The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18

There are to be more than the
usual number of weddings this fall
and winter, though the dates for sew
eral # them have not been definitely
fixed. The Ames-Fisher wedding is
to be September 10, the wedding of
Miss Rachel CCston and Mr.. F. A.
TheiS is set for October 1. Miss Ber-
tina Hull and Mr.. Jack Campbell will
have an autumn wedding, though the
exact date is not yet given out, and
the marriage of Miss Alice Lalxin and
Mr.. William Curtis will take place this
fall. Miss Pamela Curtis and Lieut.
! c. p. George will be married late in
the fall, and of the winter weddings
| an interesting one will be that of Miss
| Eugenia QuintOn and Mr.. S. H. Cum
ningham, Jr., which will take place
some time in December. Miss Alice
Larimer and Mr.. Herbert Lininger,
whose engagement has been an
/ nounced, will not be married until
! the latter part of the winter The
date of the wedding of Miss Laura
/ Hall and Mr.. John Hamilton has not
! been decided, but it is expected to
be one of the late weddings of the
/ season.
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The date of the wedding of Miss
i Helen Ames and Mr.. Earl Fisher will
! be Wednesday, September 10. 1t is
/ to be a home wedding, and the
brides two sisters, Mrs. Byron Curry
. AIneS
| be attendants.
A week before the wedding Miss
Ames will give house party, to
which she will ask, besides her sis
ter, Mrs Curry, number of her
school friends. Miss Ames has been
student at the State university and
at Smith college, and her guests at
the house party will be: Mrs l. S.
| Cope and Mrs. NJ. w. Cresap of Ken
! ilworth Ill; Miss Frances Brown of
: nth h, NJ
/ mate at Smith college; Miss Hazel
Kelly of Paola; Miss Marjorie Haynes
/ of Emporia; Miss Ames cousin, Miss
/ Margaret Bloom of Chattanooga,
| Tenn; Miss Nina johnson of Norton;
! Miss Lillian Stohn of Elkhart. Ind,
and Miss Florence Bastert of Quincy,
! Ill.
| The newest athletic sport of the So
c1ety women of Chicago and further
| east. is Javelin throwing. Young girls
| IN flowing garments, like the Grecians
and Spartans of old are practicing the
| revived art 1t is graceful to look at
and exhilarating to the player. Some
hansans who are spending the season
! in Massachusetts summering places
write that the girls are forming clubs
and employing instructors in the new
! art They say that the sport is little
! difficult to learn, but it appeals fr-
| reslstibly to the outdoor girl, when
| olICe she mas acquired 1t
That the sport will be taken I'D bv
Topeka athletic people is doubtful.
; though its popularity in the east is said
! to be on the increase The effort to in
! terest the society people in archery
! here apparently ended in failure, and
so far golf and tennis have been all
sufficient.
Mrs. Monte Campbell sang Consider
the Lilies for the offertory solo at the
First Presbyterian church Sunday
! morning in connection with the summer
| choir which is rendering acceptable SER
| vice.
| The singers yesterday were Mrs.
! Monte Campbell. Mrs. r. H. Morehouse.
Miss Gwendolyn Chase. Miss Grace
Leckie Page, Miss Frances McClintock
Miss Helen Wilson, Mr.. w. w. Bow
man. Mr.. F. E. Parr and Prof. H. w
! Jones.
Miss Gwendolyn Chase will sing next
Sunday and Mr.. Howard S. Searle the
following Sunday august 81
The wedding of Miss Ora Grisso. of
| Overlook. and Mr. Arthur Pitney. of
! Wamego. was solemnized at the Con-
/ gre%ational church of Overlook Sat
urday morning at IL o'clock, by the
! Rev. DR.. d. A. Shut, of Topeka.
| Lucille Radcliffe. a niece of the bride
| and Bernice Deerdorf were ribbon girls
and the flower girls We're Octavia Rad
| clife, also a niece of the bride and
Asca Hart. Clarence Radcliffe, the
| brides nephew, carried the ring. The
! Flower girls carried baskets of pink
asters. and the basket carried by the
ring bearer was filled with white
asters. The church was decorated
i with ferns, palms and gladiolas.
Before the ceremony Miss Jessica
Short. of Topeka. sang Claimants "At
| Dawning,' and Miss Myrtle Radcliffe,
| of Topeka, played Mendelssohn's wed
| ding march for the entrance of thf
| bridal party. After the service Miss
Radcliffe played Grieg's Norwegian
| Bridal music. The brides gown was
white chiffon and crepe de chine over
| nessaline. made with an embroidered
| woke of chiffon and chiffon plating.
| The girdle was white messaline. The
| costume was completed by a tulle veil
| edged with lace and fastened in the
| hair with lilies of the valley.
After the ceremony there was a we'd