The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-25
SPOOK'S PALAVER:
What lie Found During His wanderings Abou,
the City.

| There is man in town who has three
scrap books filed with notices about
himself.
Some of the boys are wondering what
has become of the club of girls known as
| the -. I. F.'s," which was supposed to
| stand for Just For Fun"
Kansas City Star: New York will not
have any grand opera this season, but an
| amatuer company at Wichita is rehearsing
III Trovatore"
The dates for the state tennis tourna-
| ment have been fixed for October II, II and
IS. OF course Wichita will be well repre-
scented.
Kansas City Star: Seven Wichita girls
are perfecting themselves in the skirt
dance. The neIghboring towns are already
agitating the question of a quarantine.
The Del Monte, the Msntou and tie
Wentworth are the latest dances. A. E.
Bournique of Chicago is the author.
Wichita claims the only French tailor in
Kansas. That will account for some
things about the appearance of the Wich-
tia dudes which have been hitherto re-
garded as constitutional kansas City
Star
Victor Murdoch is making great hit
with his humorous articles on "Colonel
Bugg Of Kansas" which appear in the
Chicago Inter-Ocean. These Kansas boys
are always at the front.
Speaking of clubs: the Kismet, tn. Sea-
forth, the Boat club, the Our club. the
Eagle Rifles, the A. B. c.. the Time Killen
and the Grasshoppers, are among tbs old
organizations that recall good old times.
The sale of Chicago papers in the city is
largely on the increase. People are read
ing up ON the world s fair in order to save
as much rime as possible when they get
there
Kansas City Star: The sunhower tunnels
in Wichita through which the street cars
pass are greatly admired by the tourists
who visit the additions to the Peerless
Princess.
Kansas City Star: A Wichita girl is ed
ucating herself for nurse in New York
hospital. In that way she will stamp out
the prevalent habit OF wearing squeaky
shoes
The Kansas building at the worlds fair
is practically completed and is said by ex-
perts to be by far the neatest, as well
the largest, building for the money that
has been constructed by any OF the states.
The Woman's Columbian club is con-
sidering the advisabillty of giving series
Of entertainments this winter to raise ad-
ditional funds for the Sedgwick exhibit.
Every possible encouragement should be
given these ladies in their worthy efforts.
Wichita has five colleges and will soon
have about that many dancing academies.
1t is nip and tuck between our feet and
heads with the chances in favor of our
feet.
The clock on the county court house
went Democratic recently and each of its
four dials indicated different time of
the night The belated man who had
been out to lodge was utterly unable to
tell where he was at"
Hon. E. T. Ware failed to appear in
case in the United States court in which
he is interested. and is supposed to be in |
quarantine in New York. "Irouquille"
will doubtless take advantage Of the OPP |
pOrtunity and inspiration, and write a |
ure-to-kill-the-c poem.
There may be a four hundred, an upper !
ten, select dozen or an upper crust in |
but all the girls, regardless of /
set, can play tennis, shoot, ride horseback, |
and climb cherry trees with the same ease |
SWEETEST ball room.
The university extension lectures which |
are to be given in this city commencing |
Friday, the 9TH of Oct, should be literally |
by every one who has the cause |
Of education at heart. 1t is proposed to |
give all the receipts above the necessary |
expenses 10 a fund for ths city library |
which is certainly most laudable iuten-
ion. The lectures to be delivered by Pro
lessor Blake are similar TO those given in i
Topeka and Kansas City, which drew such
splendid support.
The only trouble with the Wichita mill
AIRY company is that all the privates want
% be officers and all the officers want to
resign and the state don't want the COM
)apy.
Kansas City Star: If the Wichita Lyri-
al society of Wichita succeeds in the pre-
entation of I'll Trovstore" they will
acle something lighter. The first point
.lways in Wichita is to establish conf
!ence and then the rest follows as mat
er of course
Things are coming to pretty pass
when a man can't send his son to an
astern college without his being criticized
or his lack of loyalty 10 Wichita and her
Institutions. Certainly there is no one
Y no is so insane as to think for moment
hat our institutions are the equal of the
lder universities or that they can be made
o in few years. Our colleges, of course
will fill their place in educational work
rom the very start but there is no reason
or depriving a student Of attending one of
he great universities Of our land. in case
lie is so fortunate as to have the oppor
unity. There is such thug As OVERRIDING
he loyalty act in matter of this kind
nd importance.