The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08

News has been received of a mar
rage interesting to many Topeka peo-
| pie, as we'll as to a great many others
| over the state. Miss Sarah Wilder,
| the daughter of Mrs. D. w. Wilder,
was married to Heinrich Neidhardt.
December %. in Munich, Bavaria, and
| will make their home in Munich. The
! bride is the daughter of the late Dam
| iel Webster Wilder, who lived in Eia-
| watha Kan, and she is the sister of
Carter Wilder of Kansas City. She has
beautiful soprano voice and sang in
Kansas City and in various cities of
! Kansas before going abroad to study.
She spent three years in Paris and
went to Munich about two years ago.
where she became the pupil of the
chapelmaster, the man who is now her
husband She has been highly sue
cessfuI in concert work, and will con-
tinue singing with Herr Neidhardt.
The name of D. w. Wilder is in
separately bound up with the history
of Kansas. Mr.. Wilder was one OF the
pioneers of the state, and held numer-
Gus public offices. He was at one time
state auditor, later president of the
State Historical society, commissioner
of insurance, and has filled various
places of responsibility. He was an
author, too, and among his works are,
a book. on Shakespeare, and Annals
of Kansas, regarded as the best refer
ence history on the subject it deals
with. He edited one of the first Kan
sas newspapers in Leavenworth. and
for several years the family lived in
Topeka, occupying a house on Topeka
avenue, near Eleventh street. Carter
Wilder edits an insurance magazine in
Kansas City. Among the intimate
friends of the family are: Mrs. M.
Weightman, George Martin of the State
Historical society, Miss Lucy Kingman.
the J. 2. Davis and the w. NJ. Well
come families. the A. A. Godards and
others who have been identified with
affairs of the state or are old settlers
here.
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Mrs Marie Price Wear will leave
the latter part of this week for trip
to Washington and New York In
Washington she will visit Miss Dolly
Curtis, and Will then go to New York
to be the guest of her niece, Miss
Pauline Hudson, at the John Gardner
school. She will study art in New
York about two months before return
ing home. She Will enter the New
York School of Fine and Applied Arts,
formerly under the direction of Chase,
now in charge of H. w. Parsons. She
has previously studied at that school,
and her work this winter will be
continuation of a former course She
will take up painting, jewel setting,
and other forms of art and craft work.
Mrs. Wear has in her possession,
tucked away in a dark and obscure
corner of her house, a large. old paint
ing that was brought to her by her
sister. Mrs Paul Hudson, from the
CITY of Mexico. 1t is supposed to be a
Spanish work. and has a religious sub
ject. Mrs. Wear expects some time to /
have the picture passed upon by an
expert in New York, to learn whether
it is an original or not, its approximate
age, and its value.
T. 4 j.
A meeting of the e. and I. club will I
National hotel parlors. 1t is to be a |
business meeting of Importance, and
all the members are urged to attend
The proceeds of the Monday night
party are reported to be more than
$500.
Mrs. T. w Peers entertained Tues
days in compliment to her mother,
Mrs. William Wagner, and her sister,
Miss Ella Wagner of Ann Arbor,
Mich. Mrs. wagner and Miss wag-
oner have been visiting at the Peers
home, and will leave next week for
California, where they will remain
during the rest of the !. winter i.
The Mysotis club viii meet Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. NJ. F. Rigby, 71s
Harrison street.
The Golden Rule club will meet FRI
day with Mrs. /. S. Lewis, 1881 Fillmore
street.
In spite of the weather, the card
party given by the Spalding Reading
Circle Monday evening, Jan. g. at the
Knights of Columbus club rooms was a
decided success. the guests numbering
nearly one hundred, The rooms were
attractive. having been recently refin-
shed and decorated Several handsome
prizes were awarded Music was fur
nished throughout the evening and at
the conclusion of cards refreshments
were served.
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Mrs Hubbard, of White Plains, New
York has returned home after visit
to her sister, Mrs. Il NJ. Pond. Mrs.
has returned TO the United
States recently, after a residence of
% years in Turkey, where she was en-
aged in mission work. Her nephew,