The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-25

The first show of the annual Y. NJ.
c. A. circus will be held this evening
in the gymnasium of the Central build
ing.
Tom Doran is learning to run his
new car. Up to date he hasn't at
tempted to run it up any telephone
poles.
Dick Hodgins is spending most of
his time at his farm near Silver Lake:
He has almost convinced himself that
he is a farmer.
This is dandelion season. If you are
not too matter of fact you may appre-
ciate the beauties of a lawn spotted
with the yellow blossoms.
The city railway is still running its
old rattletrap cars on the Potwin lines.
Some of these days they will fly to
pieces and hurt some one.
Guy T. Justis will speak before the
young people of the First Congrega-
tional church in the near future on
social conditions in Topeka.
Lem" Billings, son of ]. F. Billings
left today in a Stafford automobile for
Denver. The car in which he is travel
ing has been purchased by Denver
man.
W. F. Roehr will preside over the
pipe organ at the first session of the
Kansas Christian Citizenship conven-
ton tonight. NJ. c. Holman will lead
the singing.
waged before long to obtain funds for
continuing the fresh air camp on the
North side Money for running the
camp which is available at this time is
decidedly shy
The Christian Citizenship convention
will open this evening, Governor w. r.
Stubs presiding. The evening sessions
will be held in the Auditorium, while
the day meetings will be in the First
Baptist church.
The store building at 720 Kansas
avenue, which has been remodeIed,
E. E. Marshall will build a dwelling
at 900 West street. 1t will a two story
frame structure.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements for the state Sunday school
convention which will be held in To-
peka next week will meet tomorrow
noon with the convention committee
of the Commercial club
Rev. John A. Bright, past grand
master of the 1. o. o. F. of Kansas,
vitation of the lodges of that city to
deliver the address on the occasion OF
the ninety-second anniversary of the
institution of odd Fellowship in
America.
A number of fans who found it i'm
possible to attend the opening baseball
game occasionally took a squlnt from
the seventh floor of the Mills building
with the aid of an engineers level at
the score board on the Western League
field. The diamond, however, was
somewhat obscured by trees.
No registration fee will be charged
in connection with the State Sunday
school convention which will be held
in the Auditorium next week. A large
attendance is expected. There were
2,100 registrations at the convention
two years ago, but it is expected that
this number will be exceeded at the
coming event.
Guy T. Justis of the Provident asso-
citation is preparing an illustrated lee
ture on social conditions in Topeka. A
little later on he will take, photo
graphs of the back yards which have
blossomed forth as fair garden spots
under the supervision of the associa-
ton replacing an unsightly succession
of trash heaps. The lecture Will be
completed by next fall.
The Topeka Ad club met this noon to
elect officers The meetings in the past
year have not been held regularly and
the members of the organization have
lost some of the enthusiasm over their
membership in the club which they
possessed a year ago. 1t IS hoped that
the new officers will be able to procure
some excellent talent for the regular
semimonthly noon hour speeches.
A number of Topekans are on the
program for the nineteenth annual con-
Vention of the Eighth Kansas District
Christian EndeaVor union. Among 9TH
Grs appear the names of Fred r. Brew
er. president of the Topeka Local
union; Floyd J. Evans, president of the
Eighth District union; Roy M. Deever
and the Rev. Bruce Kinney. M. c. Hol-
man will lead the singing. The con-
vention will be held at Wamego Friday,
Saturday and Sunday.
The result of the recent Topeka
Wichita membership campaign was
that 24O new members were added to
the ranks. This does not include the
renewals. OF this number sixty-five
were boys, and 175 enlisted as seniors
or in the business mems section. On
account of the fact that many mem
bers of the association have moved
away in the last year, and others
failed to renew their membership, the
list of members is not larger than it
was a year ago. The enrolment is
about 1900.
There are not enough calls for work
by Topeka citizens to supply the de-
mands at the Provident association. IT
seems that there are many persons out
of employment at the present time.
work. said Secretary Guy T. Justis.
employing foreigners in preference to
Americans and for good reason. They
can get them cheaper and they arc
steadier. Ninety per cent of the tran
sients who apply for work at the Provi-
dent association, should judge, do not
want a steady job. Most of them are
very good workers, too
T0DE1rU,Nr TnSE MONEY!