The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12

Next week promises to be equally UNI
eveutful but the month viii 90 out Wltn
a number of events OF interest when
win be attended by much pomp ana
circumstance Chief among these is
the wedding of Miss Mary Nickerson
Lakin, the elder daughter OF MIS-
David J.. Lakin to Mr. John Stephen-
son Pullman of Bridgeport, Conn, IN
vitatfons for which We're sent out yes
terday. The wedding viii take pace
the evening of Saturday, November 20,
at half after eight % clock at Grace ca
ChedTal and the enter alnlnenIS 10 De
given by Miss Iakin's frienOs i'm her
honor with the other functions
scheduled for that tina Will make the
fortnight preceding her marriage es-
1t is safe to say that the Pull
man wedding is the most interesting OF
the year i'm Topeka the prominence
of the Lakin family, which IS one Oh
the oldest and best known in Kansas, dc-
counts for this interest in some meas
IRE but it is principally due to the per-
sOnal popularity of the bride. DAISY
I-alzin, as she is geneTaHy known WI
among her friends. has been a relgulnS
belle I'm Topeka since her Introduction
TO society. She is ideEuhed with more
different sets than any other Dung W.
man i'm Topeka. including ah9ns Ilsl
intimate friends people OF al ages
Among the entertainments which nave
been given i'm her honor was q party
at which all guests except Miss Lakln
them among Topeka first settleIs,
who have known her since babVhood
and who count her among their dearest
friends. For the past four or flVe years
until she resigned at the beginning OF
the present term Miss Lakln was
teacher of English in the high school.
The girls and boys who have been hel
pupils are her most faithful aQoieISs
she is their favortte ehaperon ana a.
WAYS the most popular girl at tnelI
parties. All this in addition to belhs
a belle in her own immediate circle.
Miss I4akin met Mr.. Pullman, VINO IS
an attorney in Bridgeport, conn, anu d
Harvard man, on trip abroad a NUM-
Der of years ago. He has visited IN
Topeka frequently.
Mrs I.akin and Miss Lakin will en-
tertain a house party of guests Tor I4e
fortnight preceding the wedding. MI
Puuman's mother, Mrs. Joseph run
man of Brooklyn, n. Y, is expected the
latter part of this week. Miss Iheo-
dora SchWarz, Miss Edith kohlsaaJ ana
Miss Helen KOhlsaat of Chicago, VINO
will be among the bridesmaids VIII also
arrive some time this week. Mr.. Pull
man is expected Saturday. Inc men
of the bridal party, eastern friends OF
Mr. Pullman, are expected later
The marriage of Miss Bess Bates,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Bates,
to MI Earl F.. Boardway of Worces-
ter. Massachusetts,, will also take place
during the Thanksgiving season. 1t
will be celebrated at the home of the
brides parents, 1921 western avenue,
Wednesday, November p. The invita-
lions will be verbal and informal and
limited to relatives and intimate
friends Miss Bates is the second
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Bates, was
formerly a student at Hardin college,
Mexico. Missouri, and afterwards
studied at the University of Kansas at
Lawrence, where she was a member
of Pi Beta Phi sorority she spent
last winter with relatives IN worcester
where she met Mr.. BOardWay. Among
the friends who will entertain for Miss
Bates before her wedding are Mrs.
Adrian L. Greene, at afternoon cards,
Miss Amy Overmyer, at luncheon,
Tuesday, Miss Kate Gunther, after
noon tea, Monday OF next week and
Miss Anna Marie Nellis, an evening
entertainment the same day. Mr..
Boardway is expected to arrive from
Worcester next Saturday. Among the
out of town guests for the wedding
viii be Miss Maud Thomson and MI
Harry Price of Kansas City and Miss
Mary CoPley of Lawrence.
"What sort of a town is it?" some
body asked the girl who had just re-
turned from a visit to neigh boring
well. it isn't much of a town" she
replied. There's nothing doing eX-
cept few stores and good time"
Among other important events Of
the week preceding Thanksgiving will
be the debut reception to be given by
Mrs. Frank r.. Nillspaugh for her
second daughter. Miss Nellie Mills
Daugh. at the Bishops House, Tues
day, November 81, invitations for
which were issued this week. Miss
AIillspaugh was educated at the Col
lege of the Sisters Of Bethany and
studied last year in New York. She
has decided musical gifts. being pos
IL n q
voice and is one of that charming set
Of debutantes whose coming out this
season is adding so much to the
gaietv of nations. Other buds of her
set are Mr.. Charles Blood Smiths
Younger daughters, Misses Eva and
Isabel Smith, DR.. and Mrs J. c. Nc
ClintOck's second daughter, Helen,
Miss Maud Grimes, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank T. Grimes, Miss Edna
Herbst daughter of Nh and Mrs Ed
ward A. Herbst. Miss Clara Flesh
mann daughter of Mr.. and Mrs J. G..
Freshman Miss Louise McNeal.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas A.
McNeRl. and. Misses Alice and Virginia
Meade, daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
NJ Meade. Some of these girls are
stiu I'm school but the fact that they
are studying at Washburn and living
at home permits them to mingle to
some extent in the seasons ga1eties.
The name of Mrs. Mhlspaugh's elder
daughter, Miss Elvia Millspaugh, also
appears In the invitations for their re-
ception the 21st.
A local shoe merchant received a
new stock of swagger dress shoes for
men recently and In order to introduce
them persuaded a visiting man who is
recognized locally as the glass of fash
ion. the mould of form and all that
sort Of thing, to exhibit them at once
81 the dances. The visiting man ap-
reared in all his splendor and the
new shoes were ali right until ne be-
gan dancing when they commenced
shedding buttons, a button a dance
for about ten dances when they were
an lin and he had to retire. with the
man who had sold them to him, who
rraa fnrtunately at the party. and who