The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14


Nlslt 20 oallna.
! general counselor for the Northwest
ern railroad. He sent his daughter to
a finishing school in Berlin before her
entrance to society.
Among the Topeka people who at
tended the wedding were: Mr.. and Mrs.
! Albert Patten, Mayor and Mrs. j. E.
House and Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Crane.
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The Chaldean club will have guest
day meeting with Mrs. S. S. Estey
! Monday at o'clock. Each member
will invite two guests. Mrs. w. A.
McCarter. who is considered an au-
| thority on Shakespeare, will speak
from the subject THE Merchant of
Venice Mrs. George Parkhurst will
sing and Miss Helen Estey will give
a piano solo.
Mrs. Frank P. Whitmore will go to
Kansas City Tuesday to hear Madame
CALI Curci, who will sing at the Schu-
bert theater. This is the first time
Kansas City people have had a con-
cert by the famous Italian coloratura
soprano, and the seats were all sold
out soon after the sale opened. Mrs
Whitmore heard her in grand opera
in Chicago recently. Miss Margaret
Hosford of Burlington, Iowa, will ar
rive the first of the week to visit her
aunt, Mrs. Whitmore, and will attend
the concert in Kansas CITY.
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The Vignette club will have guest
day meeting Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. j. W. F. Hughes. Each
member is privileged to invite tvs
guests.
Roll call will be answered by cur
rent events in art. Mrs. Charles F.
of Painting" Mrs. William MacferraE
will give d review of Josephine Pres
ton Peabody's drama THE Piper"
The club hopes to have the dancing
art portrayed by little Eleanor Felten-
stein. Mrs. ]. W. F. Hughes has
charge of the music for the afternoon.
Miss Juliette Hughes will play violin
solo, and a duet will be given by Mrs.
H. o. Carney and Miss Effie Page
| The girls of Washburn college are
to take course in Red Cross and first
aid work. Enrolment in the classes
is made obligatory for the girls, just
| as military drill will be made com
pulsory for the men students. DR.. P
IP Womer has appointed a committee
of faculty members and students tc
lay out a course of study. The com
mittee members are DR.. Edith Twiss'
chairman; Miss Frances Perry, secre-
tary; Miss Florence Willard, Mrs. Il.
B. Snyth, Miss Hazel Jones and Miss
Flora Harrington.
The first meeting will be held Mon
day from IL to 1890 o'clock in the
college chapel. The plan of work will
include examinations at the end of the
term The course will include home
nursing A certificate will qualify the
holder of it to go as Red Cross aid in
: time of war.
The marriage of Miss Grace Louise
Rickenbacher to Mr.. Manford Elliott
Peck of Salina was solemnized this
, morning at o'clock at Central Con-
! gregational church, by DR.. Charles NJ
| Sheldon.
Mrs. Leland McAfee. formerly Miss
Lydia Emery. played the wedding
I was used as the professional, and the
: occasional was Guilmant's Nuptial
. March. During the ceremony Miss
!, Gladys Cav, violinist, and Miss
Frances Cav, pianist, played Men
: delssohn's Spring Song.
q The bride was attended by Miss
Imogene Burnett of Clay Center, as
maid of honor, and Mrs. Ray Stewart
? Mrs Alfred Spicy of Abilene, Miss
= Marie Smith of Minneapolis, Mis-.
Helen Coe, Miss Gertrude Huckle, Mis-!
Elsie Chapman and Miss Dorothy
. Sims, ribbon girls and bridesmaids
= Mr.. Peck was attended, by his brother
e Mr.. Carson c. Peck of Trinidad, Colo.
= as best man. Della Dean Dodge o.
, Salina, a niece of Mr.. Peck, was the
s flower girl, and Clifford b. Dodge jr.
/. of Salina, a nephew of the bride
y carried the ring. The brides father
d Mr.. William Rickenbacher, gave he
: in marriage.
The ushering was done by thu
young women attendants
The colors used in the decoration
and in the gowning of the bridal part!
were white, pink, lavender, green anC
yellow. The church was adorned will
palms, snap dragons and rhododen
\ drons, in the bridal colors Ribbons
of the rainbow colors were carried b,
1 the young women of the bridal party
u to mark the aisle for the weddin;
,, procession Song birds were con
- cealed among the palms which forme,
+ the background for the scene of tn
ceremony.
Inc bride was dressed in a Doll
warden coat dress of silk, and BIZ
Dolly Warden hat of leghorn straw
% laced with pink, and trimmed in vari
'e egated flowers. Her shoes and glove
n were white. Her bouquet was of Ceci
Brunner roses, orchids and lilies O
Ir the valley. She wore a ring set wit
= aqua marine, a gift of the BRIDEGROOM
re MISS Ward, the maid of honor. wor
v gown of lavender taffeta, yelled il
le d rooe OF wolfe. Her hat was a Iarg
q Whlte panama, trimmed in shades t
match the gown. She carried a shep
herdess basket of flowers in tn
Al bridal colors. The other Young wo
'. men OF the party wore dresses in tn
l. rainbow colors, made with smockins
20 Mrs Spicy was in green, Mrs StewaI
u in lavender, Miss CHAPMAN in yellow
&c Miss Sims, Miss Smith and Miss Coz
l. in pink, and Miss Huckle in lavender
er The ring bearer wore a white s1li
Dt ana carried the ring in Gala lii,
- | Little Della Dean Dodge wore a whit