The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12

Mrs. Bell Hall Small and Miss Glenna
Cross going to Leavenworth Thurs
day to attend the apple carnival.
couldn't find one strong enough. So
they padded him instead.
Roscoe is quite a bulky young fell
low. He has weight-and plenty of
speed to get up momentum. That's
how il happened that he was able to
intercept forward pass last night
and race thru the Varsity sixty yards
for a touchdown. Understand, it was
Nobody was afraid of Roscoe, or any
thing like that. They just couldn't
flag him.
''scrimmage with the freshmen
lasted an hour, and every moment of
it was overloaded with punch, tobasco,
ginger, vim, and spice"
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The Chicago Institute of Music, in
the Fine Arts Building of Chicago, has
issued it's new catalog, which has some
special interest for Topekans, mas
much as a Topeka girl, Miss Ruth Mil
Ter, is named as a member of the
faculty. The institute was formerly
the Walter Spry Music school. 1t has
grown to such an extent that 1t has
been found advisable to maintain
branch school for the convenience of
pupils who can not make the trip
schools are: North Side, South Side,
Oak Park, Evanston, Kenilworth,
Rogers Park and West Side. Miss
Miller is instructor in the South Side
school. The catalog contains her
photograph and a short sketch of her
in Topeka who are glad to know of
her successes.
Mrs. B. Lawson of New York City
is visiting her daughter, Mrs Charles
Kleinhans. Mrs. K1einhans will en-
terrain friends at bridge next Wednes-
day afternoon in honor of her mother.
Mrs. Hal HaZlett was hostess al an in
formal afternoon Wednesday for Mrs
Lawson.
Miss Edna Hopkins entertained the
following friends at tea Wednesday
afternoon: Miss Helen Hackney of
Atchison, Miss Mary MacLennan, Miss
Ruth Bauer, Miss Henrietta Alexan-
der, Mrs. Frank Davis of Kansas City
and Mrs. Grove Dolman of Ray, Ariz.
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Miss Gwendolyn Shakeshaft will en-
terrain tonight at a party for the jun
ior class of Washburn college.
x X X
The Fillmore Street Whist club met
this afternoon with Mrs. George Park
hurst Guests of the club were Mrs
d
Parker and Mrs. Arthur Nichols
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The wedding of Miss Emily Alden
Hardy and Mr.. James Raymond Ste
wart will take place at 8 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon, October 2S, at the
home of the brides parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. F. Hardy. The brides grand
mother, Mrs. G. G. Reiniger, will be
matron of honor. Miss Ida Hardy of
Atchison. the brides sister. will be
| m a of i%kI
VIII carry the ring, and Mr. Stewards
best man will be Mr.. Harold Van
Houten- Invitations to the wedding
have been issued
MISS Margaret Bair is to take the
| role of Pleasure" in the allesorical
play, Princess Good for Nothing"
to be given at the nigh school audi
forum Friday evening. She will do
some dancing and singing, and she has
long speaking part. She is the
daughter of Mrs. H. H Bair, who
wrote the play. Miss Lulu McCabe IS
coaching the production, and she was
assisted by Mrs. Paul Walker at some
OF the rehearsals. Mrs. Walker, whose
experience with amateur plays is
WIDE says that the story is an enter
| tanning one, claverly worked out
Mrs. Bair has written verse that
mas been accepted by some of the
eastern magazines. and she has also
| AApoScu sumo music Tor the play
| tomorrow night
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one of the late stories on that good
old scout, the stork bird, is that he
mas serious designs on a Kansas City
household, the master and mistress Of
Whhch Were formerly popular society
people of our town.
ana following out this line of
thonght a certain jewelry store man
IN Iopeka confesses to a bright idea
ne used to put into practice when he
was IN business in small town He
watched the birth reports in the pub
ne prints, and then he selected a
tiny gold ring, out of the dozens that
ne bought at wholesale for the pur-
pose, and sent it to the fond mother
with MS compliments. 1t was aside
from the point whether he knew the
proud parents or not. He knew them
after he made the gift anyhow. and
lnere was not one chance in hun
cred that the father and mother and
child did not pay him visit within
a couple of months to buy a crooked
handled baby spoon, a silver cup, or
a locket for the bejeweled infant.
When the paper published the weight
OF the new baby he selected a good
sized ring if the scales were tip BED
NJ ten pounds or over, and a tiny ring
when it registered five pounds or less.
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a social innovation was recently in
troduced by a Chicago girl. After she
had announced her engagement. she
broke it, and gave to the newspapers
notice of the disagreement. and the
reasons for it. William Allen White
CT Emporia comments on her action:
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