The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-31

Miss Helen Spielmans entertained al
a luncheon this afternoon at 1:3t
o'clock at the Country club in honor Oh
Miss Blanche Rohrer, who will be mar
ried to Mr.. William Crockett April 6
Miss Rohrer wore one of her trousseau
i costumes, a blue silk with net yoke and
! applique trimming, and a black picture
hat trimmed in plumeS. The other
! guests at the party were the members
| of Miss Rohrer's bridal party. Mrs. F.
o. Burkett of Potwin Place entertained
/ at an informal dinner for Miss Rohrer
| Wednesday night.
Miss Rachel Hotchkiss will> give a
miscellaneous shower for Miss Rohrer
Friday afternoon, and her guests will
! be: Miss Rohrer, Mrs. Otto Kiene,
| Mrs. Ward Speelman, Mrs. Ralph Skill
ner, Miss Louise Heath. Miss Isabel
Heath. Miss Dorothy Gleed, Miss Hulda
! Chaplin, MISS Mary Gleed, Miss Helen
/ Spielman. Miss Helen Sharitt, Miss
Ann Troutman Miss Emma Bolmar
Miss Bernice Emahizer, Miss Alice
Larimer. Miss Gladys Boyle, Miss
Corinne Costo1 and Miss Frances Reed
of Clay Center
Mrs. Ralph Cav has asked guests for
two informal parties she will give this
week She will entertain at o'clock
Friday afternoon and Saturday after
noon, at her home, 1921 Fillmore street.
Spring flowers, apple blossoms and
lilacs, will be used in decora ting the
rooms. and a musical program will be
given each day. Friday afternoon Mrs.
Charles Bair and Miss Grace Clark will
sing, and the piano numbers will be
given by Miss Josephine Mckee ami
Miss Florence Nettles. For Saturday
afternoon Mrs. Cav has asked Mrs. w.
]. V. Deacon and Mrs. J. P. Wahle TO
sing and Miss Helen Johnston, Miss
Marie Glover and Miss Ethel Grant will
play. The company will include some
of the youngest girls of musical circles
who are Mrs. Claws friends. The affair
Saturday afternoon will make the
fourth of a series of musicales Mrs.
Cav has recently given at her home.
X
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Miss Norma Maloney of
Topeka to Mr.. Clarence Shaw of Okla
homa City, the wedding to take place
April II at the home of Miss Maloney's
uncle, Mr.. NJ. s. Sullivan, of Solomon,
Kan. Miss Maloney is a graduate Of
the '07 class of the Nazareth academy
three years she has been assistant o
the state accountant. Mr. ]. G. Gafford,
her uncle. After a short wedding trip,
Mr.. and Mrs. Shaw will go to Okla
homa City, where they will make their
home.
A reception and dance was given
Wednesday night at the E1ks' club
for his daughter, Mattel, whose mar
riage to Mr.. Dwight Thompson Farm
ham of Seattle, Wash. will take place
about the middle of June. The club
house is a modern new building, and
every room of it was converted into use
for the affair. The immense ball room
on the top floor was canopied with
southern smiIax. The room was fes-
TONED with crimson roses and lighted
by lanterns suspended from the four
corners. At the foot of the staircase
leading to the ball room, where Mr..
Howe and his daughter received their
guests, was the monogram "IF''' in
purple and white electric lights. At
the end of the ball room the three i'm
mense pillars were twined with pink
roses. a large mounted eagle lowered
over the center of the room. Miss
Howe stood at the head of the receiV-
ing line under the outspread wings of
the eagle. Those who stood in line
with her were: Miss Eleanor Ravens
of Leavenworth Miss Mary Thompson
and Miss Mary MacLennan of Topeka,
Miss Marjorie Sells of New York, and
Miss Adelaide Howe of Atchison. An
orchestra of twenty pieces, directed by
Alois Philips, gave a concert program