The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-21

pOrtance next week. III e4O4'0 =,
be out Monday for a reception whlcn
Governor and Mrs. w. r. Stubs Will
give Thursday evening for the seha-
tors and representatives and their
wives.
Loyal Kansans from New York to
San Francisco are making prepare
lions to celebrate the states fiftieth
anniversary. Here in Topeka the Wo-
mans Kansas Day club is making
special effort to emphasize the event
in a dignified and appropriate way
Conditions are propitious for a sue
cessful meeting. The legislature being
in session, a good many of the wives
of members will be in attendance, ana
the women of Topeka expect to nave
the pleasure of extending a greeting
to other out-of-town guests. "A luhch-
con will be given at the First Pres
byterian church at 1890 o'clock Tues
day. January 81. and the luncheon will
be followed by reception. In order
to insure the success of the undeftak .
ing, the cooperation of number or
representative women OF the city anu
state has been solicited, and among
those whose assistance has been Sc
cured are: Mrs. w. r. Stubbs Mrs
Silas Porter, Mrs. A. H. Horton MIS-.
w. A. Johnston, Mrs. S. j. CRAWFORD
Miss Lucy Kingman, Mrs a. GodarQ'
Mrs. Adrian L. Greene, Mrs. A n
Rogers Mrs. w. s. Lindsay MRS. ). =
McClintock, Mrs. George CrossLnan'
Mrs. NJ. C. Hammatt Mrs. ]. L. Smell
abarger, Mrs. Warren M. CROSBY
Mrs. L. D. WhittemOre, Mrs FRANK
Merriam, Mrs. George w. Crane, Mrs.
Frank Bonebrake, Mrs. w. +. Bowen
Mrs. J. R. Koontz, Mrs. 7. F. Doran'
Mrs. S. S. Estey, Mrs. E. H. CROSBY,
Mrs. Willis Norton, Mrs. j. B. Larl-
mer, Mrs. c. B. Reed, Mrs. P. j. Clev-
enger, Mrs. E L. Copeland, Mrs. wins
Coston, and Miss Mary Barkley, all OF
Topeka, and prominent women from
out of town. whose assistance will help
to make the meeting a success are:
Mrs. George Click, Mrs. John j. In
gals, Mrs. Willis ]. Bailey, all of Atch-
ison. Mrs Click will be remembered
as the wife of a former governor OF
Kansas, whose administration began
in 1888. Her daughter, Mrs. Orr. IS
now at the Gordon with her husband,
who is a member of the present legis-
lature. Others on the list are: Mrs
Charles Robinson, Mrs. L. M. Perkins
both of Lawrence, Mrs. William Allen
White, of Emporia. Mrs. Eugene
Ware, Mrs. c. F. BrOkan, and Mrs. w.
3. Sutton, of Kansas City, Kan, Mrs.
J. X Hudson. of Kansas City, Mo-,
Miss Margaret Perkins and Mrs. j. S.
Simmons of Hutchinson, Mrs. D. S.
Wilder. of Hiawatha, Mrs. G. w.
Buchanan of Winfield, wife of the
speaker of the house, Mrs. r. j. Hop
kins of Garden City wife of the lieu
Leavenworth, Miss Grace r. Meeker.
of ottawa, Mrs. Claiming Brown, of
Blue Rapids, Mrs L. Guernsey, of In
dependence, Mrs. A. Platper of Ellis,
and Miss Martha Beck of Holton.
The following young people had a
dance last night at Steinberg's Miss
Mary Van Vechten. Miss Mildred Nor
ton. Miss Helen Crawford, Miss Err
nestine Kline, Miss Marguerite Kiene,
Miss Rose Hite, Miss Esther Baldwin,
Miss Fern Mold, Miss Katherine AL
baugh, Miss Winifred Burch, Miss
Marguerite Dolan, Miss Una Lyle,
Miss Marie Lagerstrom, Miss Rachel
Coston. Miss Helen McGoff. Miss Edna
Bear, Miss Zillah Mileham, Miss Jean
Lindsay. Miss Mildred Carter, Miss
Blanche Wharton, Miss Marguerite
Nichols. Miss Edith Updegraff, Miss
Grace Grote, Miss Minnie Kietzman,
Mr.. Houghton Albaugh, Mr.. Kent
Lytle, Mr.. Sam Lux. Mr.. Sam Stewart,
Mr.. William Crittenden, Mr.. Donald
Heath, Mr.. Angelus Burch, Mr.. Ches-
ter Hamilton, Mr.. Kent Moneypenny,
Mr.. Bane Edison, Mr.. Bert Dolan, Mr.
Lance Mccormick. Mr.. Kent Burnett,
Mr.. Bruce Mcfarland, Mr.. Charles
Mckee, Mr.. Bob Beine Mr.. Walter
Fritz, Mr.. Arthur Buff, Mr.. Seymour
Organ, Mr.. LaRue Royce, Mr.. Roy
Agard, Mr.. Bob Thomas. Mr.. John
Thomas, Mr.. Kent Lewis, Mr. Morris
Tucker, Mr.. Shirley, Mr.. Morris Car
eve, Mr.. Kenneth Roudebush, Mr.. Ivan
Dibble and Mr.. Phillip Sproat.
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Mrs. Charles Curtis gave the second
of a series of informal receptions Fri
day afternoon at her home for the leg
islators' wives Mrs. F. P. MacLen-
nan received with her, and Miss Per-
melia Curtis served at the tea table.
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Some lover Of paradoxes tells us that
there is nothing so up-to-date as an
tiquity'' or words to that effect It
sounds silly, but it really is the sober
truth. Gowns are made after the fash
ion of the Second Empire" Grecian
bands and psyche knots are in favor as
modes of dressing the hair. and in house
furnishings, the days Of tinsel orna-
mentation and fraiI hric-a-brac have
passed. People who are tired of fac
tory-made, ver-ornamental, glued fur
niture' are prowling around in obscure
shops and dusty corners. "ransacking
the ages. spelling the climes," to find
the old-time, discarded chairs and ia
bles that had served in the darkened
parlorS and exclusive best rooms, of
somebody's grandparents. A set of the
old-fashioned parlor furniture has been
found in the garnet of the Governors
House. Mrs. w. R. Stubs, who is the
kind of housekeeper that keeps her
attic as tidy as the parlor. discovered
the pieces a good while ago. and late
ly decided to put them to use Accord
ingly, what has been for years the
wreckage of an old-fashioned parlor set
has been transformed into a group of
furnishings that fits it's surroundings
and suitable to the room it occupies.
The set is made up of four small chairs,
a larger chair Of what, understand, is
known as the goose neck style' a
settee, and a table. 1t is all solid wal
nut, hand carved, firmly built, and with
simple, graceful lines. The uphoIster-
ing, all that is new about the pieces, is