The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-29

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Helen Hogeboom, Miss Juanita Nc
DowelI and Mr.. Glenwood Jones.
There will be three special dance fea-
ture, Miss Gertrude Loudenbach and
Miss Helen Palmer Gray in Spanish
dance. a May pole dane by the kinder
garten tots of Bethany, and a rainbow
dance by some of the older girls of
Bethany.
The subject of the program for the
art department meeting in the morn
ing, will be Civil Art" Mrs. Charles
NJ. Spencer, chairman of the depart
ment, says that this will be discussed
under four heads, Municipal Archi-
lecture by Mrs W. c. Wheeler;
Landscape Architecture" by Mrs.
Katherine Hand; Monumental Archi-
tecure." by Mrs. R. T. Herrick, and
City Decoration" by Mrs. Katherine
Lindsay Perkins.
Mrs. Frank w. Thomas, chairman
of the home economics department of
the club, announces that Miss May
Baker, who is head of the domestic
science department of the high school.
will talk on Menus and Menu Plan
ming" at the department meeting at
1890.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Monroe will
entertain the Junto Dinner club at din
| ner Thursday evening.
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| There is one school in Topeka where
the children are given the opportunity
| to develop musical talent at a nomi-
nal cost At the Central Park school
| there are violin classes of ten to a
| class, at 10 cents per pupil a lesson.
| The children are making great prog
ress, and who knows but that some
! latent genius may be discovered in this
way?
This system of violin teaching was
| inaugurated in Boston by Albert
Mitchell, who composed a set of in
struction books for this purpose. All
of the larger cities now offer this work
Miss Jessie ]. Humphrey. director of
music in the Topeka high school.
started the work at Central Park, and
hopes in time to be able to include
other instruments besides the violin.
Miss Helen PhiPps < is the I instructor.
At the recital tomorrow night at the
First Baptist church by Madame
sist of the following numbers: Luz
cantoni-Una notte a Venezia, Mrs.
Martha Schultz Bauman and Mr.. Ber-
nard McNown; Bizet-Michaela's aria
from Carmen. Mrs Bauman; Rogers
Amulets; Eden-What's in the Air To-
day? Mr.. McNown; Puccini-Every
Flower, from Madam Butterfly. Mrs.
Bauman and Miss Euphemia Page;
Beethoven-Aria Adagio, Allegro, Miss
Page; Observation-Disclosures, My Heart,
to Gladness; Rogers-Love Has
Wings; Salter-Enchantm Gaines
Spring Is Awake, Mrs. Bauman;
Salter-Her Love Song; Sibella-Twi-
light Dreams; Manney-Consecra-
Miss Page. Mrs. R. w. Talbert will be
accompanist. The public is invited to
the recital, WHICH will begin at Sis.
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The Minerva club was entertained
yesterday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. P. P. Womer in Boswell avenue,
with Miss Ethel Grant as assistant
hostess. The literary part of the pro-
gram consisted of a review of THE
Last d. 5 of the Russian Autocracy" by
Princess Cantacuzene, granddaughter
of General Grant, by Mrs. George God
/ frey Moore. For the musical part,
Mrs. E. D. Clithero sang two songs,
Love Came in at the Door," by Lieb-
ling, and Yesterday and Today" by
Sproff; violin solo. "Serenapa," Vic
tor Herbert, by Mrs. F. r. Richards;
dance. IAN Old Fashioned Garden"
\ by Millicent Dillon and Cornelia
: Adams; a dance, The Fan" by Milli-
cent Dillon, and Serenade Espagnole,
Chaminade-Kreisler, by Miss Juliet
Hughes.
} The guests of the club were Mrs. w.
F. Mcbride, of Omaha; Mrs. J. F.
Stevens. of Humboldt; Miss Juliet
Hughes. Miss Cornelia Adams and
Miss Millicent Dillon.
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Mr.. Z. E. Olinger, who has been in
| Italy the past year in Y. NJ, c. A. work
has returned to Topeka. His wife and
two children spent the time with Mrs.
Olingers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Skinner, during Mr.. Olinger's absence.
Mr.. Olinger will leave the first of June
for Oklahoma City, where he is state
manager of Queen Insurance COM
pany.
A brother of Mr.. Olinger, DR.. Stan
ton Olinger. will be in Topeka this
week, and will be the guest of his
mother. Mrs. Charlotte Olinger, and
his sisters, Mrs. Frank Bassett, 316
Elmwood avenue. and Mrs ]. B. Sims.
jr. Doctor Olinger is president of
Buena Vista college, at Storm Lake,
Iowa.
Mrs. Silas Porter entertained the
Monday Bridge club yesterday after
noon at her apartment in the Congle-
ton. The guests and substitutes were
St. Louis, Mrs. T. ]. Kellam. Mrs. J
c. Gafford Mrs. A NJ. Fuller, and
Mrs Harold Chase.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr. Robert Hasty. who has recent
ly been discharged from military duty
and who has opened a law office in
Wichita, spent the weekend at the
Phi Delt house at Washburn.
Judge z. T. Hazen has returned
from a business trip to Kansas City.
Mrs. Albert Green and her two chill
dren have returned from an outing
at Lakeview.
Mr.. and Mrs N B. Campbell have
received news of the death of their
, Mich. She is survived by her hus-