The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-29

with the high cost of living by doing
our own ironing now" argued the girl
who lived at home.
Il do mine, too" replied the widow,
but do it just any time when I have
a leisure forenoon
Said the bride of a few months,
I'VE" I suppose meaning husband
and IT, iron our things whenever we
need them.''
After the party the bachelor girls
congregated on the corner and whis-
pered among themselves. But there
is more than one man like that bride
groom because there is the. Chicago
man, formerly from Topeka, who
married a Topeka girl several years
ago, who has placed himself upon a
pedestal by promising hera new dia-
mond ring If she will weigh 1876
pounds by next fall He is actually
hiring her to shift all responsibilities,
and the girls approve.
X X y
Saturday evening, January 27. Mrs.
E. D. Clithero presented her son, Mr..
Stanley Clithero, in recital.
Tho a great deal was expected he
astonished his audience by his artistic
the most difficult passages from the
second rhapsodie from List.
His style is as pleasing as his tech
nique is perfect. Thru the entire pro-
gram he showed marked self possess
sion and poise that is usually lacking
in the young musician and which his
friends believe will help to make the
artist they expect
X x <
George WATSON. western representa-
tive of the Rumford Baking Powder
company. received a wire from his
brother-in-law at Holden. Mo-, saying,
1.-The Lord smiled on us-twin girls
arrived this morning. WATSON, who
is in charge of the Rumford display at
the Midwinter, replied. "Congratula-
lions. If the Lord smiles when he
sends one baby to the world, He must
have laughed at YOU
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Notes and Personal. Mention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Hoch of Mar
ion, VINO came to attend the Editors
association meeting. remained over
Sunday for the Kansas Day celebra-
ton.
DIR. and Mrs. E. S. Pettyjohn are at
present in Florida en- route to Havana,
Cuba. They expect to be gone six
weeks.
Mrs. H. C. Snyder of Dover. who
is the guest of her son. Mr.. w. P.
Snyder, and Mrs. Snyder, will leave
next week for Carthage, Mo-, to visit
friends.
Miss Margaret Settler of Holton,
Miss Adelaide Johnston of Whiting
and Miss Marian Walp of Meriden,
who were weekend guests Of Miss
Ruth Rooster, left yesterday for their
homes.
Mrs. Eustace Brown of Lawrence
was a guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. w. Watson, 401 Topeka ave-
nue. Kansas day.
Miss Lolita tombstone of Olathe,
who spent last week with her sister,
Mrs. Richard Hayden, is with Mrs.
w. p. Montgomery this week.
Mr.. George Staeb1er returned today
from a business trip to Tulsa, Okla.
Mrs. John F. Mitchell has gone to
ST. Louis, Mo-, to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Miller, and Mr.. Miller.
Mr.. Kenneth Lyle left Saturday for
Tulsa, Okla, after visit to relatives
in Topeka.
Mrs W. C. Fyffe, who was visiting
her daughters Mrs. T. H. Bridges and
Miss Elizabeth Fyffe, for several
weeks, left yesterday for her home in
Denton, Tex.
Mrs. James S. Hayes, who was i'll at
the home of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Lagerstrom, has been taken to
her home 1884 Tyler street.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Anderson
have returned from Manhattan. where
they attended the funeral of Miss