The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-15

Mrs. Jack Campbell invited few
friends to an informal tea late this
afternoon in compliment to Mrs.
Eileen Brown. of Idaho Springs, Colo,
who will leave tonight for her home.
The guests were few of Mrs. Browns
close friends.
Invitations will be out soon for the
Ladies' Music club guest meeting, to
be held Wednesday. November %, in
the high school auditorium. The pro-
gram to be given Will be from the
scandinavian play Peer Gynt." Mrs.
Paul Walker will read, and Mrs.
Charles Wolf. jr., will sing. The
dancing partf will be done by Miss
Marguerite Koontz. Piano music will
be furnished by Mrs Charles Klein
hans and Mrs. ARA Clark.
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Mr. and Mrs G. c. Bowman will en-
terrain their evening bridge club to-
night. with two guest tables for Mrs.
a. +. Wilson of Los Angeles, Cal, who
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Rousseau A.
Burch. The guests Will be: Mrs. Will
son. Mr. and Mrs. y. w. Bronson. Mr..
and Mrs. H. A. Perry, Mr.. and Mrs. V.
b. Kistler and Mrs. A. T. Lucas
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Mrs. Lee Monroe was at home in
formally to her friends Tuesday aft
ernoon from to 5 o'clock, the affair
which she will give the second Tues
day of each month during the season.
NO invitations are issued, but friends
OF the hostess are asked to call in
formally, and during the legislative
session. the wives of the senator's and
representatives who will be in Topeka
lii be Included in the invitation.
Mrs. Monroe was assisted by d
group of women of Western Sorosis
club to which she belongs. They
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W. Charles, Mrs. w. w. Kitchell, Mrs.
A. A. GODDARD Mrs. H w. Roby and
Mrs A. A Rodgers
Tea was served in the dining room
by Miss Cynthia Monroe. In the cen
ter of the dining table was a large
yellow bowl filled with yellow chrvs-
anthemums. II. the parlor was a Shelf
NUNS.
One of the attractive features of
MRS. Monroe's home is it's collection
OF good pictures. She has some excel
lent originals by well known painters
In the library is hung an oil by Carter
The Last Ray" which shows a
thrifty Scotch housewife working by
the last streak of light that enters her
window before twilight falls. There
Is a large painting in the parlor which
occupies wide panel of one of the
walls, pcrtrayinS an English gentle
woman ready for a ride. In the living
ed. that are rare and quaint One of
them is an ancient French print.
which Mrs. Monroe found in Old
Chester in England. and there are a
row of prints of old time scenes in
Gretna Green.
Mrs. Monroe also has in her possess
sion some pictures sent to her for dis
posal, made by Miss Alice Clay, a
copyist in the Tate Gallery of London
One of them is a canvas of a famous
picture by Tuke. august Blue. IT
is the picture of a small lake with a
group of bathing boys and a boat. The
paipting is a great favorite with the
English people, who have a queer
practice of nicknaming a picture that
is dear to them as they would a per-
son. The painting in England is al
ways known as 'Tuke's Boys" An
other of the copies is of a painting
called Father and Son." and shows a
horse ard colt together in a pasture.
The technique of the picture is I'M
commonly good, and the painter all
lows but few of his canvases to be
copied. H gave special permission
to Miss Clay to make a capy of his
Father and Son" picture Running
the Blockade" is another picture that
Miss Clay has made and shipped to
Topeka. Many OF the best pictures of