The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-04

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The Beta girls of Washburn college
gave their reception Tuesday afternoon
at the Governors House, from B to o.
Between two and three hundred guests
called during the afternoon. The girls
who received the guests were gowned
in dainty colored dresses-pInk, white
pale blue, and green-ShadeS that young
girls wear to such good advantage
Miss Stubs dress was light blue
messelaine, with low white yoke, and
trimming of point lace. Miss Gladys
Scott was gowned in pink silk with
Persian ribbons fastened to the yoke
on each side of the bodice, caught at
the girdle, and falling loose to the hem
of the skirt. Mrs. Stubs, VINO stood
at the head of the receiving line, wore
a lavender silk, made with a train, and
a white yoke, finished in heavy applique
and gold beads. Mrs Albert T. Reid,
one Of the assisting women, wore fls-
ured lace gown of a deep cream color,
made over yellow satin. The confer
piece on the dining table was a bowl
of pink carnations and fern, and
large bouquet of snowballS stood be
meath the picture of Lincoln in the IL
brary. The windows of the music
room were filed with palms. Those
who stood in line to receive the guests
were: Mrs. Stubs, Miss Lenore Stubs,
Miss Laura Armstrong, Miss Gladys
Scott, Miss Mata Hall. Miss Hazel
Arnold, Miss Elsie Wood, Miss Mary
Dallas Gage, and Miss Helen Lindsay.
The following women assisted through
the rooms: Mrs. F. K. Sanders, Mrs.
P. H. Adams, Madame Lunde Souther,
Mrs. w. S. Lindsay, Mrs. A. A. Scott,
Mrs. w. c. Wilm, Mrs. T. B. Sweet,
Mrs. John Haughey, Mrs. E. L. Herman,
Mrs. Albert T. Reid, Miss Margaret Go
ing, Miss Alice Meade, and Miss Char
lotte Leavitt. Those who served in
the dining room were: Miss Marie VAN
derpool, Miss Dorothy Brown, Miss Mar
Brigham, Miss Alice Griffin, and Miss
Winifred Burch. Miss Grace Gaines,
Miss Mignon Logan, Miss Marion Dew
ey, and Miss Edna Hall served punch.
Musical numbers were given from time
to time during the afternoon by Miss
Eva Hartwell, Miss Huldah Chaplin,
Miss Cora Klein, Miss Elsie Chapman,
Miss Bernice Chapman, MISS Lenora
Glenn, and Miss Mabel Holloway. Miss
Stubs arrived home from her trip west
early in the afternoon and had just
time to dress for the party before the
guests began to arrive.
Mrs ]. D. Mcfarland received in
formally Tuesday afternoon from to
6 at her home, HOO Harrison street.
York People here remember Mrs.
Fritts a. Miss Jessie Garwood. who
gave to the newspaper reading public
the story of social events successfully
en- three different papers-the state
Journal. the Capital, and the Herald.
Mrs. F'ritts until the past year, when
her health became too poor to permit
her to work, continued her writing at
ter her marriage. She has contributed
with marked success to a number of
New York journals and has done good
deal of magazine writing. This IS pleas
ing intelligence to her friends in To-
peka, and according to them, she never
made any cnemies--nevcr told anything
she was asked not to tell; in fact, she
is remembered as a woman profession
ally successful and personally attrac-
tive.
In the dining room the table decora-
lions consisted of a vase OF American
Beauty roses, and grouped around it,
a half dozen shallow vases of syringa-
Bouquets of f1eur de lis were used in
the parlOr and library.
Mrs. Mcfarland was assisted by the
friends: Mrs. ]. c. McClintock.
Mrs. Lee Monroe, Mrs. N. P. Garretson,
Mrs. A. K. Rodgers, Mrs. c. N. Nelson,
Forbes, and Miss Nell McFar-
land. Miss Bertha Clay, Miss Grace
Dana and Miss Katherine Mcfarland
in the dining room.
Mrs. Charles Spencer gave a luncheon
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street, complimentary to Miss Ruth
of Evanston, Ill. In the CEN
ter of the dining table was little
gold May pole, and ribbons of all the
colors of the rainbow reached from the
top Of the pole, one to each plate. At
the end of each ribbon a little May
basket was fastened and filled with
flowers Of a corresponding color. At
each place was a Japanese cap and
apron, the use of which Mrs. Spencer
explained by telling the girls that the
fashion for domestic science would
make it necessary for them to prove
their ability; SO they were asked to
read the instructions on the reverse
side of their name cards. Two of the
girls found the line Serve the first
course Downing their new aprons and
caps, they went to the kitchen and pro-
ceeded with the serving. Two other
girls served the second course, and so
following until all the guests had mi
tiated their new attire and proven
themselves capa Bile housewives. Covers
were laid for: Miss Carpenter. Mrs. H.
o. Garvey, Mrs. Fred Jolly of Roswell.
Y. NJ, Mrs. c. H. Mulroy of Chicago,
Mrs. Merrill Mills. Mrs. jamie Hughes,
Miss Bernice Enahizer. Miss Ann
Troutman' Miss Wilhelmine Marburg.
Miss Julia Larimer, Miss Alice Lari-
mer, Miss Mary Overholt, Miss Mary
Chase Chamberlain, Miss Helen Estey.
Miss Helen -pielman. Miss Ruth Bauer.
Miss Marguerite Mills, Miss Elizabeth
Holiday, and Mrs. Spencer.
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The Kansas Women's Press club,
which is TO meet Thursday and Friday,
the 18th and goth, will be entertained
Thursday evening at a reception given
by Governor and Mrs. w. r. Stubs,
at the Governors House. Friday morn
ing, a breakfast will be served at the
Country club; in the afternoon, a bust
ness meeting and program will be held
at the Commercial club rooms, and the
FAMILY FOODS