The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-20

are selected to interest children be-
tween the ages of five and eight. Mrs
Fred Munson will be the pianist and
during the afternoon will give piano
solo.
Miss Florence Wolfe was awarded
the diamond medal of. her music class
at a recital given Thursday night
Miss Wolfe is one of Topeka's most
accomplished young musicians and
has finished all the work required for
the music teachers certificate Re-
quirements for this certificate are said
to be more strict than those for a
state certificate. Miss Wolfe has
studied only five years and three
months and has been a student of
Mrs. Clithero all of this time with the
exception of six months.
Miss Elnor Hines was also awarded
an honor medal.
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Miss Mildred Scott, Miss GLADYS
Morton and Miss Hazel Upton were
the hostesses at a linen shower given
Tor Miss Neva Jones, at Miss Tipton's
home in Kansas avenue, Wednesday
evening Miss Jones will leave about
the flrst of July for Los Angeles, CAL
ifornia, where she will be married to
Mr.. Ted Bastian.
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THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who has had recently as a guest
another woman who carries as part of
her travelling and visiting equipment a
"lady's maid" Now Topeka has seen
many strange things in her day and
withstood many shocks. But very sell
dom has lady's maid. whose duties are
limited to hooking up gowns, arrang-
ing coiffures, polishing nails, yes, and
taking delicate stitches in tiny runs
sojourned here outside the covers of
the Cosmopolitan" or Vogue" But
the hostess lady, who, altho one of the
prominent society women of the town,
does not even keep a house maid,
proved her alertness of mind and her
daptability-also the adaptability of
L. M. For after the first hour of be-
ing impressed, she found that the fin
gers trained for hooking and brushing
were also most effectual for seeding
And the cherry pies were excellent
But what will they think back east of
Kansas when L. M. returns and tells
her tale of hardship and privation ex-
perienced in the wild west?
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TT DOES PAY.
Does advertising really pay, is a
argue that it does and theories they
! disrupt. While others argue by the
hour and try to prove to you. that it's
waste of money, its benefits are
few. And so 1 started out to find
| which one was really right, if those
WHO say II DOESN'T OF those WnO-See
the light. say that 1 can take one
glance at almost any store and tell
you in a minute by the looks of that
| front door, if the owner is a believer
| in buying lots of space or one who
says it doesn't pay and claim it's a
| disgrace, to waste all that hard earned
cash to let the people know. what
sort of goods he has to sell or new
| things there to show. 1 can always
pick the man who thinks that it's a
| foolish caper to buy an inch or two
of type in some good home read pa
per. He's generally pessimist whose
stomach has turned sour. who sits
way back in a darkened spot and
| frets away the hours. His store is
| always smelly, musty, cold and dark
and drear. His clerks have sat around
| so long they have soaked up that
atmosphere. There's nothing in the
| store you'd want, it's been there many
years. he never carries novelties and
! spoofs at new ideas. He'll tell you
that the towns all wrong, his com
running him, too many bad ones on
his books. He belittles everybody.
gets mad if you don't buy. His clerks
are lazy good for naught. come for
ward with a sigh. they look so bored
! and petrified and almost have some
sense. but they're all right to work for
| him, they're not much expense and as
| time goes on the other man who uses
lots of space. who stands around and
| looks about and meets you face to
| face. who LIGHTS and airs his different
| goods. who makes you feel at home.
whose clerks are eager to wait on YOU
as thru the aisles you roam. win soon
grow larger day by Gay and pile