The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-07

place in the world. Her place has
changed on account of the change of
attitude of mind towards her She
has come to be recognized as great
factor.
Unless the home is what it should
be the world will not be what it should
be. If we study the situation in our
American homes today. are our homes
big enough for our boys who are com
ing, home changed? There will be a
real unrest among them. SomeWay
an adjustment is needed in the home
that woman may meet the need.
Homes are the growing places for our
development. The right kind of an
American home is place where every
member of the family shall be kept in
such a state of mind and body and
happiness that they can contribute
the greatest amount of service to the
world for the longest period of time.
To make our homes this we must not
neglect the material side. There are
two phases to be considered: the
power to execute tasks in the home
| "a training to make proficiency; to
! become better consumers, more intel
| ligent spenders.
I'VE must have better child life in
| the home and then our dream of a
| good world will come true. The home
j ideal must be so strong that every
child will feel it, tho unconsciously."
The members of the Rotary club
will entertain their wives this evening
at the high school auditorium with a
dinner party, followed by an enter
! tainment in the assembly hall. Din
ner will be served at six-sixteen
o'clock and there will be about seven
ty-five covers laid.
| The musical fantasy by Mrs. Myra
William farrell and Mrs Robert Knox
! Pierson, which was written for the
Woman's Kansas Day club, will be
repeated and there will also be dane
ing by Miss Marguerite Koontz and
her pupils. Mrs. Ona May Miller
Briefer will play the harp.
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Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Finney gave a
dinner party last night at the Topeka
club. The centerpiece on the table was
a basket filled with corsage bouquets
and at the close of the dinner each
lady was presented with one of these
beautiful corsages. Covers were laid
| for eight.
Miss Ruth Foster was hostess at a
dinner party which she gave at Pei
letters Tea room for Mrs. Cecil Mere
dith, of Waco, Tex, who has left for
her home after a visit to her parents,
Col. and Mrs. j. w. F. Hughes. Cow
ers were laid for Mrs. Meredith, Miss
Mary Weightman, Miss Florence Bow
man, Miss Jean Lindsay, Miss Mona
Clare Huffman and her guest, Miss
Bonnie Lingenfelter. of Fredonia, Mrs.
Forrest Rice. Miss Helen Neese, Miss
Eula Fleming and Miss Foster.
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Mrs. A. B. Jeffrey entertained the
Topeka Avenue Bridge Luncheon club
today at her home in Lane street. Mrs
Robert Merrick was guest.
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Miss G1ee Iden, who is teaching ir
| high school (
spending this week with Miss Mary
| Weightman at her home in Fillmore
street, will give a dinner party this
, evening at Pelletier's Tea room. Gov.
ers will be laid for Miss Ruth Foster
Miss Eula Fleming, Miss Mary Weight.
man, Miss Pauline McVey, Mis-:
. Frances Myers and Miss Iden
Miss Iden, whose home is in the
$ northwest, has been a student il
! Washburn college and will receive hel
= A. B. degree in the spring, but as hel
s college work is completed she ha!
e been teaching at Nortonville since tn.
4 beginning of the new semester. Sh'
I is a popular member of the senio
y class and of the Alpha Phi sorority
V and made her home at the Alpha Phi
y house while in college. She will b,
f with Miss Weightman over the week
= end.
e At the meeting of the departnen
o of civics of the Woman's club yester
a day the chairman. Dr. Dorothy I
s Nicoll presided. In addition to tn
address made by Doctor DeVilbiss oil
the child hygiene laws, was a talk b.
n Mr.. w L. Porter, commissioner o
!! parks and public buildings, on tn
l tuberculosis campaign in the state
y Mr.. Porter also discussed the commits
! sion and city manager forms of gov
! ! ernment
= :, Mrs. W. E. Atchison. the chairman
= of the literature department, preside,
. at the meeting of her department yes
2 terday forenoon. Mrs. W. A. McCar
O | ter gave the fourth in her series o
o talks on the "Bible as Literature" Yes
: | terday her subject was 1.-The Ethic o
the Gospel" Mrs. ]. R. Waddingtor
s chairman of the magazine committee
n gave a report on the work of her com
e mittee in supplying the schools wit
s ma gaines. She reported that it ha
e been taken up with the principals, al
s of whom were glad to have it done
= The idea is to have the used maya
zines passed from the homes to TIL
school in the same district.
A recreation program was give
yesterday by the department of edu
cation, of which Mrs. J. D. Gossett
chairman. Miss Eleanor Adams O
the department of expression of Wash
Danced by Anna P. March. She ais
responded with two encores.
Mrs. Norman Keller had a paper o
Bulbs" at the meeting of the forestr
department, at which the vice chair
man, Mrs. F. w. Watson, presided
An interesting paper was read o
Trees" by Mrs. p. P. Womer. an
Mrs. Theodore Saxon gave a talk o
spring planting Two vocal number
by Miss Marie Vancil were yer
much enjoyed
The art department had as a gen