The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-02
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The annual banquet of the ChaIdean
club was held Monday evening at the
Wiley instead of at the home of Mrs.
Robert Steele as was first intended.
The club cOlors are pink and white,
and the long table at which the guests
were seated was decorated with great
masses of pink and white carnations.
Partners were found by matching quo
tations.
The programmes were dainty affairs.
made by Miss Flora Mayo. On the cover
was an American and Cuban flag
done in water colors, underneath which
were the letters &C. c. 1899, in gold
During the progress of the banquet
which was served in several courses,
the following questions were discussed: +:
Cur Best Kansas Author; Your FavOrite
Poem; What Man and What Woman
Have Done the Most Good in the Last
Century? Shall Woman Be Trained
for Business? What Book Published
Within the Last Two Years do You Like
Best? Your Favorite Conundrum?
Mrs. w. w. Russell, the president of
the club, was toast mistress, and at the
close of the banquet the following toasts
were responded to: Our Convivial
Guests, Mrs. w. w. Mills; Chaldean
Babes, Mr.. Hampton Steele, one of the
babes; Our Progressive Women Mr..
Albert Watkins; What is an Education?
Mrs ]. B. Larimer; Best Things of the
Ours, Mrs. John Sim.
feature which caused much amuse-
ment was the advent of an enormous
pie, baked by Mrs. Mills; on being cut
it was found that there was nothing
but a top crust, and each ones share
consisted of a piece of this, and a humor-
Gus quotation which they were COM
PEELED to read. Needless to say the gen.
tlemen were much disappointed the
pie was baked especially for them.
Mrs. Sim extended an invitation to
the club, the husbands of the members
and the club babes to spend Decoration
day with her at her home southwest
of town.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs J.
B. Larimer Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Mills,
Albert Watkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Steele, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Russell Mr.
and Mrs. George Walp, Mrs. McGiffert,
Miss Mayo, Mr.. H. G. Larimer and Mr.
Hampton Steele.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. w. B. Houston has returned to
her home in Council Bluffs after a visit
with her sisters, Mrs. A. w. Lacey and
Miss Josephine Dietrich.
Mrs. N. S. Wear received an inter-
esting letter from her sister. Mrs. c. r.
Krauthof, Monday. Mrs. Krauthoff
spent about ten days with friends in
Honolulu, after which she accompanied
them ii Yokohama to attend the Cher
ry Blossom Festival" which is in pro-
gress there. This festival lasts about
three weeks, during which time the ma
tives don their Sunday clothes and give
themselves up entirely to pleasure Mrs
oCNiOAL eltlCIidCu d SdIQSA party CIV
en- by the emperor and empress, at
which there were only 20 Americans
present. She left on the 18th for Ma
Mia
Mr.. Phillip Brooks left Monday for
his home in Minneapolis, Mimi, after
a short visit with his cousin, Mrs. F. c.
Gay.
The Commonwealth club held its reg
ular meeting Monday afternoon; the
afternoon was devoted to business, af-
ter which a dainty tea was served by
Mrs. Annie L Diggs.
Mrs. S. Bernheimer is the guest of
Mrs. NJ. Snattinger.
Mr.. Roger Robins has returned from
a few days visit in Kansas City.
The following little girls will usher
at the recital a Unity church, Tuesday
evening, May 9: Josephine Gay, Helen
Sharitt, Clara Fleishman, Mary Sykes
Margaret Carver and Phil Reed.