The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-14
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THE SMILING PARADOX

THE SMILING PARADOX.
I've squandered smiles today,
And, strange to say. -
Tonight I'm poorer far in frowns than at
' A But in nv heart,
Wherein my treasures best store.
find my, smiles increased by several
John Kendrick Bangs.
The legislature will convene at noon
January IL, four weeks from today.
Albert Marshall and Charles Moeser
| left Saturday for a few days shooting
in Barton county.
The annual convention of the Kan
sas State Poultry association will be
held in Topeka commencing Janu-
| ary IA.
Otis L. Benton, who was called to
| Topeka on account of the illness of his
| daughter, has returned to his home
| in Oberlin.
The meeting of the executive board
| of the Florence Crittenton mission has
| been postponed until Wednesday, De-
| cember 10th.
A large crowd attended the Majestic
| theater meeting Sunday afternoon to
hear Gus Nash speak on the subject,
| How to be Happy
General ]. w. F. Hughes has been
selected by Mayor William Green as
| a representative of the city on the
| BY reason of a resolution adopted at
the last meeting of the city council the
wives of the members will attend the
meeting this evening-perhaps.
| The lectures which were to have been
given at X U. this week by DR.. Chas. NJ.
Sheldon. have been postponed on &C
! count of illness in Mr.. Sheldon's fam
| lily.
The Majestic theater will change from
| a vaudeville to comic opera house
!
| ance. Two performances will be given
daily.
No gas is now being supplied to the
/ local factories. In fact, according to
Manager L. G. Treleaven, none but the
| domestic consumers are being sup
piled.
c. C. Clevenger, editor of the Osawa-
| tonne Graphic, is in Topeka for few
days. He has announced himself as can
! didate for sergeant at-arms of the
| house.
| At last it is settled and the suspense
| is all over and the name Of the Tope-
ka girl who is to marry real captain
| in the regular army has been made
public.
The German department of the To-
peka high school is planning to give
| "Eigensinn'' in German at the high
school auditorium the evening of Jan
uary Sth.
But nine more days remain in
vel and then comes the Christmas
tree and the day after with all of its
confusion.
The Topeka Oratorio society will
present the Messiah" at the Audi
torium December 80. The first re
hearsaI in this building will be held
tom borrow night.
The religious fanatics who were re-
sponsible for the death of five people
in Kansas City last week, were scored
in bitter language from the different
Topeka pulpits, Sunday
The Seniors of the Topeka high school
will present The Spy at the Grand
next Friday night. This is said to be
the most elaborate production ever put
on by a high school class.
Now that the old stars have been de-
feated, the football season Is ended as
far as Topeka is concerned. and the
moleskins have been put away to re-
main until next September.
The Missouri Pacific depot at Rich
land burned down last week, and all
the passengers are now compelled to
await the arrival Of the train out of
doors or camp in an old box car.
The report of Miss Nita Fulton,
secretary of the Merchants Rebate as
ISOLATION, indicates that many out of
town people are spending their Christ
mas money with Topeka merchants.
The annual convention of the State
Poultry association will be held in To-
peka Thursday, January IA. Prof. L.
L. Dyche and other noted poultry
authorities of the state will be present.
The Provident Association is planning
to provide the usual Christmas dinners
for the poor of Topeka. A statement
telling the needs of the association for
this purpose has been issued to the
public.
The Ministerial Union will begin in a
few days the organization of a chorus,
which will furnish the amusement dur
ing the BiederWolf revival meetings
which will be held in Topeka in Feb
ruary.
Five extra mail carriers have been
which will have charge of the distrib-
ution of the Christmas gifts entrust-
ed to the care of Uncle Sam as Santa |
Claus.
Only seventeen days remain until
the water wagon will be weighted down |
with the usual number of New Year |
recruits, and the tobacco dealers will |
experience the usual January decline |
in business.
T. F. Doran has accepted an invita- |
ton to deliver an address on Freight |
Regulation at the annual meeting of
the Western Fruit Jobbers' assoc citation !
which meets at Minneapolis beginning |
January 9Th.
Chief Wilmarth will make a personal |
inspection of all the stores which are |
handling Christmas goods, in order to /
see that the Christmas displays are not |
arranged in such a way that fire could
result easily.
1--WE are told by our grocer" said
a Topeka housewife, that the price
of eggs is going down, but it is my
opinion that there will be no frosting
on the Christmas cakes in our house
hold this year..