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the sunflower. 13 The Topeka Milling Clubdom. The Spalding Reading Circle met Thursday evening. This is the ninth year of study for the Ladies Music club. DAVIS HACKNEY Lessee.

The Nautilus club met with Mrs. T. S. Lyon, 1633 College avenue, Tuesday afternoon Oct. 20.

The club voted to invite three ladies to become members: Mrs. Douglass, Mrs. Robertson and Mrs. Kitcliell, There was a good attendance, and the program was as follows: The Black Prince Mrs. I.yoii A Short History of George Peele Mrs Davies An Analysis of Some of Sidneys Sonnets Dr.

Harriet Adams A description of the Moral Iife of Greene Mrs. King The club adjourned to meet in two weeks with Mrs. Cowgill. MANUFACTURERS OF Highest Class Hard Wheat Flour, Determinated Kiln-Dried Corn Flour Ralston Health Flour The Portia club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Iv.

M. Powell. Mrs. Geo. W.

Winaus, is president of the Hutchinson Womens club. The Atlanteans will meet Monday afternoon in the parlors of the Physical Culture school. Several Topeka ladies interested in forming a Ceramic club met with Mrs. W. G.

Smyser Thursday afternoon. The W. T. K. Club of North Topeka, met in regular session Tuesday afternoon, with Mrs.

Frank Bowen at her home on Van Buren street. Much originality was manifested in the quotations, in answer to roll call. A continuation of last weeks program descriptive of the review of the Noise City of New England was the first exercise conducted by Mrs. Hamrick. Mrs.

Arnold read Whittierss poem, Norembega. Mrs. Morris led the discussion on current events, taking the Cuban question as the topic for the day. A comprehensive outline of the situation up to the present time was very entertainingly given, and the habits, customs aud military discipline of the people was discussed by different members. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs.

Campbell Tuesday, November 3. RALSTON HEALTH FLOUR Someone insists that there is sufficient dramatic ability in Topeka to warrant the founding of a local dramatic club. Mrs. W. W.

Curdy, formerly of Topeka, is the president of the Pleasant Hour club at Paola. The club will study cities. Contains more nitrates and phosphates than any other Flour and is Natures most perfect food for the Brain and Nerves Is milled on sciontific prin ciples, strictly in accordance with a formula furnished by the Ralston Health Club of Martyn College, Washington, D. which has a membership of ten million people None genuine unless branded. RALSTON HEALTH FLOUR Mrs.

E. May Curtis Root, of Council Grove, corresponding secretary of the State Federation of Clubs, is sending to federated clubs suggested courses of for the year. The Philharmonic society and Ladies Music club held a joint session Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. S.

Charles. The fine program was very much enjoyed, and the two clubs will meet together several time during the season. About one hundred ladies listened to the following program: The Occidental club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. M. C.

Hammatt. The hostess led the afternoons study in early French history and literature. The club will meet next Tuesday with Mrs, Ham-matt. The Topeka Camera club met Wednesday night instead of next Tuesday night. It is supposed the members preferred snap shots of the returns over the wires to the kind they can take themselves.

Eleanor Wilson entertained Thursday afternoon, assisted by Miss Mabel Wilson. Thirteen tables were arranged through the parlors aud dining room and the guests enjoyed nine games of high five. When the score was counted Miss Bessie West was found to have won all the games aud received as a prize a pretty little volume Checkers by Henry Blossom. About sixty guests were entertained. 1.

Piano Dance Bacchantes Gounod Misses Grace and Irene Campdoras. 2. Piano Solo Valse Flat Palumbo Miss Anna Campbell. 3. Vocal Solo Indian Serenade Metcalf Miss Mary Hollis, 4.

Vocal Trio Dragon Flies Ilargiel Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. F'oster and Mrs Miller. 5. Piano Solo Tremulo Gottschalk Mrs.

D. A. Ryder. 6. Piano Duet Bolero Moszkowski Mrs, J.

W. Going and Miss Anna Campbell, 7. Violin Solo Allegro Movement, op 21 Mrs. I'rauk Foster. 8.

Piano Solo Nocturne, op, 15 No. 2... Chopin Miss Kdith Isbell, 9. Vocal Trio (a) F'airy Footsteps, (b) Cradle Song Braluns Mrs. Miller, Mrs.

F'oster and Mrs. Thomas. 10. Piano Solo Toccotina Wm. Mason Miss Mabel Martin.

11- Piano Duet Pasdes Cymbals its organization, and to the members of which she was much attached and by whom she was well beloved. She was of a sunny disposition and her life has been one of unselfish devotion to her family and friends. She reared to womanhood two orphan neices, and a son Mr. Charles S. Downing who resides in this city, and who is now the only stay and comfort of his sorrowing father.

Many relatives in other states will bow in sorrow at this loss. She was a lover of children whom she designated human blossoms. She was equally fond of flowers and the spot where she sleeps, in the southeastern part of our beautiful cemetery, is covered with them, the expression of many loving friends. The offer of the Stedman club was a large cluster of carnations and buds. A beautiful floral lyre and great sprays of chrysanthemums rest together above the head that has bent so often to caress their kind.

She had many friends to miss her smile and kind words, whose sympathy is as a pillow of soothing proffered the bereaved husband in his loneliness aud grief. Vote for your Favorite Teacher. To the teacher in the Topeka public schools who receives the largest number of votes by December 15, This will give a handsome set of books worth 25.00 Votes recorded in the form below cut from this weeks will be free if sent in before November 14. I vote for The Theimian Club, of Newton, has a plan worthy of emulation, Ladies shopping in Newton, from the country, are invited to rest at the club rooms, where they will find a pleasant welcome, something to read, etc. Mrs.

S. R. Reters is president of the club, which has done some municipal1 reform, as well as literary work. The IuTempora club will study the current magazines and reviews. There are twelve members in the club, the membership being limited to that number.

The members are Mesdames W. S. Lindsay, Schocli, Good, C. II. King, Misses Lewis, Olive Lewis, Kathryne Mills, Birdie King, and Julia Whitmer.

Mrs. C. II. King is president and Miss Kathryne Mills secretary. SANTA FE NOTES.

Albert Skaggs is laid up with a boil on his arm. John Miller and wife are visiting in Kansas City over A. I. Jetmore candidate for county attorney, was down among the shop boys Thursday noon. Saml Cleary of Swansons yard, had a foot badly bruished by a heavy timber falling on it last Wednesday.

A new slate roof is now being put on the round house. There will also be new roofs put on the other building during the winter months. John Hodge M. C. B.

is in Fort Madison this week. C. L. Senter of the store department, has returned to work again, after being laid up with a mashed toe for a couple of weeks. The vote of the shops will lie Republican if one can judge by the badges worn by the men.

Sawyer-Lanter. A very pretty wedding last evening was that of Miss Kate Sawyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. M.

Sawyer, to Mr. D. B. Lanter, at the brides home 308 Monroe street; Rev. Etnbree.

The bride was very becomingly gowned in a blue novelty, with a froht of cream mousseline de soie. She wore white roses. The bride is quite wrell known in Topeka, having been connected with the cloak department of Crosby Bros, for some time, where she has made many friends. Mr. Lanter is foreman of the new air machine at the Santa Fe.

About fifty guests were entertained at supper. Miss Gertrude Tracy and Mrs. Deitrich. In Memoriam. On the 28th day of this month occurred the death of Martha J.

Downing, at her home at 1014 Van Buren street, Topeka. She was the wife of Andrew Downing to whom she was married in December of 1861, at Leavenworth, Kan. She was 58 years of age. Her illness was of short duration and her death was not expected by any but herself. She felt at the latter part of her two weeks illness that life was at its close for her and breathed in every sentence something of her joy and peace and perfect willingness to go.

She passed away as a child goes to sleep and the last look at her patient face will remain a sweet memory to the friends who gazed upon it. The funeral was private and the pallbearers were friends and members of the Sted-man club of this city which she had attended with her husband almost since Topeka society young women are getting the club fever stronger than usual this year. On Tuesday there will be a new literary club formed at the home of Miss Maude Ranney. The prospective members are Misses Kate Gunther, May Thompson, Rosamond Horton, Alice Prescott, Maude Ranney, Ollie OBrien, Margaret Mulvane, Arlie Kwart, Franc Littlefield, Dora Furman and Lottie Ranney. my favorite teacher in Topekas public schools.

Free votes if sent in before Nov. 14, to Sunfi.owf.r office, 116 west Sixth street. After that date votes will cost three cents each..