The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-23
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An autumn wedding of much inter
est to many friends of the bride in
Topeka will be that of Miss Bessie
Elder, daughter of Mrs. A. c. Elder of
Rodgers of Los Angeles, California.
MISS Elder is graduate of the To-
peka high school, class of June, 1900,
and Of the University of Illinois.
where she studied three years after
she finished high school. She spent
the next three years in Chicago study
ing voice culture with Mr.. w. L. Hub
pard, with whom she is studying now
Mr.. Rodgers formerly lived in Chi
cago but is now with the Los Angeles
investment company. Miss Elder
and her mother, Mrs. A. c. Elder, will
sail in June from New York on the
Arabic of the White Star Line for
Europe to spend two months. They
will visit London, Paris, Brussels, The
Hague. Rome, Venice, Naples and
Florence, returning to Topeka late in
the summer where the wedding will
take place in the early fall.
Mrs. w. D. Atkinson of Parsons.
Mrs. A. e. Stitch of independence
Mrs. G. B. Hoffman of Enterprise and
Mrs. w. A. Johnston of Topeka are
among the Kansas club women who
will leave June 1 for the Jamestown
Exposition to attend the council of
presidents.
At a boarding house table the other
day the discussion turned on mer-
cenary marriages, somebody having
told of a girl who married an old man
worth twenty millions. Most of the
women doubted that there was that
much money in the world but assum-
ing that there was and any man could
be so rich they argued all during dim
ner whether a girl would be justified
in marrying him if she didn't love
him. The married women, with one
they wouldn't marry a man they
didn't love for All the Money in the
World but the Innocent Young Gyuhls
were all agreed that it would not be
safe for rich man to ask them unless
he really meant it.
The ladies of the Unitarian church
have organized a religious study class
Mrs. Theodore A. Wilkie. 1865 Clay
street, at O'Clock Friday afternoon.
Miss Louise Mitchell. 707 Monroe
street. gave a dinner last night in
honor of Mr.. Robert Clark of Chicago
who was the guest of his brother, Mr..
James Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. King will en-
terrain the Professionals Friday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Conant gave a
dinner Tuesday night at their house on
Topeka avenue for the senior class of
the Washburn law school. Their guests
included President and Mrs. Norman
Plass. Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Kulp, Mr.
and Mrs. w. L. Harvey, Mr.. Edwin c.
Flood, Mr.. A. L. QUAINT, Mr.. W. W.
Stahl The table was decorated with
pink carnations and garlands of smi-
lax. SOY
The members of 7the Orphelin club
of
wood for the children of the Orphans
Home. 70
Mrs. J. F. Mackiei will be the hostess
of the Friday Bridge club next week
The F1eur de Lis Gard club will en-
terrain this evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Berry.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. ]. T. Altberger, of Philadelphia. |
landed in New York yesterday from
Europe where she has been for about
two months. Her sister, Mrs Eugene
Hagan, and Mr.. Altberger met her in
New York.
Mr.. George C. Thompson, of Kansas
City, will come to town tonight to stay
over Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. |
Herbst.
Mr.. P. E. Burton, editor of the Joplin |
News Herald. was the guest of Mr.. |
Fred S. Bullene last night.
DR.. May Stout and Miss May Cap
per went to Kansas City today.
Governor and Mrs. w. J. Bailey, of |
Atchison, were in town to attend the
Bankers convention. They returned to
Atchison this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Dunlap, of EN-
poria who were at the National for the |
Bankers convention, went to Kansas
City yesterday to see Maude Adams in
Peter Pan.
Mr.. Robert Clark, pianist and
hi Sfla Of "a nd ri
cult, who was the guest of his brother |
Mr.. James Clark. left today for Chi
cago.
Mrs. NJ A Bennett of Ness City, who |
has been the guest of Mrs. Silas Porter |
left today for a visit in eastern cities.
Mrs L. H. Wulfekuhler of Leaven-
worth will arrive the last of the week |
for a visit to her sister, Miss Julia Well |
house.
Mrs George N Johnson has gone to