The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06

for bridge Wednesday afternoon, COM
plimentary to Miss Faye Chisam OF
Atchison. who is visiting her. and to
Miss Irene Kelley of ST. Louis, who is
visiting her aunt, Mrs W. w. Strick-
land.
The annual May pa<ty of the Miner
va club was given Monday afternoon
at the Elks hall The affair was
musicale-tea, and the program was fur
nished by members of the club. More
than two hundred guests We're present
and were received by Mrs. Morton AL
Daugh the retiring president: Mrs. H.
L. Peppmyer. Mrs. G.. G. Moore. Miss
Nellie Shepard Miss Florence Craven
and Miss Edna Haywood. The num-
bers on the program were announced
by Mrs. r. H. Morehouse. the chair
man of the musical program COM
mittee.
Two readings on the program which
were enthusiastically applauded, were
given by a new member of the club,
Mrs. E. D. Schonberger of Washburn
college. She read "A Cutting From the
Piper by Josephine Preston Peabody.
which is a charming sketch, telling of
the return of the children of Hamlin
that were lured away by the Pied
Piper, and her second number Fat
Ann" by Ruth McEnery Stuart was
a plantation story. The program opened
with a trio, Song of the Shepherd. -
u.
Mrs. Robert Gordon and Miss Eleanor
Barte1 The piano numbers were: a
solo from Mcdowell. Hungarian
Etude," by Miss Nellie Shepard. and a
duet, Due Dramatique," by Vilbac,
played by Mrs. Morton Alhaugh and
"A Serenade.' by Henry Ernest. was
played by Miss May Clark. and Miss
Clark also furnished the violin obli
gator for a contralto solo by Miss
Eleanor Bartel THE Night Hath
Thousand Eyes" A dramatic soprano
solo, "A Lover in Damascus by Fin
den, was contributed by Mrs. George
Payne, and Mrs E. G. Hughes. lyric
soprano, gave Caprice Polka by AL
bites.
In spite of the rain, the guests wore
their good looking gowns and the par
ty marks a pleasing break in the dull
ness that has settled over the party-go-
ing public.
The club has elected new officers for
next year. as follows: Mrs H l.
Peppmeyer. president; Mrs. G. G.
Moore. first vice president; Mrs. r. H.
Morehouse, second vice president; Mrs.
c. j. Wilson, secretary; Mrs. G. w.
Payne, assistant secretary, and Mrs Z.
H. Samson, treasurer.
Members of the club, besides the re-
ceiving women. who were hostesses.
were: Mrs. c. G. Blakely Mrs. H. w.
Page Mrs. W. A. Powers, Mrs. E. G. |
Foster, Mrs. George Mays. Mrs. w. T.
Davis, Mrs. c. H. Samson. Mrs. Charles
Curtis, Mrs. E. D. Clithero, Mrs. ]. D.
Heym, Miss Maud Mary Kline. Mrs. |
Charles A. Moore, Mrs T r. Paxton, !
Mrs. H. w. Putnam. Mrs. Robert Stone, |
Mrs c. ]. Wilson, Mrs E G. Hughes, /
Mrs. G. w Payne, Mrs. E. d. Schon- !
berger, Miss Eleanor Bartel, Mrs E. |
E. Ames. Mrs. r. H. Morehouse, Mrs. |
w. D. Davis Miss May Clark. Mrs.
Robert Gordon, Mrs. Harry Forbes and
Mrs. Paul Walker.
The Alpha Nu sorority girls OF !
Washburn college have issued invita-
tions for musical which they will
give Saturday afternoon, MayN0, at 3
o'clock. at the home eof Miss JOY
Paxton s15 Vest Tenth avenue
The convention of the state suffrage
league to be held in Lawrence, May
10 and 30 is interesting women all
over the state. The party going from
Topeka for the convention will in
clude: Mrs. w. A. Johnston. Mrs.
Frank Doster, Mrs. F. w. Watson,
Mrs. ]. w. Thurston, Mrs. DeWitte G.
Nellis, Mrs. c. ]. Evans and the off,
GERS of the Shawnee County Equal
Suffrage League, who were Mrs. ]. F.
Cecil, Mrs. B. B. Smythe, Mrs. l. A.
Milliken, Mrs. A. ]. White and Miss
Anna Kimball.
Mrs. c. A. Hoffman of Enterprise,
will take a party of friends to Law
renee in her car, and Mr. and Mrs. w. |
T. Johnston and their daughter OF
Wichita, will motor from their home
to Lawrence.
AT least one of the new long-waiSt-
ed, blouse dresses has been put on pa
Tade in Topeka. Some of the women
who are the first to take up new styles
have declared they will never, never
wear them, and if they are fat or too
tall and lean, they should stick to their
decision. However. dress worn at a
party yesterday, followed the latest
lines in Partisan fashion books, and it
was the SmarteSt, most fetching gown
on display. The material was thin,
silk figured with pink flowers, and the
blouse was cut with round neck and
rolling collar, and down one side, it
was laced together with pink cord,
over a V shaped strip of pink silk
The blouse was loose and soft, and
hung straight to the skirt below the
hips and the joining of the skirt and
waist was marked by a pink silk sash,
tied at the side front. The plain pink
silk was revealed where the skirt was
draped below the knees.
There is word from Washington that
the smart set which has survived Alice
I4ongworth's glass heels the Hope dia-
mond, and a counts red silk shirt.
at a cubist gown that
combined all the maddeSt dreams of
the futuriStS' art. The foundation of
the gown was black and white scrolled
silk trimmed with check board bands
of red and black 1t was made close
draped around the ankles and rose
the cubst puffings to the waist The
and white scrolled straw in the same {