The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-25

tumn dance frock. The sleeveless
over-bodice slopes below the waistline
in the new princess style, and the cir
cular skirt is scalloped at the foot.
1. i. j.
The Beta girls of Washburn col
lege gave an elaborate dinner party
Saturday night at the National hotel
for the rev girls at the college. The
table was decorated in pink roses, the
centerpiece being a large basket of
flowers and fern. Pink candles in sill
yer candlesticks were used to light the
table.
Mrs. Willis Coston and Mrs Alfred
A. Scott were hostesses at a tea Sat-
urday afternoon at Mrs. Coston's home
in Buchanan street. The minds of
anxious hostesses must have been
deeply gratified last week the warm
sunny days came and passed without
cloud or cold to disturb the serene set
ting for their entertainments.
The guests who called at the Co.'S
ton home Saturday were admitted by
two little girls, Jane Medlicott, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Med
licott, and Frances Esterly, the daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. D. E. Esterly. The
callers were presented to the receiv
ing women by Mrs. Silas Porter. Mrs.
Coston and Mrs. Scott stood to receive
their guests in the living room. Mrs.
Coston was gowned in black satin,
with bodice of black net and lace. She
wore a cOrSage bouquet of pink, roses.
Mrs. Scott wore black satin, with
bodice of black lace yelling white
satin. Her corsage was of roses and
lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Coston's daughter, Mrs. Wal
ter G. Sipe of Kansas City, formerly
Miss Corinne Coston, assisted, as di1
also Mrs Robert Air of Kansas City,
a niece of Mrs. Coston. Mrs. SCOTS
two daughters, Mrs. Russell Frost and
Mrs. Holmes Meade, both of Topeka
were among the assisting women. Mrs.
Shipe was gowned in green. taffeta,
draped with dotted green net, with a
corsage bouquet of red roses Mrs
Air was gowned in black. The foun-
dation was black satin with an over
dress, of lace. There was a panel of
white satin through the length of the
bodice and skirt, yelled with black
Frcst wore white crepe de chine, with
a trimming of Venetian lace. Mrs.
Meade wore her wedding gown of bri-
dal satin, lace and pearls.
In the living room, the mantel was
banked with ferns and roses. Chry-
santhemums were used throughout the
rooms open to the guests. In the dim
ing room. the centerpiece for the ia
BILE was of Sunburst roses. Mrs. E. E.
Anes, Mrs. Henry F. Mason, Mrs
Clarence Bowman and Mrs William
Macferran did the pouring. Mrs. Ames
was gowned in black lace, made over
black and white satin. The trimming
was of strands of jet. Mrs. Bowman
wore black in fine stripe, with drap
cry of black net and lace. Her bou
quet was of sweet peas. Mrs. Mason's
gowns was of midnight blue velvet,
with bodice of gold fibre lace. Mrs
Macferran wore deep lavender taffeta,
with the skirt made in tiers of
flounces, and a trimming of lace on
the bodice Mrs. Porter wore black
net yelling white taffeta and edged
with fur.
Mrs Siddell of Cleveland, Ohio. who
IS visiting her sister, Mrs. D. Z. Ester
ly was one of the callers. She was
gowned in grey. and her wide trimmed
hat of velvet, had a trimming of coral
colored ostrich around the crown
Mrs. w. D. Storrs, who was one of
the visiting women who ushered the
guests into the dining room, was
gowned in taffeta in changing shades
fro m pink to a dull flame color There
was a trimming of fine thread lace on
the bodice, and the skirt was in wide
flounces. Mrs. Roland Medlicott wore