The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-17

December 20. from to o'clock. to
meet Mrs. Charles B. Brown of Spring
field, Mass. and Mrs John Forest Dill
Ion, second, of Kansas City.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dillon and their
daughter. and Mrs. Brown, who is Mrs.
DillOn's mother, win arrive this week
to spend the holidays with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Price Dillon
willie Dearborn (Jessie Llewellyn)
writing in the Chicago Inter Ocean, re-
fleets upon the irony OF life exemph-
ned by the fact that the successful
authors who can afford to bug them
for themselves are invited out to dim
ners and luncheons while the poor,
hungry beggars living on the expecta-
tons of getting their books published
are never asked. All this anent the
visit Of Mrs. Craigie (John Oliver
HObbes) who is being feted by Chi
cagO fashiOnables- The same thing is
true in other walks of life than liter
ature as some of Us know to our sor-
row.
Miss Florence Rossington will give a
partv for her niece Mary Ann Philips
of Leavenworth, Tuesday afternoon,
December 26. Dr. and Mrs. Russell
Phillips and their little daughter viii
come from LeavenwOrth the last OF
this week to spend the holidays with
Colonel W. H. Rossington and Miss
Rossington.
The Felicity Whist club will give its
annual dinner in honor of the mem
bers Of the club at the ThroOp Thurs
day evening, December %.
Two formerly of Topeka men are
publishing a new parlor game of
''ioker poker 81 haven't seen the
game" said one of their old pals the
other day "but it ought to be all
right, although the kind of poker they
used to play when knew them WASH {
a parlor game and it was no joke most
of the time, either"
Tuesday evening a number of the
students at Bethany will give the OPP
eretts called, THE Last viii and Tes-
lament by Karl Merz. It is musical
comedy in three acts, and viii be pre-
ceded by a one-act cantata by the little
people in the school The Cantata is
called ''The Search for Mrs. Santa
Claus" The students who will give the
operetta are; Misses Esther Doyle,
Roxye johnson, LilIiOn Parftt, Dessa
and Gronfe COlver, and Ruth Price. No
invitations have been issued for this,
as all friends of the school are invited
and an admission Of Is cents will be
asked.
Wednesday the girls will have their
Christmas tree in the gymnasium. In
the afternoon one is given for the chill
dren of the school, and in the evening
the boarding pupils will have theirs.
In1S is the time W16u Ill exchanges VI
gifts are made and q general jollifca-
ton precedes the breaking up for the
holidays. The vacation begins at noon
on Thursday and lasts until the 10th
day of January.
A Saturday afternoon dancing class
Which meets weekly at Steinbergs gave
q party yesterday afternoon for the
parents and friends. The members OF
the class are: Mary Alexander, Laura
Farr al
Brigham, Una Lyle, Dorothy Brown,
Josephine Mckee, Edna Bear, Mildred
Mortar, Clyde Bonebrakes Berniece Nc
Keever, Elizabeth Culver. Mildred Mllls,
Louise Culver, Francis McCnntoek,
Helen Crosby, Alice Noble, Bernlce
Dietrich. Mary Movers, Bernice Ema-
hizer, Eva Reese, Gertrude Evarts,
Helen Stevenson, Winifred Green, Mary
Shirer, Dorothy Gleed, Dorothy Scott,
CorneIia Gieed, Alta Lux, MAZDA Gard
ner. Isa belle Stewart, Florence Guild,
Mabel WILDER. Ruth Hamilton, Ruth
wilson Hildegrade Hurley, Marian
Wear. AIillie Wharton, William McFar-
rem, Blanche Wharton, Bruce Mctar-
land BlarjOry Thompson, Rodger Gard
ner, Marguerite Kuntz Merrill Gage,
and Gertrude Anderson, David Hughes,
NIillivert Lewis. Roy Johnson, Parnes-
teen Cline, George Keeney, Harold
Eaily, Alfred QuintOn, Guy Babcock,
Richard Reed Jovel French, Hampton
Charles Freeman, Harold Van HoutOn,
BeryI Gall, Edward Van HOuton Fiel-
den Gail, Ernest Chamberlain, Dewitt
Hagan, Ralph Lewis, Charles Heck,
Arthur Nichols, Charles Hobart. Fay
Movers and John Hamilton, Adrian
Green, Dean Lininger, Vernon Penny,
Samuel Stewart.
There is another case in town Of two
rivals getting chummy in order to
watch each other. It makes it nice for
the girl.
Two members OF the debutante set
who are getting up a case are known as
Bud and BudweiseI. She is said to be
the prettiest and he the most popular
bud in town.
Mrs. William Jones entertained the
members of the General International
Auxiliary of Railway Engineers at her
house, sos Madison street, Friday af-
ternOon. The company included the
following members; Mrs. Elizabeth
NIaher, Mrs. George Lusk, Mrs.
Charles Sharp, Mrs. Henry Rust Mrs.
Mary Fuller, Mrs. Sol Richardson,
Mrs. Tom Jones, Mrs. Robert ROllO,
Mrs. Byron Smith, Mrs. Charles Leaf,
Mrs. Amos Beeler, Mrs Charley Barry,
Mrs VIM. Hamilton and the guests
besides the members were Mrs Leroy
Currier, Mrs. Charley Jewell, Mrs Will
liam TrOWbridge. Mrs. Charles Hutton,
Mrs. Henry Jones. Mrs. G. B. Kelsey,
Mrs. Harvey Jones. Pink carnations
and the lodge colors completed the
decorations. An elaborate luncheon
was served in the dining room.
Invitations were issued yesterday
by the Owl and Lambda Alpha
lambda sororities for their holiday
dance at Steinberg's, January 2.
Mrs David Palmer gave a small
and informal luncheon Saturday for
Mrs. Rudolph Best. of Fort Scott who
is the guest of Miss Abby Ware.
Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler c. Nichols
gave a small dinner Tuesday night for
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