The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05

wine red, and on the walls are some
rare tapestries of the period in which
/ the room is furnished
The dining room, which opens from
the hall at the north of the drawing
room, showed a decoration of spring
flowers. lilies of the valley and pink
snap dragons. In the center of the
table was low Dutch silver vase
filled with the lilies, and over the fire
1 place were bouquets of snap dragons
The room is furnished in blue and sill
Yer. TIE blue velvet hangingS are
| trimmed with silver, and in the cabi-
nets and on the sideboards are pieces
| of massive silverware. Silver vases
| held the bouquets through the room.
The mantel is massive piece OF
carved stone, with a frieze above it,
which is a copy of a section of the
! famous Donatello masterpiece. The
| furniture there is of Flemish oak.
The library, which opens from the
hall on the right, is furnished in ma
hogany. Carved over the wide fire
place are the words, MY library is a
dukedom large enough Mr.. Dillon
books, and among them some rare old
editions. The decorations for the
room were purpule and white iris and
| masses of spirea.
| Across the front of the house is the
sun parlor, in which hang ferns and
blooming plants Covering the wall
| is trellis covered with vines and
| flowers. In the center is a fountain
ted up with rugs and chairs.
AT the north of the house is newly
constructed pergola, and beneath it is
small gold fish pond.
The second floor of the house was
open to the guests also The guest
room is Louis Sieze apartment, with
blue carpet and hangings, and furni-
ture of carved ivory. Another of the
upstairs rooms is of the period of the
First Empire. Raised figures of dull
gold adorn the mahogany pieces, and
the furniture is a copy of the rooms
in the official residence of Napoleon
First. Another of the apartments is in
Colonial style, with canopied' bed and
heavy, old furniture. The nursery
on the second floor is a large room in
white. In the upper hall are many
paintings copies Of some of the best
pictures in the famous galleries of
Europe. and number of excellent
originals. The family portraits are
hung in the library
Mrs. H. p. Dillon, who stood at the
head of the receiving line wore
white taffeta gown. yelled in white of
hllet and Japanese embroidery. The
guest of honor, Miss Helen Smith,
chiffon and silk, with a touch of
black in the trimming. She wore a
corsage bouquet of pink and white
roses. Mrs. Wheeler was gowned in
a soft green silk made over a green
crepe, with low cut bodice Mrs. J.
F. Dillon was gowned in white taffeta
yelled in silver net. The bodice COM
bined lace with the material of the
gown and bolero of brocaded silk. The
founceS of net were edged with mar
row black velvet ribbon.
During the hours of the party Miss
Ona May Miller of Kansas City PLAYED
selections on the harp.
One of the charming features of the
party was the part taken by the two
little girls, Margot Dillon, the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Dillon, and
a X he doI oh fnv OF
and Mrs. J. P. Deb. Kaye. They car
ried little Marie Antoinette baskets,
tied with tulle to match the color of
the ribbons worn by the little girls
spring flowers, given the guests as IA
vors. The girls wore white embroid
cred gowns, and Margot Dillon wore
pink ribbons, and Margaret Kaye, blue
The hostesses asked the assistance
of the following friends: Mrs. M. C.
Hammatt, Mrs. A. A Robinson, Mrs.
w. r. Smith, Mrs. NJ. A Low, Mrs.
spaugh, Mrs. Guilford Dudley. Mrs.
J. p: Deb. Kaye, Mrs. Chester Wood
ward, Mrs. David w. Mulvane, Mrs.
Eugene Sallee, Mrs. Albert T. Reid,
Miss Meta Robinson and Miss Helen
Estey.
Mrs. Albert T. Reid will be hostess
at a meeting of her bridge club Fri
n.
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Cyrus Mccormick III, of Chicago,
son of the president of the Interna-
tiona1 Harvester Corporation and heir
to the big part of the Mccormick mil
lions, has determined to learn the bus |
mess his grandfather founded and will
start at the bottom. The bottom will |
probably be some place in Kansas. He
expects to be sent somewhere in this
state, probably Wichita, but the town
of vat oh TI,fe NJ
Cormick man has lately married, his
bride being formerly a Miss Dorothy
Linn, a Chicago heiress and society
woman. They have lately returned
from their wedding trip to Spain, and
are being much Toasted and otherwise |
in Chicago before their |
leave for the outer edge of existence. |
From what one reads of the young |
bridegroom, threshing machines and |
steam plows have about as much at
traction for him as putting the cat out !
at nights and seeing that the milk
ticket is in the pail for the next morn
ing-which is none at al
Mrs. Hal Hazlett will entertain her |
bridge club Thursday afternoon, at |
her home in Fillmore street
Mrs. D. P. Paxton will entertain |
Thursday afternoon, com |
plimentary to Mrs A c. Wilbur, of |
West Newton Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs Newton and their son,
Mr.. Charles Newton, arrived in To- |
peka Tuesday to visit their Topeka |
friends, and are house guests of Mr.. |
and Mrs. G. o. Knowles. They spent |
the winter in California, and are now
on their return to their home. The |
family formerly Y lived e in J. Topeka,
The members of the art class of |
Mrs. c. F. Menninger were entertain |
ed by Mrs. Robert Coppedge at her |