The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-24

The engagement of Miss Mary Saw
yer, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas o. Sawyer of Mcpherson, and
Mr. Cyrus Monroe is announced to-
day.
The news is of unusual interest to
many Topeka people, and particularly
the college set, on account of the
Monroe in Washburn.
Miss Sawyer graduated from Wash
lNrn in 1912, and later took a course
in the State Agricultural college, Man
haitian. She is member of the Sigma
Delta Psi sorority and one of the pref
test and most charming of the out of
town girls who come to Topeka to
visit. Since her graduation she has
been the guest of friends in the city
frequently, and each time has added to
her list of acquaintance.
Mr.. Monroe also finished college in
1912, and graduated from the law
school last spring. He is member
of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity Of
Washburn, Kansas Beta chapter, and
he belongs also to the Alpha Kappa
Phi law fraternity. In his college
career he was actively engaged in
various. student enterprises and was
one of the popular men of the school.
He is the only son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Monroe of 900 Harrison street. His
parents are both lawyers, and he is
following the tradition of the family
by engaging in the same profession,
and is now practicing law with his
father in the firm, Monroe, Roark, Nc
Clure & Monroe. His mother has long
been active in club work of the state,
and a leader in the woman move
ment' that has resulted in the en-
Reimbursement of Kansas women.
The approaching marriage of Miss
Sawyer and Mr.. Monroe is the Gull
mination of one of the many college
and taken" in the shadow of the
pines on beautiful Washburn campus.
The exact date of the wedding has
not been determined, but it will prob
ably be some time in October. The
young couple will make their home in
Topeka, and will occupy apartments
at 512 Harrison street.
Substitutes and guests at a bridge
club meeting Wednesday at the home
of Miss Edna Thompson and Miss
Edith Thompson were: Mrs. Robert
Thomas of Ray, Ariz., Miss Blanche
Mary Sawyer of Mcpherson, Mrs.
George Mitchell and Miss Virginia
Meade. Mrs. Thomas is in Topeka to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F.
Meade. and Miss Sawyer is a guest at
the Lee Monroe home
Miss Miriam Werner of New York,
who is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Charles
P. Adams. of Potwin. was the guest
of honor at an informal dinner party
given by Mrs. Adams Wednesday night
at the lies bunEalox in Highland Park
Mrs Irene Falls, who is the police
matron of Hutchinson, Kan, was in
Topeka Wednesday and Mrs. Lee
Monroe entertained her at luncheon
at the Mills tea room. Covers were
laid for Mrs. Falls, Mrs; J. D. Nc
Monroe and Miss Lenore Monroe.
+ =
What some people brand OBJ
scene others call all right" That was
the reply of the chief of police of
Milwaukee to a reporter who told him
of a woman who, wearing a clinging
skirt with a slit up to her knee,
walked down Grand avenue.
Are you gong to issue orders to
policemen to arrest women seen on
the streets in that sort of a costume %
the chief was asked.
did this woman wear anything I'M
der the slit?'' the chief asked.
'.Oh, yes, stocking-black, r
think"
We'll I was at the circus the other