The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-23

Humphrey of Junction City. president
of the Woman's Kansas Day club,
whose subject was Kansas in Song and
Story. The Council Hour with a gem
eral discussion of club movements and
events followed.
A man about to be married wrote to
decline an invitation for house party
and described the situation in these
words: Circumstances over which 1
have no control prevent my accepting
your kind invitation, and so forth and
so FORTH
Miss Mattel Howe, daughter of Mr..
Edgar w. Howe. editor OF the Atch-
ison Globe, is spending the summer
with Mrs. Howe and her brother
Eugene at The Breakers, Washington,
and writing some clever letters for the
Globe under the title OF Vacation
Notes of a Spin.
To pretend to be chummy with the
Big Boss is the average employees idea
of humor and when a mental wants to
be facetious he refers to the B. B. be-
hind his back as the Old Man or calls
him by his first name. But the State
Journal once had an office boy, who
lasted about a minute and a half, who
called the B. B. Mac to his face and
this was regarded as the best joke
around the office until a letter was re-
ceived by one of the force from a
prominent Kansas man who sent ere
CARDS to Frank and the rest of the
boys
brough's Sunday school class to Mar
tins Hill last night was enjoyed by the
following: DIR. and Mrs. T. J. Kim
brough, Miss Mary Louise Zanone of
Nashville, Tenn, Mr.. Charles Robin
son. Miss Grace Eldridge. Miss AIDE
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Misses Annie and Nellie Field, Miss
Ethel ,Everingham. Miss Celia Israel,
Miss Blanch Newcomer, Miss Janett
Stuart, Miss Dora Moff1t. Miss Ruth
Gavitt, Miss Beula Bartleson, Miss
Edna Ashton, Miss Myrtle Beeler. Miss
Gertrude Anderson. Miss Fred Prout,
Mr.. Paul Emery. Mr.. John King, Mr.
Vance Bartleson. Mr.. Frank EIdridge,
Mr.. Archie West. Mr.. Joseph Zanone
of Nashville, Tennessee, and Mr.
Harold Clay.
The telegraph news reports that ].
b. Duke, the wealthy tobacco manu-
facturer who is about to be married
for the second time to a widow, will
take with him on the wedding trip the
brides sister, the brides son, boy of
sixteen or so, and his chum and the
brides mother. What was that YOU
said about Dukes Mixture?
AT the marriage in Colorado Springs
Wednesday evening, July IT, of Miss
Florence 1nez Williams, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Benz. Williams and Mr..
George Alfred Tyler, Miss Florence
Mitchell. of Topeka, was the maid of
honor and Miss Pearl Owens sang be-
fore the ceremony. Among the out of
town guests were the following from
Topeka: Mr.. George williams, Miss
Florence Mitchell, Mr.. Carl williams,
Mr.. Rob Roy Ripley. Mrs. Ripple, Miss
Lottie Ripple, Miss Ruby Owens, Miss
Pearl Givens, and Miss Dora Miller
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Speaking of weddings, at one in To-
peka once upon a time, the groom was
so fused that he fell down stairs and
blocked the wedding procession. Dur
ing the ceremony he dropped the ring
and although the officiating clergyman
tried to give him his ring to use he
was so intent upon getting the ring he
had bought and paid for that he ig-
nored the minister's tactful attempt at
assistance and kept nudgipg the best
man and whispered hoarsely to find
that blamed ring" The bride and
bridesmaids gave him awful, sduelch- |
ing looks, but he didn't mind: he was
glad to attract attention by any means |
and grateful for the first notice he had |
received since the arrangements for |
the wedding began. A To- |