The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-08

a wide reVer to the left of the front.
Fine cream lace finely pleated was ar
ranged in sort of cockade effect. but
falling back gracefully over the crown
and caught to the upturred brim by a
bow knot of black velvet. These hats
should prove most serViceable and
practicable for utility wear as the trim
ming consists of nothing which will
fade or be disarranged easily.
The co-eds are making good at col
lege preparing for the future, laying
the corner stone for their happy
homes while the material is handy
Eight of the girls of the senior class
of Washburn are engaged, and three
of them frankly wear their diamonds
on the third left finger.
Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Shurt will leave
for Chicago tonight, where Mr.. Shurt
has accepted position with the Santa
Fe, and where they will make their
home. Mrs. Shurt who was formerly
Miss Avis Estep, was the guest of hon
or at a luncheon Friday afternoon at
Mills tea room, given by a number of
the girls of her graduating class of the
high school. Covers were laid for
Mrs Shurt, Miss Marie Vanderpool,
Miss Ruth Woodford, Miss Lillian Jor-
dan, Miss Elizabeth Mcclellan, Miss
Helen Tillotson and Miss Wilma
Wright.
The girls of the subsenior class of
the high school gave a party for the
boys of the class Friday evening at the
home of Miss Alice Douglass on Col
lege avenue. A feature of the even
ing's entertainment was farce in
which the following girls took part;
Miss Ida Hardy, Miss Alice Dougless,
Miss Helen Koontz, Miss Harriet
Price, Miss Maureen McKernan and
Miss Jennie Kingan. The guests We're:
Bowles, Miss Helen Haskell, Miss Ruth
Raster. Miss Stella Holman, Miss Man
den Ritter, Miss Mabel Monken. Miss
Mary Weightman, Miss Florence
Welchans, Miss Grace Frantz, Mr.. Ed
Mcintosh, Mr.. George Helfinger, Mr..
Woodford, Mr.. Kurtz Meechem, Mr..
Charles Smutten, Mr.. George He'll, MT
Elwood Washburn, Mr.. Frank Harsh
barger, Mr.. Houghton Albaugh, Mr'
Ralph Keller Mr.. Harry Chapman
Mr.. Bernard McKnown, Mr. FRANZ; FRANZ;
Mr.. Paul Anderson and Mr.. Russen
Hickox Miss Erminie Platt and MISS
Margaret Douglass served punch.
The I. NJ. P. club of the high school
had a card party Thursday evening at
the home of Mr.. Glen Van Dorp, lib
Polk street. The guests were: MISS
Frances Walsh, Miss Mae Tomlinson,
Miss Louise Fairchild. Miss Primrose
Gilchrist Miss Marguerite Scott, MISS
Dorothy Parkhurst, Miss Bertha Mur-
phv. Miss Kathleen Middaugh,. Mr..
Earl Trobert. Mr.. Morris La Croix,
Mr. Earl Smiley. Mr.. Charles Heck
Mr.. Leonard Warren, Mr.. Hugh Mich
OILS. Mr.. Ralph Keller and Mr. Glen
Van Dorp.
Marlow and Southern are to play in
Kansas City all of next week and a
number of Topeka people will go down
for some of the performances. Mrs.
]. w. F. Hughes will go the early part
of the week and stay two days. Mrs.
w. F. Watson and Mrs Chartes sam
son will go the later part of the week
for Hamlet Mrs. Frank Bonebrake
and Mrs. ]. H. Jones also expect to
attend some of the plays during the
week.
The Misses Pickens announce Mon
day, April 10 as a reception day, at
which time there will be on display
distinctive styles of spring and sum
mer millinery.
The following members of the Wild
Thyme Shakespeare club met with DR..
and Mrs. c. E. Barber, at their home
on Western avenue. last night: DR.. and
Mrs. c. r. Van Horn, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. D. Makepeace. DR.. and Mrs. L. V.
Sans. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur J. Car
ruth, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Brook
ems, Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Wetherton,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. McEntire, and Mr..
and Mrs. S. T. Grimes. Mr.. H. G. Lari-
mer read the first chapters of king
Lear to the club. The next meeting
is to be held at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur ]. Carruth, Jr., on Null
vane in Elmhurst.
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A man with a memory for historical
events sends in the following observa-
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