The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-19
r. G771 :

( knows him pretty well, what a horri-
Bile experienced"
They say Mrs. Gray who lives on the
third floor of her apartment house rush
! ed clear down the two flights of stairs
with her rain coat over her night gown,
poked her nose out the front door,
lodged back and ran upstairs again,
climbed out of her window onto the fire
escape and stood there screaming and
begging some one to call the fire depart
ment to take her down.
Flying window screens and furniture
| awakened most of the people in Topeka
that night. 1t was so with Henrietta.
i Like everybody else she rushed to the
windows to close them. Meanwhile the
wind increased in fury and velocity. The
first window stuck. A binding flash of
| lightning broke around her; the thunder
crashed and the house shook. What
fool" said Henrietta to herself, ito pull
| down the windows of a house that is
going over in a minute, anyway" so
she ran over in the corner to hide her
face and wait for the final crash. In
one second more she knew she would
be flying in the air with the other bricks.
1t wasn't death she minded so much;
| it was the thought of her costume when
she should be picked up and the goo"
she had put on her face when she went
to bed that night that made her shudder.
| Otherwise, she told herself, she was
perfectly calm. After a minute when
the house was still standing she put
down her hand and looked cautiously
over her shoulder. But finding herself
still alive was too great a shock. She
collapsed in the middle of the floor and
began to scream for help.
The next day she gave all her night
gowns to the house maid, and bought
"a complete line" as the dry goods ad-
vertisements say of pink and blue pa
jamas She has quit daubing her face
when she goes to bed and now feels that
she is prepared for anything that may
happen. And the pajamas are so be-
coming to her that she doesn't much
care when it happens, either.
After wedding cards received in To-
peka announce the marriage of Miss
Maud Tutcher, formerly of Topeka,
and Mr.. Thomas Mcmahon of Spokane,
Wash. The wedding took place Aug.
| s. Mr.. and Mrs. Mcmahon will be at
home after Sept. 1 at 500 Sharp ave-
nue., Spokane, Wash.
Mrs Armin A. Weiskirch will give
an informal afternoon Monday for her
sister, Mrs. F. P. Russell of st. Louis,
and Mrs L. H. Wolfe of Indianapolis.
1t requires a good deal to shatter
loves young dream A very handsome
girl who frequently visited in Topeka
was born a brunette of the black
haired blue eyed Irish type. When
| cided that art would be an improve
ment upon nature in her case and had
her hair done over" Thereafter she
was a splendid example of the Titan
beauty. With her old friends she did
not deny her brunette past and her
piquant jokes on the subject never
failed to make a hit. But later she
met a man who had never seen her
before her generalization and who
promptly fell in love with her. She
accepted him and they were engaged
to be married but she had never found
an opportunity to break the truth to
him gently about her hair. which he
| admired eXtravagantly. 1t troubled
her a good deal to think how she was
deceiving him and what blow it
would be to him when he Knew All,
as he must, of course, some day, but
she drifted along until they were mar
ried without getting up the courage
to tell him. But before she had re-
turned from her wedding trip she had
made application for membership in
the Don't Worry club. Not only had
that husband of hers known about her
hair all the time, having been tipped
off by one of her dearest friends, but
she found out that he himself wore a
toupee! The brides have their rude
awakenings. too. and not all the vanity
lis woman'S.
The Phi lambda Epsilon fraternity
holds its annual conclave in Springfield
=
terS from high schools and colleges in
the states west of Illinois will be rep
resented. The Topeka Lambdas who
expect to attend are Mr.. Earl Ewart,
Mr.. Arner ROBINSON. Mr.. Clarence
Jordan, Mr.. LIE Roy Rauch, Mr.. Carl
Trap, Mr. Richard Hall and Mr..
Louis Hall.
A Topeka man who has had enough
experience to make him an authority,
says the prettiest girl in Topeka is a
; van Buren, street girl, the remaining
unmarried sister of a large family of
brothers. And coming from him with
. his excellent taste" etc, etc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry ]. Wells gave a
. and the party staid out for the Bung-
lers' club dance. Their guests were
DR.. and Mrs. S. w. Lyman and Mr.. and
Mrs Edward A. Harrison.
It was the new housemaid's first
morning and Evelyn was showing her
how she wanted her to dust her room
They got on famously until the house
maid, whose name was Gladys, dis
covered on Evelyn's dressing table q
Photograph of Evelyn's fiance. Why
Miss Evelyn" said Gladys astonished
do you know Mr.. ? He's one
OF my best friends" Evelyn's people
are looking for new housemaid.
MI ]. Ralph Ford will entertain al
cards tonight for his sister. Miss Jean
nette Ford at the home of their aunt
Mrs Ray Dietrich. on Fillmore street
The friends asked are Miss Anna
Strauss. Miss Dorothy Marshall, Mis-
Helen Kaiser. Miss LaVere Langdon
Miss Airline Dietrich, Mr.. Barton
Phelps, Mr.. c. B. Goode, Mr.. George
Neale III. Mr.. Claude Blakeley and
Mr.. T1nkham Veale.