The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11

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The second week in Lent promises
to be as piOusiy observed as you like
in local society circles. There is not
even a musicale or a lecture, always
permissible Lenten diversions, or so
| much as a charity tea. On the 22nd,
| however, Madame Maconda comes for
| the fifth of the series of entertain
| at the Auditorium. The Musical Art
! society, organized this winter for the
study of some of the modern choruses,
| will assist on MacOnda'S programme,
much Importance both musically and
| socially The members of the Musical
Art society are: Mrs. George Park
| hurst, Mrs John kIeinhans. Mrs
Frank Thomas, Miss Widney and Miss
I Reddick, sopranos; Miss Nina Thomas,
Mrs. Florence Fox Thacher, Mrs.
Frank Foster Mrs L. S. Ferry, Miss
! Ada Taylor, cOntraltOS; Mr.. Harry
Pribble, Mr.. H. L. Shirer, Mr.. Jay
Smith, Mr.. Ross Tracy, Mr.. Elmer
Hill. tenOrs; Mr. James Moore. Mr.
! William Shaver, Mr.. Ernest COnant.
Mr.. Elmer Fox and Mr.. David Bowie.
bassos with Mrs. Robert Diller Carver
at the piano. Madame Maconda is
a relative of Miss Karolyn B. Whit
tlesey and will be her guest while she
is in town.
But that is week after next. Next
week will have only the card club
meetings, which it seems do not come
under the ban, although cards on any
other occasion are quite out of the
question. Monday the D. D. Whist
club meets with Mrs. Schuyler Nichols,
Tuesday the Felicity Whist with Mrs
] 70I <7r1a f11e
Wednesday Afternoon Whist with Mrs.
John Baird Nicholson, Thursday Mrs.
Charles Gault entertains her bridge
club and Mrs David Palmer the Maids
and Matrons The Duplicate Whist
meets with Mrs. Eugene Quinton Fri
day.
Two very delightful literary evenings,
a form of entertainments sure of pOpu-
larity at this season. were events of
last night and the only criticism to be
passed upon them is that they were
given on the same evening, much to
the regret and confusion of those for
tunate enough to be asked to both. DR.
and Mrs. John c. 'McClintock gave the
one at their house on Fillmore street,
where a large number of guests were
asked informally to hear Mr.. Charles
Graham Dunlap of the chair of Eng
liSh of the University of Kansas. in a
lecture on Robert Louis Stevenson.
Mrs. McClintock is greatly interested in
the university extension movement for
which Mr.. Dunlap has done SO much in
Kansas. and the entertainment last
night was given with a view to its
furtherance. Mr.. Dunlap's talk was in
a delightful vein, revealing to his hear
ers with the clairvoyance of fine.
critical insight, backed by a broad cul-
ture, new beauties and significances to
the familiar details Of the life and
thought of the beloved R. L. s." Af-
terwards Mr.. Thomas E. Dewey read a
number of Stevensons verses, the
Lamplighter, the Land of Counterpart,
Goodnight and a prose selection from
his Travels With a Donkey, investing
the lovely fanciful lines and lucid, pic
turesque prose with the charm of a
singularly rich and melodiOus voice aud |
a notably poetical and intellectual inter-
probation. Mrs. McClintock was assist |
ed in the dining room by her daughter, |
Mrs. J. G. Mohler and Mrs. B. F. Ak
ers. There were about rs guests.
The other entertainment was at Uni |
ty church where the reception room
and auditorium were crowded with the |
guests of the Travellers club, asked for |
a literary and musical programme, fol- |
lowed by a reception. Mr.. Harry g. |
Larimer's lecture on Voltaire, sub |
ject to which he brought a thorough |
acquaintance with the Voltaire biblio- |
a most entertaining and delightful |
style, was the feature of the evening. |
The musical numbers included New |
ms o That We Two Were Maying. by |
Tracy, Schumann's The Two Gren- |
adiers, by Mr.. David Bowie and Liszt'S !
KnoWst Thou the Land by Miss Red /
dick. with Miss Gertrude Tracy al the |
piano. The church was effectively dec
GRATED with many palms, forming /
background for the rostrum, and with |
tall bouquets of La France roses. At !
the reception following the programme |
Worthington, Miss Gertrude Morton, /
Miss Mary Morton, Miss Mabel Cham
bers, Miss Nellie Chambers, Miss Loret-
ia Strickler. Miss Mary Gernon, Miss |
Jean Farnsworth. and Miss Marie
Westerfield. Assisting at the punch |
bowls were Misses Louise Worthington,
Grace Anderson, Enid Strickler, Helen
koontz and Helen Crawford
Mrs Augustus zahner will entertain
the Monday Whist club Monday,
March 90.
The annual business meeting and
election of the Ingleside association |
was held Yesterday afternoon and these [
officers chosen: Mrs. Jonathan Thorn
as, president; Mrs. Joab Mulvane, first
vice president; Mrs. Abram Hammatt, /
secretary; Mrs. George e. Penf1eld,
treasurer. The reports of the commit
tees read showed the prosperity of the
organization and the success of the [
years work. Four women We're taken
into the Ingleside home last year and
it was voted yesterday to receive an
other. There are a number of appli-
cations on the waiting list The man
agement of the booths at the Mid
winter exposition netted the associa-
ton $500.
The Sigma Delta Psi sorority of
Washburn will give a dinner Friday
evening at the home of Miss Minnie
Bauer.
The marriage of Miss Mary Glasgow.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cslas-
gov, and Mr. Emil George Wagner Of
DAYTON Ohio will be celebrated Tues