The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-07

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Mrs. Charles w. Merriam will be the
queen and Mr.. E. w. Thompson the
king of next years Epiphany party
which will be held on Twelfth Night at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Merriam.
This was decided at the Twelfth Night
celebration Wednesday evening at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. W. N. West on
Topeka avenue. The election is by lots,
the king dra wing from a bowl of beans
the one marked with a crown for that
purpose, while the role of queen falls
to the woman who gets the ring in her
slice of the royal cake cut by the retir-
ing queen at the close of the evenings
festivities. The West residence was
attractively decorated with Christmas
garlands and greens and flowers and
the evening was enjoyed by the Bishop
and Mrs. Millspaugh, the Dean and
Mrs. Kaye, Canon Burke, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Clarke Harmon substitute
ing for Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel W. Nellis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred B. Quinton sub
stituting for Mr.. and Mrs. John W.
Farnsworth, Mr.. and Mrs. E. W.
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs Augustus
Zahner, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Mer-
Ram, Mr.. and Mrs. Carol B. Merriam,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Herbst, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. L. Mcfarland and Mr.. and Mrs.
nights queen, wore robe of filmy
white and a crown of roses. Mr.. Carol
B. Merriam was this, years king.
The Wednesday Afternoon Whist
club which met yesterday with Mrs.
| ]. c. Mohler will meet again in two
weeks with Miss Jeanette Lord.
The next Helianthus dance will be
given Friday, January %, at Stein
berg's-
Miss Helen Smith will entertain the
the Elite alley Tuesday evening of next
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. ]. Bear will enter
tain the Professionals club at their
home Friday evening.
The watova club will dance at Hud-
sons hall Friday evening.
Miss Louise Allison will entertain
Saturday afternoon for Miss Anita Col
Inns of Washington. D. G.
The Topeka chapter of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution will
hold an important meeting Friday af-
| ternoon at the home of Miss Isabella
Thompson, S07 Topeka avenue.
Miss Alice and Miss Virginia Meade
| have issued invitations for Saturday
evening to meet Miss Margaret Lyle
Burns of Pueblo, Col, who is the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. A. l. Williams.
The Felicity Clrd club will meet
next Tuesday with Mrs. Chester L.
Reed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Corby, 300
Woodlawn avenue, Potwin, entertained
| the choir of Cumberland Presbyterian
church at their home Wednesday even
ing. Mr. Corby is the chorister-
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pattison's
guests at a small dinner at the Cope
| land Wednesday evening were Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles S. Downig, Miss Eliza-
beth Oldham of Kansas City, Mr. and
/ Mrs. Frederick w. Freeman and Mr..
and Mrs. J. s. Parks.
Miss LONE Ball of Abilene, and Mr..
r. B. Gemmell of Topeka, were mar
ried Wednesday morning in the First
| PRESBYTERIAN church of Abilene, the
Rev, DR.. Blayney officiating. Miss
Frances Ball, the brides sister attend
ed her and Mr.. Ray Gebhart OF Sa-
| lima was the groomsman- Miss Alice
Sterlath was the organist and the we'd
ding marches were supplemented by a
love ballad sung by MrsJ. A. Young Just
before the ceremony. A wedding preaK-
fast followed the ceremony,a and Mr.. ana
| Mrs. Gemmen left afterwards for To-
|
corner of Sixth avenue and Lincoln
street. Mrs Genmell is the daughter
of Mr.. Frank L. Ball, superintendent
of the Dewey ranch at Colby.
Miss Florence Morton returned Tues
dav from Osborne, where she spent the
holidays at the home Of her parents, to
continue the work of her junior year
at Washburn and to Tive down" the
erroneous report of her recent marriage
which was circulated throughout the
state during the Christmas vacation.
The report which was some so1-djsant
wag's perverted idea of humor, of her
wedding with Mr.. Edward P. Sample
of Osborne, was published in the To
peka and Lawrence papers and else
where in the state where Miss Morton
has many acquaintance through her
connection with the Washburn concert
company, of which she is the contralto
/ Mr.. Sample is a lawyer at Osborne, 9
q graduate of the University of Kansas
and an engagement exists between
them but the wedding will not take
place for some time, at least not unit
Miss Morton has finished her course al
Washburu.