The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-12

ottoman, with facing of the same.
About the base of the wide bowl
shaped crown was double ruching OF
white maline finely pleated, the join
ing hidden beneath a band of white
ostrich feathers laid over a fiat band
of black velvet which is visible on
either side of the feathers.
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The marriage of Miss Ona Marie
Snyder, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Snyder of Cawker City. to Mr..
Clarence Drake of Mankato, Kansas,
will be solemnized this afternoon at +
o'clock at the Snyder home.
The wedding has good deal of
local interest, as Miss Snyder has re-
Gently visited in Topeka at the home
of Mrs. w. A. McCarter, and her
mother is a prominent club woman
of Kansas, being at present president
of the Sixth District Federation OF
clubs, and also an appo1ntee or Gov
ernor Hodges as member OF the
state board of examiners. The bride
attended the Cawker City high school,
and after her graduation she attended
the Wesleyan college at Sal1na and
the State Normal school. Emporia.
She is both clever and attractive, and
she belongs to a family prominent in
the state.
Mr.. Drake is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank 1. Drake of Jewell City
He graduated from the Jewell county
high school, and later was a student
in the State Agricultural college The
past two years he has been engaged
in the banking business in Mankato..
The marriage will be quietly cele-
brated with only relatives and few
friends in attendance. The date is the
twenty-seventh wedding anniversary
Mr. ]. c. Walker of Burr Oak. who
will officiate at the wedding this
afternoon, read the service at the
marriage of the brides parents. Mr..
Walker will be assisted by the Rev
Mr. L. C. Cutter of the Methodist
church of Cawker City. Miss Viola
Saunders of Glen Elder will play a
short program of piano solos before
the ceremony, and Mrs. Rita Jackson
Lutz of Cawker City will sing Be
cause The bride will be gowned in
white embroidered crepe de chine
over satin trimmed with pearl orna-
ments She will wear pearl cavalier
and necklace, a gift from her uncle,
and a brooch, given her by the bride
groom.
An informal reception will follow
the wedding service, and later dinner
will be served a the Snyder home.
Mr.. Drake and his bride will motor
to Mankato tonight, and will open
their house which has recently been
finished and furnished.
I. + J.
new skirt being introduced by the
fashionable people of Washington D.
c., is the 'Jambes Argues" The
skirt is gathered in at the waist and
describes a perfect arch a la silhouette
to the feet where it is scarcely wide
enough to allow of a step. The skirts
are thin. and a favorite material is
white crepe de chine. The style looks
best on a slender figure.
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The following is from the Chicago
Tribune concerning the approaching
marriage of Miss Vera Brady, the
daughter of Senator Brady of Law
renee. The article will be of interest 10
her Topeka friends:
Miss Vera Corinne Brady. of 1888
Colfax avenue. whose wedding to Mel
VILE P. Shipman on Sept. 20 will be a
brilliant affair. will be much enter
tanned during the coming weeks. On
Sept. the Diakonia club of Woodla WI
will give an evening party in her honor
and on Sept. Mrs. William E. Dee of
Byrn Mawr will give luncheon and
shower at the South Shore Country
club Early next week Miss Juanita
Stapp will entertain, and the following
week Miss Ida and Miss Bertha Ship
man, sisters of the groom. will give an
entertainment. Miss Louise Mick will
give luncheon to the bridal party on
Sept. Il and on Sept. 10 Mr.. and Mrs. z.
w. Shipman. parents of the groom, Will
give a dinner dance to the entire bridal
party. Miss Brady has chosen her
attendants Miss Blanche Simons of
Lawrence, Kan. cousin. as maid of
honor and Mrs. George Kirchoff, jr-,
also of Lawrence, as matron of honor.
The bridesmaids Will be Miss Ida and
Miss Bertha Shipman, Miss Juanita
Stapp Miss Louise Mick, Miss Mar
jorie Davis of Des Moines, Ia, and