The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
Howard D. Berrett. Author of .sWho's
Who in Topeka

The names OF the persons whose
biographies appear in the book are in
a biackTace type of modern design, and
the reading matter is set in long primer
type. The book is handsomely bound
IN dark red or dark green binding with
the title in white enamel.
Who's Who in Topeka" is the first
volume of this kind that has ever been
offered to the public here. To use
Stereotyped phrase 1T fills a long felt
want The contents of the volume are
divided in three divisions. The main
division includes the bulk of the
biographies. The second division is
occupied exclusively by the biOgra plies
of the supervisors, and the principals of
the Topeka schools and many of the
| teachers in the schools, and the last
division contains the additions and cor
rections which were added after the
| first pages Of the book had been in
press.
A feature of the publication is the
fact that not a single person has paid
a cent for the appearance of a bio
graphical sketch. There has been no
graft in any form connected with the
Issuance of the volume Mr.. Berrett,
who has compiled the volume, is a
young man still in school, and he ex-
! poets to receive remuneration for his
work exclusively from the sale of the
/ book.
Mr. Berrett has lived in Topeka
/ nearly alp his life. He graduated at
! the Topeka nlSn SCHOOL tdSI Ju116 DIS
one of the first honor pupils. He was
class orator and took the prize in the
/ contest conducted by the D. A. r. in
memory of Mrs. Fanny Thompson
with an essay on The Santa Fe
| Trail the study of which had engaged
much of her time during her last
years. He is now in the freshman
class at Washburn college, and is also
reference librarian at the city library,
and he began work on the volume last
| The volume contains 67nRF9-
plies of none but living persons.
In the preface Mr.. Berrett says:
Don't expect too much from the title
of this book It is not meant to imply
that herein is an array of men each
] with his pockets bullying with money
and a long string of degrees attached
to his name rather, the rich and the
poor, the learned and the unlearned,
who have been or who are now so con-
nected with the interests of Topeka
that they are we'll known or worthy
/ of mention.
"One thing we regret, and that is,
that a few of the we'll known men of
/ Topeka, those whom you will look to
find. would not give US their biog-
raphies. and although we could have
/ received the material by other means
yet we preferred not to do so against
their wish. Some were too modest,
others were Indifferent and then there
were those who, having been in some
| paid Biographical schemes for which
afterward they regretted that they
4 had done so, had firmly resolved never
to give out anything again about them
selves.
I'VE have taken especial pains to
| get the we'll known old settlers of To-
/ peka. Biographies of many have
| never appeared in print before. and as
many of the older ones are passing
away this material received by per-
sonal interviews with them before they
died is of much value. Mention, too,
should be made of the worthy women
in this book. No such collection of
biographies of Topeka women of all
walks of life has yet appeared.
1--WE have tried to include all the
pastors of Topeka.
mot a cent has been charged for
the publication of the biographies.
Not a cent has been received SO far
to pay the great expense involved IN
getting out this book. Only by the
! hearty SUPPORT of the public spirited
citizens of Topeka who, after reading
but a few of its pages, can readily see
the worthy purpose of publishing II,
will it be a financial success
The actual cost of the publication
of the volume is in the neighborhood
of $500. The expense incurred will
be met from the sale of copies of the
book at $3.50 each. There is no other
source of revenue to pay for the cost
of publication.