The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-01

every morning? How do you suppose
they would compare with the Eager
Soul?
One of the well known former To-
peka girls, who married an out OF
town man and lives in another town.
saws she, hasn't been called anything
but Mrs. for so long that she begins
to feel that she was nobody at all
before she got that title sworn to her
name and it is the best tonic in the
world to come back here where every
one calls her Mary Brown, Comfy, OF
course, that isn't just the name they
call herr, and the distinguished head
of the household is known as Mary
Browns husband.
A young sorority girl in her first
wear in college, and who is living in
Holbrook, put on a fraternity pin
early in her college career. Recently,
i however, she has been rushed by
members of other frats in college ana
the pin is no longer seen over her
heart What has become of the pin
and how about the sentiment ex-
pressed by the wearing of said pin, is
what is worrying some people, among
them, AGATHA.
This clever letter was written to
Betty Ann by a charming young
woman whom she wrote up some time
ago. 1t is so original and keen don't
| feel justified in keeping it to myself:
| To Betty Ann:
1t would be Difficult
To live up to the Various AdJecuVes
| Which you Ascribe
| To my Character and Person,
But when you Publicly Proclaim as
Slender
One who, IN order to Reduce,
For Three Long Months
Had Nothing but q Prune Tor
Breakfast,
| Haunting Memories for Lunch
And Never Enough for Dinner.
| I'm for You for Life,-The indie
pendent.
| The Political Science club gave
their annual dinner and reception
| last evening following a business
| meeting held in the afternoon. The
! affair was very well attended and was
very much a success. Mrs. Minnie E.
| Grinstead and Miss Lorraine E. Woos-
ter were the guests of honor, but Miss
Wooster was detained in Chicago ana
was unable to get here Mrs Grin
stead was present and made short
talk after the dinner on her 1egisla-
| tive experiences. Addresses We're made
| by Gov. Henry j. Allen, eX-GoV. f.
w. Hoch and eX-GoX. George IL.
Hodges, in which they all paid hign
| tributes to the first women elected to
|
| bers We're furnished by Mrs. Robert
| Parks Bennett, accompanied by Miss
Myrtle Radcliffe. The address of
welcome was given by the president,
] Mrs. John Lloyd Bagby. Mrs. Frank
| Organ had charge of the affair and its
success was largely due to her efforts
| At the meeting in the afternoon,
| Mrs. W. A. Johnston was elected first
| vice president to take the place of
| Mrs. Alice Love, who has resigned.
| The other officers of the club are:
President, Mrs. John Lloyd Bagby;
| second vice president, Mrs. Dewitt z.
Nellis; recording secretary, Mrs. c. w.
| Smith; treasurer, Mrs. Frank Organ;
| corresponding secretary, Mrs. Frank
L. Britton; auditor, Mrs. Lucy Is. Mil
liken; parliamentarian, Mrs. c. j.
| Evans; patriotic song leader, Mrs.
| Robert P, Bennett
At the afternoon meeting Mrs. w.
A. Johnston had charge of exercises in
memorial to Mrs. S. A. Thurston, a
former member of the club, who died
| recently at her home in the east. Fol-
| lowing the meeting was an informal
! reception at which Mrs Grinstead was
introduced. The banquet was served
about Z o'clock.
THERE'S PLENTY LIKE HIM.
I Joined a crowd on the corner last
L.
| 1t was all about the end of the war
my, now their tongues did rattle
There was one ferocious looking nut
who had more to say than the rest
He condemned our navy and its pol
icy said it had failed to do our best
He knocked the Red Cross, and the
Y, NJ c. A and cut old Wilson in half
He fused about Baker and Daniels
too, said the Kaiser gave US the laugh
That we didn't prepare, cause we
hadn't a gun, that Congress was q
Joke. That we didn't know how to
| build a ship, the Senate was filled
with mokes. That our boys were not
trained, we hadn't a machine thai
would fly Then l got sick of hearing
this weird one moan and cry. So
stepped up and asked him, few ques-
tions on the side, and if he could an
swer yes" to them all, I'd let the
matter slide. "How many liberty
bonds have you, how much did you
give the Red Cross? Have you any
thrift stamps in your pocket, did any
of your boys go across? How mucf
property do you own. how large is
YOUR bank account? How much was
your dear little income tax, what was
the exact amount?" He looked at me
rather bewildered, then slowly SHOOK
his head. He told me he'd have to
answer None to everything I said
So I looked him squarely in the eye
| then lOuQly, ulu SliOde ~
wonderful critics, you are what the
deuce are you raving about?"
N.S.A.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Knapp viii
.. entertain at 1 o'clock luncheon Sun
day at their home, III Lincoln street
Covers will be laid for Senator and
Mrs. ]. s. Hart of Randall, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. J. o. Evans of Be
. lott, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Peterson o.
Abilene. Mr.. William Pomroy of Be
lott, Miss Mayme Pomroy of Beloit
: Miss Velma Knapp and Mrs. Vernon
Knapp.
: Mr.. and Mrs Ro1lo w Coleman
who are spending the legislative sea
son in Topeka, will have guests for {
dinner dance tonight at Pelletier's tea