The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03


W. A McCarter will preside at the
meeting and Professor Harshbarger- of
Washburn college will be the princi-
pal speaker, his subject being on the
lines OF civic beauty.
The Monday Tourist and Current
Literature clubs, which are trying to
raise some money for the Crfttenton
nome, will have a homemade candy
table at the meeting and ask the pa
tronage of the club women.
The B. G. and c. Card club will en-
terrain this evening at the home of the
Misses Givens on Clay. street Mem
oers and their guests are Miss Ruth
Walker, Miss Belle Evarts, Miss Wini-
fred HadIey, Miss Ruth Morgan, Miss
Jennie Morgan, Miss Matte HOIyOke.
Miss Bessie HoIyoke, Miss Helen
Walker, Miss Ethel Wins ett. Miss Lutte
Harrison, Miss Ruby Owens, Miss
Pearl Gfvens, Mr.. Phil Movers, Mr..
Fay Mowers, Mr.. Davis, Mr. Walter
Davis, Mr. Bruce Bartholomew, Mr..
Fred Speers, Mr. E P Daniels Mr.
Howard Van Dorp. Mr.. Chas. DarneI.
Mr. Raymond Wiuette, Mr. Frank Du-
rein, Mr. VIM Gray. The Misses Civ
ems will be assisted by Miss Sarah
Webster.
Not content with their trfumphs in
Topeka, where they lead their social
SET have all the girls QuarreIing about
them and are generally recognized as
young bachelors have been going out
of town pretty regularly this winter
to give the yeomanry in and about
a village up the Kaw ways, a glimpse
of smart society in the Capital city
There are some good looking and at
tractive girls in said village, as there
are in all villages. and like most girls.
they have no conscientious scrupleS
about giving the town men the worst
of it when there are visiting chaps in
town. So these Topeka men have
formed habit of going up to the viii
lage when there is nothing doing at
home, coping out the bellies, taking
them to the dances and other festivi-
ties and cutting up some" without re-
gard for the feelings of the country
SWANS Then they would come back
to Topeka and brag to the other men
about what a good time they had had,
and what a fine peach orchard they
had discovered
But this is the sad story of How a
Peach Orchard was Converted into
Lemon Grove or The Worms That
Turned Last night there was a
dance in said village and three or four
Topeka men went up for the occasion.
They didn't bother about taking their
evening clothe-for a dress suit is
not de regeur at country town parties.
although most of the elite wear them.
and it may have been this omission on
the part of the Topeka men. as much
as anything that broke their plate
anv old clothes sure Of winning out
with the girls, running the orchestra,
and in short domino ting the occasion
as usual But the town nen-the men
who belong to the club that was giving
the dance, had gotten together and de-
cided otherwise. They were tired of
giving dances in honor of Topeka men
whom they didn't even know by name
just to amuse girls who couldn't see
them at al when the strangers were
in town. So they issued an order that
no men but members of the club
should be allowed to attend the dance
rived IN the village yesterday they
we're greeted with the announcement
that their presence was not desired
al the dance. In other words, that, as
It had been very windy for the past
few days their invitations had not only
blown off the front porch but clear
over the picket fence and out of the
Yard Thefw0rrns had turned and the
village bellies who had invited out-of-
town men up for the party had to en-
terrain them at Clap In and Clap Out.
Drop the Handkerchief. and similar
ssparlors' an1userneuts, for there was
nothing doing IN the light fantastic toe
business.
OF course If the Topeka chaps had
been game they might have gone to
the dance anyway-and there would
have been dance worth talking about
with a Observation-Disclosures feature
the deadly rnonotonous dizziness Of a
smart society function as she is pulled
off in the capital city. But in this
said village the Irish predominant. and
the Irish are famous fighters. and all
the Topeka men. it is painful to admit
showed "a bf3ft- They are telling around
today that they didn't want to go to
the dance aHyway-that they wouldn't
have gone # they had been invited.
s.
Atchfson Globe: Mrs. VIII Wikida1 Of
Topeka, is the guest of Miss Frances
Solomon for the IngalIs-Davis we'd
ding this afternoon
Geo. r Peck Will go to Topeka on
the Santa Fe this evening.
Miss Stella Clark gave a dinner
party last night for Mr.. Earl Hodge
who leaves soon for a permanent resi-
were: Miss Bessie Sheetz, Miss Carrie
Merrill. Miss Florence Smith, Miss
Alice Rice, Miss Edith Rice, Mr. Har-
ry Smith. MI. Frank Faust, Mr.. Harry
Faust, Mr. George Wilkerson-
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr.. George r. Peck of Chicago, his
daughter. Mrs. George P. Earring and
Mr. Earring Of Milwaukee, spent the
day in town Mrs Earring was the
guest of Miss Kate Gunther. They left
this afternoon for Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs Paul Hudson of the
City of Mexico and their children are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Dell Keller.
Mr.. Howell Jones is in Washington,
D. C.
The Us will meet with Mrs. J. P.
Smith, 1909 VanBuren street tomor-
row evening
Miss Anna Marie Maloney of juno
ton City is visiting her sister, Mrs H.
Hedderman, TO Polk street
The Taxa Art Embroidery club will
meet with Mrs. C1ausey, 1911 Clay
street tomorrow.
Mr.. Harry Southwick returned