The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-26

Ladies Music club quartette. includ-
ing Mrs Frank s. Thomas Mrs.
George Parkhurst. Mrs. L. S. Ferry
and Mrs. Frank II. Foster, will sing
the wedding chorus from COwen' s
"Rosemaiden.' They will assist the
chorus which. under the direction of
Mr.. Herman Springer. of Kansas City,
will sing the wedding chorus from
May Reddick Of st. 8faFys. Miss LII
Ian Foster. Miss Nina Watts, Miss
Hazel Kaiser, Miss Nellie Raster, Miss
Lucille McAfee, Mrs. William ".
Wfkidal, Mrs. O. E. WfnkIer of Pax
leo, Mr.. Ernest 3. Conant, DR.. Elmer
HILL Mr.. Paul Sweet. Mr. c.. J. Ken
dali Mr. Franklyn Hunt of Kansas
City, and Mr. Harley whitman. Mrs.
Don MuIvane and Miss Jean Park
hurst, at the two pianos viii play the
compartments, and during this
chorus the bridal party will enter the
drawing room where the ceremony
viii take place.
Next weeks entertainments for Miss
NelIis include Mrs Frank NJ. Bone
brakes luncheon Monday, a morning
musicale which Mrs. c. G. Foster and
Miss Lillian Foster will give Tuesday,
Mrs. John R. Mulvane and Mrs. Don
Mulvane,s garden party Tuesday after
noon, a. luncheon at the Topeka club
Wednesday for which Mrs. S. J. Craw-
ford Of Washington. and Mrs. Arthur
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Wednesday night at the Topeka club
for the bridal party to be given by DR..
and Mrs L. H. Mum, a luncheon at
the Copeland Thursday by Mr.. and
Mrs. c. W Ryus and Miss liberia
ESyus and a dinner Thursday night for
the bridal party which Mrs A A.
Robinson and Miss Meta Robinson
viii give.
Friday evening Miss Anna Marie
Nellis win entertain the members of
\ ,, Of
the chorus and accompanies Who will
furnish the musical prelude to the
wedding cereTnO ny. The feature of the
entertainment will be 1iawatha's Woo
mig, read by Mr.. Herman Springer of
Kansas City with the musical setting
for piano by ROssetter G. Cole, played
by Miss Celeste NelIis. This me10drana
which has not been heard in Topeka
will be rare musical and dramatic
treat planned with characteristic gen
erosity for their musical friends by the
hostess and her sister and It's first per-
Torrance here is lent additional in
teTeSt by the fact that it will give the
company their final opportunity to
hear Miss NelIis before her departure
for her new home in California The
general regret her many friends feel
at the loss which musical and society
circles viii sustain in the departure of
Miss Nellis is emphasized in some in
stances by the announcement that with
her marriage she will retire perma-
nently to private life and keep her art
for her friends alone. Miss Nellis has
made for so young an artistic. a brill
liant success and great things have
been freely predicted for her by her
teachers and other competent critics.
She has made an unqualified success in
her concert work and teaching and al
though her resolution to give it all up
for domestic career is very beautiful
and proper, one can not think Of her
retirement with unn1ixed pleasure OF
course she will continue to play for
her friends and will undoubtedly oc-
cupy q prominent position in musical
circles wherever she may live.
An interesting event in high school
society circles will be the spring an
nual to be given by the girls Of the
Topeka chapter of the lambda Alpha
lambda sorority Thursday OF next
week at Steinberg's. The party will
be large and elaborate and a number
Of out of town guests are expected.
among them these girls from the
Springfield high school chapter Of the
sorority: Miss Edith White and Miss
Clifton Peyton, who Will visit Miss