The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-01

Day of WaShDurn college,; piano ana
violin duet by Mrs. E. H. Anderson
and her little daughter, Elizabeth; vo-
cal number by Mrs. r. Parks Bennett.
accompanied by her daughter, Miss
March; trio of violin, cello and piano,
by Miss Helen Leeper. Miss Dorotha
Leeper and Miss Gertrude Huckle; vo-
cal solo, Miss Esther Lauterbach, ac-
companied by Miss Kittie Tandy:
piano solo by Miss Helen Reinbach;
vocal solo, by Miss Kittie Tandy, ac~
companied by Miss Ramsey
The baccalaureate address for the
College of the Sisters of Bethany will
be given Sunday morning by Bishop
James Wise, president of the school,
at Grace cathedral at the regular hour
of morning prayer. The young women
of the school will sing instead of the
cathedral choir at the service.
The graduating exercises will be
held in the cathedral Monday morning
at 10 O'Clock. The address will be
made by the Rev. B. T. Phillips, of St.
Peters church, st. Louis, Mo. Both
affairs are open to the public.
Mrs. E. A. Burkhart gave a party
Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Fred
Ulrich, of Angola, N. Y, who is IN
Topeka with her little son. William
Welcome Ulrich, to visit her mother.
Mrs w. NJ. Welcome. The guests
were:
Mrs. George Plat, Ann Arbor, Mich.
IF. Mrs. Lester Ellison
Mrs Orville Mac Miss Alma Calvert
Miss Allison Shaver Laer
Miss Eleanor Tasker Miss Ruth Grandon
Miss Ruth kingman Miss Ethel Grant
Mrs. Ulrich will return to New
York in a few days.
Mrs. Norman Wear will entertain
the Monday Whist club next Monday
afternoon at her home. 1921 Topeka
avenue.
Dr. P. P. Womer. president OF
Washburn college, will give lunch
con next Wednesday for the trustees
of the college.
The annual reception will be given
by Doctor and Mrs. Womer Wednes-
day afternoon from to O'Clock. The
date was originally set for Tuesday,
but as that is registration day. it was
decided to give the party Wednesday,.
An invitation is given to all the stu
dents to attend and also all friends of
the school If the weather is good
the reception will be held on the
lawn. Doctor and Mrs. Womer will
be assisted by Dean and Mrs. D. l..
Whitehouse, Dean and Mrs. J. w.
Hughes, DR.. and Mrs. D. NJ. Fisk and
DIR. and Mrs. w. c. Wheeler.
The annual alumni banquet will be
given at Pelletier's tea room Wednes-
day night.
Mr.. Alfred Cole, who planned to go
south to a plantation near Memphis
this summer, has change his plans and
will spend the summer on a ranch in
Utah.
A young married man who has
been considerable of a sport went
in h
way home his car broke down. He
stayed with his car and tried to re-
pair it himself. His bride became
alarmed at his absence and frantical-
ly began calling up his friends. About
II o'clock the young married man got
his car in repair and started on his
way home. Just as he was entering
the doorway of his house, a messenger
boy arrived with nine message Ted
has been unavoidably detained-will
, not be home tonight" read off the
messages signed by nine different
! friends. And that is what we call CO.
operation.-Atchison Globe.
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Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Gall of 1856
Horne street announce the marriage
of their daughter, Lena, to Mr.. Dom
aid Billings which took place Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Gall
| home. The service was read by the
Rev. c. w. Maggart of the First Eng
lish Lutheran church. Mr.. and Mrs.
Billings went away for a short we'd
| ding trip and will return to make
their home in Topeka.
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Frances Baker entertained the girls
of the S-A grade of Polk school at
her home in Western avenue The
decorations were pink and white and
red and white, the class colors. Those
present were:
Lorraine Reed Selma Patten
Ruth Witwer Marian Harlan
BesS Mercer Mary Anderson
Marguerite Nelson Marguerite Peterson
Evelyn Mills Jeanette Turnbull
Doris Du Pass Wilma Swan
Frances Baker Miss Julia Davis,
Miss Catherine Cen teacher
try, principal
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Marks of 62S
Troost avenue, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Eva Fay, to
Mr.. Harry Cecil Shapiro of Topeka
Kansas City Star.
Mr.. Shapiro is a clothing merchant
of Topeka.
tonight at the home of Mrs. A Mar
burg has been postponed on account
OF the inclemeuI weather.
Hampton Steele. former Topeka
newspaper man. is now in Sedan, Kan,
and he has discovered that two years
| have been added to his age, because