The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-18

Announcement is made of the en-
| gagement of Miss Bertha Draper Reid
+ of Faribault, Mimi, and Mr. BENJAMIN
! Wright Scandrett of Topeka The date
of the wedding is not yet decided, but
the ceremony will take place at Fari-
bault some time soon. Miss Reid
visited Mr.. Scandrett's sister, Mrs j.
w. Burt, two or three years ago, and
made many friends here who will re-
member her as vivacious, charming,
young woman. Mr.. Scandrett is a
member of the law firm of Blair, Scan
drett & Scandrett, and is assistant at
torney for the Union Pacific Railroad
company. He belongs to a prominent
and distinguished family, and is a
grandson of the late Bishop Whipp1e of
Minnesota. Mr.. Scandrett will bring
his bride to Topeka, and they will make
their home here.
Mr. Earl Voorhis entertained a few
| friends at dinner Saturday night at the
Elks' club Mr.. Voorhis will leave May
1st to accept a position with the R. NJ.
Rigby company of Kansas City, ard
the affair last night was a sort of
farewell dinner. The decorations, con-
sisting of carnations, roses and smilax,
were in the colors (red, white and
green) of the Kappa Sigma fraternity,
of which Mr. Voorhis is a member
Roses were given as favors. Covers
were laid for: Mr.. and Mrs. Albert T.
Reid, Miss Bess Renwick, Miss Helen
Morrow, Miss Louise McNeal, Miss
isabel Heath, Miss Madeline Whitney,
Miss Marjorie Whitney, Miss La We're
Langdon, Miss Clara Daniels, Mr.. John
Nipps, Mr. Fred Parfitt, Mr.. William
Norris, DIR. Frank Boggs and Mr.. Voor-
his.
After dinner the company went out
to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Reid,
where they spent an informal evening,
looking through Mr.. Reids drawings
while Mrs. Reid played and sang for
them.
The Jayhawker club will meet this
evening at the home of Senator Clad
Hamilton. Prof. Wilm will read pa
per on Browning as a Philosopher
and Religious Teacher"
The mad life of the city is sure to
cloy after a time, and it is inhuman to
expect anyone to spend their honey
moon in town. So it is that Mr.. and
Mrs. r. F. Hayden are preparing to
seek a. lodge in some vast wilderness
(there really is a beautiful grove on
the place. and will go to live about
farm which is a portion of the old
Alexander place. Everybody knows
where that is-the property owned by
the parents Of Mrs. Charles Spencer
and Mrs. H. O. GarVey There is
picturesque little stone house, that will
be repaired and made modern, and
there is a stone barn and a stone milk
house, and then there is stone tenant
house where the man who is to tenu
the ground will live with his family.
Just how the interior of the house will
look is not yet known, but 1t is safe to
say that it will be the expression of
original ideas. Yes, they will take the
dog. He has catarrh in his head, but
the country air will benefit him. The
place may not be ready for occupancy
before autumn, and until it is in order,
Mr. and Mrs. Hayden will live at the
Devon.
Many Topeka people remember Miss
Maude Schuerer =ef the Topeka high
school, and for some time a successful
teacher in the public schools. She has
been studying in the Leland Powers
school of expression in Boston and
April o. She has had marked success
in the work of dramatic reading and
has been elected to fill chair of in
struction in the school that graduates
her Her position, which is a profitable
one, is a marked compliment of recog-
milton of her ability
X
The Current Literature club will meet
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. G. P. Boz
mer, at her home in Potwin.
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The fatality of being a member of
a bridal party is particularly con-
spicuous lately in the case of the men.
The glitter and display of a big we'd
ding is not supposed to appeal to the
men as 1t does to the womens but it
is evident that this theory is a ,fallacy.
The day following the Rohrer-Crockett
wedding, announcement was made of
the approaching marriage of Mr. Har-
vey Powell who was one of the ush
ers Within three weeks of the
-Kistler wedding, the rumor of
the enga cement of one oe the ushers