The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
Topeka Has Its First "BIue"
Sunday Experience.
Another Exception Was Made
by the Police.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BOotblacks Did a Land Office
Business.
The Theaters Were All Omen
as Usual.

Acting on the strict orders of Mayo,
Wlliam Green yesterday, Chief of Po.
lice r.. w. Eaton and his sIauth. :,
the law sat on the lid" practicaIlv
from midnight SATURDAY. TIL notdn,gh,
this morning, and as a -esuIt 80.
Topekans did without bread oth.r.
without soothing syrup ana sim otb-
ere nao TO wait till this morning to
smoke the weed. The pfnin1 yo,,ns
pacheIor could not send or preseni
bonoyat % eatveo a pest girl with a fresh
Douquet ana altogether Sunday in To-
Peka. from a worldly standpoint wa,
stale, nat and uninterestinR.
Drug stores. with one exception
sts1Ir stsnr stands, and all candy and fruit
stalls' except those having a restanr.
ant IN connection, were dead to th,
world, most of them having stcr
olsplayed in their windows notifvi1S
In the PUBIC that they were closed tight
~ and that there would be nofbin.
doing SO far as the sale of goods 1,a,ss
concerned till Monday. At the res
taurants where fruit candy and aoft
orinks are dispensed, customers werS
INFORMED r,lt that they could buy nothing
Dut meals, except milkshakes and
these drinks must be purchased AZ
cnaSerS. In case the Customer
preferred lemonade with their meals
Iney were informed that the mayors
At the hotels were MANY traveIina
men as Wen as other patrons. All the
cigar stands were shut up tight and
ene pretty girl who chews gum and
oalnt1ly hands out "three-fer-a-ouar-
ter" was exceedingly conspicuous bv
her absence This country is ootno
to the demnition bowwows at a MO
Chesney gait" said one drummer who
wore curls and a fiashy diamond. in
the lobby of the Throop SUNDAY after
noon as he commented on the allegeY
Puritanica1 observance of Sunday FOR
the edifcation of a number of his
friends.
Hereafter, shall make it a point
to pass the Sabbath in Podunk or
Yam Hill, where the people are NOT
so strafght-laced that they walk lean
ing backward" he continued. Where
are you from, friend?" asked one of
those listening to his Jeremiahfc lam
entations. Kansas City, promptly
came the answer We'll, I'm not in
favor of the bottIing up of this town,
but do think that a X. c. resident
has his nerve to come to Topeka and
crtticise this city for Sunday closing.
Why, Kansas City has been as tight
as sailor on lief for the past month
of Sundays. Judge Wallace not onIv
has the seller Of booze. chocolates or
smoking goods arrested for doing
business on Sunday, but all the GUS
toners are likewise gathered in by
The crowd laughed and the laugh was
so general and so hearty that it dis
PEELED the Sunday closing gloom like
the warm rays of the sun puts the fog
to rout. This was typical of the con-
on methods of passing the
day in the hotels of the city the first
Sunday that Topeka has wrestled with
the lid" in earnest for many years.
So far as known, however. there was
no great inconvenience to the hotel
patrons. Those of them who considered
4 smoke, a Chew" or a drink as an
absolute necessity were able to borrow.
And, by the way. there were a number
who so considered these articles, for
TO the smoker or the drinker life is un-
endurable when he knows, or thinks
hat he canont get his dope" II the
thinks or the tobacco are to be had
without any trouble the aforesaid ussr
IF them may never think of purchas-
ng.
Bootblacks were classed with the
heaters Sunday and the sinners had
Ill their places open all day. The the
aters were also open all day and the
places as a rule did 'land office"
business. The only drug store that
opened its doors in the vicinity of
Greater Topeka was that of Frank
Hobart at Tenth and Topeka avenues
he was open an hour or so in both the
forenoon and afternoon, but so far as
'eported nothing was sold there but
medicines and such things as were not
Sunday newspapers were
u.
,olice to exempt these articles from the
list of wares. as they were
necessities.
One grocery store was said to have
opened in North Topeka early Sunday
morning, but the proprietor, when
warned by the police promptly shut his
Ioors and went home, mumbling, for
Ill any one knows, 'I would not live
Llways I ask not to stay" etc" The
mayor was called up frequently over
he telephone and asked for advice on
he closing deal The mayor has been
sked for so many interpretations OF
he closing ordinance that he would
doubtless be glad now If some one
would change the question to How old
vas Ann?" or something relatively
asy.
Meantime those who were crossed all
ay appeared at their business
ouses this morning with smiling N
aces and looking as fresh as prairie
aisies. The clerks invariably said
hey liked the new deal, even If they
i'd have to buy their chocolates for
heir best girls on Saturday and keep
heir carnations in Ice water over night.
here were no arrests as a result or
he "lid" and the people of the city
7ere given a splendid object lesson or
he mayors programme yesterday.
1onster petition to the council asking
hat body to turn Topeka loose7"
And, too, will the council be asked TO
lose everything except the police sta
ion. so as to give all a square deal?
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