The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-17

in, but persons who visited him could
never see it that way. The man has
changed his mind for not long ago he
acquired a Ford and even the well
known make has a hard time climbing
the steep ascent and turning the
sharp corners necessary to get into
his driveway.
Fifty cards or over were received
here last week from the Canadian
branch dead letter office at Winnipeg,
Canada. A Topeka man who was up
there very thoughtfully mailed cards
to his friends putting United States
one-cent stamps on them, and 10 and
behold, the Canadian government
required more postage for cards than
does our own, so all week Canadian
postcards reclaimed from the dead
letter office have been coming to To-
peka.
And so the old comic opera THE
Merry Widow" has been revived. All
of what you tell me concerning the
new pink silver cloth hat which Mime.
Lipskowa wears in the opera is very
amusing, but 1 wonder if since the
production has been brought to life
again, if we women will be foolish
enough once more to wear a merry
widow" hat should the milliners
launch the style again There's one
thing about it, the girls who go to a
dance nowadays and dance with
their little close fitting hats Oh, all
the evaning. couldn't manage 1t wear
ing one of those huge affairs.
One of the men here whom you
know was struck and knocked down
last week by an automobile. 1t isn't
everybody who is run over by a car
and is fortunate enough in having an
ambulance right on the scene The
only trouble in this case was that the
man was Knocked down by an am
bulance and they didn't pick him up,
did thew sion whether
not he was hurt. FRANCES.
The marriage of Miss Leone Bray
man, and Mr.. Homer L. Blackwell of
Kansas City, Mo, took place this aft
ernoon at o'clock at the home of
BraymaR, 14tS Buchanan street. The
Rev. A. E. Gregory of the First Con-
gregationaI church performed the
ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blackwell will be at
home in Kansas City, Mo. after Octo-
Der 1.
DR.. and Mrs. George H. Allen will
arrive home Sunday from New York
City. DIR. Allen landed in New York
Monday from a stay of over a month
in France. He was accompanied by
Mr. Thomas Amory Lee.
Mrs. Allen who spent the summer
with her parents at Milwaukee, Wis,
and was a. guest for a short time of
Mr.. and Mrs. George~W. Parkhurst
at Ludington, Mich, went to New
York last week to join her husband,
and accompany him home.
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The Military Sisterhood will be en-
tertained Tuesday afternoon, Septem-
Der 20, with Mrs. ]. B. Love, 800 West
Sixth avenue as hostess. All members
of the Sisterhood have been urged to
be present.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Eldridge
Chandler of Kansas City have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Elizabeth Charlotte, to Mr..
Joseph Howard Nancy of Hutchinson.
The wedding will take place October
s, in Atchison.
Miss Chandler taught at Quincy
school last year and while here made
her home with her aunt. Miss Bessie
Boughton. Doctor Chandler is con-
nected with the state school for the
blind in Kansas City.
The women of the First Methodist
church will give a rummage sale the
first of October Any contributions of
-clothing or other articles will be
called for if the donor will phone 45G
Djbble at 619 West Ninth street.
The music at the First Presbyterian
church Sunday morning will be as fol-
lows:
Quartet-"The Lord is Exalted"..
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Offertory Solo-"Hear Ye, Israel"
from Elijah. By Mrs. Howard Searle
In the evening Forever with the
Lord Scroggs, will be sung in chorus
and Love Divine" Mozart-Campbell
by the quartet. Mr.. Theodore H
Post, one of theme voice instructors
at Washburn college. is director of. the
choir.
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One of the most interesting of par
ties was that held Friday evening in
the court house when the Topeka
members of the Sons and Daughters