The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07

DR.. and Mrs. L. H. Mum entertain
ed their neighborhood club. the Mid
night club. last night. The guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Barber. Mr..
G. H. Samson, Mr. and Mrs Harry
Seery. Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Akers, Mrs.
James L. King, Mrs Pliny Soper or
Muslogee, L T., Miss Anna Marie Mel
lis and Mr.. V. B. Kistler-
The dance cards for the Washburn
athletic benefit ball will be the most
elaborate even seen in Topeka MI
Albert T. Reid is designing both the
cover and the interior. The cover will
represent the Washburn athletic girl
and IL is rumored that one of the con-
testants for the honor OF leading the
grand march will be Mr.. ReidS model
for this drawing. Although young and
inexperienced in this line, If she looks
as we'll on paper as she does ON all
occasions, she will be an ideal model
The interior of the dance card will be
decorated with a sketch of a football
player kicking goal This sketch VIII
repr esent one of the heroes of last
years football teams. who is great
favorite in college circles and to whom
much of the credit of last years Win
ming team has been given The 10
grammes for the ladies Will be fasten-
ed with a long cord of Washburn blue
and the pencil cords for the mems
programmes will be white
souri, Hunt and Polo club was held
last night at the Kansas. City Country
club. The club colors, old gold and
crimson, decorated the hall. Mr.. Hall
Harrison and Mr.. Irwin r. Kirkwood !
led the cotillon. A feature of the |
evening was the old hunting songs |
changed to the time of dance music.
Mrs c. ]. Hubbard. Mrs Hale Holden.
Mrs. c. F. Morse and Mrs. H. c. Flow
er received the guests,
y
The Washburn co-eds are SO inter |
ested in the benefit ball at the Audi |
forum next Tuesday night that they |
have very little time to bone The |
lucky girls who have received invita- |
tions and for whom the suspense is |
over are regarded with envy by those |
who are still on the anxious seat Yes
terday a Hartford cottage girl received |
an invitation to the dance by tele-
phone. why. certainly" she said
promptly. ''Tickled to death to go /
with you; but who did you say you
are?"
1t is whispered in high school cir
cles that a girl and boy who have had
a serious case of puppy love have
quarreled and all because his hair is
curly and she leased him about it
Lawrence World: Mr.. Wilder S.
Metcalf will be the host at the meet
ing of the Fortnightly club Saturday
evening
The social gathering of the mem
bers of First Church of Christ Scien-
tist, which was to have been held at
the residence of Mrs. Dell Keller. this
count of the death of Mrs Keizer's
uncle. Mr.. NJ H Hudson, of Kansas
City
Another growl from the S. r.:
When anybody wants lemon handed
they go to the S. r. and tell her about
it. saying, why don't you sting so
and So Then they give her the ma
terial for the paragraph and shc-
striving always to please-publishes it.
After that whenever she meets the
''stingee'' ice forms even on the warm
est day. OF course she expects that
it's one of the penalties of the S. RS
existence, but when she hears that the
very one at whose request she handed
the lemon has joined the anvil chorus
1t tends to make her sour, pessimistic,
cynical and respondent Said anvil
chorus goes something like this:
'rwhere does she get all that dope? I
never tell her anything"
Neither do L She had something
in there about me and I'd like to
know where she got it, All society
columns are bad but hers is the limit.
Silly rot!"
mo, I think it's perfectly disgust
''But you read it, don't you?"
go. yes, usually. To see who she's
Knocking"
So the S. R. has made a new rule
and starts enforcing it next week at
three o'clock. She will continue to
hand lemons when old and faithful
and constant readers
give them to her for distribution but
she will no longer keep them anony-
NOUS. The paragraphs will be credited
to the proper sources when published
or when she meets the enraged peo-
pie whom they offended and who de-
mand, What made you put that in the |
paper about ?" she will answer
blandly. your friend So-andSo gave
1t to me and asked me to publish it.
OF course coming from her I never
questioned it," and so forth and so
forth.
The worm has turned.
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The February Helianthus dance will
be given tonight at Steinberg's. The
programme will begin at eight thirty
o. clock
Atchison Globe: Mrs. F. NJ. Baker
gave a reception and dancing party at
night in honor of Miss Muriel ingalls,,
whose marriage to Lieutenant Davis
occurs Immediately after Easter. At
s o'clock carriages reached from the
porte cochere. on the south side of the
residence. across the street Mrs. Ba-
ker's home is one of the handsomest
in the state. and last night presented a
scene of unusual beauty. Every detail
in the decorations showed the most
perfect taste. and the youth ami good
looks of the guests with the pretty
ball dresses of the girls. and full dress
uniforms of the army officers. who
were Mrs. Bakers guests, made Won
derfully pretty sight. Mrs. Baker
Mrs. John ]. ingalls,. Miss Muriel In
gals and Lieutenant Davis received
the guests in the living room which
was brilliant with lights. and white