The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-09

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MI and Mrs. H. I. Green and their
son, Mr.. Francis Green, of UrDana,
Illinois, viii! arrive next week to visit
Mrs Green's parents, MI. and Mrs
P. J. Clevenger, and her sister, Mrs
Robert Fullerton and Mr.. Fullerton.
The Clevengers are planning some
parties to be given while Mr.. and Mrs
Green are with them Mr.. and Mrs.
Clevenger will give a dinner party
one evening, and Mrs. CIevenger will
entertain at a tea at the Country club.
The dates for the parties are not ar
ranged.
part of the summer with his grand
parents in Topeka a few years ago, is
a student in the Western Military
school, of Upper Alton. near st. Louis.
Mo.
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Mr.. and Mrs Pendleton Miller and
their baby will leave the first of next
week for Chicago, where they will
make their home. They will live in
Oak Park. Mrs. Miller. before her
marriage, was Miss Dorothy Gleed,
and is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Willis Gleed.
Mrs. Harry Wolf will entertain her
sewing club Wednesday of next week.
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Mrs. George P. Guernsey of indie
pendence. state regent of the Kansas
branch of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, is spending some
time in Chicago, as the guest of Mrs.
honor guest at a reception given by
the Chicago chapter of the D. A. R.
Mrs. Guernsey is a candidate for
| the office of president general of the
D. A. r. Her many friends in To-
peka will be interested to know that
her candidacy is meeting with favor
in many of the large cities.
A pleasant outdoor party of the
season was given by Mrs. Charles
| Mitchell Thursday at Lakeview. Her
guests were members of the U and
club.
Miss Mabel Marsh and Mr.. Samuel
Legler will be married tonight at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Marsh, by the Rev. Mr.
c. w. Marlin of the Highland Park
Methodist church. The wedding mu-
ter of Russell, Kan The bridesmaid
will be Miss Mildred Marsh, the
brides sister, and Mr.. Legler has
chosen Mr.. Richard Ahlstrom as his
best man. The bride was graduated
from Washburn college last year. Miss
Mildred Marsh is one of the graduates
this year.
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their daughter. Alice, will go to Kan
sas City Saturday to attend the we'd
ding of Miss Alice McEntire and Mr..
George Glazier. Miss McEntire has
visited in Topeka, and has friends
here. She is the sister of the maid
of honor at the marriage of Miss Mar
cha Field and DR.. Warren E. Jeffrey.
which took place in Kansas City the
first part of the week.
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| following young men at dinner for her
son, Mr. Thomas Dewey: Mr.. John
Troxell, Mr.. George Rourke. Mr..
Charles Hoyt, Mr.. Paul Young, Mr..
were pink and white, and a bowl of
pink roses formed the centerpiece Tor
the table.
The marriage of Miss, Edna
Ekstrom, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles NJ. Ekstrom. to Mr.. Rus
sell B. Hickox, took place Wednesday
evening at O'Clock at the home of
the brides parents, 2OS Huntoon
street. The service was read by the
Rev. G. K. Hartman, in the presence
of the members of the two families.
There were no attendants. The brides
dress was of white taffeta and silk
thread lace and the bridal bouquet
was of sunburst roses, lilies of the val
ley and sweet peas.
Both ana T11ChOA dAS SIdO
yates of the Topeka high school. Mr..
Hickox is now connected with the In
ternationaI Harvester company. Aft
er a wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Hckox
will be at home, July 1, at 21O Hun
toon street.
Mrs. H H Hazlett will entertain her
club Wednesday afternoon of next
week.
Two noted war paintings are being
exhibited at the Warren M. CROSBY
store. The pictures were placed on
exhibit Monday, and will be shown
next week and the remainder of this
week.
In the annex of the store is the
painting, 1.-The Red Cross Letter. by
| Ella Gray Reed of Manchester, Eng
| land, who at one time lived in Toron-
to, Canada, and then returned to Eu-
rope and studied art in Paris. She
still lives in that city. The canvas
on exhibit in Topeka was made in
Bordeaux, from sketches made in
| Brussels 1t is eight and half by
| ten feet in size, and is valued at SAL
! 900. The picture is appealing and ar
tistic, and graphically depicts the
/ burdens and sorrows which the war
! is inflicting on the poor of Europe
! The peculiar gray tone that dominates
the picture, harmonizing the other
| colors, is characteristic of the French
school of painting, and indicates the
! influence of that school upon the art
/ ist There is much carefully worked
out detail in the painting that does
not detract from the solidity of the
work as a whole. The coarse, black
homemade furniture tell the story of
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