The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23

r G. McClintock, Mr. and Mrs A T. !
Daniels. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Latham, Mrs.
c. l.. Burnham.
L. Bishop. Mrs F. E. Whitney. Mrs.
David Overmyer and Miss Grace
honor guests were: Mrs. L. L. Ray
Tor of Dodge City, Mrs. A. A. Doerr of
Larned, Mrs. H. F. Sutton of st. John,
Mrs. w. S. Lansdon of Salina, Mrs.
Hubert Lardner of Fort Scott, Mrs.
Rodman of ottawa, Mrs. r. c. Lay
man of Hutchinson, Mrs. H. E. Ray,
Mrs. c. NJ. Hill, Mrs. w. E. Atchi-
son, Mrs. w. Lyman, Mrs. F. H.
Scholle, and Mrs. E. Trout
Mrs. George Hodges of Olathe, the
wife of former Governor Hodges. was
invited to be one of the guests of
| honor, but could not attend, as she is
! spending the winter in Florida. Mrs.
| Harris is the widow of the late Col.
William A. Harris, who was in the
United States senate in the early nine
/ ties. She is president of the Women's
| Wilson League. Mrs. Harris wore
gown of black satin and lace. Mrs.
Logan wore gray taffeta with drapery
| of gray embroidered satin, edged with
deep fringe. Mrs. Atchison wore gray
taffeta and Georgette crepe. Mrs. Van
| Vliet was gowned in black. Mrs SUIT
tons gown was blue brocaded velvet
and Georgette. Mrs. Otis Allen wore
bright blue crepe de chine.
Young girls who helped in the din
ing room were Miss Margaret Ray,
Miss Georgia Neese. Miss Edith Bar
rett, Miss Harriet Hill, Miss Pauline
Doerrs gown was of gold cloth yelled
| in American Beauty tulle, and
trimmed with bands of gold metal
cloth. Her sister. Miss Isabel Doerr,
wore pink satin with an overdress of
white tulle, edged with pink and gold
thread oY-1o dc
frock was of peach colored satin, made
in straight lines and finished with
wide satin sash. Miss Barrett wore
bright blue taffeta and chiffon.
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| Mrs. Charles s. Elliott will be host
ess at meeting of the Lakota club
next Monday afternoon.
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Mrs. D. ]. Hathaway gave a card
party Thursday for Mrs. Charles
| Brown of New York, who is spending
the winter with her sister, Mrs. w. A.
! Bronson. The game for the afternoon
was military euchre. Flags of various
nations decorated the rooms, and
Washington birthday score cards were
used.
Miss Julia Whitmer and Miss Lu
Grace Whitmer entertained the fol-
! lowing guests at cards THURSDAY
| MI ana MIS- Ben DlHlenl, anu
Mrs. Charles Wolf, Mr.. and Mrs. W.
R. Carrie. Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Purdy.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Newell Abrahams, Mr.
and Mrs Charles Elliott, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Green. Mr.. and Mrs. Oran
Kelley, Mr.. and Mrs. James Austin,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Hoover, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. G. Leopold. Mrs. Carl Sawin
of Salina, Miss Marjorie Whitney,
Miss Elizabeth Wilson, Miss Agnes
Walsh. Mr.. Glen Pratt, Mr.. Tom
NJ Mr.
John Waters and Mr.. N B. Thomp-
son.
recital will be given tonight at
the Daniel Muller School of Music by
some of the students of the school.
The greatest rush in party giving
in the history of Topeka closed last
! night. This morning the governor
of Kansas signed the far-famed B.
D. L., and the paper is so taken up
with his picture in the act of attach
ing his signature, and an account OF
the results, that we have room Tor
an item concerning only one OF the
social affairs that arose from the bone
dry legislation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Rutherford Dub
gave a party, and as parties OF that
kind are absolutely identical in all de-
tails, the story of theirs is the story
of all the other six hundred.
Invitations were given by telephone.
The first four hundred people called
declined the invitation. voicing their
regrets in the information that they
were having a party of their own
Finally a few good fellows arranged
to be unengaged for the evening. Soon
after their arrival Mr.. Dubb quietly
| summoned the men of the crowd to
! the basement to get them properly or
ganized before supper was served. The
! men always do that, you know. The
| reason is that if they make the party
| worth while at all their wives will
| complain of the amount it requires to
| sooth their thirst unless they can get
| if partly appeaSed before the party
| really begins. Meanwhile the wives
sat in the parlor and listened to the
Victrola.
Finally the company was summon
ed to the dining room. Following the
| usual custom, the chairs were arrang-
| ed along the walls; the table stood In
the center Of the room decorated with
a few knives and forks, the mgredi-
ents of the lunch, and a glass at each
place. As they say it in Pumpkin
vile delicious refreshments was
served The consisted of kippered
herring three kinds of cheese, includ-
ing a bit of Limberger, rye bread, po-
tato chips, sardines, onions, dill
pickles, olives and hot weinies, be-
sides a thing or two to drink After
making their own sandwiches and
picking up such other articles of food
as his fancy dictated, each guest
backed up to a dining chair and stay
ed with it until he needed more sand
wich and pickle A servant stood by
to fill up glasses as fast they were
emptied After about the third round
conversation and STORY telling set
in and continued until the rugs were
taken up in the parlor for dance.
Before the party was finished and
the men of the crowd dangled their
arms around their hosts neck to as