The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-20


There is woman in Wichita who tells
her little boy as an inducement, that
| George Washington, our first president,
turned the clothes wringer for his mother.
! There is a woman over on the WiSt side
! who never allows a cuSpidOre in her house
and her husband, when he is at home, can
usually be found on the sunny side Of the
barn.
Mr. VIM. 3. Gladfelter of the Wichita
! University, who was injured by the frac-
! turing of the collar bene in the exciting
! foot ball contest last Saturday, is slowly
| improving.
! 1t is rumOred and verified by friends
! that about the middle of May we may ex-
pect to hear the announcement of the
nuptials of Mr.. Frank Russell and Miss
! AIinna Eller.
! One of the tallest men in Wichita has
one of the smallest women far wife. She
/ IS deaf and he is stutterer. They have
I been married for forty years and have lived
! happily together.
There is man in town who can only
get his scOld of a wife to let up on him by
/ breaking into tears. He has the act down
/ pat He can bring up artificial tears III
/ wv t'ii''iANo VI q A''iIi > CoiA'
The latest fool thing is to put barbed
/ wire on top of your fence to keep the mos
/ quitoes out of courtyard. Several Wichita
/ people are waiting anXiously for mosquito
| time to come 50 they can try it.
Miss Jennie Cox gave might've party
| Wednesday evening which her guests re
! port very enjoyable. These were Elsie
! WOOdman, Miss Meade and Mont Halo
! well, Harry Pope, Clifford Cox and Earl
! Hartic.
! a man in Wichita who is reputed to he
very rich, is buying a suit of clothes. He
! purchases a light suit every spring, wears
! ii till fall, has it dyed black for winter
and makes one suit do the whole year
round.
! The handsomest man in Wichita drives
| a milk wagon. He has a marked resem-
! blance to the great musician MendelssOhn
who, it is well known. has been often
likened to the Italian masters conception
| of Jesus Christ.
! Threc-fourths of the interest and con-
Germ taken in Wichita in the ear and ST
berian exile system is among the women.
There wouldn't be much left of the car of
Russia if some of Wichita's females could
get hold of him.
Te-back skirts have come into fashion
again. 1t will be well for some of our
/ young ladies who are little extreme in
this. says a dame who knows what she is
talking about. Ito remember that there is
point of decency, that should not be
passed.
There are men who when they put on
their best suit of clothes, think they must
assume at the same time a pleasant smile
and an air of general affablity. This is
what makes some men appear at such a
disadvantage at funerals Women can
cry and look pretty but what is poor man
to do;
Miss Gertie Martin. of Washington ave
nue., was pleasantly surprised Thursday
night by number of young friends As
soon As the hostess recovered from her
surprise she made it very agreeable for
her callers. Games, other amuSements
and lunch helped to chase the pleasant
hours away.
Mr. and Mrs. W. +. Stanley entertained
the Umbrella club at their hospitable
home in Riverside Thursday evening The
following We're among the guests: Mrs
Miller, Mrs. Josie Stanley Miss Annie Nc
kinley, Miss Hattie Stanley, and Messrs.
.IOcOb Pittinger. Robert Coates j. H. Nc
Call and Ed Phillips. The evening was
pleasantly passed in conversation, music,
cards, etc.
All the men. and especially young men.
Wear boquetS these spring days. You can
always tell when a feminine hand has con
ferred it, \ woman's hand always puts a
little dash of green in and neatly pins the
buds in careful arrangement. \ man for
gets the green and arrangement and care
leSsly sticks one lone flower to hang in The
button hole Occasionally ne pins it, but
not often.
Owing TO the fact that many tickets had
been sold in advance and that there has
been an urgent request made that the con-
cert given at the Central Christian church
on last Wednesday evening bythe Ladies'
Aid society be repeated, ii will be given
again at the same place on next Tuesday
evening. April -. with new solos and other
new features. Tickets previously sold are
good for that evening.
Why j 1t that a Girl Is always ashamed
of the old photographs Of herselfs i it
that the StyI of dressing seems ridiculous
tor that she thinks she i better looking
now than she was at her pretr.est time
when she was Younger There l. one girl,
we wOt of in Wichita. however. who docs
not hesitate To display the petty daguer-
reotype of herself when She was thirty
but she Is now a sensible old lady o.
seventy.
You occasionally hear girl who has no
brothers wish that she had brother older
than herself TO escort her around To enter
jaluments, and take care of her in the pop
ular novel sort of way. But did you eve~
see n brother take his sister anywhere
Did You ever see a girl who had brother
older than herself VINO was any happier
for It. The only privilege that the older
brother assumes seems 10 TX that Of crit
ci>iug his sister, and objecJing 10 the
Young men who call ON her.
Misses Lena and Katie FolIuer were the
recipients of a very pleasant surprise last
Ivesday evening al their home, 49, South
Market, Progressive high five and other
games were participated in. and refresh
lueutS were served To which all did ample
justice. Those present were: Mr.. W. y
CaSwell and wife Mr. 4. NJ Wine>hauk
and wife, Mr.. j. b. Bush and wife. Mr., !.
hiely ami wife, Mrs. NJ Mumfoui and
son. Mrs, Grow. Mrs Dinger>on and fam
lily. Mr. +. Bayer aud wife. Miss Jennie
MumtnUd. Miss Ella EvenS. Frank Var
mum, Jim ByboJt, Jr., Fred Willis and
Others.
Mrs O. H. Bentley entertained Thurs
day evening Might've rrfre>hmcut- and
q happy time were ComminEled The
guests wcrr Mr.. and Alr>. W. - Thr0ek
morton. Mr. and Mrs. FoS,er Brook. Mr.
AMI Mrs NJ &. Camphell. Mr. and Mn
Golfer Sim Mr. and Mr. j. p Moore. Nr
aud Mr. f. +. Beach Mr. and Mr. W W
pearce. Dr.. and Mr.. j. NJ NiBuigk nr
and Mr.. T. ,. >toucr. DR.. and Ms> T. II
ferr,N. Nj and iivN. q. D. NjrA M a.
\ smith Mr. r. { Wood Mn Murray
Myers. Mr. Richardson. Mr.. h. Rix and
Mss Gertie Moore.