The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-05


Clare Huffman sat at the dining table
and poured tea.
Miss Allen wore gown of bls<e chif-
fon velvet and georgette. Miss Full
Iers dress was blue georsette draped
over a foundation of white broadcioth
and Miss Mildred Fuller wore a be-
coming gown of WHITE satin. Mrs.
Updegraff wore DARK blue satin and
Miss Huffman's go&n was tan geor-
gette with a pleated skirt. Miss Edith
G Conn was in White t broadcloth and
girdle.
The rooms We're prettily decorated
in spring flowers. In the center of
the dining tSble was a basket of spring
blossoms apd ferns and in the second
living room red and white sweet peas
Miss-6ean Koontz and Miss Isabel
Smith were at the door.
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Miss Annett s-sefrosk ssin return from
Admission, Ala., the first of the month,
where sherhas been bacteriologist with
the RedrCross. Miss Nicoll will have
her fermer position as city food in
speetor of Topeka.
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The meeting of the Woman's club
tomorrow is to be the large social
meeting and guest day of the year.
Mrs. Henry j. Allen will be guest of
honor and the wives of the legislators
are asked to attend. Members of the
social committee in charge of a part
of the afternoon meeting are Mrs.
George W. Parkhurst, chairman, and
Mrs. Fred Freeman, Mrs. Frank Mer-
RAM and Mrs w. A. Johnston, vice
chairman. Every member of the So
cial department is asked to be present
during the afternoon and to act as
hostess during this part of the pro-
gram.
The departments of the club will
meet tomorrow as usual with the ex-
ception of the department of literature
which will have no closed meeting
tomorrow but will give it's program
at the open meeting in the afternoon
instead. Mrs. w. A. McCarter, presi-
dent of the club, will give the third
of her series of talks on THE Bible as
Literature" at the afternoon meeting
Mrs. w. E. Atchison, assisted by Mrs.
F. A Rooster. the chairman and vice
chairman of the literature department,
will preside.
The department of music has ar
ranged an interesting program for the
opening of the afternoon session. Mrs.
George w. Parkhurst will sing, Miss
Helen Phipps will play violin solo,
Miss Rhomah Brownlee will sing, Mr.
Glenwood Jones will furnish a vocal
number and Mrs. w. W. Wikidal ac-
companied by Miss Phipps on the
violin, will sing. Mrs. w. w. Wikidal,
the chairman of the music depart
ment, assisted by Mrs. Leslie Guild,
vice chairman, will have charge of the
musical program.
The educational department, of
which Mrs. J. D. Gossett is chairman
will meet at 1880. Some of the men,
bers of the department have been
asked to give five minute talks on
some educational topic of the day.
M 1ax
talk are Mrs c. J. Jones. Mrs. W. D.
Ross, Mrs. c. B. Van Horn, Mrs. Hugh
McVey, Mrs. L. C. Schnacke, Mrs. J. A.
Seeley, Mrs. Noble Prentis, Mrs. L. ].
Pettijohn and Mrs. J. H. Lucton. Mrs.
w. w. Wikidal will sing.
The forestry department will meet
at 1880. Mrs. F. w. Watson will pre-
side. After the business meeting,
when reports of the committees will be
given, Mrs. Graves the wife of Senator
Graves, of Pittsburg. will give talk.
The hom" economics department
will meet at 1890 with the chairman,
Mrs. Frank w. Thomas, presiding
Miss Ora Mcmillan, of the domestic
science department of the high school,
and Mrs. Noble Prentis. will give talks
on the. subject, Standardization of
Dress
The department of civics will meet
at 1890 with the, chairman, DIR.
Dorothy T. Nicoll, presiding. A paper
on the subject, women and Children
Under the Laws of the State as They
Now Are" will be read by Mrs. C. w.
Smith, followed by discussion of the
subject by Mrs Charles B. Tho mas,
Mrs. Wilbur Mason and Mrs. C. J.
Evans. .tszs---.'z
The art department with the chair
Ian, Mrs. Charles F. Spencer, presid-
! ing, will meet at 1890. A paper, 1.-The
Effects of the World War on American
Art" will be given by Mrs. Helen
Francis Hodge. The following dis
cussion will be led b. Mrs. Guilford
Dudley, Mrs. Frederick B. Carr and
Mrs. c. A Wolf. Guests who will be
present and give talks are Mrs. L. T.
Pettijohn, of Dodge City: who will dis