The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-02

| fed by olive oil There are some dainty
Dresden bread and butter plates. with
| knives to match, and doyiles worked IN
/ Dresden figures. There are plaques of
! delft and numerous other brio d brac.
Last, but not least. is beautiful u ar
| bic statue of the Venus de Milo, which
! Miss Lakin bought from the sculptog,
| professor in the Academy of Fine Arts in
| Florence, Italy.
At the home of Mrs. A Z. Rodgers,
where she and Miss Stella wers assisted
by a number of friends, pancakes and
| syrup were served and each guest car
ried away tiny griddle as a souvenir.
Mrs. Z. 7. Sim and her lady friends
| furnished prettily hand painted booklet
| of autumn leaves, with sentiment and
the names of the receiving party written
| in it.
Mrs. j. L. Kings Eome on Topeka qve-
/ me was aglow with rosy shaded lights
and Misses Hila Hihckley, Emily King
and Ella Smith served the guests with
and coffee. In the evening the
receiving party. their husbands and
Messrs. Ed Horner, F. L. Van de Gift.
Ed Bennett and Ralph Peterson enjoy: ed
d game of cards. Mrs. Nathan Price of
1 Omaha was one of the ladies receiving
with Mrs. King.
The Pansy club assisted by Mrs. A, II.
| Horton, Miss HortOn$ Miss en- nell and
/ several out of town young ladies con-
ceived the idea of giving rabbits foot
/ to each caller. 1t is supposed they were
all left hind feet from a rabbit. killed in
dark of the moon near a grave yard, etc.
| Their own modest pansy was prominrnt
| in the floral decorations. Mrs. Horton
| wore black satin, garniture colored pas
sementerie; Miss Horton, liberty satin in
silver and red shading; Miss Gemn,ell
pink satin veiied in chiffon.
! Miss Ocheltree of Olathe, wpre
| lott, Wis, white silk and cream velvet;
Miss Hood, of Emporia, blue silk and
! chiffon; Miss Shiras, of Ottawa, pink
| silk; Miss Street, of Phoenix, AriZ, pink
silk, sleeves of velvet.
At the Copeland eight ladies received
! in the parlors, which were festooned
with moss and holly from the south,
scarcely more sunny shan our own city
| Punch was served from large bowl
in the hall A piece of black ribbon
| with penny on one end was the SOU
venir. The first letters of the names of
| the married ladies receiving, W. /. o.
! NJ. n. p. F., were printed on the ribbon.
/ They are said to be the first letters of the
words of sentence which the callers
were required to guess, being given a
| years time to accomplish it.
At the home of J. B. Johnson the
caller was transported back TO historical
times by the sight of fair young ladies
whose hair was powdered and arranged
in the fashion of the grand DANES of d
century ago. Pink and green were
! the color tones and carnatiOn the
Iavors. Miss johnson wore p K and
white taffeta silk, waist of monseline de
sole; Miss Mabel Johnson, white corded
silk; Miss Manspeaker, white watered
| silk. string pearl passementerie; Miss
! Nellie Clough, light green mouseline de
] sole, waist of green silk; Miss Fannie
/ GrahOm OF LeavenwOrth, white and
| green striped taffela; Miss Williams en-
/ pire gown of pink silk; Miss Lou Nicely
/ of LeavenWorth. white faille silk bertha
| of lace; Miss Name Atchison of Leaven-
worth, light green mouseline de sole,
| pearl trimming; Miss Margaret Mulvane.
| yellow silk crepe, sleeves of brocaded
satiu; Mrs. Lyle Dickey, pink crepon;
| Mrs. Arthur Mills, pink silk yelled in
monseline de sole of the same shade;
| Mrs. Arthur Capper, white china silk,
! garniture of lace and ribbons.
Mrs. Harry Corde Ashby's home was
also in pink and green. The fair hostess
was gowned in pink chrysanthemum
| crepe, lace bertha; Mrs. John Farms
worth, brocaded silk. duchess lace; Mrs.
John Norton, white Satin; Mrs. Frank
Holiday, black chiffon, draped over
blue silk; Mrs. Corrin Jewett Prescott,
pink brussels net, over pink silk; Ms.
| Pliny Syper, turquoise blue satin; Miss
Beck, blue and white silk: Miss Dudley,
| blue crepe and lace; Miss Bartholomew
pale blue silk.
Miss Edith OFT and her friends, Misses
| Valentine, Brooks. Stage, Dennis and
Bergen served their friends with; waters,
bread and butter, olives and coffee. The
favors were silvered English walnut
/ shells
Miss Josephine Colby and her. guests.
Misses Fanny Marsh, LILLIAN Tefft, abel
Chase, Jessie Sheliabarger and Mary
Moon, gave as favors samples of the
dresses worn by them, attached tt square
cards.
Miss Myrtle Davis and a number, Of
others CT the young set in society made
pretty picture as they receiver callers
standing in a half moon semi circle
The visiting young ladies' assisting were
Misses Lottie Page of Denver, Nora Nc
earthly of Larned and Kate Critchfield of
Oskaloosa. The favors were dainty
sachets of lavender silk and water color
paper containing the cards OF the re
| celving party.
The ladies who received at the Y. M.
c. A. rooms'had almost 400 callers. The
rooms were tastefuIly decorated. and re
freshments were Sc rved throug bout the
| afternoon and evening. The general re-
| ception in the evening was attended by
about 700 people. A short musical pro
gramme was rendered by Miss W allat ,
and Jake Falls. a very fine physical
class exhibition was held in the gymaa-
stun which was crowded to its utmost
capacity.
The ladies of the w. R. G. had the
pleasure of entertaining Old Abe camp
| of Sons of Veterans in body. A mum
Der of distinguished guests both in the
city and from out of it, also called.
New Years Party.
A very happy gathering New YEARS.
night was the one at the home of Miss J.
n. Brown, it being the occasion of the
| annual assembling of her Snndav. scbodI