The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
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Formerly persons attending the L
and l club party which Is held once
each year, brought as many pennies
as they were old, but judging from the
amount which has been brought by
= each person for several years, most all
: The women OF Topeka who attend the
parties are fifty years of age. Some
I OF them mustibe very ancient for they
: bring an amounh equalling five hum
l Hred years and one kind person judy
ing from her contribution would seem
TO be at least twenty-five hundred
years old.
5 The U and I club has held a birth
day party once each year for thirty
. TWO years and the one to be given
. Monday afternoon, November 1, at
Kellam hall will be the thirty-third
party. The club which comprises
women of all religious faiths. has
worked together doing many little UNI
ostentatIous things for the betterment
of humanity. The baskets which the
club gives at Christmas to the needy,
the help which they have given the
tuberculosis sanatorium, the Crittenton
home, the care which they take of
several aged and dependent women
and the bed which they support in
. Christ's hospital for the needy are all
examples of their work. This year
a thousand invitations have been sent
out. Cards Will be played beginning
at 2:3O and tea Will be at O'Clock.
VIII also ne q muElcai program.
There are thirty members of the
club and each one has her part in
making the party a success. The in
YitatiOn committee is composed of Mrs.
Frank Merriam, Mrs. Horace Hall and
Mrs. c. B. Thomas. Replies to the
invitations are to be sent to Mrs. Hall
at S24 Tyler street. The other com
mittees are: Refreshment. Mrs. Schuy
Ter Nichols. Mrs. Fred Munson, Mrs.
David Mulvane; decorate Mrs.
Arch Catlin, Mrs. Frank Scott Davis,
MIS-. H. H. Hazlett: kitchen, Mrs.
Frank Crane, Mrs. w. B. Swan and
Mrs Harry Seery; tables and chairs.
Mrs. Earle Williams, Mrs. Harrison
Morgan: dishes Mrs. Chester Wood
ward and Mrs, j. c. Mohler; music
and hall, Mrs. w. r. Smith, Mrs. Silas
Porter: dining room. Mrs. Gui1ford
baskets. Mrs. Bennett Wheeler; in
charge Of rows of tables, Mrs. T. D.
alden, Mrs. Williom Eastman, Mrs.
Thomas 3. Frost. The officers of the
club are: President, Mrs George A.
Clark; vice president, Mrs. F. c.
Thompeon secretary. Mrs. H. L. AL
Ere. and treasurer. Mrs. w. F. Bowen.
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ffr. and Mrs. F. A. Anton will en-
tsrtnin at dinner Monday evening at
their homo in Western avenue for the
members of their daughter Edna's
bridal pants. The marriage of Miss
Anton and Mr.. John Long will be an
event of next week.
Tho table will be centered with Law
c1Ccr and yellow chrysanthemums and
tfofe colors will be carried out in the
other table decorations There will be
- ccs for. Miss Anton and Mr.. Long,
.ir. ard Mrs. +. L. Alderman. Jr.. Mr.
81 Mrs. Anton. Mrs. Lewis Bathom
&c Lincoln. Neb.. Miss Georgia Niece,
rf'ss M "ian willie ms, Miss Marjora
Blank. Mes Ruth Marsh. Miss Marian
Moore Miss Lucille Heym. Mr.. John
''""l-in9or. Mr.. Henry Anton and Mr..
Willis Anton.
Sahrs. brocades. velvcts silks and
the wonderfully made materials of a
hundred years ago. which our grand
mothers used in their gowns, bonnets
tunes for the "Days> of Yore" concert
to be given at the auditorium, No
''''@N"r s, by the Women's Civic
chorus.
,1any of the prominent families of
Topeka have contributed dresses worn
r III" mothers and the grandmothers
Cf the heads of the families and which
have been put away for years. but
which stu show their richness of ma
tcrial and skill in designing. Several
o. t!'' dresses have been loaned by
fIr. Hiram Price Dillon. They were
gowns of his mother and are as intact
tony. showing their tiny French la
bells. as they were when thcR owner
woe them in her box at the Metro
politan. wears ago. The blouses. as we
would call them To-Day but waists then.
H~c all made. heavily boncd with tiny
points in the front and back. They
lace up the back in many OF the de-
s'~-rs and arc entirely covered with
beaded design in black Jet A! wine
colorcd brocn dc dress belonging to the
W. w. KitcheII family Il grav silk
rh'ch is the property of the w. H.
Davis family. a beautiful white silk
wedding dress with long train which
w~S worn nv Dean Stearns's mother.