The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-15
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One of the events of Washburn col
lege commencement will be the pres
ident's reception to be held at the
White House on the college campus
O'Clock. President and Mrs. p r
Womer will receive the students and
faculty and alumni.
! Mr. and Mrs Fred Freeman have
returned from a two months "Trip TO
the South seas. They sailed from san
Francisco in March on the Great
Northern, and crossed the Pacific to
Hawaii. They landed at Diamond
Head, the famous port where the in
coming steamers are welcomed py
| bands playing the Hawaiian song, and
the natives who hang wreaths about
the necks of the tourists. They visited
/ the plantations on Oahu, the Isiand
on which Honolulu is situated, and
| spent some time in Honolulu. They
visited Waikiki beach, said to be the
| finest bathing beach known to trav-
elers, and they saw the mountains or
Haleiwa, the Nuuanu valley and the
| Nuuanu Pail cliff. one of the scenic
wonders of the world.
| Mrs. Charles Gaunt, of Chicago, for
merly of Topeka, is visiting Mrs. T. j.
Myers. She is being informally enter
tanned by her Topeka friends at small
affairs during her stay in the city She
will be guest of the Tuesday Bridge
Luncheon club which will meet We'd
nesday of this week. Mrs. Gaunt and
Mr.. and Mrs. Myers were dinner
guests of DIR. and Mrs. George Port
| Ashton last week. A small tea which
| Mrs. Myers had planned before Mrs.
! Gaunts arrival was not given on &C
| count of conflicting arrangements and
a report that she was entertaining
Sunday afternoon was incorrect.
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The Topeka Chapter of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution had
a meeting Saturday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. A. B. jeffrey. At the
business meeting the following Off
GERS were chosen: Mrs. G. G. Moore,
regent; Mrs. H. L. Peppmyer, vice re-
gent; Mrs. w. d. Ross, secretary; Mrs.
John r. Shelton. registrar; Mrs. Al
brecht Marburg, treasurer; Mrs. A M.
Petro, auditor; Mrs. NJ w. Labauch,
| historian. Mrs. A. H. Horton is hon
orary regent for life. The chapter en-
dorsed Mrs. Effie Van Tuyl, of Leav-
enworth as regent for the state chap
ter, to succeed Mrs. George Thatcher
| Guernsey, who is a candidate for the
office of president general of the ma
| tional order.
| The program for the afternoon in
cluded a paper on Old Quilts, by Mrs.
/ - u. bldh0iS- A nuH1DeT OIL QUITS
that are heirloomS in the families of
members of the D. A. r., were dis
| played. One of the quilts belonging
to Mrs. M. C. Hammatt, was made af-
ter Marsailles pattern, and was
about los years old. Miss Lillian Val
| entine showed an ole patch work quilt
made with trailing vines over it. Mrs.
katherine Lindsay Perkins had in the
collection a handsome embroidered
piece about $50 years old. Along with
some of the quilts were portraits of
| the women who made them Mrs. Jno
| Shelton showed a very old quilt that
was made by Harriet Seymour, New
| York woman of many accomplish
| ments, the granddaughter of Major
| General Patterson. and a great grand
daughter of Captain Lee of the French
| and Indian war, descended from the
| first Duke of Somerset, who traced his
ancestry directly to Alfred the Great
| The maker of the quilt was an aunt
of Mrs. N F. Handy, Mrs. Shelton's
| mother. Mrs. Fisk had in the display
a handsome quilt made in basket
pattern. Mrs. Blakely showed a table
cloth spun and woven by her grant
| mother Some very old wooden robes
were contributed to the exhibit by
Mrs. J. P. Raster and Mrs. John Brunt
Mrs. T. w. Allen displayed a rare old
guilt. Mrs: slagel showed eleven stars
| from Colonial flag of 8 stars. The
| flag was given to her great grand
| father, General Douglass. of the Revo-
lutionary war, by George Washington
The wooden coverlet lent to the dis.
| play by Mrs. Raster was made in
Pennsylvania, and woven in the border
was the name of Mrs. Kasters father,
j. Miller. The piece was especially
admired for its rare and beautiful
co1ors. Other wooden coverlets rang
ing in age from rs to $50 years, were
shown by Mrs. Saxon, Mrs. Root Mrs
Davis and Mrs. Reilly. Miss Valen-
tines quilt was of applique work. Mrs
Fisk's quilt was made by Harriet
Goodlow, the wife of Colonel Good
played was applique work done by
Sarah Hicks, the wife of Lieutenant
Colonel Hicks, of Dinwiddie. Virginia.
Miss Ward had in the exhibit some
samples of linsey worn by the slaves
before the war. She also showed some
hanks of flax and cotton which came
from an ancient loom in Virginia. A
few years ago Miss Ward visited her
ancestral home in Virginia and saw
the old looms in which was still some
/ material that had been left there when
the looms stopped many years ago.
Mrs. Blakely described the quilts in
her paper. and told of their makers,
and something of their history
Some articles that were given a good
deal of attention in the exhibit be-
longed to Mrs. NJ. c. Hammatt. Among
them was an invitation to a dinner at
the White House in Washington issued
in 1875 to Justice Cushing, one of the
the United States. who was a great
great uncle of Mrs. Hammatt. A
document bearing the signature of
George Washington was commission
to Justice Cushing. There was in
the collection some paper money of