The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-31

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sic. composed by Miss Savage, and
dancing The girls who have 6een
asked to take part are:
Cardinal ....-......- Mary Paxton
Bluebird Florence Fair
| Wood Thrush Mary HoH
X '-..-..-. RneVa Bonjour
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A devoted mother of our town put
| her two little children to bed at their
usual early bed time. tucked them in
and kissed them goodnight. In about
half an hour she heard voices from
| their room, and went in to find the
| two of them standing up in the center
of the bed with a rapt expression on
their faces.
| My dears," she said, what are you
doing? l put you to bed hours ago,
and you should have been asleep. You
| have made a wretched mess of your
bed standing in it,
But, mother" objected the two,
the woman in the fiat above has just
finished playing the Star Spangled
Banner
The Alpha Phi sorority girls of
Washburn college will have their an
nual picnic party Saturday of this
week The place for the party has
not yet been decided upon.
X X X
Announcement has been made by
the Rev. b. NJ. George of Emporia of
the engagement of his daughter.
Martha, to DR.. T. T. Rider, of Mis-
soula, Mont, the wedding to take place
June 8.
Miss George is a graduate of the
! Emporia normal school and has done
! special work at the Iowa State uni
versity. She taught for the past three
years in the Topeka high school. Doc
! tor Rider is graduate of the Iowa
| university, and did graduate work in
the Minnesota and Chicago univer-
stiles. He and his bride will live in
Missoula, where Doctor Rider is prac-
ticing medicine.
The marriage of Miss Elizabeth
Metcalf and Mr.. Joe T. Marshall,
whose engagement was announced
some months ago, took place May "a
at o'clock in Grossepointe church
Detroit. Mich. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
H. Metcalf, parents of the bride, have
| issued announcements of the mar
riage.
Local interest in the marriage CEN
| tiers in the acquaintance Mr. Marshall
has in this city. 1t was thru him that
a series of ten concerts was given in
Kansas last winter for the benefit of
Belgian children. The wedding was
10 nave taken place in October, but
the date was set forward, owing to the
fact that Mr.. Marshall has received
an appointment as interpreter to Cen
eral Pershing, and will leave soon for
France. Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall have
gone to Washington, D. c., to wait
until Mr.. Marshall must go.
Y X X
Graduate nurses in the 1917 class at
St. Francis hospital were ENTERTAINERS
memorial day in the hospital by the
juniors. Dancing and popular rainy
day sports occupied the afternoon. To-
night the nurses will attend graduating
eicises OF nurses at Christ's hospital
THERE'S a GIRL IN OUR TOWN
Who has two nephews, and she has
beau who has two nieces. The two
young people see each other nearly
every evening, but one night this
week. Mr.. Beau called up to say that
| the sister and brother-in-law were GO
ing to show ind he must stay home
TO care for the children. Exactly the
same situation existed IN her house
| mold; so the evening was lost to both
of them. In fact, it was considered I
dismal failure to them. Well, the next
! morning the Beau's nieces both came
down i'll with Chickenpox. Mr.. Beau
consulted the doctor to learn if there
was any danger to the nephews in the
| other household if he called on the
| girl. Doctor oondered and scratched
| his head. Il think not" he said, "un-
less you taken them in your arms"
But bad luck followed the Beau. In
a few days he also came down with
chickenpoX. Again he sought the doc
tors advice. This time he wanted TO
know if il would do for his girl to
make him n call. We'll. now"
drawled the doctor. with a sly look,
''you remember what 1 told you the
other time about this arms business.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Miss Esther Baldwin, who has been
in Wichita the past winter, has come
to Topeka to visit Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Skinner She will go to Hays
to attend the Normal school this sum-
mer.
Mrs. Henry Martin, of Oklahoma
City, is visiting Mrs. E. E. Wagner. of
Topeka avenue. Her son. Mr.. Lyle
Wilson, is also a guest at the Wag
ner home. Mrs. Martin went to Mex
leo, Mo-, to attend commencement ex-
ercises, when her son, Mr.. Lyle Wilson.
graduated this spring. The family
formerly lived in Topeka. Mr.. Wilson
expects to take journalism. probably
in K. u, Text year.
Dean ard Mrs. Harold Butler. of
Lawrence. will be in Topeka Saturday
to atteno the marriage of Miss
Frances ingalls, and Mr.. Henry A
Shinn. at the P. J. Clevenger home
| Mrs. Ivan L. Ward, who has been
visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs A.
Steinberg, at SIG Monroe street, leaves
for her home at San Francisco today.
Mr.. David Hughes, of Boston, the