The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-26

ming entertainment, Miss Agnes
Grub; treasurer, Miss Dorothy Jones.
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Plans are being made for the spring
party of tho Spalding Reading circle,
which will be held at Kellam hall the
evening of Friday, May 9. These lar
ties for the benefit of the charity work
of the club were annual events prior
to the war. and the affair this year
will be under the direction of Mrs.
Frank Squires, chairman of the social
committee of the club, and will be
| looked forward to with much interest.
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The victory loan workers of the
woman's division, of which Mrs. C. ].
Evans is chairman, will have a tea
Tuesday afternoon at 2:S0 at the
Chamber of Commerce. All of the
captains and lieutenants are expected
to give in their reports at this time.
An interesting program has been gre
pared foI the occasion.
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The young women Of the Chancel
chapter of Grace cathedral who are in
charge of the dinner to be given next
Tuesday evening at Guild hall, and
who will begin serving at o'clock,
! care: Mrs. ]. A. Campbell, jr., Mrs.
Ilif Felix. Mrs. George Hayden, Mrs.
Hal Hazlett, Mrs. Richard Hayden,
Mrs. Charles Skinner, Mrs. Horace
Humphreys, Mrs. William Curtis, Mrs.
Earl Williams, Mrs. George Thomp-
son, Miss Edna Herbst, Mrs. Grindelf.
Mrs. Theo Snattinger, Mrs. David
Palmer, Mrs. C. H. Bunger, Mrs. Frank
Scott Davis, Mrs. Roland Perkins, Mrs.
E. G. Arnold, Mrs. T. d. Alden, Mrs.
Lippett, Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Chester
woodward and Mrs. Don Mulvane.
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Mrs. Frank Merriam, who visited the
reconstruction hospital at Funston
last week. found many of the patients
making baskets and other things. She
was told by some of the nurses in at
| tendance that there was a great need
of pieces of tapestry, RATA and reeds.
of which the foundations of the bas-
kets were made, and wished that the
matter might be brought before the
| women of Topeka. A requisition for
these materials had been made to the
government some time ago, but the
goods have not been received There
will be a box at Crosby Brothers store,
where any odds and ends of any of
these articles may be placed not later
than Tuesday, and Mrs. Merriam will
see that they reach the hospital.
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| The 7. w. c. A vesper service for
| Sunday afternoon at Ais will be held
| on Washburn campus, If the weather
| building. The subjects of the discus
| sions will be the summer conference,
some of the girls who have attended
the conference being the speakers If
the weather is Indictment, the service
will be at the association building in
Van Buren, street : 3: + the : same hour
DIR. Lydia DeVilbiss was hostess to-
day at a small luncheon at the Pelle-
tier Tea room. Her guests were: Mrs.
Mary T. Watts, of Des Moines, Ia;
DR.. Florence Brown Sherbon, of the
university at Lawrence; Mrs Virginia
Knox kimball, state supervisor of
nurses, and Mrs. Darline Newly, in
vestigator of social hygiene for the
state board of health.
Mrs. Watts and Doctor Brown, who
formerly live in Des Moines. are the
two women who held the first baby
examination in the United States, eight
years ago. 1t was from their interest
that the national Baby Week" sprung
into being.
MEETING THE BOYS.
After one week of industrious prep
aration for the return of the soldiers
of the 35th division, the Kansas We'll
come association headquarters in New
| York at SO West Fortieth street, was
| formally opened Wednesday night
| with a housewarming reception at
which many well known Kansans were
present.
Gov. and Mrs. Henry J. Allen, Adj.
Gen. and Mrs. Charles 1 Martin and
Senator-elect Arthur Capper headed
the delegation of nearly fifty persons
| who arrived last Sunday and Monday
to represent the state in the welcom-
ing of the first returning Kansas units.
| These comprised the receiving line at
the first reception and greeted the
hundreds Of soldiers and sailors pres
ent with message from the folks at
| home.
Miss Helen Ostertag of Atchison,
and Mrs. Cora G. Lewis of KinsIey,
who lost a boy in the war, were in
charge of the reception. The suite of
club rooms in the heart of the. city
had been gaily decorated for the occa-
sion under their direction, and there
were hosts of sunfIowers and plenty
OF Kansas fruit on hand to lend a
touch OF color to the great reception
room.
Altho the rooms were crowded un-
til late in the evening by the press
OF arriving guests, many of the young
er people danced and sang and ex-
changed tales of the war and of their
satisfaction in getting back to what
they termed Gods country"
The event of the evening was the
dedication of the Kansas state flag,
which was adopted by the last legis-
lature. The design was made by AL
pert I. Reid, the Kansas artist, who
has been here in charge of the prep
aration of the flag It's manufacture
was completed by nearly fifty New
fork-Kansas women who gave their
services as modern Betsy ROSES for a
day to make the banner which should
be dedicated to the bravery and hero
ism of the Kansas soldiers. The dedi-
cation ceremony was in charge of Cen
eral Martin.
The opening of the Kansas head
quarters here came quickly to the no.
tice OF the returning troops, thru bill
posters at the debarkation piers and in
the nearby army camps. Each re-
turning transport has received news
by wireless of the establishment of an
eastern home for Kansas men, and
| lantern slides. directing the men. have
been used in the cinema machines
aboard the troopship.
More assistance has been offered by
the 547 natives of Kansas living in
New York and vicinity than the off