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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-01

the hem of the skirt. and the sides
of the skirt were draped with the
lace. The bridal bouquet was a
shower of lilies of the valley and
brides roses.
Capt. Gilbert and his best man, Mr..
E. V. Wood of Burlington, Kansas,
met the bride at the altar
An informal reception was held fol-
lowing the ceremony. The guests
were welcomed by the bride and bride
groom Dr.. and Mrs. Powell, and
Capt. Gilbert's mother. Mrs J. Gill
bert of Wilton, Conn. Mrs. PoweIPs
gown was of double faced satin. of
gray exterior, with deep red facing.
Her corsage bouquet was of violets
and cluster of white rose buds. Mrs.
GILBERT wore black crepe de chine,
with white trimming. with a bouquet
OF VloIets and white rose buds
me young women who assisted in
the dining room were: Mrs. Ralph
Swlngley. Miss Elizabeth Boon of
junction City, Miss Grace Dean of
Baldwin, Miss Marguerite Ely. Miss
Gladys Clark and Miss Grace Ward.
The bride has invited for an informal
reception from $50 to $50 the mem
bers of the P. E. o. society to which
she belongs; also the women of the
Portia club of which her mother is a
member and the pupils in her Sunday
school class
After the wedding Captain and Mrs
Gilbert will leave for a short wedding
trip. Captain Gilbert is called to Camp
Meade, Maryland, for December Is,
and Mrs. Gilbert will return to Tone
ka and will be with her parents until
after her husbands return from mill
itary service.
The bride was for some time a stu
dent in the Art institute of Chicago
where she studied both commercial
and fine arts. She taught drawing
after she finished her course in the in
stitute, and is now doing mechanical
drawing for the Santa Fe. Capt. Gil
bert, before he entered the training
camp at Plattsburg. n. Y, was an
architect in New York city.
Out of town guests to the wedding
were: Mrs. ]. Gilbert of Wilton. Conn.,;
Mr.. T. ]. Lewis of Cedar Rapids. Ia;
Mr.. Z. V. Wood of Burlington, Kan;
Miss Mary V. Clarke of Galveston,
Texas: MIR. Edward Durfee, Miss Grace
Durfee and Miss Florence Durfee, of
Marion, Ohio; Mr.. w. E. Kinnear of
Larned Kan; Miss Grace Dean of
Baldwin; Miss Alice Hogueland of
Yates Center and Miss Elizabeth
Boon of Junction City.
X x
La Douzaine Bridge club will meet
Monday afternoon with Mrs. 1. S.
Lauck, POI Western avenue.
X y
The following letter of invitation to
the birthday banquet of the Society
| of Native Daughters of Kansas is Civ
en- by the president, Mrs. DeWitte c.
/ Nellis. of Topeka:
1.-THE Society of Native Daughters
| desires to get in touch with every
1 territorial pioneer who was in Kansas
prior to January %, 1851. Those pio-
neers who cannot attend the luncheon
J which the society will give at the
/ Chamber of Commerce January 90. at
noon, are asked to send greeting in a
letter which will be placed in the
/ historical department of the society,
The names will be placed on the list
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WHO'LL OOAAu
mony she played Loves Greeting" by
Elgar After the service she played
the Mendelssohn Wedding music.
The wedding procession was led by
the ribbon girls, who were Miss Mary
v Clarke, of Galveston, Tex; Miss
Annetta Nicol, of Topeka, marching
Garden City. and Miss Alice Hogue-
land. of Yates Center, who entered
together. The ribbon girls stretched
white satin ribbons to mark the bridal
path. Miss Clarke wore Nile green
taffeta; Miss Nicolfs gown was gold
colored taffeta yelled in blue tulle.
Miss HoSueland wore blue silk. draped
in white net. and Miss Stones gown
was white meta over white satin. Each
Of the girls carried an old-fashioned
nosegay of narcissus and sunburst
roses.
Following the ribbon girls. the
bridesmaid. Miss Elizabeth Powell,
the brides sister. entered. She wore
pink pussy willow taffeta, yelled in
pink tulle. After her, came her sister,
Miss Loretta Powell, maid of honor.
Her gown was of silver cloth. draped
with pink tulle. Both the girls car
ried bouquets of Ophelia roses and
narcissus tied with pale blue tuIle.
The bride entered on the arm of
her father who gave her in marriage
The bridal gown was of ivory colored
satin. made with bodice draped in sur
pliee fashion. the crossed panels be-
Ing cut square at the waist. and form
ing a girdle. The upper part of the
bodice was of bands of silver lace,
forming a V-shaped neck. The back
of the gown was in a long, unbroken
panel. and rolled collar of satin fin
nished the neck at the back. wide
band of silver lace was used around
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-01

d0dyS ~ put Oi OuC . DCSl IOf
church.
Questions Answered by Alicia Hoyt.
(Miss Hoyt will answer in this col
umn all questions on matters of ETH
quote addressed to her in care of this
paper. If personal answer is de-
sired, enclose a three-cent stamp.)
MRS. L.: When a woman to whom
you have been introduced asks you
to call upon her, you should not reply
with a counter invitation, saying;
Thank you; but won't you come to
see me?" Instead you should accept
her invitation in as few words as pos
sible. Your call upon her later will
stand as an invitation to return it
When you call upon lady living at a
hotel, it is a wise precaution to write
on your card the name of the person
for whom it is intended. This is
never done when calling at a private.
house, no matter how many ladies
may be living there.
NED: Hot tea or coffee must not
be poured out into a saucer in order
to cool it; nor must you blow on it.
The only proper thing to do is to
wait until it is cool enough to drink
with comfort A spoon must never be
left in cup. When you cease to stir
the beverage, remove the spoon and
lay it in the saucer. A man must
not be seen in public with a tooth
pick in his mouth, even if he is no.
using it.
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REAL EsTATE TRANsFERs

+. A Firner and wife to =. p. Murray.
lots 19-H-2-s Wilmington Ct Pine
- - - -
W. Ofdffeid and others to c. +. Greks-
er, lot IL pit 60 Main St. Rossville.
w. A. Neiswanger and wife to C. r.
Knowles. lots II sndd Il. 10th st.
Young's sub and lots 349-5l Jeffer-
son street ..-....------..-.
J. F. Cozier to J. Gillett. lot $50 TwiEs
ave, Sorton's 2nd add-.. /
J. A Norehead TO g. Norehead. Y
int. in lots 521-529-31 unnumbpred
lot to Evelyn St. Kansas ave, Will
der's sub
p Robbins and wifi. to J. NJ. Leeper,
pit lots 10. pt. 90 West ST
J. Mulvane to NJ. NJ. Morgan, lots III
10 pit. 221 Jackson st...
Shawnee Lire Ins- Co. TO ]. Mulvane.
lots 211-19 pit. q Jackson st. ...4s
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WANTED-MALE HELp


WANTED-Baggagem $75 mo-; grocery
clerk, SIS wk. wood choppers: laborers
to ship out, Ry work: man and wife cooks ::
farm hands: corn huskers; married farm
help; men cooks S12 to S25 wk. camp cook
$50. Furman's Labor Agency. 106 w. sth
LIFE INSURANCE MEN-Salary and
position to righe man any where in Kan
sas. VIII help you get started. Call or
write. Geo. Godfrey Moore, New England
Bldg. Topeka.
WILL PAY any honest man up to $50
monthly for part of spare time. No can
wasting. No capital. Write today. voor-
HES, Desk &c, Omaha. Neb.
YOUNG man to learn barber trade. Tui-
ton for taking care OF college. Topeka
Sanitary Barber College. 327 Kansas ave.
wANTED-A boy to work on job presses
One with some experience given prefer
ence. Adams Bros. Co. sa
az least 10 years of age
to learn good trades. The Han Lltho-
graphing Co, 62S Jackson st.
wANTED-BeIl boys. Apply at Harvey
House. Santa Fe station.
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wANTED--women cooks: experienced
family help. dining room girls: = women
Wyoming. free transportation; maids Fur
man Employment Office. log West Sth
WOMEN to sew. Our firm gives out work
anu SENDS goods prepaid. Good money.
send for prices We pay. Universal Co.
Dept ?. Walnut St. Philadelphia. Pa.
HELP meet huge demand for knitted goods
Industrious persons provided with profit
able steady home employment. No exper-
ience or canvassing. Good rates OF pay
Wheeler Inc. :s1 Madison, Chicago.
WANTED-iiri for general house work:
mnst be good cook aud have reference
Apply 1103 Fillmore. No washing or iron
ing Small family
WANTED-Lady stenographer permanent
position State age, experience and SAL
airy expected. A. care Journal
WANTED-Lady stenoprapber. prefer one
with some bookkeeping experience Adj
dress H. c., care Journal
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MALE AND FEMALE

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS IN 10
peka soon Men and women desIrips ,,@v
ernment elerkshirs. Departmental. most
office, RAILWAY mail. CUSTOMS stenorrat,h-
ers, wTite Tor Tree particulars to J. G
Leonard tIormer government examfuerl 400
keHols Bldg. Washington ~ ~
M1sN-WoMEN WANTED = 500 month
Government cieri'al positions Hundre,Is
vacancles. List positions free Write Inn
medlateiy. franklin Institute, Dept i3s X.
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BUSINESS CHANCES
slO0 STARTS A FORTUNE $lO0
P1RAMIDING IN OIL
PROFIT SHARING

Il L
Last chance for new members to become
Pyramiders and share pro in the
great 3000-foot well now drilling for
gusher in Pyramid field, all wells owned
and to be drilled and the refinery now
being planned. the thousands of acres of
leases following the oil strata from Wyo-
ming through Oklahoma to the Tampico
oil country in Old Mexico.
Each member can also secure 20 acres
of oil lands direct from the q. s. govern
ment, in own name 100 per cent advance
guaranteed on completion of wells now
under way. A thousand per cent proflt
easily possible for Pyramid members In
90 days. Pyramiding means something
Free literature about wonderful success
full Pyramid profit sharing plan. Your
money promptly refunded II not salts
fled after 30 days full investigation
Send 81 today for membership and res
ervation of 500. Pyramid profit-sharing
bonds. Fortunes to be made in Pyramid
oil fields by those who get in now while
they can. Start with the boom and grow
rich in OIL Pyramid Oil and Refining
Syndicate, Drawer 305 Kemmerer, Wyo.
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GARAGE FOR RENT

FOR RENT-New stone. fireproof garage.
80 by 100 feet, with stein heat. electric
occupancy on or before Dec. Is next. Lo-
Gated in Simpson, Mitchell county, a
thrifty growing town, on the Midland trail.
1t was built because the trade demands a
first class modern garage Will rent to an
expert mechanic. For further information
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CLUB NOTES.


The Rota club will dine next Wed
nesday evening at six o'clock at Rice
Hall, Washburn College. Mrs. p. P.
Womer will speak on Washburn Col
lege. Miss Helen Phipps will talk on
violin music; Miss Anna Speck, on
newspaper work. The club will visit
Mrs. L. d. Whittemore's art room,
where she will give an illustrated ad
dress on art.
The regular meeting of the Topeka
Central Union of the w. c. T. U. will
be held Monday at 2:30 o'clock at the
Y. w. c. A. Answers to roll call will
be echoes from the state convention.
The subject is The Attitude of the
Newspapers Twenty-Five Years Ago
and Now.
The East Side w. C. T. U. will give
an entertainment at the East Side
Methodist church Tuesday night. No
admission fee will be charged, but an
offering will be taken, and the sum
collected will be devoted to the buy
ing of materials for soldiers supplies.
The program will consist of speeches,
readings and music.
The w. c. T. U. gold medal contest
will be held Friday night at Lincoln
high school, under the auspices of the
Lillian Mitchner branch of the union
The Ilncoin nlSh SchOOl orchestra
will furnish music. The public is in
vited.
The woman'S society of the First
Methodist church will meet with Mrs.
A. r. Mulholland. 316 West Eighth
street, Wednesday, December 5. The
assistant hostesses will be Mrs. ]. M.
Brunt, Mrs J. L. Hersh, Mrs. P. w.
Allen, Mrs. A. B. Jeffrey, Mrs. H. A.
Alexander, Mrs. Elmer Ebey, Mrs. c.
L. Gregg, Mrs. o. J. Bowen and Mrs.
Frank Shaffer.
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Gloom for wall Street clerks.

New York. Dec. 21.@There was
gloom down Wall street way today
The stock exchange placarded a warn
ing reminding members of the pro-
against giving of gratuities to
employees just as Christmas is ap-
preaching
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-01

EXPERIE0CED OPERATOR for body
ironer. College Hill Laundry. Phone 1222
or SOS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-01

mornings. Good wages for good helm
No cooking. Sundays given. Phone 5145
Black.
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EAST SIDE NOTES

Notes and personals from East Side
by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street
Telephone between s and 10 a.. M, $3.50 !;
other hours, 4151 k-2
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w A N T S
AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS

ADVERTISING RATES: The rate for
inserting Want Ads in The Topeka Staue
journal is / cent a word each lnseEtlou,
minimum 10 cents: by the week Genus q
word. minimum 50 cents
Count THE WORDS of your al lnclun'
ing four words for State journal aautssnns.i
when address is used count each tnluaa
letter and each number or combination "a
figures one word.
OFT OF TOWN advertisements must be
accompanied with cash or cheek IN 1uIl
payment of the same Note thu foregoin4
instructions about counting the words ano
the rate per word for The Topeka Stais
Journal
CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads to be claesl,,
fled properly must BE in The State Journai
office before IL 20 O'Clock. Want Ads re-
ceived after IL 30 till 10 D. m. VIII oe IN
serted under the head; Too Late 10 Las
sify"
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REAL ESTATE wANTEn

WE can sell your real estate - .,s s-----
Of any kind. anywhere For otricr ,sf~
ADDRESS Northwestern Business A9an..r
Minneapolis, Minnesota. AsSneSs
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HIGHLAND PARK.

Notes and personals from Highland
Park. by Mrs. O. Shaul. Telephone
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For church wear a simple, incon-
spicuous street costume should be
worn. 1t is considered bad taste now
adays to put on ones Sunday best foI
church
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WANTED sITUATIoNs-MALE

BOoKKEEPER- STENOGRAPHER desires
position at once: thoroughly competenS
Write o 3, journal.
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LOST AND FOUND

LOST AND FOUND
LOST-Black leather pocketbook oetween
White Way cafe and transfer statio6ns
containing IS bill and small change -
w. Sth. Reward.
WILL the party who found child's TEDDY
bear on North Topeka car Friday even
ing call 23S6 Black. Reward.
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WANTED sITUATIoNS-FENI
LADY WITH child wants position as
housekeeper Address N. care of Jour
nal.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-11
Moore's Garden--aoutcn.t.y

There is a strong suggestion of
Bernard Shaw in the Hubert Henry
Davies drama, "Outcast," which.
with Ann Murdoch in the feature
part. is the principal film attrac-
ton at Moore's Garden Theater for
the first half OF this week. Miriam,
the young girl portrayed by Miss
Murdoch, with consummate artist
ry, has been cast on the world
through mans deception and Is in
a reckless mood when the story
opens. She makes the acquaintance
of Godfrey Sherwood, a wealthy
London barrister, and in the COM
promising position of housekeeper
to this bachelor clubmau she so en-
dears herself to him by her kindli-
ness and consideration that he be-
comes ashamed Of the relationship
and offers her an honorable mar
riage, after which they sail for
Buenos Aires to begin life anew.
From Thursday to Saturday. in
elusive. the major attraction will be
an absorbing drama, entitled The
Brides Silence" which deals with
a mysterious murder. Gail Kane
will be pictured in the stellar role.
First run comedies and current
news pictures and the musical pro-
gram by the Garden Symphony Or
chestra complete the program for
the week.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-11
CosmosAyaudeyiIIe.

A dog Of remarkable intelligence
and a group of very funny monkeys
in Wormwoods Animals is the big
wonder and laughing act at the Cos
mos Theater this week. Joe Kier-
mans musical tabloid, billed THE
Miss Matched Misses" is a lively
girl act' OF funny comedy and other
attractive features besides it's songs.
The Green Venus" presented by
Selena and company, ia a hand
somely staged terpsichorean OFFER
ing with incidental comedy, which
is entitled to rank among the
headline attractions. and Paul and
Pauline, on the Roman rings, have
an act which is remarkable for its
feats of strength and skill. other
attractions include Cahill and Ro-
maine in a good singing act intro
ducing the falsetto and yodeling;
Brown and Mccormack, unusually
good acrobatics and eccentric dan
GERS. and 3. Kelly Forrest, a sing
ing monologist who wins laughter
and applause with his hobo selec-
tiOns. Alice Joyce and Harry Morey
are the picture stars in the Vita
graph production. Richard the Bra
zen" the big photoplay shown only
at lis and 4:45 p. m: Charlie Chap
lin. the funmakeT. in The lmmi-
grant" and the Hearst Pathe News
completes the entertainment.
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Glen Echo Park.

With amusements open to the pub
lie without charge all the afternoon
from noon until 6 o'clock, Glen Echo
park yesterday started i'm on the last
lap of its season which will close at
midnight Saturday.
Last night another big crowd turn
ed out in spite of the cool weather,
and kept things moving. There has
been no curtailment of the orchestra
that has proved so popular with the
dancers and the floor of the big pa
vilion was comfortably filled for every
number with the usual audience
thronging the promenade.
Pleasure seekers who waited until
after dinner for their trip showed a
strong Partially for the thrill rides,
the midway and the other devices
that have cashiers in charge OF them
and kept them all going top speed.
All of the regular amusements and
the free features of the resort will
be on the daily program right up to
the closing Saturday night.
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Moore's Strand-"POIIy of the
Circus"

Polly Of the Circus" an elabo-
rate screen presentation OF Marga-
ret Mayo's great drama of circus
life. and the first of the beautiful
productions to be released by the
GoIdwyn Pictures Corporation, is
being shown for the entire week at
Moore's Strand Theater. The win
some screen favorite, Mae Marsh.
is seen in the title role. Polly of
the Circus as n drama, was one of
the greatest successes of the Amer
lean stage. and made a fortune for
its authors and owners. In films it
- cs its place among the most re-
markable productions ever made.
The story tells of a little circus
orphan (Mae Marsh) who has been
raised by Toby. the clown. Polly is
hurt in an accident and has to re-
main behind while the show goes
on. She is taken to the home of the
minister, where her presence in the
house is turned into scandal by the
narrow minded village gossips. This
leads to her going back to the cir
Gus, but the following spring the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-11

circus comes back to the little town.
and through the Intervention OF a
night and a fire in the big top
Polly and the minister find each
other-and happiness. 1t Is pic
ture of laughter and tears; pie
ture OF a score of circus thrills. and.
in fact, a complete circus perform
ance is shown on the screen. The
most amazing OF all the scenes is
the burning OF the main teri dur
ing the evening performance and
the wild stampede of the audience.
A delightful musical program is
rendered at each performance by
the Strand Symphony Orchestra.
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First Night at Theaters

Carmen Rag" and selections from
"Oh Boy"
Sam Mann who uses as his starring
vehicle THE Question" brings TO
Washington a novel playlet, full OF
interest. pathos and laughs.
Andrew Tombes and Basil Lynn,
who have been seen here before in
THE Brideshop." keep the audience
In good humor by their chatter, some
old some new, but still worthy OF a
laugh. and they get them-in album
dance.
One Of washington's fair daugh-
ters. Ann Suter. mot Baby Ann any
more) sings to the delight Of the au-
dience and was rewarded by storm
of applause. Her closing number a
medley OF some of the past successes
was particularly well done and she
was recalled so often, that she had
to beg off.
Comedy as II should be is offered by
Collins and Hart. 1.-TWO Strong Men.
"A Few Moments at the Club. ="
which scores for the three chums was
a few happy moments for the audi
ence. they played nearly every IN
strument in a musical store and bur-
lesqued a motion picture.
Tony Hunting and Corinne Francis
have a delightful little playlet called
Love Blossoms" which was a real
treat and enabled Hunting and Miss
Francis to display some intricate
dancing steps.
The courage of n soldier was dis
PLAYED when the Randalls offering
diffcult feats in sharpshooting. ask
ed one of the audience TO volunteer
to hold a piece of chalk between his
teeth. A Khaki clad youth respond
ed to the request and the audiences
fears were Offset with a report of a
gun and a piece of chalk fell TO the
stage.