The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-15

nounced, it was said in dispatch
from Topeka, Kan, the home of Lieu
tenant Foster, in order that Mrs. Fos
ters theatrical engagements might not
be interfered with. On the stage sh>
is Jane Anderson and she is a niece of
Mary Anderson.
At Villa Victoire, the home of Mrs.
Victoire Hale, wife of Creighton Hale,
the actor, where she is a guest, Mrs.
Foster said the wedding had taken
place September 8, 1916. With Mr.
and Mrs. Hale and Lieutenant Foster,
Miss Lowe went to Amityville, L. l.,
on that day. expecting to make an
aeroplane flight with Lawrence Sperry
The aviator was absent, however, and
the party went to an inn near
Babylon. The naval officer and Miss
Lowe were dared about marriage,
and, according to the bride, they re-
fused to take the dare" clergy
man at Babylon performed the cere-
mony
Lieutenant Foster is commander of
a United States submarine. He won
the medal of honor for gallantry in
leading a battalion from the battleship
Utah in making a landing at Vera
| Cruz.
Mrs. Foster. who has won fame as
daring airplane operator, is
granddaughter of Former Gov. Louis
Lowe of Maryland and a great
gra nddaughter of President James k
Z, Polk. Her ancestry also includes such
persons as Lady Jane Baltimore ana
the Stuarts. of England By her
mother she is descended from the An
dersons of Virginia and Tennessee
X X X
The question among the readers of
certain ma gazine is Who is she?"
Vii lot ion ic in Tnr r-d m IA
| identity of the society woman who is
writing the series of articles in the
| Smart Set exposing '-Tne Sins of the
! Four Hundred" 1t has New York
, agog, they say. II you have read these
articles you will probably he amazed
at the disclosures they make---disclo-
sures that nave set the smart world on
| tenter-hooks. 1t is said that the au-
| thor of these articles was for many
years one of the four leading figures
| in New York's Four Hundred, and
| that she is now living in Paris Have
you any idea who tiie r=r..c is?
X X
certain Topeka man appeared at
business one day wearing one of those
soft, light gray spring suits. He
pleased with himself. The boss look
ed him over. go home,' he said,
land take off those pajamas,"
X X
NOIe>S ana PERSONAL Mention.
Miss H1degarde Hurley of Wash
ington, D. c., and Miss Clyde Bone
brake will go to Kansas City Wednes-
day to visit Mrs. John Hamilton, who
was formerly Miss Laura Hall. They
will drive home in Mr.. Harlow Hur-
leys car. .
Mr.. W. P. Montgomery, who is at
| tending the officers school at Fort
! Riley, has returned after visit of
Tn re Low
his son, Billy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Read of Coffey-
vile, Kan, have moved to Hollywood,
| Cal Mrs. Read is remembered by To-
peka people as Miss Grace Osborn.
DR.. and Mrs. E. S. Pettyjohn have
returned from an extended trip thru
the south and to Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mrs. Frances Condor of Kansas
City, who has been visiting her son,
Mr.. r. E. Condor, will leave about
the middle of the week to return TO
her home.
Mrs. ]. L. Fletcher of 1925 Van
Buren, street has returned home after
visit of few weeks to friends in
Phoenix, Arizona.
The Ladies Aid society OF the First
| English Lutheran church will meet
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. j. E. Gall, 735 Horne street. The
other hostesses are Mrs. A. Free and
Mrs. Mary Foberg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Miller have
moved from 1926 Van Buren, street to
619 West Seventh. Their home on Van
Buren, has been bought by Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ E. Rogers.
The Catholic Ladies' club will meet
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Will
Troutman, of West Tenth avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Spalding have
left for Des Moines, Ia, to attend an
insurance convention.
The Woman's society of the First
Congregational church will meet We'd
nesday Afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock with
Mrs. ]. w. Ripley, First and Western
avenue.
Mrs. w. E. Atchison has returned
from a trip to Hutchinson
Mrs. J. E. Ingham is in Wakefield,
visiting her daughter, Mrs. James Nc
Entire.
The Empire voting machine is now
on exhibition at Burkhart's cigar
store. Call and see it Chas- w. Hull,
agent--Adv.
Mr.. Lee Johnson of Fort Smelling.
: Mimi, formerly of Topeka, has en-
tered the officers training school at
Fort Riley. He was a Washburn man
and a member of the Phi Delt fra
ternity-
Accidentally Shoots Comrade.