The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

sumption. the Rev. Father Hayden of
ficiating. A wedding breakfast follow
Mrs. Huycke have gone to Richland
where they will be at home.
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Mrs J. 6. Wood has asked guests
Clay street, Thursday of next week.
The date for the wedding of Miss
Edna Heap and DR.. Herbert Clark of
g. The wedding will be very oIIfet.
" tn only relatives in attendance. and
will take place at $50 O'Clock in the ey-
ening at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Heap, $40
Buchanan street.
A Topeka girl has little wisp of
hair which reaches only to her
shoulders and when done in two sis
Hopkins braids would make you die
a-latfin' But she does it up with rats
and swithes and only sophisticated
Wimen with rats and switches of
their own, suspect the worst The
other day man who had met her
the night before and who had not I'M
derstood the name, was trying to de-
scribe her to somebody and what do
you suppose he said: that she had
quantities of hair! The woman to
whom he was describing her had
seen her en- dishabilIe with the two
Sis Hopkins braids. and of course she
Identified his description as another
woman who has lovely red hair
reaching below her waist and who
doesn't wear so much as a rat. And
when she learned the truth-welli
Nearly everybody, even Big
Brave man. has streak of coward
ice. A Topeka man is afraid of
of it Except when the sky is clear
and no storm in sight) but he re-
fuses to be afraid of burglars, at
least until he sees one. Most of his
friends are afraid of burglars and
lock their houses every night but say
it is silly to be afraid of lightning;
that the chances of a shock in an
electrical storm are fewer than one in
a million. Man-Afraid-o f-the-Light-
ming declares that the chances of a
perhaps with people known to have
jewels and family plate, in which case
it serves EN- right for being so rich.
The average family, he says, who
worth of burglarable stuff in their
house lock up just as carefully as if
they had thousands of dollars stored
away under the mattresses. He cites
the fact that he never locks his house
and that his people before him never
locked theirs. They got into the
habit of leaving doors and windows
night and day whether
they were at home or not, when they
lived on a ranch fourteen miles from
a railroad or a policeman. But even
in a state of ideal security the peo-
pie in their tenant houses, who never
had anything more valuable than a
side of home cured bacon to tempt |
burglar, locked up carefully every |
night, Anyway" he goes on, |
whats the use of locking doors and |
That never kept a burg
lar out who wanted to get it, Yes"
his opponents admit. but you can at
least make it so difficult for them that
they can't get in without disturb |
ance and arousing you" But 1 don't |
want to be aroused says the man |
who refuses to lock up. 81 don't |
want to be awakened by members of
he family coming in late, much less
burglars. So I leave everything con- |
yenient for either or both-doors and |
windows open. furniture pushed back |
out of the way and all that How
ever he adds, there's really moth |
ng in the house to steal. rarely |
nave as much as car fare in my |
pocket. and although my wife brags
| good deal about her family plate,
you and me there are no
,aluables in the house that self
burglar would deign to
larry off