The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
IN THE SOCIETY WORLD.
General Notes of Society and
Personal Itemss
Recent Social Events in Topeka
and Vicinity.
Items of Interest About Topeka Peo-
pie and Visitors in Town.

The hftieth anniversary of the we'd
ding of Mr.. and Mrs. George Hackney
of Chicago, formerly of this city, was
celebrated yesterday afternoon and
evening at the Copeland hotel It was
also the crystal wedding of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. c. D. Skinner. In the after
noon Mrs. Clarence D. Skinner and
Mrs Herbert Hackney gave recep-
ton between the hours of 8 and and
two hundred ladies called to greet
Mrs. Hackney
The parlors were decorated in yellow
and white. On a table in the center of
the main parlOr stood a bowl of Easter
lilies and the mantel, piano and window
sills were banked with flowers and
Sm1lax- Mrs Hackney brought 800
caLaS with her Friday from California
The curtains and draperies were fes-
TONED with smilax and peppers, also
from California.
Misses AllabeIIe Troutman and Ad-
die Skinner had charge of the punch
bowl.
Mrs. Hackney wore rich gown Of
black satin dotted with gold and trim
med with duchesse lace.
Mrs. Herbert Hackney wore a violet
and white silk, with a velvet bodice
and frills of duchesse lace.
Mrs. Skinner wore her wedding gown
OF cream satin yelled in white net.
Mrs. Glenn Hackney of Milwaukee,
Wis, who assisted was gowned in
black MORE, trimmed with frilIs of real
lace.
The other ladies who assisted during
the afternoon We're Mrs. 7. A. Trout
man, Mrs. Harry Overholt, Mrs. c. F.
Spencer Mrs. L. H. Mum, Mrs. r. L.
Nesbaum, Mrs. c. E. Mum. The re-
freshments were served IN parlor 3.
which was decorated in yellow and
white.
April 5. 1S47. Mr.. George Hackney
at Asbury church, Cheshire. England,
and last evening they received their
friends standing under a wedding bell
OF smilax before the doors on the south
side of the parlOr. Fastened to the
curtains at the doors were the dates
1S47-1S97 in yellow buttercups.
They were attended by two little
flower girls, Mary Overholt and Anna
TrOutman, who were dressed in frOckS
| of white organdy.
At 1880 the party marched down to
| the main dining room of the hotel to
I the strains of Mende1SSOhn'S wedding
| march, the flower girls leading
Three tables were arranged for them.
| The center one was set with yellow
| and white china and the table linen
had been embroidered in yellow butter
cups expressly for this occasion by
Mrs. Hackney.
AS the guests stood in their places
! before being seated, Rev. Linus BlakeS-
ley asked grace.
In the center of three tables were
/ bowls of Easter lilies and on each nap
kin was a jonquill, completing the yell
| low and white harmony.
At the center table sat Mr.. and Mrs.
| George Hackney at the head; on their
right sat Mr.. and Mrs. J. z. Gordon,
| Mr. w. H. Rossington, Miss ROssing
/ ton. Mr.. and Mrs Henry Hull, Mr. and
| Mrs. Peter Fisher, Mr.. and Mrs. D. L.
La1in, Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Hackney.
On their left were Mr.. and Mrs. A
J WaShburn, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Q. Mum,
Mr. and Mrs A V AnteT. Rev and
Mrs. Linus BIakesley, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
r. Remington.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Skinner sat at the
head of another table with the mem
| bers of the B. B. club. To their right
were Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Nesbaum,
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Mcleod, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Washburn, Mary Over
holt, Anna Troutman, and at the foot
| We're Mr.. and Mrs Harry OverhOlt. On
the left side were Mr.. and Mrs. E. L.
| Copeland, Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Spencer,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Garvey, Mr.. and
Mrs. James A. Troutman.
At the third table were Mr.. and Mrs.
| Herbert Hackney, Miss Allabelle Trout
/ man, Mr.. and Mrs. George Farmer, Mr..
| and Mrs. George Hancock, Mr.. and
! Mrs. w. W. Webb, DR.. and Mrs L. H.
Mum, Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Nichols,
Colonel w. D. Alexander, Miss Addie
Skinner Mr.. and Mrs. A. z. Austin
and Mr.. George Hackney.
Each lady received as souvenir a
photograph of Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Hackney mounted on their WheelS, with
| the words Our Golden Wedding Tour
/ -1S47-1S97,'' in gold lettering at the
| bottom of the card.
Watson's orchestra played during the
/ supper, and before leaving the tables
( the guests sang Aud Lang Syne-''
| They assembled to the parlors to the
| wedding march and found that the
rooms had been darkened to enjoy
| stereoptican exhibition. Among the
! views were several recently taken OF
| the house where Mr.. Hackney was born
| in England, the home where his wife
| lived as a girl and the church where
| they were married at Asbury. These
| views were a surprise, and Mr.. and
| Mrs Hackney were delighted 1t was
| on the green in front of this church
| where they first met, and it was there
| also where Mr.. Hackney babe his wife
! and son good bye before his departure
| for America
| Mr. and Mrs. Hackney live on Drexel
| boulevard in Chicago, but formerly
lived in this city, where Mr.. Hackney
| held the position of superintendent Of
! machinery for the Santa Fe railway.
| They have been spending the winter
/ in California and will remain with Mr..
| Herbert Hackney and Mrs. Skinner
| until the last Of May.
! A number of handsome presents were
| received in memory of both anniver-
| saries.
at Harmony Hail.