The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-28

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Mrs George c. Pritchard enter
tanned the Topeka Avenue club at
luncheon and bridge today at her
ors for the party were yellow and
white, and the flowers used in dec
Grating were daffodils.
| Guests besides the members of the
club: Mrs. F. w. Watson, Mrs. George
Port Ashton, Mrs. H. A. Perry, Mrs
V. B. KistIer Mrs. Charles Wore and
Mrs. A. w. Bronson.
! Mrs. Frederick ]. Mckie, OF La
Junta, Colo, and Miss Eva Dewey, of
| Wichita, are visiting Mrs. Luther
Burns. Mrs Burns has asked few
| friends to call informally at her home
| Tuesday afternoon to greet her guests,
and Mrs. C. e Foote, of Kansas City,
| who is visiting Mrs. S. J. Myers. The
! guests will be a few of the old friends
| of the guests of honor. Mrs. McKie
and Mrs Foote formerly lived in To-
| peka, and Miss Dewey has frequently
| visited here.
/ The members of the Chancel Chap
! ter of Grace Cathedral gave a tea
/ Thursday afternoon at the home of
Miss Helen Spielman, in Tyler street.
| The party was given to make money
! for the work of the chapter. Articles
that the members made at their meet
/ ings during Lent were sold, and good
suma realized for them.
The Spielman family have recently
moved to their newly finished house,
and the guests were interested in go
| ing through the rooms. The house is
one of the pleasantest of the new
dwellings and is built after the most
approved style of the day. The We
/ randa is on the side of the house,
and the front entrance an unenclosed
flight of steps. The south part of the
house contains the large living room,
the dining room, and at the rear OF
the dining room, a sun parior. on
the north side is the kitchen and hall
| The sun parlor is hung with baskets
of ferns, and there are growing plants
in the room The furniture is green
wicker. The dining room was decor
ated for the party in spring flowers
j A large bouquet of tulips formed a
centerpiece for the table.
The front upper room is furnished
in ivory white and green. The light
shades are white. with tiny pink flow
er figures in them. Another room is
| furnished in mahogany, and there is
an ideal sewing room on the north.
Mrs Forrest Loveland sat at the
table and poured tea, and those who
assisted in the serving were Miss Hell
en- McC1intock, Miss Madeline Whit
ney, Miss Marjorie Whitney and Miss
Mamie Zahner. Others who presided
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guests were: Miss Spielman. Mrs
John Abrahams. Miss Helen Louise
/ Crosby, and Miss Virginia eade.
The Chancel Chapter will have
/ picnic supper for the members OF the
/ afternoon and evening divisions Tues
n day of next week at $50 o'clock in the
/ Guild parlOrs.
\ The chapter has issued a new cook
\ book of tested recipes, contributed by
some of the most competent house
have specialized in cookery. The book
is attractively bound in black and
white the combination so much IN
vogue at present
of white taffeta, with bodice and
sleeves of white net Miss McClin-
tock's dress was of white Georgette
crepe, the skirt being shirred ana
draped with a lace overskirt The
bodice was made with a bolero OF
absinthe green silk Miss Zahner wore
a grey taffeta, with a touch of old
rose in the trimming. Mrs. Love
land wore white lace and taffeta. Mrs
Charles Brooks Thomas wore suit of
blue taffeta- Mrs. Chester Woodward's
suit was of dull wisteria silk.
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The tenth annual sophomore hop
will be given tonight in the gymna-
SUM of the University of Lawrence A
| number of Topeka people, besides uni
versity students, will be guests. GOV
ernor and Mrs. Arthur Capper will go
| down for the party.
Before the dance reception will be
given for the governor and Mrs. Cap
per. Those who will stand in the re-
| ceiving line are Mr.. Linus Fitzgerald,
president of the class; Miss Dora
Lockett, Governor and Mrs. Capper,
Mr. Don Davis, hop manager, Miss
Margaret Holder, Chancellor and Mrs
Frank Strong, Mr.. E. G. Hackney, of
the board of administration, and Mrs.
Eustace Brown, adviser of women.
J Supper will be served from big ban
Quet tables arranged in the form of a
hollow square, and the guests will
dance in the square. Cabaret dancers
will do some character and ball room
dances during the serving of the sup
per. A short intermission between
dances will occur at midnight, and the
sophomore farce, entitled "Oh, Oh,
Oh will be given by cast of fifteen
students and twenty singers Miss
Maureen McKernan, of Topeka, and
Mr. Don Davis, wrote the ''patter''
for the comedians. Miss Lillian Mar
tin, of Topeka, will be one of the
singers for the farce. Miss Dorothy
Miller of Topeka, will assist in the
Serpentine carnival, which is to be a
part of the party.
Miss Lucille Gilmore, Miss Mayme
Parsons and Mr. Charles Holt, are
among the Topeka young people who
will go down to Lawrence for the
party.
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The alumni chapter of Kansas of
the Phi Delta Kappa educational fra
ternity will meet in Topeka Saturday.
A numb of the faculty of K. u, and
some of the student members will at
tend. Forty or fifty graduates. who
are active in educational work, are
expected to arrive for the meeting.
Problems confronting educators will
be discussed. Professor Raymond
Schwegler, of the university, will
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