The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

| fist church at S:3O CLOCK, at lhe
First Presbyterian church at 10 and
| at the First Methodist at 1880, at the
various Sunday school sessions. He
will lecture at Garfield park tonight at
$3.50 and at the City ark at s;15-
Miss Bernice Fuller, who has been
| in Colorado a number of weeks this
summer, is expected to return home
spent a part of her holidays in Cas-
cade, and later went to Palmer Lake.
During her stay at the lake, she sang
at large benefit concert.
The story goes that an army officer
in a distant city who has relatives in
Topeka has given his children and
grandchildren some uneasiness, just as
the young Scatterer Of wild oats some
times troubles his parents He is rich
and unattached, except for his grown
children, and-well "a soldiers man,
and life's but a span;" so some of his
see that no adventures or crafty fiat
terer preys on his bank roll and gets
away with the loot.
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Arthur Nikisch, conductor of the
London Symphony orchestra, makes
the following astonishing statement:
Europeans are still inclined to look
down upon America with superctl-
ious smile and to ascribe to Americans
very little understanding for music IL
is high time to discourage emphatical-
ly so false an impression. twenty
years ago, when l was conductor II
Boston, 1 observed how fond Ameri-
cans were Of music and how progress
i've in their attitude. And now l am
simply dumbfounded at the colossal
advance they have made. Not only in
Me- York, but also In the smaller
western townS-for we Travelled as far
as Kansas City-capacity houses, en-
thusiaSn, deep understanding and true
reverence! 1 took the chances of pro-
!,
socalled wild western cities. and it met,
if you please, more than a hearty re-
ception. 1t actually aroused stormy
enthusia
A few years ago many of the great
artists never considered a trip to the
states" Now we have most of the
musical geniuSeS of our generation.
''ro hear a master is worth more than
hurst declares That is the only way
to understand the correct interpreta-
ton of the most sublime symphonies
and songs. In the Parkhurst concert
series the following world wide artists
will appear: Alice Nelson, Schumann-
Heink. Evan Williams, Kitty Cheat
ham, George Henschel, Mischa Elman,
Rudolph CAM and Adeline Genee, who
dances like a fairy.
Judge and Mrs. ]. S. West gave
dinner party Friday evening at their
home on Harrison street, for Miss
Wilma Hart, of Cincinnati. who is Wis
iting Dr. and Mrs. Frank Boyd. The
guests were: Miss Hart, Mr. and Mrs
Charles Whitmer, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
West, Miss Marian McGaw, Miss Jes-
sic Jones, Miss Nell Mcfarland, Mr..
Paul Montgomery, Mr.. Ernest Gustaf-
son, Mr.. Roy He'll. Mr.. Harold Clay and
Mr.. George Helm.
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The suffrage tea given this week at
the home of Senator and Mrs. Cook,
on Lincoln street. was well attended.
and an interesting program was given
Addresses were made by Mrs. Frank
Doster and Mrs. Cook; Miss Ceora Ian
ham gave some readings, and there
were a number of piano and vocal
numbers.
Mrs Cora wellhouse Billiard. of
She extended an invitation to the Good
Government club to attend a picnic
August 81 for the old soldiers at her
home. She has provided a tent for the
use of the suffrage workers, and as
many members of the club as can at
tend are asked to go.
Mrs. Lee Monroe has a letter from
Mrs. Matte T. Kimball, of Manhattan.
president of the Kansas Woman's Press
club. Mrs. Kimbail is spending
month in st. Louis, but is keeping IN
touch with the suffrage work of her
correspondence.
Mrs. Sena Hartzell Wallace, national
lecturer for the w. c. T. u, will
speak tonight at City park under tins
auspices of the Good Government club
She is an entertaining speaker, and
the club expects a large crowd to heal
her. Mr.. Amar Garwood of Denver
will make an address at the meeting
in the park tonight.
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DR.. and Mrs. F. D. Obert. of High
land Park, entertained the Chalitso club
and some other guests at a lawn picnic
at their home. Thursday night 1t was
an enjoyable event for the 35 members
of the club and their guests.
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A party going out to Vinewood to-
day to spend Sunday at the Y. w
c. A. camp, is composed of: Miss Mel
lie Alspaeh, Miss Anna Alspach, Miss
Georgia See. Miss Nellie Warner and
Miss Maggie Beebe. Miss Jessie
Alspach will have charge of the camr
over Sunday. A car will be run to the
park at 6:15 tonight, and anyone going
out to the camp for Sunday can return
Monday morning, leaving the park at
Z 80.
Notes and Personal Mention
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Auerbach and
their daughter Ruth and Mrs Auer-
DdCn'S parents. Cs9nfain