The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-30

Mr. and Mrs. Will Phelps returned TO
their home in Rockfort, Ill, yesterday. af-
ter spending Il few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Miss carrie McCandless of Holton, is
visiting the o. s. Morrow family.
The dress rehearsal of the opera Pow
haitian, which was given at the asylum
After the opera the singers were given a
dainty supper III the dining room.
Mrs. George seward and Miss Libbie
Hazlett spent yesterday at Lakevlew.
Lucille Weber. Mathilde Wulke. Luz
Gle Dooley Nell Hughes, Frances
Jones, Lelah Payne, Ruth Scott, Julia
Skinner Faye Slaughter, Marian Ken
ney, Arthur Messick, Mary VanVech-
ten, Delenia Stoner, Jessie L. Rice,
Laura Smiley, Media Howell, Della
Herrick, Bertha Carls.
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Mr.. and Mrs Charles F. Hardy an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Emily Alden Hardy, to Mr.. James
Raymond Stewart, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Stewart, of I'LL Lane
street. The service was read at the
Hardy home by DR.. Charles M. Shell
don of Central Congregational church.
The brides little sister, jeanette
Hardy, carried the rings in a white
chrysanthemum. Another sister of
the bride, Miss Ida Hardy, of Atchi-
son, was maid of honor. The bride
chose as her matron of honor her
grandmother, Mrs. G. G. Reiniger.
The ribbon girls, Miss Stella Ferrin
and Miss Dorothy Sims, stood at the
foot of the stairs. holding the satin
ribbons, which were attached to wick
er standards holding baskets of flow
ers. The Sigma Alpha Iota girls
formed an aisle for the passing of the
bridal party. Mr.. Hardy escorted his
daughter, and gave her in marriage.
Mr.. Stewards best man was Mr.. Har-
old Van Houghton.
Mrs. f. A. Derby, harpist, played
"Nocturne," by Chopin. Miss Grace
Rickenbacher sang Calm as the
Night" and the Mendelssohn We'd
ding march was played for the en-
trance of the bridal party by Mrs. Lee
Roy Talbert. During the service Mrs.
Derby played Calm as the Night" on
the harp, and Miss Gladys Cav played
| the violin obligato.
The wedding service was read in
the living room, where the bay win
dow was arranged with background
and canopy of palms and ferns. A
basket of chrysanthemums was placed
| before a full length mirror. The Ii
brary was draped with smilax, and all
| the rooms were festoOned with smilaX
ropes. The stairway was twined with
| smilaX, and a basket of chrysanthe-
| mum stood on the newell post. A
white lattice, twined with smilax,
screened the place where the musi-
clans were stationed. feature of the
house decorations was the profusion
of mistletoe and holly that adorned
the room where the gifts were kept.
The berries were sent to the bride
from Mr.. and Mrs. John Bluitt, who
have home in the Ozark mountains,
where the holly and mistletoe were
| gathered.
The brides gown was white satin
with low neck and short net sleeves.
A double row of pleating at the top
| OF the hem adorned the skirt. She
wore an old brooch which belonged to
her grandmother. Her tul1e veil was
/ pleated at the back of the head and
flared from the coiffure. 1t was held
| with cluster of lilies of the valley.
Instead of the customary bouquet, the
bride carried little white Bible with
a white satin ribbon marker from
Berlin, Germany, which was the gift
or Mrs. John d. Wilson of Mason City,
Iowa.
Mrs. Reiniger wore gray silk. and
carried bouquet of pink roses, the
gift of the bridegroom over her
shoulders was lovely silk shawl that
was her husbands gift to her on her
1 wedding day
Mrs. Hardy, the brides mother, was
dressed in wisteria Georgette crepe
roses.
The bridesmaid wore a flowered
pompadour silk, with long white sash
The ring bearer was dressed in q
frock of accordion pleated white net
embroidered in flowers. Miss Sims
was gowned in green accordion
pleated crepe. and Miss Ferrin in yell
low accordian pleated crepe.
After the service an informal re.
ception was held, and the young WON.
en- who assisted in the dining room
were Miss June Mitchell Miss Doro,
thy Sims, Miss Stella Ferrin, Mis-:
Elsie chapman and Miss Grace Rick
enbacher.
The bride was a student in Wash
burn college in the fine arts depart
ment where she specialized in piano
music. She is member of the Sigma
Alpha lota sorority and last year sht
was president of that organization
She is descendant of the famou.
New England family of Alden.
Mr.. Stewart is connected with the
Mail Printing house. They will b,
at home after December 1 at go
Brooks avenue. Topeka.
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The Nautilus club will meet Tuesr1a,
evening at the home of Mrs. D. D
, Fiske, 1915 College avenue. The as
sistant bostesses are Mrs. Cobb am
Mrs. w. H. Kemper. who has re
} turned from an assembly of Rebeccs
. lodges will give two receptions TIL
week. The first will be Tuesday af
ternoon from 2 to o'clock. when III,
members of Capitola and the Oaklant
] Rebecca lodges are invited, and tn