The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Mrs. c. F. Menninger has issued
from to 10, at the Y. w. c. A. rooms,
Seventh and Van Buren, streets.
II
Mrs. D. A. Poorman of Des Moines,
Katherine Lindsay, was the guest of
honor at a crocheting party at which
Miss Lindsey was hostess at her home,
IT'S Fillmore street The guests
Knowles, Mrs. w. F. Schoch. Mrs.
Frank Bowen. Mrs. Mary E. Lakin,
Mrs. j. M. Meade, Mrs. E. G. Moon,
Mrs Charles Moon, Mrs. Morris
S. Stevens, Mrs. w. B. Gibson, Mrs.
Keller Van Hook, Mrs. w. H. RICHTER,
Mrs. Robert Coppedge, Mrs. c. w.
Jewell, Mrs. Ada Henderson, Mrs. W..
RE Stewart, Miss Alice Scott.
Miss Lindsay's party was the first
that she has given since she moved to
her new home last autumn. Her
house was completed late in the fall
and is one of the handsomest bunga-
lows in Topeka. The interior was plan
ned by Miss Lindsay herself, who made
the drawings which were copied in
rough sand finish and are tinted in
shades of tan. The woodwork has a
brown, unpublished stain, and the stem
ciled window draperies match the tint
sion style, are built into the wall on
each side of the wide rough stone
fireplace. In the dining room third
of one side is occupied by an immense
buffet, also built into a recess of the
wall, and reaching from floor to cell
ing. The glass of the upper doors are
set in long narrow panels between
plain, vertical strips of dark wood
frames in color and finish. The chan
deliers are silver antique, hand made,
and of peculiar design. On the wall
hangs a large brass brazier, which
Miss Lindsay brought home with her
from Madrid, Spain, q few years ago,
and near it hangs piece of tile, made
in the time of King Ferdinand, and
decorated in design representing the
political equality of the church and
the crown. In the hall stands Ro-
man lamp of brass which Miss Lind
say bought in Europe. The walls of
the living room are hung with pic
lures which are copies Miss Lindsay
made of some of the Spanish master
pieces in the Parade gallery in Mad
rid, among them THE WeaVers'' and
THE Little Princess" both done in
oils. The studio is a large room on
the second floor of the house, lighted
by row of windows occupying near
lY all the south wall space. This inter
eSting workshop has the same sub
stantial air of oldtime simplicity modi-
fed by recent improvements and con-
veniences, that characterizes all the
house. In one corner is an old, old
spinning wheel, made even before the
days of the foot power wheels.
The house throughout is representa-
tive of the new idea, yearly gaining in
popularity, that frail bric-a-bra elab-
crate machine carving, and dusty dra-
peries stand for work more than for
beauty.
The last of a series of "silver teas
that have been given this winter by
the women of Grace cathedral will be
held Saturday, April 20, at the home
of Mrs. J. G. McClintock, on Fillmore
street. The hours are from to 5, and
all the women of Grace cathedral
parish are invited to attend, and a
special invitation is given the women
of the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Mr.. and Mrs J. H. Harley of Roches-
ter announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Lucille Lipe, to Mr..
Orval Spurrier, leading man at the
Majestic theater. The date of the
wedding has not been chosen, but it
will be in the near future. Miss L1pe
met Mr. Spurrier in Oklahoma City
last May, where she was visiting her
uncle, the late William Cross, secretary
of state for Oklahoma, who was at
tending the session of the state legis-
lature. Mr.. Harley. Miss Lipe's step
father, is state manager of the Con-
tinental Life Insurance company. Miss
Lipe sings well, anC received her mu-
steal training in st. Louis, San Fran
lily have lived in Rochester about a
year. Miss Lipe's childhood home was
Lexington, KY. and that city was also
the home of the Spurriers.
A suffrage party will be held in Oak
land tonight at the home of Mrs Pot
ter, PSI Oakland avenue. The men and
women of Oakland are invited to at