The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04

The hall and library of the j. w
Going home this morning, though not
set in order for visitors, was an inter
esting place for visitors to be. Three
big trunks stood open in a half-un-
packed condition. and peeping from
their depths were shimmering silks,
dlmy laces embroidered linens, and
dozens of things to charm the lover Oh
the beautiful and the unique. Mrs. Go
ing. Miss Marguerite Going, and Mr..
Dale Going returned late last nlghI
from a five months trip abroad, ana
the tourney from New York to Topeka,
fraught with all the inconvenience OF
late trains. encounters with custom
house officers, etc, made them glad to
give IN their first day at home to
their friends who dropped in to wei
come them back. Mrs. Going, VINO mas
Travelled in Europe before, made up her
own itinerary before she left Topeka az
ter a careful study of maps and charts,
apportioning the time to be spent at
apportioning the time to be spent at each
place and the SrineS to be visited. owing
TO the perfect railway service Ctley
never missed a train and never reached
a town behind their schedule. They
sailed from the States in May and went
direct to Naples, and from there Ihey
made the circuit of interesting cities OIL
Italy. visiting the famous Blue Grotto
of Capri the leaning tower or PISA,
Rome. FIOT6HCG, anu OOIlCLLO. -1ASS
Going insists that she knows that they
went through a million cathedrals. and
that her brother declared he would
never 90 to look through another church
as long as he lived. The English chan
mel was living up to it's reputation the
day they crossed. 1t was the rough
est of the rough, and the usual result
followed Miss Going tells how her
brother was Imply acknowledging an
introduction to a stunning young Wo-
man, when suddenly he felt the can
of the rail-" and throwing poHtenesS TO
the winds, he fortunately reached the
Doint of desire in the nick of time
At the landing the Sunf1ower people
who journeyed across together had SO
changed in appearance that they gazed
with bilious eyes at each other, try
ing to penetrate the mask of green
coloring that adorned their counten-
ances, to the feature of their dear ones
underneath. Safely across the travel
ers' Jordan. the Irish lakes, the Pas
sion Play, London, and all the glories
of northern Europe were gone over,
and they all look more or less like the
guide book says they Will. Now Mrs
Going had been told that each one
could bring home foreign goods to the
amount of $500 without duty, but upon
their return, she learned that the ma
terial must all be made up into wear
able clothing. Nevertheless, she con-
scientiously made up complete list OF
her purchases and submitted it to the
officer only to be told that the goods
would have to be assessed as much as
$3.50 Considering that she had just
about money enough to get home on,
the fine looked big. So she arranged
to have the assessment made in Kan
sas City, and meanwhile wired her
husband to meet her there with some
change" However, another traveller
in the party discovered that she had
lost weight running around over Eur
ope, and accordingly she needed moth
ing so much as a handsome embroider-
ed chiffon gown to help fill out the
sagging places about the top of her
travelling skirt. Presto! one gorgeous
gown was converted at once into
what? A hustle, if you please. But
it was unnecessary entirely as the
suitcases were quickly opened and shut
again and passed on without charge.
Perhaps because one Of the party
brought out a Heidelberg stein that
played a tune and a miniature Swiss
house that was also a music box, for
the entertainment of the officer,
though probably he would have pre-
ferred that they contain Schlitz and