The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-29
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The marriage of Miss Helen Thomp-
son and Mr.. Harry Wilson Donaldson
will take place at half after eight
o'clock this evening at the home of
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w
A. L. Thompson, sos Topeka avenue.
The Very Rev.~James Philip de Bevers
Kaye, dean of Grace cathedral, will
read the service. Miss Thompson will
be attended by Mrs. Harry F. Nash, of
Denver, and Mr.. Wilson by Mr.. Roy
S. Thompson. On account of illness
in the family only relatives and a few
friends have been asked for the we'd
ding. At home after a wedding jour
ney at 1912 Taylor street. In spite of
the simplicity which will attend it and
the lack of the usual ponp and cir
cumstance of a fashionable wedding,
this marriage, on account OF the
prominence of Miss Thompson's fam
lily and her own and Mr.. Donaldson's
personal popularity, is one OF the
most important events of the fall sea-
son. Among the guests from out of
town here for the occasion are Mr..
and Mrs. H. r.. Nickerson of New
York city, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry F.
Nash of Denver. Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.
Black of Chicago. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Mrs. Harry Weaver and Mr.. and Mrs.
Dorr Norton of Kansas City.
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Diabolo played with bobbin and
string, threatens to take this country
by storm as it already has France and
England. They call it the new devils
game. New? Yes, but old, too, some
one has discovered. Diabolo amused
the children of England and France
about the time of the battle of Water
loo-in 1912, to be exact The old
game started on a new career in Paris
about a year ago. 1t has been the
rage all along the seaboard of that
country, whence it spread to England.
The game is even older than It's f1rst
in France, for it was
played in China many centuries ago
and was known as "kouen-gen." The
Greek and Roman dancers also prac-
ticed exercises with a crude form of
diabolo constructed of horn and feath-
ers.
We all remember the ping-pong
madness that seized this country five
or six years back. Diabolo promises
to be equally popular. The town OF
Etampes in France, has been SO badly
bitten by the diabolo craze that at
held there recently 25 per
cent of the population of the town
participated.
Plump ladies, thin ones, grandpas
and grandmas. big boys and little
ones. babies and maids all sailed
forth to show how well they could
spin their queer tops on little, frafl,
thin red strings. Etampes is the proud
possessor of the diabolo champion,
bobbin 1907 times in one hour and
forty minutes.
In Paris this last summer the game
has been played to such an extent that
police regulations were put in force
One couldn't go out for mornings
walk in the Champs Elysee without
taking chance a t getting a black eye,
for it is wonderful how those bobbins
can disport themselves, especially
when under the direction of an anna
nc n n
dash around more mysteriously is a
collar button.
Diabolo is not easy to learn. The
implements of the game consist of a
solid wood, hollow tin, celluloid or
some light metal shaped like two ho1- |
low cones with the points cut off and |
joined at the smaller end. The two |
halves balance perfectly. so that the
dia bolo will spin on the String-if you !
know the trick. Two sticks about two !
feet in length, and made of bamboo |
Or some light material, Joined at the
end by a string or strong silk cord |
Jour or five feet in length, complete
he outfit.
When you start the game the dia-
polo is placed on the ground and the
string is slipped under it. Holding
stick in either hand. you start the
sailing along the string. When
t is going nicely. the string is lifted
quickly in the air and, by keeping the
sticks in motion, it will continue to
pin. When it is actively engaged in
making itself dizzy, the player is sup
posed to throw it into the air and,
With the string straight and stretched
must catch it again, and renew the
Considering the fact that the game
euuires no particular muscular en-
rgy, it is amazing that it has become
o popular. The schools of England
ave taken it up with an enthusiasm
nd rush that have rendered the man.
facturer's supplies quite inadequate.
But it is not confined to the school
ard by any means The lady of the
manor leaves her household directions
0 stand upon the lawn and play dia-
olo. The master, too, loses his morn
ng train because ne is irving to see
hat he can do with the foolish bob |
in and the two little sticks. Tiny
fail victims to the fascination
f the sport and even the aged and
ne stout can't pass it by.
The Wintellotta club will give it's ,
rst dance of the season Friday night
t Hudson's.
''The most distinguished company in
ne world" says a fashionable cosmo- ,
olite who is welcomed at the best
ouses' in every civilized country, {
may be seen at the lie de PuteauX, !
alfway between the Pont de Neuilly
nd the Pont de Suresnes, any after
DON between the hours of and '
clock during the Paris season." Time ,
as when visitors to Paris went to one !
{ two fashionable resorts, patronized ,
Y the elite of European society, LIE Five {
'clock in the Boulevard Hausman and
less pretentious one insthe Rue Cam ,
on, for afternoon tea. Now. however. !