The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-11

Mr. and Mrs Harrison S. Morgan
will give dinner party tonight to cei-
citrate their tin wedding anniversary
The table decorations will be in red,
red flowers candles ard heart shaped
place cards and fourteen guests have
been asked.
at know of one reform that carry
Nation accomplished says Topeka
girl. There was girl once VINO hao
never worn a corset and she had a
shape like rough box, but when Z.
Nation started her crusade against
corsets this girl began wearing them,
just for spite, and since She cut out
the Venus de Milo foolishness she
looks as well as anybody
A Helianthus subscription dance
will be given at Hudson's "Wednesday
night.
y
A man met prospective bride
groom and asked him when the Wed
ding was to be. BLAMED If l know
replied the P. B. G. They're run
ming it."
Hugh Kiene celebrated his sixth
birthday anniversary yesterday WITH
a box party at the Novelty. followed
by dinner at the home of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs L. L. Kiene. His guests
were Peggy LoveweIl, Ruth Switzer
The following from the Music
Leader and Courier is of interest 10
many people in Topeka where Mr..
Powers has conducted summer classe'
and given concerts:
Music teaching is not all that IT IS
reported It's mil1ionaires are few,
but on the other hand bankrupts are
so rarely met that evil fortune lndeeo
must have been the lot OF frames
I1o
months ago filed his petition in bank
ruptcy in New York. His liabilities
we're stated to be $24,6S5, and his
nominal assets $S,453, due from nlne-
ty pupils These figures prove, now
ever that music teaching is a profess
eion which does a credit business. Mi
Powers must have had some remark
ably illuminating traits as a teacher
when he was able to schedule haplh-
ties OF S24,6S5.
Mrs. Eustace II. Brown of Olathe,
president Of the Kansas Federation OF
yyomer's clubs, who was in town TO
address the state board of agriculture
at the annual meeting returned nome
today She was accompanied by her
son Maley Brown and they were
guests Of Mrs J. c. Allison, 11O4 ray
Ior street. Mrs. Brown reports an en-
couraeing growth of interest in the
federation work over sixty new
members from the First district have
been added so far this year and the
ether districts show corresponding
increase in mem bersh1p.
Mrs. Willard Hall has issued invita-
lions fer a charity tea Tuesday after
non for the benefit of the U and l clue.
A man and a girl met in front of a
fashionable Kansas avenue shop this
morning greeted one another with ef-
fusion and carried on brief, animated
in near French. The in
nocent bystanders were much impress
cd for the man and girl are plain, plug
people whom everybody knows and
nobody suspected of being so Educated
hat they could converse with such ap-
parent ease and naturalneSS In French. |
Nothing said. of course about accent,
for the innocent bystanders were not
Ifnguists and all French sounded alike
TO them Therefore they could not be
expected to know that the conversation
translated ran something like this:
Good morning! Have you used Pears
soap" mo, I let the Gold Dust Twins
do my work" How is the aunt of the !
apothecary?'' Very WELL when last I
saw her sitting on a milk stool in the
middle of the garden where grow
citrons and plums." win you not go
with me to the soda fountain for an
r. S. Jackson, this morning?" Yes,
thank you sir But first 1 must do
little shopping" Have you many err
set of sables. cut glass Voz, rope
of pearls and pair of tires for my
touring car. I will meet you at the ten
cent store in half an hour" So saying
they parted and the man went down
the street and into a drug store where
he drank his mornings morning alone.
About fifteen minutes later they met