The Topeka state journal., 1922-08-18

number in it's early days. Miss Ger
| trude Robinson Smith is president of
| the board of directors. The American
| Women's Association, Inc, is the name
| of the organization.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George Patterson OF
Denver, Colo, were the guests of hon
or at a party given Thursday evening
by Mrs. Hattie Horning at her home
! on Topeka boulevard.
! The guests included:
Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Shirley
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Shirley
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Raines
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Reckards
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Br1er
Mr.. and Mrs Clay Murray
T6 T6e fnG Rer MTs and Mrs' MayRcs e Aofnln a cark
M. Mr.. and and Mrs Mrs 6. A A Swallow
Mrs. Sylvia Hummer Miss Maude Willis
Mrs Mamie McHenry Miss Shirley Smyth
Miss Minnie Doering Miss Elizabeth Shir-
Miss Miss Helen Frisbie Mr George Frisbie
Miss Estella Reck- M Ralph Glenn
Miss Iva Raines Mr.. panfred smyth
Miss Ann HoFniHs ! NJ: !! Guy bFieF
AS American as Plymouth Rock
itself is the hooked rug of our ances-
tors which entered esthetic fields a
few years ago, and now is holding on
as the most priced and most called for
example of the American antique.
AS most people know, says the Dry
Goods Economist, hooked rugs are
made of wooden or cotton rags, pre-
pared somewhat as for rag carpet.
material is ''hooked' in tufts thru a
course cloth base. Each rug is indi-
vidUal-no two are alike, as each
piece expressed the personality of the
maker.
Made in the first place as a make
shift substitute for the carpets which
our Colonial ancestors could not buy,
the hooked rug now finds itself at the
very head of the desirable things for
those who like a touch of old-time
beauty and harmony in living-room,
bedroom, or breakfast room Nothing
goes quite so well with polished ma
hogany and frilled muslin curtains,
and nothing harmonizes better with
the soft coloring of chintz.
New England has been secured for
hooked rugs, and collectors have
searched every nook and corner for
these valued specimens of early Amer
lean art. 1t is quite likely, however,
that the West still harbors many val
liable specimens, taken there in early
days by their New England makers. |
which could be profitably harvested
by the decorator who has the time and
the enterprise to really hunt them out. |
Though they cost their makers next |
to nothing, hooked rugs now command
top notch prices and are well worth |
looking for renovating and marketing. |
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There will be a dinner dance at the J
Country club Saturday evening. Mem |
bers have been asked to make their |
reservations early.
Mrs. Eli G. Foster, who is travelling |
thru the Holy Land, wrote to a number |
of Topeka friends from ConstantinopIe |
In mentioning notable places and |
events of her trip Mrs. Foster men, |
toned the fact that she had had a |
bath-in the river Jordan.
Notes and Personal Mention
Mr.. and Mrs. William Macferran !
and Mr.. Kenneth Macferran will leave
next week to spend a vacation in |
Roaring River, Ark.
Miss Alice Meade ACCOMPANIED by |
little Miss Jane Ewart left today for a I
several weeks stay in Arkansas City |
Miss Meade will go later to Galveston !
Texas, before returning home
Hemstitching. Baer's Hat Shop
ADV.
Mrs. Howard johnson has gone to |
Excelsior Springs, Mo, for a several |
Mrs c. A. Scott is the guest of her
sister, Mr.. W. F. Ellington of Law !
renee.
Mr.. James McCloskey and Mr.. Bill |
Sargent are visiting friends in Okla |
homa City. Okla
Mrs. Gordon Kline of iii Taylor /
street left today for an extended visit /
in California, Washington and Idaho. |
Mr.. Frank Parker will leave Sat 4
urday for Toronto, Canada, where he