The Topeka state journal., 1921-10-29

/ n luncheon on 1luEsudy complimentary TO
/ Mrs. Paul Hudson
Burns, Mrs A. r. Springer and Mrs.
The Officers of the club will be in
! the receiving line and include: Mrs
| Charles Thomas, Mrs. H. L. Alkire
and Mrs ". c. Bowen.
An incomplete list of the girls who
will assist at the card tables is as fol-
! Mrs. Ted Lagerstrom Miss Virginia Miller
Miss Katharine Drum Miss Helen , Wilson
( Miss Marguerite MISS EllzaDeth Black
| Thrapp Miss Dorothy Berry
| Steele Miss Ruth Thompson
Miss Betty Frost Miss Isabel Smith
There will be a Halloween dance at
the Country club this evening that
bids fair to be one of the lovely events
of the season. Elaborate preparations
have been made to insure the success
of the party. A professional decorator
/ has been busy for four days beautify-
ing the already attractive club house.
paper in the Halloween colors will be
used in the dancing room, where the
music is to be furnished by a siX-piece
orchestra.
Tables have been arranged in the
card room upstairs for those who do
not care to dance.
In conjunction with the buffet
supper in the card room, guests will
be served in the spacious new locker
! rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter ]. Veale of
Baltimore, Md, announce the mar
riage of their daughter Anita to Mr..
( Clay Robbins of Los Angeles, Cal,
! Friday, October 21. at the st. Johns
| Episcopal church in Los Angeles.
Mr nd ~
| graduates of the University of South
| ern California law school Mrs. Rob
bins also took post graduate work at
| the George Washington university
Both Mr.. Robbins and his bride are
members of the Los Angeles bar.
Mrs. Robbins is a granddaughter of
the late Col. G. w. Vene and Mrs
Veale of 924 Fillmore street. She is
also a. granddaughter of the late Mrs
Anna Wilson of Valencia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins are making
their home in Los Angeles, Cal.
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Mrs. W. D. Updegraff will have as
her guests next Friday the members
of her bridge-luneheon club.
The pledges of Kappa Alpha Theta
sorority were hostesses at tea given
at the house Friday afternoon from 3
until 6 o'clock for the pledges OF
Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, Sigma
Alpha Iota and Pi Beta Tau sororfties
Chrysanthemums were used in deco
rating the rooms. An orchestra played
during the afternoon.
. The girls who received were Miss
Ruth Switzer, president of pledges;
Miss Betty Frost Miss Louise Smith
and Miss Margaret Peterson. Mrs. J
P. Root, the house mother, and Miss
Frances Price poured.
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Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Allison, 1924 Clay
street, announce the engagement o.
their daughter, Lois. to Mr.. Arthur
Bonebrake. The wedding will take
place late in NOvem Der.
Mr.. Bonebrake is well known tt
! golfers over the state, as he won the
state championship for two consecu-
tive seasons and at present is the
J golf professional at the Salins- Countr!
club He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
I. o. Bonebrake, 24O9 Fillmore street
= Miss Gracia Pope Wood, whose nam
formerly appeared at the head of tn
society colm of The State Journal
is the author of a very clever story il
t the magazine section of a recent Sun
2 day edition of the New York Tribune
t Miss Wood is a former Washburl
2 student, where she was a popula
. member of Kappa Alpha Theta soror
1 lty. Miss Wood made her home witt
/ her family at Elmdale, Kan, follow
ing her departure from Topeka, an
| later entered the journalism depart
r ment at Columbia university.
{ The story begins:
= 1.-The prodigal son sat down, you re
=. | member, and meditated on the com
r | forts of home. He didn't like hi
| board and room and he was tired O
the grunting herd it was his duty t
feed. He decided he didn't want a co
freer, after all, and that perhaps
| wouldn't be such a bad thing to g
back home and take a place in his ia
Tiers store. Moreover. he had seen
good deal of the world. and it WASH
as thrilling as the travel articles ha
led him to believe. So he got VI
brushed off his rather seedy 1ookin
clothes and said: I'll give the oil
man chance, anyhow
The outcome was better than h
had dared hope. His father was
good sport about it all, and instea
OF saying, Back. I see. And what d
= you want here?' he came to meet hir
Il and stopped on the way home an
e said, Pick out a suit and a new scarf
IA pin. and hurry up. for mother will b
waiting dinner That was the mos
d festive meal he had seen in many
:. long day
:. But today it is the prodigaI daugh
= ter who is sitting down and havin
5 some of the same thoughts that cam
!. into the mind of that well known so
= Of many centuries ago. And it is he
story that should be told
.; You all know her kind, if You are
r, MT one yourself Most of these prodi
?. gals in New York live in little apari
I ments. three rooms on the fifth flooi