The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-20

wives to the party. and had a good
time eating their own refreshments
with which they had thoughtfully pro-
'vided themselves. To show that there
was no hard feeling they brought
collection of birthday gifts to Doctor
Estey, the miscellaneous sort that may
be picked up at the ten cent stores.
The invited guests were: DR.. and
Mrs. r. S. MaSee, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w
Bowman. DIR. and Mrs. S J. Crumbine
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Johnston. Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Larimer. Mr.. and Mrs.
c. F. Menninger. Mr.. c. H. Searle,
Judge T. f. Carver, Mr.. and Mrs. F. A.
Derby, MIR. and Mrs. w. w. Bollard.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Mcclure. Mi.
and Mrs. Barton Phelps. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Rutledge.
The unlimited guests included:
Judge and Mrs. George H. Whitcomb,
Mr.. and Mrs Harold T. Chase. Mr.;
and Mrs. Frank L. Campbell Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Montgomery. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Heym, Mr.. and Mrs
David Page, Mr.. and Mrs +. J. Funk,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bone. Mr.. and Mrs
f. c. Winters. Mr.. and Mrs. H G.
West and Mr. and i Ms IS E. F. Strain
dancing party will be given at the
Country club Thursday evening by
some of the young society people, com
plimentary to Miss Mona Clair Huff
man and Mr.. William Miller
Mr. c. NJ. Hoult of Baltimore. Md,
has presented Washburn- college a
b ,lopticon to be used in the lectures
and class work of the art department.
A screen and all the necessary equip
ment for showing enlarged views of
pictures came with the machine.
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Mrs. H. o. Garvey has a fan which
is very precious to her, and which is
of interest to her friends. 1t contains
the baby pictures in different pos
lures of her daughter, Miss Annabel
Carney and her son, Capt Willis Gar
vey, and her nephew, Lieut.. Alex.
Spencer, ell three of them now in
France in the service of their coun-
try. Che pictures are tiny oval af-
fairs, inserted on black satin foun-
dalton. Mrs. Garvey carried the fan
twenty years ago. and has lately
taken it from its tissue paper wrap
pings to use again
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In recent letter from Miss Bertha
Hampstead to a Topeka friend, she
tells of some of the funny things that
have come under her observation
about the American soldier in France.
She writes
Il am having a lot of fun with
some new thrills every day. 1 sup
pose you hear all about France from
the boys, and they know it lot bet
ter than l do. The funniest things
can't write TO you because it wouldn't
do at all tall, but L bet I'll have
some fun telling you some things
when l get home. What l need, you
see, to assist me in enjoying all these
adventures of mine to the limit is
what you call a dullish, sluggish, tall
ish, fattish woman-that is ALL which
she isn't at all. You would dote on
the remarks one hears from the SOL
ders about the places they visit. The
day l investigated Napoleon's tomb
L met a lot of the boys who were
craning their necks, too. Two of
them fell to discussing the compare
tive merits of the last resting place
of Napoleon with that of U. s Grant
in New York. Well one of them
remarked, very reluctant to acknowl-
edge that anything in France could
excel anything in America, I'm afraid
old Nap has got Grant skinned 1t
sounded almost like swearing in that
place which is so solemn to the
French. am told that some American
soldiers watching a parade in London.
in which King George was riding
crowded right up close to the curb, and
as the kings carriage passed, one of
them waved his hand above his head
and yelled. Hello. there, king!' They
do say the king ALMOST smiled
That's just like these fellows. Hon
estly, they don't have any awe for
anybody. l was out in the old royal
palace at Fountainbleu last Sunday.
and the guide was showing a lot of
US thru the place. In the room that
used to be the lounge for the queens
ladies' in waiting, were some funny
little chairs with arm rests on the
back. They were gorgeous things all
covered with gliding and Lyon satin
The guide explained that it was the
custom of the ladies to sit astride of
the chairs and rest their arms on the
backs One of the soldiers rema rked.
That's the ideal way to watch a
poker game When we went thru the
part of the palace that had been used
as sort of prison when Napoleon
retained the pope in Paris who had
come from Rome to crown him.
everybody was staring with open
mouth and ears and eyes at the splen-
dor of the place. all hung with price
less tapestries and elaborate beyond
description-room after room in the
suite. One of the chaps looked the
place over and this was his comment:
Pretty fairish little jail if they had
let the Pope fetch his wife and kids
along Gee, but these boys make you
laugh.
81 am not bit enthusia site about
Paris today, because it's showing and
it's cold. and I have got to rustic out
and struggle with French restau-
rant keeper in a mad effort to find
something to eat that ] like. I have
Just bought a copy of the Atlantic
and Saturday Evening Post. and to-
night I shall have a big wood fire in