The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-06
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! When you nave the 1noepenoenls
! you have the best there is in a tele-
phone.
The regular monthly meeting of the
| board of directors of the Y. w. c. A.
will be held Thursday.
H. L. Head, secretary of the Nam
haitian Y. NJ. C. A, was visitor at the
central building today.
| The satisfaction of having an Inde-
pendent telephone is best judged by
the thousands who have the service.
| Mrs. John P. Fritts has been chosen
as president of the Society for the
, Study and Prevention Of tuberculosis
Members of the Brotherhood class of
the First Presbyterian church Will meet
for supper this evening at the Central
Y. M. C. A. at $50.
The bill for repairs made necessary
by lightning striking the high school
building last summer has been present
ed. 1t amounted to $132. Sc, and will be
paid by insurance companies
George Badders, secretary of the
Commercial club, is hunting for hu-
man almanac. He wants to know when
it will be wise to send his motor car
to the shop for an overhaullng.
WI. Stark, president of the Iaymen's
council of the churches and the Y. M.
c. A, will meet the theater meeting
workers this evening in the central as
ISOLATION building at S:15 O'Clock.
The men of Grace cathedral will meet
at the church this evening for $50
o'clock supper, which will be served by
the women of the Guild. Questions
pertaining to the parish will be dis
cussed.
Only six more days ahead for those
who wish to send paving petitions TO
the city commissioners for paving next
spring. Already there are about hve
miles of new pavement asked Tor IN
Topeka.
1--WE have had nice weather" said
one man to another as they We're walk
ing down Seventh street this afternoon.
YES. but a hard fall" was the answer
as the pedestrian slipped on the lee
and rolled off into the street.
The first team of school will close
January 81 That is the date of the
high school graduation exercises, and
the school board has allowed the exo
penditure of a sum not exceeding sou
for getting a speaker for the occasion.
The season for college indoor enter
tainments has commenced. Tomorrow
night at the Washburn chapel is the
first of the year-the play under the
auspices of the dramatic club. college,
Hill will be alive with big doin's' this
winter.
.0This reminds me of old time council
sessions" said C. E. Jordan, ex-coun-
Gilman, as he sat in the city commits
sion chamber this morning and watch
ed the city officials fight out the pro
position to station the herd OF butfalo
for the winter.
The much talked of garbage ordi-
nance came up before the city COM
this morning and was
passed for the last time. The changes
in the State Journal some
time ago were included. New wagons
will be purchased at once
Friday evening a meeting OF all IN
ct l1n
M c. A. will take place, at which time
gymnasium classes will be organized,
as well as a basketball team. Hardy
the Washburn football star. will have
charge of the gym" work.
Another busines man has taken up
the movement launched by Guy En-
gineer Fulton to repave and recurb
Kansas avenue. Engineer Fulton be-
Iieves that the property owners should
petition for this work and present the
petition to the city for final action.
Slipping, sliding, rolling, banging
holes in the sidewalk, knocking down
trees and denting the huge boulder
gates, an official Of the State Savings
bank struggled through Elmhurst early
this morning in an attempt to catch
Washburn car-and he didn't get it.
G. w. Stewart, a graduate of the Y.
M C, A. training school at Springfield,
Mass, has assumed the duties in con-
nection with the management of the
colored Y. M. c. A He was highly
recommended by the international com-4
nittee. He is supported by the central
association
The Washburn line street cars were
off time and were running in punches
L half hour a part this morning when |
he down town office crowd living in |
he southwestern part of the city |
stood on the street corners shivering
md shaking. This by way of explana-
ion to the "boss."
When the trainload of Arkansas
boosters come to Topeka Thursday |
over the Rock Island they will be met
oy a delegation of Topeka Commercial |
clubbers and given royal reception. " /
The Commercial club rooms will be
thrown open to the visitors and they |
will be shown the city.
The city schools will be closed for the |
at noon on Friday, December |
q. This will give the teachers who live |
out of the city time to get to their re- |
spective homes in ample time for
Christmas and twill allow those who re-
side in Topeka time to do shopping. |
School will reopen January 8.
A free-for- all checker tournament for |
the championship Of the Central Y.
M c. A. will be held this evening in |
the lobby of the building. Every win |
will count two points and a draw will |
count one point. The champion will |
be the man with the highest number of
POINTS to his credit. 1t goes without |
saying that Checker Hunter Will be |
one of the contestants.
People who love amateur dramatics |
will receive a big treat tomorrow night |
1t the Washburn college chapel when
he well known comedy farce, Merely
Mary Ann" will be presented under
he auspices of the WaShburn ORA
matte club. Wallace Pettyjohn and
Helen Griffin take the leading parts.
The play includes number of promi-