The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

FRIEND
prejudice and never takes cold nor
q pill. These beneficial results did not
| follow the first night out. but the wo-
| man who was trying the experiment
! was not yet accustomed to going to
| bed in the open. The street lights,
4 the passing tram cars and the flap
| ping of the awnings kept her awake,
| and whenever she dozed off for mo-
| ment. the voices of the pedestrians.
on the street below, who seemed to be
| at her very bedside, awakened her
with start, and she arose next morn
| ing tagged and worn from her brok-
| en- rest. The next night another men,
I Der of the family had visitors who oc-
until after midnight, SO she couldn't
| go to bed unless she diSregarded the
! conventions and retired in their pres
ence. The third night there was
| porch party in the neighborhood and
she was entertained until late hour
1 like this; f, : - -
/ II thought you wus going with
herr Far be it from me, amt
been down to her house for three
party" well, I used to like Myrtle
pretty we'll myself. but she give me
the worst of it, and no girl ever stung
me more'n once" The fourth night
a quartet of DRINKS stopped their
| boat on the street corner and gave a
program of sentimental songs and
maudlin jokes. The fifth night vag-
rant mosquito discovered her, sent a
| wireless to his friends who dropped a
! few pounds of ballast, mounted to her
eyrie and had a lovely time at the
! party. The sixth night she was so ex-
! hausted that she slept through all the
nocturnal disturbances but the morn
ing paper hit her in the eye at D
@, clock. The seventh night an cleo
trical storm came up and she awaken
| ed at G. M. to the necessity OF drag
ging 25-lb mattress and other bed
| ding in out of the wet. The wind
| whipped the porch shades which she
| was trying to lower, out of her hands.
they flew back and slapped her down
and the rain came and drenched her.
Then she staggered weakly into the
house, fell ON real bed in an en-
closed, unsanitary room. and muir
INJURED helplessly, ~Bacili' do your
worst"
I The Rev. DR.. D. NJ. Fisk left Mon
/ day night for New York. where he
/ daughter, Mrs. Ethel Fisk Moore and
4 Mr. Dan Fisk and use the Columbia
/ university libraries for the next two
months revising some of his sociologi-
cal courses. Mr.. Dan Fisk has just
/ corapleted his junior year at Column
bia and Mrs. Moore, who, is doing
i Y. w ts A work has been elected sec
/ rotary of the city association OF Mil
j waukee and will take her position in
/ August
! Mrs. Geo. P. Morehouse entertained
Hast Wednesday evening for Miss Nell
4 lie Sawyer, who is soon TO be mar
: ried to Mr.. Corbin. Mrs. Morehouse
r. Il. - he n
of talent and during the course of the
evening calls on each one to perform
a particular stunt" for the entertain
ment of the others. On this particu-
lar occasion Mrs. r. P. Morehouse
sang: Mrs. o. o. Moore gave some
piano selections and sang; Miss Ceora
I4anham recited and Mrs. Geo. P.
Morehouse played some piano num-
bers and Mr.. Morehouse gave pro-
gram on the mechanical piano.
4
Mrs. Laura Lux will give a dinner
at the Country club Saturday for her
sister, Miss Bertha Lux and Mr.. Fos-
ter Rickenbacher. who will be mar
ried July Z.
There was an Owl grub at the
/ home of Miss Leona Curtis Monday
| evening.
city and Mrs. F. c. Lewis of Sioux
Falls, S. D., will be the guests of hon
r or at a picnic supper tonight at Vine
wood. The guests will include Mrs
Lewis. Mrs. Robinson. MRS. Ser
Wheian. Mrs. N. C. Edlebute, Miss
| Venice Whitney, Miss Margaret Gill
flIan. Miss Carolyn Roser, Miss
Kathryn Cuthbert and Miss Lola NC
Afee Mrs. G.. E. Woolverton enter
tanned at dinner last night for MRS
| Lewis.
A wonderful sight, at this season
are the fref1ies. You must go to the
country to see them at their best, al.
lawns to. some extent. A grain nele
at night with myriad twinkling fire
flies above it is like a lake or bay
with the twinkling lights of boats anf
docks In the woods the an, nre y,n~,
tops of the branches and seem U
mingle with the stars
| r. X
Their house was burned and the 30.
and his parents were driven to a note
for shelter. but the Boy didn't like il
l He was homesick and the second nigh
| he cried pitifully to go home. But w
haven't any home" his father explain
| ed to him. Don't you remember IN
4 fire burned our house all up?' Wel
then" the Boy sobbed, Il want to go t
Il my own outdoors"
j Don't take an invitation too serious
lly. Lots of people fret and worry be
cause they can't accept all their IN
Ivitations fearing their friends will b
disappointed if not offended If tn
truth were known their friends are re
lieved .--.-
x
greater kindness to a prospectfv
bride about to marry a. poor man tina
~ a gift for her trousseau or Dime
party would be the privilege of runnin
a house for a month, and getting som
valuable experience in domestic scienc
about which. after all too many girl