The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

the sash and bow at the back, are all
very girIish and very smart. The
simple soutache band which trims the
bodice is happily placed. The sash and
| yoke are of silk in darker shade OF
blue. The skirt is three-gored with
bias fold at the knees, trimmed in
soutache and headed by the fur.
The Vignette club will meet Tues
day with Mrs. ]. w. f. Hughes at her
home in Potwin.
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Miss Edith Connelley has been elect
ed to membership in the Topeka chap
ter and in the National Society,
| Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. She is the daughter of William
E. ConneHey, the author. The Con-
nelley family is one of the first fam
lilies of South Carolina, the founders
of it having been among the first set
tiers of Charleston. In the Revolution
! they all fought for American indepen-
dence. OF the immediate ancestors,
one fought at Charleston under Col
onel Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, two
fought at the battle of Kings Noun
tain, one OF them being killed there,
and one was Captain Henry Connelley
of the North Carolina cavalry. Miss
Edith is in her senior year in the To-
peka high school.
The West Side Reading club will
meet with Mrs. L. r. Lane Tuesday
| afternoon, November IS
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The quail shooting season is at
hand, and six modern Nimrods will set
out tonight for southern Oklahoma
for two weeks fowl play. The party
Thompson, Mr.. S. z. Barber, Mr.. w.
R. Smith, Mr.. Roy Thompson, Gen.
Wilder S. Metcalf and Mr.. R. w.
Blair. The hunt is an annual event,
and the proves of the sportsmen is
proven by the amount of game (they
say) they bring back with them. Per-
haps the real hunt begins when they
get home and their friends search for
the spoils, only to find that the glory
of the mighty huntsman is "one with
Ninevah.''
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Miss Katherine McCarter who is a
student at Baker university, has been
pledged to the Pri Delta sorority. The
society is one of the national sororities,
and the university at Baldwin has one
| of the handsomest houses in the west.
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The wedding of Miss Blanche Irene
Moore and Mr.. Ralph Harris was SOL
emnized Thursday evening at o'clock
by the Rev. ]. Lewis. The bride was
dressed in pale blue silk and was at
tended by Mrs. w. E. Butler. Mr..
Butler was Mr.. Harris best man. Miss
Helen moore played the wedding
march. Ferns and chrysanthemums
were used in the decoration of the
rooms of the Harris home, where the
ceremony was performed. The out
of-town guests were: Miss Julia
Moore, Mrs. Roy Dummer, Mrs F. Nc
Cranham and Mrs. George Young of
! Lecompton. Mr.. and Mrs. Harris went
for a short wedding trip and will be
at home after November Is, at 400
| Van Buren, street.
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The Ladies' Music club met Thurs
day with Mrs. Ralph Cav at her home
on Fillmore street. The program for
the meeting follows:
| Sonata Tragica .MacDowell
| Homeward ....... Campbell Pitton
/ (a) Scotch Poem, (b) Clara d
| Lun6 MacDOWel
| Concerto for violin ........ Mozart
In a Brahmin Garden Logan
| Nocturne Burdett
Trio, Memory"
| Those who took part in the pro-
gram were: Mrs. Harry Tasket, Mrs
Chas. Blair. Mrs. Chas. Ritschard
Miss Esther Watts. Miss Eva Curry
! Miss Ethel Bradbury Grant, Mrs. Bair,
! Mrs. Deacon and Mrs. Pribble. Mrs.
Don Farnsworth of Chicago, was a
guest at the meeting and gave vocal
selection from Madame Butterfly.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. H. o. Garvey has returned
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