The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
Sunday Theatre Meetings Com
mence Tomorrow.
Dean A. C. Peck Of Denver Will
Be Main Speaker.
GOV. STUBBS PRESIDE
Kansas Executive VIII Be First
Chairman.
Marshall's Band to Give Half
Hour Concert.
GOV. STUBBS PRESIDE

Band concerts, orchestra and must
cal numbers, singing, and speeches
from men of national fame will con-
stitute the big features of a series of
Men Only theater meetings which will
be held every Sunday afternoon at the
Novelty theater.
This series of Is meetings will begin
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock when
Dean A. c.. Peck of Denver will be the
principal speaker. Mr.. Peck will talk
on 1.-The Last Chance which promises
to be one of the most interesting OF
talks to young men. Mr.. Peck was at
one time dean of the Denver univer-
sity, a Methodist school in Denver. At
the present time he conducts two large
orphanages in Denver-one for boys and
one for girls. Dean Peck is also a no.
ted evangelist .....s-.
Governor w. R. Stubs has promised
E. c. BrowneI. secretary of the
Young Mems Christian association, that
he will preside at the mems meeting at
the Novelty tomorrow. The governor
has taken a great interest in the series
of meetings as planned by the Y. M.
G. A. and will lend considerable help
during the weekly sessions at the the
aters.
Preceding the speaking Marshalrs
band, the best and most widely known
concert. This concert commences at 3
O'Clock and will last until $3.50 when
Governor Stubs will call the first thea
ter session together. MarshalPs band
has a beautiful selection of appropriate
pieces for the meeting and they will all
be out in force for the meetin tomor-
row. David Bowie will sing at the meet
ing.
BY conducting theater meetings of
this kind It is thought by the young
In hn offx md lf h.
Mems Christian association, who are
behind the proposition. that the Sun
day afternoons of the men in Topeka
can be made profitable through good
music and good speaking.
1t has always been the cry in To-
peka that the Sunday theaters should
be an open card because Sunday was
q, day of rest and in some cases a day
of quiet amusement. The working
classes, especially, have commended that
they should be given their freedom and
their amusement on this day.
Church services are held only in the
mornings and evenings and by making
the afternoons meeting place of the
young men to discuss subjects of vita
interest to young men and men only il
Is thought that the old Sunday thea
ter" cry can be interpreted to mean q
cry for good religious instruction ano
instruction that will tend to uplift the
young men of Topeka, morally, mental.
1y physically.
All of the speakers will be imported
men who have wide reputation ovel
the country as strictly young men en-
thusiasts and men who have seer
enough of the world to talk wisely anc
rot narrowly to the younger genera.
lions. Chairman Brownell, of arrange
ment committees. has made a fine Sc
lection of men for this purpose and i
is promised that the speeches will b.
interesting and instructive as well al
popular from the start The additional
feature of band, orchestra, vocal ant
Instrumental music and short talks b,
Topeka public men will add to the valu
and the popularity Of the theater ses
sions.
The meeting tomorrow afternoon il