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

days ago. The trouble became so seri-
Gus that it was necessary to put in
new furnace. During the proceeding.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller and their daugh-
ters, Virginia and Marion. are guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barnes. Miss
Irene Miller is visiting Miss Georgia
Neese and Miss Eva Miller is with
Miss Isabel Crawford.
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Mrs W. p. Snyder entertained her
bridge club this afternoon at her home
on Mulvane street. Guests besides the
club members were Mrs. A. J. Carruth,
Mrs Glen Beaver and Miss Daisy Neil.
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The active chapter of the Kappa
Alpha Theta sorority at Washburn col
/ lege gave a four course dinner last
night for their pledges and their men
( friends. The table decorations were in
/ yellow jonquils and ferns and candles
with yellow shades. The Theta colors,
black and gold, were carried out in the
eats and the girls sang Theta songs
between the courses
/ Those present were: Miss Kath-
crime Conkling, Miss Ester Jensen, Miss
] Marguerite Thrapp, Miss. Laura Neis-
wanger. Miss Jane Alexander, Miss
Elsie Cuthbert, Miss Ruth Larimer
Miss Marjorie Herrig, Miss Katherine
/ Knowles, Miss Helen Hunter, Miss
/ Geraldine Riley. Miss Mary Beaver,
/ Miss Clara Beaver. Miss Margaret
!
! hakeshaft, Mr.. Russell Swiler, Mr..
Churchill Sargent, Mr.. Forest Rice,
] Mr.. Dick Barton, Mr.. Glen Logan, Mr..
Arthur Champney, Mr.. Chester Wahle,
Mr.. Archibald Gerald, Mr.. Ralph
Ward, Mr.. Fred Worley. Mr.. Clyde
Parrish and Mr.. John Parkinson.
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! At the home of Mrs. H. L. Resting in
/ Wichita a wedding which is of much
interest to Topeka people will be
solemnized Tuesday, February 8. The
! bride is Miss Viola Troutman of To-
/ peka, a sister of James A. Troutfnan,
and of Mrs. Resing, and the bride
groom is the Rev. James A. Stavely,
pastor of the First Methodist church
at Parsons. DR.. Samuel Buckner. of
! Clay Center, will perform The cere-
mony.
The wedding is of especial interest
/ to Topeka people because the bride
has spent most of her life here in
school and club work. She taught his
/ tory in the high school for a number
of years. She is at present the field
secretary of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
! sionary society of the Methodist
church.
At one time the Rev. Mr. Stavely
Methodist church of Topeka. He and
his bride will make their home in
! Parsons.
Mrs. D. E. Palmer entertained in
! formally at luncheon today for Mrs.
John P. st. John of Olathe, who is the
i house guest of Judge and Mrs. d. w.
Nellis. Covers were laid for Mrs. St.
John, Mrs. Nellis, Mrs Frank Thomp-
son and Mrs. Palmer.
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The annual mem bership banquet OF
the Young Woman's Christian associa-
ton will be given tonight in the dining
| room of the association building. Cow
ers will be laid for AIS. A talk will be
given by Mrs. c. J. Evans who has
been member since 1889 and a mem
| Der of the board since 1895. Her sub
ject is Pioneer Days in Topeka" Mrs.
j. E. Manley, formerly state secretary
of Illinois, VIII speak on Retrospect
and outlook for the National Y. w.
c. A" Miss Marguerite Dice, general
ments. The High School club will
sing. The Hymn fsthe Light" There
will be a special recognition of new
mem bers after the toasts.
Mr.. Clarence Whitehill, who is the
next attraction on the series of con-
certs of which Miss Myrtle Radcliffe
has had charge this winter, will make
his first appearance before Topeka
audiences on next Monday evening
February 7.
Mr. Whitehin halls from the west
having been born in Marengo, Ia. He
took such a keen interest in music that
at the age of 8 he went to Chicago to
begin studying in earnest. He sang in
several Chicago churches with some
success, and four years later Nine
Melba advised him 20 go abroad for
serious study. The young man took
her advice, went to Paris and placed
himself under Giraudet for dramatic
action, and Sbriglia for French dra-
matte roles.
His debut was made at Brussels in
1900 as E'riar Laurence in Romeo. He
returned to Paris for a season at the
Opera Comique, and was then secured
by Mr.. Savage for the English opera
season at the Metropolitan in 1901
Returning to Europe in the spring OF
that wear, he began, on the advice al