The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06

from I, village to its present size. He
has as his friends great number of
the old settlers of the state, and he
is acquainted with many of the peo-
pl. who have been prominently be-
fore the public for many years. He
has three daughters and two sons.
fifteen grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren. Those who attended
the party in his honor were: Mr.. and
Mrs. James Riley, Mr.. and Mrs. T. c.
Daily, Mr. and Mrs. William Riley.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Frank McClelland, Mr..
anG Mrs. c. G. Daily. Miss Margaret
Riley. Miss Helen Riley. Miss Bessie
Bou,hton and Miss Gertrude Bough-
ton.
The n. S. A. club girls gave a spread
at the home of Hedouine Hyatt in
Harrison street on Thursday evening.
followed by line party to one of the
local theaters. Those present were:
garet Heery, Hedouine Hyatt and
Alice Noll.
LETTER OF A DEBUTANTE.
Dear S. r.: One of the old guard
of Topeka bachelors was back in
town, just like Old Dan Tucker. this
week. 1t is a great secret that he
may have been here to spy out the
land in a section of his old counting
grounds He used to have a wide field
of counting preserves in these regions,
and he seems to think that he didn't
forfeit all his special privilege by NOV
ing to another town. Anyhow, that
may be just rumor, for ] guess we
have all heard that he, top. keeps a
memory-a sort of hang over from
the dear, dead past. At all events. We
would be deprived of half the joy of
life if we couldn't hang upon all our
bachelor men and maids the mantle
of an unhappy romance
With the scarcity of parties this
year has come a scarcity of filmy,
feathery, fascinating apparel l haven't
seen a half dozen new party gowns
this year. but 1 did see a mighty good
looking one at the play at the high
school this week 1t was worn by
Mrs. George H. Allen, and it was a
/ lovely creation in a sort of purple and
gold tone. A plain dark violet shade
of silk material was combined with
chiffon or georgette, figured in pan
sizes shading from gold to violet. Her
hat was smart straw in a shade of
purple.
l know one girl who isn't going to
write Mrs. before her name, if she
depends for the privilege a certain
young man she had her weather eye
ont for. This chap is the scion of an
old Topeka fa mily, and he has a fair
I ing good looking and accomplished as
/ passably good hand at poker and
( fan-tan. There was a time when he
paid some heed to the thoughts of
/ matrimony, and then came the blow.
He caught sight of her bill at one
! of the dry goods stores. He gasped,
| struggled to his feet and then made
=. determined stand that he would
make the pilgrimage without a help
meet"
/ Dear me, l was so sorry the other
day to hear of a probable divorce in
! ing young couple. and how they could
dance! The wife seems to have gone
t back to mother. and the man is off
! to the wars. and it is openly whis-
pered siIat the break is final. 1t is
1 indeed too bad. The man could play
the ukulele. and I recall one per-
/ Torrance of his at the Country club,
where he followed on the program a
young girl whose voice could not be
heard ten feet from where she stood.
Our most celebrated millionaire sat in
the audience ma king his mumbled
comments on all the numbers of the
/ program. After the uqulele song he
muttered to his wife, That was worse
than the girls performance. With my
old deaf ear on the job, l couldn't
hear her
/ The Don Mulvanes. it seems, are to
! have a new cara Pierce Arrow, SO
they say. l think they sold that pref
ty roadster that one used 20 see them
I driving. They always have a new
shining automobile with all the
--class'--in the world to its looks
/ know a boy baby who is going to
be swearing mad at his parents when
he grows up. The child is the junior
Richard Hayden. and all the neigh
bors call him 1.-The wee one" They
! have been giving him that name. fol-
! lowing the example of the baby
mother. for such a long while that the
ha bit is becoming fixed. Won't he
be pleased when he gets to be about
thirteen or fourteen. and strikes out
1 in his first long trousers, when he
hears himself addressed as Wee
One" Mrs. Hayden. by the way. will
probably be appointed by Mrs D. W.
Mulvane chairman of the woman's
committee for Kansas, to have charge
of the publicity work for the commit
tee This is a work for which Mrs
Hayden is especially fitted, and it is
one of the war activities in which she
carry on partly at home.
/ Topeka has made another impor-
tant discovery-Oscar Wilde. / have
been going about for the last two
weeks listening to MANNED and man.
gled quotations from Lady Winder-
mere's Fam and other works of the
! parent of the perfect epigram." For
/ this we have to blame the high school
! or college dramatic club-whichever
one it was that gave a public perform
ance of Wilde play recently. The
old feeling as to Wilde is dead else
Puritan Topeka would never have