The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-15
Topeka SOCIETY.
FOrtnightly Club Enjoys a Kip
ling Evening.
Third Annual Banquet of This
Organization.
A DANCING PARTY.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. w. DOOlittle
Entertain Friends.
News of Personal and Social
Nature.


cover was the menu, the name of each
article accompanied by an appropriate
quotation from Kipling; opposite the
menu was the banquet programme which
was as follows:
The King of Clubs &C. r. Spencer
THE Twentieth Century Man"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mrs. T. F. Carver
''The Twentieth Century Woman.
.............- IL. D. SWhittemore
"Our Little Brown Brother ........
Observation-Disclosures. D. Gray
ITO Love, Honor and Obey" .........
..............M Mrs. G. NJ. Herrick
I'm Behalf of the Lay Members.
......................J. D. Mcfarland
Expansion of the Fortnightly''
1.-THE Wise Women of the East"
................M Mrs. A. H. Thompson
Our British Cousins. ...............
.........-...........Jo John Macdonald
THE Flag That Is Never Hauled
Down ............D. l. McEachron
Mr.. n. H. LOOMS was the POSTMASTER.
The guests were seated at one long
table which extended the length of two
rooms. Graceful sprays of asparagus
fern We're placed at intervals on the
snowy cloth and an elaborate center
piece in red, white and blue, composed
of honeysuckle, and syringa and topped
with blue flag, was an attractive
finish to the table. Directly over this
and almost touching it was a hanging
basket containing a sword fern.
The members of the club are, DR.. A.
H. Thompson, Judge W. A. Johnston,
Mr.. John Macdonald, Mr.. A. NJ. Hyde,
Mr.. n. H. LOOMS, Mr.. A. d. Gray, Mr..
P. l. Bonebrake, Mr.. D. L. McEachrOn,
Judge T. F. Carver, Mr.. c. F. Spencer,
Mr.. George NJ. Herrick, Mr.. H. D. CrOs-
by, Mr.. J. B. Larimer, Mr.. J. D. McF'ar-
land Mr.. L. D. Whittemore and Mr.
D. A. Valentine.
A Plea SAINT Dancing Party.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. w. Doolittle gave an
enjoyable dancing party at the Elm
wood club Monday evening compliment
tary to their cousin, Mr.. J. P. Spindle
of Washington, D. c. The rooms were
all tastefully decorated for the occasion,
the parlor in green and white, the back
parlor in green and yellow, and green
and red in the dining room. The side
board was massed with red hOneysuckle
and on the table was an exquisite lace
cover over green, with a tiny globe OF
gold fish on a mirror in the center, sur
rounded with roses.
Music was furnished by Calkin's or
chestra, stationed in the front parlor.
The conservatory between the dining
room and the back parlor was fitted up
as cosy little lOunging place for the
| dancers and there punch was served
during the evening by Miss Hazel Mel
SON.
The invited guests included Mr.. and
| Mrs. Charles Whitlock, Mr.. and Mrs.
| T. L. Evan, Mr. and Mrs. L. !. Tuttle,
| Mrs NJ. P Spindle of Washington, D. c.,
Mrs. Margaret Wiggin, Miss Mabel
Wilson.
! tie Davis Miss Ivah Davis, Miss Emile
/ King, Miss Susie Gay, Miss Nina Thorn
as Miss May Thomas, Miss Mary
| Thompson, Miss Lillian Whitelock, Miss
Edna Crane, Miss Ida Stewart, MISS
! Martha Salisbury, Miss Watkins of
/ Kansas City, Miss Lucille Mulvane, Miss
| Vera Low. Miss Grace Collins, Miss
Mabel Quigley, Mr.. Spindle, Mr.. John
/ Waters Mr.. J. E. Weaver, Mr.. Creel of
kansas city. Mr.. Bennett r. Wheeler,
| Mr. John Nicholson, Mr.. Ralph Moore,
Mr. Frank Davis. Mr.. Adrian Sherman,
| Mr.. E. H. Dallas, Mr.. Tom Clements
| Mr. Ed. Mcbride, Mr.. Dean Low, Mr.
/ Tom King Mr.. Walter Burgess, Mr..
| Will Alexander, Mr.. Archie Williams,
| Mr. Jack Tiffany, Mr.. Joe Morgan and
Mr.. Everett Dallas.
The guests enjoyed several vocal Sc
lections by Miss Vera Low.
A Large Reception.
Invitations will be issued in a few
days for a reception to be given Friday
| afternoon May 25, by Mrs. J. D. NC
Farland. Miss Mcfarland and MISS
4 Lillian Mcfarland at their home at llUO
/ Harrison street. About five hundred
| invitations will be issued, making it the
| largest private reception of the season.
The hours will be from Z;3O until 4;
from until s. and from four until s.
Mrs. NJ. z. Stillson Of Los Angeles, Cal,
will be the guest of honor.
An Anniversary Party.
Monday was the tenth anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. L. Field, also the for
tieth anniversary of the marriage Of
Mrs. Fields mother, Mrs. Hubbel OF
Lawrence, and they entertained both
afternoon and evening at their home at
62l Lane street.
The rooms We're simply but prettily
decorated with snow balls, roses and
ferns. Between the hours of two and
four, friends OF Mrs. Hubbel were en-
-tertained; from five until seven they en-
their
among the school teachers and their
club friends in the evening.
The ladies who assisted Mrs. Field
We're Mrs. H. A. Cone. Mrs Charles
Eldridge, Mrs. Wetherall and Mrs b.
Z. Eyer. A sweet-tOned music box was
a feature of the afternoon and evening.
Refreshments were served in courses
on small daintily arranged tables in the
with different kind of blossom and a
1 carnatiOn was given to each guest.
Nearly a hundred guests were enter
tanned
Mrs. Field wore her wedding gown of
brown silk, made with a draped skirt
and small sleeves, which was little diff
ferent from the gowns Of today.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Miss Mabel Wilson returned Sunday
from a weeks visit with Mrs. Irving
Hill in Lawrence.
DIR. and Mrs. A. NJ Callahan have re-
turned from g. weeks visit in Wichita,
ElDorado and Newton.
Mrs. Margaret Wiggin entertained
informally one evening last week COM
} pllmentary to Mr.. ]. P Spindle OF
= Washington, d. c.
z Miss Fanny Gilbert returned to her
home in Kansas City, Monday, after a
weeks visit with Mrs. John Sargent.
= Mr.. and Mrs. n. r. Baker have return
ed to their home in st. Louis after a