The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
ing to attend a birthday party given by
Miss Lizzie Ross

ing to attend a birthday party given by
| Miss Lizzie Ross.
Too many women and girls are wear
| ing out piano y-boards with finger
exercises that haven't a shadow of har-
mony about them A little more music
and less noise. please.
The poultry show at Lawrence next
| year will be held from December 10 to
IA. G. H. Rhodes of Topeka will be the
| Judge Mr. Rhodes did the scoring at
the poultry show there this year.
| The petition for pavement on East
| Tenth street from Quincy street to the
| Shunganunga creek will probably be
| granted by the council. 1t got out of
| the committee yesterday with favor
able report.
Mr.. ]. o. Rankin, of Raynore, Mo-,
has been visiting Rev. S. C. Coblentz
this week. Mr.. Rankin is a neighbor
of H. c. Kurtz, who bought a farm
south of the city, and he and three
others looking for homes here.
John E. Frost, president of the Com
mercial club. slipped and fell while
standing on the steps at his residence
at Tenth and Fillmore Thursday after
noon, and as a result is unable to at
tend to his business at the office.
There are a sood many people in To-
peka who will not accept the verdict of
the Schley court marshal" General
Hughes went through one once, and he
always said it didn't amount to any
thing. He finished nearly as well as
Schley.
! A petition for the widening of Fill
more street north of Fourth street is
now being prepared, and will soon be
presented to the council. As soon as it
| is filed, the proposed opening OF Second
and Third streets between Yves tern aV
enue and Fillmore will be acted upon
by the committee on streets and walks.
Atchison Globe: 1.-The title of F. L.
Vandegrift's forthcoming book, accord
ing to John Collier, is The Adventures
of a Potted Plant The story is of a
plant that has been loaned around
among the neighbors for years, for
social events, and which finally sur
prises everybody by talking, and tell
ing its experiences.
The people who are working for the
proposed plan to have the West Eighth
car tracks extended to the end of the
pavement have now secured the sigma
lures of all but three of the property
owners on the block affected. 1t IS
necessary to have unanimous petition
to protect the city from future lawsuits
There was a good sized audience at
the Washburn chapel last night for the
first annual concert of the Washburn
orchestra, assisted by Miss Vida Wood
The orchestra consists of % pieces, and
under the direction of Miss LuCelia b.
Clarke has won a reputation in Topeka
musical circles. Its concert last night
was received with great appreciation.
The council committee on streets and
walks has referred back all OF the East
Eighth street pavement petitions and
pavement protests to the petitioners,
with instructions to prepare an entirely
new petition. The committee said 1t
did not have time to try to figure out
from the five lengthy documents before
it what the people in that part of town
want.
Usage City Free Press: Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Q. Rosser and little daughter Doris
came down from Topeka Sunday and
remained until Monday evening. Doris
is the smartest child in ten states. She
was two years old in August yet be-
fore that tine she could dress herself
and she always insists on doing it, She
gets into underclothes, dresses, stock
ings and shoes, without help and all
she will allow any one to do for her is
to button her clothes. Who can beat
this?
The following "effervescent ecstasy
is from the Topeka correspondence in
the Dramatic Mirror: Frederick Warde
in The Mountebank Nov. % drew a
heavy house and completely captivated
the cultured, critical clientele. Mr..
Warde's name is a synonym with us