The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06


| Additional interest has been lent the
| football game between the Washburn
'07 team and the All Star Has Beens
| by a ticket selling contest Instituted
| by Walter Stahl, athletic manager at
| Washburn. A new football which will
be used In the game and inscribed with
the autographs of all the players on
both teams has been offered as prize
to the girl who sells the most tickets.
Think of owning the Very football that
That Angel Pie George White had car
r1ed, Qf the Has Beens ever let him
get hold of it, covered with the auto
graphs of some of the most famous
players in football history! Guess that
will be a trophy to take home and
spread the cause Of education in the
er social headiners who will return to
the gridiron to play with the Has
Beens Saturday will he Fatty Clark,
hero Of many glorious football bat
tie. -. :. Some of the Has Beens
are having trouble with their sweet
hearts who implore them, tearfully,
not to take any chances with those
rude, rough, boisterous Washburn men
ton for their soft condition and would
just as soon spoil their fatal beauty
as not. A young doctor received a tele-
gram from his fancee, an out-of-toWn
girl. yesterday in which she begged him
not to go into the game. The wives,
however, are of sterner mettle. One
of the Has Beens, captain and tackle
in his day, is troubled with trapped
pedal extremities, and has been trying
to persuade himself that it will be pos
itively dangerous for him to play Sat
urday, and that he owes 1t to his fam
lily to keep out of the game. But his
wife was so disguised with him that
he is afraid to back out. now. How
are the mighty fa1len!' she said who
would believe that a few years of
domesticity and bridge. would rob a
ance which won my school girl fancy"
q. The WaShburn team is begin
ming ii send out bear stories. George
White and Glenn Haughey were sulk-
play if Coach Weede and DR.. Outland
and Coach Kennedy were in the game
They said it wasn't fair. Why" they
declared, Coach Weede can play the
whole game himself. We're not afraid
of a lot of fat old professional and
business men but when they run in all
the coaches in the state, that's Going |
Too Far
There has been big charity ball in |
the City of Mexico, one of the events |
of the season for the American colony |
and a lot of people we'll known in To |
peka were there. Miss Ethel Davis, who |
is visiting her aunts, Mrs. William Ba- |
ker Stephens and Mrs. Thomas B. Frost /
was one of the bellies of the ball. The
Mexican Heralds description of the af-
fair says:
Miss Ethel Davis was a veritable
rose bud girl in a pink chiffon taffeta.
dancing length. The low neck was out
in heavy embroidery roses
leaves in natural colors-
Mrs. William Baker Stephens was
radiant in a Partisan importation of
opalescent chiffon silk. The general
tone was pearl gray, but with every
of the charming wearer the
opal tints would flash out into palest
green that at once changed into violet,
he favorite color of Mrs. Stephens,
hen subsiding once more into pearl.
The wadst was garnfshed with flowers
lone in silk embroidery in tones to cor
with the changing hues of the
A bouquet of dark purple St.
Martin violets gave a smart finish to
rery becoming toilette.
Mrs Paul Hudson was distingue in
In imported Felix model of white
ierre lace a la princesse, over white
.hiffon taffetas and chiffon. A Fart
louveau design was picked out in gilt
ering gold sequins that was extremely
Elective Around the decolletage and
he skirt was scroll design of gold
echin that was hitting HnlSn TO a ,
ainty and becoming French confec-
ion.
Mrs. Charles Richard Hudson was the ,
rande dame in handsome black Eng ,
sh lace over black taffetas and chif-
on. The waist was of black chiffon /
elvet the low decolletage being out
med in lace as were the short bout {
ant sleeves. A large diamond pin !
parked among the folds of the lace
n the corsage, and the only touch of
olor in the toilette was red rose
Tas worn in the hair. t
Miss Hazel Kelly, of Paola, daughter {
f the ex-state treasurer of Kansas, the .
uest of Mrs. P. S. McGeeney, wore
importation of white chiffon,
trimmings of Bruges lace, princesse eff
ect. A wreath of white marguerites
yas wor min the hair
Mrs William Seymour Farnsworth
as dainty in gray chiffon mes
aline over gray taffetas and chiffon.
he skirt was adjusted to the form by
nall tucks, and was finished at the =
EN- with three large tucks. The bodice
as of the same handsome material,
lie decolletage being outlined with C
andsome silver pailletted white lace. p
ouches of black velvet gave distinct n
rench note to the toilette. "
Mrs. Thomas J. Ryder wore with G