The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-18

nearly everyone has left town; ye'
this is the stock phrase now In use
among the members OF the society
cohorts who are remaining in the
city. At a party given few days
ago. there was a gathering Of fashion
able people that would have oone
credit to the gayest times of the socla!
season. So the society people are not
all at the summer resorts, however
much they draw the curtains ana stay
behind them in the dark.
Quite a number OF Topeka people
are taking the summer outing al Stur-
geon Bay, -isconsin resort that mas
not in previous years so frequently
appeared in the daily annals tnat
record the destination OF vacationers.
New recruits fer the Topeka colony
at the bay are Mr. and Mrs. c. w.
Snyder and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cav
lit, who left Thursday for the north
and will remain the rest OF the sum-
mer. Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Crosby will
leave the first OF next week for the
bay, and the Robert Carver and the
George Parkhurst families are al
ready there. Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Ema-
hizer and Miss Bernice Emahizer are
also among the Topeka people at
Sturgeon, and Judge and Mrs. T. +.
Carver will probably spend part OF
the summer ct the same lakeside
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Sawyer
will have dinner at the Country club
tonight covers will be laid for six.
including the members Of their family.
and Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Ames.
Miss Laura Southwick will enter
tain her sewing club Monday OF next
week.
An attractive visiting girl in Topeka
is Miss Louise Spencer, OF Kansas city,
who is the guest OF her cousin, MISS
Clyde Bonebrake. Miss Spencer comes
to Topeka often and has a good many
friends among the young people OF
her cousins set. some OF whom enter
tain her from time to time at luncheon
or for the day, in an entirely informal
way She was the guest of Mrs. JACK
Campbell today. and Mrs Pat Camp
bell and Miss Bonebrake were asked
to luncheon with her. Friday Miss
Rose Hite entertained her at luncneon
at Mills tea room. with two or three
other friends.
Miss Katherine Keller, of Kansas
City, who is visiting Miss Jean Lind
say, was the guest of honor at a porch
party given this morning by Miss Ruth
Rooster, at her home in Monroe street.
The guests were: Miss Keller. Miss
Lindsay, Miss Louise Bell. Miss Emile
Seery, Miss Jane Alexander, Miss Ale
ma Philbin, Miss Isabel Stewart, Miss
Katherine Mcfarland, Miss Bertha
Clay, Miss Grace Dana. Miss Dorothy
Miller, Miss Antoinette West. Miss Ju-
liette Brown, Miss Ruth Foster, Miss
Marguerite Thrapp, Miss Margaret
Ewers, Miss Mildred Agard and her
guest, Miss Willie Marie Edwards of
Canton, Ca, Miss Helen Reinbach,
Miss Fern Mold, Miss Sarella Herrick, |
and Miss Adelaide Seeds.
Miss Keizer will be the guest of
Miss Frances Sawyer next week.
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A new member of the faculty of the
College Of the Sisters Of Bethany has |
been chosen. The newly elected |
teacher is Miss Leila Mercer. Of Dem !
yer, Colo. whose coming will be of
interest in educational circles. Miss
Mercer is a highly talented young
woman. She graduated from Denver |
university with high honors, and has
been a successful teacher in Denver.
Miss Mercer has been chosen to be
In charge of the intermediate depart
ment of the school. comprising the
fifth, sixth a: d seventh Of the gram |
mar grades.
Mrs. w. A. Johnston will have as
her guest for the weekend Miss Ethel
Chalkley. of Lawrence. Mrs. T. H.
Chalkley. WHO has been a guest of
Mrs. Johnston. returned to Lawrence
Friday night. Miss Chalkley is a
teacher and an artist. She will 60 to
Canada in the autumn to take charge
of the art department of Havergal COL
lege. at Toronto. She has studied and
travelled abroad, and she has also
taught in the Kansas City manual
training high school.
Another attractive guest at the
Johnston home g Mrs. John w. john
ston. Of Muskogee, Okla, Judge and
Mrs. Johnston's daughter-in-law. She
was present at the registration party
at the Johnston home Friday and as
sisted in receiving the guests and pre-
sided in the dining room during the
serving. She was becomingly gowned
in crepe meteor Of mahogany shade.
with draped skirt, and bodice trimmed
with lace.
MRS Arthur Capper gave a dinner
Friday night for Mrs. 0enevieve
visiting Mrs. w. A. Johnston. Those
who sat at the table were: Mrs.
Charley, Mrs. Johnston. Mrs. John
w. Johnston, Of Muskogee, Okla. Mrs
s. J. Crawford. and Mrs. Capper'
.
A visitor at the house Of q young
matron extended her stay over some
three weeks Of the warm weather. The
visitor decided to go home today. The
to do some necessary shopping. and
rushed home post haste to make sura
that the traveller could not by anv
chance miss her train. With one eve
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