The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

in the dining room this afternoon aud
Misses Elizabeth Bradford, Marjorie
Roby and Augusta Taylor will assist
this evening. The rooms are prettily
decorated with quantities of daisies
and sweet peas.
Miss Allabelle Troutman gave a
luncheon today for Miss Suzette Mat
thews of Albany, Texas, who is visit
ing her, asking beside other former
students of Hardin college, Mexico,
Mo-, where Miss Troutman and Miss
Matthews met.
The marriage of Miss Winifred Had
ley. daughter of Mrs. H. NJ. Hadley,
and Mr.. Walter E. Davis, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Davis. 1106 West
evening - s o'clock at the Hadley
home, 6S4 Clay street.
Salina Journal: Miss Ruby Peel
will entertain Wednesday evening in
compliment to Miss Winifred Burch of
Topeka.
True story of a reformed drunkard:
Lushington had been drunkard for
80 years and for 20 of them he had
never drawn a strictly sober breath. His
courage and perseverance in that par
ticular had naturally left marks upon
his person. especially as to his nose
which was so red that one might have
believed he was addicted to the evil of
tight-lacing, except that, unfortunately,
the size of his waist and, in part1cu-
out this theory. 1t was something
fierce that nose and generally known
to horticulturists as the finest exam
pie of a rum blossom on record; so RED
it would put to shame a ctage sunset,
dubious, polished, a sight for men and
angels. Washington was general!y
known as the village drunkard but 1t IS
probable that he had never recognized
this fact himself, although he had been
practically drunk for 20 years. But one
morning when he was past 90 he went
into a saloon for his usual mornln
morning. The barkeeper who was all
alone in the establishment was an un-
conscious temperance worker, his re-
formatory tendencies concealed by
coarse and brutal tendency for cutting
UP. He poured out the whisky Whlcn
ordered, then, before ms
customer had time to raise II TO ms
lips he said, wish you'd come around
and tell me what you think of a pic
ture I've got back here. think II
the finest example OF painting I've Ever
seen" Now Lushington in former DAYS
had been interested in art and some
thing of a connoisseur of paintings. so
he stepped behind the bar with alacrl-
ty, fiattered to have his artistic 1uog-
ment recognized once more the race
tious bartender took him Familiarity Dy
the elbow and led him directly in front
of a big mirror. There!" he gunaWeo'
"ain't that picture and the best piece
of nose paintin you ever seen?
TIushington stood transfixed gazing into
the reflection in the mirror. For the
first time in his life, perhaps, was the
ngiftie gle him. He did not echo the
boisterous laughter of the booze clerk
at the rich, rare humor of his little
1uib But after a minutes wordless
Contemplation of the picture in the
mirror he turned slowly around and
walked out past the untasted drink on
the har and into the street He never
entered that saloon again or any other
and he never took another drink as long
as he lived and he lived, by the way, |
to be past 20.
Mrs. w A. Neiswanger gave a sup |
per last night for her niece, Miss Ne1s- |
wanger. of Mechanicsburg, Pa, who is
members of the Marguerites' club.
The Orphelin club gave a luncheon |
Today at the home of Mrs William |
Laughlin in Potwin in honor of Miss
Lulu Healy.
Misses Daisy and Lora Neil enter
aimed the Betas of Washburn yester-
lay for Misses Lulu and Berenice |
dealy.
The West Side Forestry club had its
annual picnic today a t Cedar Heights |
he country home of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
4. Forbes.
Miss Marian Thompson, who leaves
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