The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-15

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is made with little coatee worn over
| coat which are the extensions on the
sides are trimmed with pendant GRO
chet balls. A narrow belt emerges
from beneath the side pockets at front
and back and is closed with a buckle
covered with the material
A spring party introducing an east
ern visitor, Miss Frances Chase of
day afternoon by Mrs. J. c. Gafford
and Mrs Harold Chase, at Mrs. CAT
fords home in Topeka avenue. Miss
Chase is a sister of Mr.. Harold Chase,
and is spending a few weeks visiting
in Topeka. During her visits here she
has made many friends
The tea yesterday was the first large
and formal party given at the Gafford
home since the house was remOdeled.
The house, while large and somewhat
imposing to the view, has an inviting
and homelike appearance. Its exter-
ior is a grey Stucco with moss green
tile roof, many sunny windows and
wide veranda, and it is surrounded by
a big lawn that is bordered with
spring blossoms.
The wide hall which runs through
the house from west to east was dec
GRATED for the party yesterday in pink
rambler roses and snapdragonS in tall
vases. The drawing room, which is
finished in dull green, was adorned
with spirea, yellow snapdragons and
white roses. The dining cocln, which
is handsomely finished in gold ard
brown and furnished in yellow oak
was decorated with yellow as the pre-
dominating color. In the center Of
the table was a bank OF moss, scat
tered with yellow and purple pansies,
and rising from the center of the bank
was a group of yellow jonquils and
purple iris. On the sidebnaru vas an
arrangement of iris and daffodils,
each stem in a crystal tube. forming
trunk and branches like a miniature
tree. In the hall, between the dining
room and library, jonQuils were ar
ranged above the mantel. The Ii
brary, a room of large dimensions, has
its walls done in tan burlap, and the
low bookcases and the furnishings are
of mahogany. Here and there in the
room were green covered boxes Of
blooming red tulips. and on the book
cases and tables were bouquets of spi-
rea and jonquils. The floors and
stairways are covered with Oriental
rugs, and the hangings throughout tie
house are rich and artistic
Mrs. GaffOrd, who stood first in line
to receive the guests, was gowned in
white satin yelled in silver cinoroid-
cred chiffon. Mrs. Chase wore a
lowered taffeta in Dresden coIors
yelled with white lace. The lace of
the bodice was combined with Il wide
soft girdle of blue satin. Miss Chase's
costume was cream lace draped over
white satin. The three receiving wo-
men wore bouquets of purple orchids
Those who were invited to assist
during the afternoon were: Mrs
Harrison Morgan, Mrs. M. c. Ham
matt, Mrs. Jonathan Thomas, Mrs. J.
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Mrs. S. S. Estey Mrs. John r. Shell
ton, Mrs. George w. Parkhurst, Mrs.
William T. Crosby. Mrs. Theodore D.
Hammatt, Mrs. Frank D. Merriam,
Mrs. c. B. Merriam, Mrs. Arthur Cap
per, Mrs. George NJ. Crawford, Mrs
w. n. West, Mrs. B. F. Akers. Mrs.
Guilford Dudley, Mrs. Charles Brooks
Thomas, Miss Mary Burnett. Miss
Ethel Chase, Miss Edith Connell and
Miss Dorothy Sproat
Mrs. Hammatt wore a let robe over
a foundation of white satin Mrs
Jonathan Thomas, who sat at the ia
bic and did the pouring n part of the
afternoon, was gowned IN black lace
made over foundation of white, and
worn with a large bouquet of lilies Of
the valley. Mrs. Crosby was gowned
In grey taffeta with an invisible
check, figured with small pink flow
ers, and trimmed with lace. The ruff
fled skirt had a short drapery of net
Mrs. Guilford Dudley wore a gown of
pink pussy willow taffeta, with
flounces of white lace, and at the back
was sash in shades of blue and pink
Mrs John Shelton wore a gown of
brocaded satin in flesh color Mrs
Frank Merriam's gown was of pale
blue satin, with the girdle and upper
part of the skirt of chiffon in an ORR
entail floral design, and frosted with
silver trimming. Her corsage bouquet
was of rose colored sweet peas. Mrs.
Parkhurst wore an embroidered crepe
gown of gold cloth, with bodice of
chiffon figured in shades of blue and
gold and trimmed with gold lace. Mrs.
Carol Merriam wore a toilette of pale
blue chiffon broadcloth with bodice of
blue chiffon. The deep girdIe was of
white lace and silver beading, and
white chiffon, edged with silver en-
broidered blue velvet, draped the bod
ice and the upper part of the skirt.
Mrs. b. F. AkerS wore a costume of
sand colOred silk combined with black
chantilly lace. The skirt was made of
flounces of the silk and lace, and the
bodice was close fitting and came to a
point at the front and back after the
fashion of the Victorian models.
Miss Ethel Chase. a pretty, dark
eyed, pink-cheeked debutante of the
season, wore gown of soft white silk.
Her cOrSage was of red roses laid on
a small fan of ostrich feathers. Miss
Edith Connell wore bright green taft