The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-08

cred her. as she says, "A decrepit old
woman all crippled up with consump
| ton who wanted a chance to go south
| to recover" she sent him the follow
| ing frivolous answer: Il am on the
sunny side of %, and except for one
pivot tooth, l am physically sound and
aside from liking for bridge 1 am
, mentally MISUNDERSTANDING tall and
most divinely fair My favorite pas
| time is washing dishes. and 1 am a
| champion sock member. Figures on the
of the soles of my shoes, 1 reserve
| for future statistics. Hoping this is
satisfactory, ETC." Return mail brought
| complete surrender and an urgent re-
quest that she accept the position at
| once.
Miss Effie BANTER will entertain her
Bridge club Friday afternoon at her
home on Topeka avenue
| The Matinee Music club will meet
| Thursday afternoon with Miss Helen
Hogeboom, at her home on West Sixth
avenue.
| The Varsity club will give a dance
Friday night. March II, at Steinberg's
| hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Hughes. of 1405
| avenue, announce I06 mar
riage Of their niece Miss J. Irene Mills
| of Omaha. Neb., to Mr.. J. Knote
| Withers, of Topeka, which took place
| in Omaha, February "a. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Withers will be at home after April
Is, at 525 Neosho street, Emporia.
| Il
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. Charles Blood Smith spent to-
day in Kansas City.
| Miss Mary SmaIley has returned
from a southern trip.
Mrs. John Lagerstrom has gone to
| Springfield, Ill, to spend ten days.
/ Mrs. T. J. Kellam and her daugh-
ter, Miss Katherine Kellam, who spent
the winter in Boston. have gone to
New York for an indefinite length of
time.
Mr. w w. whitney and Miss Mar
jorie Whitney. who have been spend
ing the past two weeks in New York,
will sail Thursday for the Bermuda
islands, where they will spend a few
weeks. On their return home, Miss
Whitney will stop in Boston to visit
Miss Clyde Bonebrake, who is in
school at LaSalle.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Gibbs of Atchi-
son have come to Topeka to make
their home.
Miss Warrington, a teacher in the
high school at Marysville. Kan, has
resigned her position on account of i'll
health and has returned to her home
in Topeka.
Mr.. George Rutter has returned to
Lawrence, after spending a few days
| in Topeka.
The Taxi Art Embroidery club will
Eli Kelly, 7O1 Fillmore street
The Ladies Missionary society of
the Westminster Presbyterian church
held an all-day meeting at the church
today.
Mr. and Mrs. e. L. Hotchkiss re-
turned Tuesday from trip to Cali
| fornia.
The Home Missionary thank offer
/ ing meeting of the Central COngrega-
tional church will be held tonight at
the church. There will be a basket
! supper at $50 apd at o'clock DR.. F.
L. Hayes will give a stereopticon lee
ture entitled Pictorial Study of Amer
lean Immigration.r The public is in
vired
DR.. F. K. Sanders has returned from
a business trip to Chicago.
Prof. F. H. Lane of Washburn COL
lege, spent Tuesday in Nortonville,
Kan.
Mr.. Arthur Ford of Wichita, will
arrive in a few days to visit his moth
er, Mrs. r. B. Ford and her daughters
of 1874 Polk street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grove Dolman left to-
day for Ray, Arizona, where Mr.. Dol
man is doing civil engineering work.
Grace Koontz and Miss Jean Koontz
! will leave for Galveston the last of
this week. Miss Margaret Koontz
will be the guest of Miss Hazel Howe
during the absence of her parents.
Mr.. Terrence Ewart is expected
home next week from a trip to Seattle,
| Wash.
Mrs John r. Mulvane will return
the first of next month from trip
to San Antonio, Texas
k0Io -,
Kansas City.
Mrs. s. stanton and her daughter.
Louie. of 1907 Topeka avenue, have
gone for trip to the south, and will
stop in Sloan Springs, Ark. to spend
a few weeks.
Mrs. o. ]. Peck of Los Angeles.
Calf, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
H. Tobias.
Mrs. Monte Kistler has returned
from Kansas City, where she was the
guest of Miss Gay Shepherd.
Mrs. John Shepard of Chanute, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Frank
Cain.
The Helping Hand society of the
First Congregational church Will meet
Friday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock with
Mrs H. L. Alkire, 424 Monroe street.
The meeting will be an important one
and all the members are asked to at
tend