The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-01

is over. and she in turn, a matron, is
observing with the same old interest
the next girl to tread the path to mat
rimony.
The ceremony tonight is to be held
at the home of the brides parents, DR..
| and Mrs. Willis Coston, 1909 Buchanan
street. Tie hour of the service is 8
o'clock. and the officiating minister is
DR.. S. S. Estey, of the First Presbyter-
ian church. Before the ceremony Mr..
Glenwood Jones will sing from Mary
Turner Salter's cycle Loves Epit-
ome,' the three songs, "Since First I
Met Thee I'm the Garden and She
is Nine and Miss June Mitchell will
play the piano accomplishments, and
also the Lohengrin wedding march for
the entrance of the bridal party.
The service will be read in the living
room, under a canopy of white clema
tbs and smilax. Bouquets of clematis
and pink roses will be used in the par
lor and in the dining, the brides birth
flower, yellow chrysanthemums, will
be used in decorating. A basket of
NUNS will form the centerpiece on the
table, and bouquets of golden rod will
complete the dining room adornment.
Smilax and pink roses will trim the Ii
brary
The bride will be gowned in white
brocaded crepe de chine made over
crepe meteor. The skirt which is drap-
train. There is a trimming of rose
point lace on the bodice. and a girdle
finishes the gown. The wedding veil
is tulle, delicately embroidered on the
edges and in each corner in a conven-
I tional design. The brides bouquet will
be white roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Coston's sister, Miss Corinne
Coston, will be her only attendant. Her
gown is blue crepe meteor. The bodice
is of white lace with trimming of
pearl and passementerie. She will
carry pink roses. Mr.. Theis will be
attended by Mr.. Rialdo Darrough, of
Kansas City, as his best man.
After the wedding. there will be an
informal reception for the guests. who
couple and few close friends of the
Coston family. Mrs. Coston will be
gowned in black charmeuse with
trimming of cream lace and net on
the bodice. Mrs. J. K. Theis, of Kan
sas City, the mother of the bride
chine, trimmed in shadow lace. Mrs.
Robert Air, the brides cousin, will
wear old blue brocaded crepe canton.
Miss Mitchell, who will play the we'd
ding music will be gowned in yellow
chiffon over satin.
The out-of-town guests who are in
Topeka for the wedding and are guests
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Theis of
Kansas City. and their son, Raymond;
Mrs. B. L. Ferris of Springfield, Mo,
the brides grandmother; Mrs. D. B.
Bayless of Springfield, the brides
aunt; Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Collins of
Springfield. uncle and aunt of the bride;
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Air of Kansas
City Mr.. and Mrs. George Esterly and
Mrs. Charles Esterly of Lawrence, DR..
J. D. Patterson of Kansas City, DIR.
and Mrs. Ludwig Bredouw of Kansas
City. The following friends of the bri-
dal couple are in Topeka also for the
affair tonight:
Miss Margaret Haddock, Miss Crete
Stewart Mr.. Fred Haddock, Mr. Ray
mond Watson. Mr.. Bliss DarnaI of
Kansas City. Miss Marie Sinclair of
Lawrence; the following friends from
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and
the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority: Miss
Fay Chisham of Atchison, Mr.. Arthur
Morse of Burlington. Mr.. Edwin Moore,
Mr.. John Shwillin of Hutchinson.
Miss Coston, after finishing the To-
peka high school, went to Lawrence to
be a student at the State university.
she is member of the Kappa Alpha
Theta sorority. and she has also given
a good deal of time to the study of mu-
sic, both piano and voice. She has TAX
en- prominent part in a number of local