The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-28

A marriage that will interest many
Topeka people is that of Miss Viva
Agatha Brown and Mr.. Nathan G.
/ Dorsey, which was solemnized in Bal
| Episcopal church Wednesday, Deem
| Der p. The bride is the daughter of
Mr.. w. t. Brown, and until two years
ago made her home in Topeka. She
went TO Baltimore to study voice, and
for two years has been a pupil of Prof.
Joseph Pache. She studied music in
Topeka and frequently sang before To-
peka audiences. She is quite pretty
girl nd unsteady gifted. Mr.. Dorsey
is a merchant in the implement bust
ness in Mt. Airy Md, where he and his
bride will make their home. They
have gone for a wedding trip to New
York Philadelphia and Washington
The parties at the j. B. Belts home
this week are making a good share OF
the weeks gaiety, and the tea Wednes-
day at which Mrs. Belts and her
daughter MISS Freda Belts, were
hostesses, was one of the most elab-
crate affairs of its kind this season,
partly because the house is new and
strikingly handsome, and because the
ARRANGEMENTS We're made with artistic
care and taste. The house ranks with
the largest and costliest that have been
built in Topeka of late years, and IS
quite the ideal structure in arrange
ment and finish. Mrs Belts and her
Mrs. H c. Goodrich, stood in the mu-
sic room to receive the guests, VINO
were presented by Mrs. Albert T. p cid.
The party introduced Miss Belts to her
mothers friends, though she is not yet
out" for she is still a school girl, at
tending Glen Eden seminary in Pough-
kee psie, n. Y, and is spending the
Christmas vacation with her parents.
She is quite popular among the young
people of her set, and she is a pretty
girl, blonde and dainty. The gown she
wore yesterday was an apricot shade OF
charmeuSe made With a chiffon over
dress, the skirt of which was embroid-
cred in pearls. Mrs. Belts wore blue
satin, and a handSomer dress has not
been worn in Topeka lately. The chif-
fon overdress was bordered in roses,
finished in fiIet lace and pearl fringe
The bodice was short and draped with
a trimming of filet lace. wide hall
separates the music room from the
drawing room, and at the back of the
hall an orchestra was stationed and
played for the guests thro'- gh the
afternoon. The dining room, where
the serving was done, is a lovely place
with oak beams crossing the low cell
ing. and a large fireplace at one end
of the room. The walls are finished
lighted by a row of low windows
across one side. In the center of the
dining table stood d large gold bas-
ket filled with poinsettas and foliage,
banks of fern We're placed in the sills
Ices We're served in the hall upstairs.
Through all the rooms opened to
the guests, and in some places where
the callers were not supposed to go,
but where they went nevertheless,
there was the same evidence OF
thoughtful planning and open ed
expenditure There were oriental rugs
on the floors, and in the walls are inn
mense mirrors that double the size and |
beauty of the place. Some attractive
women and girls assisted the hostess. |
Mrs B. #. Akers, one of the women
who helped, wore a green charmeuse |
gown with an overdress of cream lace
in which the pattern was outlined in |
black and with it she wore a sash of !
black velvet. Mrs. H A. Auerbach s |
gown was grey chiffon over flame |
satin, and on one side was |
panel of oriental embroidery extending
the length of the bodice and skirt One |
Of the girls who helped was the sub /
ject of lots of comment and many ex-
Carnations Miss Hazel Howe, whose
manners by the way, are as pleasing I
as her appearance. was becominglyl
gowned in white satin, quite simply
made with a, short bodice of spangled /
net, and at her belt she wore a large
red velvet rose.
Mrs Belts gave bridge-1uncheon /
today. and Miss Belts will give bridge
party Friday.
Miss Isabel Stewart. who is a student
at Wilton CarIys1e school of Lincoln,
Neb., is spending the holidays with her
parents, DIR. and Mrs. S. G. Stewart.
She will give a dinner tonight at her
home on West Eighth avenue. Covers
will be laid for: Miss Fern Mold of
Lawrence, Miss Ruth Foster, Miss