The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

eastwood Lodge, Mr.. and Mrs A A.
huro country place southwest OF
/ Town on the Burlingame road is good
example or what can be achieved iii
the way of an attractive summer home
| IN the immediate vicinity of Topeka.
| Wltnin the past four or five years a
number OF Topeka people have bought
| country places near town which they
| occupy in the summer and find the
plan much more comfortable and sat
isfactory in everyway than the usua'
| custom of the wife and children hiking
off to the seashore or mountains for the
summer where the busy husband ana
| father is able to join them, if at all
for only a few weeks, Since. Highland
Park was furnished with adequate
street car service many Topeka people
| have found three Tor more9 acres in
| liberty in that attractive suburb and
the West Sixth street pike for five or
4 six miles out is bordered with the at
| tractive summer homes of town farm
| ers."
lakewood Lodge is a portion of the
Hurd farm, Summerheim, of $50 acres,
mostly pasture and wood on the Shun-
ganunga, which is about three miles
and half from its owners town house
at Twelfth and Tyler streets. Mr..
Hurd rents his land to a dairy farmer
but year ago he decided to reserve
portion of it on the bank of the
Shunganunga for a summer home. He
built a lodge and a smaller cottage near
by for servants quarters and now has
a delightful refuge where he goes with
his family and friends for the week
ends or as long as they care to re-
main far from the madding crowd"
The lodge is cottage of four rooms
admirably designed for GOODNESS and
comfort with a wide porch in front
which extends through the middle of
there is always a breeze. The porch
and area are all screened in and this
part of the house is used for a living
room and dining room, and is fitted no
with Indian rugs and summer furniture
and with big swinging divan. The
lodge fronts the south and is surround
ed by a few acres of beautiful natural
oak park There is a lovely garden
where flowers and vegetables abound
and rose garden, grape arbor and 9TH
er shrubbery have been started. The
park has swings, seats, tables and
Perfectly Grand teeterboard. A rough
stone stairway (Shawnee county mar
ble), leads down the bank of the creek
from the park in front of the house 10
the waters of the Shunganunga below.
Mr.. Hurd has had dam built across
the creek just at this place and there is
good fishing, boating and bathing. A
suspension bridge gives access to d
second park across the creek. The
house is furnished with running water
engine, a battery for electric lights is
to be put in soon and the place COM
bines all the comforts OF town with the
advantages of country. The drive lead
a lovely meadow dotted with OCCASION
al trees, to the lodge is beautiful and
the place has many other natural ad-
vantages, particularly in the number
and size of the oak trees which sur
round it and the thick Kentucky blue
grass which carpets the park and which
saved its owner the trouble and eX-
pense of starting a lawn:
What do you say to a girl with three
suitors on the ground and two out of
town men all c1amoring for her favors: !
But that is the situation of a Western
avenue girl and the attention of the
mothers who complain because there is
nobody for a girl to marry in Topeka is
called to it.
Miss Florence Mellinger Of Salem, |
Ohio, guest of Mrs. I. L. Keener Stew
art, will be the guest of honor al
picnic at Vinewood tonight The others
going are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ritch- |
ards, Miss Fox, Misses Matte |
Barnes and Grace Beard, Mr.. David
Owen, Mr.. George Russell, DR.. Harry |
Knowles and Mr.. Lynn Bloom.
Margaret said her mother to a |
little girl who was lying on the floor
on her back under two chairs, what |
are you doing?" Playing automobile, . ;
replied Margaret. A Toreka