The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-28

sister, Mrs. Guild, have been the guests
of honor at a number of informal
luncheons, afternoons at cards and
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All persons interested in child well
rare work may attend the luncheon
to be held Friday noon at IL o'clock
at Pelletier,s Tea room. Miss Mildred
Miller of Maryville, Mo-, of the State
Teachers college, will speak. Miss
Miller will also talk at o'clock Fri
! day afternoon at the meeting of the
Mothers club at Pelletier's. Mrs. June
Chapman has charge of the luncheon
on Friday.
Mrs. w. A. Thayer, who spent We'd
neSday in Topeka, gave three lectures
during the time she was here telling
| of the things in the collection which
she brought to Topeka from Lawrence.
Mrs. Thayer told of the difference in
the Persian and the Indian shaw1s and
also told of the Spanish shawls which
are made in China with a soft finished
embroidery. She also told several
stories of the jewelry which is in the
exhibit.
Mrs Thayer and her husband, Mr..
lThayer who is one of the firm, Emery,
Bird & Thayer, of Kansas City, Mo,
have at great personal sacrifice OBJ
tanned the articles in this collection,
which is now valued at a million dol
lars. They have given the things to
the Kansas State university, provided
they furnish housing facilities, which
the state has not done as yet. The
things, which include some of the
most wonderful pieces of jeWelry,
rugs, tapestries and things of the east,
| are but partially displayed. the re-
mainder being dumped and piled in
packing boxes and stacked up in a
room"
Mrs. Arthur Nichols will entertain
the Monday Whist club Monday after
noon at her home in Boswell avenue.
After the meeting the members will go
| in a body to Kellam Hall and will
have tables at the u. and I. club bene-
| fit card party. other card clubs are
planning to attend & ( the party IN a BODY
The members of the Women's Civic
chorus will meet at o'clock Friday
afternoon at the Y. w. c. A for prac-
tice. The chorus will give the days
of Yore" free concert at the auditor
ium, November 8. =, =,
Topeka friends of Mr.. George Doahe
Hood have received announcements of
his marriage on Saturday, October %,
I192O. in New Orleans, La, to Miss
Clara Frances Kearney, daughter Of
Mrs. Edward Francis Kearney, of that
city.
Mr.. Hood is superintendent of tele-
graph of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railway lines, with headquar-
tiers in Chicago.
For several years he lived in To-
peka, and was assistant to C. H. Gaunt,
superintendent of telegraph of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway.
Later, when Mr.. Gaunt was given
charge of the Pacific coast lines of the
Western Union Telegraph company. he
took Mr.. Hood with him and placed
the latter in charge of those lines of
the company located in the territory
embraced by the states of Oregon,
Washington and the Canadian province
of British Columbia. Mr.. Hood as
sumed his present position about four
years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs Hood will live at East
wood Beach apartments, S11 Eastwood
avenue, Chicago, Ill.
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The members of MarshalPs band
and their families will have a Hal
loween masquerade party Saturday
evening at the band hall.
Mr. George SANDY" Crawford, who
went from Washburn to Annapolis,
has made the first "B" football team
of the school. He is the smallest man
to make the team in the history of the
school.
The regular monthly dinner of the
Rota club was held Wednesday eve
ming at the Elks club. Miss Marguer-
tic Gohlke sang Christ in Flanders"
accompanied by Miss Myrtle Radcliffe.
::
Dear me-" walled a man last night
as he left the auditorium after hear
ing Annie Case sing. II forgot to no.
tice what Miss Case had on. so 1 could
tell my wife, for 1 won't have time to
Miss Case "had on" a beautiful eve
ming dress of cloth of gold, trimmed
with touches of old rose on the
draped girdle. and on the short train.