The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-04

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of the engagement of their daughter
Stella to Mr. Julius Uhrlaub, jr.
The engagement carries with II
good deal of local interest as MISS
Stubbs has been q frequent visitor III
Topeka and has made good many
friends here. She is niece OF former
Governor and Mrs. w. r. Stubs ana
a namesake of Mrs. Stubbs She OFTEN
visits her cousin, Mrs. Robert stewart
formerly Miss Lenore Stubs. she Is
extremely personable and attractive
as the women of that family all seem
to be. She is graduate OF the Law
renee high school, and attended tne
State university. She is MEMBER OF
the Alpha Delta Pi sorority
Mr. Uhrlaub was brought up IN
Lawrence, where he was graduated
from the high school He was also
q student in X, T., and Beta 1heta
Pi fraternity man.
The date of the wedding is not yet
decided upon.
The Research club will meet Friday
afternoon, January I, in the Assembly
room of the Y. w. c. A. The program
will consist of music, and the showing
of THE Worlds Twelve Greatest PIC,
lures" Mrs. c. F. Menninger VIII
throw the pictures on a screen, ana
description of the pictures and &C
count of the artists will be given. Mrs.
J. w. Jameson will be hostess for the
afternoon.
A new Kansas book, lately off the
press, is by Eliza Johnston Wiggin OF
Otego, whose work is called impress
sions of Early Kansas. the scenes
of the book are laid in and about the
town of WaVerly. and il gives charac-
ter sketches and incidents of pioneer
life in this state. 1t contains much
that is interesting, especially to club
workers, and others who are parucu-
larly interested in the early history OF
the settlement of Kansas.
Mrs Wiggin was born and brought
up in the town she tells of in her book.
Her father, Col. d. NJ. Johnston, set
tied in Doniphan county in 1885, and
was a pioneer lawyer not only of
Kansas, but of Nebraska also. He
was a member of the first territorial
legislature of Nebraska which met in
q hamlet of few dugouts. called
Omaha. He was attorney for the first
lawsuit ever brought in Nebraska ter
ritory After moving to Kansas he
took an active part in urging the
passage of the act which opened the
Indian territory to settlement. When
Colonel Johnston died, at the age of
IS, the Nebraska Legislature adjourned
for the day, the first time that had
been done in the history of the state
He outlived all the other members of
the first house.
Mrs. Virgins young daughter Mil
bred is a student in Washburn college,
taking special work in the department
of fine arts. She is quite a familiar
figure about town, especially in the
College Hill neighborhood, riding her
black horse.
Mrs Wiggin has an acquaintance
among the club women of the state,
and especially those Of pioneer stock
Miss Karolyn B. Whittlesey has is
sued cards for a musicale which she
will give Saturday evening, January 8,
at O'Clock a her studio in the Stor-
iyrth
Mrs. w. w. Bowman will entertain
the Portia club Saturday night at its
first meeting of the season. The hus-
bands of the members will be guests.
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Mr.. Edward Jewell, assistant man
ager of the Atlas Insurance company,
Chicago, is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Mary L. Bliss. The following guests
were asked to a dinner party given
in his honor by Mrs. Bliss: DR.. Robert
Gordon, Judge J. s. West Mr.. c. e.
Eldridge, Mr.. G.. G. Moore, DR.. T. j.
Kimbrough. Mr.. George T. McDer-
mott, Mr.. George NJ. Stone and Mr..
Robert Stone.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Won Wolf of 1920
Fillmore street, announce the marrl-
age of their daughter, Grace, to Mr.
Arthur D. Rodell, which took place
New Years day in Kansas City. Mr.
and Mrs. Rodell will be at home to
their friends at 1920 West Fifth ave-
nue..
Topeka woman who is being
noticed among the local artists is Mrs.
Ceorgene Howden Jones, who is par
ticularly interested in photogravure
work She does her work entirely
with the brush, contrary to the step
pei method used as a hasty means to
gain a more or less satisfactory end.
She has given color to many hand
kinds of copies of great paintings. For
co!ors she studies either the original
painting or an accurate reproductlon
of it, Some of her own paintings OF
still life which she does very well
and also her photographers are hung
in some of the largest houses in town
A display of her work in Wolcott' $
windows during the holidays attracted
a good deal of attention.
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One of the brides has a scheme that
will excite no end of comment if she
carries it out. She plans to trade hel
husbands big car for a stunning lit
tie electric, and then she will buy tive
Russian wolf hounds, to ride one or
each running board of the little ma
chine, when the fair owner speeds
down our fashionable thOroughfares.
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News has been received in Topeka
of the death of Mrs. A. G. Allen, who
died in Denver, Colo, Saturday, De
cember 10. The Allen family at one
time lived in Potwin Place, Topeka
and had many friends here Mr.. Al
len was a civil engineer and was EN-
pioyed by the Santa Fe under j. NJ
Meade Mrs. Allen was of English
birth. She was comparatively youne
woman at the time of her death, anc
was ill but a short time.
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Speaking of young snobs who are
growing up lin our midst" as they
say it in BingviMe. the small daugh
ter of a wealthy merchant of Topeka
was walking home from school one
day with some other children who be
long to the families of our Set" anC