The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-03
widowed in short time, has now Joined
her fortunes with youth aged nineteen.

son politically speaking. There will come
a time when keis will call upon the noun
tains to hide the evidence of his handi-
work.
Kansas City Star: 1t is good form in
Wichita for bereayed brothers-in-law to
join in card OF thanks This is step
backward In Atchison the newspapers
have shamed the people out Of the practice
entirely.
There is a poor religious family in
Wichita who have very rich old relative,
who is grumpy and wicked. He refuses
co come and visit them, unless they dis
pense with family prayers during his
sojourn.
Atchison Globe: A Topeka woman was
employed to go to Wichita, and sing the
leading part in the Pirates of PeBzance."
Because she demanded her money, ac-
cording to contract. the Wichita papers
roast her.
Lincoln Vidette: We were in a Wichita
joint this weak; the bartender wore side
burns and a low-cut vest with big
diamond in his shirt bosom. All In all,
he was the finest looking man We saw in
the town.
One of the richest men in the state of
Kansas recently dined at the Carey hotel.
After he had studied the headwaiter for
some time he turned and said: "When l
get rich enough, am going to dress like
that man"
Topeka Journal: MacLachlin, who
wrote a lot OF ungentlemanly letters about
Mrs. Estelle Ewing in the Wichita papers,
doesn't appear TO have much sense
man never has who gets into newspaper
fight with woman.
The pastor of local church went to the
father of girl this week and asked him
to use his influence to get the young lady
to lengthen her skirts. She is large for
her age and her short dresses scandaliZs
the members Of the church.
lola Register: Victor Murdoch. who
has been TO Washington lately and slept
with jerry Simpson says that the erst-
while sockless now wears a night gown
with bluebells and buttercups, silk en-
droidered down the front.
One Wichita man who was cured by the
Kelley institute has not had a happy mo-
ment since. His wife says it is his own
fault. She says when he used to drink he
sober he growls all the time.
One night this week, Wichita man,
somewhat under the weather, came home
late at night and stumbled over a chair
and his wife called from the bed: whats
that" tits me. growled the husband"
who was you expecting?"
A year or so ago, a Wichita young lady
was engaged to young man and her hand
painted china with the initial letter "H'
on the plates and saucers was exhibited;
now the gossips say, she is figuring on
changing the initial to &C."
Elder Jones, II never understood
so years together yesterday and told them
they both looked years younger. One
pursed her lips up in pout and the others
face broke into broad smile"
Preston Plaindealer: A young lady of
Wichita, who is blessed with big feet, al
ways carries with her, when she travels, a
tiny pair of shoes, to place outside her ho-
tel room door, for the porter to clean. |
The pair she wears she always cleans her. |
self.
Topeka Lance: A Wichita girl cannot |
use powder or paint, because her papa |
threatens to break all the mirrors in the |
house if she does so. And what would be |
the use of painting and powdering if there |
were no glasses to reflect ones improved |
image? 5t3
Pratt Times: A bushes man in Wichi- |
ia writing to a gentleman of this city says: |
Business in our line is quite dull here at
present but we hope that it will liven up
some in the spring." The joke of the
thing lies in the fact that the man is an
undertaken.
One Wichita woman has what she calls
her lightning mattress. Doctors say that
feathers are the best protection against
and this is a big mattress full of
feathers, which she gets out whenever
there is a storm and sits down squarely in
the middle of it.
Kansas City Journal: David Dale a
handsome Democrat of Wichita is said to
be the man whom the Democrats Of the
Seventh congressional district have picked
out to run against Jerry Simpson. While
Dale is certainly good looking man, he
is not in it with Chester l.
Topeka Lance: Four Wichita young
party, and they all agreed that, while their
husbands had apparently proposed mar
rage to them, they had really been the
ones who proposed. Considering this
thing, Wichita is a good place for bach
elors to stay away from.
During the storm, Thursday night, a
north side woman who is afraid of the
lightning pulled all the curtains down, re-
moved all the silver and steel from the
room and sat down in pile Of pillows.
Shortly after, there was crash, and she
tainted. 1t turned out afterward that it
was not the lightning, but the hired girl
splitting kindling in the kitchen.
Two young men are enamoured OF
young lady in one part of town beyond
the street car lines The other night they
both called and sat it out One of the
young men had a buggy and the other had
to depend on the plebeian street car. OF
course he had to leave to catch the last
car and the other fellow felt himself
An hour later, he discovered
that the other fellow had taken his buggy
and he had to hoof it in to town, three
miles.
Atchison Patriot: The Wichita amateurs
now see the folly OF imported talent.
When they gave THE Pirates" they hired
Mrs. Estelle J. Ewing of Topeka to sing
Mabel" and now the Wichita papers are
full of letters and gossip concerning the
trouble The local stars" kicked on
paying Mrs. Ewing's extra hotel bill con-
tracted on account OF postponement of
The performance, and the manager, IN
order TO stand in with the company, re-
fused to paw the amount demanded and