The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-29

gown was a handsome combination
| of deep cream satin and real lace. |
Mrs. Clay Hamilton wore an evening |
gown of net over white silk with an
over drape of green silk. Mrs. Mel |
| liss gown was black lace over pink
| silk. Mrs. J. c. McClintock wore blue
| brocaded velvet Miss Marguerite
Koontz wore a dainty gown of white
| Georgette and lace.
| Mrs. E. C. Winters will entertain
the Elwen Bridge club Tuesday after
noon at her home in Potwin Place.
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| The Kansas Authors club. which
will meet in Topeka tomorrow. will
hold a social meeting and banquet at
! the Elks club in the evening The
banquet will begin about 7:45 and will
be preceded by social hour begin
ming at $50 Mrs. May Belleville
Brown, of Salina, is the president; Mr..
| George F. Morehouse, of Topeka. the
secretary; Mrs. c. r. Smythe, of To-
aret Hill McCarter. of Topeka. the
critic. The district vice-presidents
are Justice John Dawson, Topeka; Mr.
Willard Wattles. Lawrence; Mrs. Jen-
ME C. Graves. Pittsburg; Mr.. John E.
| Hinshaw, Emporia; Mr.. James w.
Searson. Manhattan; Mrs. Eva Nor
| ley Murphy. Goodland; Mrs. Margaret
Perkins Briggs, Hutchinson and Mr..
| Henry c. Fellow, Wichita.
Out of town guests who will be In
Topeka tomorrow for the meeting and
| banquet include Mrs. May Belleville
] Brown, Salina; Mrs. Emma Upton
| Vaughn, Lawrence; Mr.. Charles Ross
Weede. Walton; Mrs Ed Grote, Har-
| veyville; Judge Nelson Case, Oswego;
the Rev. J. E. Everett. Overlook;
Prof. Nelson NJ. Crawford, Manhat-
tan: Miss Ivyl Barker, Manhattan; Mr..
Edward T. Fay. Garnet; DR.. H: c.
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tia; Mr.. John E. Hinshaw. Emporia;
| Mrs. Matte Toothaker Kimball. Man
haitian; Mr. William C. Markham,
Baldwin; Mrs. May Frink Converse.
Wellsville; Mrs. CASTOR Boyd, New
ton; Mrs. Myrtle Lobdell Fogelberg.
Hutchinson; Mrs. Frank c. Ward,
Belleville and Miss Vera Brady Ship
man, Salina.
The Research club will hold guest
meeting Thursday. January 81, at 3
o'clock, at the home of Mrs. S. H.
Haynes. 1874 Polk street. 1t will be
an open meeting and an interesting
program will be given by Mrs. Goldie
| Funk Mccoy. dramatic reader, and
Mrs. Ona May Miller Brifer, contralto
and harpist. Mrs. Briefer's numbers
| will include the following harp solos:
"Priere" by Hasselmans, ''Marionetta"
by Tedeshchi, "Ballade de La Fee" by
Godefroid, "Minuet' by Kriens. Cit
ana" by Hasselmans; and the songs
with harp accompaniment: Thoughts
of You" by StickIes. Her Rose" by
Combs, why" by Wells and "Barca-
role" Mrs. Mccoy will give the fol-
lowing poems with harp accompani-
ment: The Deserted House. by Kill
mer, Not Understood by Houghten
and THE Usual Way" Anon; Act l
from The Pigeon" by Galsworthy:
Cooke.
The meeting oftthe West Side For
estry club has been postponed from
p on account of illness in the family
of Mrs. Walter Ashton Smith, where
the meeting is to be held.
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The Ladies Aid of the First United
Brethren church will meet Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. ]. W. Hill, 619
West Fifteenth street.
Prof. Herman Springer will give a
musical at the Railroad Y NJ c. A
Friday night. The following persons
will take part: Miss Margaret Gohlke,
!. Miss Sylvia Silverthorne. Miss Ruth
Stevens, Mrs. Edna Trump Curtis Miss
: Gertrude Myers, Miss Alvina Hults
Miss Gertrude Burning. Miss Iona
Buchanan. Miss Roma Brownlee. Miss
!: Laura kiene. Mrs. D H. Huntington
and Mr.. Ralph Holland. Miss Myrtle
: Radcliffe will play the accompani-
: ments.
: Mr. Charles Connors and Mr.. Ray
mond Beers are arranging subscrip-
ton dance for Friday night. The
: party will be given at Kellam Hall.
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The 1919 Royal Purple, the annual
: for the Kansas State Agricultural col
: leSe, will contain military section
: edited by Miss Sarella Herrick of To-
peka. Regarding the annual, the
: Kansas Industrialist says:
when Johnny comes marching
: home he will find that the girl he left
behind at the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college will not only have re-
: ceived training in maintaining a home
but will also have gained practical eX-
perience in publishing the college an
nuaI.
There are fourteen members of the
1919 Royal Purple staff. and of these
only three are men. Miss Velma Car
son of Clifton is editor. and Miss Vera
Olmstead of Moran business manager.
"A feature of the book will be the
. military section of which Miss Sarella
Herrick of Topeka is editor. 1t was
: due to the military. too. that the girls
were given the chance to edit and
!: manage the Royal Purple. When col
: lege opened, last fall. nearly all the
!: men who were in school Joined the
: S. A T. c., and it was evident that if
the 1919 class were to have a Royal
Purple the girls would have to do the
: work"-Salina Evening Journal.
Mr. and Mrs ]. H. Frizen entertain
ed the members of the Portia club
and their husbands at their home Mon
day evening in compliment to Mr. and
4 Mrs. E. E. Frizell, of Larned, who are