The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
TOPEKA SOCIETY.
Holiday Season Is Here With
Attendant Festivities.
Past Week Ole of Many Pleas
ant Gatherings.
TIE CLUBS ARE BUSY.
What Musical People of Topeka
Are Doing.
Items of Social and Personal
Nature.

ciety almost to the exclusion of every
thing else. The past week has been I'M
usually quiet and this state OF a1 ha1fs
days. There are several large AFFAIRS
scheduled to take place. of course these
are being looked forward to with deai
Of interest but after all it is the small
ones that keep the social wheel buZzlng-
There were a few large affairs and
very few small ones che past Week
Monday evening DR.. and Mrs. C r.
NIennineer and Miss Anna NJ. Parry
Bundy gave a pleasant music and art
evening at the Menninger home ON To-
peka avenue
Tuesday afternoon there were two
card parties; one at the home of Mrs.
Frank ]. Shubert on Harrison street,
and the other at Mrs. J. p. Rogers on
Monroe street
In the evening DR.. and Mrs L. C
WATSON entertained twenty-five or
thirty of their friends at their nome on
Buchanan street photographic pro-
era mime was one of the interesting fea-
lures of the evening.
Thursday afternoon Mrs. Shubert and
Mrs. Rogers each gave a delightful
tIimbIe party which was attended by
large number of their friends.
Thursday evening the COmmisceo club
gave its regular dancing party at Stein
berg's hall
Friday evening the Helianthus club
danced at Steinberg's hall
This afternoon Mrs. D. r. Hite gave
a children's party for her little daugh-
ter Rose, and Miss Mary Daniels enter
tanned informally complimentary to
Miss Alberta ScOville of Seneca
The affairs mentioned above with the
usual number of club meetings and in
formal gatherings made up the weeks
programme
Cosmos Club Entertained.
A delightful afternoon was spent with
Mrs. Andrew McGregor Thursday by
the members of the Cosmos club. Mrs.
Edward Manning of Maxwell City, N
NJ, was the guest of honor, and the reg
ular lessons were dispensed with and
Mrs. Manning gave an interesting ac-
count of her home and the vast ranches
operated by her husband. A pleasant
feature of the afternoon was the presen-
tatiOn of a silver tea spoon to another
Cosmos baby, little six-months-old Ar
line Frances Manning, who put out her
tiny hands at the proper moment to re-
ceive il.
Elaborate refreshments were served
by the hostess assisted by her daughter,
Mrs. Henry Lewis. Mrs. Homer Larsh
met with the club after a serious ill
ness; she was accompanied by her sis
ter from St. Louis who is her guest.
The next meeting of the club will be
held Wednesday, December Is at p
m at the home of Mrs J. NJ. Wallace
at 6l5 Harrison street
The West Side Clubs Meetings.
An interesting meeting of the West
Side Reading Circle was held Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. A A.
Rodgers a 720 Fillmore street; this was
last week. Roll call was responded to
with current events and the musical
numbers were furnished by Mrs. E. H.
Anderson. An excellent paper on Gu
ban Manners and Customs was read
by Mrs George o. Wilmarth, and an
other, equally as interesting was read
by Mrs A 5. Andrews on the subject
Music and Literature
Next Tuesday afternoon the club will
meet at the home of Mrs W. w. CoOk
at $50 Polk street Mrs. f. A Snow
rlfrR Jsrrl.
Cuban" and Conditions in and Around
Havana" is the subject of a paper to be
read by Mrs W. NJ. Gregory. As usual
roll call will be responded to with cur
rent events and there will also be
musical numbers
Musical Notes.
Prof. Penny will give an organ re-
cital in the Church of the Assumption
on December so.
The Choral union will give the Com
ing of the King" by Dudley Buck in
the Auditorium on December 26, in con
nection with State Teachers associa-
ton
Mr. VIM. F. Roehr will go to Sterling,
Kas., to attend the opening recital of
a new organ which will be placed in the
Episcopal church there.
Miss Mabelle Crawford, formerly of
this city, and now a singer of note. viii
be one of the soloiSts in the production
of 1.-The Messiah in New York city on
December 25-
The New York Musical Courier says
of Mr. Percy Hemus who is now the
baritone at St. Patrick's cathedral in
New York: "A man who sings well at
all times is rare; here is the man in
the person of Percy Hemus''
The Ladies' Music club of Topeka was
written UP in the Musical Courier of
December 4.
There will be no special music at the
Presbyterian church next Sunday on
account of Mrs. Lingafelt's absence
from the quartette. In the evening the
lad NV
sing.
The recital which was to have been
given at Bethany college Friday even
ing was postponed until next THURSDAY
December 90 The following is the pro
gramme
Misses Williams and Curtis
T. The Flying Leaf" Spindler
Margaret Hills.
o. "a Brook Song Heller
water Sprltes .----- -.--.-- Heller |
A. Waltz -..-l
9 Waltz ...-... .-
Sybil Harvey.
v. Warum .--..-....--.. ..Schumann |
Glare Smith
Y. Innocence .. voss |
Laura Snyder.
u spinning Song Eluaenreich 4
Herminie Van I.aer.
8. Waltz op. 81, No. 1...-.C Chopin /
Vivian Frazeur.
Celia smith. - ''-'i'
IL THE Ripple $500. ..... Shelton
Julia Schmidt.
Mrs. Horton and Mrs. cummins n0fh
A ChiIdren's Party.
Mrs. d. r. Hfte gave an interesting /
little party this afternoon at her home |
on Fillmore street in celebration of her |
daughter Roses eighth birthday. The /
time was pleasantly spent in playing |