The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

The annual Lincoln day banquet of
the SOrosis club was held Monday
night in the Y. ". c. A. dining hail.
The tables were decorated in the club
flower, red roses, and in flags. Also
on each table was d miniature cotton
field in which were figures of slaves
with their chains cast off, enblemat1c
of Lincoln's work as the emanclpaLor-
The programs were prepared N tne
form of magazine, and the toaslS
arranged as a table of contents MIS-.
II. O. Garvey, president OF the clup
and toastmistress, was registered a.
editor. Her introduction OF the speak-
ers was particularly clever and De
IightfuI. Miss Guenn Godard de-
partment'' was What the girls nave
done for the college Miss Godard is
a graduate of Vassar, and qualihed TO
sneak on her subject, which she nam
died in an entertaining way MIS-
Frank Montgomery edited ON .
Thought and the stood for suffrage:
The poet philosopher, Uncle Del
was Mr.. D. A. Valentine, and his con-
tribution was a spring prose-poeIn-
Mrs. W. r. Stubs responded 70 the .s
toast THE Governors Social Heiper;
She gave some of her personal RENT
niscences, and spoke particularly OF
the dinner at her Lawrence home 1or
ex-President Roosevelt, when she
originaIIv prepared for % guests ana
found at the last that there were to
be SIS people present She told no"
straw roads were provided, at her sug
1estion to enable the automobiles TO
make the uphill trip to their mouse
4fro11eh the mud The department of
Music and Drama was handleu pS
Mr.. Willis GarVey, who played scene
from Faust on the NictrOla. MIS- w
McC-arterfs subject was Inc plIh
~ +he PiTfle a new cereal by the au-
thor of the Piece of the Price ohe
gave a serial story purportlng 70 come
from the inscription on the tonp u
Sargon II, and the crown or the stodS
was the throwing of the fossil or SoVV
r q into the state of Kansas, Wnere-
1ipon it became the Kansas man VINO
opposes the enfranchisemenI Oh WON
en- Mr. H w. Charles spoke uHdeL
the deDartuent of The Spectator,
and gave in his address an account OF
the time he watched, as a boy, the
funeral procession or Ap[dhd ram. -
coin as It passed through the CITY MIS-
". z. Atchison read an original poem
called sAmethvst'' and at the close
Of the program, preceding the primer
pal address of the evening on Lincoln;
nv Or. s s F,stey, Mrs Carney reclteu
the famous Gettysburg address, WINE
the music of .'Tenting on the Ola
Camp Ground was played DR.. Estey
address was worthy of the subject ne
handled. Following the program, Mrs,
G. A. Huron, who was a nurse IN the
civil war gave some personal recOl-
Iections of the visit of Lincoln 70 tne
camp Of the wounded and sick sol
Those present. including guests
we're DR.. and Mrs S. S Estey. Mrs
ROLAND of Cleveland, O., Dr. and MIS-
w A McCarter, Governor and MIS-
W. r. Stubs, Justice and Mrs W. a.
Johnston. Mr.. and Mrs Fl. O. Garyey'
MI and Mrs A. A GODDARD. Miss
Guenn GODDARD, DR.. and Mrs. Char les
CHARLES. Mrs. c. w Mitchner, mrs
Emma S. Marshall Mrs Mary II. HAZE
Miss Spiker, Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Dol
lard, Miss Ethel Aldr1ch, MI ana Nl!s.
iGf
Helen Adams, Mr.. John Macdonald
Mrs. J. D Mcfarland, Miss Fine era
ham. Miss Lola Graham, Mr.. and MIS-
g. p. Spencer, Mr.. John Q. Royce, MI
f Atchfson Mr.. and Mrs .. b Mar
tin. DR.. sara NJ Greenfield, MIS-.
Greenfield, Mrs. J. W. Butterfeld. MI |
and Mrs. D. H. Forbes, Mrs. W. w; |
Kitchen. Mrs Burlingame, DR.. and
Mrs. Henry H. Roby, Mrs NJ. l. Chan-
berlain, Mrs. J. R. Madison, Mrs r Z. /
Montgomery, Mrs G. A Huron
Mrs. z MacLennan and Miss
AEarv MacLennan will have the assist
ance of the following friends at their
tea Wednesday afternoon; mrs Z; f. p |
crosby. Mrs C. S. Gleed, Mrs Reld
Alexander, Mrs. Marie Price Wear,
Mrs. Charles Allen Mills. Mrs Scott |
Hopkins, Mrs. e. M. Jolley, mrs p
z F9stey. Mrs w. r. Stubs, Mrs y. l.
Triene Miss Mary Thompson, Miss May |
Kellarn. Miss Helen Hackney of Atchl- /
son. Miss Katherine Doiman OF Law
renee Miss Alice Brown of Atchlsoh' I
Miss MaebeIIe Stokes of Chicago, MISS
Henrietta Alexander. Miss mary Da aIi |
cage. Miss Marguerite Parkinson, MISS
Tenora Stubbs, Miss Alice LarlIner'
Mis-. Cornelia G1eed, Miss Helen row
Ter, and Miss Mary Alexander
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In connection with a Lincoln's birth |
day celebration yesterday, Mrs. w A
Powers told the story of the personal
acquaintance of her people with Abra-
ham Lincoln. He practiced law in J
Springfield. Illinois, with her father, |
and was at one time in partnership |
with her uncle, Judge Cunningham AT ,
the time the photograph of Lincoln !
which is most used now, was taken, /
Judge Cunningham went with him to |
the photographers office The presi- |
dents coat was so shabby that the !
photographer refused to take the pic |
ture while he wore it. and finally lent !
him his own coat. which accounts for I
the shortness of the sleeves which is |
quite noticeable in the picture Mrs. |
Powers little son received for Christ /
mas this year from his uncle, one of /
the originals of that set of photographs, |
and on the back was Mr.. Lincoln's au- !
1ograph- Mrs. Powers home was in /
Illinois until she came to Topeka about |
twelve years ago, where Mr.. Powers
has a position as chief chemist for the |
Santa Fe system
The wedding of Miss Mary Taliaferro
and Mr.. Ronald Ayers was solemnized /
today at noon by the brides father. |
Rev. P. c. Taliaferro, at the Taliaferro
sister. Miss Mildred Taliaferro, as maid
of honor. and Mr.. Ayers best man was
Mr.. c. B. Blair who is a student at the /
State University. Before the ceremony