The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
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Grace Eldridge and Mr.. Fred Prout
has been set for Saturday, June -
The wedding will be solemniZed by
the Rev. DR.. Robert Gordon, at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Eldridge, 1105 Harrison
street.
Miss Eldridge has chosen Miss Mary
Helen Shirer as her maid of honor
and the brides brother, Mr.. Charles
Eldridge, will serve Mr.. Prout as best
man. Miss Lydia Emery, the bride
cousin, will play the wedding music
and Mr. Leland McAfee will sing.
Mr.. Prout is building bungalow at
2O73 Van Buren, street, where he and
his bride will max. their home
Miss nellie Kouns and Miss Sara
Kouns and Miss Hazel Wing will leave
Monday of next week for tour of the
Santa F'e Reading rooms, through the
southwest. They were engaged for
the trip by Mr.. S. E. Busser of AL
buquerque, superintendent of the
Reading rooms. They will give their
first concert at Newton, and will give
the entertainments at the Reading
rooms along the Santa F'e line, ending
at Los Angeles. Miss Wing is teach
err of piano music in WaShburn col
lege.
The Misses Kouns sing, both having
soprano voices of unusual beauty.
They have studied in Europe under
the celebrated DR.. Raoni Walter of
Munich, and recently they have been
in Chicago under the tutelage of Her
man De Vries and Albert Boroff.
They were offered grand opera en-
gagements in Munich. and they were
during their student life in Germany.
chosen to sing at a wedding in court
circles.
Miss Wing is a graduate of the New
England Conservatory of Music, and
studied with Karl Stosry of Boston
and Professor Kivoste OF Berlin.
The Misses Kouns and Miss Wing
are furnishing the program for guest
day meeting of the Ladies' Music club
this afternoon at the College of the
Sisters of Bethany.
The annual Estes Park banquet was
given Tuesday night at the Y. W. c.
A. for the members of the college Y.
w. c. A. and the advisory board. The
purpose of the banquet is to arouse
enthusiasm for the Estes Park con-
ference, held annually in Colorado. In
the toasts which followed the dinner
the conference was referred to in
terms applied to the Panama canal.
Mrs. W. A Harshbarger was toast
mistress, and responses were made as
Mary Hoover; 1.-The First Trip
Through. Miss Warner: The Guile
Through the Locks" Miss Emma
Waldron: 1.-The Ocean Beyond" Miss
Florence Willard.
branch of the Society of Colonial
DANES of America, were elected at a
business meeting at Memorial hall
Tuesday as follows:
was reelected president of the or
ganization- Mrs. Peter Emery of
Lawrence. first vice president; Mrs.
Edward Vail of Wichita, second vice
president; Mrs. A. NJ. Harvey of To-
peka, recording secretary; Mrs. w. S.
Hinman of Wichita, corresponding
Emporia, treasurer; Mrs. H. C. Rose
of Wichita, registrar; Mrs. Charles H.
Brooks of Wichita, historian. The
four members of the board which are
chosen annually for board composed
of twelve members will be: Mrs. Ly-
man Reid of Kansas City, Mo, Mrs. !
j. W. Orr of Atchison. Mrs. Frank P. /
MACEDONIAN of Topeka and Mrs
new officers will take their places i'm |
mediately.
An oil portrait of the late Mrs. E. |
d. Kimball of Wichita, done by Mr.. |
Hazard of Boston, was presented by I
the Colonial Danes to the State His
torical society. Mrs. KimbalI was the /
organizer of the Colonial Danes in .
Kansas. and was president of the So
ciety until 1913, the year of her
death. The meeting yesterday was
the tenth annual session of the society.
Mrs Emery of Lawrence made the
presentation speech, in which she told
of Mrs. Kimballs work on behalf of
the society and spoke of her character
and personal charm. On the frame of
which was a brief account of Mrs
KimbalPs life. Miss Clara Francis, T.
librarian of the State Historical So
ciety, accepted the picture, expressing
the Society'S gratitude for the paint
ing and their appreciation of it's
value.
Mrs. John J. ingalls, of Atchison,
widow of the late distinguished SEN
life member of the Colonial Danes.
At the afternoon meeting, following a
luncheon at Mills. Mrs ingalls, read
an interesting paper on Kansas"
Luncheon was served at Mills. The I
tables were decorated with Brussels '
roses and Shasti daisies and maiden /
hair fern. The arrangement of the
flowers was according to the Japa-
nese style. crossing the table length {
wise. Bouquets OF roses. daisies and {
fern were given as favors: Hostesses
Mrs Priddy. Mrs. ingalls,, Mrs Orr,
Mrs Dunlap. Mrs. Reid and also Mrs. s
Dan Anthony of Leavenworth and t
Mrs J. Allen of Atchison, who were l
Covers were laid for: Mrs. W. E
Stanley. Mrs. Charles H. Brooks. Mrs. /
II: G. Rose, Mrs Howard w. Darling, T
Mrs Edward Vail Of wichita, v
Mrs. Howard Dunlap of Emporia t
Mrs. j. ]. Ingalls, and Mrs. ]. w. Orr t
of Atchison, Mrs Lyman Reid and ]
Mrs. j. W. Priddy of kansas City, Mo, q
Mrs: Peter Emery and Mrs. T H. "
of Lawrence. Mrs William Z
H. Thompson of Garden City, Mrs. E. b
B. Purcell and Miss Mary Purcell of e
Mrs. n. F. Handy, Mrs Z
Frank r. Millspaugh. Mrs. A. H. Hor- n
ton. Mrs. Frank P MacLennan Mrs /
A. NJ Harvey and Miss Clara Francis v
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