The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

tunity to hold him up and offered to
4 fair enough, he said, and she brought
a cigar and demanded twenty-five
/ cents in payment. But this is only u
/ We'll, good heavens!'' she returned:
! do you expect me to run the risk OF
| getting pinched for violating the Sun
| day blue laws for only twenty-five
] cents ~ And he had to pay twenty
| five cents into her Christmas fund for
every cigar he smoked yesterday.
Miss Emily Metzger gave a Christ
4 mas party for her Sunday school class
| of the First Methodist church Satur-
! day afternoon from to o'clock at
| her home on Harrison street. She was
| assisted by Miss Grace Gaines. The
! members of the class are: Loretta
Powell. Anna Burr Rice. Bessie La
gerstrom. Helen Knox. Jennie King
Frieda Gilbert. Hazel Silk, Marie
Cope, Althea Watson and Marguerite
Kienne.
Christmas gift hint: A large as
sortment of handsome pIumes at spe-
cial prices at the Misses Pickens'. hat
tiers.
Steinberg's orchestra will play ut
Crosby Brothers tonight when the store
will be open for the first evening of
the ante-Christmas season
It Is reported that q family of chick
ems down in Oakland refused to come
off their roost all day yesterday be-
cause it was Blue Sunday.
Notes and Persons, Mention,
Mr.. John s. Pullman, of Bridgeport,
Conn, is expected next Wednesday to
join Mrs. Pullman and their little
daughter, who are guests Of her
mother. Mrs. D. L. Lakin.
Mrs. Everett H Dallas Of Fort
Worth, Tex. arrived today to visit
mother, Mrs. J. C. Wilson. Mr.. Dali
las will join her for Christmas.
day for Chicago to spend Christmas
with her daughter. Mrs. S. T: Fulton.
Mrs B. F. Thomas of Carthage |
has returned home after a visit to Mrs. |
H. A. Auerbach. Mrs. Auerbach's
mother. Mrs A: B. Deutsch OF Car
Captain r. M. Spivey will be home |
from Albuquerque, Mr.. Reuben Spivey |
from Newton and Mr.. Albert Spivey |
from Dodge City for Christmas.
City today.
Mrs w. E. Drechsel and her chill |
dren will go to Leavenworth Saturday
to stay until after Christmas. Mr.
Drechsel will join them Christmas
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Woodward
have named their little son Thomas
Darlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Penfield will be
home tomorrow from Muskogee,
Okla, and Excelsior Springs where
they spent the past month.
Mr.. Park Ewart will be home from |.
Ala bama and Mr.. florence Ewart from
California to spend Christmas with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A j.
Ewart.
Mr.. H, B. Kelly is in Pittsburg. Pa,
on a business trip. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
g. Kelly of Kansas City will spend
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. H. B.
Kelly. l.:
Mrs. George Hur1burt of Kansas
City will be here the last of the week
% spend the holidays with her par :
ents, Dr. and Mrs. G.. ]. Mulvane.
Miss Helen Alder was in Lawrence {
or the Phi Delt party Friday night and I
o spend Sunday. 3sl }
Mr.. and. Mrs. J. F. Afford will leave L.
Wednesday for Corpus Christi and !
yorktown. Texas, to spend the rest of +
he winter. :
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Purcell of Wa T
avs.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Smith and daugh-
er Tessie will leave tonight for Corpus
Jhristi, Texas, where they will spend
he holidays with Mrs. Smiths aunt,
IRIS Robert Dyer. I.
Miss Marie Lagerstrom spent Sunday
nth Miss Ann Troutman in Lawrence.
Mrs. Clyde Mitchner Of ST. Marys =
pent Sunday with Mrs. Leroy Powell. L
Mr. Henry Littlejohn of the Oxford
otel celebrated his 55th birthday ami +
ersary Saturday night, inviting large
ompany of his friends for the occasion
which was a most agreeable one.