The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-16
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


wAsHBURN AND THE INDIANS.
To the poor Indian. whose well-eared-for
Hears baths in slang. and thinks things
Her tongue old Uncle Sam ne'er taught
Among such phrases as Go way
Just cut that out or else Come on the
The ''bdfmmer' words like gosh and
Or lady-like and proper Mercy me-"
Are not permitted to the nations kids,
A taste Ger sensitive and prim forbids.
Gutter, 'short-horse, knocker' are
And even strictly in it, cuts no ice
Ills only when the college girls Butt in
And sling their slang, which raises such a
That indian maids, so gently nurtured
The, horFEifying words Of rats" oh
MORAL
Oh girls. it is a blooming, measly
It's just the limit, if you are to blame
For using Campus English. (see above)
Whose purpose IS to keep you in the
That they should take away your fair re-
And stir up such ~Hot time" in our
BY NJ. c. H. in the washburn Review.
W. W. AIanspeaker is i'll at his home.
No. 1901 Harrison street.
Harry Steinberg gives novelty St.
Patrieks ball Friday night.
Fred Jewell has got back his old job
of deputy oil inspector. He was let out
two years ago.
F. S. Savage, advertising agent of the
Santa Fe, will return from a trip to
Chicago tomorrow
The First Methodist church is using
the bill boards OF the theater trust to
advertise its church services.
Miss Lucy Dickinson has been elected
editor of the junior annual to be is
sued by the juniors at Washburn col
lege.
Rev c. w. Hardesty of Topeka was
married to Miss Dean Lewis at Clay
Center on Monday. They will live at
Salina.
A large new supplement has been is
sued by the Bell Telephone company.
The Bell company is picking up a big
list of subscribers.
The Democratic city central COM
mittee is using some of the furniture
which was in the state central com
mittee headquarters
Instead of having a May pole fight.
the freshmen and sophomores at Wash
burn are planning to have inter-class
games and track contests.
Mrs. J. NJ. Hopper will go to Chi
cago this afternoon to visit her uncle,
J. n. Hemstreep. Mr.. Hemstreep was
100 years old on January 2 last, and
is still hale and hearty.
Mr. and Mrs c. w. Musser have
come to Topeka to live. Mr. Musser
has resumed the position with the
Topeka Cash Dry Goods company
which he held some years ago
Madame Maconda comes to the Audi
forum next Wednesday evening. She
will appear in recital, as the fourth
event of the course of entertainments
in the Pipe Organ association course
D. NJ. Fisk, of Washburn, has
started a new magazine. which he
L. f14a (f1r Tf11d ie in
tended to interest the Congregational
churches of the state in the work of
Washburn.
The Washburn academy has organized
a baseball team with Hal Whiting for
captain. The academy will arrange a
schedule of games with Campbell uni
versity, and some of the high schools
about the state.
The foundations are nearly COM
pleted for the new buildings to be
erected by the Excelsior Coke and Gas
company. Part of the machinery for
the manufacture of water gas has
arrived on the grounc.
There will be no basket ball game
between Washburn and the Topeka
high school this year. The reason
assigned is that the games in the past
Some of the basket ball players who
have entered Washburn from the high
school have refused to play with their
former antagonists.
Station B postonce, at Washburn
college. has changed hands. Mrs
Gray Kennedy, who has been post
mistress. has sold the postoffice build
ing to Robert Steele, and Mr.. Steele
has been appointed postmaster. In
stead of having the postofice in the
front room of the residence, he is
building a small building to be de-
voted exclusively to the business. Mrs.
Kennedy will move to Junction City
to make her home with her husband,
who is secretary of the Junction City
street railway company.
FRED JEWELL GETS A JOB.