The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-16
COCIETY
oBY GRAclAPoPE Woop.1


Rome. Italy, who came with her moth
er. Mrs C. J. Devlin. of Kansas City,
for short visit to Mrs. John r. Shell
ton in Topeka boulevard. Lady Tas-
tori formerly lived in Topeka and was
then Miss Ethel Devlin. She was
abroad at the time the war started and
found refuge with the Tastori family.
whom she already knew. She was
married about two years ago to Count
Tastori. Her husband saw service in
the Italian army and was severely
wounded. Both Count and Lady Tas-
| tori speak French fluently and it is in
this language that they usually CON
verse, altho Lady Ethel speaks some
Italian and her husband is learning
English.
Mrs. Devlin and Lady Tastori have
been to Texas. where they visited Mrs.
Donald Hart. formerly Miss Alice Dew
lin. and Mr.. Charles Devlin. They
will leave for New York today and
Lady Tastori sails for Italy on the
-3rd. She arrived in the United States
for this visit late in August,
The most interesting feature of the
Mothers club meeting at Pelletier's
Friday afternoon will be the songs
Miss Ida Hardy will sing. She will
accompany herself on the banjo uku-
lele. Miss Hardy has recently returned
from overseas, where she was sent as
Il Y. NJ. c. A. entertainer. She leaves
| tomorrow for a kindergarten position
only a few minutes on her way to the
train.
Mrs Milton Umbach will review the
chapters in Mothers Ideals assigned
''f '"'s "ee
The Womans Foreign Missionary
society of the Trinity Methodist
church will meet tomorrow afternoon
roe street, at 2:30. Assisting hostesses
are Mrs. w. H. Wiley. Mrs. Boyce
Forbes. Mrs. j. F. Dillon, Mrs j. H.
Lormore. Mrs. F. N. Welton.
The Chancel chapter of Grace
cathedral will give a dinner this eve
ming in Guild hall for the men of the
parish who are taking part in the ma
tion-wide drive for the Episcopal
church this fall.
The women in charge of the affair
tonight are: Mrs. C. H. Bunger, Mrs.
Clarence Bowman, Mrs. E. c. Arnold.
Mrs. George Thompson, Mrs. D. w.
Mulvane. Mrs. Chester Woodward,
Mrs. Charles B. Thomas. Mrs. Forrest
Loveland, Mrs. Hal Hazlett. Mrs.
Frank Scott Davis. Mrs. I. w. Felix.
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Miss Bernice Johnson, of Atchison,
who has been visiting Mrs. Frank
Griggs, was the guest of honor at a
dinner at the Country club Tuesday
evening. Those who dined were: Miss
johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Kurtz Kellam.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Griggs. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Wolff. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dana Davis. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Camp
bell, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Campbell.
Miss Clyde Bonebrake, Miss Dorothy
Smith. Mrs. Theodore Snattinger Mr..
and Mrs. John Fleishman, Mrs. Don
Mulvane. DR.. Wilson Hobart, DR..
James Stewart, Mr.. Charles Mckee.
Mr. Charles Kouns.
And there was a goose girl, who
was the foster daughter of simple
peasants, who spent her days tending
the geese near their home. And one
day the kings son disguised himself
Il as forester and CHANGED to pass by
where Gretchen stood watching her
geese. He stopped to talk with her
and the first thing you knew he be-
gan to think her the prettiest loveliest
thing he had ever seen. But he re-
membered he was a kings son and
she only a goose girl. And he fain
would have changed his station in
life. But it turned out you can
guess She wasn't just Gretchen after
3n. She proved to be Princess Some
thing or other and-the whole king
dom rejoiced at the marriage.
Marguerite Clark will play the part
of Gretchen in The Goose Girl at
the childrens picture show Saturday
morning.
Besides this there will be a Bobby
Connolly picture-"Bobby's Bravery"
Chaperons for the day are Mrs
Tom Lillard. Mrs. David Page, Mrs
William Kercher. Mrs. NJ. E. Uric,
Mrs. Don Mu1vane. Miss Mary Clark.
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A conference in Denver next week
will open the national Y. w. c. A.
educational and publicity campaign.
The purpose of the national campaign
is to gain the support and interest of
the women of the country in the world
wide women's program which the Y.
w. c. A. of the United States will pro-
mote in 1920.
Wyoming and Utah will attend the
conference in Denver.
The speakers at Denver will speak
later at each of the eleven conferences
to be held in the United States. There
will be four principal speakers, each
of whom it will be well worth while
to hear.
Miss Harriet Taylor who was the
executive head. for the war work of
the Y. W. c. A in France, will speak
of conditions as she found them there.
Miss Bertha Condo, just returned from
an extensive trip in South America.
will present the. needs of the women
of those countries. Miss Louise Holm
quist. who has made a special study
of conditions in the United States. will
tell what must be done for American
women.
The women of the Orient will be
represented by Mrs. Katherine Will
| lard Eddy. She has recently made a
tour of the Oriental countries and is
well informed of conditions there. The
i women of the Far East are especially
anxious for the help which American
women can give them by sending
trained leaders.
AS a result of this campaign it is ex-
pected that the college and business
| women. as well as the club women,
and those actively associated with the
Y. W. c. A. will take an active inter-
est in the world campaign in 1920.
| Miss Helen Shirk is the state direc-
tor for Kansas: Miss Sue Louise Bell
is the director for college alumnae.