The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-15

er, Mrs. Frances Condor of Kansas
City, who has been visiting him, and
also Mrs. w. Fl. Eh1ers and Miss Mar
jorie Ehlers of Kansas City, who have
been guests of Mrs. T. j. Myers. The
company included:
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Ehlers
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Myers
Or. and Mrs. W. E. Mevey
Mr.. and Mrs. II. X. Paxton
Mrs Frances Condor Mrs. X I; Whitted
Mrs G s Bowm n Miss Miss Maude , MeXey
Miss Mildred QuintonMiss Marjorie Ehlers
Mr.. Victor Blakely Mr.. Willard Bowman
Mr.. Elrick Sharpe Mr.. Condor
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Granteer of AIS
Harrison street, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Opal Louise,
to Mr.. Raymond D. Merritt, which
took place Saturday. May 1. at the
home of DIR. A. S. Embree, who read
the marriage service. At home after
June l at ALA Harrison street
X X X
The Elwen club met today with Mrs.
C H. Burger. The house was dec.
Grated with spring flowers, purple
iris, Towering crab and spirea, in bas-
kets tied with pink tulle.
x X X
A group of young people who drove
to the country for a steak roast are:
Miss Carol Thrall, Miss Harriet Hill,
Mr.. Robert Biene. Mr.. Frank McFar-
land, Miss Dorothy Coe, Miss Doris
Rosser, Mr.. James Brier, Mr.. Frank
Fable.
X X
Miss Opal Farrow of the fine arts
department of Washburn college will
give her graduating recital tonight in
the college chapel. She is finishing
the dramatic art department. She will
give a reading of 1.-The Dawn of a To-
morrow" and she will be assisted by
X X X
The Minerva club met Monday with
Mrs. w. E. Atchison and Mrs. George
Pritchard, at Mrs. Atchisons home.
Mrs. George Mays gave a reading of
the Lady of the Sea- one of the psy-
Geological plays of Ibsen. A discussion
followed.
The club has been studying Scandi-
navian music this year, and they took
for the subject of their study for the
musical part of yesterdays program
the work of Carl Busch, of Kansas
City, who is really Sir Carl Busch,
knighted by the Danish ruler for dis
tinguished service. He is director of
the Kansas City Symphony orchestra,
and is one of the first musicians of
American citizen. He is known to
quite a circle of Topeka people.
Among them is Mrs. B. H. Pugh, who
studied harmony under him during the
past winter. and Mrs. w. f. Axtell
who was his student some years ago.
Miss Ethel Grant was in charge of
the music program for Monday, which
was made up of compositions by
Busch. The numbers were:
orpheqs with his Lute-Under the Green
Re MNGn Taee Nis MTs- j. X, Rankin
-. Mrs G D. weiiman
Greeting of Hiawatha (from the Hia-
The Eagle Miss CaroIyn I-nveWaT
Guests at the club were: Mrs. L. H.
Greenwood, Mrs. Emma Sells Marshall.
Mrs. B. T. WEIGH, Mrs. c. L. Hughes,
Mrs. o. c. Neiswender, Mrs. Herbert
Eeym, Mrs. Charles Dillon.
X X X
The address given by Mrs Effie
Main, which made such a stir at the
Good Government club meeting last
week, has awakened the interest of a
large number of Topeka women, who
are anxious to hear her views as ex-
pounded in the paper which called
out Kisses from one faction and cheers
from another.
Mrs. Main has been requested to
read the paper before an audience at
the Y w c. A assembly room We'd
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The meeting is open to everyone
who wishes to attend. Those who are
arranging for it invite the public.
\
| Mrs. d. M. Kendall gave a house
party for her daughter, Genevieve, al
i her home in Willard, in honor OF
Miss Kendall's sixteenth birthday an
| niversary. The young women had a
picnic luncheon in the grove. a dinner
party at the Kendall home, automo-
billing and dancing. The guests were:
| Misses
| Dorothy Jones Marian Macarthur
| Dorothy Shoemaker Irene Peers
| Elinor Eckert Dorothy Petit
| Helen Miller Helen Sumey
Edna Clark Leila ROgan
Ruth Bailey Frela Jones
| Elizabeth Hassel- Ruth Zimmerman
| brook Geneyieve Kendall
Caroline WaIbridge
X X :.
A dinner party was given at the
Cremerie restaurant Sunday evening
The tables were decorated with red
| and white carnations, for Mother
day, and an orchestra played during
the dinner hour. Covers were placed
for:
Mr. and Mrs. Dan shannon
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Kelley
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Rosner
Miss Grace COffey Miss Margaret Muir
Miss Lulu Powell nj ply Doo
Mr.. Joe Marshall Miss Helen Fulton
Mr. Joe Brogden Miss Carrie Wetzel
Mr. John McKernan Mr.. John Cannon
Mr.. Will Connors, Jr- Dr. Galen Crook
Mr. Gene Brady
Mr.. Charlton A. Powers spent tn
weekend in Topeka. He is a studen
where he had the lead in the fresh
man play, Aroused at Last" put OF
by the Rock-Chalk Jay Hawks club t
Introduce freshman Mis-