The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-30

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The hostess was gowned for the
reception in silver cloth, draped with
white silk net, in long pannier effect,
the drapery being caught with satin
bows at each side of the skirt The
bodice was .draped with silver f1llet
lace. Mrs. Marburg carried a round
bouquet of American Beauty roses
lilies and pussywillows, which had
been presented to her after her adj
dress at the club meeting, carried by
her small grandson, Marburg Yerkes,
who was an important guest at the
party until the failing common to eX-
treme youth overcame him, and he
curled up in a big chair and fell
asleep.
| A group of wives of governors at
tending the meeting and the party in
| cluded Mrs. S. j. Crawford, Mrs.
Willis ]. Bailey. Mrs. E. w. Hoch and
the wife of the present governor, Mrs.
Arthur Capper. Mrs. Marburg's
daughter, Mrs. Hubert Yerkes of Chi
cago, was a guest. She is stopping in
| Topeka on her way home from a trip
| to New Orleans and Texas. She was
| gowned' last night in light blue satin
| taffeta with opalescent trimming and
lace. Among the out of town guests
were Mrs. F. w. Stout of OSwego and
Miss Lura Perry of Parsons, who Wis
tied Miss Effie Graham. Mrs. Stout is
past president of her club district.
She was gowned last night in white
satin yelled with black net and fur
Their trimmed with black velvet rib
| bon. Miss Perry is the sister of DR..
Perry of the School for Epileptics.
She wore gown of black Brussels net
and jet.
! Mrs. w. w. Kitchell wore lavender
| satin and silk net, combined with sill
yer threaded net. Mrs. H. E. Ray
wore peach colored satin yelled with
Brussels net and trimmed with white
and silver lace. Mrs. Willis Bailey
wore white satin, draped with black
net, with wide inserts of iridescent
and silver net. Mrs. Effie Van Tuyl of
LeaVenworth wore a gown of cloth of
| gold, yelled in bronze net, with touch
| of orange velvet on the bodice, and a
! band of heavy gold embroidery Mrs
John r. Shelton wore blue satin and
net, with opalescent bead embroidery
| trimming.
| Miss Elisabeth Edison, who helped
| in the dining room, wore a frock of
Dresden silk. Miss Dorothy Crane was
in blue satin and net; Miss Dorothy
| Foster in white with bright blue tu1Ie
and silver bead trimming Miss
Faith Young, a student in Baker uni
Vers1ty, who is visiting Topeka friends
assisted. She wore peach colored silk,
made on long, loose lines, and tied
with metal cord sash.
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of Senator Doerr of the Thirty-eighth
of Senator Doerr of the Tthirty-eighth
senatorial district. will give a dinner
tonight at o'clock at the Throop
hotel, for the wives of the representa-
tives from that district, some visiting
women for the Kansas Day affairs and
for the bar association meeting. She
will be assisted by her sister, Mrs.
| Estelle V. Ingels. of Larned. Covers
will be placed for: Mrs. A. S. Foulks
of Ness City; Mrs. A. w. Wilson, of
of
Fe; Mrs. Minnie J. Grinstead, of Lib
eral; Mrs. l.. L. Taylor, of Dodge City;
Mrs. L. J. Pettyjohn, of Dodge City;
Mrs. J. S. Stout, of HugotCn; Mrs c.
EFT. of Dfghton; Mrs. w. S. Kenyon, of
Topeka; Mrs. A. c. Graves, of Pitts
burg; Miss Anna Peters, of Larned:
Mrs. Elmer Barnes, of Grigsby; Mrs
/ r. E. Bray, of Syracuse; Mrs. G. H
Downer, of SYRACUSE; Mrs. T. w
drummer. of Oanica: Mrs. S. I. Hale.
of Lacrosse; Miss Georgianna Bray, of
Syracuse; Mrs. Ingels and Mrs. Doerr.
x X X
Some line parties are being planned
for the Mcdowell concert February s.
Members of one of the parties will be:
Mrs Horace Hall, Mrs. Schuyler Mich
OILS, Mrs. Fred Freeman, Mrs. Frank
Merriam and Mrs. Ben Akers.
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| Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Valentine, Of
| Clay Center, announce the birth of d
| daughter, Monday, January 29. They
will name her Lillian Grace, after her
aunts, Miss Lillian Valentine. of To-
peka, and Mrs. Ralph Valentine.
The baby is a granda lighter OF Mrs.
D. NJ Valentine, of this city, and a
niece of Mrs. A. A. GODDARD and the
Misses Valentine.
X X x
Since the announcement OF the
| coming of Mrs Edward Mcdowell in
| concert in Topeka. a good deal of in
! terest is shown in the famous Mac
! Dowell colony at Peterborough. Vt
( MacDowell built a log cabin there
] in the midst of enormous pine trees.
/ 1t was in this retreat that nearly all
the best of MacDowelPs music was
Written-that is that which was pro-
duced in the last five or six years of
his working life. During his univer-
sity life Mcdowell was constantly
meeting students who could not de-
velop their artistic talents on account
| of material handicaps from poverty.
1t was his hope, after building his Pc
Peterborough home, that the place might
be kept for the perpetual use of strug-
Cling students. His plan was carried
| out after his death, largely thru the
efforts of his widow 1t is now a stu
dent colony of more than 500 acres
Mrs Mcdowell will be in Topeka
February 8, and will give concert of