The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14

ruching The cuffs of the elbow sleeves
are similarly trimmed and the skirt
which fastens on the left has the edge
of its closing ard the bottom finished
with the ruche of satin.
The event of next week to which
society looks forward is the Kirmess
at the Grand opera house Friday ana
Saturday evenings. The Kirness is not
new even to Topeka people, for those
who viii recall the happenings of To-
peka society some u or Is years ago,
viii remember that the Kirmess was
a festival of those days. The folk
dances, which constitute the Kirmess,
were originally given religious sig
n1hcance, and that ancient custom has
now become a harvest festival. The
young people Of Topeka have respond
ed to the invitation of the patronesses,
and under the direction of Miss Helen
Morrow, rehearsals are being held every
day The dances and the names of the
dancers and the chaperons are as fol-
lows: Marsovian dance: ehaperons, Mrs.
Norman Wear and Mrs. J. E. Morgan.
The dancers will be: Miss Marian Wear,
Miss Leona Curtis. Miss Ruth Whit
ney, Mss Bess Renwick, Miss Ra
HotchkiSS Miss Percye Montgomery,
Miss Helen Spielman, Mr.. Joe Riste -,
Mr. Jack Crow, Mr.. Dewitt Hagar, Mr.
Dick Fritz, Mr.. Allen McNeal and Mr.
Roy Penwell Night and Day dance:
ChaperOns, Mrs. A. K. Auerbach and
Mrs. B. F. Akers. The cancers are:
Miss Elizabeth Holiday Miss Grace
Koontz, Miss Clyde Bonebrake, Miss
Marie Lagerstrom, Miss Ruth Whitney,
Miss Marguerite Koontz. Miss Mural
Baxter, Miss Marion Wear. The Ital-
ian dance will be given by the follow
ing young men, and there will be no
chaperons: Mr.. Wallace Pettyjohn, NJ.
Lewis futile, Mr. Stewart Drumm, Mr..
HieldOn cav, Mr. Willis Garvey. MIR.
Carl Hathaway, Mr.. Francis Pribbie,
and Mr.. -elbe. For the Spanish dance
he che he Tr- Don matt
r. Wheeler and Mrs. D. w Dfulvane,
and the dancers are: Miss Leona Cur
it's Miss Marion Wear, Miss Helen
Mitchell, Miss June Mitchell, Miss
Edna Bear. Miss Rose Hite, Miss Eliz-
abeth Holiday, Miss Marguerite Mich
olas, Miss Nina Nicholas, Miss Helen
Spielman, Miss Miriam Foster, and Mi IS
Ruth Hamlin. The Chinese dance is
chaperoned by Mrs. J. A. Cole and
Mrs. Arthur Mills. The dancers are:
Miss Nina Roudebush, Miss Corinne
Ripley. Miss Una Lytle. Miss Grace
Gaines, Mr.. Karl Menninger, Mr.. Ray
Oliver, Mr.. Amos Poole, and Mr.. Frank
Mcfarland. Chaperons for the Indian
dance are: Mrs. Schuyler Nichols and
Mrs. Chester woodward The dancers
are. Miss June Mitchell. Miss Helen
Mitchell. Miss Edna Bear, Miss Mabel
Kingsley Miss Frankie Haskell. Miss
Katherine Stanley. Miss Matte Payne,
Miss Marian Foster, Miss May Tori
insOn, Mr.. Kullar. Mr.. Merle Realn.
chaperons Mrs Eugene Quinton and
Mrs. George Crawford. Those who will
dance it ere: Miss Lenore Monroe, Miss
Birdie Chandler. Miss Mignon Logan,
Miss Alice Griffin, Miss Lillian Stone,
Miss Dorothy Brown. Miss Annetta.
Nichols, Miss Zillah Mileham. and Miss
Opal Corbett. The Scotch dancers Who
are: Miss Mildred Norton. Miss Mary
Van Fechten. Miss Frances Perry. Miss
Edith Updegraff. Mr.. Kenneth Money
penny, Mr.. Kenneth LytIe Mr.. Wendall
Lyman, and Mr.. Arthur Poole, will be
chaperoned by Mrs .Guilford Dudley
and Mrs Albert Jones. The chaperons
for the dance of the season are: Mrs.
Marie Price Wear and Mrs. J. c. Mob |
Ter, and those who will take part are:
Miss Gladys Boyle. Miss Ernestine
Kline, Miss Mary Cooper, Miss Esther
Clark, Miss Polly Mowers Miss Ruth
Thompson. Miss Louise Culver. Miss
Lucille Mills. Miss Helen Crawford. Miss
Katherine Albaugh, Miss Alice Hughe>.