The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-06
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Mrs. silas Porter entertained the
Monday Whist club this afternoon at
| her home in the Congleton apart
ments. Substitutes for absent MEM
bers were Mrs. John E. Lord, Mrs. +.
w. Watson and Mrs. J. NJ. Council.
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| Mrs. Charles CantrelI, of Benton,
ILL.,, and Mrs Victor Kropf, of Omaha,
| Neb., will be honor guests at an in
| formal afternoon tomorrow at the
| home of Mrs. James Mcclure in Null
| vane street. Other guests will be the
members of a sewing club to which
/ Mrs. Mcclure belongs and Va few adj
| ditional friends of Mrs. Mantrell and
| Mrs. Kropf, who both formerly lived
in Topeka
Mrs. Harry Hobson entertained the
La Douzaine Bridge club this afternoon
at her home.
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( Many Topeka people interested in
| art attended the Topeka Art Guild
! open house and afternoon tea, at the
What Not Sunday afternoon. The
| center of interest was the exhibition
| of pictures by Miss Marian Peers, who
recently returned from thirteen
months of study in New York City.
The exhibition includes landscapes,
marines and portraits. Among the
latter is a particularly striking and
| we'll handled picture of the artists sis
ter. All the works but two are exc
cuted in pastel. The two exceptions
are oils.
By request Miss Peers gave short
talk on art conditions as she found
/ them in New York during the war and
of the tendencies of modern art as in
dexed by the various exhibitions of
paintings and sculpture that she at
tended from time to time She also
and principles that underlie true art
by which all work claiming to be true
art must be judged.
George NJ. Stone also discussed the
pictures and gave a short talk on art
| Many new memberships in the Art
Guild were secured at the meeting and
the future outlook of the organization
is most encouraging. Any person in
terested in any phase of the fine or
applied arts and all lovers of art in
general, are eligible to membership in
the Topeka Art Guild.
The program committee of the guild
promises most interesting series of
lectures. talks and exhibitions thruout
the rest of the year.
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The Square and Compass club will
give a subscription dance Friday night
at Kirkpatrick's hall.
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Reinald Werrenrath. the noted
American baritone, is to come to To-
peka and appear at the Washburn
college chapel on the evening of Janu-
airy 20. Werrenrath is thought by
many to be the foremost baritone on
the American stage today. He has
been singing in concert and oratorio
for the past ten years and this winter
he is carrying operate roles with the
Metropolitan Grand Opera company.
The Werrenrath concert will be one
of the numbers on the Washburn col
lege fine arts concert course which
has been organized this winter by Mr..
Elias Bredin, dean of the Washburn
school of music, and Topeka people
will undoubtedly appreciate the or
portunity which is offered them at
this time in having such well known
artist revive the musical season which
has been so dormant in our town since
the beginning og the war.
Dean Bredin will accompany Mr..
Werrenrath on the organ. 1t has been
announced that all money over ex-
penses taken in for the concert will go
towards the aid of the wounded SOL
diers.
The n. n. S. club will meet Tuesday,
January Z, at the home of Mrs. E.
Raymond. 904 Lane street.
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All the ladies of the Masonic unit of
the Red Cross are requested to meet
at the Masonic temple Tuesday and
Thursday of this week to do some
necessary sewing for the soldiers.
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The Spalding Reading circle will
hold their regular meeting tonight at
the Knights of Columbus hall.
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The Amaranth club will meet Tues
day afternoon with Mrs. w. r. Perry.
1889 Western avenue. This is the first
meeting of the club since before
Word has been received in Topeka
of the death of Mrs. Jane McCabe
Stevenson of Burlington, Kan. Mrs.
Stevenson has frequently visited in
Topeka at the home of Mrs. Olive
Jones Whitmer and has made many
friends here. She and her small child,
which was born few weeks ago at a
Topeka hospital. returned only last
Her death was caused by peritonitis.
Mrs. G. S. Owens will entertain the
Mysotis club Tuesday afternoon at her
home in Clay street.
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At recent meeting of the execu-
tive board OF the State Federation of
woman's clubs 1t was reported that
Kansas has given m ore money in pro-
portion to its club membership to the
| war victory commission fund than any
other state in the Union. Kansas
contrib Ition to he fund is $7.5O2-10.
| which l. 70 be used to send a unit of
women workers overseas. The quota
Z tn Kansas for this work 6