The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-28

She gave some negro melodies of
music.
A telegram has been received from
Miss Edna Noble White, of Columbus.
Ohio, by Mrs, d. o. Coe. head of the
Home Economics department of the
Woman's Club, as follows: ION ac-
count of unexpected university bust
ness, cannot come to Kansas City.
Miss Josephine Berry, chief of the di-
vision of home economics, University
of Minnesota, will fill my engagement
Thursday. l am sending you one of
the foremost women in the country in
my place.
Msis White was to have made an
address before the Woman's club
Thursday afternoon. but her substi-
tute, Miss Berry, will arrive tomorrow
to lecture at that session.
The morning meeting will combine
programs for the Music department
and the Educational department. and
Will be held in the assembly room OF
the high school, beginning at IL
o'clock. From IL to 11:40, demon
stration of the public school music
work will be given by Miss Mildred
Hazelrigg, music supervisor, assisted
by pupils in the sixth. seventh and
eighth grades of Polk school.
From 11:40 to s12:45 the work of
Miss Margaret Doe. head of the dram
attic art department of the high school,
will be demonstrated. Some of her
students will give one act of "A Box
of Monkeys a farce, and one act of
the fro1icsome costume comedy, "Pru-
nella." The stage of the high school
auditorium will be scene. The leading
parts will be taken by William Neis-
wanger and Blanche Battershill in "A
Box of Monkeys" Following is the
cast for "Prunella," or Love in a
foJ1 II
Thompson; Prim, Evelyn Parha m;
Prude, Ruth Switzer; Privacy. Mil
bred Scott; Queer, Esther Welton:
Quaint, Mary Carswell; Gardeners,
Alvin Batty, Terrence Curry and Ned
Fleming: boy. George Greenwood; a
statue, Marion Macarthur.
Pierrott, Cranston Vincent; Scara-
mel, Wymer Schneider; clowns, Harry
Wilson, Lamy Gilberg. Clyde Smailey
Irene Turner, Helen Naylor, Marguer-
lite Nichols. Edith Witt, and Harriet
Riggen; baritone. John Pendleton.
X X X
Miss Ann Myers will give student
recital at the Muller School or MUSIC,
Thursday evening, March l. Ihose
who will be on the program are: MISS
Florence Maxwell, Miss Pauline Muel-
Ter, Miss June Henderson, Miss Mar
ian Sturm. Miss Esther Stadell, MISS
Emma Vogel, Miss Bernice Bullock,
Miss Virginia Reed, Miss Anna Auke-
baur, Miss Ruby May and Miss Bessie
Long. The composers represented are:
Hugo Reinhold, Walter Rolfe, Joseph
Rummel. Reynard, Chaminade, Mo-
Fart Carl Bohm. Henselt, MoskoWskl'
Schutt, earlier and Ethelbort Nevln.
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Mrs. Charles Wore will entertain
Monday in compliment to Mrs. Luther
Coppock and Mrs. Beswick of Albu-
querque, \. NJ.
A party to which about sixty of the
young matrons and girls of society
were asked, was given Tuesday aft5
ernoon by Mrs. George Staebler of 900
WoodlaWn avenue. Receiving with
the hostess were Miss Helen Collins OF
MeyerSdale, Pa, who Is visiting her
sister, Mrs Frank Burrow, and Miss
Lou Graves of San Diego, Cal, who
arrived Tuesday morning to be Mrs.
Burrows guest. Miss Collins has
been in Topeka for several weeks, ana
has been presented to large numbers
of the society set from time to time.
She is good looking and attractive,
| and has received a good share of at
tention at the gayeties of the season
She was gowned yesterday in blue net,
edged with blue velvet, and the mod
ish. semi-fitted blouse was of blue
velvet. Miss Graves has been expect
ed by Mrs. BurrOW for some time, but
has been detained on her journey. She
came here from the east, where she
! has been with friends, and after a
few weeks she will go on to her home
| in California. She will probably be
entertained at some social functions
| in her honor during her stay. She
wore yesterday gown of white net,
embroidered, and made with wide
| girdle of brocaded ribbon in orchid
shade. Mrs. Staebler's gown was of
blue satin taffeta, combined with sill
yer embroidered lace, which formed
inserts at the sides of the gown and
capped the shoulders.
The door was opened by Mrs Staeb-
ler's good looking young son, Junior
| Staebler, who. by force of circum-
stances never appointed nor approved
by any boy on earth, was obliged to
shake hands with some sixty women,
listen to feminine complimentary
gush, and bear the appearance of lik-
ing it.
In the hall was a basket of white
narcissus and daffodils on the newell
post of the stairs Baskets of jonquils
| and freesia stood in the receiving
room. On the dining table was a
basket of lovely flowers, sprays of
pansies that fell over the sides of the
| basket, lilies, narcissus, roses and
freesia. The serving in the dining
room was done by Mrs. Luther Burns,
who poured chocolate, and Mrs. Eu-
gene Sallee, Mrs. Merrill Mills, and
Mrs. Roland Perkins.
Ices were served in the breakfast
room, where the table was adorned
lighted with pink candles. Mrs. Monte
kistler sat at the table, and the serv-
ing was done by Mrs. Warrick Upde-
graft
| Mrs. Sallee wore a gown of lavender
taffeta, and corsagc of pink and