The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17
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Miss Ethel Estberg has asked
guests for bridge Saturday afternoon,
at the Virginia, for Miss Charlotte
Day of Milwaukee who arrived today
to spend week with her.
II
Every SO often the books have to
be revised and the Parlour Parliament
must decide anew, who is the belle of
Nthe village. For popularity is a tickle
wade. The girl who is turning 'em
away today may be playing to pa
per house tomorrow Just now Tay-
Tor street girl who has enjoyed
steady but unsensational success since
her coming out a few years ago. is
attracting unusual attention. Be
cause why, 1 will tell you" while her
sisters slumbered and slept, they dis
cover now, when it is too late, she
sdded three-cOunt them, three =
perfectly good new men to her train.
And one of them is a widower, and
you know widower can always be
depended upon to make the party
more difficult.
Many of the guests at the Going re-,
ceptfon Tuesday afternoon saw the
interior of Mr.. and Mrs. James W.
Going's attractive house for the first
time, since it was remodeled and re-
decorated, on this occasion and al
most everybody took full advantage of
the opportunity and there was much
openly expressed admiration of the
charming rooms and their luxurious
appointments. In accordance with the
later ideas in domestic architecture,
the living rooms of the house are few
IN number and large in size. There
Is generous hall. a large living room.
long, rather narrow dining room
and a big music room, admirably
planned with regard to its acoustics,
and one of the most beautiful rooms
in a Topeka house. The living room
Is in terra Gotta shades, the dining
room in old blues and the music room
will
northern exposure. The furnishings
and decorations are exceptionally ar
tfstic. The rooms are filled with the
most exquisite rugs, tapestries, potter
les. pictures, principally collected by
Mrs. Going in Europe, but there is
much open space and no suspicion of
that crowded and cluttered effect
which spoils so many houses. The
special decorations yesterday were al
so well within the limits of good taste.
In the living room there were some
big vases filled with gorgeous Ameri-
can beauties, and in the music room
were white roses. The dining room
decorations We're the most elaborate
and consisted of big bowl filled with
lavender orchids and white lilacs in
the center of the long oval table, and
a decoration of ferns and hyacinths
on the chandelier. Mrs. Carl Trapp
and Miss Emma Smith poured and the
girls at the punch bowl in the music
room were Miss Alice, Mead de and Miss
Julia WellhouSe. Some very good
looking togs were seen. Mrs. Going
was in a pink brocaded silk gown and
her daughter wore white lace en-
pire with touches of cedar satin on the
bodice. Mrs. Robert Carver was in
pink liberty silk. Mrs. Harrison Nor
gan wore pink velvet brocaded chif-
fon. Mrs. George Port Ashton was in
black lace. Mrs. George o. Smith was
in black mesSaIine and lace. Miss
Ell ma Smith wore pink messaline.
Miss Mamie VeaIe was in lavender
liberty silk. Mrs. J. G. McClintock
was in black lace. Mrs. Clement Smith
was in cream. lace. Mrs. Thomas J.
Myers wore a beautiful cloth gown of
a dull wisteria shade. an empire mod.
el deliberately brocaded, with small
beaver hat, flower trimmed, to match
and a long coat of the same material
as the gown. Mrs. Thomas B. Frost
OF the City of Mexico was in a corded