The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

Riggs of Emporia, Miss Winifred
Emary, Miss Elizabeth Merrell, Miss
Gladys Kemper, Miss Lucille Gilmore,
Miss Esther Lauterbach, Miss Helen
Rhinebach, Miss Marjorie Middaugh,
Miss Lillian Ford of Della, Kan. Miss
Alena Philbin, Miss Helen Crawford,
Miss Hazel Rucker, Miss Frances
beth Edison, Miss Alice Rice. Miss
Merle Rucker, Miss Maude McVey.
Miss Alpha Kerphie, Miss Mary
Weightman, Miss Helen Officer, Miss
Louise Brown, Mr.. Clayton Patterson
of Emporia, Mr.. Dick Gilmore, Mr.. Phil
Lockwood, Mr.. Lee r. Samuels, Mr..
Waldo Haywood, Mr.. Raymond Hemp
hill of Kansas City, Mr.. Harry Lorts.
Mr. Curtis Whitney, Mr.. Davis, Mr..
Virgil Lawrence, Mr. Joe Hull. Mr..
C. Webb. Mr.. Paul Faulkner. Mr.. L.
Osborne, Mr.. Earl Moore, Mr.. Hugh
Nichols, Mr.. Major Click, Mr.. Bud
Tomlinson, Mr.. Phil Smith, Mr.. Glen
Willard, Mr.. Arthur Mold.
The department of literature of the
Topeka Federation of Women will
meet Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. F. A. Derby, in
Western avenue and Ninth street.
Mrs. S. S. Estey and Mrs Herbert
Armstrong will have charge of the
be Tagore and Omar Khayyam. Re
sponse to roll call will be quotations
from either of those writer's.
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Mr.. Hubbard of New York will give
two operalogues Monday afternoon at
the high school auditorium, at $3.50
o'clock, the Love of the Three Kings
and Haensel and Gretel In the even
ing he will present Monna Bonna.
The Haensel and Gretel story has
been called the Peter Pan of grand
opera. The music is by Humperdinck.
1t is a fairy opera, built on the Grimm
tale of Babes in the Wood, and was
first suggested to the composer to
amuse his sisters children. The story
is of two German children, Hans and
Gretchen. who are sent to the woods
to gather Strawberries, and get lost.
The sandman finds the children and
sings them to sleep, while angels and
fairies watch over them. They are
awakened by the dew man and go to
get breakfast at the house of a witch
who plans to eat them. The story of
their escape and the destruction of the
witch Will be interesting to children.
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/ The music contest by high school
students to be given at the Orpheum
| theater Monday Tuesday and WedneS-
day evening, in connection with the
play "Silas Mariner" is attracting a
great deal of attention, and among
those who have entered the contest
are: Miss Juliette Hughes, violin;
| Miss Margaret Rust, voice; Miss Inez
Horner, piano; Mr.. Dean Van Ness,
voice. Some of the judges who have
consented to serve are Dean and Mrs.
Horace Whitehouse, Miss Mildred
Hazelrigg, Miss Jennie Blinn and Mrs
George H. Parkhurst. The judges will
not all sit for all the performances,
but will act in turn, some of them
judging for one evening and some for
| another.
prizes are: The Edison company, the
Bank of Topeka, the Palace Clothing
/ company, Warren M Crosby Co, the
Santa Fe Watch company, and the To-
peka State Journal.
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| Mr.. and Mrs. E, c. Winters enter
tained their bridge club Friday night
at the last meeting of the season The
members are: Dr. and Mrs Forrest
Kutz, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Partridge
Mrs. Harold Rankin, Mr.. and Mrs
David Page, and Mr.. and Mrs. Win
tiers.
The stage struck girl never believes
the part of an actors biography which
declares his success was owing to his
capacity for patient drudgery, the
.
doesn't see what drudgery there is
about it. even after she has been to
rehearsal for the amateur show ir
which she stars. But the company
that goes to rehearsal these days dowr
at the ]. r. Shelton home, are learning
a little about rehearsa1s for they are
being trained by a professional actor
and manager, Mr.. George Shelton, OF
New York. And at that, the rehear-
sails are much less rigorous than they
| ever are for professional companies
Mr.. Shelton, the son of Mr.. and Mrs
J. r. Shelton, has been in New York
for several years. and has been en-
gagged in the work of theatrical mana
ger for some of the important New
| York producers, and in addition to hi:
managerial work, he has been doins
some acting. He has managed plays
for Belasco. with that infinite atten-
ton to minor details that characterizes
the great Belasco productions. and he
has been with other well known the
atrical men. And now that the season