The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-30
BY MYRA WILLIAMS FARRELL

BY MY RA WILLIAMS FARRELL.
Mrs. Jack Campbell viii entertain
the Tuesday Bridge club tomorrow
afternoon at her home in Huntoon
street. Mrs. Ivan Dibble and Mrs.
Wendell Lyman will substitute for alb
sent members.
The following Topeka women were
entertained by Mrs. John Buttershill
of Kansas City one day last week:
Mrs. John Capper. Mrs. Tom Powell,
Mrs. Ed Hunter, Mrs. George Gregg,
Mrs. Robert Hunter, Mrs. William
Finch, Mrs. Jack Mercer and Mrs. Carl
Lagmuson.
The wedding of Miss Lulu Jordan,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. +. H. Jor-
dan, 1406 West Sixth street, and Mr..
Arthur Baker Whitmer of Phoenix,
AriZ.. occurred Sunday afternoon at
the home of the brides parents, the
Rev. Charles F. Mathews of the First
Baptist church officiating. The house
was simply decorated in yellow and
white, and the bride wore a becoming
gown of white georgette.
Mrs. Whitmer has lived all of her
life in Topeka, and Mr.. Whitmer was
born and reared here, being the son of
Mrs. Emily Whitmer of 1909 West
Sixth street. He travels for the Wyatt
Hardware company of st. Joseph, Mo,
with headquarters in Phoenix, where
he and Mrs. Whitmer will make their
home. They will leave Topeka tonight
for Phoenix
Besides the members of the two
families the only guests were Miss
Dolly Shissner and Mr.. James Dasse.
both of Kansas City
stylish stout hats for women have
been introduced by New York de-
partment store and are attracting con-
siderable attention, says the Dry Goods
Economist. Much attention has been
paid. of late years, to the clothing
needs of the large woman, but until
now the fact that she also needs hat
appropriate to the heavier proportions
of her figure has not been recognized.
Hats must become the figure as well
as the face. if they are not to appear
ridiculous The use of colors, the
trimming effects and the shape will all
be carefully considered in the new
hats. since inappropriate millinery
models call unfavorable attention to
the figure just as poorly selected
clothes do.
+. The Economist does well to call our
attention to this. Maybe now we fat
women will quit wearing chin-chin
hats. and other styles equally Juvenile,
and suited to shines: Z z and youth
Two women got in the elevator in
one of the big stores a few days ago.
and a little girl of 8 or 9 years of age
came running after breathleSS with
excitement over some wonderful dolls
she had been looking at. One of the
women, presumably the mother, shook
the child for having delayed them
ndismayed-perhaps because she was
accustomed to shakings-the child be-
gan eagerly describing the dolls and
expressed the wish to go down to the
basement to look at the dolls dWon
there. Her mother very Grossly told
her she could do no such thing. Then
the other woman-probably an aunt,
took a hand. For shame" she said,
"a great big girl like you, wanting to
look at dolls,'
The listener sighed. It hadn't been
over a week since she had sat beside
an old trunk in an attic. when she
should have been packing household
goods preparatory to moving, and held
an old dearly loved doll in her lap.
The years had been so few since the
little girl of the family had crooned
her love songs to this same battered
doll. And now the little girl is a big
girl. in college.
Could this young woman have
known-had she the perception to
look down into the very heart of her
child-she would not have discour-
aged that mother instinct which be-
longs to the normal child. and which
finds expression in playing with dolls.
And could she realize what a little
fully short time a little girl is little
girl, and how soon she becomes so big
that she is ashamed to play with dolls
except in private. she would cling to
each one of those years; instead of be-
ing impatient with her child for her
normal taste. she would enter into her