The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-13

ming of white lace. Mrs. Dewey's
gown was of rose satin, with a trim
ming of net in opalescent embroidery.
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One of the pleasant features of the
playground and gymnasium depart
ments of the Teachers convention
was the dancing of the school chill
dren- One of the most attractive of
the dances was a Tarentelle executed
| by the children of Polk school. The
dance was given in costume, che chill
dren wearing red sashes and carry
ing tambourines. The drill in folk
dances was begun last summer in
connection with the summer. play
ground work. when the children gave
some public exhibitions. Miss Mar
garet Prout has had charge of the
work During the summer Mrs. w.
p. Montgomery was connected with
the playground work at Polk.
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Mrs. o. w. Kelley will entertain
her bridge club Wednesday at her
home, $50 Topeka avenue.
A number of Topeka people will go
to Lawrence to- attend the golden
wedding anniversary celebration of
Mr.. and Mrs. Decker. Among those
who will attend the party are: DR..
and Mrs. S. j. Crumbine, Mrs Della
Bennett, Mrs. L. r. Lane, Mr.. and
Mrs E. H. Anderson and Mr.. and
Mrs Farnsworth.
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The alumni of the Kansas State Ag-
rfcultural college had banquet Fri
day at the First Baptist church The
company included $50 people. Pres
ident Waters of K. S. A. C. was toast :
master, and among the guests of hon
or We're: Mrs. Cora G. LAWS, Mr.. E.
Hackney. Mr.. Ed Hoch of the board
of administration, and Mr.. Bowen;
DR.. A. E. Winship of Boston, Profess
scr Searson, Professor Roberts, and
Professor Caroline of the college, Mr..
A. c. Monahan of the department of
education, and the president of the
New York Agricultural college.
Speeches were made by Mr.. Monahan,
Mr. Charles Dillon, formerly con-
nected with the college. Mr.. q. c.
Wheeler of the class of 'e3, and Mrs.
Howard N. Rhodes of the class of
'04. Mr.. H. L. Kent of the Agricul-
tural school was chairman of the
committee on arrangements. Mrs.
Chandler, the wife of the state ar
chitect, had a chair at the speakers
table.
The marriage of Miss Leona Calene
of Sylvan Grove and Mr.. Clifford Ny
strom of St. Louis took place
"Wednesday, November 10, at the
home OF the brides parents in Sylvan
Grove. Mr.. and Mrs. Nystrom, on
their way to st. Louis, stopped in To-
peka to visit Mr.. Nystrom's aunt, Mrs.
Anna Nystrom. Mr.. Nystrom gradu-
ated from Kansas university in 1911,
and Mrs. Nystrom in 1912. The ro-
nance, resulting in the marriage last
week, had its beginning during the
university life of the young people.
The bride has been teaching in the
high school at Glen Elder since her
graduation, and Mr., Nystrom, after
Louis, where he is electrical engineer
for the Bell Telephone company.
Mrs. Nystrom's father is a retired
merchant of Sylvan Grove.
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Miss Anna Case, who will sing in
topeka soon, was born in the little
village of Clinton, n. J., and grew up
in the still smaller one of South
Branch. AS a girl she was taught to
play the piano and also the violin in
g limited way. AT about seventeen
she secured position as the organist
in the church at Neshanic. There one
bright Sunday morning she decided
she would be a singer. This raised
much fatherly opposition and a lot
of gossip, but she had her own mind
and won her day.
friendly merchant aided her with.
all told, seventy-five dollars to make a
start, the only money ever advanced
for her career.
During the winter of 1909 Andreas
DIPPED heard her at a musical in
Philadelphia, sent for and engaged
her for the Metropolitan Opera COM
pany of New York, with which she has
remained.
Beginning at the very bottom of the
ladder, she began to attract attention
at once and has steadily risen in fame
to the prominent position she holds to-
day in the musical world.
She has appeared in numerous
operas, on some occasions sung impor-
tant roles on days notice like
Olympia" in Tales of Hoffman,"
Papagena in the ''Magis Flute" and
others.
AS a concert singer she has become
a great vogue both in the city of New
York, where she has during the last
two seasons sung in thirty-five promi-
nent concerts and musicales and out
side of New York in the festivals,
concerts and her own recitals with
tremendous success and repeated re-
engagements.
In the weekly concerts given by the
Metropolitan she has scored one over
whelming success after the other and
shared honors with all the great in
strumentalists of the day.
The qualities that have made this
wonderful career possible are said to
be first of all, a rarely beautiful voice
of warmth, great flexibility, unusual
range reaching with ease F in alt,
musicianship and technical skill of the
highest order, backed by a personality
of great charm.
She is said to be one of the very few
singers of the time who can one mo-
ment sing one of the most brilliant
foiritura numbers and the next sus-
tanned song with wealth of emotion
and pathos that m, ny times has
brou hit tears to the eyes of her audi
ence.
Miss Case is from all reports one of
those rare artists who not only is able
to delight the musical elect, but who
reaches and holds in a firm grasp the
affection and admiration of the big
public, the plain people some would
say Upon this it is claimed rests in
no small degree her ever growing pop
ularity and success.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Shoaf will re-
turn this evening from a short we'd