The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-27
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i 1.-THE desire to be considered Some
/ body Socially is the master passion OF
hundreds of thousands of people; and
: to that passion its possessors sacrlnce
| comfort, happiness and good sense.
William Allen White in Impressions
| of Europe.
] The Country club season will for
mally close with the "Wednesday night
/ dinner-dance this week, when the din
/ ing room will be closed for the season.
:, The club house will of course be open
all winter with a caretaker, for the
| benefit of the enthusiasts who play
| golf the year around.
large company of well known
people dined at the Elks club last
/ night and the closing of the Country
/ club dining room will doubtless MAKE
the Sunday evening dinners at the
1 club even more popular, although
they have been well attended
throughout the summer. Mr. Ray
Halls orchestra will continue to play
j during dinner and afterwards, as 1t
! has continuously since last winter
The orchestra played some of the
Beauty Spot music last night. Among
those who dined at the club were MI
and Mrs. Norman S. Wear, MISS Ma
rian Wear, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph MOI
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olson, Mr.. and Mrs. Don Mulvane, Mr..
| and Mrs. Arthur Capper, Mr.. and Mrs.
David w. Mulvane, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
rison S. Morgan, DR.. and Mrs. L. H.
Mr.. and Mrs E. H. Crosby, Mr. Ber-
nard Crosby, Miss Helen Louise
Crosby, Miss Berenice Johnson of
Atchison, Miss Marian Edwards OF
Kins1ey, Miss Katharine Kellam, Miss
Jessica Short, Mr. and Mrs Ralph II.
Huson, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H Stewart,
Mr.. Sam F'1eishman, Mr.. Bert Reid,
Mr.. Joe Wilson and Mr.. Jerry john
stone.
An eastern man came to Kansas on
business two years ago and having
forgotten about the prohibitory law
went into the dining car after the
train had crossed the Kansas line and
ordered a highball. He didn't get 1t
and when he had to come back this
way he remembered and brought the
: making in his travelling bag. Much
to his chagrin and establishment he
was told of a new law which forbade
drinking on the trains In Kansas. A
week ago he was obliged to come west
again and he was prepared for
drought, but when he tried to get
drink of water to surprise his tummy
he ran amuck of some more Kansas
Hesitation anent the public drinking
cup and couldn't even get dring of
H2O.
Mrs. J. c. Emahizer, president of
the Vignette club has called business
meeting of the club for Wednesday
morning at her house, 407 Green
wood avenue.
And then there is the case of Bat
ties. Battles, you will remember is
the Topeka lad who was sentenced to
twenty-five years for a postoffice
robbery. Battles drove one of the
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his leg. This brought him to the at
tention of the U and I club, char
table organization, composed of
lot of Well-to-do and socially promin-
ent Topeka women, who took an in
terest in his case and tried to help
him. They offered him, education,
homes among them; and other oppor-
tunities. but for some reason or other
they couldn't reach Battles. He was
at the impossible age. a young savage,
his will developed far beyond his
judgment, selfish, cruel, untrust-
worthy. And as so often happens in
the experience of people who want to
be philanthropical. the q and I club
found that he preferred the unres-
spectacle society of his pals to the
Uplift. So Battles went back to drive
the mail wagon and was mixed up in
a postoffice robbery and he was SEN
fenced to 25 years.
Just the same, although the case
looks bad for Battles and nothing but
credit is due the U and club which
tried so sincerely to help him, he was
perhaps no worse than the hayward
son of many well-to-do and socially
prominent parents-the chaps who
SOW wild oats and break their moth
ers hearts. and waste good years and
good health and energy, and who vet
finally come out of it and make very
good sort of men. Not so successful, |
of course. as if they had been working
hard and getting ahead all those vast
ed years. for every mistake carries it's |
own punishment, certain and unavoid-
able. but useful. worthy citizens who
command general respect. The way,
ward son of we1l-to-do and socially
prominent people doesn't drive a mail
wagon and so he doesn't lose his leg
nor get into a conflict with the federal |
authorities through postoffice rob- |
berry. Often he gets into some other |
scrape fully as bad but there is mon |