The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-30
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ten days for a trip east. She will go
to Pittsburg, Pa. and will visit friends
in that city. She and some of her
| friends will motor from Pittsburg to
Princeton, n. J.
Mr. Elliott Porter and Mr.. Dick
Porter, the sons of Mr.. Justice and
Mrs. Silas Porter, will graduate this
spring from Princeton University Mr.
Elliott Porter finishes the theological
seminary in connection with the uni
versity the first week in May, and was
ordained to the Presbyterian ministry
this week. During the summer sea-
sons in the past few years he has had
charge of mission parishes in Canada
Mr.. Dick Porter will complete the reg
| ular collegiate course at Princeton in
June. Mrs. Porter has not decided
whether or rot she will remain in
Princeton for commencement in June
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burn college endowment campaign,
just closed, gave an informal party
Thursday night for Mr.. Robert Stone,
at his country place west of town. Mr.
Stone acted as chairman of the cam
paign, and in recognition of. his eff
cient service, a number of those in
terested in the success of the cam
paign presented to Mr.. Stone a hand
some Spanish leather chair, and took
it to his home last night. Mr.. E. W.
Rankin presented the gift, and Mr..
Stone responded. He spoke feelingly
of the work of those who had helped
in the campaign, and especially of the
efforts of Dean D. L. McEachron, the
acting president of Washburn.
Among those who made up the
party at the Stone home last night
were: Mr.. and Mrs Stone, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Elliott, Mr. and Mrs.
Rankin, Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Moore,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Cobb, Mr.. J. Willis
Gleed. Professor E. D. Schonberger
and Mr.. W. W. Webb.
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The regular weekly story telling
hour at the Topeka city library satur-
sections tomorrow. The boys and
girls from ten to fifteen years of age,
will meet to listen to the stories from
from 1890 to II o'clock, and the chill
dren from five to ten years of age,
will have their hour from IL to 1870
O'Clock.
The festival of May Day will be
recognized in the stories told. Miss
Louise F. Field, who has been telling
the children stories at the library, will
tell stories compiled by Miss Frances
Olcott, who was the founder of the
Childrens Library Training school at
the Carnegie library in Pittsburg, Pa,
and the best authority on childrens
stories in the country. By special re-
quest from good many of the chill
dren the Good Wolf story will be told
tomorrow. This is story recently
published by the American School
Peace league.
"A
was given Thursday afternoon by the
Rev. Mr.. G. A. DoddS and Mrs. Dodds,
a their home. 922 Clay street, in COM
pliment to their house guest, Mrs
The guests asked to meet Mrs. Dickey
were the women of the Reformed
Presbyterian church of Topeka. Mrs.
Dickey sat at the table and poured
tea.
The Dodds home is an uncommonly
interesting place, by reason of it's ORR
entail furnishings and arrangements.
Mr.. and Mrs Dodds lived for years
in Asia Minor in the Turkish empire,
wherC they were engaged in mission
work Their rugs and curtains and
much of their furniture comes from
the Ancient East A pair of portieres
Damascus; their porch was enclosed
for the party yesterday with curtains
brought from the Island of Crete, and
a number of the old cities of Asia
have furnished articles in use in this
Topeka home. Spring flowers were
used to decorate the rooms of the
house.
About sixty guests called during the
hours OF the 2 F.
The Friday Bridge-Luncheon club
was entertained today by Mrs. A. T.
Lucas at her !. home :: in Fillmore :. street
The wedding of Miss Edwin May
Harwi and Mr.. Walter William Voight
OF Atchison was solemnized Wednes-
day morning at $50 o'clock in Trim
ity church by the Rev. Mr.. Otis Gray.
The ceremony was witnessed by the
immediate relatives of the bride and
bridegroom and some of their closest
friends. The bride wore her travelling
suit of navy blue gaberdine with hat
to match, and she carried a bouquet
of pink Russell roses. Chester Mize
played the wedding march. After the
ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Voight left for
q, After thew
will be at home in apartments belong
ing to Mrs. F. c. Harwi.
The marriage is the outcome of a
boy and girl love affair Both the
up in Atchison. The bride has a good
many Topeka friends, and Mr.. Voight
has met a number of Topeka people
in a business and social way.
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Mrs, George Pritchard will enter
tain her bridge club Friday of next
week at her country home.
The Minerva club will meet with
Mrs. Pritchard Monday of next week.
Miss Marguerite Dolan entertained
The members of the club are: Miss
Winifred Hartley, Miss Mildred Bow
man, Miss May Tomlinson, Miss Juli-
cite Brown, Miss Mary Weightman,
Gray, Miss Mary Fitzgerald and Miss
Dolan.
Mrs. F. c. Boltz gave a luncheon
for the members of the
NJ. w club and some other friends.
The decorations were spring flowers,
and the centerpiece for the dining
table was a basket of white lilacs.
Guests of the club were: Mrs. B. F.
Criswen, Mrs. r. I. johnson, Mrs. L.
Beard of Concordia, Mrs. c. L. Car
ter of Sterling, and Miss Zena Soho |
field of Erie, Colo. The club will meet |
in two weeks with Mrs. B. F. Clam |
mer, 1104 Monroe street.