The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-09
IN THE SOCIETY WORLD.
General Notes of Society and
Personal Items.
Recent Social Events in Topeka
and Vicinity.
Items of Interest About Topeka Peo-
pie and Visitors in Town.

friends last evening very Informally.
The guests were Miss Viola Rose of St.
Louis, Miss Price of Baldwin, Miss Mar
tina Bradshaw, Miss Ella Ramsey, Miss
Lillian Valentine, Miss Villa Tomlin-
son, Miss Eleanor Work; Mr. Fred Pink.
ston of Chicago, Mr.. viii Hancock of
Lawrence, Mr.. Otis Allen, Mr. John
Work. Mr.. Fred Gordon, Mr.. Chas.
Joslin.
Mrs. Georgia K. Wilson of Valencia,
Kan, has issued invitations to the mar
rage of her daughter, Nina Anna, to
Walter Johnson Vea1e, Wednesday
evening, September 16 at 8 o'clock at
her home, Avalon Place.
Miss Wilson is a Bethany graduate
and is well known in Topeka. Mr..
Veale is the son of Col. and Mrs. C. w.
Veale.
Mr.. Veal has just returned from the
City Of Mexico, where he is engaged in
The wedding will be private. only the
relatives and intimate friends are in
vited
Mrs. H. S. Knox entertained a num-
per OF friends last evening in honor of
her sister, Miss Stella McElroy The
house was decorated with cut flowers
and eVergreens. The refreshments
were served on the lawn which was
lighted by Japanese lanterns. The
guests Were Miss Carrie Wilcox, Miss
MINNIE Atkinson, Miss Sarah Har-
greayes, Miss Myrtle Furbech, Miss Ella
moody, Miss Nellie Lawrence Miss
Daisy Lawrence, Miss Nora Atkinson,
MISS Clara Shirk, Miss May Har-
greaVes, Miss Hattie McElroy, Misses
SteIla and Mabel McElroy. Mrs. r. T.
Roby, Mr.. Ernest Wilcox, Mr.. James
Dargett, Mr.. VIII Powell, Mr. John
Earsley, Mr.. Harry French, Mr.. Frank
OvertOn, Mr.. Deck ConcIin Mr. Rich
ard HargreaVeS, Mr.. George Shirk, Mr.
H. S. Knox
Mrs Chas. Emery will come over from
st. Joe next week to visit her mother,
Mrs. N. H. Adams.
Rev. H. s. GekeIer of St. Joseph is
the guest of Mrs. K. F. King and fam
Drifting is the comprehensive in
scriptiOn placed by Mrs Martha A.
Wilder beneath a recent painting of
her execution which is now on exhibit
ton In q show window of James B.
Hayden's jewelry store. The painting
IS very beautiful, being in delft blue
on china, and represents a ship, APP
parently abandoned, drifting out to sea
An empty boat drags astern. Mrs
Wilder has very successfully reproduce
ed a night scene with its beautiful eff
feet of broken clouds and silvery moon
light. Such an influence upon an ocean
scene is not easily executed it NAV be
imagined. The waves seem compare
lively calm, but one cannot rid ones
self of the impression that they have
been in a very turbulent state, and
that a storm he'd but recently ragged. It
is said that the subject was inspired in
Mrs. Wilder's mind from reading that
beautiful poem by T. Buchanan Reed,
Drifting" Mrs Wilder has wrought
well in this her chosen profession, and
deserves much praise
Miss Eide Moon of Indiana, who has
been visiting her cousin Miss Villa
Rogers, has gone to Ottawa to visit
z. S. Mitchell has returned today
from a trip through Iowa
Miss Isadore Mertzheiner of Kansas
City, viii arrive next week and be the
guest OF Misses Maro-7
Weiss.
Mrs. Robert Delahay went to Kan
sas City yesterday to visit her mother
H A. Auerbach is in Kansas City.
Frank S. Adams of WatervilIe is Wis
iting his uncle F. G. Adams in this
city.
S. Barnum and Simon Greenebanr,
were summoned to Winfield Monday on
account of the illness of Mr.. Greene
baum's mother.
Mrs. P. L. Soper of Vinita. I. T.. ar
rived last night and will be the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Harry Ashby, for a
few days.
Miss Lucille Mulvane left yesterday
university
H. U. Nudge went to Chicago today.
Mrs. A. NJ Fuller and daughter Ber-
nice have returned from Evanston,
where they were summoned on account
of the illness and death of Mrs Full
ler's father.
Prof. B. B. Smyth has returned from
Minneapolis and St. Paul He took his
bicycle and plant press with him and
did some bOtanizing among the Min
nesOta plants while absent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Foster will spend
a few days in Kansas City this week
Miss Abbie Ware and Miss Franc
Littlefeld will spend Saturday in Kan
sas City.
John Collins, Will Reed and Frank
Curry went to Lawrence today. They
will attend the university this year.
Ed Martin has returned from q trip
along the Pacific coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Player, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hodge returned Monday
from a trip to Chicago.
Miss Viola Rose of St. Louis is visit
ing Miss Martha Bradshaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Quinton have
removed from their former home at
1922 Van Buren, to 827 Harrison street.
Mrs. Belle Cone and Mrs. S. Hineman
of Lawrence are visiting with friends
in the city.
Miss Edith Davis went to Lawrence
today to enter the university.
Mrs. Fred Lacy, who has been at the
StOrmOnt hospital, will be removed to
her home in North Topeka today.
Mrs W. J. Black returned yesterday
from a short visit in Leavenworth.
Miss Lulu Weaver of Bedford, Ia,
will spend Festival week with her
cousin, Miss Grace Weaver.
Miss May LANCE has returned from
her summer outing in Denver, Col.
Mrs. J. J. Frey and family, Mrs. Belle
Hall Small and Miss Lu Barnes re-
turned from Colorado Springs yester-
day in Mr.. Frey's special car.
Mr.. George Rust of Kansas City will
attend the party at Hamilton hall Fri
day night
Mrs. A. L. johnson went to Kilmer
today to spend the remainder of the
week.
Miss Susie shankIin is in the city
from Funston, No. having accompa-
MED her sister, who will attend Beth
any this year.
Mrs. ]. A. Trout of Wamego is spend
ing the day in the city.
Miss Margaret Scar went down to