The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18

Word has been received in Topeka
of a marriage that will interest a large
circle of the society people of Topeka.
Some time ago, the year of the great
flood in Topeka, a young British sea
man, Archibald Ruddell, made a visit
here, spending some time with his un-
Gle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A
Campbell. and making a real stir in
social circles of the city. He was i'm
mensely popular with the young peo-
pie, and was quite the lion of that sea-
son in the younger crowd.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have re-
ceived announcements OF Lieutenant
Rudden's marriage to Miss Lizzie Ell
lott, which was solemnized January
%. Lieutenant Rudden is now in
command of small flotilla of mine
destroying vessels of the British navy,
off the coast of northern Scotland
The Northern Ensign of Wick Scot
land, contains a notice of the wedding
under the caption, Fashionable War
Marriage" A part of the notice is as
follows:
AN interesting wedding ceremony
took place at St. Johns Episcopal
Lieutenant Archibald H. L. 5. Ruddeli,
r. n. of II. NJ. S. Cyclops, eldest son
of Major General J. A. Ruddell, late
25 X. O. 5. B., of Sussex was married
to Miss Lizzie Elliott, daughter of Mrs
@. Elliott of Melbourne, Victoria, Aus
Sydney. Australia. acted as best man.
During the singing of The Voice
that Breathed Ger Eden the bride
leaning on the arm of Major A. d.
Campbell, who gave her away en-
tered the church, accompanied by Miss
Audrey TennysOn and Miss Margaret
PEBBLES, as bridesmaids. and Master
Alistair Campbell as page The bride
was handsomely dressed. as were the
bridesmaids. They carried bouquets
ira
which was fully choral was conduct
ed by Rev A. 3. Card.
1T is interesting to know that the
bride travelled I 3, 900 miles from her
Australian home to Wick. The bride
groom is well known in the town,
where he puts up frequently during
short rests from the trials of naval
warfare in the North sea.
AT the conclusion Of the ceremony
the officers and men or the Wick pa
troll boats lined UP outside the church,
and the newly married couple passed
under an arch of swords amid show
er of confetti. A wedding breakfast
was served at the rectory.
Later in the day the newly married
pair drove away in a car for their
honeymoon. with piper seated on the
box seat. playing stirring airs as they
passed through the town. The people
of Caithness hope that a long and
happy life tIme will be the lot of the
gallant naval officer ana MS charming
bride"
Lieutenant Rudden, soon after he
left Topeka, took cruise into the Pa
cific. stopping in Australia. and it was
at that timj that he met Miss Elliott.
At home at Clovelly, South Road.
Wick, Scotland.
One of the women teachers in the
high school told me the other day
that the girls in the Topeka high
school We're the best looking people
she ever saw. That opinion comes
from the lips of a woman who sees
those girls five days out of the week
for all but three months of the year.
She sees them in their school clothes,
in their everyday manners, and she
sees them the morning after the
dances, when they have every right to
SO if they are pretty in their daily
ing exterior to the S. r. who sees
ing their dress-up smile.
Two of the nice looking girls in
the senior class at the high school are
Miss Isabel Stewart and Miss Mary
Samson. Both of the girls have Ieen
guests at a good many of the dances
for the young people this winter and
both are considered popular members
of the high school set.
Miss Stewart is the daughter of DR..
and Mrs. 5. G. Stewart, a family So
cially well known; DR.. Stewart being
a leader in the professional life of the