The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-21

.SocTHiY
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Miss Margaret Johnston's formal
| bow to society was made under most
felicitous circumstances at the recep-
ton and garden party given by her
parents, Chief Justice and Mrs Will
liam Johnston, at their suburban
home. EImwood Place, Wednesday
evening. The affair was the most i'm
portant event of the midsummer sea-
son in Topeka and was attended by
a large and fashionable company. for
which the pretty grounds at Elmwood
Place, lighted by gay japanese Ian
/ terms and set with rugs, hammocks,
palms and summer furniture, made
charming background. The wide ver-
andas were similarly arranged and
had their pillars and railing festooned
with asparagus fern. Rugs and blap-
kets covered the floors and many
bowls and jars of sweet peas decked
the tables and tabourettes. The or
chestra was stationed in one corner of
the porch and played throughout the
reception and for the dancing which
followed for those who cared for it in
the parlors and library. There were
many small quartette tables on the
west lawn for the serving, and punch
bowls on the verandas where Miss
Amelia Ware of Washington, d. C.,
Miss Anna Troutman, Miss Mary
Gleed, Miss Josephine Keller, Miss
Nellie Mcfarland, Miss Guenn God
ard, Miss Bertha Brown, and Miss
RinlaV nraSldR6- house
was decorated like the verandas with
sweet peas and palms. The receiving
party, including Chief Justice and
Mrs Johnston, Miss Johnston, and
Mrs. Eugene Ware of Washington.
d. c., was stationed in the drawing
room Miss Johnston wore a simple
and becoming frock of white wash
chiffon trimmed with mechlin lace
and narrow satin ribbon applied in
ruchings. The round length skirt was
shirred at the waist and finished at
the bottom with groups of wide and
narrower tucks. The bodice had a
deep yoke outlined with rows of the
lace and ribbon and shoulder caps
similarly finished. The sleeves were
short full puffs. She carried white
roses. Mrs. JohnSton'S gown was a
beautiful creation of black lace over
green taffeta, and Mrs Ware wore
black lace over white taffeta- The
Mrs. Bailey. Justice and Mrs. William
Redwood Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
GODDARD, Mr.. and Mrs Thomas e.
Dewey. Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan
Gleed, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L. Shell
labarger. Mr.. and Mrs Dell Keller,
Mr. and Mrs. p L Bonebrake. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. d. Mcfarland. Mr.. and Mrs.
HaE Vi arvs Mr. a mG M ana Marcus Mrs Lev
Low, Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Clinton
Nellis, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Garvey,
Captain and Mrs H NJ. Philips, Mr..
and Mrs. David Palmer. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Bates, Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. !
Daniels. Mr.. and Mrs. William A.
Morton, Mrs. Hammatt, Mrs. p. e.
Stillman of Morganville, and Mrs.
John B. Bartholomew.
A small picnic party at Vfnewood
Wednesday evening included MIR. and
Mrs. Thomas Kelly. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. |
A. Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Joel r. Burrow
and MIR. and Mrs. James Chappelle.
A lawn social for the benefit of the
free kindergarten will be given Friday
evening at the home of Mrs. F. A. Koes- |
ter, ia Monroe street
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Crane. Miss Mil
dred Crane, Mrs. S. B. Smith, Mr.. and /
Mrs. L. S. Woolverton and their son. |
Mrs. E. A Culver, and Mrs. NJ. NJ. |
Bailey will have a picnic supper at |
Vinewood this evening.
Miss Olive Lewis gave a 1 O'Clock |
luncheon Wednesday for Mrs. Charles |
Lewis and her guests, Miss Roter and |
Miss Osgood of Parsons. Tonight Mrs. |
Dewitt c. Nellis entertains a small |
company for the visiting young women |
and Friday Mrs. Charles Lewis has an |
afternoon for them.
Mr.. Richard Hargreaves of the high |
school faculty and Mr.. E. E Brown, |
assistant treasurer of the. University /
of Kansas at Lawrence, will leave /
Lawrence tonight for a canoeing trip |
down the Kansas river to Kansas City /
and from there to St. Louis by way of |
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. |
They expect the trip to take a week |
or ten days Both are expert cancers |
and have had boat built especially for
the journey. From st. Louis. after a
visit to the exposition Mr.. Hargreaves
will go to Chicago to study at the uni