The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-11
TOPEKA SOCIETY.
Engagement of Miss Linn An
nOunced.
Complimentary Reception For
Mrs. Ella e. Herrick.
NEARLY $50 GUESTS.
Duplicate Whist Club Enter
talned by Mrs. Dillon.
News Personal and Otherwise
of a Social Nature.
NEARLY $50 GUESTS.

The engagement of Miss Clemma
Blanton Linn, daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
H. c. Linn and Mr.. Charles Allen Mills
of Havana, Cuba, was recently an
nounced in q Washington paper. Mr..
Mills is a well known Washington law
yer and is engaged by a large corpora
ton in Cuba as their legal adviser. DR..
Linn and family have postponed their
return to Topeka until next spring;
they have taken d house 1897 Sixteenth
street for the winter.
Mrs. Herrick's Reception.
Nearly two hundred and fifty guests
called at the home of Mrs. r. T. Her
rick on Tyler street Friday afternoon
in response to her invitations sent out
last week. The affair was a reception
com limentary to Mrs. Ella Z. Herrick.
The gaiety of the scene was apparent
even before the house was entered, OW-
ing to the artistic arrangement of the
broad porch. Soft rugs were spread on
the floor and chairs and cushions in
abundance made a delightful place for
the guests to congregate in.
The decorations in the hall consisted
entirely of palms and trailing vines.
Pink and green We're used in the parlOr;
+ on the piano was a large bowl of ex-
quisite SOupert roses and drapings of
sprengeri, and sprengeri festOOned the
chandeliers in all of the rooms.
Bitter sweet decked the library; vines
of it draped the pictures, and the tops
of the doors and windows. The dining
room was lovely in gorgeous yellow
chrysanthemums, with quantities of
green to soften the effect The side
board was banked with asparagus, dot
ted with yellow chrySanthemumS. On
the polished dining table was an eX-
quisite Battenburg centerpiece, on which
rested a tall vase filled with yellow
chrySanthemums At either end of the
table was a punch bowl from which
pineapple and orange ices We're served
Miss MYRTLE Davis Miss IU9h Davis
Miss Edna McCIintOck and Miss Edna
Crane.
A sweet-toned music box in the up
per hall played during the afternoon.
At the top of the stairs is a charming
little oriental room, hung with all sorts
of rich hued eastern stuffs, daggers,
spears and other curiOs: a punch bowl
was placed in this room and presided
over by Miss Ethel Davis and Miss
Grace Dauchy.
The upstairs rooms were all decorated
with flowers to harmonic with their
furnishings; one in yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS, one in white carnations and an
other in pink carnations.
The following ladies assisted: Mrs.
JOab MulVane, Mrs. L. H. Crandell,
Mrs. E NJ. Sheldon, Mrs. L. B. McClin-
took, Mrs. Harry Weaver of Kansas
City, Mrs. w. H. Fighter, Mrs. c. C.
COlburn and Mrs. Byron Davis. The
young ladies who assisted, and their
young men friends were entertained by
Mrs. Herrick in the evening.
Inc Duplicate Whist Club.
The Duplicate Whist club was pleas
antly entertained Friday afternoon by
Mrs. H. P Dillon at her home on Har-
risen street She entertained a, guest
table complimentary to Miss Frances
Brooks Chase of Wilkesbarre Pa Be
sides the guest of honor, those who
PLAYED were: Mrs Alice CIugston Mrs
Herbert Armstrong and Miss Mary
Thompson. Mrs. F. Q. Gay substituted
for Mrs. w J. Black. The next meet
ing will be a week from Tuesday at the
home Of Miss Irene Homer.
The Viennese Party.
The Viennese club gave an enjoy
able dancing party at Harmony hall
Friday evening. Those present were,
Miss Elizabeth Cole, Miss Helen Walk
er, Miss Edith GuibOr, Miss Hila Hinck-
ley, Miss Vida Wood, Miss Cornell of
Goshen, Ind, Miss Ethel DeObert, Miss
Ethel wilson, Miss May Wilson. Miss
Lillian Trap, Miss Katherine Fleish-
man, Miss Josephine VanAmburgh, Miss
Ida Tinker, Mr.. Everett Akers, Mr.
Otis Crawford, Mr.. Clark Daley, Mr..
Phil Daley. Mr.. Harvey Davis, Mr.
George Duden, Mr. Albert Fulcher. Mr.
George Fleishman, Mr.. Malcolm Ger
Mr.. Herbert Robinson, Mr.. Paul Roehr,
Mr.. viii Tinker, Mr.. Roger VanHook
and Mr.. August Trautman.
Two New Bowling Clubs.
Bowling promises to be a popularform
of amusement this winter. Several
clubs have already been organized and !
others are being discussed One which
held its first meeting Friday evening is
composed of Miss Santa Waters, Miss |
Florence Mitchell of MINNEAPOLIS Miss
Mcfarland, Miss Lillian Mcfarland, |
Miss Marie Brooks, Miss Mabel Hills |
Mr.. Earl Case, Mr.. Lee Forbes Mr. E |
3. Jolly, Mr.. Horace Macferran Mr. I
K Bair, Mr.. Howard Huey, Mr.. Chas. |