The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-02

Personal Items of Interest About To-
Peka People and Visitors In Town
There is a young woman in Topeka
who will go to Chicago soon to become a
trained nurse.
Women who wear weaseIs and SPUR
rels and other small deer about their
necks this winter proclaim that they
bought them at the bargain counter
The new b0as have tails at each end like
the Irishman's elephant
There is a young man in town who has
called on his tiancee 200 nights in sue
cession.
Pin cushions are all the style now just
as they used TO be IN the days of long
ago. They are covered with chintz,
mounted on decorated china and filed
with almond meal.
There are some people who, if they
don't make living, at least supply them
selves with pocket money by beating car
conductors out of change. Although
many of these individuals are men, the
maj0rity Of them, according to the vic
timIzed conductors, are women. The
methO1 Is a simple one. The operator
VIII select crowded car. and preferably
enter 1t with other chance passengers.
She assuming that it is woman) will
seat herself unobtrusively and pay her
fare with 4 nickle. After riding dozen
blocks or so she Will intercept the con
ductor ct moment when his manifold
duties have put him most OF his
guard and say in the sweetest
tones, where is my change, pleaseI"
The conductors instinct is 10 say, Il gave
you your change" but perhaps he is
more cautious and says, ~ GU gave me
nickel Anyway, she insists-sOme-
times it is dime, sometimes quarter,
and sometimes even a half dollar-and
almost always carries her point.
The winter girl is all wings. This
does not imply she is an angel by any
means. but rather a creature Of material
winged sta e means lOag sieges with
dressmaker and miIliner. Behold, how
ever, the result. There are wings on her
hat, wings on her neck, wings on her
shoulder, and if you look close you may
discover wings on her heels, like NJ err
curv's. for she flies along the ground
picture of light and leading. Some peo-
pie do not like the winter girls costum-
ing, and one N IN was heard to declare
today that she resem bles IN silhouette
half closed umbrella-au points and
angles. But he j. hypercritical and
wouldn't like anything new. not even
the girl herself If any one attempts to
be facetIOus about the funny little frills
on your crushed velvet collar, dear girls,
and proposes to use the same as handles
to carry off your dainty heads. remind
the witless person it cannot be lost so
easily as that
The girl who hasn't a new gown for
the Assem- bly, party this evening IS touch
ing up her old one with all sorts Of de-
vices. It IS the SWEETEST" event mp to
date
If the suffrage amendment carries the
active women of this city VIII fall on each
others necks aud forget all the hard
work and the discomforts Of the cam
paign, but if it is given blow they will
look at each other with blank faces and
say. "HOw are we going to pay our
debtss" for the Populist and Republican
women have spent more money in the
campaign than they had There are
1000 Populist women who have agreed
to ride in the parade ia the morning to
show their allegiance to the cause. Mrs.
Otis, Mrs WardaL and Mrs Furbeck
have pOlled every ward IN the city
DR.. Frances Storrs Luncheon
DR.. Frances Storrs entertained a small
party Of her intimate friends at de-
lightful luncheon yesterday at half past
one o'clock. The table WAS decorated
in pink and white roses, with appoint
ments in accor dance, and entire infor-