The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-26

to be guests or MAJOR ana MI = -.
varado M. Fuller this week. Major and
Mrs. Fuller and their daughters, Mil
dred and Lucille, will leave Saturday 70
sDend three months on the Pacific
coast. stopping in San Diego, Los An
geles, and San Francisco, and during
their absence, Major and Mrs. Aver
will OCCUPY their house, 1107 Van Buren,
street Since their return to the
United States, Major and Mrs. Aver
have been in the east, at Northampton,
Mass, where they have daughter VINO
was student this year at Smith col
lege, and in Washington. Their family,
consisting two daughters, will not como
to Topeka this summer, but Mrs. Aver
will go east next winter and upon her
return in January her daughters will
accompany her, and the family wlll
make Topeka their home.
A more complete story of the Going
Patten wedding than we have before
been able to get, will be interesting to
the friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Albeit
Patten. The marriage was quietly
celebrated Tuesday, June 20, at nooll'
at the home of the brides parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. w. Going. at Golden Hill.
san Diego, Cal. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. E. w. Crabtree, OF
the Christian church. The bridal party
stood before the mantel which was
banked with asparagus fern and sweet
peas. Roses, palms, and ferns, We're
used to decorate the rooms. The DIN
ing table was decorated for the lunch
con following the ceremony. In the
center of the table stood a large Vene-
tan lamp which Mrs. Going brought
from Europe last year, and flowers
and green were placed around it. About
twenty-five gueustS witnessed the cere-
mony The bride was unattended. and
wore her travelling dress, jacket suit
of tan, with a marquisette blouse,
matching the cloth in color. Her hat
was a tan straw toque, and her shoes
and gloves were tan. Instead of carry
ing flowers, she wore two white roses
pinned on her coat. Mr.. Patterns best
man was Mr.. Dale Going, the brides
brother. Topeka people who witnessed
the ceremony were: Miss Helen Shar-
tit who is visiting relatives in San
Diego; Miss Helen Sterne, Miss Grace
Sterne, and Miss Ra. Hotchkiss, who
have gone to Los Angeles from Topeka
to live and Senator Reed and Miss
Frances Reed, formerly of Clay Center,
Kan.
After the wedding Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
ten left for Topeka, arriving Sunday
They are living at 1923 Western avenue.
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The following letter has been received
from Mrs H. A. Spielman, who made a
| trip to her summer home at Lake
| Okoboji Iowa, with her family, by au-
tomobile: I'VE arrived all safe Thurs
day evening at about $50 without a,
puncture or blowout. When we reach
| ed Council Bluffs we struck the Trans
| continental track across Iowa, and IL
was a joy forever-no trouble to make
thirty miles an hour. We found a nice
hotel at Storm Lake where we had q,
good dinner and a few hours rest
Then we came straight north to Oko-
boji. The cool breeze when we reached
Dixon's Beach seemed like dream al
most. 1 enjoyed every bit of the ride.
and the country out from Councll
Bluffs was beautiful, the road winding
around the foot of cliffs and bluffs. They
| had a rain a few days before, so there
was no dust. The farmers here get out
and drag the roads after a rain, max
ing their highways the best that have
ever travelled"
Mrs. Spielman. Miss Helen Spielman,
and Mr.. Harold Spielman left last week
and will remain at their summer home
until fall. Miss Gladys Scott will visit
Miss Spielman during July.
Announcements have been received
in Topeka of the marriage of Miss
| Madge Wright of Wichita and Mr..
Oscar L. Brownlee of Oklahoma City,
which took place Sunday, June 1S, IN
Wichita Mr.. Brownlee formerly lived
in Topeka and was employed as g
reporter. He went from here to Wich-
| lta. WneT6 he WAS city 0uilol VI the
Wichita Eagle, and where he became
acquainted with Miss Wright. Mr.. and
Mrs Brownlee will be at home after
July / at 410 West Fourth street, Okla
homa City. Okla Mr.. Brownlee is
telegraph editor of the Oldahoman.
The Aid society and the Missionary
society of the English Lutheran church
will have a joint meeting Wednesday
evening at the II. w. McAfee home,
on the West Sixth road. The hus-
bands of the members are also in
vited to attend. The guests will take
the asylum car, which leaves town at
$50, and provision will be made for
their conveyance from the end of the
line to the McAfee place.
The following from an Oklahoma
City paper concerns the principals OF
a wedding which took place in To-
peka last week:
It was a nicely subdued reception
that Robert Landers and his bride,
formerly Miss Margaret Casey OF To-
peka, Kan, got on their arrival in
Lawton at 10 o'clock last night on
the Frisco.
Mr.. Landers let it be known that
he did not care for any demonstration
and his wishes were carefully OBJ
served. Aside from Senator J. Elmer
Thomas. who followed them from de-
footing the horn constantly and
throwing open the cutoff a street
corners and the activity of cow bells,
dinner bells and other soft toned ST
lence-makers. there was a death like
stiffness about the procession. The
Landers gum-shoed about town to
their new home Though all of the
friends were careful not to attract
attention to the bride and groom
strange to say every body on the
street stopped to look and listen
THAT was certainly thoughtful of
me to send a telegram telling them
when I was coming" muttered the
bridegroom
Foolish questions have been ex-
plotted, but how about foolish ans
wers? The housewife wondered how
her ice book was holding out, and
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