The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-22

! party Thursday afternoon for the Chi
/ Omega girls of the State university. at
/ her Lawrence home on Wind HILL me
girls of the sorority look upon their
party at the Stubbs home as one or
the big events of the social year, ana
they are quite justified IN so regarding
4 it, for their entertainment while quite
/ informal, is generous and delightful
/ TIE governors house, as you know, IS
situated at the edge of town on NH
! that commands view OF the town, the
river. and the outlying country, ana
the house itself is regarded, 1 believe,
as one of the handsomest in the state.
And let me tell you that the mousse
the state has provided for the governor
is a snug, modest, old fashioned dWel-
ing compared with the one he pro-
vides for himself-indeed, quite ciut-
tered and stuffy. The house on Wind
Hill is a colonial building, massive ana
substantial. The wide piazzas are stone
and cement, and the inside hn1shings
are solid oak. All that modern aren't
lecture can add in convenience ana
cleanliness to the old lines OF beauty
and durability, are present there.
The affair yesterday was buffet
luncheon, and was attended by about
forty girls of the university, including
active members of the SORORITY
alumnae girls, and new students, or
prospective members. Mrs Todd the
girls chaperOne: Mrs. Mitchell, WIDOW
of the late Congressman Mitchell; Miss
Stafford of the universit-- Mrs. j. T.
Stubbs and the mothers OF some OF
the young women and MISS LeHord
Stubs assisted the hostess A simple
decoration consisting of large vases or
autumn flowers was used in the library
and drawing room and halls and rose
buds stood on the dining room table.
The conservatory also was open to the
guests, as were all the rooms Of the
house.
The Chi omega girls of the univer--
sity are what the frat boys call
classy" One may understand by that
term that they are pretty (for all
young girls are at least fairly pretty If
they are healthy and good natured),
well dressed, bright, vivaclous, ana
possessed of good manners. Simple,
girlish, unaffected, and all unconscious
of the pleasing picture they made, they
sat in groups on the floor In front or
the log fires, sang their sorority songs,
or performed a snake dance on the
verand3, just as their fancy dictated
The party was one of the rushing af-
fairs of the season, and as they are
limited to three such events, they are
especially anxious that each one shall
be as enjoyable as possible. The Chi
Omegas are building a new chapter
house on the hill, which, in itself, is a
:'drawing card" not forbidden by the !
rules.
Mrs. stubbs is spending today in
Lawrence for the suffrage meeting, |
which will be attended bv a number of
Topeka women, including Mrs. w. A. |
Johnston, Mrs. S. S. Estey and Mrs !
Charles Spencer. Miss Gruening and
Miss F'lemming of New York will be |
the speakers for the afternoon, and the |
meeting will be held in the First
Presbyterian church of Lawrence.
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Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Lux announce the |
engagement of their daughter Laura |
to Mr.. GayIorde Lawrence, the we'd |
ding to take place the latter part of |
October. The marriage will be quietly |
celebrated at the home of the brides
parents. 1907 Western avenue. Miss
Lux is a graduate of Washburn col
lege, and has been teaching in the city
schools Her father is one of the /
leading ommission merchants is, Of To-
pelxa, and the family is very well know
here. Mr.. Lawrence is manager of
the Peoples Ice company.
Travellers who went abroad this
summer have about all returned home
now. Mrs. Charles Curtis and her
daughters Parmelia and Leona, re-
Gently arrived, after trip of six
extended stay in number of foreign
cities. They expected to go to Scot
land, but the strike conditions in Eng
land made further travel by land al
most impossible, and the journey home
was prolonged several days because
the boat was not properly loaded at
the dock Mrs. Curtis tells me that
in Munich they attended grand opera
Faye, who is court singer and is at
tracing a great deal of attention
abroad. In Munich they met Mr.. and
Mrs George ParkhurSt and Miss
Cuenn GODDARD who were travelling in
Germany at that time The Fourth of
July the Curtises spent in Berlin and
a picnic given by the Ameri-
cans who were in the city on that day
It is rather surprising that the COM
pany mum bered several hundred. The
roll was called by states, and the peo-
pie were counted according to the state
they came from, and young Kansas
had her share of globe trotters at the ,
German capital. And another thing
Mrs. Curtis told me about what she
saw in London, calculated to put one
in mind of America, was an ape. Now, :
wait a minute, there is no offenSe
meant. The popularity of that beast
was that it bore on it's body our ma ]
tiona1 colors. It had grown grey, or
white, with age. and its nose was as
red as the blood shed by the patriots
at Valley Forge. and hanging from the
sides of its face were two strips of |
cartilage marked With biue-the blue s
Of the American flag. The creature
was a joke, even to the English, for
hey had him advertised in all the {
subway stations, wondering, no doubt,
how the Creator happened to construct
such a thing. because cit never 'ad
bee ndone before"
Mrs. E. G. Foster will entertain the
members of the Minerva club Saturday ]
afternoon at her home on Topeka ave-
nue., in honor of Miss Lucille McAfee.
whose marriage will take place next
" Wednesday evening at the English
Lutheran church. Mrs. w. w. Horn
gave a kitchen shower for Miss Nc
Afee Thursday, and Mrs A V. Lindell !
was hostess at dinner in Miss Nc G
Afee's honor Tuesday night The din t
Ter guests were: Miss McAfee. Rev. :
and Mrs. W. ". Horn. Miss Marian
McAfee, Miss Selma Foberg, Miss
Ellen Foberg, Mr.. Leland McAfee, Mr.. r
Thompson and Mr. Lndell i
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