The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-11

An important wedding Of extreme
simplicity today was that Of Miss Edna
Rebecca Bear. the daughter Of Mr.. ana
Mrs 8. J. Bear, and Mr.. William n.
Colvin. The marriage Office from the
Book of Common Prayer was read at
8 o'clock this afternoon by Dean J. p.
Deb. Kaye, of Grace Cathedral. at the
home of the brides parents, 1851 Fill
more street.
There was no formal wedding music.
and there were no attendants. the
guests were the relatives Of the bridal
couple The bride and bridegroom stood
before a bower OF palms and roses at
one end of the drawingroom. the
house was decorated In Dorothy Perkins
roses and palms and ferns.
The bride was gowned In her going
away costume, a jacket suit of taneta
in a Copenhagen shade of blue. The
skirt Is made with tunic and ruffling,
and the small. modish Jacket has
trimming Of corded shirring and runltng.
The girdle Is Of Nell rose velvet ribbon.
The blouse is of figured chiffon with
trimming of thread lace over fine net
and is made with a Medici collar. The
costume is completed by a white hat
Of panama l.. one of the new shapes,
and trimmed with white wax-Dke flow
ers. The bride wore cOrsage bouquet
Of brides roses and lilies of the valley.
Immediately after the wedding Mr..
00Q MTS. COlVln ICIL lOT d Tip " SuA-
cago and other points in the east, ana
will make u short stay at the Lakes
After their return they will occupy the
Colvin summer home few miles north
east of town, where they will remain to
the end Of the summer season. after
which they plan t. take house In
town.
The romance which eliminated in the
marriage this afternoon. had its inter-
esting beginning at the time of the
Kirmess which was given in Topeka a
few years ago. Miss Bear and Mr.. Col
win were both in the cast and met then
for the first time. The friendship be-
gun then ripened during their student
days, for they both attended high
school, where Miss Bear was a member
of the Owl society, and Mr.. Colvin was
q Delft. Later Miss Bear attended the
College of the Sisters Of Bethany, and
was an honor student at her gradua-
ton last June. She Is one of the young
brides Of the year. pretty and attractive,
with charm Of personality. graciousness
Of manner. and an unfailing air Of good
breeding that in itself proclaims her
member of a family long accustomed to
a place Of social leadership.
Mr.. Colvin is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
Rome Colvin, and a nephew Of former
Senator Charles Curtis. He is now en-
gagged in the banking business. having
q position with the Shawnee State
bank.
The brides sister, Mrs. E. F. Nc
Closkey and her children, Eugene Law
renee, Alfred and little Mary Suzanne,
Of Usage City, came to Topeka to at
tend the wedding and are visiting at the
Bear home.
Invitations have been received in To-
peka from Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Lynch,
of Rockford. Ill, to the marriage OF
their daughter. Josephine Cameron. to
John Sheldon Clark, M. d. The wedding
will take place Friday evening, June 10,
at the Fourth Street Methodist church,
Rockford.
The wedding is Of much interest to
Topeka people; for DR.. Lynch and his
family made their home in Topeka a
number of years, when DR.. Lynch was
pastor of the First Methodist church.
Miss Lynch was an attractive young
woman and held LACE of favor in
musical and social circles in Topeka.
q . .
Miss Lolita Johnston. who has been
teaching domestic science this year, is
in Topeka to visit her sisters, Mrs. r.
F. Hayden and Mrs. w. p. Montgom-
cry. She will leave the last of the week
for Berkeley, CAL, and will take a
course in domestic science and domes-
tic art at the California State Univer-
sity. She will stop on her way at the
Grand Canyon, and will go to Los An
geles to visit Mrs. Robert Wagner and
Mrs. George Hale. Mrs. Wagner was
formerly Miss Florence WEIGH and Mrs.
Hale. before her marriage, was Miss
Grace Osborn, both of Topeka.
A. party for some of the younger
set was given Wednesday night at the
home of Miss Georgia Neese and Miss
Helen Neese in Buchanan street. The
guests played bridge, and tables were
set in the drawing room. the hall and
the living room. The decorations
were pink and white, and bouquets of
flowers stood on the dining table.
where the serving was done, and in
the rooms in which the guests played.
Ferns were set along the edge of the
veranda, and the house was cool and
inviting
Miss Georgia Neese, who received
the guests, wore a shadow lace dress,