The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
c2OCETY

The approaching marriage of an EN-
poria girl and a business man of TO
peka, is piece of news that VIII inter-
est great many Topeka people, pc
cause the husband-elect probably has
as many friends as any man in town
The woman in the case is Miss Ger
trude Burr, of Emporia, and the man
Is Mr.. Ralph Moore. Miss Burr Is also
well acquainted here, having frequently
visited friends in Topeka, and was maid
OF honor at the wedding of Mr.. Moore's
sister, Mrs. ]. H. Jones, when Mr..
Moore was best man. 1t is difhcut 10
give exact dates when the principals OF
the affair are as noncommittal as these
two people are, but the wedding IS re-
ported to b. near at hand as luncheons
and parties are being given for Miss
Burr in Emporla. Miss Caroline Plumb
IS entertaining for her tonight, and
Miss Marian Flenniken is a Topeka
guest at the party
The last of the series of parties for
Mrs. Julius Goldschmidt, the guest OF
Mrs. A. a. Weiskirch, was given yester-
day afternoon by Mrs. Margaret Wig
gin at her home 906 Quincy street. Mrs.
Wiggin was assisted by her sister, Mrs.
George Eagle, and by Mrs. w. E. Sterne
of San Diego. The parlors OF the house
were profusely decorated IN PINK roses,
and in the dining rooms the early spring
colors, yellow and white, were used.
The centerpiece of the dining table, at
which the guests were seated, was a
bed of blooming f1owers-a miniature
garden of jonquilS and daffodilS.
Crystal candelabra set with yellow
candles supplemented the floral adorn-
ment of the table. At the request of
Mrs. Wiggin, each guest gave brief
account of some experience of travel
Mrs. Goldschmidt told something of
court life in Vienna, of the city and
the cu~toms of its people. Mrs. T. J.
Myers and Mrs. E. H Crosy told of
their visits to Cuba, and Mrs. Charles
Spencer gave an account of her trip TO
northwestern Canada last fall. Miss
Helen Sterne and Miss Grace Sterne,
who assisted in the serving, looked
especially pretty. one wearing yellow
and the other pink satin. The guests
were: Mrs. Goldschmidt, Mrs. Weis
kirch Mrs. A. A Marburg, Mrs. w. E.
aSterne. Mrs. ]. W. f. Hughes and her
guest Mrs Davis of Kansas City, Mrs.
T. H. Crosby, Mrs. John Zoos Norton,
Mrs. George Eagle, Mrs. H. O. Garvey,
Bonebrake Mrs. Arthur Nichols. Mrs.
T. ]. Myers, Miss Helen Sterne and
Miss Grace Sterne.
Mr.. and Mrs. H A. Perry will enter |
tain at dinner Monday night in honor of
their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Jones of Fort Wayne, Ind. They have
asked the following guests: Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Bronson. Mr.. and Mrs. V. |
r. Kistler, Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Sterne. |
Mr.. and Mrs. J. n. Padgett, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. w. Watson, Mrs. and Mrs. |
Clement Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Naham
Haig. Mr.. and Mrs D. z. Barton, Mr.. |
and Mrs. G. c. Bowman.
There will be a meeting of the Kan |
sas branch of the Western College |
Alumni association at the home of Mrs. |
J. d. Mcfarland, 100 Harrison street, |
Topeka, Saturday afternoon, March 3. |
at 2:30 o clock. All eX-StudentS and any |
others interested in the Western college
are invited to attend Those who can |
not be present are asked to send greet |
irgs. (Signed) Mrs. w. A. Johnston, |
pl esident, and Miss Louise Wood, sec |
rotary.
The Ideal History club will meet
next Friday with Mrs. c. ID. Iusby, |
1855 Mulvane street. There will be an
election of officers. and full attend
ance is desired:
The following is taken from the
Kinsley Graphic: Mrs. Margaret Hill
McCarter OF Topeka gave one OF the
most delightful lectures ever enjoyed
by a Kinsley audience on the subject,
Heart of a Child Her theme was
the quality and character of the prin-
cipies with which the nature of a
child is endowed. Her belief is that
the honest man of today is honest be-
cause that attitude toword life was a
part of the boy of yesterday; that the
man who today makes the world move
upward along he path of progress does
so because he was the enthusiastic,
energetic youngster dha made things
hum in Boyvi.le as long as he inhabit-
ed that magic country Her argument
was for study of the heart of a child
by all who are responsible for his COM
ing, his education and his happiness.
Her appreciation of many things in the
childs mind which the average, I'M
thinking person regards as sins to be
rooted out, show her to be deeply in
terested in the psychology of youth.
This applies particularly to the beauti-
full mysteries Of Imagination which the
soul seems to bring with it. The
speaker traced the value of this inn
agination in making the jov and song
of the world and begged that it be
encouraged rather than thoughtlessly
crushed. Mrs. McCarter's catalogue of