The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-18
SOCIAL AND Personal.
Items OF Interest About Topeka People
and Visitors in Town.

and Visitors in Town.
Miss Edith Campbell invited about
forty friends to meet her aunt, Miss
Hedges of Clinton, Ohio, last evening,
and introduced a clever mode of enter
tanning, in the form of ''literary char
ades."
The back parlor was arranged as an
impromptu stage, and the guests assem-
bled in the front parlor, as audience.
The entire company were ignorant of
so that those chosen to act were given
the same opportunity of guessing that
the spectators had.
Score cards were given each one, and
on the reverse was written: TTry if you
can read ,arigh the scenes presented to
your sight" The successful guessers
were Miss Marguerite Bradley and Mr..
Arthur Murphy, who received respect
lively, silver butter pick and key ring.
Ned Osborn, in taking handkerchief
from his pocket dropped pair of dice.
and represented paradise Lost;" Ralph
Peterson, in a smoking jacket and en-
joying the favor of good cigar, was
''Reveries of a Bachelor" vanity Fair"
was represented by Vera Low arranging
her hair before mirror; Miss Gemmel
and Miss Fassler. chatting over tea
table, were "Over the Teacups"
Among the other books represented
were "School for Scandal" f'Heavenly
Twins" Lady in White" "What Will
He Do With It" Terrible Temptation"
''White Lies ga Chance Acquaintance"
"Middlemarch," Descent of Man."
"Under a White UMBRELLA s'Comin'
Thro the Rye" "Man and Wife, and
Measure for Measure
Some music by Misses Bradley and
Parmalee was enjoyed by Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Capper, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Murphy; Misses Lillian Gemmel, Rose
Fassler, Rose Horton, Henrietta and
Mary Thompson, Franc Littlefield, Hor-
tense Kelly, Margaret Mulvane, Theresa
Rossington, Margaret Dudley. May Was
son, Ruth Farnsworth, Vera Low and
Messrs. Ralph Peterson, Willis Norton,
John Poston, Will Alexander, Willis
Scott, Fred Kingsley, Harry Weaver, G.
M. and G. B. Nj erriam, Harry Valentine,
d. Mulvane, Ned Osborne, Charles
Thomas, John Frey, Ed Mcbride, Clar-
ence Bowman. Walter Noble, Dean and
Homer.Low, Frank Bonebrake and Har-
ry Ashby.
Mrs. j. W. Bailey gives a thimble
party this afternoon.
Mrs F. T. Miles of St Joe is the guest
of Mrs. w. l. Drum. Mr.. Miles will join
her Sunday.
Prof Black will deliver course of
lectures on Robert Browning, probably
next week, in Unity church.
w. l. Drum will return from Chicago
Tomorrow
,McBurney-WhippIe.
Yesterday at noon Mr. John McBurney
of Kansas City and Miss Lnella Whipple
of this city were united in marriage at
the home of the BRIDES parents, 3O0
Tyler street The ceremony was i'm
pressive. The bridal couple were led
in by two of the brides little cousins,
dressed in blue crepe de chine; the
wedding march was played by Miss
Ada Bressler of Kansas City. Rev. l.
Blakesley repeated a solemn ring SER
vice. After the usual congratulations
dinner was served in the dining room.
The large parlors were -charmingly
decorated with palms and tropical
plants, while the dining room was a
picture with its green and white finish
ings. The bride wore beautiful pink
crystal silk, simply made, with appropri-
ate trimmings of duchess lace and the
yoke outlines with lilies of the valley.
She wore white satin slippers and suede
gloves, and carried a bouquet of white
roses.
She is very popular young lady, and
has been employed in the pOstoffice as
general delivery clerk for some time.
Mr.. McBurney travels for the Kendall
r. l., and is a successful young business
man. Mr.. and Mrs. McBurney took the
Santa Fe train for Kansas City, where
they will reside for an Indefinite period
Only relatives and Immediate friends
were present. They left in a shower of
City and Leetonia, Ohio, were also pres
ent.
Reception to Mrs. wehe-
Odd Fellows temple was the scene of
festivities on Monday evening. The
casion was big reception given to Mrs
Jennie 81. Wehe, president of the Re
bekah state assembly, who leaves soon
for an extended European trip The re-
ception was given by the Naomi Rebek-
ah lodge, and all other Rebekah lodges
of the city attended. An original poem
dedicated to Mrs. Wehe, was read by
Mrs w. Z. Brubaker. Mrs Lydia Shep-
herd the state secretary. was present and
made an address. Later in the evening
refreshments were served
General Social Notes.
Miss Sarah Bear has returned to her
home in Carlisle, Pa, after spending
a year with her sister Mrs. w. II. Ben
nington.
Mrs. VIM. Thrapp and Mrs. J. L. Van