The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-30


Travelling in the far east for pleas
ure in these troubled times is not to De
so easy. The passport obtained ny
Mr.. Warren Crumbine, the young
+ bridegroom who is to take his bride
to China to live, carries with it some
formidable looking documents from
Washington, which declare that the
holder of the passport must be MAX
ing the trip for business and not for
pleasure. cit contains no clause about
combining the two.) The description
of the holder of the passport is very
minute, giving all the details Of
weight. height, complexion, etc. and
then in addition his picture has to ap-
pear along with the description.
Strange to say. although the passport
is made out for the man and his wife,
no description of the woman is re
quired. She mas not even the honor of
being photographed for the passport
Women may not be of very much i'm
portance in China, but they tolerate
no such neglect as that in Kansas,
betcher life.
The marriage of Miss Marcia Muir
dock, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Murdoch, of Wichita, to Lieut..
Harvey DelanO, u. S. N, was the
event of Importance in Wichita Sat
urday. 1t took place at 4 o'clock in
the Murdoch home. The Rev. Harley
B. Marriott, of the Episcopal church,
read the service. Before the cere-
mony, Rafael Navas, pianist, played
/ a musical program, and the bridal
party entered during the playing of
! the Mendelssohn march. Katherine
/ Murdoch, the brides sister, came first
I in the procession and carried a gar
! den hat of flowers. Miss Constance
Smith, VINO was SchOolmate of Miss
/ Murdoch at the Georgetown convent.
/ was one of the bridal party. The bride.
wore "a gown of white lace with a tulle
train. Her veil was caught with or
+ ange blossoms and lilies of the valley,
/ and her bOuQuot sweet peas and
Valley lilies.
7 Mr.. Robert L. Harter of Winfield,
who attended the naval academy with
| the bridegroom, was his best man.
/ A Wichita paper says of the affair:
Miss Murdoch graduated from the
Western high school in Washington,
and later spent two years abroad. The
next winter she was introduced to
/ Washington society, where she at once
became a favorite. Her personality,
her rare sense of humor, and her
/ cleverness form a combination which
/ at once drew about her many interest
/ ing friends. She was cor Sidered one of
/ the prettiest girls introduced this year
/ in Washington, being especially noted
/ for her Titan coloring.
Lieutenant Delano is the son of
! Mrs. NJ. Delano, of MuIphysboro, Ill,
/ and comes from a very old and we'll
/ known eastern family. He is now aide
| to the admiral of the Asiatic fleet. He
is a graduate of the United States
| naval academy at Annapolis.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Delano left
| Wichita last evening for San Fran
/ cisco, and from there will sail on
! September 4 for Shanghai. En- route
/ they will stop in Honolulu and Japan.
They will remain in Shanghai two
years.
- % j.
Miss Mary Dallas, of Washington
/ d. c., will arrive the end of the week
to visit Miss Villa Rodgers, and other
| Topeka friends. Miss Dallas spent the
summer in Wray, Colo, with her
| grandmother, Mrs. P. c. Campbell.
Miss Dallas lived in Topeka at one
time, and she visited here within the
year.
+ + I.
The Sixth District Federation of
Women's clubs will have it's annual
meeting in Goodland, Kansas, Septem-
| Der % and %. Representation from
| the clubs to the district federation is
| as follows: the president or her proxy
and one delegate for every ten MEM
! bers.
= = =
Miss Lois Chambers, of Boston, who
formerly attended Washburn College
and is in Colorado Springs this sum-