The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-11

| Quite the prettiest party this season
So far was a luncheon today given by
Mrs. Frank Merriam and Mrs. C. b.
Merriam at the Topeka club. The affair
was quite formal, and the entire lower
/ floor of the club house was given TO
| the use of the guests. The hall was
| decorated with palms and jars of
| mountain ash berries and autumn
| leaves stood on the posts of the STAR
case. Chrysanthemums were also used
ia the entrance. In the reception room
the mantel was banked with palms.
| ferns, and berries. Baskets of berries
and chrysanthemums were used in the
ladies reception room. Both dining
rooms were occupied, and one of TIE
tables was decorated with huge bas-
ket tied with pink ribbon and filled
with pink roses. The other. table was
decorated with a large basket of beau
tiful fruit the basket handle being tied
with wide red satin ribbon Chrysan-
themums also decorated the dining
rooms. Covers were laid for 125 guests,
and those who assisted in receiving
were: Mrs. John c. Harmon. Mrs. 9.
W. Merriam, Mrs. NJ. G. Hammatt, Mrs.
Fred Freeman, Mrs. Frank FARRELL Mrs
George Clark, and Mrs. Arthur Mills.
X
Time was, and not so long ago, when
the girls of Our Very Best Families
considered that their sphere of life was
comprised entirely within the Orna-
Department. that the WIN -
the world must be done by the men
of all classes and the women of the
Masses that the bills could be sent
to father, and little later there would
be a husband to pay DANA ges to the
butcher, the baker and the dreSSmaker.
Those were the times when the in
terests of the society girl We're bounded
on the north by her sweethearts, on
the east by her clothes. on the sonih
by her parties and on the west by her
ailments. But the good old days have
passed, and the girls-the sheltered and
prOtected-are spurning the limitations
of the butterfly life and are out rub |
bing elbows with the world. Some Of
them are going into business, m4ny |
of them are teachers, some putting to !
use in a practical way and for hard, |
unromantic cash, their knowledge cf |
the domestic arts. Two more popular |
society girls have Joined the ranks and |
are planning to teach dancing this WIN |
tel. They are Miss Hazel Howe and Mss |
Margaret Carney Miss Howe had eX-
pected to study designing in New York
this year, but gave it up for this new |
project. She is one of those unusual |
girls with the double advantage of |
locking smart in her street costumes |
and graceful and artistic in her Dress
UT clothes, and besides having a taste |
for art she plays the piano well and !
has added to her accomplishments a |
knowledge of folk dancing. Miss Gar |
Ney, WHO VIII IedCn IOlk QdnclnS with |
her. is also an accomplished young |
woman (they say her exquisite needle !
work is theenvy of all the girls who so |
in for that kind of wcrk) and the
dances of the nations and tribes, past
and present, will now 5upplant in her
activities the embroideries and fine
sewing that have engaged her some
what as a dilettante in the past.
The programs for the operetta The |
House That Jack Built I" be given AT
the Grand theatre tonight and matt
nee and evening Saturday, are in TIE
shape of little houses, and the adver-
prepared by the women of the advertis-
ing committee.
The young women who will sell home
made candy during the intermission
are: Miss Mary Mac Lehman. Miss Alice
Larimer. Miss Helen Cook Miss Helen
Annie Laurie Hillyer Miss Henrietta
Miss Marguerite Parkinson.
Miss Dorothy Porter, Miss Helen Estay
The song recital to have been given
last night by Miss Gwendolyn Chase
has been postponed until Saturday
night, and will be given at the Kissing
conservatory at $50 o'clock
Notes and Personal Mention
Miss Nellie Kouns and Miss Sarah
Kouns, who have been in Texas the
past two weeks, will arrive home Sat
crdav evening.
Miss Marian Thompson, who has
been in Maine and Vermont the past
will return home Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Otis is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. J. Smith, of Salina
Miss Madeline Whitney will return
about the middle of the month from