The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-01

angry. See@I am perfectly calm. But
I am going to punch your face in just
in order to teach you something and
for the general good of humanity. 1t
hurts me to do it, but the salvation of
your soul demands it. and where duty
calls I never finch" OF course he
smaller than he is for these reforma-
tory measures.
Miss Mary Gray. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs George M. Gray of Kansas
City. and Mr.. Willard Breidenthal of
Kansas city, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. .Breidenthal. formerly of Topeka,
were married last night at o'clock at
the Gray home, Ala North Seven
teenth street. Kansas City, Kansas.
If you make New Years resolutions
that is sign you are still young.
When you are experienced enough to
realize that resolutions don't amount
to much you are old and tough.
whether you have lived twenty years
or sixty.
Mrs. L. H. Mum will entertain the
Duplicate Whist club Tuesday. Janu-
airy 7, at the Topeka club
y
The Fleur de Lis club will meet
Thursday, January 2. with Mrs. Frank
Blanch.
Miss Marion Wear will give a party
Friday afternoon for Miss Hildegarde
Hurley, who is home from Dana Hail;
Wellesley, Mass, for the holidays and
Miss Helen Davis of Kansas City. who
is the guest of Miss Alice Hughes. in
Potwin Place.
Mrs. ]. H. Frizzen will entertain the
Portia club tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs j. K. Bair entertained
a family dinner party at their home on
West Sixth avenue today.
The Lambda Alpha Lambdas will
give an informal dance at McRae's
tonight Invitations limited to the
The Phi Lambda Epislon fraternity
will give an informal hop at Hudson's
tomorrow night.
A girl and a man had a lease" and
the girl made UP her mind to get mar
ried. The man was not anxious to
saddle himself with the cares of a
family because he was only earning
one hundred dollars a month and had
to help his family. He had feeling
that his first duty was to fulfill the
responsibilities he already had, rather
than to take up new ones. Still he
was fond of the girl and she had a
habit of getting her own way and be-
fore he knew it he was engaged. The
girl began to make immediate plans
for marriage. She bought her clothes
and planned her wedding and asked
her bridesmaids and all with the full
ents, who should have known better.
The man was less enthusiastic. in fact
he was not at all enthusiastic for he
realized that marriage meant at least
doubling his expenses and as it was
he was able to get along only by the
over his predicament increased his
affection for his f1ancee diminished,
not unnaturally. He gave the girl
every opportunity to release him but
she did not take his hints and finally
after postponing the wedding a num-
Der of times he broke the engagement.
Of course he was severely blamed by
all the girls friends but didn't he do
the wise thing and was she and her
family not to blame for the unpleas-
ant affair? N".!a
Miss Mary Close gave a watch party
last night at her home in Potwin.
Western Sorosis will meet Saturday
with Mrs w. A. McCarter. Mrs. p. G.
Chamberlain will read paper, SUBJ
ject, A Matter of Taste, and the dis
cussion will be led by Mrs. c. J.
Evans.
Notes and Personal Mention
Mrs. Will Eastman will return
Thursday from a visit in Emporia.
Miss Berenice Healy of Los Angeles
who is visiting in Topeka will go to
Valencia Thursday for short visit.
Mrs. Lawrence Cartwright of In
dianapolis, Ind, is the guest of her
Mr Mrs T Wood
Miss Meta Legler of Chicago is
here to spend several days with her
sister, Mrs. T. B. Paxton.
Misses Emma and Edna Prentice
of Lawrence are visiting their sister,
Mrs. Tom Corwin for week.
T. J. Cough1in and Geo. Hayden
have returned from a visit to their
Osborne county ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Andrews of
Rossville are the parents of a daugh-
ter, born yesterday. Mrs. Andrews
was formerly Miss Hazel Wolff,
daughter of Charles Wolff.
Miss Louise Henderson has left for
Oskaloosa where she will visit with
Miss Mary Gwartney.
Mr.. Marshall Mays Of 721 Buchan-
an street Is receiving today for Mr..
David Overmyer, jr., who leaves soon
for a residence in Chicago.
Rev. and Mrs. r. A. Gilcrest of
Fulton, Mo-, are guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Lanham, 1911
Fillmore street.
Mrs. n. H. Hobbs of Fulton, Mo-, is
the guest of her daughter Mrs. F. M.
Lanham, 1911 Fillmore street.
Mrs. H. K. Winchester of Effing-
ham is guest at the Lanham home,
1911 Fillmore street
Miss Katherine Wooley of 800 Will
low avenue, Potwin, has returned
from Wichita, where she spent the
holidays, the guest of Miss Charlotte
and Miss Hazel Chain.
Mrs. James Brummitt has gone to
Guthrie, Okla, for a short visit with
her daughter, Edith. She will keep
up her residence in Topeka.
The passing and ushering in of the
year was celebrated at Mr.. and Mrs.
A. C. Dreyer's with games, dancing,
music and a banquet The partici-
pants were Mrs. Fannie T. Harshman.
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