The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
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Mr.. and Mrs Hiram Price Dillon will
give a dinner for twenty-four at the
Topeka club tonight in compliment TO
Mr.. Dillon's brother, Mr. John M
Dillon of New York.
Mrs. Dillon has asked twenty guests
for luncheon at the Topeka club TO-
morrow.
Miss Virginia Meade, who is home
from X S. A. c., Manhattan, for the
Thanksgiving vacation, and Miss Mabel
Ranney of Arkansas City, who arrived
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. }. M.
Meade were the guests of honor at an
afternoon tea given today by MISS
Alice Meade. The friends asked to as
sist were Mrs. Charles ]. Skinner, Mrs
Charles Lyman, Miss Alice Lakln, MISS
Mabel Andrews, Miss Permel1a Gurus
Miss Ieona Curtis, Miss Helen McCnn-
took Miss Margaret Going, Miss Louise
McNeaI Miss Alice Willard, Miss Hazel
Howe, Miss Isabel Mills, Miss Marion
Wear and Miss Louise Heath, and the
hours were from three to six O'CLOCK
The new EIks' club house at the
corner of Seventh and Jackson streets
was opened to the public for the hrss
time since it's completion Monday pc
tween the hours of twO-thirty and nVe-
thirty in the afternoon and from seven
thirty to ten-thirty in the evening anu
although the rain kept many visitors
away, everybody who has seen 1t Is en-
thusiastic in it's praise. The club is un-
usually attractive both as to exterior
and interior and the decorations and
furnishings are all in the best of taste.
Mr.. Albert T. Reid did the mural deco
rations and Mr.. Will Trump selected
the carpets and hangingS except n tne
wouen's dining and reception rooms, for
which a committee of club members
and their wives is responsible. Ihe
main entrance to the club mouse on
Seventh street is particularly eooo-
short flight of steps ascending to the
lobby which is finished in C1rcass1an
oak and artistically done in wood tones
and from which a broad staircase as
lighted by three tall windows with
French puff shades in pale yellow ana
overhangings of wood brown ottoman.
The library in the southwest corner OF
the first floor is the faVor1te room OIL
MANY of those who saw 1t yesterday
Trbe decorations are in toneS-of terra
Gotta the furnishings and WoodWorh
are of weathered oak in mission style
and the fixtures of polished brass Cur
taius of cream net with side curtains
- tuseore in dark terra Gotta shade
and a handsome rug in terra cottd
shades. and bookcases containing over
two thousand volumes complete the
most comfortable and honey" room IN
the club house. Just PACK ot liz ae
library are the women's rooms-the re-
ception room, the dining room, ana
dressing rooms and the little hall which
leads to the woman's entrance on
jackson street The walls in these
rooms are all in putty color with a
stencil border. In the reception room
the curtains and rug are in soft shades
of green and the furniture Is mahog,,
any. The entrance hall has rug or
brown and green and curtains of
golden brown tussore. The dining
room furniture Is Flemish oak in early
English style and shades of cream and
brown in carpet and hangfngs blend
exouisiteIy with the putty walls. The
curtains are of Arabian lace with over
hangings of brown velour For the re
ceptions yesterday this room was most
attractivelv bedecked with yellow roses
and vioIets miniature electric foun-
tain of opalescent glass and silver in