The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
ALL ARE FOR IT.
Mrs. Finson Benefit Fund Grow
ing Quickly.
Almost 500 in Cash Received
in TOday's Campaign.
BUSINESS MEN HELP.
Only Those ON Kansas Avenue
Have Contributed.
Cozy Theatre viii Donate Re-
ceipts of One Day.

This has been great day for Mrs.
Leila Finsou, widow of the late Claude
E. Finsen, who was killed in the
Seventh street cistern explosion. The
Dollar Benefit fund, and all other
benefits arranged over the city. for
Mrs. Finson who is destitute and is
trying to support five children, is be-
ing taken UP with enthusiasm.
Frank Cope, commission man at 134
Kansas avenue, left his business for
an hour this morning and succeeded in
getting over sixty names on his paper.
mot a person turned me down and
several asked if there was more they
could do enthusiastically declared
Mr.. Cope this afternoon. Mr.. Cope
keeps a paper in his Office and it is
signed freely by all who come in.
H. B. Howard, councilman, also took
a little benefit trip this morning and
he walked IN the west side of Kansas
avenue between Fifth street and Sew
enth street and secured thirty-five
names. This was all the time he could
spend away from his business and he
found the spirit and the sentiment all
in favor of the poor woman whose
husband was killed while on duty for
the city of Topeka in dangerous
fire cistern.
Manager W. L. Hart, of the Cozy
! theater 728 Kansas avenue has offered
to H 3. Howard for the benefit of
Mrs Finson the use of his theater from
/ 2 to O'Clock next Tuesday afternoon,
January IS. Mr.. Hart said that he has
only been in Topeka for a short time
but the destitute condition of the
! widow who lives at 1910 North Kansas
avenue appealed to him and he offered
| the proceeds of an afternoon show 70
| the good of the cause.
| A cashier appointed from the benefit
association will sell tickets at the WIN
| dow of the moving picture house and
| every cent of the money will be turned
| into the Mrs. Finson fund This NOV
| ing picture house changes the program
| every day and Their is no chance of the
patronage seeing something they have
witnessed before. The Cozy theater
] holds 900 people and all of the shows
| during the afternoon will be donated to
the benefit for Mrs. Finson.
On the East side of the city Leslie
! earle, a chairman of the East side COM
mittee to collect funds for Mrs. FinSon,
! has left a paper at the F'ritton grocery
store, 1000 East Fourth street. This pa
| per goes in the store today and all sub
scriptions will be gladly received here.
There are now papers at the Prudential
| State bank. corner Seventh and Kansas
| avenue; at the Y. NJ. c. A. building,
corner Ninth and Quincy; at the head
| quarters of the Y. W. c. A. In the Ma
sonic building; at the Cope Commission
house, 134 Kansas avenue.
Women and girls over the city have
! taken a great interest in the benefit and
many clothes are being made for the
| little children. Mrs F'inson has been
/ without food, clothes and fuel
| Up until O'Clock this afternoon
4 the Y. NJ. c. A. and Y. w. c. A. had
not reported their receipts to the Pru-
Dental bank. A complete report of
| their receipts will be published tomor-
row. The following list includes the
signers of the Howard paper, the
Cope paper and the list at the Pru-
Dental bank, each of the persons
named contributing a dollar each:
G. w. Flad, David August. F. NJ.
Bonebrake, Geo. N. Rankin, Mrs. Nor
rison, VIM Maeferran. ]. w. Thurs
ton. J. r. MuIvane, j. Weiss & Co.,
Emahizer & Spie1man, j. G.. Baum, r.
B. Austin, Roy S. Thompson. j. r.
| Miller. r. A. Ewing, A. Samuel Chas.
E. Lagerstrom, L. A. CARING house,
W. w. Mills, VIM. H. Barnes. DIR.
Harding. James Cuthbert. J. c. Mar
shall, Ira w. Burdick. c. W. Hanch-
cite. Mrs. Lords Flower Room, I. W.