The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10

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The members of the College. Alum
nae club had a luncheon today at the
Y. W. G. A, and after the luncheon,
they held their annual business meet
ing and election of officers.
The luncheon table was decorated
with daffodils and narcisSus. and
flowers were given to each of the
guests as favors.
The nominating committee. Miss
Ruth Woodford, Mrs L. K. Hall and
Miss Daisy Neil, presented the names
of candidates for the executive Of
fices, which were voted on.
The members of the club are hav-
ing a burlesque installation of the
oath of office to the new city officials.
The outgoing president of the club,
Mrs. David Page, has a role of Mayor
COfran the retiring citv MAYOR The
newly chosen president is imperson-
ating Mr.. Jay E. House, who will take
his seat as mayor on Monday. The
other officers of the club will give an
representation of the city commits
sioners, and the heads of committees
are representing the people they guess
will be appointed to offices under the
new city administration. The new
chief of police, Mr.. Harvey Parsons,
who has been drawing cartoons of
Topeka people for years, appears by
proxy in his star role.
Those who sat around the tables at
Mrs. ]. P. Coleman, Mrs. E.. G. Fos-
ter, Mrs. Otis Allen, Mrs. F. J. Ernest,
Mrs. L. K. Hall, Mrs Gray, Mrs. w
A. McCarter, Mrs w. W. kitchen.
Miss Daisy Neil, DR.. Irene Nye, Miss
Stella Olcott, Miss Merle Fowler, Miss
Annabel Garvey Miss Annetta Nicoll,
Miss Winifred Burch, Miss Ruth
Leonard, Miss Florence Dice, Miss
Charlotte Leavitt, Miss Helen Brig
ham, Miss Margaret Welcome, Miss
Ruth Woodford, Miss Gladys Dough-
erty, Miss Katherine Dolman, Miss AL
len and Miss Guenn Gosard,
The date of the wedding of Miss
Sara Roark, of Junction City. and Mr..
Ike Lambert, of Emporia, whose en-
gagement has been announced, is set
for Saturday, April II, and will take
place in Junction City.
Miss Roark is now in Topeka Wis
iting Miss Jessie Jones, at her home
in Topeka avenue !.
The Monday Bridge club will meet
Paxton. S15 West Tenth avenue
Mr.. H. A. Perry gave dinner par
ty Friday night at his home in Taylor
street, for about twenty of his friends
who are prominent professional and
business men of Topeka.
Mrs T. ]. Myers gave a house par
ty this week for friends from Kansas
City. Her guests, who returned home
today, were: Mrs. C. E. Foote, Mrs.
George M. Myers, Mrs. P. B. Perry,
Mrs. Ferd Champion and Mrs. w. H.
Ehlers.
At the last meeting of the Nine
teenth Century club, it was decided
that the club should meet for an all
day session to make bandages, bin
ders, etc, for the wounded soldiers in
the European war. The meeting for
wi he
April Is, at the home of Mrs. D. p.
Paxton, Bic West Tenth avenue. The
meeting will begin at $3.50 o'clock in
the morning and will continue all
o'clock. The Federation women had
a sewing day for the soldiers this
week at the home of Mrs. D. J. Hath
away. -.
The Nineteenth Century club has
elected officers for the coming year.
They are: Mrs Hathaway, president;
Mrs. Herbert G. West, vice president;
Mrs. c. G. Colburn, treasurer, and
Miss Alice Scott, secretary.
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The event of chief Importance, mu-
sically and socially. this spring will be
the musical festival to be given the
last week in April by the Topeka Mu-
steal Art society. The society has |
been organized on new business ba- |
sis, with Mr.. Scott Hopkins. well I
known and we'll liked business man of |
to be one of the best assets of the |
city in cultural way.
The festival is to be given April &c |
and % in the auditorium. The Min |
neapolis Symphony orchestra, which |
is known one of the really great |
musical organizations of America, will |
be in Topeka to furnish music for the |
festival. The chorus of Topeka voices
will sing. and the soloists who will be |
engaged for the event are: Marie Sun
delius, soprano; Alma Beck, contralto;
Albert Lindquist, tenor; Marion Green,
baritone.
The days of the festival are Monday
Tuesday afternoon the Minneapolis |
Symphony orchestra will give concerts
conducted by Emil Oberhoffer. Tues
day night the Musical Art Society cho-
rus of $50 voices, the four soloists, and /
the Minneapolis orchestra, conducted |
by Dean Horace Whitehouse, will give |
Verdi's Requiem.
The chorus, which made decidedly |
favorable impression in the Messiah |
last December, has been rehearsing |
the Requiem ever since the Messiah
was given, and the chorus is larger |
than it was at that time.
The officers of the society are: Mr. |
Hopkins, president; Mr.. w. ". Dea-
con. vice president; Mr.. Sheriff.
Smith, secretary; Mr.. A. L. Van Ant
werp, treasurer; Mr.. H. J. Jungk Ii |
brarian; Mr.. Phil Eastman, business
S. Gleed, Mrs. j. v. Rowles, Miss Jen-
ME Blinn, Mr.. w. w. Bowman, Mr. |
David Bowie, Mr.. E. L. Copeland and |
Mr.. o. E. Hunt
The mana gers who have the details |
of the affair in charge are planning to
have the seats in the parquet of the |
!