The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-08


of the college are invited. They will be 7
held once month during the school
year, according to Miss Susan M.
Guild, dean of women. I'VE have cut |
down the number Of fraternity parties
and increased the number of all-school /
parties" Miss Guild said. "Washburn
has been noted for its democratic stu
dent life, and we intend to preserve
1t. These dances, of course are not
the only a1l-school parties" Dancing
on the college campus was first per
mitted at Washburn in 1918.
Topeka, Kan, Oct. 8, 1921.
Dear Elizabeth: One of our young
Gently acquired a lovely diamond for
her engagement finger. The wedding,
tho. is to be long way off and will
not take place until next summer.
That's one news item the society de-
partment has to look forward to.
Then there is another wedding to take
place in the future when a former
Washburn man and a Kansas City girl
set the date.
From a conversation I overheard
one day last week while having a
coke" in one OF our soft drink ''em-
poriums,' some one else here is going
to be married, but the sorry part of
it was I didn't know either the boys
or the girls name. They were both
of high school age he with coal black
1t was surely a loving party with a
variety of osculatory imprints and
embra cingS thrown in for good meas
ure. They were having a perfectly
dreadful time as it seems that she had
been away and he had not been re-
ceiviRg any mail from her. The girl
thought it would be real romantic to
elope. Speaking of clipping makes me
think, we did have an elOpement here
last week. one of our college girls de-
cided that it would be better to study
domestic science in her own kitchen
than in one furnished by the school
and so she and the man eloped, TAX
ing time after the ceremony to phone
for parental approval.
One of the new professors at Wash
burn college caused several smiles
Thursday at the meeting of the
Woman's club. for just after he had
announced that the culinary art and
that of music didn't agree and was
in the midst of his song, some one
dropped a dish. Then after he had
approval by almost clapping the
palms out of our gloves. he didn't
even give us an encore. He certainly
has a world of volume in his tones
and. they say. he isn't matrimonially
inclined. That's positively all the
news I can give you.
A Topeka woman and her husband
We're certainly surprised Sunday when
forty-two persons drove up to their
house in response to a joking invita-
ton on the part of the Topeka woman
to come out TO a chicken dinner. OF
course they took her at her word just
for the fun of it, and didn't stay but u
few minutes, but just the same she
had a few minutes of panic before she
found that out.
heard a story the other night
about a party held here previous to
the days in which Mr.. Volstead was
such a we'll discussed person. 1t seems
that a family in Potwin gave a party
one evening. Two boys were boarding
at the house at the time and they were
| not invited to the party for some rea-
son or other. Feeling the least bit
hurt at their young hostess's refusal
/ to have anything to do with them on
that particular evening they sneaked
in a quart of whisky and Spiked
the punch. The girl hostess noticed
| that her party was becoming quite
successfully noisy and later on that it
became distra ctingly noisy. She could
| not imagine what was the matter, but
| later on found out. And they say
that the father of the house was very
| frank and outspoken in his comments
on the affair. as it almost ruined his
reputation as a prohibitionist.
While I'm telling things. I'll have
to tell you about card party given
here at which it is said that the wo-
man whining the prize and several
| others of the guests also cheated.
That's an ugly word, but so goes the
! tale. When the game was finished
one of the women just added a fourth
| figure in front of her SCORE, which was
| in the hundreds and 10 and behold she
had a mighty healthy looking bridge
| score, but she failed to add quite
enough for the woman getting first
prize added bigger fourth number
to her card and carried off the first
prize. FRANCES.
Thermometers of Mrs. w E. McVey's
team of the Woman's club will meet
for the first time this season Wednes-
day, October IL, at the home of Mrs.
F. p Bradley. 1915 Tyler street. Mrs.
Bradley will be hostess at a 1 o'clock
luncheon.
The team members are Mrs. McVey,
lcaptain; Mrs. F. P. Bradley, Mrs. John
is. Dean, Mrs. A. Walker, Mrs. w. E.
tThrapp, Mrs. Thomas ]. Myers, Mrs. r.
A. Burch, Mrs. Georgia ODER, Mrs
waiter Wilson, Mrs. H. G.. West, Dr.
lElvenor Ernest, Mrs. w. L. Higgins
Mrs Oscar Bonnet Mrs. Warren E.
Jeffrey, Mrs. Richard L. Thomas, and
Mrs. j. E. Thomas
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Music at the First Unitarian church
914 Topeka bou' evard, for the Il
O'Clock service Sunday morning, will
lgaret Bell. "Open Thou Mine Eyes
(Eben Bailey. and a contraIto solo by
Mrs. Rose Gilberg- Nutter. Come Ye
Blessed" from the. Holy City (GauD
Mrs. Harry Tasker will accompany.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Watson Ramsey, Of
Independence, Mo-, announce the en-
igagement of their daughter. Mahala, &c
Mr.. Carl Meyers, of Topeka.
No definite date has been set for the
wedding, but it will probably take
place in November.
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The American Association of Uni
versity Women will give their MONTH,
meeting and luncheon, Saturday moor
at Pelletier's Tea room.
Miss Laura Ewing. who is advise
to the high school girls, will talk OIL
her work. Mrs. Bernard Crosby anC