The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-02

ming. The hat below is pretty
model with scalloped, upturned
brim edged with ribbon and large
yarn dots embroidered Oh evsry
scallop.
Wiede, Miss Nina HUMPHREYS, Miss
Thelma Johnston, Miss Faye Minor,
Miss Sylvia Silverthorne and Miss
Eleanor Hines, all of Topeka; Miss
Thelma johnson, OF Tonganoxie; Miss
Gail Kennedy, of Cedar Bluffs, Kan.
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A branch meeting of the Women's
Foreign Missionary society of the
Methodist church will be held in Sa-
lima. October 6 to 10, inclusive Each
auxiliary from the city will send dele
| gates. The branch conference and
district officers Wild will attend are:
Mrs. w. D. Fisher, Mrs. C. D. Zook,
Mrs. B. M. Davies Mrs. j. H. Luxton
Mrs. Charles Lomasson- Mrs. p. w.
| Bruce. Mrs. S. V. Colvin. Mrs r. C.
! Klopfer and Mrs. w. H. Fighter.
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| The marriage of Miss Mary Samson.
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. George H.
Pritchard of Edinburg, Tex. and Mr..
Marvin Harms took place this morning
| at the brides home in Edinburg. Mr.
| and Mrs. Harms are spending their
honeymoon at Corpus Christi and on
| their return will be at home in Edin-
burg.
| The bride, who is now city editor of
| the Edinburg Valley Review. which
| position she will retain, is a graduate
of Topeka high school and of X U
| she is member of the Kappa Kappa
| Gamma sorority and was also a Torch
in her senior year. Mr.. Harms is a K
i U. man. a member of the Sigma NJ
| fra ternity and was ncws editor of the
| Kansas, a basketball and football play-
err He is now secretary of the Cham
and Mrs. Harms will live for the pres
ent with Doctor and Mrs. Pritchard,
later building home for themselves.
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Topeka. Kan, Oct ., 1920.
Dear Elizabeth: Well, we had some
excitement here this week with the
Thirty-fifth division boys in town. We
| arose in the morning and went to bed
at night to the tune of ''Old Gray
Mare" Monday night on the state
house grounds the funniest thing hap
pened. A band was playing on the
east steps of the state house and they
We're just getting along beautifully
! playing "Old Gray Mare" when a
I bunch of men of the 137th Infantry
band came along, heard two or three
notes and they straightway dropped
ttheir extra baggage on the sidewalk
and began showing the band a thing
or two about their own piece. They
toeted and played so loud they
drowned the other band out, and fin
q ished up measure ahead but every
body, even the leader of the band,
was srinning and enjoying the whole
thing. We also saw something sad.
too, at the memorial services held on
the grounds AS the people knelt in
prayer, no one seemed to be ashamed
of his or her tears. AS one old gray
headed lady whose face was wrinkled
2 cried the tears rolled unrestrained
| In I'll rr1,r
: also knelt crying didn't seem to mind
it that she was washing the rouge and
: powder all off her face 1t certainly
! was an imp essiye service to see peo-
y pie of all creeds and religion kneelins
together in prayer.
One of our newly married couples
] had an exciting time the other morn
! ing when they came downstairs and
r found some thief had entered in the
: night And taken both their watches
5 other valuable articles. It's certainl,
E too bad for a thief to steel from bride
and bridegroom, for the poor fellow
probably needs all the spare money HI
( has to buy furniture with.
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The members of the Saturday Nigh
! club will have a dinner this evening
. at the Chocolate Shop. There will b.
places for sixteen.
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. THERE'S a SMALL BOY IN OUF
p TOWN
= Who-eame home the other day car
!. rying five big cans of raisins. Hi
mother cannot find out where the.
!, came from and has spent a good por
e ton of her spare time trying to locat'
s the loser. But nowadays no one ad
/. mits as readily as they would hav'
: | several years ago the loss of this man.
raisins, for the raisin when combinet
; with other things makes a beverag
not to be scorned in this land of tn
free and home Of the dry.
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a Notes and Personal Mention.
a Mrs. c. B. Reed returned HON,
T Thursday from a visit in Cleveland
: Ohio.
Mrs. Ralph Valentine and son Dan
: iei of Kansas City are visiting at tn
e William Curtis home. Sixth avenu
s and Topeka boulevard.
}, Mrs. Eilet Robson will return L
y her home in Towanda Monday afte
n a visit here of two weeks to her pa
e rents. Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Bomgard
S ner.
Mr.. and Mrs J. NJ Connell have re
d turned from Chicago. where the
!; spent the past week.
:. Mrs T Is Lyon Of 1854 Mulvan
street has returned from a visit of tel
a days at Kansas City. where she wa