The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16


| either, or objected to spending it on
| them, as they do sometimes nowadays.
Anyway, one of our Topeka business
men loaned his perfectly good hard
| earned little coins to the fair maidens'
and they got all mixed up and didn't
| know who had whose or what winch
must have made it rather expensive
for the young business man. But II
really must have been an interesting
| party. at that.
Did you know that we were TO hear
| Galli-Curci next week. Elizabeth!
| Well we are, and she is to arrive IN
/ town tomorrow noon. She is to nave
| a. piano in her room at the Motel ana
| L suppose will probably object as she
| usually does to any one wafKing up
and down the hall by her rooms when
she sings. Isn't it queer that When
one has an artistic temperament they
| think about things that we ordinary
mortals wouldn't worry about at all!
The singer and her party are to have
] a rather long stay here. They will be
here from Sunday noon until Wednes-
| day noon. Kansas City didn't get to
hear her this time, because they had
an electrical meeting or something on
at their Convention hall.
I heard the best story on Topeka
! girl the other day. The girl is away
attending school now, SO she won't
care if [ tell it to you. Before she had
| finished Washburn she went on a lit
| tie singing trip with a bunch of girlss
| from the college and one night. hot
night in the spring. they were stop
ping at little hotel west of here. 1t
| was in a small country town and the
| girls were all just choking for drink
of real to-goodneSS ice water.
This girl volunteered to go downstairs
and see what she could find in the
way of a good cold drink of well wa
ter. So she slipped out of her room
in her 'jamas and the other girls pa
tiently waited for her return. She
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finally they became alarmed so they
all went down to see what had become
of her. Finally they located white
| figure out in the yard back of the ho-
| tel, bending over something dark and
impatiently working a handle back
and forth. They rushed out all ready
for the cold drink, when what do you
suppose they found? Our Topeka
maiden, having never come into con-
tact with the Sordid and commonplace
things of life, was yanking up and
down the handle of-no, not a pump,
but washing machine.
/ Coming down on the street car yes
terday 1 heard a woman who was evil
IDENTIFY a stranger here raving about
our state house grounds, our high
school grounds and several other
places in the city. She said she had
been in a whole lot of towns in the
state, but that she thought Topeka
was about the smuggest place she had
lever seen. Here we were patting our
tselves on the back, about shopping in
Topeka and being glad we were living
here. when there were lots of little
towns in Kansas before whose smooth
cement sidewalks and artistically
planted school grounds that we would
have to hide ourselves in shame. 1
hadn't thought of it before, but now
THAT 1 have 1 do remember how bare
1.-THE grounds at the new high school
building always looked. But one
consolation, Elizabeth, so they say, we
fare soon to have our state house
grounds all plowed up and things will
look differently in the fall.
| FRANCES.
Il The date for the Dante celebration
to be held at Washburn college has
| been changed, and will be given April
20, Wednesday evening, with Prof. P.
5. Zampterre as the speaker. The
4 program. which is open to the public
will be given under the direction of
the literary department of the Wom-
ans club.
| The following women will take part
in the Home Missionary playlet to be
given Wednesday afternoon at the
Missionary convention to be held at
Burlingame, Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week: Mrs Ford Robi-
nette. Mrs. Wilbur n. Mason. Mrs. J.
H. Luxton, Mrs. George WhitIock, Mrs.
H. NJ. Long, Mrs. j. V. Buck, Mrs.
; Clyde Slawson and Mrs. William Par
IRISH.
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Mrs. Charles H. Smith entertained a
number of children with a birthday
| party in honor of the third anniver-
sary of her small daughter, Mary
, Catharine- Those present were: Vir
, ginia Opperman, Jayne Dale and Billie
Ogan, Billie Seller. Jack Brennan,
Mary Ellen and Edward Campbell,
Rita Marie Halst, Betty and Jean
Kelley, Mary Catharine and Betty Lou
Smith.
Owing to the severe storm Friday
evening, the meeting of the Grace
Cathedral Church Service league has
been postponed until Wednesday eve
ming, April 20. Bishop Wise will make
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Mrs. John Shelton's division of the
; Woman's club will be entertained at
a O'Clock luncheon Tuesday with
Mrs. Bruce De Garmo, sos Taylor
: Mrs. R. J. FISHERMAN, 1905 ,Huntoon
. ! street entertained with a sewing party
Friday afternoon for a number of
friends. Mrs. c. A. Sautter and Mrs.
A. A. Weber of Horton were out OF
town guests.
Mrs Glenn H. beavers team of the
4 Woman's club will meet Monday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock at her home
1170 College avenue, to complete plans
for the spring dance to be given FRI
t day evening. April %. at Kellam Hall.
2 Tickets for the affair may be OBJ
/ tanned from: Mrs. w. P. Williams.
2 Mrs. H A Claussen, Mrs. w. w.
! Webb, Mrs. J. T. Downes Mrs. E. F.
3 Dean, Mrs. Roy H. Downes, Mrs. Ar
. thur Springer. Mrs. J. A. Seeley, Mrs.
l E. Claude Smith, Mrs. Lutte Emble-
. ton, Mrs. r. r. Rollman and Mrs.
Floyd Nichols.
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D The Rota club will have their
S monthly evening meeting Wednesday
D at o'clock at the Elks' club. Miss
a Gertrude Burning will have charge of
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