The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-21

Lyon, Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Barnes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dodsworth, Miss
Reita Updegraff and Miss Hazel Ris-
teen of Topeka, Mr.. Charles Olund,
Mr.. Charles Pearsall and Mr.. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis.
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The next local nine-days-wonder will
be wedding, as usual. But there
will be some unusual incidents, and
the Talk won't be confined to specula-
tons on the groom's salary or the
number of sets of lingerie in the
brides trouSSeau.
DR.. and Mrs. w. C. Fisk. 1872 West
Eighth avenue, gave musicale Tues
day evening. The programme was by
Miss Irma Doster, violinist. and Miss
Birdie Chandler, soprano. The guests
were: Mrs. L. K Butterfield Mr.. and
Mrs: G: G. Blakeley. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
r. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Davis,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A Hall, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. K. Jones' Mr.. Charles Chandler,
Mrs. Signor, Mrs. Jean Boucher, Mrs.
Belle Mcdowell, Miss Daring, Miss
Vera Smith, Mrs. Ella Clair, Miss Davis
of Indianapolis and Mrs. Stevens of
San Diego, Cal.
People who don't know anything
about 1t have an idea that any woman
Nothing to it A. P w. G., who
doesn't Know much about domestic sci
ence undertook to get dinner for her
family the other night and before she
had finished she decided that cooking
is no mere child's play 1t was rainy
evening and the p. w. G.. who had
never attended cooking school, for
got that boiling water evaporates more
quickly in damp weather: so the first
calamity that befell her was to let the
noodles boil dry and burn irretrievably
while she was telephoning a friend to
,,I~ 10 20. ,nly1 To- Io a1n
of the burned food went all over the
fiat and she was so fused by the ca
tastrophe, that she scalded her fingers,
burned a holder" lost a pairing knife
and threw the grapes she had pre-
pared for salad into the garbage pail,
instad of the seeds and stems. The
omelette she had improvised to take the
place of the noodles she had burned,
stuck to the pan; the biscuits didn't
rise and the coffee boiled over. She
went out on the back porch to bring in
what the grocers' man had left and
spilled bag of apples. They rolled off
the porch and down to the ground two
stories below. Then she raised an UNI
brella and trotted down to pick them
up adding to the local precipitation
with bucket of tears.
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The Portia club will meet with Mrs.
D. c. Tillotson. CPL Fillmore street, to-
morrow afternoon.
X
Mrs. John C. Harmon, Mrs. w. I.
Allen of Texas, who is visiting her
sister. Mrs A. w. Lacey, and Miss
Bross were substitutes at the meeting
of the Felicity Whist club, with Mrs.
George w. Veale II. yesterday. The
club will meet in two weeks with Mrs.
Charles L. Short in Potwin Place.
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Mr.. and Mrs Harry Adams. 1880 Har-
rison street, gave a party Tuesday
night to celebrate the first birthday of
their daughter. Margaret Spencer.
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Mrs c. H ~Bunger will entertain the
West Tenth Avenue Card club Thurs
day evening.
The Rev. o. T. Beaver and Miss
Florence .Maude wilkins Of Burlingame
were married at the United Brethren
church. of which the former is the
pastor. Tuesday evening. The Rev. w.
c. May of Holton performed the cere-
mony which took place at o'clock in
the presence of a large company,
friends, relatives and members of the
bridegroom's congregation. The deco
ratfons were in green and white,
palms. ferns and white chrysanthe-
NUNS being combined effectively and
the bridesmaids were gowned in the
prevailing colors. The brides brother.
her in marriage and she was attended
by the groom's sister, Mrs. Florence
| Atwood of Palmer, matron of honor.
| Miss Flora Van De of Holton and
Miss May Jones of Emporia Wilma
Powell Of Burlingame was the ring
bearer. The bride wore a gown of