The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-22

day morning a: Ii o'clock in the Pei
letters tea room. At 1880 the mems
state central committee will join them
for the lunch hour. Speakers at this
meeting will be Mrs. Albert Bruegge-
man and Mrs. w. A. McCarter.
/ Among the women who l ave sent
word to Mrs. S. S. Beggs, stete chair
man, of their intention of &C ming to
this meeting are:
Mrs. c. r. Moore. Eureka: Mrs. W. j.
Bailey, Atchison; Mrs; E. A. Enright, Kan
Mrs. ]. r. Plumb, Empofla; Mrs. W. Il
Hutchinson; Mrs. J. A. StokeIy, Wichita
Mrs: j. S, Stark, Bonner Springs; Mrs.
r. HAZEL, Meade county; Miss Helen os-
Leavenworth; Mrs. Z. c. Cheney Eureka
Miss Leila G. Elliott: .Coffeyyille; Mrs. L. S.
Shell H. ottaDai Mrs O @ Wolfe, OF
Z. W. Barker, Burlington; Mrs. John L.
Berry, Troy Mrs. pecima Beardsley, Rus
sell Miss Jessie johnson. SaIina; Mrs.
Estelle o. Ingels, Larned; Mrs. II. r. Bitt-
mon, Independence; Mrs. James S. Patrick,
Santa Fe; Mrs }. E; James. Usage city
I. Roche, Clay Center; Mrs. c. Harlin,
Erie; Mrs. Eva Morley Murphy, Goodland
Walker, Nerton; Mrs. Ed A; Palmer,
kingman; Mrs. Alice NJ. Carey, Garnett.
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Mrs. A. w. Bronson entertained at
luncheon this noon in the Pelletier
/, tea room in honor of Mrs. ]. Morris, of
Philadelphia. Covers were laid for
! twelve.
! Mrs. Z. D. Clithero will give a party
this evening at her home in Fillmore
street to honor Miss Dorothy Maddox
the remarkable child pianist who gave
a difficult recital last spring. Miss
Maddox will leave soon with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Maddox, for
Kansas City, where they will reside
Guests at this party will be members
| OF two Sunday school classes of the
First Methodist church, one of which
Mrs. Clithero teaches, and another OF
which Miss Maddox is a member.
At $3.50 Miss Maddox will play the
numbers she played in her recital last
not already heard her is invited to be
present Mrs. Clithero predicts a
brilliant future in the musical world
for the girl.
Allen Spencer. the Chicago pianist
who will play Friday evening in the
Washburn chapel, is an American
product. OF American birth and
parentage, he has done all of his
studying in this country. and has beer
/ active in introducing propaganda to
promote the work of American com
4 posers. He plays much modern mu-
I sic and is noted for his attention tC
novelty CON. sositions of present day
musicians. But that does not NEAR
THAT he neglects the musicians oil
other times In fact, one interesting
thing about the program which he
will give in Topeka is that some OF
his numbers Gate back so many years
There will be one number by Rameau
who lived during the seventeenth CEN
fury. And on the other hand he will
play some of the compositions of Ed
| ward Royce, who is q teacher in the
Ithaca conservatory, Ithaca, \. Y
There will be a Beethoven sonata. q
group of numbers by Chopin and De
| busy.
Mr.. Spencer IS considered by many
musicians the leading teacher of Chi
| cago. He belongs to many p1usica
societies and is well known among al
American musicians. He will give !
recital this evening in Salina under
the auspices of Wesleyan college.
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A great deal of business was trans
acted at the meeting of the Rota club
which was held last evening in the
Pelletier tea room Further plan:
were made for the furnishing of E
Rota room in the new Salvation Army
building. The club voted to give 500
ANNUALLY to the Y. W. c. A. for the
next three years. A free will offer
ing was taken for the Foster Humane
society.
The talk of the evening was mad
by Mrs. John E. Lord. whose subjec
was 1.-The Woman Florist" Mis-
Marian McAfee sang two solos.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Bennett ar,
moving today from the Scott apart
ments to an apartment at 511 Yves
Eighth street.
| Miss Katherine Knowells, of Well
ington, will come next week for visi
| to Miss Jane Alexander.
L. G. Brewer~and W. H. Brewer ar
rived Wednesday night from Lo