The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-31
BY FRANCES JONES

Can you imagine a writer who is so
calm and perfectly unmoved' over a
successful story that practically three
months after it appears in one of the
big magazines she has not yet seen it
in print.
The writer is Mrs. George Whit
comb, of Topeka, or Jessie Wright
Whitcomb as her stories are signed and
the story. THE Captain and the
Ducks" appeared in the April number
of the Woman's Home Companion.
Mrs. Whitcomb will have two more
stories in the Companion but the
month of their publication is not yet
known.
The Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae
gave a picnic Saturday afternoon at
the George Whitcomb home in West
Sixth avenue for the girls of the active
chapter. the pledges and the out of
town members. The feature of the
afternoons entertainment was a mock
initiation.
I The out of town Thetas present
were: Mrs. Lewis Nelson of Kansas
! City, Miss Katharine Conkling of Ly-
ons, Kan, and Miss Helen Hunter of
Attica, Kan About fifty guests were
present.
The Kappa Alpha Theta girls will
give their farewell party Thursday
evening at the Elks' club. it will be
a dinner dance.
Miss Jane Alexander and Miss Elsie
Cuthbert gave a luncheon this noon at
Miss Cuthbert's home in Clay street.
The guests were the Thetas of the
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Mr.. and Mrs. John worstell enter
tanned at dinner Sunday at their home
i'm West Sixth avenue for Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Boyer. whose marriage was an
nounced week. ago. The table was
centered with sweet peas and roses.
Covers were placed for: Mr.. and Mrs.
Boyer. Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Anderson
and daughter Nevada. Mrs. A. Boldion,
Mrs. G. R. Weaver, Miss Goldie Wors-
tell, Miss Elizabeth Reid and Mr.. Ray
Weaver.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 2. Wahle of 1909
Clay street have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter. Dorothy,
to Mr.. John w. Ripley, son of Mrs. ].
w. Ripley of Highland Park. The
wedding will take place in the fall.
Tuesday evening, June 1, the To-
peka Art Guild will have its last meet
ing of the year at the home of Mrs.
Julia Farnsworth Soper. Officers for
the coming year will be elected.
At the last meeting of the Ceramic
Art club held at the home of Mrs. J.
n. Ensminger the following officers
were reelected: President, Miss
Marie MAYHEM; vice president, Miss
Gussie Fuller; secretary, Mrs. Geroge
Boone, and treasurer, Mrs. J. K. Jones.
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The board of management of the
Woman's club will meet Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock at the Y. w.
c. A.
The members of the Western Soro--
sis club will give a luncheon Satur-
| day noon, June 5, at Pelletier's for DR..
Sara Ellen Greenfield. whose engage
nent to w. C. Stephenson was an
nounced Saturday afternoon.
The announcement was made by
Mrs. w. w. Kitchell at the field day
afternoon at the kitchell home in Pot
win.
Doctor Greenfield has been the bac-
| teriologist for the Kansas state board
of health and for the past two years
| she has been instructor in bacteriology
to the senior nurses of st. Francis hos
pital.
| Mr.. Stephenson is a member of the
| firm of Stephenson & Webb and has
lived all of his life in or near Topeka.
The wedding viii X take = place June H.
One of the Washburn reunions
which will be held this week is that
| of the kindergartners. They will have
a picnic Tuesday at the college. The
members of the organization are all
girls who attended the college good
| many years ago and who lived at
| Hartford Cottage when Mrs. Eliza
| beth Webster was matron there.
| About twenty-five of these former
students will have lunch together
Tuesday noon at the cafeteria and will
picnic on the campus afterwards
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| The E. y. c. club will meet Tues
| day afternoon at the home of Mrs
| w. J. Dryden, of 1929 Topeka ave-
nue..
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. John L. White is spending the
week end at Wichita as the guest of
Mrs. Claude E. Neil.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. T.. Seeds. Mrs.
Alfred Spicy. Miss Lucille Spicy and
Alfred Spicy, Jr., drove to Abilene
| Saturday to spend a few days with
lrelatives and friends.
The Lincoln Circle rooms are being
changed from 11S East Sixth avenue to
the Eagle hall at SIS Kansas avenue.
The regular meeting of the circle will
be held Tuesday.
Mrs. Homer Smith has been called
to Woodward. Okla, by the serious
ILLNESS OF her father
Mrs. Iva Hayslip. of Bartlesville,
Okla. arrived Saturday to spend a few
days NTH her sister. Mrs. c. w Martin
in West Sixth avenue. Mrs. Hayslip is
a former Topeka resident
| Mrs 5. s Bcggs has~re. u.ned from
Wichita, where she went 10 attend a