The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-11

cause. she argues, it lends some dis
tinction to a very common patronym.
Miss Patricia Greene, she says, sounds
like somebody but Miss Greene sug-
gests the double-distilled essence of
mediocrity-
Vanity in this respect is by no
means confined to the women, for
most men are very particular about
the spelling and pronuncia ton OF their
names, but the S. R.. of course, deals
are two OF three men in town who ap
peal to her to save them from the
ignominious humiliation of seeing
their names In the paper in anything
but their most distinguished form.
One young man wants to be recorded
as MI Clause S, and there are two
who part their names IN the middle
deliberately and insist upon being
known as Mr.. A Percy and Mr.. B.
Guy. OF course it readily will be seen
that it requires a very unusual sort
Of ability on the part of the S. r. to
understand and remember all these
little idiosyn cracies of the people.
never to leave out the important or put
in the super7uous initial, TO remember
who use hyphens and middle names
and who do not. who wants to be
simply Miss Blank, and who is always.
even in her most negligee moments,
Miss Dorothea Cadwallader Blank.
and never under any circumstances to
get it S. Claude, Percy B., or A. Guy.
Kansas city Journal: Mrs. George
NJ. Myers, 633 East Armour boule-
ward. will give an informal porch par
ty this morning followed by a lunch
con for Mrs. c. H. Gaunt and Mrs.
George Port Ashton.
X
One of the Delts went out Of town
today to attend the wedding of a form
q sweet n "a
Mr.. Alex Spencer has asked small
company informally for tonight for his
cousin, Miss Hespera Hougham of
Dayton, Ohio
Miss Louise Henderson gave a lawn
party and musical last night for Miss
Esther Watts and Miss Williams of
Atchison, the latter the guest of Mrs
H. E. Lyman. The other guests were
Mrs. Lyman, Mrs. Frank S. Thomas,
Mrs. Roy Benner of Bartlesville, I, T.,
Mrs George Overmyer, Mrs. L. L.
! Goodwin, Mrs. J. Bartholomew WHEEL
an, Miss Jean Parkhurst, Miss Bessie
Elder, Miss Grace Beard, Miss Daisy
Wellman, Miss Margaret Lodge, Miss
Hazel Wolff, Miss Louise Tauer, Miss
Patience Bevier and Miss Geneva Hen
deTson. The programme was given by
Miss Watts. Mrs. Thomas, Miss Beard,
Miss Elder and Miss Henderson.
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Mr.. A. J. Stout, vice-principal Of the
Topeka High chool. and Miss Emma
Ahrens, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
H. Ahrens of Chicago, were married
yesterday at the home of the brides
parents Mr. and Mrs. Stout VIII visit
a few weeks in Colorado before re-
turning to Topeka. Miss Eva Schley,
Miss Ann Monteith. Miss Helen
Schurtz and Mr.. G. A. Stevens all Of
Topeka, who are spending the sum-
mer in Chicago, attended the wedding
yesterday.
1t is reported that the engagement of
a newspaper man to a newspaper girl
will be announced soon They will go
abroad on their wedding trip. CThe girl
lives in Leavenworth.l
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Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Moneypenny will
give a picnic Wednesday of next week
at Vinewood.
Miss Grace Wilcox. 1874 Fillmore
street, viii give a musicale and lawn
party this evening in honor of Miss
Esther Watts. who leaves next week
for Europe to continue her study of the
violin, and Miss Mary Louise Zanone of
Nashville, Tenn. The others asked are
MIS-. T. J. Kimbrough, DR.. and Mrs. J.
H. Soleeki, Mrs. Zanone and Master
James Zanone of Nashville. Miss Jennie
Monypenny, Miss Ora Monypenny, Miss
Eva Curry, Miss Myrtle whitaker, Miss
Juanita Dignon, Miss Marie Wolfenden,
Miss Grace Lukens. Miss Maud Au-
gustus Miss Fay O'NeiI, Miss Helen
Walker. Mrs. Charles Grosvenor, Mr..
Carl Younggreen, Mr.. Frank Short Mr..
James Campbell. Mr.. Ed Tiemann, Mr..
/ VIII Tiemann, Mr.. Leslie Rowles, Mr..
! Reuben Peabody. Mr. Harry Wolf. Mr..
4 Robert NIcCord. Mr.. Albert Mems. Mr..
/ Warren Whitaker, Mr.. Joe Woifenden.
/ Kansas City men are threatening to
I depopulate the town as far as girls are
concerned. A Harrison street debutante
/ who was supposed to be engaged to a
/ Topeka man has lately been receiving
4 the attentions Of a Kansas City man;
a Topeka avenue girl and a Kansas