The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEwS

The bonnets down at ,BilviIle. they're
plain as preachin' still.
An they amt no bill collectors for 10
~, blast you with With, PHI r,-,+r 4ast
OF ribbon round the dimpIed cheeks
where roses bloom for YOU
II.
The. bonnets down at BiIlville, they're can
AS the message of the sunshine that
shimmers in the rain,
No followin' of fashion-but framin' faces
As dream Of that fan. country where
the Easter angels meet.
Oh. bonnets. bright Of Billville!-we love
That rippies in your ribbons in the rose
wreathed meetln' place;
But. more than all, we love you for the
faces sweet an fair
That light the world like heaven-'tiI
heaven seems dreamin' there.
The Washburn commencement takes
place on Wednesday of next week.
The state house grounds are getting
their first moving of the year.
The front yard yuccas are doing bet
ter this wet spring than before for
years.
Unity church will give social Friday
night at Mrs. c. H. Harrison's, sos Har-
rison street.
Mrs. Lutte EmbIeton. one of the high
school teachers, is quarantined with
diphtheria.
Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Worthington have
started a mission church at 1904 East
Sixth street
There is hope in sight. On Sunday the
Saints go to Fort Scott for a series of
three games.
House cleaning is going on in the
federal building while the court officials
are at Leayenworth this week.
The flower beds in the state house
grounds look more like an attempt at
truck gardening than anything else.
Some people think that the Wash
burn football schedule as announced
Wednesday is too light for the Topeka
collegians.
Mrs. Lila Carlin Moore, national lee
turer of the W. c. T. u, will give an
address at Lowman Hill chapel on Fri
day night.
Auburn township voters will cast
their ballots June 16 for or against the
issuance of township bonds for the To-
peka & Council Grove railroad
The Topeka Choral society, which
will sing Sunday at the Washburn
chapel. will have rehearsal this even
ing at the Commercial club rooms.
This is the end of the first month of
the Santa Fe machinists' strike. It
does not seem that long to anybody
except the strikers. and the railroad.
DR. d. NJ. Fisk, of Washburn college,
has 10 addresses scheduled for the
month of June. This summer he will
put in two weeks at Lincoln Park
Cnautauqua, conducting a course In
socialism.
A racing matinee will be given at the
fair grounds on Saturday afternoon.
The feature will be Frederick McGre-
gor, a 2:15 trotter. Jim Underwood is
also on the programme, with several
other events.
w H. Davis and James A. Troutman
are members of the national advisory
committee of the National Business
League. One of the reforms advocated
by the league is one six year term for
presidents.
County Commissioner Harrison, who
lives % miles from Topeka, more or
less. and drives to town to the meetings
of the board, is in favor. of macadamiz-
ing all the county roads, or at least the
roads he drives over.
Win Curtis has resumed his position
of night clerk at the National hotel. He
went to Wichita to take a position as
assistant manager of the Hamilton
hotel at that place. Thence ne went to
st. Louis where he was employed in one
of the Worlds fair hotels.
Still the Topeka people who go to
Kansas City are honored with all the
titles and degrees coming to them by
morning paper there which says: Cap
tain Clad Hamilton. formerly assistant
attorney general OF Kansas, and now
police judge of Topeka, is here on legal
business.
The Barnum and Bailey show is fix
ing to hold up Atchison in good shape.
1t offers to show there provided the city
will give it a free license, free lot and
free water. In return 1t agrees to take
at least $4,000 out of the town. 1t is
expected that this show will come
through this part of the country before
long. and it is fixing up its route list.