The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-16

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Miss Alice Robe of New York city,
| who is visiting Mrs. Luther N. Lewis
and Mrs. Alex Monroe in Lawrence,
made good. Miss Robe is a special
writer on the New York World and
although she has been in New York
/ only about five years. her stuff is
signed and featured by the World and
| she is one of the best known news
paper women in New York. Her
younger sister, Miss Margaret Robe,
! has also achieved success in news
| paper work. She has department on
| the New York Telegraph and her
clever stories and illustrations are a
popular feature of that paper and of
a number of magazines to which she
contributes regularly. In addition to
the fattering success with which they
have met in their profession the Robe
girls have gotten socially into a de-
lightful set of artistic headliners-
writers, musicians. painters and ac-
tors This last summer Miss Robe
visited Irma Month Beldoni. the ia
nous Carmen of the Italian grand
opera company, at her home in Genoa
and among the other grand opera stars
whom she met and by whom she was
entertained was Signor Caruso. Miss
Rohe has a whole trunk full of signed
photographs of famous artists in
scribed to MY dear friend Alice" and
other expressions beSpeaking various
degrees of chumminess. in sundry
"furrin' langwidges." Miss Robe is
a graduate of the University of Kansas
and is member of the Pi Phi sorority.
After she left school she worked sue
cessively on the Lawrence journal, the
Kansas City World, and the Denver
Post. Then she went to New York
without influence or reputation and in
five years has reached the place in
her profession where she can do only
what she pleases and, virtually, COM
mand her price for it.
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The most important event of next
week will be the reception to be given
Tuesday evening by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Clark Harmon and Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Merriam at the home of the former
on Governors square.
The Bachelor Pessimist: people
tell me I ought to marry in order to
avoid a lonely old age; to have young
people and little children about me
and Some One to Love. But as far as
my observation goes there is nothing
to it. Old age is sad and terrible I'M
der any circumstances, but have never
noticed that children and grandchil-
dren were much comfort to old people.
If an old man is poor he is shifted
from house to house by his children
and is a burden that they would glad
ly be rid Of If he is rich they sit
about his bed like vultures waiting for
him to die When I am old 1 can go
to an old mans home if I am poor and
can buy all the love, devotion and at
tention need if am rich
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Kansas City Star: Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward T. Wilder of the Broadlands en-
tertained last night with an unusually
pretty dinner party The table was
effectively decorated with scarlet car
nations and sprays of asparagus ferns. |
Mr. and Mrs. Wnder's guests were: |
man, Miss Julia Tompson, Mr.. Fred c. |
Vincent, Mr.. Hall Harrison, Mr.. Tracy |
Cookie.
Don't you let these four-fushers bluff |
you. When they talk with that air of |
careless elegance about The Library |
they mean the room with the bookcase |
in it.
An informal subscription dance at the |
Country club last night was attended |
by: Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. DrechseI, Miss |
Floyd Robenson Miss Louise Kellam |
Miss Eva Smith, Miss Maud Grimes, |
Miss Dorothy Wilson, Miss Lillian Fos-
ter, Miss Frances Council, Miss Helen
Otis, Miss Fay Quinton, Miss Elvia |
Millspaugh, Miss Nellie Millspaugh, Mr.. |
Joe Wilson, Mr.. Dana MacVicar, Mr. |
Ben Scandrett, Mr.. Monte Kistler Mr.
Clay Hamilton, Mr.. Bert Reid, Mr.. John
Mr.. Frazer W. Cole, Mr..
Bernard Crosby, Mr.. Edwin Curry, Mr.. |
Harold Copeland.
A Topeka man brought home a puppy |
for which he had paid fancy price and |
secured It's admission to the house only
by Dragging vociferously about it's pedi-
gree. 1t was thoroughbred fox ter
rier, he said. and there wasn't another
dog in its class in town. Under these
circumstances his wife. who doesn't like
dogs, thought she must accept the new
conner and she excused herself to peo-
pie for having a dog in the house by
telling what a fine dog it was. But the
fox terrier commenced to
grow and he grew, and grew and Grew
until he was as long as a greyhound.
His owners hoped against hope at the
beginning but their boasts of his pedi-
gree became fainter and fainter and
finally died out altogether. How many
much advertised thoroughbreds turn
out common mongrels!
Mrs W. A. Johnston returned last
hight from Holton and Marysville where
meetings. Mrs. Johnston is a director
If the general federation and has been
attending the district federation meet
ngs and talking to the club women
about the general federation. the Bos-
on biennial, in June 1909 library and
orestry work-al1 her pet hobbies Mrs
:. G. Goddard of Leavenworth. general
federation secretary for Kansas, accom-
panied her. In Marysville where the
fifth district meeting was held thew
we're guests of Mrs. E. Lee Miller. It
vas a large and enthusiastic meeting.
Following the example set by the Sixth
district at its meeting at Mankato the
fifth district voted to amend It's con-
titution to authorize the treasurer to
,ay the travelling expenses of the mem
'ers of the executive board to one board
Meeting and the annual meeting. Mrs.
ohnston and Mrs. Goddard both talked |
bout general federation work and were
hall