The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-13
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Mrs. A. w. Bronson has issued in
vitations for the second of a series of
bridge luncheons which she is giving
for her, sister Mrs. Charles Brown, of
Mohawk. N. Y. Mrs. Henry j. Allen
will share honors with Mrs. Brown.
The luncheon is to be given at Pei
letters Tea room, followed by bridge
at Mrs. Bronson's home in Harrison
street on Friday afternoon, February
81. There will be thirty guests.
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Mrs. Eli G. Foster will entertain
with a bridge luncheon tomorrow aft
ernoon at her home in West Sixth
street in compliment to Mrs. L. L.
Bailey, formerly of Topeka. Covers
will be laid for twelve
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A card club organized yesterday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. j. A.
Campbell, jr., in College avenue, will
meet every other Monday and will in
clude Mrs. Charles Wolff, Mrs. Ilif
Felix, Mrs. Dana Davis, Mrs Margaret
Snattinger, of Minneapolis. Mimi, Mrs.
Frank Griggs, Mrs. E. A. Campbell,
Mrs. Leslie Guild, Miss Clyde Bone
brake, Mrs. Don Mulvane, Mrs. Frank
Griggs. Miss Eugenia Quinton was a
guest yesterday.
The twenty-first annual Lincoln's
birthday banquet of the Western So
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letters Tea room. There were a num-
Der of guests besides the club mem
bers.
The table was decorated in the flags
! of the allied nations in standards and
table runners, of red, white and blue
| In front of the presidents place was
vase of red roses. A dove of peace
was suspended over the center of the
table.
The president of the club, Mrs. H
w. Roby, presided and four of the
men present were assigned the sub
ject, THE Man of the Hour on
which to make after-dinner talks. By
the time the program was finished it
seemed to be the generally accepted
fact that the American soldier was
the man of the hour. This statement
was made by Mr.. A. A GODDARD and
received the applause of agreement
from the club members and guests.
Mrs. Minnie Grinstead and Col. Frank
L. Travis delivered addresses.
Mr.. C. J. Evans spoke first on 'The
Man of the Hour" and while he would
/ not risk telling who the man of the
hour was, he related the kind of quail
| tiles he drought he should possess.
| 'He should have vision, faith and
courage" Mr., Evans said. There has
/ been greater slump in idealisn dur
! ing the past three months than ever
! before. The world has got to be
!
/ lot worse"
| Mr. A. A. GODDARD said, "a few
months ago we would have accepted
the great General Foch as the man of
| the hour" And then he spoke of
] Roosevelt for the man of the hour if
death had not claimed him. But he
continued his search until he found
the man of the hour, the American
| soldier. He said the American boy
| had acquired new ideas and developed
wonderful qualities since the begin
ming of the war and that he was con-
WINGED that the world was going to be
! better than ever before. He said
! THE man of the hour is the compos-
: lite picture of the American soldier
Mr.. GODDARD said he hoped the soldiers
when they came home would form a
non-partisan organization to put into
effect the things which they think
should be.
Senator Hilkey gave an impressive
tribute to the flag which is his own
composition. DR.. H. w. Roby read
an original poem in which he paid a
| high tribute to President Wilson and
declared him to be the man of the
hour.
Colonel Travis told in an interesting
conversational tone of the experiences
of the Rainbow division in France. He
said that out of this war is coming one
of the finest types of citizens the world
ever saw. He said. '"They are coming
home to take their places as you new
er expected them to do" Colonel