The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

covered with woodbine The Japan
csc iris and the English violets are
! among the early blooming flowers,
and a perennial garden is to be set
out in the spring. Also a lagoon is
planned for enc corner of the Dig
lawn.
The house is set we'll back from the
road and has a wide veranda built up
with dressed stone, and decorated
with palms, hanging baskets ana 1ur-
nishec with rugs, swings and chairs;
The planning of the garden ana the
directing of the practical work IS done
nv Mr.. Glenwood Jones " he is in the
bank also and is secretary of the Cen
trail Trust company Mr. Jones mas
been interested in flower culture SINCE
he was a small boy and has an extern
siye knowledge of plants and the con-
ditions favorable to their best CROWN
and production. AS a furt accom-
pIishment, he sings, and he mas
penchant for good clothes, appearing
always fashionably and immediately
croon:ed q fact that is hard to recon
Gle with his sincere avowal that he
would rather live in a one-room snack
on a bit of land even if he had 10
carry the water he used a half rnlie'
than in the most convenient nat ever
constructed
Though by no means a life OF burn
ing the candle at both ENDS, II mas
been a pleasant week and busy one
done it has been of too informal a
sort to be dignffied by the name OF
parties and is not grist for the so
ciety reporters mill. One must pc as
reticent over these impromptu a1Ialrs
as witnesses in a trust investigator:
Our situation is like that of the smaiI
boy, who, when urged to write to ms
grandmother, replied, What is there
to say? She hasn't sent me present
since my last letter.
The principal reason that there
have been no important parties is ex-
planned by the fair. The youngsters
have been like plaster saints in nlches
for weeks looking forward to days at
the fair as reward of merit. Parents
have not been saying, IF you are not
good you will be put to bed. 1t is this
way that Nero began but they have
been telling them, "If you are trouble
some, you can't go to the fair" And
now the last cake has been baked and
Judged, and the last asparagus tip
plunged into its sealing jar. The voice
of the barker was heard in the land;
the man with the magic wand made
his meaningful jabs at a perforated
stick, gazing at it with glazed eyes;
the fortune teller, 1olling in her tent,
as mysterious as parliamentary law,
warned you about the dark man who
would come into your life in August,
1915, or of the blonde woman who
would prove your fatal fascinator
when you passed your thirty-third
birthday. Thus it has been a gay
week, with the fair grounds filled with
people day and night, even if the most
of the villagers have not yet arrived
at the metropolitan stage of retiring
when the milkman comes in the
morning, and arising with the advent
of the night policeman on the beat.
j. IL j.
The Kappa Alpha Theta girls of
college gave slumber
party Friday night at the chapter
house.
p j. j.
Mrs. w. A. Harshbarger gave the
second of a series of pupils recitals
this afternoon at her home. She was
assisted by Miss Louise Davis, who
gave some readings. The pupils who
played are: Ruth Platt, Lee Boyer,
Bert Harrison, Jack Shakeshaft, Anna
Scofield, Elizabeth Pippin, Robert
Mats, Ruth Souders, Josephine New
son, A1ys Scofield, Lois Romig, Doro-
thy Fessenden and Alma Mats.
II - -
DR.. P. P. Womer, president of
Washburn college, and Mrs Womer,
were formally presented to the stu
dents and faculty of Washburn college
Friday night at a reception given ir