The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-02

his bedroom wholly beyond endurance
and sought refuge upon a cot in the
basement. Then he went to sleep.
He slept soundly and undisturbed in
! the cellar and continued sleeping Ions
after his accustomed office hour. 4
I telephone inquiry from his place of
| business sent his wife upstairs but she
| found his room empty and sent back
word that he had gone to town. But
/ she felt disturbed and presently COM
menced calling up such places as the
/ country club and the homes of friends
where he might have gone. She be.
came more worried the farther her in
vestigations progressed and she was
just racking her brain for new places
to call up when her husband emerged
from the basement rubbing his eyes
rs that clock right?'' he gasped as
ne stared vacantly at it. 1t was
o'clock.
Where on earth have you been?"
demanded his wife. 7 was on the
point of calling the police"
Down stairs asleep, of course, ever
since | had lunch. Woman, do you
realize that 1 have our livings to earn
whether I get fat or not? From now
on in the interests of my business ca
reer, want you to quit experimenting
on me. If the Lord intended me ever to
get fat / guess I'll do it without any
tampering from the outside"
BY hurrying he got down town in
Z
O'Clock. Some of the people who know
about it have been mean enough to al
lege that since his wife stopped dieting
him he is commencing to pick up.
y
Around Topeka Just as out over the
rest of the state, the wild grape which
festoons the trees of the creek bottoms.
| is trying to make up to the housewife
for the awful dearth of cultivated veg
etables and fruit that has resulted from
hea Of f1,o orIi nrf
the summer.
Excursions after wild grapes have
furnished preteXts for numerous pic
mic parties to Martins Hill and to other
wooded spots in reaching distance of
Topeka for the folks who have not for
gotten the wonderful jelly-making
properties of the puckery fruit Evil
IDENTIFY the dry weather has helped in
the proper maturing of the wild grape
crop for it is much more abundant than
punches await the harvest and few
Kansas people are too far removed
from naturs to be unaware of the ex-
quisite and otherwise unattainable flaw
or that comes from cooking down.
their tartness into old-fashioned, home
made "jell" Larrupinl
Miss Helen Douglass and Miss Alice
Douglass entertained informally Tues
day evening for Miss Margaret Holland
of Holton. who has been the guest of
Miss Vivian Heron. the past two
weeks. The guests were: Miss Holland,
Miss Heron, Miss Katherine Stanley,
Miss Wilma Shoemaker, Miss LYDIA
Bowles. Miss Stella Ferrin. Miss Ruth
He'll, Miss Erminnie Platt, and Miss
Margaret Douglass.
The following people had picnic at
Vinewood park Tuesday evening: Mr..
nd
Kelley, Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Berridge,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Drake, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. L. Ransom. Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Smith and their daughter Freda. and
Miss Brattan.
Laura Jean Libbey. in answering
questions for the readers of the Chi
cago Tribune, doesn't always laddle
out mush witness the following: Dear
Miss Libbey, I am a girl of 38 and am
deeply in love with a man of p who
seems to be in love with me, as he
says I am so affectionate and loving.
Now 7 have a great many freckles
which I often think are really the cause
of his coolness, az he tells me over
ard over that he detests frcckles. AS
yet he hasn't asked me for my hand.
He is poor. and I am an orphan with
considerable means. Do you think my
freckles would mar our happiness? How
can I make him propose?" And Laura
Jean hands it back like this: What
you reed is not less freckles but more
common sense. if you would be happy.
I don't know how to make him propose
If he is wise he won't propose to a
girl like you"
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. NJ Connell, Miss Frances Con-
nell, and Mr. Ray Connell. of Chicago,
will leave Sunday for San Francisco
They will sail Saturday, August y.
for Honolulu, and will spend a month
abroad.
Mrs. Fred DAVIS has returned from
/ Chicago. where she spent three or four
weeks visiting her sisters. Mrs. Harley
Reisman and Miss Eugenia Quinton.
Mrs. F. L. Loveland and Miss Hazel
| Loveland will leave August for a
/ trip to California. Dr. Loveland will
leave the middle of August to join
them.
Mr. and Mrs w. c. Dickie and their
daughter. Margaret, have returned
from Centennial Wyo.
Mrs. c. H. Guibor has gone to Lud-
ington. Mich. where she is spending
the summer
Mr. w Earl Woodara of Wichita
spent Tuesday in Topeka.
MI w W. Bowman is attending the
Y. NJ c. A. conference IN Estes Park,
! Colo.
Mr. E ". Rankin viii leave August
s for Flint, Mich.
DR.. c. D. Lusby has returned from
Los Angeles.
Mr.. Philip Whitcomb has gone to
Estes Park, Colo.
Mrs David D. Leahy ard her daugh-
ter. Nell. have returned to their home
In Wichita after spending two weeks
with Mr.. Leahy at the governors
house.
Mrs. Lewis Atwood of Meriden will
leave Thursday morning for Bucklin,