The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-27

the center was a tail vase of pink and
white roses strands of pink tulle
corners of the table, and the lighting
was done with pink candles
Mrs. Mcmillan, who stood at the
head of the receiving line, wore a
gown of lavender brOcaded satin, trim
med with black lace. and a panel of
gold embroidery. Mrs Sutton's gown
was blue chiffon and satin, with a
trimming on the bodice of silver beads.
Mrs Walter Wilson wore yellow bro>
caded satin and lace. Mrs. Huffman's
gown was black satin and lace and
Mrs. Price wore a princesse gown of
old blue brocade- Mrs. Carney was
gowned in pink satin and chiffon,
with fluted frills of white lace, and
Mrs B. F. Wilson wore yellow satin,
trimmed in Oriental lace
The legislators wives have been en-
tertained at a perpetual round of par
ties since their arrival IN January, and
the tea given yesterday by the sena-
tors wives who were hostesses was in
compliment to their fellow visitors in
Topeka and to their Topeka friends
The hours were from to 5, and about
+ +
The art exhibit opened Wednesday
at noon and will close Tuesday, March
IL. The canvasses on the walls of the
room in the Manual training building
where the exhibit is held are many of
them among the masterpieces of
American art They are done in oil.
water color and pastel. and represent
various schools of painting.
The work of three local artists, Mrs.
Lenore Doster Cooke, Mrs. Robert W.
Coppedge and Mr. George Stone, is
represented in the collection. Mrs
Cookies picture is called Loneliness -
and the meaning in the name is APPLY
set out in line and color 1t is a coast
scene of Puget sound, showing the
dark water curling among the bare
rocks of the shoals The picture is in
grey tones, and a bar of dim light
across the water suggests a partial
break in the clouds. The picture was
made during Mrs. Cookies visit to the
coast a year or two ago Mrs. Cop
pedge has on exhibition a painting of
Overlook mountain. near Woodstock,
New York, where she was a mem Der
of the Artist colony last summer. The
mountain is the highest peak of the
CatskillS, and the picture shows it in
and white clouds floating about the
summit. Below it are the wooded
foothills. and in the foreground is a
mountaineer's cottage. A footpath
of the little house. and up toward the
peak. The hazy atmosphere of a
cloudy out of doors is over the scene.
Mr.. stones picturerIs a painting OF
The Sacred Garden" of the Santa
Barbara Mission, California The sun
light on the stone buildings of the old
mission and on the palms of the gar
den is beautiful, and at the front of
the picture is the figure of monk
with a watering pot sprinkling a plant
with water from stone fountain The
detail of the drawing is SO perfect
that the three knots" in the cord
about the cassock are visible. The
garden is named from the fact that no
woman is ever allowed to set foot
within its walls
Among the pictures that attracted
special attention was a portrait of a
young girl sylvia, done by John
Alexander. The lines of the picture
figure graceful, the expression PEN
sive. On her face is a dark shadow,
apparently from the light of a fire
place The treatment Of the subject
is broad. and tends to lead out the
imagination.
Another canvas in which the out of
door atmosphere is admirably caught
is J. E Bundy's canvas. Springtime
in Clear Creek Valley" A portrait
'-Elfrida,'' by Ben Ali Haggin, is the
picture of a woman in graceful, fash
ionabIe costume, the image of a thor
ough aristocrat. In contrast TO it is
Henri's Little Red Girl the picture
of a rollicking little apple-cheeked girl
in the homely dress OF poverty. A
Dfcture by a Kansas man, Henry Hub
bell, whose early home was Paola,
Kansas attracted much attention 1t
is one of the largest canvasses in the
side" showing two women before an
omen fire. the sense of home comfort
and home love prevailing the picture.
(The painter, by the way, Is a orother
of Mrs. NJ. L. Field of Topeka)
picture Mother and Baby. by