The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24


friends from Miss Pauline Peake OF
Los Angeles, Cal, formerly OF Topeka,
announce her approaching marriage 70
Mr.. William McCready, also OF Los
Angeles. which will take place very
2 quietly Saturday of this week at the
home of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
Peake on West Tenth avenue, Los An
eeIes Miss Peake, who left here Win
her family about two years ago is a
very beautiful girl of a charming ploh9e
type and was exceedingly popular III
Topeka where she was prlncipailI ~ ld ZEN
titled with the Helianthus set she ma
scores of admirers here and was equdI-
ly well liked in Los Angeles. The news
of her engagement was eener S,
known among her Topeka acquainl-
,ances but her marriage at this time
: comes as a surprise, as no one had ex-
pected it so soon. Mr.. McCready IS
promising young chap engaged IN IN
automobile business. The family has
considerable wealth and he will take
his bride after their wedding trip to a
handsome and luxurious home which is
all ready for their occupancy.
To those who have had the good for
tune to meet them, about the most in
-teresting circle of people in Topeka IS
that tiny colony of Norwegian artists
connected with the school of fine arts
of WashbUrn college and brought here
through the efforts of Mr.. ALI K1ngen-
berg, dean of the school, Mr.. hnhgeh-
berg as most people In Topeka know,
drifted in here about four years ago
from Hardin college, Mexico, Missouri,
where he had been teaching piano There
were some Topeka girls at Hardin VINO
persuaded him to come to Topeka he
met with recognition here from the
start, secured pupils readily and was
last year elected dean of the school OF
fine arts of Washburn. 1t is generally
admitted that in this acquisition the
college made ten strike" Mr.
Klingenberg is not only thorough mu-
sician-a brilliant concert pianist and
a conscientious and inspiring teacher
but he is university graduate as We'll
and is one of the broadcast men intel
lectually in the state. His information
does not end with his speciality, music.
q but he has knowledge and understand
ing of many subjects beside the fine
arts, concerning all of which he is we'll
Informed, has Travelled widely and, in
deed. is perhaps the best educated mal,
in the broadcast sense, in Topeka.
AS for Mrs. Klingenberg, in spite of
the few years she has lived here. al
most everyone knows her and 1t is safe
to say no one has met her without
coming under the influence of her PEE
culiar and undefnable charm. In her
homeland such a home as she can
make of the tiniest apartment
she is delightful and if you haven't
had a cup of tea with the Klingen-
bergs of an afternoon you have missed
the most enjoyable diversion which To-
cal social life offers.
This fall the Klingenberg family was
Joined by two new artists secured by
Mr.. kingenberg for the WaShbrIrn
music school, Mrs. Sigrid Lunde
Souther, soprano and Mr.. Haitian Jehe.
violinist. and the family became 4
colony" Norwegian colony, for Mrs
Souther and Mr.. Jebe are also Nor
wegians. Mrs. Souther has lived in this
country for number of years teaching
in Boston and Washington, but Mr.
Jebe was never here before until he re-
sponded to the appeal of his friend, Mr..
Klingenberg, to come to Topeka and
help him build up a music school ana
an art center that should be as torch
in the desert to Kansas. There i; no
explanation for the permanent presence
of an artist of Mr.. Klingenberg's abil-
ity in Topeka except chance-and no
explanation for Mr.. Jebe's coming ex-
cept personal friendship for Mr. King
enberg. He is an artist of the first
rank and has been the conductor of one
of the largest and best orchestras in
Paris for a number of years. Recently
inheriting some money he gave up his
position in Paris and travelled through
out the Orient where he gave concerts
in most of the principal cities. He had
just returned from the Far East when
Mr.. Klingenberg secured his services
for Washburn-
The last addition to the washburn
colony is Mrs. Jebe. better known in
Norway as Sofie Bernhoft, for ten years
q leading actress of the National the
Jebe arrived last month from Norway
to join her husband in Topeka. Mrs
Klingenberg who. clever as she is, per-
haps doesn't give US quite credit for
what civilization we do possess is Just
little bit afraid that Topeka people
won't understand the position which an
Actress of Mrs. Jebe's quality enjoys in
her own country. but the S. r. assured
her that we are not such barbarians as
we seem and that we are able to dis
tinguish between an actress who has
achieved success in the legitimate
drama and the chorus girl or vaudeville
performer.
The National theater of Christiania
Is endowed by the state and to play
there is a distinction not only artistical-
~ but socially. Mr.. and Mrs Jebe have
been married for eight years, during
which her connection with the national
theater at Christiania was not broken
except for brief vacation visits to her
husband in Paris or other cities and
during their travels in the oriental
countries until she gave up her posi-
ton to join him in Topeka. Mr. and
Mrs Jebe met in Christiania-they are
both Norwegians-while she was play
ing on the stage and he conducting the
orchestra of the National theater
Mrs. Jebe IS an emotional actress and
her best successes have been in trag-
edy but she also played comedy roles
with distinction and success Among
her best roles. in plays familiar to
American audiences, are those of Mrs.
AIlwing in Ghosts and Agnes in Brand.
both by Henrik Ibsen, of Ophelia in