The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-19
Topeka SOCIETY.
Delightful Reception Given by
Mrs. Beck and Mrs. Edison.
Two Hundred and Thirty In
vited Guests.
THE CRAWFORD TEA.
Miss Margaret Weiss Furnishes
Novel Entertainment.
News Of Personal and Social
Nature.

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Mrs. 7. A. Beck and Mrs. Willis Ed
son were the hostesses at a delightful
reception Wednesday afternoon from
two until six, at the home of Mrs Beck
on Quincy street. This was the first re-
ception that has been given for some
time and nearly all of the two hundred
and thirty invited guests called during
the afternoon
The decorations through all OF the
rooms were exquisitely pretty; the two
parlors were in red and green, the rooms
darkened and the artificial lights shaded
with red. The chandeliers were draped
with sInilax and asparagus fern, and
bowls of red and white carnations made
the air sweet; in the back parlor the
south windows were banked with palms
and ferns
The dining room was in pink and
greens on the table was a beautiful Bat
tenburg centerpiece and mirror plateau
rejecting a cut glass vase Of pink roses
The sideboard had a pretty cover of
Battenburg and was banked with palms,
ferns and pink roses The room was
lighted by a pink shaded candelabr1m-
Punch was served during the afternoon,
Miss Winnifred Prescott, Miss Alexine
Lee, Miss Katherine Flynn. Miss Nellie
Kirk and Miss Anna Beck taking turn
IN the QluilR ana at the PUNCH
bowl The young ladies were all dressed
in pretty summer gowns.
Watson's orchestra was stationed be-
hind a wall Of palms and Easter lilies
up stairs.
The assisting ladies were, Mrs. Frank
Edison, Mrs Harry Ashby. Mrs J. Van
HOuten, Mrs. John Rogers. Miss Edith
Moore and Miss Sallie Beck
Mrs. Edison wore a red and black bro
caded silk poplin. with a black lace yoke
rod a Vrbfra Mrs
Beck'S costume was OF black satin. with
a black lace over Dress and jabot of
point lace
The assisting ladies were all prettiIy
g0wned, most Of them wearing fancy
silk waists with dark skirts
The husbands of the assisting ladies'
were entertained at dinner after the re-
eepton-
The Crawford Tea.
It almost seemed to the callers at the
home of Miss Margaret Weiss Wednes-
day afternoon that a group of the Gran
ford ladies' inmortalfzed by Mrs Gas
ken were making a sojourn at her home.
The occasion was a Crawford tea,
given by the young ladies' of the Ideal
club.
All were dressed IN quaint costumes;
some Of them were imprOvised for the
occasion. but many Of them belonged
to the mothers and grandmothers Of the
Wearers. Miss Grace Whiting wore the
Oldest gown, II D6IDS nGr SFaH0I0OEDeE )
edding gown 1t was a cream colored
brocaded silk. extending low over the
upper part of the arm. where 1t was met
by an enormous puff reaching to the
elbow; a deep frin Of lace finished the
sleeves and the low neck was filled IN
with lace. The gown reached only to
her ankles and she wore white satin
slippers.
Mrs. Fred Cole wore a quaint cos
tune which was her mothers travelling
han = he ms rFi5d q the pse
of nineteen years 1t was of light brown
poplin, very full in the skirt and very
tight in waist and sleeves; she wore a
manti1la OF the same material with big
angel sleeves measuring more than a
yard and half around The oldest article
was a lace cape worn by Miss Alice
Patterson; it was hundred years old
made Of bobinets heavily embroidered Dy
hand. Some wore colonial costumes
but all looked as If they might have
stepped from the page of some ancient
book; all wore their hair parted, with
little eOrkScreW curls at the sides. Some
had it powdered, some wore poke bon
nets and some wore dainty little Lace
caps.
In the dining room was an exquisitelS
arranged tea table where tea and sponge
cake were dispensed Little Alice Hunt
and Laura Southwick received tbs
guests at the door During the afternoon
( Miss Nina Thomas favored the guest:
with several vocal numbers
At the close of the afternoon the Id01es
| had ffashlight picture taken. GROUPED
/ around a tea table and it is evident tina
/ they are not superstitious as there Wer'
[ Just thirteen in the picture
/ The ladies who gave the affair were
! Mrs W W Mills Mrs. Fred Cole, Mrs
/ ". L. Newcomer, Mrs Corbin Judd, Mrs
/ W H Eastman, Miss Henrietta Mayo
/ Miss Ida Bergen. Miss Mary ThOmp
/ son. Miss Pearl Burdge, Miss Alice Pat
| terson, Miss Margaret Weiss, Miss Graci
| Whiting and Miss Villa Rodgers.
A Pleasant Party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amasa Akers enter
| tanned very pleasantly at their home Oh
Tyler street. Tuesday evening Game
I and music made the evening pas
! quickly. and refreshments were serve
[ ar a late hour Many Of the guest
were associates Of Mr.. Akers IN CroSb,
Brothers store
Those invited were: Mr. and Mrs
( Ned Mercer. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wick
Mr. and Mrs. L RamSbarger, Mise
Z Leah Lewis. Rose Lewis. LYDIA Havens
Venice Whitney, Jennie West, CafTi
Wilcox. Louie Hoover, Maud Gress
Jennie Finch, Nellie Crooks. Je1ni
West. Blanche West, Winnifred Hol
/ comb. Josephine Bard, Ellen Fo5erg
I Lou Huckstead, Emily Hagar, Ann
Tullv. Eleanor Smith. Lizzie Smith
celia Duggan- Alma Conkhns Mau
McManus Belle Fletcher. Sara
Deisher. Lima Pliley. Grace Simpson
Winnie Felt. Jessie Perkins. Maud All
eustus. Maud Seuther. Sadie Vaughn
Mrs. Mercer Mrs. Heller, Miss Reeves