The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
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: At the luncheon given this afternoon
by Mrs. F. w. Watson, Miss Winifred
Everingham and Miss Mary Gleed at
the Watson home on Topeka avenue,
a novel and beautiful decoration OF
crocuses was used in the dining room
The luncheon was for the alumni chap
ter of the Kappa Alpha Theta soror-
1ty, and the place cards were made
with the K. A. T. monogram inscribed
in gold on black, yellow and black be-
ing the society's colors. Covers were
laid for Mrs. w. F. Bowen Miss Mary
Barley Mrs George Whitcomb. Mrs
Frank Thompson, Mrs. Scott Hopk1ns'
Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Mrs. Eugene Sal
Ter Mrs. William MacFerran, Mrs
Frank Cargill, Mrs. S. S. Estey. MISS
Esther Rauch, Miss Charlotte Leavitt,
Miss Mary OVerholt Miss Gertrude
Reed, Miss Ann Troutman, Miss Gleeo'
Miss Everingham and Mrs. Watson.
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Those who attended the Tivoli dance
last night at Steinberg's were:
Miss Georgia Potter of st. Joe. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Gillespie, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Trapp, Miss Elizabeth Holiday.
Miss Esther Rogers. Miss Dorothy Por-
ter. Miss Rachel Coston. Miss Grace
HXoontz, Miss Mary Dallas Gage, Miss
Dorothy Scott, Miss Gladys Scott, Miss
Marguerite Mills Miss Margaret Gar
vey, Miss Mary Sutherland, Miss Ann
Troutman, Miss Helen Mitchell. Miss
Marion Wear, Miss Helen McClintock,
Miss Bernice Emahizer, Miss Alice Will
lard, Miss Mamie Veale, Miss June
Mitchell Miss Rebecca Welty, Miss
Yetta Conklin. Miss Ella Davis. Miss
Louise McNeal, Miss Hall, Miss Cor
nelia Gleed, Miss Helen Spielman, Miss
Myra Tompkins of Oklahoma City, Mr..
Tinkham Veale, Mr.. Irwin Snattinger,
Mr. Jack Crow, Mr.. Russell Grimes, Mr..
Richard Reed, Mr.. Clarence Jordan, Mr..
Clyde Adams Mr.. Campbell, Mr.. Frank
Miller, Mr.. Roy Starr, Mr.. Robert
Steele. Mr.. William Wellhouse, Mr. Jack
Campbell. Mr.. James Mcfarland, Mr..
Frank F'lenniken, Mr.. John Freshman,
Mr. warwick Updegraff, Mr.. Fred Par
ut, Mr.. Ed Kistler, Mr.. Earl Vooh1s,
Mr.. James Hayes. Mr.. Harry Engie,
Mr.. Arthur Wolf Mr. Alfred Bartel,
Mr.. Robert Pierce, Mr.. Alex Spencer,
Mr. Harry Jones, DR.. Leo Haughey, Mr..
Frank Southwick. Mr. Darwin Brad
ley, Mr.. Roy West, Mr.. Clyde Cor
bett, Mr.. George Higginbotham, Mr..
Clay Hamilton, Mr.. Bernard Crosby,
Mr.. Frank Lewis and Houston Porter.
X Il
The sub-senior class of the High
schol will give a reception Tuesday
evening at Steinberg's hall for the SEN
Tors and members of the faculty.
X x
The annual banquet of Unity church
was given last night in connection with
the business meeting. There were
1fty-f1ve guests. The table was simply
and artistically decorated with silver
candelabra set with many candles. The
trustees who were elected for the com
ing year are DIR. D. T. Nicoll Mr..
Frank Foster Mr. W. H. Cowles Mrs.
Thomas Doran and Miss Margaret JAG
quentin Mrs. Frank Thomas sang and
papers were read by Judge Burch, Mr..
Nv. H. Cowles, Rev. F. NJ. Bennett of
Lawrence and Mr. Reader made short
talk.
The January meeting of the Kan
sas Authors club was held Thursday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo P. Morehouse.
leadership of Miss Elizabeth n. Barr,
editor of the Club Member. had
planned the program and it proved to
be one of the best of the season.
Miss Barr introduced the topic, the
production of fiction. by an entertain
ing talk. the keynote of which was
BURN the rules and hang the critics."
She held that the set rules for the pro-
duction of fiction and nearly all lit
erary composition, as taught by the
schools, are not only useless lumber,
but in many ways are really detrimen-
tai to the free and untrammeled pro-
duction of the best literature. In case
of the genius, they interfere with his
work; in the case of the mediocre they
make his worthless stuff presentable, so
It gets printed-much to the detriment
of the public. Miss Barr said that
a piece of literature is an organism
as much as an animal or plant and
the arbitrary laws of the schools can
no more step in and correct it by
cutting out or adding to. or changing