The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-11

trimming finished the lower part of
| the skirt. Mrs Miller wore white
satin draped with gold net lace. Mrs.
Mitchell was gowned in white, draped
with beaded transparency. Mrs. Nell
yelled with lace. Mrs. Raymond wore
| lavender accordion pleated crepe de
| chine.
The second receiving line was made
up of the following Topeka women:
Mrs. A. Marburg. acting president of
the Topeka Federation; Mrs. H. o.
Carney, chairman of the press COM
mittee; Mrs. f. w. Watson, entertain
ment; Mrs. S S. Estey, badges; Mrs.
| o. L. Moore, registration; Mrs. H n.
Rhodes, decorations; Mrs. c. ]. Will
| son, music; Mrs. w. A. McCarter,
I courtesies; Mrs. Z. G. Foster, trains;
Mrs. C. B. VanHorn, educational ex-
hibit; Mrs. Katherine Hand, art eX-
| hibits; Mrs. S. S. Beggs, ushers; Miss
Carolyn Thomas, information; and
| the representatives of the seven fed
Grated clubs of Topeka: Mrs. H. E.
Ray, of the Vignette club; Miss Lola
| Ora ham, of Western Sorosis; DR.. Anna
! Foy, of the Research club; Mrs. A M.
Thoroman, of the Thursday Study
| club; Mrs. Walter Ashton Smith, of
the West Side Forestry club; Mrs. Otis
Hungate, of the Current Literature
club.
| One of the good looking women of
/ the federation is Mrs. F. H. Cron of
| Eldorado, and one of the district vice
/ presidents. She was gOwned last night
in blue taffeta, made with shirred
! skirt and trimmed with lace. Mrs.
/ Stout of Oswego wore white Georgette
/ crepe combined with black velvet rib
| bon. Mrs. H. o. Garvey wore peach
| colored satin, trimmed with chiffon
/ and lace. Her guest, Mrs. Chester 1.
/ Long of Wichita, wife of a former
congressman, is an extremely attract
| i've visitor. She wore blue chiffon and
| tulle, draping blue taffeta, with a cor
sage trimming of silver and gold bead
ed leaves. Mrs. S. S. Beggs wore
white taffeta with a bodice of bright
green tulle, bordered with gold. lace.
| Mrs. Hoffman, a club woman of
prominence in the state, wore green
satin, with a trimming of black net
embroidered with jet. Mrs Eugene
Hagan of Topeka wore a charming
| gown of black net. made in princess
fashion, embroidered in conventional
| design in silver and blue bugles- Mrs.
/ o. L. Moore wore blue satin yelled in
chiffon and trimmed with panels of
lace Mrs. Balding of Kansas City
! wore a costume of black lace. Mrs.
Charles Scott of lola wore grey pan
velvet with bodice of chiffon with blue
bead trimming.
Mrs Hensen of Paola of the schol-
arship loan fund committee wore
black net embroidered in net and
spangles. Mrs. Marburg wore white
/ embroidered crepe. Mrs. Matte
Toothacher Kimball of Manhattan was
gowned in black and white silk. with
lace trimming Mrs. Charles Harger
of Abilene was gowned in grey chif-
fon. Mrs. Alder May of Usage City
! wore green taffeta with a green chif-
fon bodice. Mrs. Jesse Vedder of st.
John wore a gown of white taffeta
l.
Norman Wear wore blue taffeta, with
draped skirt. and fitted bodice.
Music for the evening was furnished
by Miss Iona Sem of Enterprise and
| Miss Margaret Marshall of Clay Cen
ter The two young women are house
guests of Mrs. E. G. Foster. Miss Sem
is talented violinist, who has studied
in this country and in Europe, and
has just left the musical festival at
Girard, where she was one of the mu-
sicians. Miss Marshall is a pianist
and belongs to a wealthy and proni-
fnent family of the state.
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The proper thing at the present
time, in the east as well as in the large
cities of the Pacific coast, is hand
painting for articles of wearing ap-
parel My lady's wardrobe is not COM
plete unless it has at least one paint
ed gown with painted hat. painted
hose. and. in fact, almost everything
she wears now may have a touch of
the brush OF course each of these
painted articles must have an original
design all it's own and unlike any ones
else.
Mr.. Johohonat of New York had a
wonderful display of this work at the
fair at San Francisco. Cal. The proc
ess is known as block painting To-
peka has at least one artist in this
work Miss Marie Witwer will give an
exhibit of her frock painting at Bos-
we'll hall. Washburn college, all day
/ Wednesday.
Mrs. w. S Galloway entertained a
few guests informally yesterday aft
ernoon at her home on Mulvane street.
in compliment to Mrs j. w Going
and her son, Mr.. Dale Going, of Los
Angeles. Cal, who are the guests of
Mrs. Going's daughter, Mrs. Albert
Patten-
The Beta sorority of Washburn col
Iege will hold initiation followed by a
Monday evening. The guests will be
Those who will be initiated are: Miss
Edith Switzer and Miss Eloise Sar-
gent of Topeka and Miss Frances
Myers of Whiting.
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A wedding, which is said to be an
affair of the near future, concerns one
of Topeka's well known society girls.
who has been doing other things for
the last few years. She comes from
one of the best known and most in