The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-03


well. as far as that's concerned, -
you can't name very many Topeka
heiresses either" said the Man Who
Is Always Among Those Present. so
the A. o. D. NJ. needn't talk!"
20, you've been counting them, have
your retorted the girl whose front
porch happened to be furnishing his
mise en- scene that evening. well, name
them
Two of 'em live on Tyler street. The
Man Who Is Always Among Those Pres
ent began glibly.
"Oh, you'll have to be more explicit
than that if I'm to enter this guessing
contest" interrupted the girl.
Just across the street from each 9TH
err" he supplemented. Then there's
one on Harrison street; orphan daugh
ter of one of the Kansas judges; beauti-
full and talented. Two sisters live on
western avenue. Both out of town now,
but they belong here. Three live in
North Topeka. Two are sisters and the
other is the sister of a prominent poll
tician. One lives on Monroe street.
Ones an orphan; lives alone at board
ing house. Nothing but! Two sisters,
Vassar girls, very clever, live on West
Sixth. Ones the daughter of a supreme
court justice; exceptionally pretty Two
are the granddaughter of one Of To-
peka's Oldest settlers; especially clever
and talented, widely Travelled; out of
town for the summer. Ones the daugh-
ter of a Topeka packer. One lives on
Harrison street; pretty, exceedingly
popular with all classes and ages; eX-
cellent family; talented, capable and
charming. There's one on Topeka ave
nue-Only daughter. pretty and agree
able. Then there are a few who are
buds or younger. OF these ones high
school girl, Owl sorority; perhaps the
most beautiful girl in town. Lives on
East Sixth street. Another is the
fourth of a family of daughters in her
family but the Oldest unmarried al
though she is only just being graduated
from Bethany. One of the very pref
test of the years buds is the daughter
of a prominent politician who has also
done WE'LL Another is the young
daughter, still a school girl, of the man
who is sometimes said to be the richest
in Kansas. Then there's the oldest IN
married daughter Of prominent sur
geon and two sisters, daughters OF a
former state official; and two more
school girls. aunt and niece but about
the same age who live on West Tenth
I'VE have a small bunch of widows,
too. There are two on Harrison street,
one on Topeka avenue; one on Polk ana
one on Quincy, all handsome, wealthy,
agreeable and unencumbered.
"And thatu be about all
ssToo bad there aren't more for you
to choose FROM the girl replied sarcas-
ticaIIy. but you must remember that
heiresses are in demand
At a dinner given in honor Of Henry
James within the past few months some
one asked Mr. James his opinion OF GER
tain Young writer says the Woman About
Town in the Washington Post Mr.. James
expressed surprise that the question
should be put to him, saying tnaL IN Lon
don he had never heard the mans name
mentioned. However. he said, the onais-
sion was doubtless due to the fact that
f1e people he saw most happened not to
be Interested in the line of work followed
bv the young man in question It remind
"a him of a story concerning a cOnsoicu-
o,lsIv smart English woman. DR.. Oliver
Wendell Holmes. after returning from a
visit to London, remarked, and his remark
found its way into print, that in London
one met Robert Browning everywhere one
went Some one mentioned Dr. Holmes
saving to the lady. It surprised her great
IL. She had dined out frequently during