The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-01

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Mrs. J. c. Mohler entertained the
"Wednesday Afternoon Bridge club to-
day at her home on Fillmore street.
The guests and substitutes at the
meeting were: Mrs. Harry Bubb, Mrs:
Jack Dillon, Mrs. Ben Scandrett and
her guest, Mrs. Willard Reed OF F'arl-
bault Mimi, Miss Helen Frost OF
Towanda, Pa, who is visiting Mrs. w.
w. Wikidal, Mrs. H. A Auerbach and
Mrs. Albert Jones.
Miss Barbara Tauer gave a dinner
Tuesday night at her home, 1912 Har-
rison street, for Judge and Mrs q. L.
Hagen. Covers were laid for Judge
and Mrs. Hazen, Mr.. and Mrs. Van
Hook of Colorado Springs. Dr.. and
Mrs. George Port Ashton, Miss Louise
Tauer, Miss Barbara Tauer and Mr.. w.
B. Foley.
Mrs. w. A. McCarter has returned
from Hays City, Kansas, where she at
tended a presentation OF her pook'
ssThe Price of the Prairies,' at the
western Normal auditorium. The
work of dramatization was done by
Professor E. B. Matthew, and the
parts were taken by the Normal stu
town were guests of honor at the play,
and the curtain was painted with
picture of the old fort. Mrs. McCar-
ter was called before the curtain TO
make an address and was presented
with a handsome bouquet of roses. In
the afternoon before the play Mrs. Nc
carter was the guest of honor at q
luncheon and reception which the four
clubs of Hays gave for her, and In the
evening a dinner was given at the
hotel for her. - y
Miss Daisy Neil will entertain eight
guests at luncheon Thursday afternoon
for Mrs. Glenn Pricer of Austin, Texas.
And Friday afternoon she Will nave
four tables at bridge in Mrs. Pr1cer' s
honor.
The students of the fine arts depart
ment of Washburn college will give a
recital Friday afternoon at o'clock in
the chapel. The recital is open to the
public.
Mrs. w. T. Crosby will entertain her
bridge club Thursday afternoon.
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The following is an excerpt from a
wedding notice recently sent in for pub
LEGATION: "a reception followed the GER
emony which consisted of salad sand
witches, pickles, coffee, ice cream, fruit,
and a variety of cakes" A ceremony
composed of a square meal has its ad-
yantages over the ordinary kind, with
a scared bride, an awkward BRIDE
groom, a promissory catechism' a we'd
ding ring, and a clergyman fee, for
its component parts.
A man who has been wandering about
among his friends the past two weeks
chanting the old song, I'm looking for
q restaurant is going to be quiet for
a. while now; for his wife has returned,
and he means to sit at her table and
stuff till he can't talk or sing any
more. No more ham and for him,
and at dinner time there will be no tip
hunting waiter to ask If he will take
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not keen on having their wives return
from an out of town visit, but the ar
rival of a train from Ieayenworth last
night made one Topeka man as happy
as a little pig in mud puddle.
While in st. Paul, Madame Gadski,
who Is to be heard here Thursday night,
performed a gracious act which gives a
glimpse of the true woman behind the
artist. CHANGING to hear of the Sisters
of ST. Agatha who, under vows of per-
petual poverty, devote their lives to
the interests of music, she announced
her intention of going to sing for them.
Instead of ordering a. carriage, the
prima donna set forth on foot, taking
her little daughter Lolita, and her own
accompaniSt. In glorious form, she rem
dered the prayer of Wagner'S Sainted
Elizabeth, a selection in itself COM
pliment to her audience, whose sympa-
thy it Immediately touched. 1t was
music IIldI the SISTERS cOulQ appreciate
even more fully than the singer her
self. Two other songs Gadski gave
them, and then warm goodby-the
prima donna to return to the world,
the nuns to their duty, each happier for
the few moments in which their lives
had intermingled.
Gadski's local welcome will be a warm
one. Her fame as one of the foremost
sopranos touring America in concert
makes her coming an event of far more
far lima
under Loudon Charlton's direction, is
proving unprecedentedly successful.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. Frank Wear of Kansas City. is