The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-11

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| 1t has just been learned here that
Fred c. Fox. general manager of the
western division of the Santa Fe. at
Amarillo, Texas, and Miss Mildred
! Were married March 1st, at Jefferson,
| Texas, by Rev. Mr.. Cummings. Mr..
and Mrs. Fox will make their home in
Amarillo, Texas. Mr.. Fox was former
! ly general superintendent of the Santa
Fe with headquarters in Topeka
The announcement of a spring we'd
| ding of more than usual interest is
that of Miss Mildred Guild and DR..
| Walter Welding, which will take
place Wednesday evening, April 2 The
wedding will be quietly solemnized at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Guild, 1892 West
ern avenue, and there will be no at
PENDANTS. Only close friends of the
two families will be guests. DR.. Weld
ing has finished a course in Rush
Medical college, and will arrive in To-
peka the latter part of next week. He
has accepted a hospital position in
san Diego, Cal, and he and his bride
will go to that city to make their
home, for year at least
Though the wedding is to be a quiet
one, the marriage is one of interest to
joys an enviable degree of popularity
IN her social set. Her father is well
known in business circles, being con-
nected with the Central National
bank, and her uncle, DR.. Roy B. Guild,
who has come to Topeka recently to
succeed DR.. Charles NJ. Sheldon as
pastor of the Central Congregational
church, has come prominently before
the public lately in his efforts for the
social survey of the city. Miss Guild
has been closely identified with Wash
burn college circles, having graduated
with honors from the college a few
years ago, and being a member of the
Sigma Delta Psi sorority. DR.. Weld
ling is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
welding, who are old settlers here
and well known. He finished Wash
burn before going to Chicago to study
medicine.
Two of the April weddings have as
their principals Washburn girls, Miss
Guild and Miss Nellie Raster, mem
Wedding and DR.. Ralph Johnson, both
Washburn men, Phi Delt fraternity
men. and both graduates of Rush |
Mrs. George Port Ashton gave a
pleasantly informal thimble party
Monday afternoon at her home on
Topeka avenue for the wives of the /
legislators and few of their Topeka
friends. An interesting feature of the |
afternoons entertainment was a num- |
Der of readings by Miss Irene We'll
chanS, who is well known here as a |
reader and former teacher of dramatic
art, and a reading by Miss Sybil Mar
tin, the talented young daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Martin. who
have moved to Topeka from Marion
and are making their home at 927 To-
peka avenue.
Mrs. William Mcpherson of Howell, |
Mich, gave luncheon today at Mills |
tea room for about a dozen guests |
complimentary to three of the spring |
brides, Miss Mildred Guild, Miss Nellie |
Raster and Miss Marie Lagerstrom !
The marriage of all three of the guests |
of honor will take place in April The |
Gu1ld-Weidling wedding will be April |
z; the kaSter-Johnson wedding, is set |
for April 80, and the date for the
marriage of Miss Lagerstrom and Mr.
James Hayes is Wednesday evening,
April Is: Miss Lagerstrom and Mr. |
Hayes will be married at the First
the afternoon. The attendants at the
wedding will be Miss Clyde Bone
brake, who will be maid of honor. and
Mr. Holmes Meade, who will act as
Mrs. Mcpherson, formerly Miss
Marguerite Mills, who is visiting her
father, Mr.. w. w. Mills, will return to
her home next week
Mrs. Warren Newton Akers of wash
1ngton, D. c., is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howell Jones, 1901 To-
peka avenue. Mrs. Akers is a mem
Der of the famous artists club of
Boston. the Copley society, named
after the celebrated painter, John Sin
gleton Copley, and she is also a mem
Der of the Boston Mineral Art League,
composed of artists interested in
ceramics.
Rather an innovation was success
fully tried in the Warren NJ. Crosby
Co.'S ready-to-wear section yesterday.
The event was called tsinspection''
and .try-on" day, and was intended
as departure from the usual formal
opening The idea called forth
very favorable comment from thef
many women who called. and the
firm was well pleased with the ex-
pertinent.
The following news from Paris is
from the Kansas City Times: Ac-
companied by her mother Mrs. D.
W. Wilder, and her husband Frau
Neidhardt of Munich. formerly Sarah
Wilder of Hiawatha, Kan, expects to
return to the United States in July
to remain permanently. Herr Neid-
hardt. who is a successful musical di-
rector, and his wife intend to estab-
lish headquarters in Chicago in the
autumn. Frau Neidhardt, who has
been in Europe several years, is con-
hnuing her triumphs as a singer. In !
4 recent concert tour In which she
gave recitals in Frankfort and Dres-
len, she was enthusiastically received !
md was given many complimentary
press notices. >
Mrs. Neidhardt has many friends
n Topeka who will be interested to