The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

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In spite Of the threatening weather a
large company attended the social even
ing given by the West Side Forestry
club at Potwin Presbyterian church last
night The church was exqufsfteIy deg
GRATED with quantities of vines. wood
binc and cler1aCs, and the fall flowers
dahlias, asters and saliva The reception
rooms were used for serving and they
were made very attractive with flowers
and greerery. The feature of the even
ing was an exceedingly interesting lee
ture on Luther Burbank, the California
horticuIturist, by Professor William A
HarshbargeT, Of Washburn college
Professor Harshbarger is a personal
friend Of Mr. Burbank and was able to
talk entertainingly. from his own
knowledge, of the personality of the
man as well as OF the wonderful work
he has done in his profession and his
remarkable scientific discoveries Like
all men Of unusual personality and
! achievement Mr.. Burbank has many
/ loyal admirers and ardent disciples all
/ over the country, and his Topeka pro-
4 tagonist is Mr. Harshbarger. himself n
I enthusiastic amateur horticulturist. The
1 lecture was illustrated by stereoptfcon
/ and the lecturer had some Burbank
4 flowers to exhibit-Shasta daisies, Bur-
! bank marigolds dahlias and roses He
| was heard with keen interest and en-
/ joyment from the first word TO the last
and the lecture, with the agreeable
social features attending it. made the
entertainment notably delightful ard
successful The committee in charge
included Mrs ". A Johnston, chair
man; Mrs. D. H Forbes Mrs n. H
4 Loomis. Mrs Thomas E Dewey. Mrs
| Eugene F. Ware, Mrs H ]. Lane and
Miss Lee, and they were assisted by all
the other members Of the club
When you go to circus it makes it
nice to sit by people who have seen
the show at the Madison Square Gar
den, New York, and who interrupt your
rhapsodies by telling you how mucn
Bigger and better il is in the cities thar
in the one-nig ht-stands. A man who
saw the Barnum & Bailey show at
Madison Square Garden last year says
the performance here wasn't half as
good as II was in New York He says |
the trapeze act by the Carmen troupe |
was featured in New York even over
the Dip of Death but was cut out more |
than half here. There was certainly |
nothing funny about the trapeze act |
last night Although there were nine |
people in he troupe most Of them didn't !
do a turn except to climb up the rope
ladders to their aerial swings and then 1
climb down again The act promised 1
to be a thriller for 1t was given in the 1
center ring and the rest Of the perform |
ance stopped for it, but it ended abrupt
ly after two performers had worked out /
a little. One of them fell twice and was
caught by the net Could il have been /
that the troupe got cold feet On account
of this accident. lost their nerve AMI
cut the act?
In the presence of a very few friends
the marriage OF Miss Blanche C Petrie
Of New York City and Mr. E. Bowers
Weyant OF this city was solemnized yes
terday afternoon at o'clock at the
First NJ E church. the Rev DR.. Lynch
officiating. Mrs. Weyant wore an elab-
crate hand embroidered gown trimmed
with baby Irish crochet lace and car
riad brides roses. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
NJ Laughlin were the attendants. An
Informal reception was given in the
evening by Mrs H. s. Montgomery, sis
ter of the groom, and was attended by
Mr.. and Mrs. B. T. Payne, Mr. and Mrs
w E Heatheriy, Mr.. and Mrs Elmer
Beynon. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A Mitch
ell Mr.. and Mrs VIII Ransbarger. Mr.
Mrs. VIII NJ LaughIfn and Mr.. and
Mrs H s Montgomery
When the vaudeville programme
calls IT refined specially" all the
modest people in the house should get
up and leave
Kansas CITY Star: Miss Gay Shep-
herd entertained Wednesday with 4
luncheon in honor of Miss Carrie Lam
bert of Emporia- whose engagement TO
Mr.. Burr Root Of Kansas City has been
announced
! A Topeka man who has been wear
ing one brown shoe and one black one
has been obliged to answer so many
anxious inquiries that he has requested
the 6 R. to publish q card Of expIana-
ton No. he is not wearing the mis-
mated shoes on a wager, nor to make
little girls ask questions" nor because
cit Is raining in London, you know, you
know" The real explanation IS not ,
but a blistered heel He
bought e new pair of Oxford ties which |
wore out his Perfectly Good silk stock
Ings and made q blister on his heel SO
painful that he was obliged to dig Up !
an old brown shoe, the only thing that
he could wear with comfort He hopes
that this explanation viii be sufficient
and satisfactory and that he will now
be allowed to go on about his business
and earn his salary. something he has
not been able to do for the past ten
his explanation in person to everyone
he met
It was a good show, all right. but l
you could find plenty Of people this
who won't admit il because
hey got caught in the rain going home
md lost their temper and their en-
husiasm- You can hear lots Of hard {
pie walked home because the cars were :
10 crowded and they thought they
could make better time One party
stopped at drug store when 1t began !
% rain and the clerk actually dug up
umbrellas enough for them What a
70 you know about that?- Other J
people were less fortunate. One wo- !.
nan who had been IN a party OF five
an and jumped on & car and found c
Lfter the car had started that the rest /.
II the party had been left She didn't
lave a cent of money and there was
10 one on the car she knew. She
-rgued her case with the conductor for {
while and finally got OF the car and