The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-22

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Picot Bolmar. of 212 Greenwood ave-
nue.. was married this morning at 10
O'Clock to Mr.. Benjamin Franklin
Fienniken, Jr-, the son of Mr.. B. f.
Flenniken of 4OS Harrison street
The marriage was solemnized at
Grace cathedral by Canon George M
Geisel.
Before the ceremony Mrs. Warrick
Updegraff sang "Dawning" by Cad
man, and for the entrance of the
bridal party Mrs J. A. Campbell
played the Bridal Chorus from Lohen-
grin, and for the Recessional she
played the Mendelssohn Wedding
march.
The ushers were the brides brother.
Mr.. Carl Bolmar, and Mr. Herbert
Lininger of Kansas City, and Mr. War
were two little flower girls, Jane Mills,
the daughter of DIR. and Mrs. Merrill
Mills, and Polly Perkins, the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Roland Perkins.
The little girls. wearing white frocks
with pink sashes and ribbons, small
white, tailored hats and white stock
ings and slippers. entered first, carry
ing baskets of pink roses.
The bride entered with her father
She was dressed in her travelling suit
of deep blue, pussy willow tafteta me
Jacket was gathered at the waist line
braid of the same color as the suit
The fastenings were of the braid. The
skirt was walking length, and full
The blouse was of lace, net, and the
silk combined. The silk formed the
lower part of the blouse, finished in
points in front and back. The upper
part of the bodice and upper sleeves
were of heavy Brussels lace in cream
shade, and the lower part of the
sleeves was of cream net. The VIDE
collar was of the taffeta. The hat was
blue silk, faced with blue lowered
silk, with d wide satin stripe across
the under brim. The trimming on the
front of the hat was a smart feather
pom-pom. The bridal bouquet was a
corsage of pink roses and lilies OF the
valley. The bride carried her mother s
wedding handkerchief.
The decorations at the church wero
banks of palms before the choir stalls
and back of the altar rail. The flow
ers We're pink sladiolas.
After the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served at the Bolmar
home in Potwin, for the members of
the Flenniken and Bolmar families
and a few of the closest friends of the
bridal couple. The tables were decor
ated with snapdragons and other gar
den flowers.
The out of town guests at the we'd
ding were Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Lin
Stevenson of Salina, and Mr.. Elem
niken's aunt, Miss Lou Flennikens of
Clay Center.
After a short wedding trip, Mr.. and
MRS. Flennihen will return to Topeka,
and.win be at home after September
Is, at the Devon.
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Mrs William A. Johnston, Mrs.
Adrian L. Greene, and Mrs. Henry r
Mason, will issue invitations the first
sV-txr N or
they will give Friday afternoon, An
gust e. at Elmwood Place. the home
of Chief Justice and Mrs. w. A. John
stons The party will be an afternoon
affair, from TO O'Clock
An event of interest for this alter
noon is a tea which is given by Mrs.
Richard L. Thomas, at her home. 124O
Topeka avenue. The party was in
compliment to the hostess cousin,
Miss Ethel Lord, of Boston. Mass.
The tea is of particular interest.
coming soon after the announcement
of the granting of a national charter
of Alpha Phi. to the local Beta soror-
ity.is Miss Lord is a member of the
Alpha Phi sisterhood. and is just re-
turning to her home in Boston from
Berkeley Cal, where she attended the
national concIave of the sorority. AT
THAI convention the charter to Beta
was granted.
Miss Lord was a delegate to the
meeting. and the only delegate from
the extreme east part of the country.
She is a senior in the Boston unlVer-
sity. and an interesting and attractive
young woman
Mrs. Thomas invited about fifty
guests to meet her. and was assist d
by group of sorority girls. including
Mrs. Harry Wolf. Miss Bertha Kitch-
ell. Miss Helen Neese. Miss Grace
Gaines. Miss Grace Dana, and Miss
Mary Weightman. The young girls
who helped in the dining room were
Miss Georgia Neese. Miss Esther
Thomas, Miss Marian Dana and Miss
Marian Williams. Little Doris Gil
more opened the door for the callers
Miss Kitchell is an Alpha Phi girl
having been pledged to that sorority
at the University of Wisconsin, OF
which she is graduate. She is q
member of the. extension committed
OF the sorority, and was influential il
obtaining a charter for the local Betas
The decorations for the party were
sweet peas and garden flowers The
centerpiece on the dining room table
where the ices were served was :
basket of pink and white sweet Deas
me other rooms were decorated will
so'afh sl0w ana other garden flowers
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Miss Katherine Field Stanley an,
Mrs-Charles S. Sturtevant were mar
ried-this morning at o'clock at Crac,
Samedral by the brides brother tn,
Rev Nell Stanley. = The wedding ar
Engagements were extremely simple
The bride was attended by Miss Ad,
Walker, and Mr., Sturtevant's best mai
was his brother, Mr.. Ira Sturtevant
Miss Stanley was given in marriIg,
by her father. Mr.. E. F. Stanley
The brides gown was of whit
crene de chine. with full skirt shire,
to an empire waist, and a wide, ruff
collar lace edged. She wore a whit
lace hat. and carried an arm bououe
of aQphelia roses. Her bridesmai,
wore white Georgette crepe, embroid
cred on the bodice and skirt in blue
and with the flounces and bodic
edged with rows of pleated blue sarii
ribbon. Her hat was white lace trim