The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-10

days work. The host at the after
dance party rose again at~7:3O to go
to the office. That evening he went
home with a groggy feeling and an in
tention to become dead to the world as
soon as he could devour his dinner.
Before o'clock he was in his room,
Invested of his coat in the undressing
process. The door bell rang, and soon
the chatter of a couple of the old
crowd called him downstairs. In half
an hour another couple arrived. and
before s o'clock there were nearly a
dozen people who came in for a little
supper, some of which they brought
along with them under their top coats.
OF course there was a thing or two to
eat, and so on, and a few hands at
cards until 2 o'clock in the morning
Again the host faced a nine-hour day
of work. with only the short forty
winks to prepare him for it. And in
| spite of all one hears of how the revels
begin to pail after a little, this man of
| long days and short nights still insists
that this is the life.
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| Everybody likes the brand of wealth
er which has been on tap for the past
few days. Even the saturnine weather
man has referred to it as regular
April stuff. But an inquirer at the
ticket window of one of the local rail-
road stations this morning probably
appreciated the clemency of the met
| geological conditions more deeply
| than any one else in town. He had
just completed the purchase of tick
| ct to a far off state in the southwest.
| AS he lett the window he met a friend.
| The friend took note of his beaming
! face.
Going away today"
| .Huh-uh.''
You look happy, how do you like
| the weather."
Say amt this great? 1t looks like
| it had just been made to order. My
| wife's mother has been visiting us, and
| she said that if the weather was good
she was going to start home today I've
| just bought her ticket. Yes sir, this is
| sure beeyootiful weather"
Mrs. Frank r. Millspaugh has
moved to her new home, 1853 Fill
more street. Her daughters, Mrs.
Charles Brooks Thomas and Miss
Wayne Hambleton. are making thelr
home with her. Bishop James Wise
has arrived from St. Louis, and he and
Mrs. Wise and their young son will
occupy the Bishops House. the former
residence of the Millspaugh family.
x K
Mr.. Harlow Hurley has returned
from Kansas City. where he attended
a bridge party given by Miss Madaline
Haff, complimentary to her cousin,
Miss Alice Houston
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The January meeting of the d. A. r.
will be held Saturday afternoon with
the Misses Mcclellan. 421 Woodlawn
avenue, Potwin Place, with Mrs. C. T.
Tomlinson, Mrs. w. NJ. Forbes, Mrs
1 W.. NJ. Macferran, Mrs. Theodore
Saxon and Miss Lenore Monroe as as
sisting hostesses. Mrs. J. r. Shelton
will read a paper on Witches" and
the music will be arranged by Mrs
Morton Aloaugh. Delegates will be
| elected to the continental congress and
the state conference.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Dewey OF
Manhattan. who have been visiting
Mrs. Dewey's mother. Mrs. Frank r
Millspaugh, left Tuesday night for a
trip to New Orleans.
Miss Marjorie Whitney will go to
Kansas City Friday for a weekend
visit to Miss Agnes Myer, a sorority
friend.
Mr.. John w. Mowers has returned
from business trip to New York. He