The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-25

One of the interesting events OF the
~eet- among the younger set, was a
scotch tea which Miss Gladys cav
rave this afternoon at her nome on
Fillmore street. Miss Cav has lived
:, Scotland and knows Scottish GUS
III She has kept the Scotch char
acter throughout in the arrangements
for the party. The invitations were
written on cards bearing pictures or
scotch scenes or people, and tne
Louse decorations were in keeping
With the theme of the party. Pictures
we're hung on the walls, suggesting
tho names of Scotch songs. One OF
them was a mountainous scene with
= big red heart placed among the
heights which, being interpreted,
means my Hearts in the Highlands. y
GROUPS of postcards with pictures OF
scotch scenery were also displayed.
In the center of the table in the tea
room was a large bunch of heather.
Miss Cav made an effort TO secure
some thistle, but was unable to ma
anything sufficiently lifelike to answer
the purpose. She says the mllllner
stores have their thistle blossoms
tinted in impossible colors, and sne
perferred not to strike a false note IN
her decorations. The guests were
asked for 4:3O to o'clock. The un-
usually late hour was chosen, because
in Scotland five is the hour LOT ted
The refreshments were sent from
Edinburg. Hereafter, anyone so tils
to a Scotch tea should preserve tue
appetite intact for she Will realIy ue
given something to eat. The guests
we're served with short-breao' winch
is a spicy kind of cake, tnen tneIe
we're marmalade sandwiches, az no
made while YOU wait, kind OF suck
candy called "Edinburg Rock, ana
tea. About a hundred guests attenoeq
the party. and Miss Cav was asslstTo
by Mrs. w. D. Storrs and Mrs. "A; p.
KirkDatrick. who poured tea. ana py
Miss I,enora Stubs. Miss Gertruoe
McCiintock. Miss Ethel Grant ana
Miss Lulu Mckee.
Mrs. Eugene Quinton was hestess at
an informal bridge party TINS AFTER
noon at her home on Topeka avenue eilI.s.
thirty guests attended, among them
Mrs John shelton, who is with ner
mother. Mrs. n. f. Handy, ana MIS-.
G. w. Tricket of Kansas CITY, VINO Is
Mrs. Sflas Porter's guest.
Mr. Harold Spielman will give
dinner party tonight at his nome LOT
ten guests. The novel feature OF tne
party is that all the guests Will pc re
difficultv that can be overcome, per
hans if thev are not required to eat II.
Mrs. Robert Carver will entertain
the Art club Monday afternoon Marcn
G. and the Ladies' Music club will
meet with Mrs. Carver and Mrs.
George Parkhurst wednesday after
noon March 8. Wednesday after
noon will be devoted to the study OF
Wagner's Die Walkurie"
The Sigram Delta Psi sorority will
have a pledge service and spread to-
night at the chapter house Cor Miss
Ruth Williams, Miss Helen Tillotson
and Miss Mary Alexander. all of To-
peka. who are the new pledges. The
alumni girls of the sorority Will be
guests.
The presence of a number of out Of
town visitors this week and the ap-
preaching season of Lent, have COM
bined to make the week one of I'M
usual social activity. Miss Bess Res
seguie, who has been visiting Mrs j.
e Morgan, has been entertained at a
number of parties, the last of which
was an informal tea this afternoon
given by Mrs. Morgan for the girls of
the younger set. Miss Resseguie will
leave early next week for a visit to
friends in Kansas City. Miss Helen
Frost of Towanda, Pa, who is visiting
Mrs. w. w. Wikidal, has been guest
at a good many parties since she ar
rived two or three weeks ago. and is
extremely popular both with the older
women, whose parties she attends, and
the young girls of her own age. She
will be here the rest of the winter.
Miss Margaret Garvey's guest, Miss
caro- Bedillion of Winfield, Kan, was
the guest of honor at a party given
by Miss Carney Friday afternoon and
at a party at the Country club earlier
in the week.
next week, including an afternoon at
fridge Tuesday which Mrs. David
Palmer will give for her guest, Mrs.
Adelaide Wallace of West Union, Ia,
and a reception Thursday afternoon
for Mrs. Arthur Holbrook of Des
Moines. Ia, which her mother, Mrs.
T. e. Dewey. will give at her home
I'm Potwin. The Potwin women who
gave a tea Thursday of this week in
tend to give another informal recep-
ton, but have decided to wait until
after Easter. After Wednesday of
next week, the parties will be small
and informal for the most part, and
until Easter, the photographers and So
ciety reporters, I suppose, will pad
their columns with the usual stale and
inane jokes about Lent.
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A new story is being told about the
Englishman of democratic ideas, who
renowned the honors and titles of
his aristocratic house. came to this.
country and is now holding a saIaried
position in Topeka. In fact he seems
to have this democracy business done
TO crisp. 1t IS one of his best
jokes to shock his conservative kins-
men when he returns to them for a
visit. by effusively greeting the but
Ter and refusing to wear a dress suit
at dinner. And now the story is told
of how his young son who is in
school was asked by his teacher
whether his father liked boys or girls
best. and the childs answer. with its
rather uncertain meaning, was: II
think it's girls. OF course, he likes
US, but he says he just loves the COOK
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The next meeting of the Wednes-
day Bridge club will be held with
Mrs. Robert Carver at her home on
Tyler street. The meeting will he
held Tuesday. February %, instead of