year or so. The
war tax has been lifted for these
morning matinees, so that there will
only be the admission fee to nav The
entire proceeds from the performances
will go to the Social Service club to
further the civic and philanthropic
work of the club.
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The Military Sisterhood met vester-
day afternoon at the Y. w c. A to
] discuss plans for the Flag day cele-
bration, which will also be the second
anniversary of the orga nization of the
| Sisterhood. 1t was decided to hold a
| service at Mem orial hall in celebration
| of the day, and to ask the co-opera-
ton of all of the other patriotic or
CARNATIONS.
The matter of the Gold Glory serv-
ice flag, which was prepared by the
Sisterhood, and which was unfurled
Sunday on the steps of the state house
in the memorial thanksgiving service
was discussed also at this meeting
1t was decided to keep the flag in the
possession of the Military Sisterhood
until there should be a memorial
| building for the soldiers of the great
war, when the flag would be given to
the soldiers to be placed there
Mrs. G. F. Rees president of the
, Topeka chapter, appointed a commit
tee composed of Mrs. Hiram Root,
Mrs. ]. ]. King and Mrs Harriet Wild
ner to confer with Capt. W. P Mac