The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-17
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IN spite of the fact that they had told
u rev Intimate friends and sworn them
~ silence. the marriage OF Miss Helen
Otls and Mr.. Fraser Cole, which took
place this afternoon, was kept fairly
close secret, as secrets CO. and will sur
PRISE majority of their acquaintance.
although the engagement has been
generally suspected in their set for
months, 1t was never formally an
hounced. and rumors of an immediate
marriage developed only within the
past fortnight. But Miss Otis and Mr..
Cole were determined that their we'd
ding should have considerably less than
the usual amount of free advance adj
Vertising, so they made none of their
pans public. and, except for the MEM
oers of their families and the afore-
mentioned intimate friends few knew
OF their wedding today. The ceremony
took place at the home of Mr.. Coles
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Cole,
1ll9 Van Buren, street. on account OF
the Illness of the latter. who is unable
TO leave her room where the service
was read by the Very Reverend James
Philip de Bevers Kaye, dean of Grace
cathedral, in the presence of the two
families. The bride was married in a
travelling costume of cloth in the fash
ionable taupe shade. a blouse of net to
match and a big black hat trimmed
with wings. The hour of the cere-
mony was 2 O'Clock and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cole left shortly afterwards for Kansas
City to spend a few days. Their orig
inal plans for an extended trip were
given up for the present. because of
Mrs. George f. Coles illness. They
Will be at home upon their return at
the Kemper, where they have an apart
ment furnished and ready for occu-
pancy.
Simple as it was and without the
pomp and circumstance Of a fashion
a h nd d.
ding of the season it is safe to say.
will exceed this one in the friendly in
terest of a large circle of friends and
acquaintances. Mrs. Cole is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Otis of
1923 Tenth avenue west and has en-
joyed the most unqualified popularity
in the young set with which she has
been identified. No Topeka girl has
had more admirers than she and her
social career has been one of uncom-
mon and well-deserved triumphs. She
is unusually pretty, amiable, sensible
and accomplished and the last in a
practical as well as an ornamental
sense. for she is up in everything do
nestle like housekeeping and sewing.
besides being a skiIlful pianist, and, it
is generally admitted, the best dancer
in town.
Mr.. Cole, whose father. Mr.. George E.
Cole was formerly state auditor and
has a wide acquaintance in business
and political circles throughout the
state, has a position in the office of
the state accountant. He is a gradu-
ate of st. Johns Military school, Sa-
lima. is member of the Elk. Helian-
thus and Country clubs. and has an
automobile. to which fact the sore
heads, who don't keep a machine, will
attribute the fact that he carried off
one of the most desirable girls in town.
But as a matter of fact, he is a fine
young chap the sort who looks good
on a street car and that a girl is glad
TO walk with. A mans marriage al
ways brings out his full name, no mat
ter how deeply it may have been
shrouded in mystery, and Mrs. Fraser
William Cole is the name the new Mrs.
Cole will have on her visiting cards.
x X X
Announcements have been received in
Topeka of the marriage, on Sept. %. of
Miss Georgiana West and Mr.. George
Allen at Eagle Pass. Texas. The we'd
ding was quiet. only the family being
present. Mrs. Allen is the only daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George West of
Tampco. Mexico. She has visited here
several times. the guest of her cousin,