The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-09

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ficers were elected: Mrs. warrick
Updegraff president; Mrs. W. F. Bow
en-, vice president; Miss Louise McNeal,
secretary; Miss Ruth Raster, treasur-
er; Miss Charlotte Leavitt, editor.
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Mrs. Frank Theis, of Hastings, Neb.,
i and Miss Gussie Fuller, were guests
of the Crochet club at its meeting to-
day at the home of Mrs. A. A Scott.
! Miss Polly Mowers entertained
few friends this afternoon in compli-
] ment to Miss Winifred Hartley, who
! will leave soon for Chicago to enter
the Columbia School of Expression.
The guests were: Miss Hartley, Miss
! Juliette Brown, Miss Mary Weight
! Alice Hughes. Miss Hartley, who is a
gradua of st. Mary's academy, LeaV-
| enworth will take a normal course at
| the school of expression
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An elderly man. who was one OF the
! rail birds at the inaugural recepuon,
coming in with the rest of the prole-
| tariat remarked of the show in the
rotunda below, 1T is something pretty
big for man to arrive at a place IN
tn world where people VIII go 10 All
this trouble just to look at him. ana
of people of the state assembled at the
apitol building Monday night to look
at the state officers and their wives at
the biennial inaugural reception.
An outstanding feature of the party
was the promptness and efflciency
with which the arrangements, many
of which were new, were conducted.
Mr. Charles Mitchell was chairman of
the reception committee. Also the
men who guarded the entrances and
directed the callers with the utmost
patience and politeness. The music
was furnished by two military bands.
A grand march was played for the
entrance of the receiving party, made
up of the state officers and their
wives. Adjutant General and Mrs &.
who entered with them to form the
receiving line were: Governor and
Mrs. Arthur Capper, Chief Justice and
Mrs. William Agnew Johnston, JUS
tice and Mrs. Rosseau A. Burch, JUS
tice and Mrs. Henry F. Mason, Justice
and Mrs. Silas w. Porter, Justice and
Mrs. Judson S. West, Justice and Mrs.
John Marshall, Justice and Mrs. John
w. Dawson, Mr.. w. Y. Morgan, lieu
tenant governor, and Mrs. Morgan,
Mr.. J. T. Botkin, secretary of state,
and Mrs Botkin, Mr.. Fred W. Knapp.
state auditor, and Mrs. Knapp, Mr..
Walter L. Payne, state treasurer, and
Mrs. Payne, Mr.. S. NJ. Brewster, at
torney general, and Mrs. Brewster, Mr..
w. D. Ross, state superintendent of
public instruction, and Mrs. Ross. Mr..
Carey J. Wilson, superintendent of in
surance, and Mrs. Wilson, Mr.. w. r.
Smith, state printer, and Mrs. Smith.
There were handsome gowns worn
by the receiving and assisting women.
Mrs. Capper wore Brussels net of
sapphire color, embroidered in silver,
and made with high neck and long,
transparent sleeves Mrs. w. Y. Nor
gam wife of the lieutenant governor,
wore a gown of white Georgette crepe,
with side drapery and bodice trimming
of fillet lace. barred with silver. Her
| girdle was of pink satin. Mrs. john
ston wore black lace combined with
| jet and velvet. Justice and Mrs.
Johnston have stood in the inaugural
receiving line for nine consecutive
| parties. Mrs. Payne wore black net
embroidered in silver, yelling black
satin. Mrs. Mason was gowned in blue
silk, draped with tulle embroidered in
sequins. Mrs. Porter wore black cfif
! fon velvet with collar of white lace and
blue chiffon. Mrs. Vests gown was
of black crepe zibeline, draped with
! lace in old blue and embroidered in
silver. Mrs. Dawson wore black net
over silver cloth. with iridescent trim
ming. Mrs. Smiths gown was of tur-
quoise blue with bodice of lace. Mrs.
Burch was gowned in gold satin, yelled
| IN net OF the same SndQe. Mrs. Bot
kin was gowned in lavender tulle with
silver embroidery. Mrs. Marshalrs
gown was of lavender satin and black
lace. Mrs. Knapp's gown was of pale
blue satin. Mrs. Wilson wore grey
Georgette crepe, yelling grey satin,
trimmed with iridescent bands. She
carried a wrist bouquet of pink roses.
Mrs. Ross's gown was of buttercup
yellow, with deep flares of delicate blue
metal cloth. trimmed with beading.
Mrs. Martin. who, with her husband,
introduced the guests to the governor,
| wore charming gown of ribbon satin,
I with wide, circular stripes. shading
from deep gold to pale yellow. and
white, with a narrow black stripe, set
ting off the deep bands of yellow. The
skirt was made in the Zouave style.
semi-military, and the trimming was
of silver lace.
The reception committee. headed by
Major and Mrs. Alvarado NJ. Fuller,
ficers and their wives. The women of
the committee then stood to receive
with the officers, forming an extension
of the receiving line. The senators
and their wives and daughters were
then presented, followed by the repre-
sentatives and their families, and last
! the national guardsmen shook hands
with the receiving people. Later the
| line broke up, and receptions were
| held in the senate chamber, and the
| house. where punch was served
| The decorations for the party were
! elaborate and the lighting effects nov
| ell and pretty. The holiday colors of
scarlet and green predominated. The
| ratings for the rotunda on the first
and second floors were twined with
evergreen. poinsettias and sprays of
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