The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11
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The College AIumnae club gave a tea
this afternoon which was the opening
of their seasons activities. The party
was held at the Y. w c. A rooms
and the hours were from 3 to 6. The
rooms We're attractive in decorations il
yellow and white. Yellow and white
chysanthemums were on the dining ia
BILE, and in the parlors were palms, anc
the rooms were lighted by candles.
The guests were entertained with q
short program of music furnished by
Miss Gladys Cav, who played the vio-
lin, and by Miss Mary Wickwire, who
sang.
The guests were received by the Of
ficers of the club, who are: Miss Mar
garet Welcome, president; Miss Flor
ence Willard, vice president; Miss
Louise McNeaI, secretary, and Miss
Ethel Grandon, treasurer. Mrs. d. l.,
MacEachron and Mrs. w. F. Bowen
poured tea, and those who assisted
were Miss Helen Estey, Miss Rebecca
Welty, Miss Caroline Morton and Miss
Louise Fleming, and also Miss Daphne
Hoffman and Miss Lucy Alexander
teachers in Bethany college.
The club has not made it's plans yet
for the year, but the first regular meet
ing will be held in the early part OF
November, and the members expect to
continue the plan of last year in haV-
ing we'll known speakers address the
meetings on current subjects of i'm
portance and the club also hopes to
do some philanthropic work in connec-
ton with the Provident Association
What with bridge club meetings ana
parties for out of town people, the COM
ing week promises to be much livel1er
than at any time since the close OF the
social season last year.
a Spr11j-SOCial affair which IS latin
fully attended and thoroughly enjoyed
by society women (as well as a gooo
many who are not called by that name)'
is the fashion show and style lecture
at the Grand theater. 1t is an annual
affair at which Madame J. SaVarle al :
dresses the audience and shows OH
the gowns on the pretty models she
brings with her.
There are to be two bridge parties
for bride, Mrs. Cyrus Monroe, one
Tuesday and the other Thursday, at
which Miss Lenore Monroe and MISS
Daisy Monroe will be hostesses. Inc
party Tuesday is an afternoon afra1r'
and the one Thursday is a morning
bridge. Mrs. Monroe will share honors
with Mrs. Hal Hotchkiss of San Diego,
Cal, at bridge party Wednesday, at
which Mrs. Ralph Skinner will be
hostess Mrs. Skinner will entertain
her bridge club Friday afternoon, also
A larger party of interest for the
week is a reception Friday evening al
which Judge and Mrs. Lee Monroe ana
their daughters will introduce Mrs.
Cyrus Monroe, and at which Mr.. Mon
roe will also be an honor guest. The
affair follows the southern custom OF
giving party for a bridal couple soon
after the wedding, except at the
old time ''infare'' of the south the nus
band gives the hOuSeWarm1ng Tor the
bride.
The meeting of the Duplicate Whist
club will be held Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. c. B. Merriam, at her home
in Western avenue.
The first meeting of the Lakota club
for the season will be held at the home
of Mrs. Charles S. Elliott Monday. The
meeting will be held a t 10 o'clock in
the morning, and after luncheon at the
Elliott home, the members will have
line party to the fashion show.
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The Tivolf club will have six dane
ing parties during the season, and the
dates they have set for them are: Oc-
tober "A, November 26, and Christmas
evening, January 80, February 20, and
April II. The three first parties will be
given in Music hall, and the three last
in the Kellam building, which is ex-
pected to be completed by the first of
the year.
Miss Ruth Miller has returned from
abroad, where she spent the past four
teen months studying violin. Miss Mil
Ter is one of the interesting young mu-
sicians of Topeka, and though she is
still very yOung-nOt more than six
teen-she has done some excellent
work in music, playing in concert in
Germany before her return home. She
studied under Hugo kortscak in Ber-
lin, and during her vacation she was a
guest at the Kortscak summer home
in the lower Alps.
Miss Miller brought home with her
many views of the scenes of peasant
life in Austria, pictures of the work.
ers in the fields. blowing with oxen. of
their cabins and of the scenes of their
domestic life, and with them fund
of interesting anecdotes of the coun-
tryside. In Austria" she says, AN
American is a curiosity, and during
ride 1 took with another American girl
and an Austrian girl the driver
stopped whenever he met his friends
to let them look US over. Their hos
pitality exceeds anything I have ever
known. They began to feed us at 8
o'clock in the afternoon, beginning
with bread and chicken, and the ia
nous Austrian cider that tastes to us
like a mixture of quinine and castor