The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-01
Topeka SOCIETY.
Capital City Delegation Leaves
for Winfield.
VIII Attend Meeting Of the
State Federation.
AK ABOUT ART.
Ancient Painters and Their
Work Discussed.
News Of Personal and Social
Nature.
7 AK ABOUT ART.

Nature.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
State Social Science Federation is in
session at Winfield today. The meet
ing will last three days.
A number Of Topeka people are in
attendance. The ladies who will rep
are as follows: Mrs. H. G. Stafford and
Mrs. W. D. Lacey, w. T. X; Mrs.
Eugene Ware, D. A. r.; Mrs J. C.. Me-
Clintock and Mrs C. G. Baker, Allan
team; Mrs. A A.. GODDARD and Mrs. L
II. Crandall Western Sorosis; Mrs. Eli
Foster, Portia; Mrs. Dell Keller. Occi-
dental; Mrs. Robert Pierce, Vignette;
Mrs. G. A. Holmes, Chaldeans. The
delegates from the city federation are
Mrs. Charles Gleed, Mrs. d. A. Blood,
Mrs. Won Dahlen. Mrs. H. D. Davis,
Mrs. Annie Diggs, Mrs. J. B. Gatchell,
Mrs. g. P. Grimsley Mrs. L. c. Bad
gely, Mrs. c. o. Knowles, Mrs. Wilburg,
DR.. Mary Stuart and Miss Abby Ware.
Mrs. J. c. MoCIintock is chairman
Of the committee on credentials. Topeka
women will be given the necessary Gre
dentials after their arrival in Winfield.
Art Class Discusses Ancient Period.
The Art class met Monday afternoon
with Mrs. F. NJ. Prescott at her home
on West Tenth avenue. An enjoyable
afternoon was spent in the study of the
Renaissance period of art. The meet
ing was in charge of Mrs. Prescott
The two artists taken up for study
at this meeting were Luca Signorella
and PierO Degi Francesca. Two in
teresting papers were read concerning
these artists. One by Mrs. David Pal
mer was about Piero DegH Franceschi,
and one by Mrs. Harrison Morgan was
about Luca, SignOrella-
This meeting was for the purpose of
closing up the study of the club for the
winter. Everything that was wanted
could not be accomplished at this meet
ing, however, and there will be another
that there will be open meeting,
which will finally close their work for
the winter.
Stedman Club.
The regular meeting of the Stedman
| club was held in the club rooms on
| West Eighth street last evening.
The responses to the roll-eall were
favorite extracts from Markham s
| The Man With the Hoe Following
| the rolI-call an interesting original story
! by Mrs. Dickinson was listened to-
Next Miss Laura L. Case read a paper
| on the subject The Stedman Club It
] was a brief summary of the work ac-
| complished by the club This was fol-
4 lowed by an elaborate paper by Mr..
/ Snythe librarian of the Kansas A cad
| envy Of Science. on the subject 1.-THE Re
/ hgious Festivals Of the Calendar and
/ their Origin"
Mr.. Garretson then favored the MEM
| bership with a review of the late pop
| ular novel ITO Have and to Hold"
/ This was followed by a selection from
! Schiller, read by Mr.. L. H. Crandall.
Overt0n-Dutcher.
The following is from the Newton
| Kansan:
'"The people of Newton were some
/ what surprised to hear yesterday that
Miss Maude butcher had been married
/ to Mr.. Ebert L.Overton of Topeka, Sat
urday evening. The contracting parties
successfully engineered this surprise on
| their friends to the very last The GER
emony was performed Saturday evening
| at $3.50 by Rev. J. Y. Ewaft at the Pres
| byterian parsonage. The happy couple
| then repaired to the home of the bride S
parents. on East Sixth street, received
| the congratulations of a few friends
| and departed for Topeka on the II
| o'clock train. They will remain there a
| few days and then return to Newton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Overton will remain in
| Newton till the Santa Fe electric light
| plant is finished, when they will make
| Topeka their home"
Y. W. c. A. Social
The Young Women's Christian associ-
| alton have sent out the following move
| invitations to a party to be given this
| evening at their rooms at 623 jackson
street:
Have you heard of our party next
Where everything is to be black o,
white,
Have your silhouettes taken and for
tune told,
See our basket ball teams in appropri
ate manner,
Strive hard in a game for the victors
banner
This invites you, yourself, don't yoJ
think It's your ne1ghDOr
Tho, both would be welcome-we do no
show favor.
Come dressed, by request, in white AM
black,
And be bIest, with a zest, you neve
should lack.
Notes and Personal Mention.
The First M E. church was the seem
of a social last night given by the La
dies society. The object was to raise
sum of money with which to buy car
pets Each member of the society con
/ tributed a dollar and read an origina
verse telling how they came into pos
session of the dollar. These were yer.
! amusing. Gentlemen We're asked T.
contribute according to their weight.
Mrs. d. H. Case and her children, A
II. Case, Jr.,and Cleo have arrived fror
Honolulu and are visiting at the HON
| of A. H. Case on West Tenth avenue.
Mrs. J. r. Hague has left for an ex
/ tended visit in Albuquerque, Santa F
and other points of interest in that sec
: ton of the country.
John Ryan is in Kansas City thi
5 week.
t Mrs. N. P. Garretson will leave tomor
t row to go to be with her sick parents a
5 / Wooster, Ohio.
: Mrs. L. H. Crandal1 is in Winfield al
: tending the federation meeting thi
! week
: Mrs. J. s. White of Spokane, Wn.,
| visiting with Mrs. Elizabeth White 8
123 East Tenth street.
Dr. and Mrs. c. B. Reed will enter
r tain DR.. and Mrs. J. E. Root of Kanss
. City this week during the meetings
5. the Kansas Dental association
4 Misses Mary Wilson and Jennie Hi
Q are spending a short vacation in Rfef