The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-26

Jack Cockerham, of Newark. Conn,
which took place Monday. February
81. At home at 1923 independence
B1dv., Kansas City, Mo
+ + +
Those who. early in the season,
presaged that dancing would be on
the wane this winter, have proven
false prophets. Not since the old As
been so many and such delightful
dancing parties in Topeka. The
masque dance is in high favor this sea-
son, and one must admit that it adds
its own interest to the high favor in
which dancing reigns this year.
All the infOrmality and gayety that
attends a carnival dance characterized
the party at Kellam hall Friday night.
The men of the JIvoli club we're hosts.
Before the dancing began, the gallery
spectators were shocked 70 see a guest
in feminine attire putting at cigar
cite. There WAS danger that the old
rose gown and the garden hat would
get all mussed up with the odor of
smoke. But when the mask was off
the lady" turned out to be Mr.. Will
lard Bowman, and the Puritan con-
sciences in the gallery were more at
ease. One of the attractive suits was
a black Colonial outfit, worn by Mr..
Robert Dutton. His hat was black of
the Continental style. 1t seems so
good to tell what the men wear for
once Mr.. John Prescott had one of
the most attractive costumes among
the male members of the party. He
wore a white Cossack uniform. edged
with black and worn with high
square heeled black boots. Mr.. Paul
Movers looked perfectly awful in a
black cutaway coat, grey trousers,
too short for him, a tall blacK~ har.
: ia 5aIr
growth of black beard. Mr.. Elrick
Sharp wore a .'sheenie'' outfit, with
( flat black derby, and the price tag
dangled from his coat, which was toe
! short in the length and ditto in the
sleeves Mr. Wellington Culver wore
a girls bathing suit. Mr.. John Marsh
was dressed in an Arabian outfit, with
a red turban and he had his face
/ dyed in keeping with the character.
Mr.. Stanley Copeland wore a black
and white clown suit, with a peeked
/ hat. Mr.. Tex Kouns wore a red suit,
with a black. ElizabethAn cape. His
/ feet were so small in their high heeled
/ dancing pumps no one would believe
he wasn't a girl till he took his mask
off
Girls, when they don a disguise, al
ways want it to be pretty. at least.
/ One of the pretty dresses at the party
was worn by Miss Irene Miller. 1t
trimmed on the skirt with ruffles of
black lace. and the jacket bodice was
heavily spang1ed with gold beading.
+ Miss Altha Watson was dressed as a
little girl, with a pink checked apron.
! Her hair hung in Curls, and she wore
the half stockings of the small girl
Miss Gladys Neil wore a costume of
red and white stripes and a tall cap.
Miss Harriet Hill was dressed in Span
| iSh costume with scarf of lace and yell
FTTr. l
wore pretty, short frock of rainbow
tulie, with Empire waist and stream
ers in rainbow colors hanging from
her hair at the back. Miss Merah
Gatchell wore a folly suit in black
and white Miss Ruth Wood was in
1 Chinese. embroidered costume. Miss
/ Marian Williams wore white tulle
with streamers of black velvet ribbon
Across the shoulders We're bands OF
narrow black velvet ribbon Miss
AntOinette Clark and Miss Mildred
Fuller wore black tarlatan, with the
cubist effect given by squares of white
cloth seWed around the hem of the
skirts. Miss Fuller wore a smart hal
of black and white. Miss Mary Pax
ton looked lovely in Red Cross nurse
suit Miss Doris Rosser was in o cos
tune of yellow and black. Miss Jo-
hanna Gleed wore n costume of RED
and white with a tiny cap in red and
white Miss Lois Strickler was one OF
the attractive dancers. She wore ar
old lowered silk in soft shades OF
pink and cream. The dress belongs
to Mrs. J. F. FARRELL and was an even
ing gown of some decades ago. The
sleeves were short and made in huge
puffs, and the skirt was puffed at this
hips.
Those who attended the party were
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Copeland, Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Wear. Mr.. and Mrs. c
NJ. Hill Mrs z. T. Hazen, Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. irwin
Snattinger, Mr.. and Mrs James Hayes
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Rosser, Mr.
and Mrs X L. Whitfield, Mr.. and Mrs
Joe Morgan. Mr.. and Mrs. F'ranl
: Griggs, Miss Helen Lucas. Miss Mohr:
Gatchen Miss Altha Watson, Mis-
Mary Paxton, Miss Jessie Burnett
/, Miss Charlotte West, Miss Ruth Wood
Miss Marguerite Thrapp, Miss Arie
Nichols, Miss Hazel Boast. Miss Edit
3 Connel, Miss Marjorie Blank. Mis-
Georgia Neese, Miss Marguerite Kiene
Miss Marian williams, Miss Dori
Rosser, Miss Dorothy Coe. Miss Hele
Neese, Miss Antoinette Clark. Mis-
= Carol ThraIl, Miss Dorothy Nichol:
- Miss Alice Lyman, Miss Lois Strick
Ter, Miss Louise Jacobs, Miss Hele
Whitfield, Miss Hazel Howe, Miss Paul
inc McVey Miss Ruth Thompson, Mis-
u Ann Weightman. Mrs. Monroe Win
= Black of Oklahoma City, Miss Fred
Belts, Miss Mildred Fuller, Miss Ar
toinette West. Miss Gladys Neal, Mis-
Dorothy Sproat, Miss Lucille Rose1
Miss Marguerite Nicholas. Miss Mari
G Middaugh, Miss Harriet Hill, Mis-
r Trr1a Few Miss Eliza beth Edison Mis-