The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-27

June
DR.. S. S. Estey's Business Mems Bible
class met this noon at the Central Y
M. c. A.
The high school senior play, "The
Price of the Prairie" will be given at
the Grand May 5.
The wichita baseball team arrived
today from Denver for a three game
series with Topeka.
DR.. A. A Schwegler of K U. will de-
liver a lecture at the First Christian
church Friday evening
The consistory of Scottish Rite Ma
sons in Topeka made the last payment
on their building on Wednesday.
Governor w. R. Stubbs is unable to
come to his office today. He is suffer-
ing with slight attack of Indigestion
The police have been unable to get
track of the burglars who ransacked
four houses last Saturday and Sunday
nights.
The weather clerk is going back on
the Topeka baseball management and
ringing in a row of dark and threaten
ing days.
Central Y. M. c. A. will meet at the
association building Friday evening at
6:15 o'clock.
N. P. Nielsen, the architect, is draw
ing up plans for the remodeIng of the
residence of William Macferran at 624
oJ SlLCCb-
The next convention on the list will
be the State Sunday school annual
event next week, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday.
Paul Boodah, a native of Persia, now
a student at Morningside college, will
speak at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. Sun
day afternoon at 1880 o'clock.
At last reports IA flies were standing
in the doorway of a Topeka home try
ing to decide whether the wallpaper
in room was blue or purple.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Men and Religion" move
ment will be held at the Central Y. NJ
C. A. this evening at 6:15 o'clock.
Boys are catching scores of fish in
Central park. And they are catching
some big ones, too. Some day a po-
iceman will see them and then -.
George Hetherington, chief clerk to
the general manager of the Rock Is
land Lines in Topeka has returned from
company trip to Kansas City.
The young people of the First Con-
gregational church will hold social
evening May u. One of the features OF
the entertainment will be a picnic sup
per at o'clock.
The secretary of the Y. W. C. A, Miss
Daisy June Trout, will return from In
dianapolis the last of the week. She
has been attending the National Y. w.
G. A. convention in that city.
"The boys of the schools said Su-
perintendent L. D. Whittemore today,
ARE taking a great interest in the ap-
preaching athletic event which will be
held on WaShburn field about the mid
die. of May
1t is possibly time to mention the
crop of dandeIions again on the state
house grounds. The crop has been
nipped in the bud blythe lawn mower.
but within day or two will be as lux
uriant as ever. 4ToE
| The division of the Shawnee district
court works fine for the bench end of
the business but the clerk gets a lot of
extra work and has to hire an extra
| assistant for the same fees he received
| from one court.
Seventeen high school students have
| asked permission to take the normal
| training course, which has been auth
orized by the board of education next
fall. About 10 persons have signif1ed
their intention to study agriculture.
James Clark, assistant city attorney,
has been reappointed to this position
by the board of city commissioners.
Clark has been assisting under City At
torney Ralston for the last year and
his appointment was unanimous with
the commissioners.
Miss Alberta Hale, formerly assistant
city treasurer, has been appointed to
position in the Office of the city
competent members of the city clerical
force. She has had many years expert
ence in this work.
The interclass track meet of Wash
burn college and the society relay race
are being pulled OFF, at the college
who is conducting the meet, will act as
referee and starter at two meets IN
Missouri Saturday and Monday.
Miss Blanche Bates. the popular sec
retary to Mayor Billiard. was reap
pointed by the board of city commits
sioners at the regular meeting We'd
nesday afternoon. Miss Bates has held
this position since the first day of the
commission form of government in
Topeka.
superintendent L. D. Whittemore will
recommend at the next meeting of the
board of education Monday evening
that the night school in the Harrison
building be continued at the end of
next week. ''I think the school has
been a fine thing remarked Mr.. Whit
temOre.
Since reading the article in the State
Journal last night to the effect that
| flies will not enter rooms painted in
blue, every housewife in town has call
ed upon her husband to have their
kitchens tinted in the anti-f1y blue.
| However, flies don't keep away from
people who are blue.
1t doesn't look as though the city
would be able to pave the Is blocks
with asphaItic concrete this spring on
account of the injunction in the courts
brought by the paving trust against
the Kaw Paving company of Topeka.
If this work isn't me the residents
| on these Is blocks will raise a howl
that can be heard a good many more
| blocks.
Speaking of the Lincoln baseball team
e. T. Cartilage, now tax commissioner
of the Santa Fe, headquarters in To-
peka. was at one time captain and
| shortstop of the Lincoln club. That was
in the year 1875 when Lincoln was sur
prising the west with her romping
team. Mr.. Cartilage came to Topeka
the next year and hasn't played ball
since-but it is pretty hard to stay
| away when Lincoln is in town.