The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08
HAD A BIC Time
ROtarianS Entertained Their
Wives and Daughters.
Women, However, Furnished
Most of Entertainment.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR A GUEST
Musical Fantasy "Happiness"
Was Unique Feature.
Sergt. Robert McGiffert Told of
Ocean Thrills.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR A GUEST

The Rotary club entertained the
wives and daughters of members and
other guests at a three course dinner
at the high school cafeteria Friday
night, followed by program in the
auditorium of the school There were
covers for about two, hundred, and
the tables were decorated with bloom
ing plants, with faVors of carnations
at each plate.
Preceding the dinner America"
was sung and as the meal progressed
other songs were sung under the lead
ership of B. p. Bartlett. He called
the verse of THE Long, Long Trail"
and the diners were invited to join in
singing the chorus.
The program. which followed the
dinner. given on the stage of the au-
ditorium, opened with beautiful
and wonderfully well acted and
produced musical fantasy. Hap
plness," the music by Geneveive
THOMAS Pierson, and the words by
Myra Williams farrell. Mrs. Pierson
played the piano. with harp and vio-
lin accompaniment by Mrs. Ona May
Miller Briefer and Mrs. F. 1. Richards.
The parts were sung by Miss Sylvia
SlIVerthorne, as Happiness; Mrs. Karl
Rankin, Yesterday; Miss Marguerite
Gohlke. Today; Miss Fay Miner, To-
morrow.
Two Unusual Dances.
The girls depicting the scenes from
Happiness, under the direction of Miss
Marguerite Koontz, were, Velma
Blakely, Elmine Bridges, Maxine
Mitchell, Babbie Gault, Marian Reid,
Isabel Smith, Ruth Wilson. Jean
Koontz and Miss KoOntz herself, who
interpreted Happiness.
Two charming dances followed the
fantasy, Velma Blakely. in a para
of ha
in the Fan Dance"
Mrs Briefer gave a delightful harp
solo. The Dance of the Fairies" and
responded to an encore by singing
"Oh, Believe Me if All Those Endear-
ing Young Charms" accompanying
herself with the harp.
District Governor Present.
A regular Rotary Give and Take"
concluded the program. Frank c.
Beck, president of the local club,
turned the meeting over to Robert
Timmins, Wichita, newly elected gov
ernor of the Seventeenth district
Ttnmins called on the out of town
Rotarians present to make addresses,
and introduced L. ]. Pettijohn, Charles
MOsher and Clarence Aten of Dodge
City, and Clyde Reed of Parsons, who
responded briefly. Lieut.. George Nc
DermOtt made a happy talk, and then
Senator Capper was called on. In
telling of advice he had asked for and
received, on his recent trip to WASH
ington, Senator Capper said that he
had been told to be careful of his as
associates and not to mingle too freely
with mere governors
When Governor Allen had his turn,
he got it back by saying that Arthur
Capper had Joined every organization
that had adult voters and had con-
fided to him that of them all he got
the most good out of the Rotary club
not even excepting his pig club
The last speaker on the program
was Sergt. Robert McGiffert, who
told about the sensation of being
chased by a submarine, and something
of the experiences he had undergone
in France. He ended by declaring
that the American boys were coming
back with an appreciation of America
that they had not had before, and
that no one could realize who had not
undergone the same experiences that
had come to them.