The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-20

charge of the entertainment were:
Mrs. F.. E. Vest. Mrs. Fisk and Mrs.
tainment was given by Miss Edna BELL,
Miss Laura Neiswanger, Miss Marian
LerrigO and Miss Florence Fair. Miss
Fair gave a whistling solo, and Mr..
Ed Fox told some dialect stories.
Mrs. w. A. Johnston and Mrs Henry
F. Mason were hostesses at q tea FRI
day afternoon at the Johnston home,
Elmwood Place. West sixth avenue.
The party was In honor OF the wives
of the legislators. and the special
guests OF honor were the wives Of four
Of the newly elected state officers
They were Mrs. Arthur Capper, the
governors wife. Mrs. w. Y Morgan,
lieutenant governors wife, Mrs. john
Marshall and Mrs. John Dawson, wives
OF the newest members Of the supreme
court.
The jitney transportation service
that has recently come into use in To-
peka. was the means by which many
guests defied the storm and mud, and
went to the party. Mrs. Johnston.
who is the wife Of the chief justice Of
the supreme court. entertains well and
often. There il no house in town
more frequently opened to receive
large numbers OF guests, formally or
informally, than hers. She stood at
the head Of the receiving line yester-
day to welcome the callers. She was
gowned in cream white satin combined
with lace. The skirt and bodice were
draped with white lace net. and the
corsage bouquet was OF jonquils and
lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Mason, the wife Of one OF the
associate justices of the supreme
court and a popular member of Off
cial circles, wore gown of mahog-
any crepe meteor. The skirt was made
with an overdrape Of black net edged
with fur. and the material of the
bodice was combined with gold lace
edged with fur. Her bouquet was of
roses and lilies of the valley. Mrs.
Capper wore blue-gray crepe meteor
with metal trimming Of gold embroid-
cred net, yelling the skirt and bodice.
Mrs. Marshall wore white crepe de
chine, trimmed with lace and net.
Mrs. Dawson's gown was a sand col
ored satin yelled In bronze chiffon.
In the dining room an attractive
decoration of red and white was used.
In the center OF the table was a large
carnations, tied with red tulle. The
lights were shaded with red.
Those who poured coffee during the
afternoon were Mrs. M. A. Low, Mrs.
M. c. Hammatt. Mrs. A. A. Robinson
and Mrs. Charles Curtis. The girls
who assisted in the dining room and
at the punch table in the library were:
Miss Mary -1acLennan, Miss Winifred
Greene, Miss Effie Page. Miss Ger
trude Gray, Miss Guenn GODDARD. Miss
Bcrnice Emahizer, Miss Altha Wat
son. Miss Juliette Brown and Miss
Beth Thompson.
During the afternoon some read
ings were given by Mrs. Joseph p.
Hicks and Miss Ceora Lanham. Mrs.
Hicks gave two Aunt Jane" stories.
Aunt James Album and Aunt Jane on
Woman Suffrage. Miss Lanham, who
is a reader and has done some writ
ing in a professional way, gave The
Blackberry Story and A Half Hour in
the Beach. :.
Mrs. Clad Hamilton. one Of the as
draped with black Spanish lace. The
girdle was of green and the collar Of
gold lace. She wore a cOrsage bOu-
Quet Of violets. Mrs. Low wore q
peach colored satin trimmed with
duchesse lace. Mrs. Hammatt wore
Davis wore a blue brocaded velvet
gown. with the material of the bodice
combined with beaded lace. Mrs.
Noble Prentis was gOwned in black
satin with the upper part Of the bod
ice of white crepe meteor and lace.
{ trimned with jet and lace. and there
was side trimming on the bodice OF
silver embroidered net.
Mrs. Robert Stone wore taupe vel
vet with sleeves and yoke of chiffon
of the same shade. The bodice was in
jacket effect, with a square cut cape
hanging from the shoulders to the
waistline. Miss Clara Francis wore
blue brocaded crepe, combined with
white net and lace.
Those who were asked to assist
Trough the rooms were: Mrs. Rous-
seau A. Burch. Mrs. Silas Porter, Mss.
]. s. West Mrs. ]. T. Botkin, Mrs
Earl Akers. Mrs. w. E. Davis, Mrs
F. M. Brewster, Mrs. w. d. Ross
Mrs. Carey E. Wilson. Mrs. w. c. Aus
tin. Mrs. c. 1. Martin. Mrs. Robert
Stone. Mrs. D. M. Valentine, Mrs. Clad
Hamilton. Mrs. Herbert Armstrong
Mrs. Q. L. Moore. Mrs. Charles SEES
sions, Mrs. S. s. Estey, Mrs. Frank p.
MacLennan, Mrs: w. A. McCarter
Miss Clara Francis. Mrs. Albrecht
Marburg. Mrs. F. w. Watson, Mrs
George Parkhurst. Mrs. Howard John
ston, Mrs. De White c. Nellis, Mrs
Charles Albert Phillips of Seattle
wash. Mrs. Luther Burns, Mrs. ]. c.
Emahizer. Mrs. A. A. GODDARD, Mrs
David w. Muivane and Mrs. Noble
Prentis.
Those who attended the Varsity
club dance Friday night at Kellam
hall were: Miss Mabel Kingsley. Miss
veda Hodgson. Miss Ruth Rooster
Miss Helen Guild. Miss Louise Bell
Miss Helen Cook. Miss Mildred Mills
Miss Erma Erickson. Miss May Tom
linson. Miss Faye Williams, Miss
Maud Hawley, Miss Marguerite Settler
Miss Adelaide Johnston, Miss Marie
Cowgirl. Miss Royalga Geer, Miss Lois
Lindsey. Miss Louise Culver, Miss
West. Miss Violet Crumbine, Miss
Helen Welty. Miss Frances Perry
Miss Isabel Savage. Miss Ruth Raster
Miss Antoinette West, Miss Maude Nc.
vey, Miss Ruth Graham, Mr.. Joe
Haynes. Mr.. Bob Ward, Mr.. Johr
March, Mr.. Warren Humphrey, Mr. J
SWitzer, Mr. Oufnlan Mr. Taona r.