The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10

ward Wednesday night at their home
For the program after dinner. Mr..
Pugh read a paper on "Reprisals,
and Mrs. c. B. Van Horn reviewed
article in the Geogra phicaI Maya
zine on the American flag.
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The MatFons Art class will meet
Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the
Y. w. c. A, instead of at Washburn
college The class is taught by Mrs
L. D. Whittemore-
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Miss Margaret BuIIene, who has en-
tered the army nursing service, has
just received promotion to the posi-
ton of assistant to the head nurse in
the base hospital at Camp Beauregard.
Alexandria, louisiana Miss BuIlene
has made her home with her sister,
Mrs. Chester Woodward, in Topeka.
while she was engaged in service for
the Public Health Nursing association
in Topeka Previous to that time she
was at the head of a childrens hos
pital in Denver, Colo
The Kansas chapter of the Sons
of the American Revolution will have
their annual meeting January %.
Tie session will probably be held at
Peuetier's Tea room Mr. J. NJ Meade
is president Of the society, and Mr.. A
4. Bennett is its secretary.
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Prof. Arthur Nsvin, former profess
sor of voice in Kansas university, has
had mis- newest opera, The Daughter
of lie Forest" accepted and staged
in Chicago The Chicago Grand Opera
company gave performance of 1T at
the Auditorium theater in Chicago last
Saturday. Professor Nevin has many
friends all over Kansas who will be
pleased to know of this recent sue
cess. Last year he gave a review,
with excerpts from the score, or ms
Indian opera "Poia," at a party at
the Topeka club, given by Mrs C. l.
Martin
The following story from the Daily
Kansan. gives an account of the pre-
sentation of the opera:
The initial performance of the opera
The Daughter of the Forest" by
Prof. Arthur Nevin. former professor
of voice at the university, was given
at the Auditorium theater in Chicago
last Saturday afternoon by the Chi
cage Grand Opera company A large
audience enthusiastically received the
opera. Professor Nevfn appeared for
twelve curtain calls at the end of the
performance
The Daughter Of the Forest is an
American opera of one act, three
scenes, and is a story of the Civil war
times. Sig EIeofonte Campanini. di-
rector of the Chicago Grand Opera
the opera, and he was so well pleased
with its success that he has prom
Used the K. U professor that it shall
be one of the two operas given in
English this season. He has also
promised to present Professor Nevin's
Indian opera, "Poia," next season.
Professor Nevin is at present in
charge of the community singing of
the soldiers at Camp Grant, Rockford
ILL.,, and he directed the, orchestra in
his uniform at the opera Some credit
is due to Miss Clara Powell, a grad
uate of the school of fine arts of this
university, who played the accom-
paninn ent on the piano for the re-
hearsals of the opera Miss Powell
is studying music in Chicago.
Many friends of Professor Nevin
attended the performance last Satur-
day in Chicago. Miss Maude Miller,
Miss Dorothy Bell, Prof A j. Boyn-
ton, l. 3. Hughes and Herbert Flint
went from Lawrence.
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Mrs. E T. Warren, of Stuart, Iowa.
who is visiting Ms. James Mcclure,
will be the guest of honor at an in
formal party to be given this evening
by Miss Katie Belle Cuthbert and Miss
Sarah Houston. Mrs. Warren, before
her marriage. was Miss Hazel Barn
well, who taught expression in Beth
any college, and afterward had a
studio down town in Topeka. The
guests tonight will be a group of her
close friends.
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The Junto Dinner club met Wednes-
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs. James
Mcclure Honor guests were Mrs. E
T. Warren. of Stuart, Iowa, and Mrs
Robert Kerr, of Emporia- The club
meets fortnightly at the home of the
members. The women of the club re-