The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22

with her grandmother. Mrs. l. H.
Waugh. Mrs. Fred Fireman is her
aunt.
Captain Weller is a brother of Mrs.
Horace Hall of Topeka. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hall were in an Francisco for the
wedding.
Captain Weller is mining engineer
and he and his bride will make their
home in San Francisco.
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The Topeka Grand Opera society
has already begun work on the first
opera it will give this year. 1t is
mariana" and will be given late in
Miss Inez Tiffany, who sang the
leading role in The Bohemian Girl
last year. is to have the part of Mari
tana." Miss Juanita Mcdowell will
appear in the part of Lazarillo; Mr..
Horace Bowman, as Don Jose; Mr..
Robinson, the king; Miss Hester Cook,
the warehouses; Mr.. Mano Norris.
the marquis; Mr.. Roy Naylor, Don
Caesar.
Mariana" altho having a Span
ish theme. is one of the favorite Eng
presented each year in England and
had many followers in the United
States altho ii has not been given on
large scale in this country for some
time.
Prof. Paul Lawless, who is conduct
ing the opera. has sung the tenor ro.
of Don Caesar a number of times.
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Announcement has been made of
the engagement of Miss Nancy Boone,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
o. Boone. to Mr.. Morris Dell Woods.
The wedding will be an event OF No
vember.
Miss Boone graduated from high
school last June. She has been inter-
ested in dramatic art and '. lille in
school she played the leading part in
several high school plays.
Mr.. Woods, who is a son of Mrs w.
!. Miller. has lived in Topeka for six
years. During the war he served with
the 10th field signal battalion. He
is now employed in the Bank of
Topeka.
Among the pledges announced by
the Pi Beta Phi chapter of the Kansas
State Agricultural college is Miss Lu-
cile Smith of Topeka.
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Mr.. Leslie J. Nichols and daughter
Dclphine. of st. Louis. are visiting Mr.
Nichols's uncle. Mr.. A. K. Wilson, and
Mrs. Wilson. Mr.. Nichols left Topeka
in 1883. He is manager of the Ma
tionai Surety e < z =
1t is the plan of the Hodgins fam
lily to make the childrens picnic an
annual affair. Every year the Satur-
day nearest the 22nd of September will
be set aside for this event. And every
year there will be a larger number
present. For the children who are
present one year are to come each sue
ceeding year. no matter what their
age grows to be, nor their occupation.
This year they were the first and sec
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that any of the Hodgins family has at
tended and the kindergarten children.
Next September all of these will be in
vited as well as the next crop of first
and second graders.
But the children weren't the only
ones present Saturday. The members
of many of the oldest families in
Shawnee county were there and
among the oldest people present were
Mr.. Peter Fisher. who is 81 years old,
and Mrs. Frank Burgess. who is in her
9lst year And they seemed to enjoy
it as much as the children, even il
they didn't consume quite so many ice
cream cones. Thirteen seems to be the
largest number of cones eaten by
one child. And no one ate fewer than
four. Fifty gallons of ice cream fed
the crowd. No one got hurt, no one
got sick and the little people stayed
almost as neat and clean as they were
when they came. For there was MOTH
ing dirty or sticky to play with or eat.
Arnong the children present were
those from the Orphans home and
those from the Knights and Ladies of
Security home. The Bethany young
sterS were also there.
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A double wedding occurred Sunday
morning when the two daughters of
Mr.. and Mrs. P. NJ. Hartman of Neal,
Kan, formerly of Topeka, were mar
ried, Katherine to Mr.. Scott Medlock
of Topeka; Ida Beth to Mr.. Robert
Elliot Curtis of Clay Center. The
Rev. S. S. Estey read the ceremony at
10 o'clock before the members of the
three families.
The two Hartman girls were gradu-
ated from the Clyde county high
school and then came with their par
ents to Topeka, where they lived for
several years. They both attended
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