The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-01
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Miss Mary Moore asked few guests
| informally this afternoon to meet Miss
Helen Balsley of OskaloosaN who is
spending the week with. her. 4
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Miss Edna Herbst. who entertained
] her bridge club and corresponding
number of men last night, set a pace
which, if the other girls keep it up,
will make Pray-do-as-played-b blythe
4 femmes a popular game in this town.
AS rule, men don't like girls bridge
/ parties, and no wonderi Who wants to
waste an evening on "funnies," with
partners who have to be called before
} every play. and finish the wild orgy
with ice cream and cake2 Miss Herbst's
bridge party, however, was different,
and talk about Perfectly Good eats!
/ Deviled crabs, stuffed potatoes, not
rolls, chicken salad, cheese straws, vine
/ jelly, cake, and coffee! A spread like
that would make man good-natured
even if his signals for trumpS had been
! ignored all evening.
Miss Herbst's guests were Mr.. and
Mrs Charles L. Mitchell, Miss Helen
/ Balsley of Oskaloosa, Miss Mary b
/ Moore, Miss Frances ConneN, Miss Tide
Robensonr Miss Permelia Curtis. Miss
Helen McClintock, Miss Maude Grimes,
Miss Nellie Millspaugh, Mr.. Joe Wilson,
Mr. Monte Kistler Mr.. Bert Reid, Mr..
Jerry Johnstone. Mr.. Harold Copeland,
| Mr.. Jim Stewart Mr.. Walter Delfs, Mr.
Kurtz Kellam, Mr. Charlie Guibor and
| Mr. Julian Sydnor.
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Mrs. Walter Smith entertained her
Thimble club this afternoon in comp1-
ment to Mrs. Edwin Davis of LeaVen-
worth who is the guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Campbell.
Since a local tin-god lost his money a
good many people have discovered thai
he was always greatly over-rated.
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The gypsy booth at the Guild bazaar
at the Auditorium is in charge of Mrs
Thomas j. Myers. The fortune tellers
are. Mrs. Luther Burns, Mrs. Charles
Skinner. Miss Florence tombstone, MISS
Floyd Robenson, Miss Louise Mitchell,
Miss Nellie Lincoln, Miss Wilhelmine
Marburg. Miss Margaret Jetmore, and
the assisting gypsies are Mrs. c. H
Gaunt, Mrs. B. r. Lakin, Mrs. Harry ].
Bone, Mrs. Fraser w. Cole, MISS Juna
Larimer, Miss Helen Johnstone. Miss
Lolita Johnstone, Miss Louise Heath,
Miss Winifred Burch, Miss Hazel
Risteen, Miss Fay Quinton, Miss Reita
Updegraff, Miss Ethel Estberg, Miss
Ruth Wood, Miss Frances Connell, Miss
Mary Moore and Miss Permeha Curtis.
Mrs. John Baird Nicholson will be
hostess tomorrow for the Wednesday
Bridge club and has asked a guest
table in honor of Mrs. Claude Marsh
Butlin of the City of Mexico. and Mrs Mrs
Everett Dallas of Houston, Texas. The
substitutes will be Miss Dorothy VIII
son. Miss Tide Robenson, Mrs. Don
Mulvane and Mrs. Fraser. Cole.
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A Topeka man is announcing his en-
gagement to very pretty and popular
7debutante Does the girl know 1t!
Lawrence Journal (Monday): Mrs. J.
N. Roberts and Mrs. Isabel Armstrong
entertained at cards this afternoon
This is the first of two parties that Mrs.
Roberts and Mrs. Armstrong are CIV
ing.
A member of the ,Elks club who
went out to western Kansas on
shooting trip was commissioned by
Mr. Tom Barns to buy turkeys for the
club The man sent in three barrels
of turkeys and then wired to know if
more were wanted. Mr.. Barns reply
certainly got the moneys worth out OF
A ten word message: yep" he wired.
"send turkeys, snowbirds, irattlesnakes'
prairie owls or ichthyosauruses.
Mrs. L. B. Kellogg of Emporia and
Mrs. George T. Guernsey of Independ-
ence, we'll known Kansas club women,
will leave in February, sailing from
San Francisco, for a tour of the world.
Mrs Kellogg is a past president of the
Kansas Federation of Women's clubs
and Mrs. Guernsey is state regent OIL
the D. A R. Both visit in Topeka
frequently and have many friends
here.
The Ideal History club will meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs. George T.
Anthony.
Miss Ra HotchkisS entertained
small company Informally at the home
OF her sister, Mrs. Otto Kiene, Monday
evening, in compliment to Miss Ray
Philips. of Watunga, Okla, who is
visiting her.
Mr.. Don Paine and Mr.. Don Osborne
will give a subscription dance at Hud-
sons tonight.
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The Fluffy Ruff1es club will dance
at Hudson's Friday night.
Mrs Charles Skinner has asked
guests for luncheon and bridge Friday
for Mrs Elmer Bloom who will leave
Saturday for a new home in Hutchfn-
son.
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A new Westlawn dancing club gave
its first dance last night at Hudson's-
The company included Mr.. and Mrs