The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-08

oyster cocktail to the iced roses and
ambrosia.
suburban garden that attracts
great many of the town people for
visits during the season is the one be-
longing to Mrs. A. j. Mackey, whose
home is near Gage park, at Eleventh
lots given entirely to flower gardening.
and she is not one of those who does
her gardening by proxy. She gives
a great deal of time and personal at
tention to her flowers, plans and
plants her garden and cares for it.
She has a rotation of flower and
shrubs, which begin blooming early in
the spring and continue until late in
the autumn.
AS a background she has a row of
sl.irea bushes for the early blossoming,
and succeeding them are rows % tho
old fashioned hollyhocks. A bed of
flowers just finished blooming, was
ablaze with peoples in red, yellow,
lavender and other colors. A crescent
bed of verbenas are in their glory just
now, and the old time zinnias are in
full bloom. A bed of solid pink YER.
benas is now blossoming. group of
coreOpsis forms a bright bit Ct color
and next to it. the brown-eyed Susan
ogles the visitors. In corner on
the east side of the house bloom the
Stars of Bethlehem. and near by are
beds of violets. Geranium, phloX and
cockscomb are among the flowers that
brighten the garden in midsummer.
A wild flower. called the Maltese Cross
has been transplanted from the woods,
and produces, under cultivation,
larger and sturdier blossom. A row of
sweet peas produces a prodigious
number of large, long-stemmed bios
SONS under Mrs. Mackey's care. The
driveway is bordered with iris, and
there are roses of many varieties in
their season.
Picnic parties are entertained fire.
quently at the Mackey home, and
friends of the Mackey children find
the place a 'chiggerless'' dream as
the scene of summer parties.
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Rafael Navas. the eminent Spanish
pianist, will visit Topeka Friday, July
IA, to meet and confer with anyone in
terested in advanced pianoforte study.
Mr. Navas has been a soloist with
famous orchestras, Lamoureux of
Paris, and the Minneapolis Symphony,
and others. He is catalogued both IN
Europe and America as one of the
great pianists of the day He will be
at the Daniel Muller School of Music
Friday, and anyone wishing to call on
him may see him there after O'Clock
in the afternoon, or can phone to him
at PISS.
Mr. Navas will give concert lecture
Friday night at the Muller school. his
subject being the Standardization of
piano teaching.
The coming of Mr.. Navas means an
opportunity for Topeka pianists with
at less expense than to visit the larger
cities sor some musical center.
The Standardization of music teach
ing and of credits for the study of
music are receiving attention by edu-
cational authorities throughout the
country. Recognizing the demand for
teachers qualified to supervise credited
courses, Conservatives, universities
and teachers are introducing courses
based on the system of Progressive
Series, of lessons. system devised and
edited by Leopold Godowsky. a leading
musician of America. Mr.. Navas holds
the position of state examiner for the
course and can explain it to teachers,
advanced students, or parents who
may be interested
Mr. Navas will probably be ngaged
to spend a day each week in the
Muller school as teachers teacher.
Mr.. Muller anpounces that Miss Caro-
lyn Lovewell, who is a graduate pupil
of Madame Lunde Souther. will be as
sistant voice teacher at his school. The
head of the voice department has not
been definitely decided upon. but ar
engagements will probably be made for
the coming of a man from the east, to
have charge of the voice work at the
school. Mr.. George Nyman will give
cornet lessons at the school, and Miss
Helen Phipps, who is at the head of
the violin department, will also teach
the cello.
The building in which the school is
located, which is the L. NJ. Crawford
former residence in Clay street. has
been remodeled to suit the needs of
the institution. On the lower floor arc
two large audience rooms for recitals
which are divided into a studio and
waiting room for the daily work. The
school office is located in the front
hall. and Miss Esther Payne has her
practice room also on the first floor. |
On the second floor are the violin