The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
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medicine" the professional invalid
of this town should get out their hail
nets and angle for invitations to the
seni-annual picnic of the students Of
Bethany college at the c. w. Merriam
country place, Aylsdale Farm. Fri
day afternoon the girls of the school
accompanied by the principal, Mis-:
Meleora Hambleton. and two of the
teachers, Madame Metke ard Miss
Mary Wilton, rode out to Aylsdale In
canvas-upholstered hay wagons. The
college president, Bishop Millspaugh
and the chaplin. Canon Talbot, also
the trustees, Mr.. E. H. Crosby Mr.. A
Zahner. Mr.. ]. M. Meade and Mr.. g
w. Merriam were there. and with
them Mrs. Millspaugh, Mrs. Talbot
Mrs. Zahner. Mrs. Merriam and
Mrs. Meade Mr.. f. p MacLennan,
and Miss Bertha Hampstead also went
out. The principal feature of the az
ternoon'S entertainment was a tourna-
ment, directed and participated in by
Mr. Meade, who is an excellent horse
man and familiar with the tilt as it is
enthusiastically enjoyed in the south.
The following girls entered the lists:
Miss Mildred Morton. Miss Ida Bussey,
Miss Gene Singleton. Miss Josephine
Willig, Miss Gladys Ellis. Miss Marie
ODER, Miss Leah Butler, and Miss May
Lott. Mr.. Meade opened the tOurna-
0ACO
of the game and short history OF the
sport as practiced in We olden
time. Each rider was given five trials
in which she was to carry a long steel
tipped lance in such way as to thrust
1t through a small ring suspended
from twelve-foot pole supported by
two upright beams. The successful
contestant would be the one who could
carry away the ring the greatest num-
Der of times out of the five. III you
think the feat is easy try 1t, as one
of the visitors did, and you Will de-
eide that you are surprisingly clever
If you even succeed in getting your
nag between the beams. Miss Mildred
Morton won the honors and was
privileged to crown the Queen OF Love
and Beauty, Miss Hambleton. After
the tournament there was picnic
supper eaten with the sauce OF
healthy appetites.
Aylsdale Farm is beautifully sit
uated few miles west of town at
the foot of Burnett's Mound. The
twenty-five acres of park are wen
cared for. and the grove is ver1table
Forest of Arden. The cottage. Green
Tree Lodge, has a veranda on three
sides and is divided into two parts by
a screened hallway that makes an
ideal open air dining room. On one
side are two sleeping rooms ana the
living room which suggests cool COM
fort for summer days. while the Wloe
fire place promises cheerful warmth
for autumn evenings. On the otnef
side of the dining room are the
and a large bed room You
have only to look at the staples TO pe
of the man who said IN MS
heart "I will build me more barns.
,rhe festivities closed with a song to
the trustees and farewell to the farm
sung to the tune of Aud Lang Syne.
The trip home was begun in the
early twilight and ended by the light
of the full harvest moon.
X
The annual Corn Jiggin' of the PM
,gas given at Steinberg's hall Friday
night. The guests wore rustic cos
tunes, and the decorations were the
fruits of the field. Following are the
members of the fraternity: Mr. Robert
Beine, Mr. Stafford Chamberlain. Mr.
Toe Council, Mr.. Alfred -Bartel, Mr..
Russell Grimes, Mr.. Ray Jones, Mr..
Clarence Jordan, Mr.. Herbert LINN
ger. Mr. James Mcfarland, Mr..
II dimes Meade, Mr.. Robert Pierce, Mr..
Roy Rauch, Mr.. Roy Starr, Mr.. Grove
Dolman, Mr.. Otto Council, Mr.. Ivan
Dibble, Mr.. Marshall Hite. Mr.. Ben
Bear. Mr. Bruce Mcfarland. Mr.. Mel
Son Meade, Mr.. Richard Porter. Mr..
Charles Ryder, Mr.. Harold Morris,
Mr. Frank Heatherington, Mr.. Ted
OduAOCL AoA' ".
akin Meade. Mr.. David Gray. Mr..
Kenneth Lewis, Mr.. Burr Willard and
Mr.. Philip Sproat.
Among the invited guests were: Mr..
and Mrs. Willard N. Hall, Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Hall, Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
McNeaI. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Bone
brake, Mr. and Mrs. E. l.. Copeland,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. M. Hamilton, Mr..
and Mrs. P. H. Adams, Mr. and Mrs
Gary Trap, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Gossett,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mitchell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Gillespie, Miss Marie Lager
-trom, Miss Jean Rodgers, Miss Helen
Morrow, Miss Marguerite Mills, Miss
isabel Mills, Miss Clyde Bonebrake.
Miss Lillian McGoff. Miss Mildred Nor
on, Miss Dorothy Porter, Miss Eliza
seth Holiday. Miss Gladys Scott, Miss
Dorothy Scott, Miss Alice Larimer,
Miss Annie Murtaugh of Lawrence,
Mss Katherine Kellam, Miss Esther
Rodgers, Miss Marian Wear, Miss Pat
.erson of Kansas City. Miss Effie Balm
er, Miss Bertha Hull, Miss Rachel
-oston. Miss Hazel Howe. Miss Rose
FIite. Miss Mary Gleed, Miss Dorothy
Clead Miss Julia Larimer, Miss Helen
Miss Henrietta Alexander,
Miss Mary Moore, Miss Alice Willard,
Hiss Grace Koontz, Miss Maude
Grimes. Miss Ann Troutman. Miss
3 lice Meade. Miss Marjorie Rodgers.
Miss Marguerite Koontz. Miss Sue
Rodgers, Miss Helen Spielman. Miss
5erenice Emahizer, Miss Louise Nc
Zeal. Miss Helen McClintock. Miss Isa-
lei Heath, Miss Margaret Carney, Miss
Nellie Millspaugh. Miss Frances Con-
.eIl, Miss Mildred Guild, Miss Louise
Heath. Miss Louise McGoff. Miss Elsie
Norwood. Miss Mary Dallas Gage, Miss
iva Reese of Manhattan. Miss Esther
7auch, Miss Helen Sharitt. Miss
sladys Boyle, Miss Marjorie Whitney, !
Hiss Katherine Dolman of Lawrence, |
Hiss Edith Updegraff, Miss Mary Suth- |
rland. Miss Esther Clark, Miss Con-
ell, Miss Hazel Grimes. Miss Lenora |
;tubbS, Miss Edna Bear, Miss Dorothy |
sarber Miss Gertrude Mulvane, Miss |
dary Chase Chamberlain, Miss Dora |
Downs of Kansas City. Kan; Mr.. OAR |
rim Bradley, Mr.. Ed Kistler, Mr.. Ken
eth Burnett, Mr.. Ralph Rohrer. Mr. |
Hugh Mcfarland. Mr.. Clay Hamilton, |
Ir Roy Johnson. Mr.. Roy Thompson. |
dr. Earl Spencer, Mr.. Monte Kistler, |
dr. Warrick Updegraff. Mr.. Harry |
saunt, Mr.. Ralph Lewis, Mr.. Jack |
row. Mr. Gilbert Worley, Mr.. Earl |