The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04


There has been an epidemic of en-
gagements in the debutante set this
season The young girls of that crowd
are evidently 9rOiiting by some OF THE
horrible examples Of She ho-will-
When-she-may' cases about town
anyway. a great many Of them arg
wearing sDarklers on the telltale finger.
and as one of the detached" men Of
that set says, You can't call on a girl
without running into her ssteadv'" Tie.
latest engagement. which has been an.
nounced to the families of the vounxs
people and is being Whispered amona
tltlr Iriends. was no SUI prise to any
one VINO Keeps informed as to what is
gong on N that set. Both young peo
PIE are Topekans born and bred. He il
z young business man ana she chic
ana attractlVe girl frequently described
ds "FIenchy." which refers to the fact
that she is Invariably neatly and effect
lively gOWned. ..Thev''=whon1 ever thar
may pe-say the wedding viii be cele-
grated next fall. but the young people
vet"
The poor working girl was wearing
Tor belt the ribbon which had served
an winter as a collar and a pert young
man In the same Office observed: Say
your necktie has slipped down. Not
so far as it WILL retorted the maiden
Its finish will be a garter And I'd
have you know she added haughtilv,
that my mother was a lady"
Speaking of garters: There is Sc
quel to that story 1 told you about the
girl who lost part of her lingerie at the
dance, said the Man Who was Among
Those Present 1t develops that the
small pink object which was dropped in
the middle of the hail and which a GER
tain girl and her partner picked up so
dexteriously wasn't hers at all. The way
] rrro feIl.,
when she first noticed it lying on tine
4 floor gave a little gasp and said: Why
/ There's the Christmas present I made
/ for --- and stopped in that aggravat-
ing way girls have We don't know
whose it was but we do know it didn't
+ belong TO the girl who picked it up be-
cause this same girl who made it cx-
claimed when she saw it rescued: That
isn't hers I made it myself and guess
1 ought to know
Most of the gossip seems to be about
the debutantes. They surely occupy the
center of the stage and are in the full
glare of the nmelight OF one of them,
1t is said, that when her family goes to
their future home in a western city in
few days she viii not accompany
them. Some people say she will only ie-
main behind to visit some of her kin
folk and girl chums for few weeks
new home but others declare that she
viii remain here permanently and that
a young man. the son of well known
capitalist. knows more about that than
any one else.
The wife Of one of the state officers
met a friend on the street who was
condoling wither on the fact that the
house she had been occupying had been
sold and she had been obliged to take
rooms for the summer at one of the no
tells. You needn't pity me, exclaimed
the homeless ore, I'm glad of it. Q,
you're just like the menl They're 81
ways saying how lovely it IS to have a
home to go to and how they hate tc
board. The reason is that a home is nc
more trouble for them than boarding
Mr.. wasn't nearer than telephone
distance to the house all the time we
were moving. He found more excuses
to go out of town that week than he
has dug up before since the last house
| cleaning time. 4 man likes keeping
house because he doesn't have to do it
He says a home IS such a delightful
place, but you notice that he never goes
there as long as he can get in any
where else. o. of course we wouldn'i