The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-07

matron has retained the popularity in
many sets which as q girl made her
one of the bellies of the town. She IS
a mem Der of the Duplicate Whist club
and they are both members of the
Evening club, that organization of
young married people which has been
such an important sOeial factor for the
past few years, but which has suf-
fered the loss through removal to
other towns of four other members in
the past year, Mr.. and Mrs w. J.
Black and Mr. and Mrs. Frank FARRELL.
DR.. and Mrs. L. H. Mum Will enter
tain for Mr.. and Mrs. Ashby Wednes-
day evening.
In certain little town in Kansas
where there is new electric light
plant, the lights are eXtinguished at
twelve o'clock on week nights and at
body except the members of the
handhOlders' union are ever up after
nine o'clock in a town of that size
and they don't need light.
The marriage of Miss Carrie Martin,
daughter OF Judge John Martin, to
distant kinsman, Mr.. Charles Francis
Martin, of Macon Ga, took place at
the home of the formers aunt, Mrs.
Martha Martin of Chattanooga, Tenn,
Wednesday. January 8. Judge Mar
tin accompanied his daughter to
Chattanooga and Will spend the win
ter in the south. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
will live in Macon. where MT. Martin
is general agent for Georgia of the
International Harvester company.
"You may not believe it." he said.
but [ have never been in love" "Of
course not, she retOrted, Cupid
doesn't shoot at gizzards."
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander r. Banks.
of 7O5 Fillmore street, announce the
eng agement of their daughter, Emma
Roseburg, and Mr.. John Malcolm
Mcmillan, of Denver.
1t is going to be extremely dun in
Topeka for the rest of the season. The
College Widow leaves for California
soon for an extended stay.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott Davis en-
tertained the Saturday Night Bridge
club last night Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward B. Hill substituted for Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. Gaunt.
A Topeka man of the Helianthus
set sells haberdasher- (FOur guesses
allOwed.) He is very much in love
with a certain girl (Four moreD Re
Gently his hated rival came to his
counter to buy a craVat. He selected
a tdinger," with the intention of
springing it the next night HIS
night, at the girls house. The man
who sold it Immediately chose one
exactly like it and wore 1t out to the
girls house that same night, thus
beating his rival to it for once in his
life. The virtue of this anecdote, if
it has any. lies in the fact that it ap-
plies fairly well in most of the essen
tials to four different Topeka men of
the Helianthus set, all of whom sell
haberdashery, are very much in love,
and have one or more hated rivals.
Mrs. Hoch and the board of direct
Ors of the 7. w. c. A. have issued in
vitations for a reception at the Gov
ernor's House Wednesday afternoon,
January 10. in compliment to Miss
Edith Anderson, of Chicago, national
secretary of the Y. w. c. A. who
arrived in Topeka yesterday to be the
guest of the local association for
few days. The members of the
board of directors are Mrs. John r.
Mulvane. Mrs. j. B. Larimer Mrs. NJ.
L. Chamberlain, Mrs. T. B. Sweet,
Mrs A. L. Greene. Mrs. T. F Carver
Mrs Charles B. Hamilton, Mrs. d. E.
Esterley. Mrs. J. A. Renwick, Mrs.
NanderpOOl, Miss Loop, Miss Viola
Troutman Mrs. Nettels, and MS B.
M. Davies.
The latest and most popular form of
entertaining is the City Directory par
~ any IA44AbLA AlArlS pay anu IL 10
equally exciting for afternoon and even
ing occasions. although being more
generally used for the former. A col
lection of hammers and a city direc-
tory are all that is required fer the
game. The players take the hammers
with both hands while some one reads
off the names in the directory, begin
ming with A and Omitting only those
represented at the party and all join
in knocking. The fewer there are at
the party the more there are left to
knock on, and the more fun. The City
Directory game has always been popu-
lar, but City Directory parties, formal
ly announced us such. are cOmpara-
lively new. This form of entertain
ment premises to be much used during
Lent when cards and other worldly
pleasures are eschewed, and brotherly
and sisterly love is especially supposed
to prevail.
Mr. H l. Shirer entertained the
members of the First congregational
church choir Friday evening. The
company included Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Clinton Forbes. Miss Vida Woods Mrs.
John Kleinhans. Miss Berenice Fuller.
Miss Mary Daniels Miss Bess Elder,
Miss Belle Stagg, Miss Margaret Good
rich Mrs Ed Smith, Mr.. Charles Ricl-
ards, MI. Byrne Thacher, Mr.. Elmer
Fox and Mr.. Ed Shumway.
A Topeka business woman who has