The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-16

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in kimono style. The original feature
of this dainty jacket is the trimming
| of ribbon which is applied above all
ribbon, in delicate shades of pink and
blue, and is applied in bow-knot
motifs down the front, across the bot
| tom, up the sides and around the bot
tom of the sleeves;
The. fifth annual meeting of the
| Colonial Danes of America in the
state of Kansas, was held Friday.
April 10Th, at the home of Mrs. n. F.
| Handy. Officers for 1910 were elected
| as follows: Mrs. E. D. Kimban. Wich-
| ita, president; Mrs. E. B. Purcell,
Manhattan, first vice president; Mrs.
N. f. Handy, Topeka, second vice
president; Mrs. w. B. Brownell, Law
renee, recording secretary; Mrs w.
s. Human, Wichita, corresponding sec
rotary; Mrs. r. B. Purcell, Manhattan,
| registrar; Mrs. Howard Dunlap, En-
poria, treasurer; Mrs. Peter Emery.
Lawrence, historian.
In addition to these officers who
were all present, the following mem
bers were in attendance: Mrs. H. G..
Rose and Mrs. Howard Darling Of
son, Mrs. ]. w. Priddy of Kansas City,
Missouri, and Mrs. Abram Hammatt
of Topeka. Mrs E. D. Kimban was
elected delegate and Mrs. E. B. Pur-
Council of the National Society Of
Colonial Danes in America, to be
held in Washington, April 26th to
30th. One of the important items
of business was the appointment Of a
committee, consisting of Mrs A NJ.
Harvey of Topeka, Miss Flora G.
Clough of Fairmont College, Wichita,
and Miss Edith NJ. Clarke of Law
renee, to compile list of the genea1-
ogies in public libraries, and as far as
possible, private collections in the
state.
A luncheon was given at 1 o'clock
by the hostesses, Mrs. N. r. Handy,
Mrs. E. B. Purcell, Mrs. A. H. Horton
and Mrs. A. NJ. Harvey, and tea was
served at the close of the business
meeting in the afternoon.
The Marysville News says: "In the
Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington,
D. G., hangs a famous painting of
Martha Washington's first reception
as wife of the president of the United
States. A tableau reproducing this
picture was given on April 7th, in
Memorial hall, Washington, D. G.
Miss Nellie Custis was represented by
Dorothea Kean, great-granddaugh-
ter of Robert Livingston. Mrs. Sedge-
ginia LeSeur, a granddaughter of
Speaker Cannon. Mrs. Geo. Clinton
was impersonated by Miss Mary Mac
Lehman, only daughter of Frank Mac
Lehman, editor of the Topeka State
Journal. Mrs. Barbour Walker who
arranged the tableau was once presi-
dent of Bethany college in Topeka 1t
is pleasing to note that western Ho-
men are able to lend both grace and
dignity to Wash1ngton society.
The Vermont association of Kan
sas will give its sixth annual banquet
and "Sugaring OFF, at the Elks' club
Tuesday evening, April Goth. A re-
ception will be held from $3.50 until
7:15, when the banquet will be served.
Mr. A A. Robinson and Mr.. G. M.
Heaton, president and secretary of the
association, have the affair in charge.
Mr.. N. IT. LOOMS of Omaha, Neb.,
will be the guest of honor and will
address the association. All Kansas
people who are natives of Vermont,
are invited to be present, and bring
their families with them
Miss Ina Claire Pagan of Washing
ton, D. c., a member of former To-
peka family, will be in Topeka next
Novelty theater. Some of the old resi-
dents of Topeka will probably remem-
Der Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Pagan. the par
ents of the little 16-year-old actress,
home in Washington, where Mr.. Pagan
was killed in the Ford theater disaster
the unlucky playhouse where Lincoln
was shot Miss Pagan is a singer and
impersonator and has played at most of
the big vaudeville theaters of the east.
Mrs. Pagan will accompany her daugh-
ter to Topeka, and they will be guests
of Mrs. Fagan's mother, Mrs. Alice
Lieurance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris L. Whiting of
Mulvane street announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Anna Frances,
to Mr. Herbert Lowell Popenoe. The
wedding will take place about the mid
die of May. Miss Whiting is a grad
uate of Washburn college and Mr..
Popenoe is a graduate of the Kansas
State Agricultural college, where his
father was a teacher for twenty-five
years Mr.. Popenoe and his bride will
occupy a cottage that is being built for
them on the Popenoe farm west of
town.
announcement has been made of the
marriage of Miss Margaret Philbrook
and Mr.. Paul Neff of Kansas City, both
of them former Kansas university
students. The bride was a member Of
the Kappa -lpha Theta sorority, and
Mr.. Neff belonged to the Phi Delta
Gamma fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Neff
were married last Saturday and have
gone to Springfield, Mo, to live.
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The J. A G. S. of the senior class of
the high school gave a banquet at the
Virginia Friday night for the Q. U. I.
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