The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-06

STATE JOURNAL--Fl
with the Eden Electric Co. in New
York City. Mrs. WEIGH is visiting her
! people in Indianapolis and will join
Captain Welch on his return east
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| The Ladies' Aid Society of the First
United Brethren church, will hold
food sale Saturday at Pelleuer's store.
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| Interest in college circles is circling
| these days around the boys who soon
will be initiated into the various fra
ternfties of the school and become
wearers of the crescent and star. the
six stars in the azure blue, and so
on. Last evening the sorority house
girls had white coated freshmen who
will soon take the vows Of brotherhood
upon them, as walters at dinner, At
one of the houses a short program OF
sing ing was given and at another one
of the most graceful OF the pledges
ming they are planning to make
number of calls, dressed in most un-
usual costumes, and the windows Oh
the fraternity houses are cleaning
| from the frequent washings they are
receiving this week.
The following men will be initiated
into the Phi Delta Theta fraternity
Saturday and Monday evenings: Mr..
Floyd Cossman Of St a;o,S Johns. MI MI.
Lynn Smith of Beloit, Mr.. Tom
Springer of Severance. Mr.. Irving
Nixon of Oxford, Mr.. Gene Parsons of
Parsons, Mr.. Harold Lowe. Mr.. Earl
Loomis and Mr.. Howard Myers OF To-
peka. a.
| Miss Wayne Conroy gave lunch
con Thursday at Pelletier's in COM
pliment to her brother. Mr.. Thomas E;
Conroy, and his bride, who stopped
lin Topeka on their way from Beloit
to Excelsior Springs. where they will
spend their honeymoon. Mrs. Con-
Troy was formerly Miss Ruth Hyde OF
Beloit.
| The Topeka Grand Opera society
will not meet for rehearsal Saturday
evening as previously announced. The
meeting was to have been at the First
Methodist church.
At one of the shows early in the
season, the gallery at the Grand was
almost full of mice people" among
then many wearers of fraternity pins.
One girl who had particularly lovely
fat jewelled pin, found a rev Gays
later that it was missing. Alas,
alas" she cried, and went searching
1 for the pin. Among her clothes she
looked. in her bureau drawer. under
the kitchen stove. But IL was not
there. She didn't think or looking IN
the top of the theater.
Well, a week or so went by and an
other show came along and again the
gallery was neatly populated. A
young man from out of town, wish
ing to pass the evening happily and
economically climbed aloft. After he
was carefully seated his foot touched
something hard, he reached down and
picked up the pin. Himself being
Educated, he recognized it as being
a well known sorority pin. . "A lass, a
LASS he cried. And then he stopped
land began to think-an educated girl
la fine girl else she would not wear
this pin. Yet a sensible girl and one
who knows the value of money, else
lshe would not have been sitting up
Il herei
How different you are from all
other women I have ever known" an
nounced the hero to the leading lady.
That's SO, that's So" said the man
as he examined the name on the back
of the pin. What! what" he ex-
claimed as he looked more closely.
The sermon in stones" faded from
before his eyes and he was in a far
away country-a big room filled with
many beds, a driEzling rain outside
and bending over him an American
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Miss Mary Carlyle of Atchison has
been sent by the Red Cross to Camp
Sheridan. Illinois. where she will be
entertainer for the Kansas soldiers
ri taking vocational training under d.
rection of the federal government
There are about $50 Kansans in the
school entitled to special training be-
cause of disability which has crippled
their earning power in the occupation
lthey followed before the war Miss
Carlyle will furnish various kinds OF
Entertainment for the men She is
Experienced in the work as she was
similarly employed by the Red Cross
with the Eighty-ninth division.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Miss Margaret Stubs of Lawrence
will spend the weekend in Topeka
with her sister, Mrs. Robert Stewart
land Doctor Stewart
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Crawford have
i returned from Kansas City where they
attended the motor show.
Mr.. and Mrs A. f. Barry and their
sons, Billy and Bobby of Kansas City
have returned home after a visit to
Mrs. Barry's sister, Mrs. C. H. Ler-
rigo, and Doctor Lerrigo.
Mrs. F. A. Rooster is recovering
from a slight attack of influenza
Mr.. Archibald Brier, who attends
school in st. Louis. Mo-, is home or
a short vacation and is visiting hi.
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Brier.
Mr.. c. ]. Masseck will leave today
for a business trip east
Mr.. o. C. Larimore of Clay Center
who is a student in X. U, will spend
1.-THE weekend in Topeka.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rhodes are ir
Kansas City for the day to attend the
Imotor show.
Miss Helen Yoder will go to Kan
lsas City for the weekend.
Mr.. Frank Lewis has returned tc
This home in Milwaukee after a few
days visit in Topeka.