The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-01
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Mr.. Herbert s. Houston OF New
York vice president of Doubleday,
Page & Co, publishers Of Country Life
and The Garden Magazine, is IN To-
peka TO attend a dinner TO be given
in his honor by the Topeka AdVertls-
ing club at the National roof garueh
tonight Mr.. Houston is one OF the
formerly of Kansas men who have
made good in New York. He used to
lived at I.arned and loafed around the
office of Major Henry Inman's enron
oscope. and is a graduate OF the
University of Kansas. Tie was news
paper correspondent in Topeka In
1891. reporting the legislature of that
year for a number of Chicago papers
II was the famous legislature OF the
IngaIls-Peffer senatorial election ana
among the other newspaper men as
ISOLATED with Mr.. Houston at the press
table were Mr.. Ewing Herbert, Mr..
Arthur Capper, Mr.. Dick Lindsay of
the Kansas City Star, Mr.. Paul Hud-
son and Mr. Mike BunneH or
the Kansas City Journal. He was al
forwards in Topeka to take charge OF
the circulation of the Charles M. Smell
don edition of the Capital Mr.. Hous-
ton has conquered the accent along
with the rest of Little Old New York
and doesn't talk like a Kansan. but he
is LOYAL to the state and much interest
ed in its people.
MT. houston WAS the quest VI MI
Frank p MacLennan at luncheon at
Cedarcrest today. Asked to meet him
were Mr.. Albert T. Reid Mr.. Arthur
Capper and Mr.. Charles B.. Adams,
president of the AID club. He called
on Dr. Sheldon this morning. One
hundred guests are expected at the
Ad club dinner this evening.
Mrs. Harvey G. Parsons. who uses
her ante-marriage name of Ruth Hun
toon for pen purposes. probably in or
der not to give too much prominence
to her husband. who slips into the
magazines. himself, occasionally when
they are not looking has clever little
verse in the current Pearson's. Jones
he pays the freight" signs Mr.. Par
sons. ~ have TO buy the magazines to
show to people when Mrs. Parsons has
anything in them"
The usual semi-weekly dinner dance
will be given at the Country club
Wednesday. evening,
The Owls will give their annual
shirt waist dance the middle of Sep
TENDER, probably the 18th.
Mrs. Charles Fuller and Mrs. Ed
ward Gordon, president and vice pres
ident of the Golden Rule club, VIII
give a luncheon for the other members
Wayside Inn on the West Sixth pike.
The club members are Mrs. Fuller,
Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. A. K. Arnett, Mrs.
William Archer, Mrs. Earl Bartlett,
Mrs. A F.. Biene, Mrs. H. F. Clay, Mrs
q. II. banner. Mrs. F. M Drake. Mrs.
Mrs. L. NJ. Gazen, Mrs. ]. c. Holland,
Mrs. F. l. Hughey, Mrs. Frank
Hughes. Mrs. George Hughes. Mrs. ].
+. B. tombstone, Mrs. Edward King
Mrs. / S. Lewis, Mrs. H. n. Lincoln,
Mrs. George Platt. Mrs H. Pierce,
Mrs. Sam Wright Mrs. C. L. Ransome,
Mrs. ]. H. Savers Mrs. J.. H. McSpad-
den. Mrs. H. Schlemer. Mrs. w. G.
Tandy. Mrs. A. L. Weekly, Mrs. A. w.
Whitsett.
The favorite In Society is rarely a
heroine to her own neighborhood
where the daily spectacle of her
mother making her new frocks and
cleaning and pressing her old ones
rather dims the luster of her social
successes.
DR.. and Mrs. w. c. McDonough
have asked guests for an informal
dinner tonight
The Ceramic Art club will give a
luncheon at the Wiley Thursday af-
ternoon in honor OF Mrs. George
Coffin from Chicago.
Mr., and Mrs. Carey Wilson enter
tanned few guests informally at din |
ner Monday evening at their apart |
ment at the Devon. II
,
DR.. and Mrs. ]. F. Buck will cele- |
brate their golden wedding anniVer- |
sary tomorrow afternoon with an in
formal reception to which all their |
friends are invited at their home on
Lincoln street.
The following young people enjoyed |
a hay rack ride to Martins Hill Mon
day evening followed by a basket |
lunch: Miss Ruby Givens, Miss Pearl |
Givens. Miss Belle Evarts. Miss Edna |
Miller, Miss Lutte Harrison. Miss Mat |
tie Holyoke, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter |
Davis. Miss Helen Walker, Mr.. Frank |
Durein Mr.. Fay Movers. Mr.. Paul |
Harrison, Mr.. Wesley Wills. Mr.. |
george Knox, Mr.. Ed Stewart, Mr.. |
Fred Greeley of Manhattan, Kan.
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A reception will be given at the |
home Of Col. and Mrs. T. W. Harri- |
son tomorrow evening in honor of |
Mrs. Clarke and Professor Frank L. |
Clarke. late of the chair of Greek OF |
Washburn college who leaves Tues |
day of next week for Oxford, Ohio. to |
take a position on the faculty of |
Miami university. The women of the |
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