The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-20

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The Topeka AIumnae girls of the Phi
Kappa Phi sorority, of the Agricultural
college, gave a picnic on the Washburn
college campus Monday night in honor
of Miss Eva Rees, of Omaha. Those
who attended were: Miss Rees, Miss
Clyde Bonebrake, Miss Edna Gafford,
Miss Aurelia Ames, Miss Leah Roark,
Miss Edith Thompson, Miss EDNA
Bess Renwick, Miss Gladys Boyle and
Miss Marjorie Whitney.
The following girls spent the after
noon at the Country club today: Miss
Elizabeth Holiday, Miss Esther
Rodgers, Miss Bertha Hull, Miss Clyde
Bonbrake, Miss Dorothy Porter Miss
Laura Hall, Miss Rachel Coston and
I Miss Marian Wear. These young Wo-
men have a sewing club, and they
spend one afternoon a week together,
and during the warm weather. they
take their needlework to the Country
club.
The wedding of Miss Gertrude Estella
Hunting, daughter of Mr.. Charles D.
Hunting of Scranton. Kan, and DR..
Frank E. Roberts of Bennington, Kan,
will take place Wednesday, June u, at
noon. at the home of the brides father
Immediately after the wedding Dr..
Roberts and his bride will leave for a
trip Yellowstone Park, Oregon. Wash
ington. California, and the Grand Can
yOn. DR.. Roberts graduated from the
Kansas Medical school at Topeka in the
class of '03, and Miss Hunting is a
graduate nurse of Christ's hospital,
and both have a good many friends
here who will be interested in the news
of their 9nnrO9 ching maria
The old story of unrecognized genius
the flower that wastes its sweetness
on the desert airs again heard in
our community. The Schubert quartet,
which won for itself laurels-if not
shekels-for its local performances all
last winter, set out soon after the close
of school on a concertizing tour of the
small towns of the state, and has jus-
returned, minus any Grassland and
conquering- hero sentiments, and dead
broke. Their first concert was booked
for Beloit, and it was only natural to
expect that an opera troupe from an
Eastern City should be greeted with
some demonstration But upon theic
arrival, they were suffered to go quiet
ly to their hotel amidst the usual Sab
bath calm that wraps the town Find
ing no signs of any announcement of
their coming, they sought for the man
ager of the opera house, who happened
not to be at home, but whose business
was being conducted by his wife dur
ing his absence. She told them that
her husband had not said anything
about their coming and had not adver-
tlsed the event, as he had been fooled
once or twice in the past and an
nounced concerts by singers who never
came, and so he decided not to take
any chances and be out of pocket the
cost of the posters and advertising
space. The concert company insisted
that at least the manager should pay
their hotel bill; since they were not tt
be given chance to earn it. The good
wire finally told them to have the hotel
bill charged to her husband, which
would have been somewhat modifying
to the wounded feelings of the musi-
clans except for one little obstruction
the hotel keeper refused to make tho
with their depleted rexchequer, to the
next stopping place, where they re-
ceiyed glory and honor and pecuniary
reward; for they cleaned up 90 cents
each on their entertainment The next
concert was given at Stockton, where
| a tremendous success awaited them.
The fiance of one of the members of
the quartet lives in Stockton, and for
the benefit of the company of ANAL
gamated talent, he had been in turn,
| advance man, press agent, bill poster,
and street parade, getting a crowd Tho
paid for the pop and candy for the
crowd without anyone drawing on her
personal funds. AS no one of the mem
bers had a sweetheart in any of the
other towns along the route, the forme4
rate of remuneration, ranging from q
to S915 cents each, was re-established
for the remainder of the journey. AS
the company approached home, after
their strenuous week of operate and
concert stage life, a number of Masons
on the train kindly set about taking up
a collection for them, to take care OF
them until they could find employ
ment-" The girls at last managed to
get them stopped on the soliciting bust
ness, by assuring them that they had
money enough to get home on, and
after that dad would provide"
OF course the public needs educating
but the Shubert people have decided to
let Nordiea, Eames, and others of theii
ilk, have the job, at least the rest of
this season. Truly" as Fra Albertus
would say, 1.-THE path of genius leads
by the thorn road"
y
The following young people held an
informal party Monday night at the
home of Miss Helen Fulton, on Tyler
street: Miss Ruth Ogden. Miss Helen
Seller, Miss Esther Anderson, Miss
Winifred Hartley, Miss Gail Mueller
Miss Fulton, Mr.. Phil Sampson, Mr.
Joe Williams of Clay Center, Mr.. Ches-
ter Wahle, Mr.. George Mann, Mr.