The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-29

sion and to announce the events of
| the pageant.
Following the heralds was the May
queen, Miss Esther Johnson, of En-
| poria, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w. johnson. She entered the school
! three years ago, and all during her
| college course, she has taken an active
part in affairs of the school. She has
been in leading parts of the college
| plays, has been on the staff of the
| ivy Leaf" the college annual, and
| this year she is president of the senior
| class and author of the class poem,
and a member of the cast of the
| French play. She wore a gown of
white satin with gold trimmings.
was carried by two little girls, Mar
garet Kaye. the eldest daughter of
Dean and Mrs. j. P Deb. Kaye. and
Margot Dillon, the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Dillon. Philip Kaye, the
son of Dean and Mrs. Kaye, was the
page. The queens canopy, draped
with vines and wistaria flowers, was
borne before her. Her maids were
Miss Jessie -Gilchrist,. Miss Lavonne
Gregg, Miss Helen Stearns and Miss
Martha Webb. The maids wore pink
wore their hair hanging loose over
| their shoulders, held by gold bands
around the head. They carried long
strands of flowers. Later they gave
| Grecian dance before the queen.
| The queen was formally crowned,
and presented with her scepter, by
Miss Marjorie Baxter. An orb of
daisies was presented by Miss Doris
| Drought, and a footstool of flowers by
Miss Florence Chase.
The procession included Roman
dancers, dressed in white with scarlet
drapery, and carrying long gilded
| trumpets. There was a company of
| shepherdesSes with long crooks, tied
with ribbon. Their costumes were in
| colors of green, blue, pink, yellow and
white, and were made with laced
bodice and Dolly Warden panniers.
| Their stockings were cross-gartered in
Elizabethan fashion. They gave a
rustic dance before the queen. Fol-
| lowing them were the Dutch girls, in
| blue dresses with white kerchiefs, and
| they danced in wooden shoes.
| The fOresters, carrying branches,
were dressed in Robin Hood cloaks of
various colors. and they had hats of the
| same color as the costume, trimmed
with plumes. There were powder
TASKS dangling from their belts. They
gave an old English morris dance.
The pageant closed with the wind
| ing of a tall May pole, by young wom-
| en- in white gowns. with girdleS and
| caps in delicate colors.
Miss Amy Woodruff was in charge
| of the pageant, and designed some of
| the dances and drills. The kinder
garten songs were played by Miss Eva
Crow, and the other music was fur
nished by Miss Katherine Wood, with
Ray Halls orchestra. The kinder
| garten children carried baskets of
flowers in the procession. The little
ones were: Dan Esterly, Marjorie
Deatz, Webb Woodward, Constance
Bone, Albert Harper, Martha Kiene,
| Donald Daily, Virginia Neil, Edward
Harris, Katherine Lyons, Edward
Fisher, Maxine Middleton, Osborn
| Rutledge. Frances Tasker, Earl John
son, Rob Roy Mize and Jacque1ine
Bugge.
Miss Marguerite Locknane, Miss Dor
othy Hyle, Miss Neve Rehberg, Miss
Florence Chase, Miss Alice Hurd, Miss
Dorothy Bergman, Miss Louise kier-
sted Miss Carol Brewster, Miss Teri
seta Brooks and Miss Ruth Bliss.
The foresters were: Miss Nora
Hardesty, Miss Lucille Kersey, Miss
Olive Rehberg, Miss Helen Silver, Miss
Ida Rochester, Miss Helen Battett,
Miss Dorothy Merriman, Miss Muriel
March, Miss Evelyn White and Miss
Marjorie Baster.
Those who took part in the Shep
herdess dance were: Miss Isabelle
Crawford, Miss Isabelle Cranda1l. Miss
Geraldine Richfield, Miss Frances
Carmen McKercher, Miss Mildred
Lusk, Miss Ida Layton and Miss Mar
jorie Barnett.
The girls in Roman costume were:
Miss Frances Jones. Miss Martha
Webb Miss Muriel Rodgers, Miss Dor
othy Moon, Miss Marjorie Baxter. Miss
Hilma Nichols. Miss Corina Harris,
Miss Frances Price, Miss Mary Tudor
-iN =. ;. j.
1t is said that in spite of the war
and the difficulties of Importation,
Miss Dolly Curtis is to have an i'm
ported wedding gown. The gown,
they say, was embroidered in India
and made in Paris, and is the gift of i
friend of the brides, a United States
senator's wife, who has been travel
ing abroad. She also presented to
Miss Curtis some time ago a hand
some cavalier of platinum set with
green jade and diamonds.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Lager
strom gave a family dinner party for
their cousin, Mr.. John Mountain OF
Chicago, Ill, who stopped in Topeka
few days this week to visit relatives,
on his way to attend the National
Electrical Engineers convention IN
San Francisco. Covers were laid for:
Mr.. Mountain, Mrs. Mary LagerStroni,
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Lagerstrom.
Miss Bessie Lagerstrom, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank G. Lagerstrom. Mrs. Roger Var.
Hook and her daughter Hila. of Col
orado Springs. Mr.. Ted Lagerstrom.
Russell and Charles Lagerstrom, and
Mr.. Frank Scott.
of the Holy Name parish will give a
card party Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. ]. c. Holland, 1905 West
Fifteenth. street.
An interesting and well attended
concert was given Friday night by
the members of Holy Name parish at
the Hip theater. The program was
worth, violin; Miss Ceora Lanham,
reader; Mr.. Herman Springer, bass;
Mr.. G1enwood Jones, tenor; Miss
Sands, contralto, and Miss Marguerite
Gohlke. soprano.
The program opened with a duet by
Mr. Jones and Mr. Springer 1.-The Cru