The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-01

club will be given tomorrow evening
at Kellam hall. The entertainment
committee has planned a fancy dress
and burlesque ball. A complete set
of special entertainments have been
arranged by the committee to be put
on between dances and there will be.
some interesting and entertaining
stunts for the pleasure of the club
members and their guests.
All the members of the club and
their ladies are required to be in cos
tune or masked. The Shriners must
also wear their fezzes, whether in fancy
dress, -burleSque or full evening cos
tune. The committee in charge of
the entertainment is: Mobiles Harris
C. Goodrich, chairman; Arthur j.
Whitmore, Chester A. Buell., Williar
E. Brelsford, Frank L. Sturges.
During the evening refreshments
will be served.
A May fete will be held at Wash
burn college May /, with dances and
pageants in the afternoon. of that day
and a play in the evening. The May
queen will be chosen at general cleo
ton some time in April, the name Of
the successful candidate to be kept Sc
cret until the day of the fete. Edna
Becker a junior, is chairman of the
committee on arrangements.
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A woman Who was attracting
great deal of attention yesterday on
the street wore the latest styles
in the most extreme cuts. She had
a small veil which she wore in the
Turkish harem style and very long
skirt split about five inches up from
the bottom and even then she had to
walk with her knees together (also
latest style) and take steps about the
length of one of her feet. Topeka is
no place for one who isn't known to
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The Woman's Missionary society of
the West Side Christian church will
hold their April meeting at the home
of the pastor, Mrs. Clara H. Hazelrigg,
Wednesday afternoon. program will
be given at two-thirty. Among other
features Mrs w. L.. Moore will give
a talk on Boys Dork in the Church"
Mrs. Frank G. Dreaming will play a
piano solo and Mrs. J. A. Howes and
Mrs. T. P. Sheard will sing a duet. The
meeting is under the direction of Mrs
j. F. Marsh, division leader for April
THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who was asked to be one of the
statues in the community circus which
the Rota club is going to give at the
auditorium April "a and rs. She is
u woman who is very serious mindec
and ocredulouS and when upon inquir-
ing what the laQ1eS VINO were the NV
ing statues were going to wear, she
was told that they would appear in
white tights as the statues in circuses
always do, she took it seriously and
said in a shocked tone: "Why Tom
never would stand for anything like
that" She was informed that her hus-
band would be SO busy watching the
three rings that he never would notice
her and still she thought her informer
was serious She gave a little laugh
to try to appear interested but finally
gave up and said: mo, l can't do it
for you,' when she was Informed
that not quite SO much would be
asked of her and began to realize that
she could trust those in charge in
spite of the bad habit they have of
| joking.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Akermann en-
tertained informally at a surprise
birthday party for the Rev. Thee.
| Tillmanns at their home, 424 Bu-
| chanan street. Those present were:
Rev. Theo. Tillmanns. Mr.. and Mrs
! r. H. Schwalm, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Landwehr, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nc