The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-19

Mrs. Charles E. Gault and Mrs. VIII
liam S. McClintock will give an inioI
NAL dance at the Country CLUB tonlsnl
In compliment to Miss Mary b: Mools
who will spend the summer IN Eng idiiu
and on the continent.
Miss Floyd Robenson gave an inIor
NAL evening for Miss Lucia Hunting o.
Leavenworth, guest Of Miss Cara Su..
tell, last night. The company lnciu T,,7o
Smith, Miss Isabel Smith. MISS LOUISE
Kellam Mr. Dana MacVicar, Mr. Bert
Reid, Mr. Joe Wilson, Mr.. Jerome
tombstone, Mr. Dan Hammatt and MI.
Mike Murray.
Friends of Mr.. Ward Ellis, heutenah.
U. S. N. formerly of Kansas, Will pe
interested to hear of his recent promo
ton to a first lieutenancy in the navy.
Mr.. Ellis is a son of Mrs A. n; Ems
Of Topeka and of the late Mr. JustlGe
Ellis of the Kansas supreme court he
was formerly a student at the UNIVERSE
ty of Kansas. He is now stationed a'
Olongapo, Philippine ISLANDS.
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There is an ancient tradition HANDED
down from the dark ages but now cur.
rent only among the benighted, .na'
"Blue stocking" she used to De caileu
in derision and this was synonym 1oI
slovenliness, dowdiness and alltnat soi
of thing. woman was not suPpoSeu
to take much interest in the hisheI
Life until her waist measure reacneu
twenty-six inches and she no longer
knew the size of her shoes or celeorat-
ed her birthday. But nowadays .ne
club woman thinks about the sartoI
tal as well as the intellectual ana taheS
an interest in clothes as well as MOVE
ments. She patronizes the best mo
distes and her toilets are worthy OF no.e'
Some of the best dressed women III
Kansas are club women or promlnehoe
and at the reception given at the Coun
try club yesterday for Mrs. Sarah PlaIt
Decker of Denver and Mrs. Eustace n.
Brown of Olathe, presidents, respec-
lively Of the general and state leueia
lions of women's clubs, there was an
unusual showing OF merry rainieue-
Mrs Decker who is an unusually al
tractive woman was beautifully gown
ed in a costume of white silk and iace,
wore a white hat trimmed with yeiiow
roses and carried a bouquet OF yelow
roses. Mrs. Brown was IN prlncesse
gown of Copenhagen blue silk with d
black and white hat and carried red
roses. Mrs. H. o. Garvey wore pihh
silk Empire gown with a pldck ha'
and carried pink roses Mrs. w. "a,
Johnston's gown was a beautliul ol,e
of white lace over white silk with whlcn
she wore a white lace hat. Mrs. ). =:
McClintock's gown was an Empire Oh
blue poplin with a garn1ture OF piue
and gold embroidery and she wore d
white hat with plumes. Mrs Speeo
F. Hughes wore a brocaded SILK IN d
lovely rose shade with white hat MISS
Grace Whiting was in Whlte summer
gown and hat, Mrs. Charles F. Spencer,s
gown was a gray embroidered SILK WITH
touches of scarlet in the trimming anu
she carried red roses. Miss Lucy hlns-
man was in silver gray silk, lace trim
med, and Mrs. Kitchell was IN WnIte'
Mrs c. c. Goddard of LeaVenWorln'
one of the out of town CLUB women, -
always beautifully dressed and yester-
dav was no exception to this rule. Otn-
err distinguished looking women pres,
ent were Mrs. C. o. Knowles. Mrs. hlIi
P. Wilson of Kansas CITY. MIS-. y
K. Scoville of Sabetha, Mrs James l.
Herrick of wellington, Mrs Charles ".
Dunlap of Lawrence. Mrs: hanuolPh
Nichols of Kansas City, Mrs w: u.
Atkinson of Parsons and Mrs. Rate
Arlington of Council Grove.
At the meeting of the federation at
the First Presbyterian church last
night Mrs. Garvey who presided was
in a handsome gown of black lace over |
white taffeta and wore a corsage bou-
ouet of red roses and an ostrich feath. |
err stole. Mrs. Decker's gown was OF |
white lace over white taffeta with
touches of black velvet. Mrs. Brown
was in a summer frock of pale green |
and white trimmed with lace. Mrs.
Johnston wore pale gray silk trimmed |
with an embroidery in pink and gray.