The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
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Mr.. Ben Akers and Mr.. John Waters.
The ladies went over in the afternoon
and the men Joined them for supper.
DOty-Griffith.
Two very popular young people of the
city were married last night Miss
Charlotte 3. Griffith and Mr.. Preston
B. Doty, and no prettier wedding has
been celebrated in a long time. The
of the brides parents. AZ Pitkin street,
in the presence of numerous relatives
and friends Rev. W. H. W. Boyle Off
ciated, tying the nuptial knot in the
parlor which was profusely decorated
with roses and prettily appointed. At
ter the ceremony a wedding feast was
served and 1t was a late hour when the
last departures were taken. Mr.. Doty
is a trusted employee of the Exchange
National bank, and is well known
about the city. His bride is a very
charming young lady with large circle
of friends, and concentrations are be-
ing shoWered upon both.-Colorado
Springs Evening Telegraph.
Miss Griffith formerly lived in Topeka
until three years ago when she moved
to Colorado Springs She was very pop
a large circle of friends.
West Side Club Entertained.
Mrs. E. w. Poindexter entertained the
members of the West Side Reading
Circle very pleasantly Tuesday after
noon complimentary to Mrs. J. w.
sisted in entertaining by Mrs. F. W.
Poindexter.
At six o'clock a dainty luncheon was
served on small tables which were dec
GRATED with pink carnations, the club
mower. Besides the club members pres
ent were Mrs. Andrews of Washington,
Kansas, Mrs. w. T. Branstrup of In
dianapolis, Mrs. W. H. Roby, Mrs
Llewelyn and Mrs W. H. Lininger.
Interesting Lawn Party.
Miss Tina Wade was hostess last
! evening at a lawn party given for Miss
Henrietta Mayo and Miss Alice Leggett,
who leave Topeka soon for the summer.
/ Brightly colored lanterns, rugs and ham
mOcks made an attractive porch and
1 lawn Each young lady was required
/ to write a brief account of the most
/ senseless thing she ever did, and when
} the papers were collected Miss Mar
/ garet Goodrich and Miss Belle Welch
4 alternated in reading them all aloud,
/ the authors names being withheld,
and some of the experiences were very
/ interesting. When all had been read, a
vote was taken as to the most foolish
act of all, and Mrs. Geo. Z. Lerrigo
claiming the paper she was awarded the
! prize, which was WatercOlOr poster
| One young lady TOLD of bundling a
quantity of debris in the kitchen range
I one summer after house cleaning was
| over, and after she had set it in flame
remem bered that the pipes to the range
had been taken away for the summer
| Another wrote of one evening, when she
| was very sleepy tucklng her shoes
/ carefully away under the dresser safe
/ from robbers and then throwing her
watch across the room. Still another
told of being out in a boat in a rain
! storm, and in order to get out of the
storm she climbed over the edge of the
I boat. There were numerous other ex-
periences of getting aboard the wrong
train. etc. all of which were very
amusing.
During the evening there was music
by Miss Harriet Broad, Miss Laura
Tillson, Mrs L H. Stricken and Miss
Belle Welch. Refreshments were served
on the lawn.
Those present were: Miss Mabel Nc
Ciffen, Miss Alice Leggett Miss Har-
riet Broad. Miss May Capper, Miss Lo-
retta Stricken, Miss Henrietta Mayo
Miss Belle Welch, Miss Mary Wilson
Miss Lucy ShuH Miss Jean Wallace
Miss Laura Tillson, Miss Margaret
Weiss, Miss Victoria Scott, Miss Marie
Scott. Miss Curry, Miss Ida Dennis
Miss Jennie Cantwell, Miss Mary Lee
Miss Agnes Radford. Miss Goodrich
Miss Margaret Goodrich, Miss Martha
McCabe, Miss Whitson, Miss Grace
NettIes, Miss Bates, Miss Prudence
Kelsey, Miss Alice Davidson of Chi
cago, Miss Ella Wade. Miss Ella Sheetz
Mrs. A. K.'Van Hook, Mrs. G. W. Hunt
Mrs. G. P. Wallace. Mrs. c. E CasweIl
Mrs. Anna GLIB. Mrs. G.. E. Lerrigo
Mrs. c. VanNatta, Mrs. l. H. Stricken
Mrs. A. S. Embree.
Annual Picnic.
The First PRESBYTERIAN church and
Sunday school will hold their annual
picnic at the grounds of the state re-
form school on next Tuesday afternoon
June &c. A special Rock Island trair
will carry the members to and from the
picnic grounds. The train will leave the
, Rock Island depot at o'clock p m ani
t will return about o'clock p. m.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. I. D. Lewis has returned to hel
home in Emporia after a visit in To
peka with her sister, Mrs. George Craw-
ford.
Miss Geneva Giles entertained the fol
lowing guests at a delightful O'Clock
: tea Wednesday evening; Miss Nellie
Kirk, Miss Rose Prescott, Miss Mamie
Veale, Miss Bessie Babcock, Miss Lulg
/ Ewart Miss Kate WEIGH and Miss Lena
McCray-
: Mr.Albert Moore of Cornell university
is visiting Mr.. Mac Prescott for a shor
: time on his way to Colorado to spenC
the summer.
Miss Dell Frank, who carried off tht
honors of the graduating class at Wash
burn this year, is spending the summe
with her brother, Mr. NJ. H. Frank a
/ Pennington. Mo. Mr.. Frank is thu
I president of the Elmwood seminary.
: Miss Ida Ryan will go to Kansas City
7 Sunday, for a three weeks visit
Miss Mildred Poindexter will entertain
+ next Tuesday evening in honor of Mis-
t Elizabeth Hacker Of Leavenworth VIII
= is her guest.
Mr.. William r. Arthur. principal O
the Kinsley schools. is spending tn
summer in topeka with his mother a
f 913 West Eighth avenue.
g Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Dillon will Ieav
| Sunday for Concord, Mass, to atten,
i the commencement of St Pauls schou
4 from which their son Jack is to gradu
i ate. ST. Paul is a preparatory schoc