The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-24
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POPE WOOD.
Boone. Charles Curry. Leslie Forney.
Vergil Scholf, Robin Brown. Junior
Higgins, Don Taliaferro. Charles AL
len. George Greenwood, Harold Low,
Dr. Milton Miller, Ed NeIlis, John
Raster. Frank Dasechner. Denny Cal
Than.
Prof E. d. Schoenberger. who
| dramatized Margaret Hill McCarter's
Price OF the Prairie" was able to
condense it into tours acts and a pro-
q, logue. Many of the striking chapters
had to be omitted and the battles are
only told Of The prologue shows the
departure of the regiment from
SpringvaIe and the night of the raid.
Act / shows the search for Omie- Act
? is five years later when Phil returns
from Harvard and Judson pro-
poses to Baronette that there be
double wedding. Act shows the
Fourth of July celebration in the CITY
park. The scene of Act 4 is laid IN
Judson's law office where the final
denouement comes.
The members of the cast of this
play have been working on 1T since
the middle of December. 1t is an
entirely new undertaking on the part
of the Washburn Dramatic club to DO
a local story whose author and drama
tier they know, but their interest IN
the thing has proved that it must be
a success.
Arrangements for the performance,
which will be given the afternoon OF
Kansas Day, are entirely under the
auspices of the Woman's Kansas Day
club, The evening performance,
which is open to the public, belongs
to the dramatic club.
Altho this is the first presentation
of this play, 1t is probable that it will
ha tho Professor SChOen-
berger has had a number of inquiries
concerning the play from high schools
over the state. The high school IN
Columbus has decided to use it for
/ the senior play.
| Boxes at the afternoon performance
I of 1.-THE Price of the Prairie" will be
occupied by Mrs. Henry ]. Allen, Mrs
E. W. Hoch, Mrs. George H. Hodges
Mrs Willis Bailey. Mrs. W. r. Stubbs;
| by the past presidents of the Kansas
Day club, the present offlcers OF tne
club. members of Mrs. Watson's com
mittee whichs has had charge of ar
engagements this year
The Republican Woman's state
central committee will meet Wednes-
| day. January %, at IL a. m. at Pei
letters. The men of the state central
committee will join them at 1880 ana
the two organizations will lunch
| ing at 2:30 i'll the afternoon at the y
w. C. A. which any woman and any
man, for that matter may attend. At
this meeting Mrs. S. S. Beggs, chair
man of the committee, will preside.
Mrs. w. c. Freeman will give the In
vocation There will be greetings from
Gov. Henry J. Allen. Addresses will
be delivered by Mrs. Albert Brugge-
man, national committee woman frcm
| St. Louis, and by Mrs. w. A. McCarter,
vice chairman of the national Repub-
flican committee. Mrs. Roberts Parks
Bennett will have charge of the music
for this meeting.
| ARRANGEMENTS for this day are in
charge of the woman's Shawnee county
Republican executive committee, Mrs.
Festus Foster. chairman; Mrs Homer
Foltz, secretary: Mrs. A. A. GODDARD,
treasurer; Mrs. L. H. Greenwood, Mrs.
John Cheney, Mrs. Mary E. Chaplin.
Mrs. Charles Dillon, Mrs. G. L. Van
Horn, Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland. Mrs.
Edith Supple, Mrs j. A Alexander,
Mrs Wilbur Mason, and Mrs. c. NJ.
Morrow. They will be assisted at this
fafternoon meeting by the following
women: Mrs. Henry J. Allen. Mrs.
W. "A. McCarter. Mrs w. J. Bailey,
Mrs. f. A. Enright. Mrs. A. C. Graves,
Mrs. J. r. Plumb, Mrs. E. E. Forter,
Mrs. C. w. Smith. Mrs. W. Y. Morgan.
| MISS NdnOn f1eTT61y MES. j. a. S(Ok6ly,
Mrs. w. a. Johnston, Mrs. A. A. Rob
inson, Mrs. Bennett R. Wheeler, Mrs
NJ. A. Low, Mrs. C. I. Martin, Mrs
Alvarado Fuller. Mrs Arthur Mills
Mrs. Walter Wilson Mrs. Silas Porter
Mrs. E. L. Copeland, Mrs. Charles
Sessions.
A number of the younger Republi-
can women will act as ushers: Mrs
i Guilford Dudley. Mrs. Davis Neis-
! wanger, Mrs. Robert Stewart, Mrs
| George Allen, Mrs. Tinkham Veale
Miss Katheryn Albaugh Miss Jessie
N1cCarter, Miss Mary MacLenpan, Miss
Marguerite Koontz, Miss Theo. Cobb
Miss Anetta Nicoll, Miss Alice Griffin
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There is one little group of married
ipeople in town who are said to have
"the best time ever" And the sur.
prfsing thing is that members of. the
group are among the most eminen
citizens in Topeka. And SO often PEG.
pie pity the poor prominent man
These people get together regularly
twice week. One night they have
dinner at one of the homes and spend
the evening dancing. On the othel
evening they have line party at {
local theater. OF course, sometime,
some important function prevent
them from having their regular party
but as a usual thing it comes ''raiI
or shine
The women who went. to Lawrenc'
this week to see the collection of rug
presented the university by Mrs. VII