The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20


which lays on the sand beside her.
els, embroidered pillow cases. lunch
con sets, bridge sets, etc. The money
| taken in at the shows and the bazaar
is used in local charities.
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The marriage of Lulu May Young
/ to Mr.. Clyde A. Breeze. both of To-
peka, was solemnized at $3.50 Friday
| afternoon at the home of the brides
| parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Often,
1437 Polk street, the Rev. E. H. Civ
ems officiating. The only persons
present were the immediate family
members. The bride wore her travel
| ing suit of a late model in navy blue
| tricotine with white Georgette waist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Breeze left Immediately
| for an eastern trip. Mrs. Breeze has
for short time been employed in the
! general claim department of the Santa
Fe while Mr.. Breeze has been with
| the Santa Fe store department for
quite a number of years Both are
well known in Topeka and vicinity.
They will be at home at 1923 Monroe
street to their frineds on or about
| October Is.
! Miss Edith Nash, whose engagement
to Mr.. N. U. Lagerstrom has been
announced, was the guest of honor at
| a party given by the Young Women's
Foreign Missionary society of Lowman
Hill at the home of the Misses Ken
drick in Lane street Friday evening.
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The girls of the active chapter of
| the Alpha Phi sorority are the guests
at a tea this afternoon given by the
alumnae members of the sorority at
the home of Mrs. Tinkham Veale, s27
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| Mrs Charles Blood Smith has asked
guests to an informal dinner this eve
ming at the Country club in compli-
| ment to her niece, Mrs Emerson G.
Higgins, of Tulsa, Okla. Mrs. Higgins.
who is remembered as Miss Miriam
| Murphey, arrived the middle of the
week to visit her grandmother, Mrs.
| Emma Redden. and aunts. Mrs.
'euaen o0f0a !;
The girls of the Kappa Alpha
Theta sorority will entertain at din
ner this evening at the home of Miss
| Mary Paxton in Western avenue.
Guests are a number of the new girls
at Washburn and alumnae Thetas.
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Capt w. P. Mclean will give an
entertainment next Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock in the Auditorium.
| 1t will be a show of pictures taken
last year in France. The money taxi
en- in at this entertainment will be
used for the benefit of the Interra-
tional Kindergarten association. Very
good music has been promised.
Mrs. Ona Miller Briefer, who has
been travelling with the Redpath-
| Vaw<er chautauquas all summer, is in
Topeka visiting her parents. Mrs.
| Briefer, who is harpist, was with the
| Evening Star circuit up in North and
South Dakota, Minnesota and iowa.
She has been engaged to fill another
lot of dates in Missouri. Mrs. Briefer
will spend the winter in Kansas City
with her husband and fill independent
| enga gements. Next summer she will
head a chautauqua company of her
own.
If a thousand children don't find
the realization of their fondest dreams
this afternoon at the Hodgins party
/ which is being given for them at the
H. A. Hodgins home at the corner of
Seventh and Lane street it will be
their own fault. The day is perfect.
the big grassy lawn at the Hodgins
place was never more beautiful. there
are music and games and entertain
| ment and all the ice cream and cook
les and waters they can possibly want.
And children and more children to
play with.
Long ago in old Ireland where the
Hodgins family was born, it was a Gus
| tom in the fall for several people in
! community to get together and have
| a party for all the children. They
came from far and wide and romped
and played to their hearts content
and ate till they were actually salts
fled. And today, which is the 42nd
anniversary of the arrival of the Hold
gins family in Topeka, the same plan
is being carried out. Besides being
chlldrer1-s party it is an old settlers re-
union. The people who were here in
the early days and were friends of the
Hodgins family and their children
/ have been invited to come this after
noon and see the party.
On the 26th day of August in the
year 1877. the late William r. Hodgins
and his family of ten children left
Cloughjordan in County Tipperary in
Ireland and started for America
They reached Topeka on September
%. And today all the living members
of the family with the exception of
two. Mrs Lily C. Chessnan of Pasa-
dena, Cal. and Mr.. Tottenham Hodg-
ins of Philadelphia. will be together
to greet their old friends and to en-
terrain the small children of Topeka.
Those who will be there are Mr.. and
Mrs Hugh A Hodgins. Mr. and Mrs
Richard Hodgins, Mr.. Sadlier J. Hodg-