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The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

An effective decorative scheme en-
hanced the beauty of the interior Of
the church which is the largest and
most pretentiOuS in town and admir-
ably adapted for the setting of an i'm
pressive ceremony. Green and white
were the colors used and quantities Of
growing palms and ferns, wild bamboo
and asparagus were employed with
the large chancel and choir stall into
a bower The rail was thickly over
hung with the green, palms banked tn e
steps and walls and Gothic arch was
erected in the middle of the chancel
covered with greenery, white roses and
lilies, and under this the ceremony was
read. The Rev. DR.. Mes, a brother Of
the groom who is the rector of the
Episcopal parish Of Sharon, Conn.,
was assisted by DR.. P. c. Young, pastor
of the First Baptist church, in the
reading Of the Episcopal marriage
ritual.
The bridal party was unusually
large. The Driue was ATTENDED by
three marrons OF honor, maid OF
honor rour bridesmaids ana four rib
bon girls. 4Aere were SIX ushers and
a groomsman and the brides father
escorted her and gave ner in marriage.
1t was Dresden wedding, the deilcate
pastel shades of blue, lavender, pink
yellow and green entering into the col
or effects in the picturesque gowning
of the young women. The frOcks
were all of chiffon over taffeta, fashion,
ed on the same model and trimmed
with baby irish crochet lace dyed to
match the chiffon The matronS and
maids all wore short English wells
with half Wreaths in their hair. The
brides younger sister, Miss Amelia
Ware, with Miss Margaret Murray Of
Kansas City, led the procession They
were dressed in pink and carried huge
clusters of Enchantress carnations.
They were followed by the other two
bridesmaids, Miss Louise Taylor Of
South Orange, n. J.. and Miss Eliza
with bouquets of maiden hair fern.
Then came the first matron of honor,
Mrs. Eugene Huntington Ware. in a
gown of lavender. carrying lavender
sweet peas, and after her the other
two matrons Mrs. Solomon Stoddard
of Kansas City and Mrs. Albert T..
Reid in pale yellow and with arm
bouquets of yellow roses The maid
Of honor, Miss Jeannette Ware, the
next sister of the bride. was in pale
blue and her bouquet of white roses
was tied with blue tulle. The four
ribbon girls were Miss Gertrude Heard
of Pittsburg, Pa, Miss Clifton Dulany
of Hannibal No. Miss May Hunting
ton of Fort Scott and Miss Cornelia
Gleed They wore white frocks and
bore heavy garlands of smilax with
which they marked the aisle for the
passing of the bridal party. The
DilQe gown was OF hIllle CIllLOI mes
seine combined with duchess and
Irish crochet lace. She wore a long
tulle veil and her bouquet and coif-
fure flowers were valley lilies. DR..
Mes bridal gift. a dog collar OF gold
set with diamonds, enciTcled her neck
and her fragile, anemone-like lowell
ness found q most appropriate setting
in the purity and simplicity Of her
bridal costume.
DR.. Mes was attended by the brides
brother. Mr.. Eugene Huntington Ware,
as grOomsman. The ushers were Mr.
solomon Stoddard of Kansas City Mr.
Albert T. Reid, Mr.. Frank Morrill, Of
IIiawatha, Mr. Ralph Moore Mr..
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and is now the guest Of Mrs J. G. Wa
ters.
Mrs. Erickson and Mr. W. L BHtz
have gone to Colorado to join Mrs. Blitz
for a few weeks
Mrs. Addie Herrberg and Miss Pearl
Herrberg viii leave today 10 spend the
summer in Colorado.
Miss Jessie Struble OF Kansas City
, will arrive today for a few days visit
to Mrs. Levi Hawkins.
Mrs. J. Lawrence Work Of Meriden
spent yesterday with her mother. Mrs.
Abram Bergen.
Mrs. Mollie Radcliffe returned today
from visit TO her sister, Mrs. ". r.
Carrie in Enid. Oklahoma.
Mrs. Oscar Roehr has returned from
a visit to Mr.. Roehr's relatives in Laws
renee.
Mrs. H. L. Shepard and Miss Amelia
Shepard. of Denver. Colorado. are here
visiting Mrs. Shepard's daughter Mrs.
A. H. Hagen
The East Side Embroidery club will
meet with Mrs. Anna Donbek, 1014
Lime street, tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Arthur Babbett, OF New York
city. is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
". Tineher and Of Miss Fay Tineher
for few days.
A very pretty home wedding occurred
at the home of the brides mother Mrs
H. E. Bishop, s12 Morris avenue, We'd
nesday evening. at which Miss Mary z.
Bishop and Mr. William n. Naff Of
kansas City. Mo, were united in mar
riage. The rooms We're beautifully dec
grated with daisies, carnations and
fern. The bride and groom marched IN
to the strains of the wedding march,
played by Miss Zella Reynolds and
took their places under a beautiful
floral bell promptly at 6:45. The Rev.
c. z. Holcombe pronounced the words
that made them one. A beautiful vocal
solo was rendered by Mrs. H Z. Nor
rison. The bride was tastefully gown
ed in Alice blue silk Only the intf-
mate friends and members of the fam
lily We're present. The out OF town
guests were Mrs. Will Walker and son
of Kansas City. Mo. and Mrs. John
MofTat of Great Bend. Kan. and Mr..
Ely z. Bishop of Omaha, Neb. The
young couple left on the 8 o'clock train
for their future home IN Kansas City,
Nc.
Mr.. Chas. Morgan, of San Francisco,
who has been visiting Mrs. NJ. z. st.
John and son. Harry, of 200 East Tenth
avenue. left for Boston yesterday after
noon
Misses Edith, Alice and Lizzie May
Aldridge have arrived from London,
England, and are now with their father
Mr.. Geo. AIbrfdge. at 527 Kansas ave-
nue. They made the trip of 5000 miles
In ten days.
Miss Mae Aronstern. daughter OF bfr.
M ". Aronstern. formerly of Topeka
but now of San Francisco. is visiting
Mrs. Clark at 700 Lake street.
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Ralph Nelson and Mr.. Charles Dixon
of Kansas City.
Steinberg's orchestra played the
wedding music which included the
Lohengrin march for the professional
Schubert's Serenade during the cere-
mOny and Mendelssohn's march for
the recessional
The decorations for the reception at
the house were lavish and beautiful
The receiving party stood in the draw
ing room in a bower of tamarack un-
der a lovers knot of white sweet peas.
All the rooms were decked with guam
titles of greenery, many growing palms
and plants in bloom. The stairway
was wound with garlands of sTnilax and
draperies of smilax hung at all the
doors and over the windows. There
were wedding bells of daisies in the
doorways and suspended from the
chandeliers which were hung with
smilax and fern. Baskets filed with
brides roses and maiden hair fern
decorated the dining room table and
buffet and white tulle was used ef-
.fectively on both. The verandas had
many pOtted palms and blooming
plants and both veranda and lawn were
lighted with festoons of ineandescent
lights with colored globes. A platform
under a canopy on the lawn banked
with palms and towering plants was
lighted inside and out by strings OF
incandescent lights with pink shades
and here ices were served. Mr.. and
Mrs Ware, DR.. and Mrs. Mes and the
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. James A. Mes of
Sharon, Conn. received the guests and
the assisting friends included Mrs. NJ.
A. Low, Mrs. T. J. Kellam. Mrs. Gull
ford Dudley. Mrs. d. L. Lakin, Mrs.
John R. Mulvane, Mrs. p. G. Noel, Mrs.
David Palmer, Mrs. George W. Park
hurst, Mrs. A. A. Robinson, Miss Meta
Robinson, Mrs. John E. Frost Mrs. J.
B. Furry. Mrs. T. F. Carver. Mrs.
Robert Carver, Mrs. Charles S. Gleed,
Mrs. W. A. Johnston. Mrs. J. c. Will
son. Mrs. Jonathan Thomas, Miss
Helen Thompson. Miss Florence Ros-
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Notes and PersonaI NIention.

Mrs. c. G. Blakely and her children
left today for Paris, KY, for an ex-
tended visit.
The Rev. DR.. and Mrs James Mes
Nj Edwin Mes of New York, Mrs.
Dulany and Miss Clifton Dulany OIL
Hannibal, Mo-. Miss Margaret Murray
and Mrs Solomon StOddard, Mr.. Ralph
Nelson and Mr. Charles Dixon of KAN
sas City and Miss Gertrude Head OF
Pittsburg. Pa, who were here for the
Ware-N Mes wedding. guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene F. Ware, left today for
their homes.
Mrs. A. A. Scott and her guests. the
Misses Giacomini of Omaha, went 10
Kansas City yesterday 10 spend two
days.
is the guest of Miss Anna Butterly-
Miss Bertha Clock. of Lawrence, is
visiting Miss Louise Hoffman.
Mrs. /. H Perkins, of Lawrence,
came to town yesterday to attend the
Ware-Nies wedding and returned to-
Mrs. G. F. Worley. Mrs l. NJ. Pow
ell and their children, left today for
Ludington, Mich, to spend the. sum
Dean Kaye will leave Sunday for
Alpha Ill, where he will oficiate at the
wedding of Miss Alice Widney and Mr..
Ernest B. Conant, and will go from
there TO Ironwood, Mich, to join Mrs.
Kaye, and from there to Crab Lake,
Wis
Misses Mona Eberly, Ethel Morrow.
Winifred Fisher, Oreta Moore, Charline
Smith, Gertrude Blackmar. Marguerite
Emery and Elizabeth Strickler OF
Lawrence. went to Kansas City yester-
day to attend the Owl conclave.
Mr.. Lee Bond. Of Leavenworth, was
in Topeka yesterday and his niece,
Miss Lucille Mills, returned home with
him for a visit to her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. David Atchison-
Lawrence Journal: Mrs. Wilhelmi and
two young daughters, Irma and lisa,
will leave the latter part of the week
for Washington. No, for a short visit
with her mother, Mrs. Wilhelmi. Will
then go on to New York from where
she will sail for Europe to remain un-
til the fall ITna and lisa Will spend
the summer IN Washington.
Mr.. Charles J. Langtry, of Kansas
City. was in town yesterday and today
Miss Agnes Damon. of Kansas City,
who has been the guest of Miss Maud
Kimbal, returned home today.
Mrs. A. K. Wilson went to Ellsworth
today for a visit
Lawrence Journal: Chancellor and
Mrs Strong and little daughter left
this afternoon for Estes Park, where
they will spend the summer.
Mrs. L. A. Simmons and her little
daughter of Kansas City are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Price at the Heinz
apartment house.
Miss Ethel Paukey went to Abilene
today to attend commencement at st.
Joseph's academy which her sister has
been attending. They viii return to-
morrow.
Mrs W. H KenlIfr has returned from
a visit to Kansas City. Her niece, Miss
Grace Hays. returned with her
! Mrs John Thompson arrived yester-
day from FL Paso, Tex, for a visit to
Mrs. Joseph Morgan.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hagan are in
Chicago for a few days.
Governor and Mrs Hoch went to Ok
lahoma last night and will return Fri
day.
Mrs A H. Wood. who IS the guest OF
Mrs. James Moore, will go TO Kansas
| City tomorrow.
Mr. Henry McAfee and Miss Marion
/ McAfee are spending a few days in
Kansas City
Mr.. and Mrs. c. V. King Of Burlin-
game are the guests for few days of
Bfr. and AIRS. + j. Wehe.
Mrs Ellis Thompson has returned
/ from three weeks visit Ia St. Joseph
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sington. Miss Helen Smith and Miss
Margaret Johnston, Miss Dorothy VIII
son, Miss Guenn GODDARD. Miss Mildred
Poindexter and Miss Mary MacLennan.
DR. and Mrs. Mes left last night for
New York where they will be until July
when they sail on the America for
Europe to spend two months. At home
on Friday afternoons and evenings dur
ing October. Hotel St. George, Brook
lyn. New York. DR.. Mes is a dentist
practising in New York city.
An engagement announcement of in
terest to many Topeka people, acquaint-
ances of the bride, is that Of Miss Lena
Beard of Lawrence and Mr.. Earl Ritchey
Clendenning of Kansas City which will
take place early in July. Miss Beard is
a member of Kansas university chapter
of the Pi Phi sorority and is we'll known
in Topeka through frequent visits to
Mrs. Arthur Mills and other friends.
Mrs. Luther n. Lewis of Lawrence will
entertain for her next Tuesday after
noon.
That professional singer who was in
Topeka not so long ago and made a
pronounced hit with some of the men
about-town is gone but not forgotten
Arrangements have been made for her
to be in Denver for the Elks' conclave
in Denver next week.
A picnic given for Miss Katharine
Sneve of St. Paul at Tecumseh last
night was attended by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles L. Mitchell, Miss Sneve, Misses
Eva and Isabel Smith. Miss Maud
Grimes. Miss Edpa Herbst, Miss Nellie
Millspaugh, Mr.. VIII Stewart, Mr. Rus
sell Frost Mr. John FIeishman. Mr.
Tinkham Veale. Mr.. Harold Copeland
and Mr.. Walker Cain.
A man who was formerly very much
smitten with a girl who is about to
be married was preparing her wedding
present for the post. This" he said,
lis what might be called the last sad
rites. I don't know whom I shall ap-
point to take the crepe off the door,
Lawrence Journal; Mrs. Schuyler
Nichols, Mrs. Robert Pierce and Mrs
George Clark of Topeka, who are spend
ing a few weeks at Lake View. spent
Wednesday with Mrs. Luther Lewis.
The class of 1906 OF the washburn law
school gave dinner at the Elks' club
last night for Mr.. Ernest B. Conant,
dean of the school. who left today for
Alpha, Illinois. where his marriage to
Miss Alice Widney takes place next
week
When girl who is ordinarily cour-
teous and considerate takes the trouble
to be rude to a man she thinks a good
deal of him.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Sweet viii give a
dinner Saturday night for Mr.. and Mrs.
Jonathan Thomas. who leave next Mon
day for New York and sail for Liver
pool on Saturday to spend the summer
abroad
He is both a baseball enthusiast and
girl enthusiast. but no man can serve
two masters. Recently he has been
taking a pretty visiting girl to the
games. and he admitted today that
ore eUthusiasm had rather gotten the
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21
HE YELLED FIRE.
Excited Man Neary Creates Panic at
the Crawford.

The man who loses his head and
foolishly cries fire in crowded house
was present at the era aWford opera
house last evening al the commence
ment exercises of the paroehial sehool
attached to Assumption parish ana
very nearly created a fatal stampede
in the audience.
The worst feature Of the whole af-
fair was, that no fire existed at all
The man who made the Outcry was sit
ting in the rear part Of the parquet
and hearing hurried footsteps ana a
tumult at the entrance of the theater,
impetuously called out FIRE Al the
same time he rushed from his seat to
the main exit. A man standing close
to the entrance Of the theater saw the
man come running wildly out crying
fire. The former ran to a nearby tele-
phone and turned in an alarm of fire.
Many of the people followed the lead
of the man who started the trouble and
ran out of the building by the front
entrance and others rushed pellmeu to
side exit which had been hurriedly
thrown open. The presence of the equip
ment from fire stations Nos. ?, and
4 added to the confusion and excite
ment The sidewalk in front of the
theater and the alleys giving off from
The exits were filed with people who
did not stop to listen to the reassuring
words of those who ggasped the situa-
tion. Many of the people showed their
GOODNESS by remaining in their seats
When the situation was understood the
people gathered back into the build
ing. James Kearney. an electrician and
an employe Of the theater was instru-
mental in stilling the stampede by call
ing out to the people that no fire ex-
listed, this together with good judgment
of Gertrude Kelly. little girl who
played the piano accOmpaniments. in
staying at the piano and playing,
brought back the house into order.
The tumult which started the stam-
pede and cry of fire was caused by a
number of the small children, who
We're in the exercises, running from the
rear of the theater to the front en-
trance in an effort to get seats in the
house in order to see a part OF the
programme in which they were not par
ticipants The name of the man who
made the outcry could not be learned.
The graduates are: James Gibbons,
Paul Layman, John Nillepigue Ger
trude Kelly, Mary LeI1er, Leona Bes-
settle. Frances Walsh. Eliza beth Kreipe.
Irene Lannan, Isabelle Howe. Anna
Marshall Mary Z. Flynn, Olive Wick.
Kathleen Kelly, Mary E McAuiff
Catherine Devlin. Catherine Sullivan,
Anna Zercher, Mary Supple and Pearl
Rhode
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Had a Big Passenger List.

New York. June 21.=The Hamburg
American line steamer Kaiserin Aug
uste Victoria, which sailed TODAY for
Europe, carried 575 passengers in her
first cabin, 900 in the second and 200
ia the third cabin. This is the largest
number of cabin passengers carried
outward this season.
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Jnst Out.

The latest song. on the latest theme,
lust at the Dawn is the story Of the
historz- IN, song C(ni11 :. Few Faxs e,-,r,
the publisher and bids fair to become
very popular
The author is Mrs. A C Sherman OF
1O9 East Tenth street, Topeka. kan.
The music is published by the Success
Music Co. Of 356 Dearborn street, Chi
cago- Mrs. Sherman has a number OF
copies at her home. which she is sell
ing at the popular price, 25 cents per
copy
The music Is also on sale in Topeka
al music stores and Weightman's drug
store.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

Denver. June 21.-Practical demon
stration of the simultaneous use of a
single wire, both for telegraphing and
for telephOning. was given at the twen-
ty-hfth annual convention of the As
sociation of Railway Telegraph Super
intendents in this city
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

Cambridge. Mass, June 21=Har-
vard and Yale viii meet on Soldiers
field this afternoon for the first of a
series Of their annual ball games. Both
teams have been defeated by the
smaller college mines during the sea-
SON
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

Ten cent round trip" fares have
been arranged for tomorrow between
Topeka and Xinewood. Desirous Of
making the day successful, will sup
ply extra good meals at Vinewood
cafe, consisting of nsh. meats. chicken.
wafIles and ice cream at usual meal
prices. Dinner II to 2. supper $40 e
8. Mrs. z. II. Burnett caterer
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

Los Angeles and San Francisco Via
Rock Island $500 for Round Trip.
Tickets on sale June 25th to July 7,
inclusive. return limit Sept 18th. For
sleeper reservations and an other In
formation, ssa
4. n. FULLER c. p A.
Rock Island Depot
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The largest event of the week and
one of the notable weddings of the
season was that of Miss Abby Hunting
ton Ware. daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Eugene 2. Ware, and DR.. Frederick
Harold Mes OF New York, which was
celebrated last night The ceremony
took place at the First Baptist church
at half after o'clock and was attend
ed by a large and fashionabiy repre-
sentative company. including many out
of town guests, for the brides family is
one of the best known in the state and
her father a man of national promi-
nence in law, literature and politics.
The reception which followed the cere-
mony at the Ware residence. 1901
Sixth avenue west. was smaller, the in
vitations being limited to close friends
and relatives.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

The Best Bower club will meet to-
morrow afternoon with Mrs. George
Bell, 1907 Mulvane street.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

People sending Items to this department
OF The State Journal VIII confer a favor
by giving the full first name or two
initials, with all proper names. Items
address of the writer OF they can not be
publishedl
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

Agricultural college She is at 1928
Harrison street for the summer where
she will take pupils in elocution and
dramatic art.
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Miss Helen Roehr is the hostess at
a hearts party today for her guest,
Miss Florentine Hackbush, Of Leaven-
worth. The invitations included Miss
Ocie Show of La Grange, Ind, Miss
Ethel Simpson of Kansas City, Miss
Bertha Clock of Lawrence, Miss Anna
Troutman, Miss Mary Overholt. Miss
Leta Rice, Miss Margaret Minney. Miss
Helen Morrow, Miss Anna Butterfly
Miss Louise Hoffman, Miss Grace
Berry. Miss Edna Campbell, Miss
Wilma Wright, Miss .Zella Zellers, Miss
Marie Vanderpeol. Miss Jennie Max
Well
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washington, June 2l-Rural routes
ordered established August Is. are as
follows: acksville, STAFFORD
county. route 2. population 432. houses
l0S' White City Morris county. route
9. population 344. houses Sc.
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best OF the other. ION the square. .
he said, that girl has such a pair of
lamps that missed half the games
trying 10 sec how far a fellow could
look into theai.
Miss Carlotta Nellis is giving an in
formal thimble party today for Miss
Berenice Holcomb. The others asked
were Mrs. L. H. Perkins OF Lawrence,
Miss Iris Andrews, Mrs. Charles
Cooper, Miss Ruth Cowgirl. Miss Helen
Curry Mrs. Lee Forbes, Miss Mary
Frost. Mrs S. ". Lyman. Miss Cor
neiia Leseher. Mrs. Charles McClin-
took. Miss Elizabeth tO'NeiIl, Mrs. Al
bert Rosen. Miss May Short, Miss
Santa Waters Miss Fe Waters, Miss
Grace Whiting, Miss Alena Church,
Mrs. L. d. Whittemore, Mrs Harry
Bowen. Miss Adelaide Bolmar, Mrs
Charles B. Hamilton, Miss Berenice
T5olcomb. Miss Helen Holcomb, Mrs.
John Sargent II. Mrs. Roland Medli-
colt. Miss Lucy Dickinson. and Miss
Luclie McAfee.
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0ttaW" Ohautanqua and Return 81 10.
Santa Fe.
Tickets on sale June 18th To 2etb in
elusive. final limit returning June 3Oth.
T. L. King. agent
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Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton and Miss Lou
Stanton entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Cope at dinner at the Vine
wood cafe last night, in compliment
to Mrs. J. Will Buchanan, of Van
Buren. Ark, who is their guest.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

Miss Nellie Lincoln has returned
from Manhattan where she spent the
past month directing rehearsals for
the senior play at the Kansas State
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

Miss Ainna Bauer entertained infor-
mally this morning for Miss Berenice
Oft, whose marriage TO Mr. j. b.
Whalen takes place next Wednesday.
Next Monday Miss Team Parkhurst will
give a small luncheon for Miss Ott
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

He is both a baseball enthusiast and
a girl enthusiast. but no man can serve
two masters Recently he has been
taking a pretty visiting girl to the
games. and he admitted today that
ore eDthuslasm had rather gotten the
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

That professional singer who was in
Topeka not so long ago and made a
pronounced hit with some of the men
about-town is gone but not forgotten.
Arrangements have been made for her
to be in Denver for the Elks' conclave
in Denver next week.