The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-11
w. s. Whitten's Pointed Talk
to Business Men.
Work Of Commercial Club May
Be Simplified.
EASY TO RAISE MONEY
Small mmittees Have Work
in Charge.
Social Feature Helps Out in
Nebraska City.

NoWI1SAS GAtys
A few sparks from q live wire. in the
person of Mr.. Written. the speaker Of the
Unity and harmony are absolutely =,
club.'
Every club member should appoint him
self member OF every working commit
tee.'
Leave all petty grievances out on the
sidewalk when you enter the club rooune
The Lincoln club is free from politics
and faction; you should follow the same
system in Topeka If you would DO enec-
tive work."
ct work all the time through the news:
papers. Their. cooperation is essential
II believe frmly that II the propositions
of moving the state fair from Lincoln
came up. and It required 100000 to keep
it, our people would raise the money in
side of week.
You should have an advertising fund
of $4,000 here. Advertising is by far the
most important and effective force In the
success of any public or business enter
PRISE
"a live and prosperous city is magnet
to draw desirable citizens , IN ar ss,.ntsr
before you can draw them here"
"a commercial club COMMITTEES has
hard work to do and is often tempfed to
lay down." =.
and as beautiful. Higher praise cannot
give"
While there was a good attendance
at the Commercial club meeting last
night to hear w. s. Written of Lin
ayx1 NM aT1d
methods that brought success. not
nearly so many business men were
present as should have been, consid-
ering the subject and the caliber Of
the man who was to speak. Mr.. Whit
ten Is secretary Of the Lincoln Conn
mercial club and has held that place
for the past three years, during which
time the club has accomplished Won
ders in the coInxrefcial success OF Lin-
| coln.- The club was in the last stages
| Of decay when MT. Mnitsen a assum aee
corpse and it arose and followed him
through a long campaign of achieve
| ments for the growth and developments
| of that city.
Mr.. Written is a young man, but his
face shows strength of character and
determination. He has had hard
| fight, but he looks like fighter. He
| is not eloquent, nor a polished speak
| er, but he had a fine story to tell and
| he told it clearly and briefly. giving
| just the details our business men
most desired to hear. Those present
were well repaid for tn cir attendance.
Those who did not make the necessary
effort to come were the losers. no mat
ter how they spent their evening.
w. F.. Jensen called the club to or
der at a few minutes past O'Clock.
The committee appointed to tnvesti-
gate the Health Ray Lens company.
made a favorable report. and it was
| accepted.
President Jensen spoke OF the clubs
| work for the state fair fund. He said
| that the soliciting COMMITTEES had
raised over $1,000 for the fund. That
900 would be used for the fair
and $4,000 for the club as an adver-
Using and convention fund for Topeka.
| He said that the committee had work
ed hard and would continue the work
| until the amount had been raised Tne
fair was now certain. he said, and the
executive committee was going ahead
with the work of preparation AT
meeting that afternoon this commit
tee outlined its plans for the fair ana
discussed the improvement OF ground,
programme. attractions and methods
Of handling crowds.
Boomer From Nebraska.
The new members, whose name.
were announced in the State journal
last evening, were taken into the club
by unanimous vote. After announcing
| the expected visit next week OF the
promoter and engineer OF the Topeka
& Southwestern road, Mr.. Jensen an
| nounced Mr.. Written as the speaker
/ of the evening by stating that all the
| present officers Of the club were new
at the work; that the club was in a
state of decay when they took charge;
| that they were willing and anxious to
| learn, and thought this an especially
fine opportunity. as the speaker of the
| evening had achieved marked success
| with a club in city the size of To-
1 faI, h ,,l6 nf 6av1
was in even worse state than the local
| club had ever been. He then intro
duced Mr.. Written, who spoke in part
as follows:
when 1 received the invitation to
make this talk L was greatly embar-
| rassed and this feeling is still with me.
| This is a new game for me, and one
never attempted before. If any OF
you gentlemen have ever been troubled
with weakness of the voice and trem-
bling OF the knees, you know how l
| feel. Without any preliminary I shall
get to the meat in the nut at once.
rode here on the train from Lincoln
with one of the best Kansas boosters
II ever met. had heard much of
/ Kansas but had no idea it y>Ss such
great commonwealth. Why this man
called my attention to the fact that
the sky was not SO blue in Nebraska
as it was in Kansas. (Mr. Whitten
referred to r. s. Bingham of this
city,:
You have only the business feature.
This plan has its good points. but I
believe that your influence would be
greater from increased interest If you
added the social feature. We have a
| dining room and serve luncheon every
day from IL o'clock to 1890. We have
| a billiard room with four billiard and
three pool tables, card room, and did
have bowling alley, but removed the
latter. as it did not pay. Our MEM
bershtp fee is on a basis Of $40 for
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