The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-16

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hat nearly covered with plumes in a
shade to match the gown is worn
with this costume.
Mrs. Norman S. Wear gave a neigh
borhood bridge for 20 guests today in
Youngstown, Ohio. who is visiting her
| and = Mrs. Joe Morgans sister, Mrs
Samuel Atlee of Chicago.
! Miss Nell Kirk gave a line party this
afternoon at the Majestic, for Miss
Ethel Hadley, whose marriage to Mr..
Theodore NJ. Gerow will take place
October the 23d. Others who will enter
tain for Miss Hadley are: Mrs. w. E.
MacVey, on Monday; Miss Grace Reed
Tuesday; and Mrs. Charles Wardin,
Thursday; Mr.. Tacey Hadley of Platt
City, Mo-, and Mr.. Walter E Davis
of Hutchinson. will come to town next
week for the wedding.
The Topeka avenue 500 club will have
the first meeting of the season with
Mrs. w. F. Schoch. $40 Topeka avenue.
Friday.
The Washburn Girls Literary society
gave a tea Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Miss Eleanor Sims on College
Hill. for the college girls. The decora-
tions were in the society colors red and
white and the girls assisting Miss Sims
were Miss Ethel Kingsley, Miss Helen
Turner, Miss isabel Heath, Miss Re
becca Welty, Miss Fern Fitzpatrick,
Miss Ina Wendall, Miss Vina Sherman,
Miss Hattie Howard. Miss Mildred
Guild.
Let the women do the work is a
discredited theory, at least in Topeka,
where the men really spoil the women
scan'alous and have lately taken to
assuming the social, as well as other
responsibilities for their families.
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the visits and do the entertaining for
her husband and take care of all the
social obligations, but recently the
men have begun giving the dinners
with such success that the noses of
the hostesses are all out of joint. If
this state of affairs keeps up we may
confidently expect another tradition to
be shattered and the husbands, who
have heretofore had their religion in
their wives names, will find them
selves doing the church-going and
giving the socials and bazaars The
latest man to achieve distinction
a host is Mr.. A. F. Colson who gave
a supper at his house Twelfth and
Fillmore streets last night, to celebrate
his birthday anniversary for Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Guild, Mr.. and Mrs. A. T.
Lucas, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Lagerstrom, ,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Erickson. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. o. Rosser, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
Lyle and Mr.. and Mrs. K. U. Whitfield.
All day he barred Mrs. Colson from
the kitchen and dining room while he
gave the orders and made the pre-
parations for the feed" which is said
by the guests to have surpassed any
thing of the kind they had ever en-
countered. Not only was the menu !
elaborate but the serving was fault |
less, introducing all the familiar nifty
furnishings in the way of tissue lin
gerie on the birds, and all that sort of
things and many novelties seen for
the first time in Topeka.
Miss Berenice Emahizer will entertain
the Porwin young people informally to-
night for Miss Helen Lang, who Is a
student at Bethany, and who will spend
the weekend Sunday with Miss Ema-
Eize-.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Clark, Four
tenth and Lincoln street, announce the |
engagement of their sister Miss Anna
McCue. to Mr.. William Harrison White
head, the son of Mrs. ]. H. Fry. COS
East Eighth avenue. The wedding will |
take place Saturday, October %, at the |
home of the brides mother in Usage |
City. Mr.. Whitehead is with the Cud- |
ahy company of Wichita. At home af- |
ter November 10 at 207 North Law |
renee street, Wichita.
The first Tivoli dance of the season |
at Steinberg's last night was attend |
ed by: Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Trapp Miss +