The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-10

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Mrs Arthur L. Nichols and her son
Arthur, the Misses Clough and Mrs.
Amanda Porter of Leavenworth will
60 to Kansas City to attend the we'd
ding of their brother, Mr. Frank
Clough, and Miss Martha MacDon-
ough. which will take place at noon
on Easter Monday at the home of the
brides uncle, Mr. John Saunders.
They will 60 to California and the
Grand Canyon on the weddingi trip,
and win stop in Topeka to visit Mrs.
Nichols and the Misses Clough for, a
week on their way home. At home
at AS West Tenth street, Kansas
City. Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. hartman
and their daughter Katharine will
come from Oklahoma City to attend
the wedding.
The Atchison Globe says: A Topeka
girl lately visited in Atchison. and was
always saying: t'I have a notion to
get married." She was asked if she
were engaged. mo, not exactly" she
replied, but a young man is madly
in love with me; I can have him If
want him, although he is engaged to
another girl" After the girls return
home. she used to write to the Atchi-
son girls, and tell them about the
young man she could have if she want
ed him, although he was engaged to
another girl. One day she wrote to a
girl friend in Atchison: Il would like
to ask your opinion One evening the
young man called on me, and I said
something about being a pessimist.
4 Why not try love p he asked. Would
you consider that q proposal? 7 am
/ incline to think it was so intended.
He is engaged to another girl. but
can have him if I want him" In
week or two the Topeka girl wrote the
Atchison girl another letter, in which
she said. Went these men make me
tired! What do you think has hap
/ pened? That young man was yester-
day married to the other girl"
Mrs. ". A Morton viii entertain
the Monday Whist club next week.
The Post says that five young wo-
men with personal fortunes of seven
/ figures are visiting in Leaver. worth.
! One of the bellies of Topeka, who is
not an heiress, will go over and buck
the game. and her Topeka hackers
have no fear for her.
The Varsity club has issued invita-
! tons for the spring annual Friday
evening, April 20. at Steinberg's.
| large number Of invitations have been
sent out and some out of town guests
are expected.
Barney Ley returned Sunday night
from a short visit in Perry. Okla, and
found the boarding house where he
lives all "agog" over the interesting
news concerning him that had preced-
! ed him. A few hours before his ar
rival three or four kilograms had been
delivered to his Topeka address, caus-
| ing great excitement around the house,
and one which came to George Hood,
| who lives in the same house threw a
| light on the mystery. This telegram,
sent in Mr.. Hoods care, offered con-
gratuiations to Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
! Ley. A delegation from the boarding
house went TO the train to meet him
| when he arrived and another commits
| tee decorated his room with old shoes
andswhite ribbon streamers, arranging
! a rice shower over the door and maxi
| ing an aisle of white streamers from
the front door to the door of his room.
! But Wn60 ne arrived ne was all alone.
| 1t was just some of his Oklahoma
( friends idea of humor. However,
these three or four kilograms furnished
boarding house with excitement
! enough to last month You know
nothing ever happens in boarding
house.
The Topeka chapter of the D. A. R.
will meet Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
Fanny Sutherland SIS Monroe, instead
of with Miss Barley. Miss Helen
Morton will read a paper on Washing
tons marriage and there Will be a mu-
steal programme
A bachelor has proposed to a girl
| that they marry and start on we'd
/ ding trip to California in two weeks,
and now he is getting cold feet and is
! trying to persuade one of his friends
to get married and go along
Mrs. L. H. Mum is entertaining the
Duplicate Whist club today.
Miss Amy overmyer has asked
1 guests for luncheon Thursday in COM
| pliment to Miss Fay Smith, whose we'd
ding to Mr.. George ". Hackney takes
place April Is.
A Topeka bachelor of some means
and good prospects wanted to ask a
girl to &c with him to see Bernhard
in Camille but one of his rivals beat
him to it. So he went alone and the
next day somebody remarked with
wonder at his not having taken one of
his young women friends. 90" he
he said. "the tickets were three dol