The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-16

ingS a preacher-editor ever received,
and yet Mr.. Babies charming en-
ployer is one of the miIdest and incest
men in Chicago. He runs newspaper
which is a great credit to the business.
Mr.. Capper, who sat between Mr.. Raj
terry and Mr.. Babize sawed wood" and
said little during the evening He said
the Mail and Breeze was looking at this
whole matter at the long range of
weekly newspaper, and he was not pre-
pared to say offhand on the spur of
moment just what he thought of things,
but that the guests could ascertain this
by subscribing for the best weekly
newspaper in Kansas. 81 per year, cash
in advance
On the right of Mr.. FARRELL sat the
wicked correspondent of the New York
Christian Herald. Mr.. Wi11ets is one of
the incest gentlemen in town, but &C.
caSionally he will make remark
which the managing editor of the
Christian Herald would censor. Mr..
Wlllets is the soul of politeness, affa-
bility and gentlemanly conduct, but he
is just now putting on his fighting
clothes, leaving today to catch a steam
er next Wednesday to relieve the Starv-
ing East Indians and incident1y take a
hand in the Boer- Britain contest in
South Africa. Letters written him from
this time o. should be addressed to
Pretoria; if he succeeds as he expects to
in getting into Ladysmith, his mail will
be forwarded.
The quiestest, most dignified and by all
odds the handSomest man present last
evening, was Mr.. Bertrand, the editor
of the Sunday edition of the Chicago
Tribune. Mr.. Bertrand is just now try
ing to solve the problem thrown upon
him by his people, how he can get the
one hundred pages of advertising and
news which is ready for the Chicago
Tribune every Saturday night into the
limited space of only Sixty-six pages.
1t is a serious matter; particularly as
most of this extra space is demanded
for advertising. 1t is not strange that
Mr.. Bertrand had a preoceupied cast OF
countenance during the evening? He
had just wired his assistant that in
view of a little special matter he had
on hand for next Sundays issue that no
advertising should be accepted after
p. m. Friday for the forthcoming issue.
Mr.. Bertrand has scarcely been out OF
Chicago for two years and he wants to
make showing" as a foreign CORES
pendent He will sacrifice several
pages of high priced advertising if nee
essaTy.
Before the meal was concluded a
messenger boy rang the doorben franti-
cally and called for Mr.. WiIlets Mr..
Willets is not going to leave Topeka
until o'clock this afternoon, but he
gave the messenger boy half dollar to
call at No. III Fillmore street about
the time when he thought there would
be a lull in the proceedings. Mr.. Jar
re1 opened the envelope and read the
message aloud. It was to the effect that
if Mr.. Willets expected to catch his
steamer he would have to come to the
Santa Fe baggage office Immediately
and check his trunks if he didn't he
would have to wait for his trunks or go
into South Africa with only his hand
satchel. This by the way, contains
mirror, a pair of cuffs. a cellulOid shirt
front, a copy of the Christian Herald
and complete set of the State Journals
containing the Howe Lay Sermons"
The real facts of the matter are that
Mr.. WilletS had plenty of time, but he
wanted to impress upon the Chicago
Record man, who has been around the
world a good deal, himself that he
wasn't in it, with him. Mr.. Willets
dining room with that bewitching
smile which won him his handsome
wife. His wife, by the way. Mr.. Willis
admits writes his best stuff.
After the dinner the correspondents
went down to Mr.. Popenoe's office to
attend what they called the ''catechism
meeting" There they found Mr.. Willets
! hard at work on a scoop for a few of
the thirty-nine papers he is represent
ing this week. Mr.. WilletS' steamer
trunk was on the floor near him. 1t
had no business being there, but it was
! covered with all sorts of labels show
| ing that the owner had been a Porto
! Rico, Galilee and MOnta Carlo. This
was all done to impress Mr. Raf-tery
| with the importance of the gentleman
with whom he is associating this week
| Mr. Willets has one label on that steam
/ trunk of his that ought to be soaked
! off, the one reads Monte Car The
/ last end of this label seems to have
! been torn off and the owner evidently
| intended it all to come off. but it was
! Stuck-symbolic of Mr.. WilIets at that
health resort. The dinner was a big
| success, the society event of the week.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. w. N West, Miss Hambleton
/ ficc NTor Jofa II
Kansas City today to spend few days.
Miss NJ. NJ. Southland of winfield,
| Kan, is pending the week in Topeka
with Mrs. c. E. Purviance.
Mrs. H. A. Warner has gone to Ohio
| to attend the funeral of her mother
The Vakeme club was pleasantly en-
tertained Tuesday evening by Miss
! Marcia Spivey. Miss Agnes Gunther
won the prize which was a book, ITO
Have and To Hold" by Mary Johnson
! Miss Edith Guibor substituted for Miss
Edith Snyder, Mr.. Lathrop Gay for Mr..
/ Will Tinker and Mr.. Bob Stewart for
| Mr.. Clark Daley.
Mr.. Charles Short of Chillicothe Ill
spent Thursday and Friday in Topeka
with his daughter, Mrs. David Norton.
Mrs. Short who has been spending the
week here will remain a few days long
| er.
Miss Dora Johnson has returned from
a three weeks business trip to Chi
cago.
Mr. and Mrs w E. sterne returned
Thursday from few days stay in
/ Wichita
Mrs. c. ]. Devlin, who has been under
treatment in a Chicago hospital for the
/ past six weeks, returned Thursday.
E. c. Gillett of Council Grove, is
spending the week in Topeka with his
sister, Mrs. e. H Phillips.
The Cronia card club is meeting this
afternoon at the home of Miss Sadie
/ Shull.