The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19

And hearts glad everywhere.
Your little niece who loves you
Eleanor
Mrs. ]. G. Stricken gave a dinner
party Friday night for the teachers in
the primary department of the First
Methodist Sunday school. Covers were
placed for: n
Mr. Mr. a and MIS- MS ,S }ih:aKulD
Mrs. Fred BonebrakeMr. William whitmer
Mrs Mrs, Ma Matte Mrs =. N Pibble
Mrs. Charles (-Joslin Mrs. Stonebeck
Miss Elisabeth Edison Miss Dorothy Crane
Miss winifred Pitcher Miss Mary Paxton
Miss Edna Anton Miss Dorothy Brooks
Miss Octavia Elliott
Mrs. C. w. Jones of 1854 Clay street
will entertain the Diesnon club Thurs
day afternoon at her home.
The Kansas chapter of the Ameri-
can Guild of Organists will have a con-
vention in Topeka next week, and a
part of the activities of the conven-
cathedral Monday evening at 1880
O'Clock.
The recital is to be a part of the
entertainment for the delegates to the
diocesan convention of the Episcopal
church which convenes Monday of
next week.
The concert will be given by four
of the leading organists of Kansas, as
sisted by the choir of Grace cathedral,
for which Mr.. Herman Springer is d.
rector, and Mrs. ]. A. Campbell, or
ganist. The organ soloists will be
Prof Charles S. Skilton, department
of organ and theory of the Kansas
State university and fellow of the
American Guild of Organists; Dean
Horace Whitehouse, at the head of the
fine arts department of WaShburn COL
lege; Frederick Rogers, doctor of mu-
sic, of Hutchinson, and Dean Daniel A
Hirschler, of the Emporia Normal. and
president of the Kansas chapter of the
OrganistS' guild
A feature of the program will be the
rendering of the newest composition
of Professor Skilton, his Sonata in ID
minor, written in four movements. The
sonata will be played Monday night
for the first time, and as Professor
Skilton ranks we'll among OrganlStS
and composers of this country, and as
he is connected with a Kansas school,
the rendering of his composition will
be of peculiar interest. In this sonata,
moderate use is made of the whole tone
scale and the modern harmonic style
without reSorting to extreme dfSSon-
ance. The first movement begins with
out introduction, with a theme of
canonic character, the first and sec
end motives haTmonizing with each
other, so that they may be used in
manifold combinations and transferred
to the whole tone scale. A study of
the construction of the sonata is in
teresting from the side of technical
composition as we'll as from a purely
musical standpoint.
Dean ]. P. Deb. Kaye will make a
short address on the subject, Dignity
in Church Music"
After the recital a reception will be
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to the diocesan convention, given by
the clergy of Topeka.
X
A tea for the benefit of the Red
Cross society was given Friday after
noon by Mrs. w. P. Lyman and Mrs.
Henry H. Haynes, at Mrs. Lyman's
home in the Del Mar apartments.
The rooms were decorated with
spring flowers. There were vases of
spirea and purple iris, and bouquets
of Towering crab. A big basket of
flowers stood back of the tea table in
the living room.
Mrs Haynes wore a frock of white
wolfe, trimmed with bands of green
embroidered in white. She wore a
corsage of pink sweet peas. Mrs. Ly-
man wore a striped suit of gold and
blue silk. Those who assisted were
Mrs. Sam LUX, Jr., Miss Esther Clark,
Miss Ariel Nichols, Miss Mamie zahn-
er, Miss Elizabeth Mills, Miss Helen
Louise Crosby, Miss Ernestine Klein
and Mrs. Lyman's two little nieces.
Dorothy Butlin and Cecelie ButlIn,
who are with their mother, Mrs.
visiting at the C. J. Wilson home. The
little girls wore white embroidered
frocks. with pink ribbons.
In addition to the silver offering to
which the guests contributed. a lunch
con set was offered at a rattle, at rs
cents a number. The set is a very
handsome one, being hand embroid-
cred in an attractive pattern in colors.
The amount of money returned by the
party was something over $21 and the
rattle will be continued until the
amount reaches S25.
X X X
The diploma recital given by Miss
Virginia Leach last evening at the
Guild hall was a marked artistic sue
cess. Miss Leach is a pupil of Miss
Florence Lund, of the expression de-
partment of the College of the Sisters
of Bethany. Miss Leach's interpreta-
ton of Hauptmann's "Sunken BelP'
was strong and indicative of powers n
reserve. The character portrayal was
realistic, and the symbolism which
raises the story from the realm of the
fairy tale to that of reality, was ad
mirably brought out. Miss Leach's
performance proves her unusual abil-
ity as a reader.
X X x
The marriage of Miss Jennie Soil
and Mr.. Theodore Nordland took place
Wednesday evening at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. a.
Anderson, Alb Polk street, at CLOCK.
Before the ceremony Miss Anna Peter
son sang For You Alone" Mrs. c.
E. Malmberg played the Lohengrin
Wedding March, and Miss Geneva
Tulien led the wedding party. carrying
= Wv ~ 10 iSey 7lrv-
Carlson was maid of honor and Mr..
Elmer Johnson, best man. The SER
vice was read by the Rev. J. A. ia
cobson in the living room, before an
wreath
The brides gown was of cream tat