The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-22
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at a bridge luncheon today at the
Elks' club. The rooms were elabor-
ately decorated in palms and cut
flowers. On the luncheon tables were
bowls of spring flowers and the IA
vors were small corsages of spring
blossoms. On the edge of each cock
tail glass was a small hand made rose
having a gumdrop in the center. A
four course luncheon was served.
After the first course Miss Adele
Kellogg gave an aesthetic dance. THE
Swan Dance" and between two of the
other courses she danced the Min
uet." The high score prize was a
handsome hand cut blue vase.
Mrs. Trefry was assisted by Mrs.
James Lippitt and Miss Frances Do
Ian. There were guests for four ta-
bles at bridge and those who played
tier, Mrs. Warwick Updegraff. Mrs.
Vera Gardner, Mrs. James Hayes. Mrs.
Norman Wear, Mrs. Clarence Jordan,
Mrs. n. V. Woods. Mrs. Edward Buss-
ing, Mrs. Roy Crawford, Mrs. Frank
Cope, Mrs. Donald Pierce, Jr, Miss
Ian, Mrs. John Selby Kritser, Mrs. S.
A. Shockey, Mrs. James Lippitt.
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The members of the Minerva club
were hostesses at an informal evening
last night at the home of Mrs. T. r.
Paxton in Western avenue. The
guests were received by Mrs. Paxton,
Mrs F. 1. Richards, Mrs. ]. D. Heym
and Mrs. A. B. Jeffrey, who stood in
the large hallway at the foot of the
stairs. There were about one hun
dred and thirty members and guests
present.
A feature was a playlet, "The
Day." given by some of the members
and some additional talent. Mrs. B.
H. Pugh was manager and stage
coach" of the performance and Mrs.
w. E. Atchison, assistant manager.
property man and stage hand.
mile. Jerusha. Sibly RoXanna NARROW,
assisted by an all-beaming star cast"
was presented to very appreciative
audience.
The story of the playlet was the
approaching marriage of the only
daughter of an ambitious family and
began with a discussion of just which
friends should be invited and if left
out why. This scene was made local
by the use of the names of well known
members of the club. A large we'd
ding was planned, but the country cou-
sin was not to be one of the brides
maids, hence her appearance on the
scene to cause trouble. The bride
spent much time declaring that it was
all off because her fiance did not
wish her to go to dances every night
before the wedding day. However.
the end was brought about rather
abruptly by the sudden appearance
after short absence of the bride
who declared that she had just met
the bridegroom and been married.
This ended all the troubles for the
family, and also the performance.
Mrs. John Sargent, as Sybil NARROW,
(the misleading LADY, was charming
bride. Mrs B. H. Pugh took the part
of Mrs. NARROW (SybiFs mother) and
made an excellent strong minded
mother, capable of managing the af-
fairs of her household (almosD. Ann
(Sybirs chum) was Mrs. w. E. Atchi-
son, who made a very beautiful young
woman of twenty. The part of the
country cousin was played by Mrs w.
A. Harshbarger, and that of her
daughter, Polly. by Mrs. c. d. Startz-
man. These two characters furnished
much of the amusement of the play
as did also the society reporter, Miss
Neilmyer, which part was well taken
by Mrs. r. W. Squires. Mrs. John
Cleveland was the family seamstress
and was the victim of the society re-
porter, who got all the desired infor-
nation without the knowledge of any
member of the family.
Preceding the playlet was delight
full musical program furnished by
Prof. and Mrs. Henry J. Dotterweich
of the Washburn college school of
fine arts. Mrs. Dotterweich is a new
member of the club. Her numbers
last night were 1.-The Wind" by Gill
bert Spross, 1.-The Lost Shepherd" by
Sidney Homer. and THE Coyote" by
Frank La Forge. She was accom-
panied by Professor Dotterweich, who
also played the following piano solos.
"Nocturne for the Left Hand and
"Scherzo" by Chopin.
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Mr.. Lucien Thrill was host at a
dancing party last night at the Coun-
try club. The guests included a num-
Der of the college young people.
Among the members of the younger
society set who danced yesterday aft
ernoon at the Chocolate Shop at the
subscription dance given by Miss Mar
ian Reid, Miss Jean Koontz, Miss
Catherine Cole. Miss Muriel Catlin,
Miss Virginia Miller, Miss Katherine
Mullin, Miss Octavia Greenwood, Miss
Genevieve Corbin. Miss Louise Smith.
Miss Alma Tillmans, Miss Velma
Blakely Miss Muriel Barnes, for the
French orphan whom they have
adopted. were Miss Katherine Peter
son. Miss Maxine Mitchell, Miss Oc-
tavia O'Neil, Miss Florence ~Dolan,
Miss Ann Weightman, Miss Doris
Rosser, Miss Marvel Rullman of st.
Joseph, Miss Eva Miller, Miss Marga-
ret Stubbs. Miss Genevieve Corbin.
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