The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
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Moline, are the guests for the holidays o
their sister, Mrs. c. A. Niswonger, at 30
There is one person who is more dis
agreeable than the baby who cries in pub
1 lie, and he is the man who turns arounC
and scowls at the mother.
Miss Emily Chambers entertained Christ
mas evening. Her guests were Misses
Allie Oldfield. Nellie Warner, and Messrs
Aneil and LOrando Warner.
1t is no longer necessary for a man Il
hem and cough before he opens door tx
give his wife or sister time 70 hide what
ever they are making for him.
Miss Blanche Thoburn, of Peabody, ant
Misses Hattie and Birdean Fraker, of Eu
reka Springs, are visiting the family O.
Mr.. j. E. Caldwell, College Hill.
A little Wichita girl told her mother the
other day that she saw Mrs. So-and-sC
just spreading it on down town with
squirt water diamonds in her ears.
One Wichita man came home from
| Texas just in time to give his wife dia-
mond breast pin pair of diamond ear
rings and bracelet set with diamonds.
| r
Bright and early Christmas morning al
z o'clock, Mrs. T. G. Humble invited the
| children of the neighborhood in to cele
brate around respondent Christmas
| tree.
The butchers say that more turkeys
! have been eaten at Thanksgiving and
! Christmas In Wichita this year than ever
before. This doesn't sound like hard
J times
If the young ladies in town keep open
| house New Years day and any young men
| who call are seen alone at the theatre for Il
month atterward, they ought to be ia
! booed."
! A man who was drowning a bag of cats
in ChisOlm creek yesterday came all the
way in TO the EAGLE Office to request that
nothing should be said about it in the
Swim"
! Miss Clara Newlin of Emporia, is visit
! ing Mrs J. w. Townsend of this city, but
formerly of Emporia. Both ladies honor
ed the EAGLE establishment with a call
yesterday.
A number of ladies have organized a
dancing club. They have discovered that
the prettiest dancer in town is new min
lister and they want to keep him out of
harms way.
L. J. Warner, formerly of Wichita, who
is now studying law at Marion, Ia, is
spending the holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Warner, No. 225 Expo
sition avenue
A lady in Wichita recently dreamed of
six white doves and she told the family
that it meant she was to live six days
longer OF course they ridiculed the idea.
In six days she died.
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The new officers of HyDatia are Mrs J.
B. Priddy, president; vice-president, Mrs.
l.. S. Carter; treasurer, Mrs. L. Cox; secre-
tary Miss Amidon; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. L. Holmes.
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Why do so many people select the holt
day week for their weddingg Do they
want to make the time doubly blissful or
do they want to crowd the wedding ami
versaries out of the way?
Wichita society is on the eve of war
The old boys speak of the 'kids" running
around I'm swallow tails, and the kids"
do not invite Mr.. Old Boy to the parties
Mr.. Old Boy better succumb.
Last night after the performance at the
theatre, while the people were crowding
out of the aisles, a man suddenly broke
out in boisterous laugh a joke in the
first act had just dawned upon him.
A young man in Wichita attends the
Catholic church regularly and goes
through the forms This is prima facie
evidence that he will soon marry the
woman 60 whom he is paying attention.
She Is a Catholic.
~
A Wichita jewelry firm gave away a
silver water set to the one who guessed
nearest the time it would take candle to
burn. Miss Minnie Wright got the prize.
1t took the candle seven hours, twenty
nine minutes and ten seconds to burn.
Nine Modjeska says: Il never allow
myself the luxury of getting angry. l
can't afford to get angry she explains.
"A woman at my time of life must econO-
mize her emotions and her nerves if she
wants to hold The remnants of her youth
and beauty"
Eph Hoffman was presented Christmas
with fine gold ring by the members of
the Grasshopper Glee and Banjo club, he
being president of that organization. The
lettering on the inside was Xmas 1890.
club, Wichita, to Mr.. f. q. Hoffman"
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Jackson entertained
a few friends Friday evening. Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs. G.. a.
Major, Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. McHerran, Mr..
and Mrs Tobias, Mr.. and Mrs. 5. L. Major,
Misses Maggie, Eunice and Mary Major,
G. ID. Lyddon.
Miss Myrtle Lee entertained Christmas
evening at her home on North Lawrence
avenue, when the joyous day was
ushered ont with the greatest festivities.
The guests were Misses Belle Noble, Car
RE Winants, Maude Wentwsrth, Eva
Dewy. Messrs. Erb Bryan, Fred Ross,
Harry Doyle and viii McFerran.
A Wichita young man is laboring under
a mystery. Four years ago Christmas he
received silver spoon without a hint as
to who the donor was. The next year he
received case-knife, last year a silver
fork. and this year silver plate, and he is
still in doubt as to who sends them. He
expects quail on toast next Christmas.
A few miles out of Wichita there is
queer character in the person of poultry
fancier His farm is chicken ranch, and
it is covered with coops, odd boxes and
fanciful sheds. The owner himself sleeps
in strange little house. He thinks chick
ems, eats chickens and probably dreams
about chickens There is said TO be
good deal of money in the chicken bust
ness.
Caldwell Journal Joe Henley, the orig
inal and only commercial drummer who
travels regardless of trains or horses,
passed through this city Tuesday. Mr..
Henley goes over the country on a safety
bicycle and sells goods for house in
Wichita. He is on his way to Galveston,
Texas, and thence through Mexico and