The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-26

Mrs. Fred Freeman will entertain the
D. D. Whist club next Monday after
noon at the Country club.
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The Society of Native Daughters of
Kansas will have a called meeting
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the
home of the president, Mrs. DeWittS
c. Nellis. Arrangements will be made
for line party to the theater to see
Satan Came Also" the play to be
given June 8. The author of the play,
Mrs. Myra Williams farrell, is Ma
tive Daughter.
The Native Daughters society was
organized about a year ago, at this
season, and a meeting is to be held in
June. Plans for that affair also will
be made at the called meeting tomor-
row, and other business will come be-
fore the session All the members in
the city are urged to be present
Mr.. P. 1. Bonebrake will entertain
few guests at dinner at the Country
club next Saturday evening.
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Miss Barbara FARRELL will leave early
in June for Cape Cod Massachusetts,,
for a summer vacation. She will be
the guest of Miss Lucille Robinson, of
Kansas City, whose parents have
group of cottages on the bay at Var
mouth, Mass. Miss Robinson will give
a series of house parties in one of the
other members of the family will have
their guests The family have their
own golf links and boats, and Miss
Robinson her own car.
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An article ir the Dramatic Mirror.
an eastern theatrical publication, is of
special interest to Topekans. The
ma gazine contains a picture of a for
mer Topeka woman, Ruth Robinson,
with the following comments on her
work:
Ruth Robinson, who closed a sue
cessful winter season as leading wo-
man of the stock companies at the
Knickerbocker and American theaters
in Philadelphia recently, opened April
%, playing leads at Polls Stock,
Springfield, Mass, May 1, in Under
Cover" Her opening at Springfield
was a decided ovation, and she prom
ises to become a great favorite with
the stock patrons of the Palace theater
in that city. This year is her first ap
pearance in the east, having been asso-
ciated with some of the best attrac-
tions in the middle west for the past
five years. Last fall in aSseven weeks
engagement at the Bronx, she deVel-
oped a distinct following that was a
tribute to her abilities as a stock ac-
tress.
Miss Robinson possesses a strong,
attractive personality and womanly
charm. Her youth, versatility and
magnificent gowns have won her sue
cess in such productions as Madame
X,' 1.-The Yellow Ticket THE Great
Divide etc. She expects to play the
entire summer in Springfield, and is
negotiating for an early fall New York
production.
Miss Robinson began her stage work
in Topeka in a stock company. later
going to some southern towns. She
returned to her home city in a stock
production managed by her husband.
Soon after the close of her engage
ment here. she went east, and has
been successful in leading roles in
stock companies.
The Varsity club is scheduled to
have another dance this season, and it
was appointed for this evening, but
those who keep the money bag say
that there can be no dance unless some
dues are paid up. If all the men in
the club paid, who are in arrears. so
they say, the club could give posi-
lively brilliant party but unfortunate
" for giddy youth with depleted
purses, the baker and the decorator
and fiddler and the owners of halls
are not in business for charity's sweet
sake. and they have a perfectly
'-nawsty'' way of demanding their
ducats.
Mrs B. T. Payne gave a birthday
members of her evening club. After
the dinner, the guests played auction
bridge. Those present were: Mr.. ana
Mrs. Frank Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs e.
H Bunne1, and their daughter, Ruth,
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Lagerstrom, Mr..
and Mrs w. r. Fa1kiner, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. e. Lagerstrom, Mr.. and Mrs. Payne,
Mrs Annie P. Aniba, and Miss Matte
Payne.
Mrs. Payne and Miss Payne will
leave June for Long Beach Call to
remain the rest of the summer.
The College Alumnae club gave it's
postponed May fete Thursday after
noon in Central park The party was
a benefit affair, and the fund raised
scholarship. The club plans to give
to some Topeka girl a postgraduate
course in a large college or university.
A program of aesthetic dances fur
nished the entertainment for the fete-
The dances were directed by Miss Mar
guerite koontz, and all but one or the
numbers were her own interpreta-
tons. The music, for which the
dances were arranged, was made up
of classic numbers, and was rendered
by an orchestra under the leadership
of Mr. Carlton Wood The orchestra
was stationed in cIump of cedar
trees, and the dances were given on an
open grassy plot encircled by trees.
The guests sat around the edge of
the little arena, in the shade. The
first dance was given by a group of
little girls, all attired in tarletan ballet
dresses, of pink and white. Their
dance was "Pompadour," and was per
formed with grace and charm. There
were four solo dances, Loves Joy. by
Miss Elizabeth Hopkins; Schon Ros-
marin. by Miss Katherine Ray; Sum
rner. by Jean KoontZ, and Romance,
by Miss Marguerite Koontz. Miss Hop
kins wore a Grecian costume of white,
with white shoes and sandals. Miss
Koontz also wore a Grecian costume,
of a pink tint Both the young women
wear that style particularly well, as
they belong to what we know as the
"Grecian type" of face and figure. The