The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14

hold their annual meeting Monday at
1880 o'clock at the Y. W. c. A. for the
purpose of hearing the annual reports
and electing officers for the ensuing
year.
Mr. and Mrs. George " White of
Holton announce the engagement of
thier daughter. Bertha Mae, to Mr..
Clair Russell Haskins of Topeka. the
wedding to take place in the fall. Mr..
Haskins of Valley Falls.
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The Blue Bird Troup of the Girl
Scouts had a hay rack ride and way
side lunch Thursday evening. Friday
evening the girls gave slumber party
at the r. J. Macaulay home in West
ern avenue. Those in the party in
'cluded: Miss Leona Brintnall. Miss
Genevieve Carmain, Miss Helen
Baughman, Miss BeuIah Eldridge, Miss
Nelora Knight. Miss Mary Vogel. Miss
Ruth Stations. Miss Margaret Morrison.
Miss Thelma Curtis. Miss Gertrude
Macaulay and Miss Minnie Macaulay.
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Aug. IA, 1920.
Dear Elizabeth: Kansas has GER
tainly had the finest weather the last
few days. It's so cool one would think
they were in Colorado or Wisconsin.
One Topeka woman who is out in
Colorado sent home yesterday for her
hot water bottle and some more
blankets. She must have sent for
them when she felt that two inch
SHOW storm in the air. I know sew
era1 Topeka girls who went out and
the only wraps they took with them
were their spring cOatsi
Speaking of people going away,
there's a Topeka business man who
Of his stenographer on his lips. Isn't
that exciting-wonder if his wife will
ever find it out? This man has had
the same stenographer for the last ten
years and when he left he stalked
right out of the office without saying
goodbye. She called after him in
teasing way, Aren't you going to kiss
ME goodbye ?" and. Elizabeth, that
man turned right around, walked up
to the girl. and before the whole Of
flee force. kissed her! They surely
were surprised and that girl was too.
he was doing anything out of the
ordinary.
Several of Topeka's business men
enjoyed an exciting time down at Lake
View last week, for they found some
thing which is far more rare than
finding a long lost brother. They
found some long lost red, red liquor.
with a whisky label on it. The men
were hunting around in one of the old
boat houses down at the lake for
pair of rubber boots. They found an
old pair hanging up on the wall and
in taking them down they heard a
queer sound coming from the inside.
They thought at first they had I'M
covered a field mouse's nest or some
thing of the sort, butt. finally they
out fell the whisky. I suppose If they
told anyone about it, that the mascu-
line population of Lake View tore up
and down all the boat houses hunting
old boots 3 - 7r - e. 49,
I Certainly felt like changing my
name the other day. You know, Eliza
beth, and I know, that almost every
one in the United States learns to spell
the name Jones about as soon as they
learn to spell cat or penny or nickel
Well, there are few persons in this
city who don't know how to spell the
name. One day last week some one
asked me if I spelled my name with 4
G now. and some one else wanted to
spell it JoHez, but the worst mistake
of them all came at one Of the Avenue
shoe stores. left pair of shoes to be
repaired and told the-man my name.
Well. I went back in three days. and
do you know those shoes couldn't be
foundi They hunted in the repairs
finished" cupboard and they hunted in
the repairs unfinished''N cupboard:
they hunted under the counter and
finally they took me to the workroom
and I looked over every and each of
the dozens of pairs of shoes in that
shop. Really If one does wear pair
of shoes several months, ana then
sees them in pile with several other
dozen, it's mighty hard to find your
own. [ wasn't sure when I had fin
ished that I would know my shoes if
I ever saw them again. So the man
went back to the front of the store and
began untyfng the packages. We had
gone from the rs up to the Us but nc
shoes So he began untying the Is.
the HIS and the G's. Finally he found
them, and, guess Elizabeth how that
shoe man had spelled poor, little. SIM
pIe Jones-"Ghones!" I was too sur
prised to talkl
I'm going up to house party in
wisconsin next week, Elizabeth. so
you won't hear from me until Sep
tenber. FRAMES
The Topeka branch of the Associa-
lion of Collegiate A1umnae will have
their summer meeting and luncheon
noon1< August Fl, at Pelle-
t ers Tea room. Three special reports
vii he given on the three scholarships
Which the a. c. A. holds. The lunch
cen will be held at II o'clock.
THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who has q most active Imagination.
One can ina gine he is i'll, or has
snakes in his boots or most anything.
but it takes an imag ination developed
TO the nth degree for its owner to
think that she is wobbly in the knees
with the shakiness that comes from
too many glasses OF the stuff formerly
made in Milwaukee, Kansas City and
Chicago.
The husband of the woman with the
imagination, yes she's a Topeka wo-
man, played golf yesterday. He had a
taste in the afternoon of a refreshing
liquid which in the good old days
meant straight beer but which now
means beer with all the earmarks.
but without the after effects. The
stuff tasted like old times and he has
tened home with six bottles and pro-
ceeded to play a joke on his wife. He
told her of the trouble which a promi-
nent Topeka man had had in getting
It and the enormous risk which he ran
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