The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-03

|c}0cHTY
A Fourth of July celebration for
members and their families Will be
given at the Country club tomorrow
evening. There will be an INFORMAL
/ dance and fireworks.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Samson will give
a Fourth of July house party at their
will leave tomorrow morning and will
stay until Sunday night will include
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry w. Seery, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Charles L. Short Mr.. and Mrs
]. NJ. Padgett and DIR. and Mrs. L. H.
Mum.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Mix of Tecum-
sen will entertain the following To-
pelka friends at a Fourth of July
party: MIR. and Mrs. ID. c. Tillotson
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. Whit
aker and family. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G.
Allison, Mr.. and Mrs. b. II. Pugh and
family. Mr.. c. D. Startzman, Miss
Startzman.
Mrs. ]. w. Burt will give a chill
dren's party for about twenty guests
this evening from half after four
O'Clock to half after seven in celebra-
ton OF the seventh birthday of her
daughter Frances.
1t is a bad sign when a man is un-
able to imagine any generosity OF
mind or motive in others.
Golfers: at is noteworthy that
each among several ladies of our ac-
quaintance has recently expressed a
preference for being born a widow:
Nft a with afp Children. To such a Wo.
man the married state appeals more
strongly than the paternal roof She
likes her own home and her own life
and she has a deep-laid need of chill
dren. What matrimony stands for is
all charming except the husband. To
our limited sense of humor this wish
constitutes good joke, and, no doubt,
there is some little truth in the theme
of Man and Superman-that, to a
woman, her husband is only means.
One of the straws on the current of
the day is the number of plays and
novels that approach critically such
lasting social facts matrimony.
Anthony Hope some years ago wrote
Double Harness and later we have no.
ticed titles like The Helpmate. To-
gether. The Bond. naming books in
viewed. Amelie Rives' latest story.
The Golden Rose, tells of a widow who
loved again, but loved with vague as
piration. with passion for the abb
stract. The authors description of
the heroine reminds us of what Keats
once wrote: L have met with women
who 1 really think would like to be
married to a poem Sometimes 1t is
this unreality of sentiment that makes
the facts of married life too hard
sometimes it Is a more unlovely flaw.
The fact is that the truth about matri-
mony is many sided and while old
- -NoN1 H.
alone. he brought forth large mug
get when he declared: Every man is
a worse man in proportion as he is un-
ft for the married state and the
statement is even more nearly true OF
women"
The summer fad of shaving the head
Is a boon to the Old Boys who can
now give a pretty good imitation OF
the Wader's Union even with their
hats off.
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Henry F. Ma
son will leave in about a week for thei
home in Garden City to spend the res
OF the summer. The supreme cour
has adjourned for two months and Mr.
Justice Clark A. Smith will return t.
his home in Cawker City, where Mrs
Smith preceded him by some weeks
Mr.. Justice Graves goes to his home il
Emporia and Mr.. Justice Benson to OF
tawa Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Burch vii
leave tomorrow for Salina. where thei
children are now, to stay until afte
the primaries, when they will probabl
20 to one of the northern lake resort
for a few weeks. Mr.. Chief Justice an,
Mrs Johnston will spend most of tn
summer at Elmwood Place but ma
leave after August for short sta
in Ludington, Mich. Mr.. Justice an
Mrs Silas R Porter and their famil
will spend the summer in Topeka.
The Chaldean club will have a Fourt
of July picnic at Park View, the su
burban home of Mr. and Mrs. o. Z
Walker.
Mrs. George Nv. Snyder entertaine
the Tell club today. Miss Floyd Roben
son and Miss Edna Herbst were substi
tutes.
Miss Ella R Bourgett and Mr.. c. n
Dougherty of Wichita, were marie
at the home of the brides aunt, Mrs
o. w. Schick, Thursday, at noon, b
the Rev. Frank Lynch. They left yes
terday for Salt Lake City and tn
southwest and will return to thei
home, 331 North Lawrence avenu,
wichita, about September 1.
A subscription dance for the Helian
thus, Tivon and Varsity clubs will b
given at the National roof garden to
night.
Mrs. Clifford 3. Dodge, of Salina wa
the guest of honor at picnic given l
Central park by the Marguerite girl