The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-07

Mrs w A Morton was hostess at a
meeting of the Fillmore Street Whist
club this afternoon at her home in
West Tenth avenue. Guests for the
of Tulsa, Ok, Mrs. Charles Blood
Smith, and Mrs. Lee Redden Gordon
Those who played for absent mem
bers are: Mrs. Silas Porter, Mrs. Har-
old Chase and Mrs. Arthur Nichols.
Mrs. J. f. Morgan entertained
guests at a small, informal tea this
afternoon, complimentary to Mrs. Late
from Chicago, to join Mr.. Ressigue in
a permanent residence.
Mrs: Kurtz Kellam will entertain IN
formally Friday afternoon at her
home, 915 Fillmore street.
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Announcement has been made of
the engagement of Miss Helen Mitch
ell. the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. john
Francis Mitchell, to Mr.. Frank Ell
wood Miller of St. Louis, Mo.
The news was told to a group OF
Miss MitcheI's friends at a party Civ
en- by Mrs. Jack Campbell for the
members of her sewing club, and a
few other friends. During the lunch
con served TO the guests a wedding
cake was brought in, on which were
kewpies representing bride and
bridegroom. The kewpieS carried baS-
kets in which were cards bearing the
date of the wedding, which will be
Monday October %.
Miss Mitchell and Mr. Miller were
students together in the Topeka high
school. Later Mr.. Miller went to
Lawrence and was a student in the
Kansas State university, taking a
course in law. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. w. F. Miller of 709 Tyler
street.
The wedding probably will be held
at the Mitchell home, 1924 Harrison
street. Mr.. Miller and his bride will
make their home in St. Louis, where
Mr.. Miller has a position in the pur-
chasing department of the FRISCO
railroad.
The guests at the party yesterday
were: Miss Mitchell, her sister, Mrs.
Robert Thomas of Ray, Arizona, Mrs
Loe of Boerne, Texas, who is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs: J. H. Nc
Golf, Mrs. Ivan Dibble, Mrs. Frank
Southwick, Mrs. Russell Frost, Mrs.
Holmes Meade Mrs. William Collin
son, Mrs. Charles McKirahan, Mrs.
Walter Cannon, Hrs. Harry Wolf, Mrs.
Harry Warden. Miss Louise McGoff,
Miss June Mitchell and Miss May Hull.
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During the seasons that have
passed Topeka has had a great many
musical treats that, generally speak
ing, belong to the province of the
larger cities. This coming season,
which opens October 8 at the Grand
theater, will not only surpass the pre-
ceding ones, but set standard for
the years to come. When artists
like the great contralto, Louise Ho-
mer; Mischa Elman, the wizard of
the violin; F'rieda Hempel, the colo
nature soprano and Lambert Murphy,
the lyric tenor, appear in a city the
size of Topeka, all in one season.
surely some one has a high appre-
citation of the musical taste of the
people and that appreciation and
faith in the music lovers should be
justified by an unstinted patronage
Topeka is gradually forcing itself to
the front in the musical field of the
middle west. 1t is the proud possess
scr of a choral society and the ap-
pearance of artists like the above
mentioned cannot but help the work
of the local organization.
The credit for the present season
concerts belongs to Miss Myrtle Rad
cliffe, who is working constantly for
the success of the series. Herself
musician of more than ordinary abil-
ity, she IS enthusiastic over the work
of those who have achieved fame in
the musical world. She believes that
the masses should be given an OPP
portunity to hear and see the great
ones, and in putting her belief into
practice she assumes a financial bur-
den that bespeaks courage and I'M
bounded faith in concert-going soci-
ETY..
Frieda Hempei, the sensation of
the Metropolitan Opera company, will
be the first of the artists to appear