The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-11


frequently visited the front. moving
from shell hole to shell hole-to the
utter disregard of his personal safety.
His never failing confidence and good
cheer were a constant inspiration and
example to the soldiers. E.
The commanding general takes partic-
ular pride in announcing these fine ex-
amples of courage and self sacrifice"
Before going overseas Mr.. McAfee
was president of the Presbyterian
Training school of Chicago. During
the period referred to in the citation
not a single officer in the battalion to
which he was attached stayed on his
feet the whole time. Not only did
Mr.. McAfee stay on his feet but did
not miss an hours duty in the eigh-
teen months he was across the water.
For some time past Mr.. McAfee has
been director of all the religious work
of the Y. in the A. E. F., closing that
work up few days ago.
Sunday evening he will speak at the
Westminster Presbyterian church, of
which his son is II! I 2 pastor.
Cards have been sent out by Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Ross Hammond of Clo-
Wis. N. NJ, announcing the marriage
of their sister. Miss Villa VockoVen to
Mr.. Ralph Emmerson Lewis. formerly
of Topeka, on Saturday, September 81.
in Clovis. They will be at home after
October Is on the Lewis ranch near
Clovis
Mr.. Lewis is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Lewis in Taylor street. He
is a graduate of the Topeka high
school and of Kansas university.
where he was a member OF the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity. For several
years he was assistant county attor-
ney of Shawnee county. Mrs Lewis
was formerly TEACHER in Enid Okla
Announcement has been made of
the enga cement of Miss Gladys Wal
ford of Washington, D. c., to Mr.. Lau-
rens Ellis Whittemore. the son of Mr..
and Mrs. L. D. Whittemore of Topeka
The wedding will take place next week
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Walford. in
Washington. After the wedding Mr..
Whittemore and his bride will come
to Topeka for visit to his parents.
Mr.. Whittemore graduated from
Washburn college several years ago
and took his masters degree in Kansas
university. He has been in govern
ment work for some time in Washing
ton. At present he does work in the
vision.
"Dere MabeT'-and all the family
It's been a long time since 1 wrote
awful busy and have SO many folks
to write to that it's hard to take time
off to write a letter to you Not but
what I like you Mable, and I know
you like me. But today I haven't any
thing else to do so 1 take the pen in
hand as Mr.. Shakespeare would say.
I've heard so much scandle, Mable.
I didn't know the world was so full
of scandle. I hope you be awful care
full and never do anything that could
be unpleasantly interpolation my
sake Mabel. For instance public
dance halls. Mable. You must never
go to them. The nice girls out at
Vashburn never go and when they do,
they take their sorority pins off. The
stomsphere of public dance halls
that's just how much I think of you
Mable-you're like a sorority pin to
me. But there was one girl who lives
in town whose fathere was like me and
said you must not go. But she went
she was not a trustworthy girl-and
when she got there she found her IA
Their had got there first! But maybe
he wanted to see If it was so bad as it
was painted. That's why I go mabel.
And it takes a long time to decide.
And there is another thing that sur
prised me. You just never can tell.
There is a woman here who lots of
times wears a bunch of flowers on her.
t and 1 used to notice and thought what
a loving husband she must have, par
ticularly this year for flowers cost
/ very much, Mable, and it seems wickid
to me to spend money on them, with
! the Armenians still starving. But why
do you think she wears them? To
| show some one or ones when her hus-
band is out of town. Oh Mabel one
/ sometimes wonders If they can trust
| wimmen.
And there is a fraternity at Wash
! burn-one of those lodge things that
not every one belongs to that is awful
! particular about who wears their
| badge. And once in a while when
/ they like a girl a lot they say, you
can wear my badge. But they don't
do it very often and they don't like
just any girl to wear it. They say it
/ is an honor. Well there is a girl who
works and isn't of this lodges class
that has one she wears on her coat
and they know she just found 1t and
they want to take it away from her
; but they don't know how to do 1t and
! not hurt her feelings. And one OF
| their rules 1 guess is not to hurt peo-
! pies feelings-except the other lodges
They don't care If they do hurt them
1 think they even try some oh Ma
| Bile sometimes I wonder If these lodge
| men are really kind.
! But you know Mabel these lodges
that the girls and boys both have don't
! have many members and / have
thought of telling them some plans