The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-03
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The next TivoIi dance. the last be-
fore Lent, will take place February 10
at Steinberg's. The February Helian-
thus dance will be given Thursday.
the 18th.
After the Edmund Vance Cooke
tickets were printed the date of the
event was changed from Monday,
February to Tuesday. February 9.
The Portia club will meet with Mrs.
j. w. Hawley, 715 Buchanan street,
tomorrow afternoon and will have a
guest day meeting Thursday after
noon of next week with Mrs. G. F.
Worley.
Professor and Mrs. L. H. Strickler
gave dinner for sixteen guests
"Wednesday evening for Mrs. Strick-
ler's father, Mr.. Wallace, who leaves
tomorrow for San Antonio, Tex.
The Helianthus Literary club will
meet with Mrs ]. E. Gall, 634 Taylor,
Friday afternoon.
Evervbodv Who is anxbodv will
hear Edmund Vance Cooke at. the
High school auditorium. Tuesday.
February 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ Mcfarland will
entertain their cousins. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. D. Mcfarland and their children
who are enjoying family reunion at
dinner at their house on Fillmore
street tomorrow evening.
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IS Mrs. L. H Mum gave a luncheon
today in compliment to Mrs. c. r.
Krauthoff of San Francisco. who with
Major Krauthoff is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Norman S. Wear. and
whose visit is the inspiration of most
of the social gaieties of the week The
others asked were: Mrs. Wear, Mrs
George W. Parkhurst. Mrs. Mar
garet Wiggin, Mrs. Geoge NJ Eagle,
Harmon. Mrs. David E. Palmer and
Miss AllabelIe Troutman. The table
flowers were pink sweet peas en-
ployed in a low decoration in the
center of the board and in bouton-
nieres bordered with maiden hair
fern at the covers. The place cards
had sweet pea decorations in water
colors and glass candelabra set with
pink candles capped with pink shades
completed a particularly attractive
table.
There was an exceedingly good
looking receiving line at the re-
ception at the Governors House for
the visiting editors wives and daugh-
ters yesterday, and, if we do say it
ourselves, as shouldn't the "perfesh'
had no reason to be ashamed of its
wimmen folks. Mrs. Stubbs at the
gown of taupe broadcloth with a big
bunch of violets at her girdle Mrs.
Arthur Capper was in a white lace
gown. Mrs Frank P. MacLennan
wore a lavender satin empire gown.
Mrs. Thomas Rees of Springfield,
ILL.,, wore pale blue satin and white
lace. Mrs. P. c. Chamberlain was in
white wool and lace. Mrs. Thomas
McNeal wore electric blue satin. Mrs.
Charles s. Gleed was in black and
white silk with trimmings of rose
point lace. Mrs. L. L. Kienes gown
was smoke colored cloth with trim
mings of gold. Mrs. Albert T. Reid
wore a white gown of net over taffeta.
Miss May Capper's toilet was of dark
blue figured silk and net. Mrs. w.
A McCarter was in white silk and
lace and Mrs. Lee Monroe in cream
lace. OF the assisting young women
none was so admired as Miss Lenora
Stubbs, the governors elder daugh-
ter, the almost classic lines of whose
empire princess grown was especially
becoming to her. 1t was a par
ticularly artistic gown, simple almost
TO severity, the sort of gown which
depends entirely for its effect upon
its lines. A Kansas City gown builder
made it. Miss Stubbs affects a simple
coiffure, the middle part and low
coil, sans curls, sans puffs, sans bangs
and sans rats, but she is pretty
enough to get away with it and in
fact it is refreshingly girlish and
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