The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-14


and fading paint an apple tree cast
ing its shadows over it, a fence with
an opened gate before it, and in the
distance q meadow and hills. This is
what is found in one of the excellent
paintings in the art exhibit at Wash
burn college II is called The Red
Barn" and there is probably no one
in Topeka for whom it will not bring
up some sort of memory and who will
not appreciate to some extent the
good craftsmanship of the thing.
In a conspicuous place in the north
room hangs a portrait that is bound
to attract attention. A woman in
dark dress. a guitar under her arm,
a mirror at her back is looking at
you. 1t is called Beatrice In the
same room is an interesting painting
of a woman in the sunlight. The
colors reflected in the white dress are
alone enough to cause an exclamation
from an artist and to please the most
casual observer
a large wintry picture showing
snow, a cold stream. a stone bridge
and above 1t an old house has the
prominent position in the west room.
The streams looks its GOODNESS and the
artist has held the real color of shad-
ows on snow A fanciful sketchy
thing called Springs hangs above It.
it Is interesting and different and full
of the spirit of that season.
There arc a number of delightful
portraits including The Blue Eyed
Dutchman." who smokes his pipe and
looks far away, an adorable blue eyed
baby whose mother is helping him TO
walk. red haired girl in party
frocl5 and wonderful blue water and
SO on.
Here and there among the pictures
from New York, Philadelphia and
Boston are hung others painted by
Kansas artists. The local artists
whose work appears at this exhibit
are Kenneth Adams. Fern Coppedge,
L. A. Gillette, Helen Hodge, John e.
Jenkins David Overmyer. Marian
Peers. Wallace Hogarth. George NJ.
Stone and Burger Sandzen.
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Tucked away on the second floor OF
the new Salvation Army building are
four attractive little rooms known as
the emergency rooms" A white bed.
a dresser. a chair a good closet. sheer
white curtains. n decorated lamp that
hangs from the ceiling and a pretty
rug. are in the rooms. And they are
warm and coy and homelike. Here,
so the plan is, many women who are
down and out, with no place to go and
no money in their purses will find
shelter and rest. If they can afford
TO pay a minimum price for the room,
they may pay II. II they can't it will
Many times at the Salvation Army
meetings there are women who linger
after the others are gone and tell their
pitiful tale of homelessn ess. The JOY
and comfort these attractive, white
curtained rooms will bring to them
cannot be measured. The Rota club
has endowed one of these rooms.
The entire second floor of this build
ing is as attractive as it can be. The
rooms in which the head Of the Army
and his family will live are big. sunny
comfortable. The color scheme of the
There is a touch of it in the wall
paper and blue predominates in the
rugs. The hangings are of the same
color. In the living room is a piano,
overstuffed chairs, a table and book
cases. Walnut furniture is used in
the dining room. The bed rooms are
airy and give an impression of COM
fort and cleanliness and light. There
are two rooms for the man who cares
for the furnace and does odd jobs
about the building large bed room
and kitchenette.
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THERE Is 4 TOPEKA COUPLE
Who have been married more than
two years who still delight the heart
of their romantic unmarried friends.
Last evening when the man of the
house returned to his happy home.
covered table with the shining glasses
and all of that, he handed his wife a
packa ge-black lace hose of the very
giftiest variety, the sort of thing that
is the essence OF gaiety and frivolity
And all ready for him, tied with a
pink ribbon done in a huge how,
was a linen handkerchief with drawn
threads and embroidered initials. that
she had spent most of the day
making.
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A woman just returned from New
York says that skirts are SHORT. She
believes they made the blouse and the