The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-20

ish touch is the use of pink in the
trimming, for pink in all shades APP
pears on the great variety of gowns.
In this case a pink satin is used for
the narrow collar and shaped cuff
with their tassel-weighted points. A
vest of rich lace closes with fancy but
tons completing the daintiness of this
extremely dainty frock.
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Invitations have been received in
Topeka from Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
James O'Neil, to the marriage of their
daughter, Laura Mae. to Mr.. Louis
Leo Pryor, Wednesday morning, Sep
TENDER 8, at o'clock at Presentation
church, Chicago.
miss Miss o on lis is Chicago girl who
Pryor is the son of Mrs. Mary Pryor
of 1913 Tyler street, Topeka. Mr..
Pryor went to Chicago some years ago
as a student and has remained in that
city since finishing college.
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Mr.. Charles Lewis of Havana, Cuba
was in Topeka this week as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. John S Downes. He
left Thursday for Seattle Wash, to
San Francisco. In about three weeks
they will come to Topeka, stopping on
their return to Cuba.
Mr.. Lewis was formerly a Kansas
man, and made his home near Whit
ing. He is now first assistant cashier
of the National Bank of Cuba. the
largest bank in the island which has
a capital stock of more than fifty
million.
Mrs. T. V. Campbell entertained the
| following guests Thursday at her home
in Clay street: Mrs. Lavery of Kan
sas City, Mrs. J. D. Gardner. Mrs Sey-
mour Levy, Mrs. Charles Makepeace
and her son, Gibbs, Mrs. Hubert Wood,
Mrs Charles Whitmer. Mrs. Ernest
| Parr, Mrs. Ira Brown and her son,
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Miss Jessie Jones
Miss Helen McC1intock has asked
guests for an informal afternoon at
| thimbIes Saturday, for Miss Dorothy
| Wilson. The guests will be a few of
Miss Wilson'S close friends. Miss Will
son has been in Pittsburg, Pa, the
past year, in the Carnegie library.
with her mother, Mrs. Anna J. Wilson.
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Mrs. w. r. Kercher of 92S West
street gave small dinner party
| Thursday night, in celebration of her
birthday anniversary. Covers were
| laid for: DR.. and Mrs. c. F. Mennin-
GER Miss Grace Gaines, Mr.. Carl Men
ninger, Mr.. Edwin Menninger, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kercher and their two little
| daughters
The merchants took the hint yester-
day, after weeks of cloudy and rainy
dows the fluffy ruffles, crepe de chine
nighties, curled feather boas, and or
CANDY transparencies, and they hung
in their place, raincoats of cravanet
and rubber, and overshoes displaced
satin dancing slippers. They took out
| the tempting. filmy, shimmering,
slithery gauzes just in time for today s
sunshine.
A pretty frock that fluttered home
in the mist yesterday was of black
and white taffeta- The skirt was of
narrow black and white stripes, and
the edges of the two-tier skirt were
slashed in small squares, and edged
with black. A short jacket drawn in
at the waist with a tiny ruffle below
the gathering, was worn with the cos
tune, and the white collar of the
blouse beneath, formed the jacket
| collar The hat was a wide trimmed
/ black sailor shape 1t was of trans
parent material, and the gold hair of
the girl who wore it showed through
the crown 1t was tp-tilted to the
exact angle of alluring sauciness, and
was entirely untrimmed, except for a
narrow band of black and white
striped silk around the crown.
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One of the youngish bachelors was
looking through the furniture depart
ment of one of the big stores a day
or two ago. OF course that fact may
| have no connection with the frequent