The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-26

of Kansas City, Miss Kathleen Lord,
Miss Hazel Fassler, Miss Helen Smith,
Miss Sue Gay of Kansas City and Miss
! Florence Rossington. Mrs. Norten's
gown is of pale pink point deSprit and
the maids will wear white point
desprit with pink satin girdles. Their
bouquets will be large, round, quaint
old-fashioned arrangements of pink and
white carnations and maiden hair fern.
/ Mrs. Norton'S will be of white carna-
lions surrounded by pink, the whole
/ bordered with the maiden hair fern and
the bridesmaids will be of pink bios
SONS bordered with the white and green.
| Miss Charlotte Parkhurst who will be
at the piano will wear white Renais-
sance lace over pink taffeta and Miss
Emile King who will sing will be in
white crepe de chine, lace trimmed. The
brides toilet is of white crepe in the
style of the Second Empire with a
voluminous sweeping ruffled skirt,
wide girdle and a deep collar of ex-
quisite Duchesse lace. She will wear a
| long tulle veil and carry white carna-
lions. The ballade to be sung by Miss
King before the entrance of the bridal
party is Gui d. Hardelot's Because"
and Miss Parkhurst will play the Wag-
/ ner wedding march from Lohengrin for
the professional. Mr.. Chester Wood
ward, the groom's brother, will attend
him.
The guests will be received by Mr..
and Mrs. Lord and Mrs. B. w. Wood
ward of Lawrence. Assisting them will
be Mrs. Thomas Doran, Mrs. Hammatt,
Mrs. George A. Clark and Mrs. w. T.
Crosby. Besides Mrs. Woodward, her
sister. Mrs. HUM, DR.. and Mrs. George
Esterley, Mrs. Thomas Chalkley, DR..
F. D. Morse. and DR.. and Mrs. John
Moore of Lawrence and Mrs. Rebecca
Garvin of Kansas City are here for the
wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward will leave
tonight for New York city where they
are to be at the Holland House for a
few weeks. When they return they will
live at the Woodward home, 'Bryn-
wood" Lawrence.
Miss Grace Noble and Mr.. Frederick
David Gahagan of Pueblo, Colorado.
formerly of Topeka, were married at
high noon today at the First Congrega-
tional church. The wedding was very
small and quiet only the members of
the Noble and Gahagan families and a
very few intimate friends having been
asked. Miss Alice Noble and Mr.. Frank
Gahagan, the sister of the bride and
the brother of the groom attended their
as maid of honor and groomsman. The
bride wore a travelling costume of navy
blue cloth with a blue hat and her sis
ter was in a similar toilet of blue and
white. Mr.. Lee Forbes played the we'd
ding marches and the officiating clergy
man was the Rev. Francis L. Hayes,
assisted by the Rev. Mr.. Fisk. Follow
ing the ceremony a wedding breakfast
was given at the residence of the
brides mother, Mrs. May Noble, 1902
Lincoln street, for the bridal party and
the immediate relatives. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gahagan left this afternoon for a trip
to St. Louis and Chicago and will be at
home after November Is in Pueblo.
Miss Helen Wise of Colorado Springs
was an out of town guest at the we'd
ding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Hagan will
give small and informal dinner to-
night for Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas l..
Ryan of Washington, d. C.
The marriage of Miss Nell Jones and
Mr. Otis Backenstoce, which will take
place tonight at the residence of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Jones, 426 Tyler street. will be a small
and quiet wedding attended by a limit
ed number of friends and relatives.
The Rev. DR.. D. NJ. Fisk will perform
the ceremony. which will be at half
after s o'clock. Miss Jean ParkhurSt
will play the wedding marches and
Mr.. Harry Pribble, the brides cousin,
will sing D'Hardelot's "An For YOU
just before the ceremony. Miss Jones
Will wear a pretty gown of white pine
apple cloth trimmed with lace and
chiffon and will carry big white chrys-
anthemums. The house VIII be deco
rated with pink and white cosmos and
CdiIldllOnS DeSlOe the usual palms anu
ferns. Mr.. and Mrs. Backenstoce will
be at home at 426 Tyler for the pres
emit Miss Nellie Breidenthal of Kan
saS City, Mrs. Pottinger of Kansas
City, Miss Foster of Burlington and
Mr. Charles Lands of Osawatomie are
| in town for the wedding.
Miss Meta Robinson's guests at an
informal evening at cards Monday for
her guest, Miss Demetria Simmons of
Boston, Mass, were Mrs G. NJ. But
lin of Mexico, Miss Abby Ware, Miss
Bessie Campbell, Miss Bessie Hayden,
Miss Maud Bates, Miss Helen Wilson,
Miss Nellis. Miss Anna Marie Nellis,
Mr. Edward Mcbride, Mr.. Edward
Curry, Mr.. Thomas King, Mr.. Luther
Nellis, Mr.. John Abrahams, Mr.. Ralph
George Hackney. Prizes were won by
Miss Hayden, Mrs. Butlin, Mr.. McFar-
land and Mr.. Mcbride.
Mrs. Albert Watkins is entertaining
a small company at luncheon today for
Mrs. Stanley Albaugh of Seattle,
Wash, who is Mrs. Morton Albaugh's
guest. The table flowers are white
chrysanthemums.
The Felicity club met yesterday with
Mrs. William E. Sterne and will be en-
tanned in a fortnight by Mrs. George
W. Veale. Mrs. NJ. w. Van Valken-
burg and Mrs. Daniel ]. Small were
substitutes yesterday.
Notes aud Personal McnuoC.
Governor and Mrs. Bailey, Judge
and Mrs. John G. Pollock and Miss
Lucille Pollock and Mr.. Frank L.
Brown returned this morning from