The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-23

assist are: Mrs.. Charles Curtis: Mrs
H.gO. Carney. Mrs. sDeWitte c. Nellis.
Mrs. John CLANCY, Mrs. J. A. Howes.
Mrs. c. A. Scott, Mrs. David w. Pal
mer, Mrs. w. A. Johnston. Mrs.
Charles Allen Mills. Mrs. A. w. Dana
Mrs. Frank Bowen, Mrs. f. p. Mac
Lehman, Mrs. Harrison Morgan. MRS.
J. A. Van vechtan, Mrs L. II. Num-
Miss Dolly Curtis and Miss Lulu
Greenough.
No formal invitations are issued,
and Miss Herren asks all her friends
to call.
The marriage of Miss Margaret
Carney, the daughter Of Mrs. w. e;
Carney, and Mr.. John Romadka OF
Milwaukee, Wis, was solemnized this
afternoon at three o'clock by the
Very Rev. Father Francis Hayden OF
the Church Of the Assumption, at his
residence in West Eighth avenue.
Only the members OF the two fam
lilies and their relatives witnessed the
The bride was attended by Mr.. Ro-
madka's sister. Miss Helen Romadka
Of Milwaukee, and Mr.. ROmadka'
best man was Mr.. Harry Klahort OF
Springfield, IL. who was a college
friend Of his. The bride was attired
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suit of silk in dark sweet pea shades.
1t was made in the prevailing mode.
with long tunic and short jacket me
bodice was of an exquisite hand-run
silk lace. draped over flesh colored
charmeuse. Her shoes were bronze
color, and her hat was a small peanut
colored straw trimmed with roses
that matched the suit. She wore a
corsage bouquet of sweetheart roses.
orchids and lilies of the valley. She
wore a cavalier of filigree metal set
with pearls and large diamonds, the
gift of the bridegroom.
Miss Romadka, a strikingly hand
some young woman, dark and stat
uesque. wore a gown of light blue
taffeta with tunic of hand run lace.
The upper part Of the bodice was of
the same lace. the silk forming the
lower part Of the waist. Her hat was
a black straw trimmed with sunburst
roses, and she carried q bouquet OF
sunburst roses.
After the wedding. an informal re-
ception was held at the home of the
brides mother at 9O9 Fillmore street.
The house was decorated in roses. In
the parlOr were pink roses and
American Beauty roses adorned the
living room. In the center Of the dfn-
low rosebuds and lilies of the valley.
and at the corners OF the table were
baskets of forget-me-not1. The serv-
ing was done by a quartet of the
young girls who have been neighbors
of the bride, Miss Dorothy Sproat,
Miss Dorothy Wahl. Miss Mary Clark
and Miss Antoinette Clark. The
guests were received Informally by
the bridal couple and the brides
mother. Mrs. Garvey was gowned in
black charmeuse with bodice of lace.
and she wore a corsage bouquet OF
lavender orchids
The music for the wedding was fur
nished by Halls orchestra. For the
entrance of the bridal party, the Lo-
hengrin Wedding March was played.
During the ceremony, the orchestra
played 1.-The Sweetest Story Ever
Told" and for the occasional, the
music was Mendelssohn's march.
The out-of-town guests who came
for the wedding were: Miss Mary
Milwaukee,; Mrs. Milburn HobsOn of
Independence, Kan; Mr.. Harry Kla-
holt, of Springfield, ILL.,; the BRIDE
groom's uncles, Mr.. Fred Clark of
Chicago and Mr.. Andrew Clark of
Milwaukee, and his cousin. Mr.. New
man Clark, who is a student at st.
Marys college.
The wedding this afternoon is one
Of special interest. for there is prob
ably not a more popular girl IN To
peka than the bride, She has made
her home in Topeka all her life. and
she took her friends today to see her
bridal gifts which were arrayed in
the room in which she was born. She
has been in demand socially. and she
belongs to one of the well-known
families of the town. Her dainty
prettiness is as charming as a flaw
less painting in pastel
Mr.. Romadka belongs to the fam
lily of Romadkas who are trunk man.
ufacturers, well known in the busi-
ness world. He was educated at the
Jesuit school at ST. Marys. and COM
pleted his education at Yale univer-
sity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Romadka will go for
a trip to Chicago and the cities Of the
Atlantic coast. They will spend a
part of the summer at the Romadka
summer home on Lake Beulah, and
afterward they will go to Indianapo-
lis. Ind, for the races.
They will be at home in Milwaukee.
Wis., after Sept. !:
One Of the prettiest luncheons of
the spring season was given Friday
the women of the Topeka Avenue
Fridge club, and some other guests
at the Country club. The rooms of
the club house were decorated with
SyrlnSd blossoms ana pink peOnlcS. In
the center of the dining table was a
Marie Antoinette basket of white roses
and half blown peonies and lilies of
the valley. and around the basket was
white roses and smilax.
The guests and members of the club
who sat around the table included:
Mrs. J. p. Raster. Mrs. J. H. McGoff,
Mrs. L. L. K!ene. Mrs. H. c. Mulroy,
Mrs. A. w. Bronson. Mrs. w. E. Nc
Vey, Mrs. w. C. McDonough, Mrs.
Charles M. Sawyer, Mrs. G. c. Bow
man, Mrs. E. G. Foster, Mrs. w. T.
Davis. Mrs. A. o. Rosser, Mrs. c.. 1.
Martin. Mrs. J. B. Crow, Mrs. E. E.
Parr, Mrs H. L. Peppmyer. Mrs. A T.
Lucas, Mrs. George Pritchard, Mrs.
Luther Coppock, Mrs. Evelyn Scott of
Minneapolis, Mrs. T. r. Paxton, Mrs.
Charles Briggs.
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Miss Helen Whitfield entertained at
cards this afternoon. at her home.