The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-19

the state announcing the annual
winter exposition in the Auditorium.
This exposition attracts hundreds of
out of town people to the city every
year.
w. H. Simpson, general advertising
agent OF the Atchison, Topeka & santa
Fe railway with headquarters in Chi
cago, was IN Topeka last evening Wis
iting local officers. Mr.. Simpson is on
his way to Chicago from California
The new calendar issued by the pas
senger department of the Santa Fe
will prove to be one Of the most pop
ular ever issued by the road. 1t is a
photogra PHI of a Navajo blanket work
ed out in engines and cars of the Santa
Fe. When the date pad IS used the
original mat makes an attractive wall
design.
Work on the state memorial build
ing has reached the second floor ana
huge slabs of marble are being placed
in position above the flooring me
second floor work will be the most
artistic of the entire structure
Today and tomorrow are the last
days to pay taxes at the office or the
county treasurer; AFTER tomorrow a. tI,,oe
will be inflicted The law will be en-
forced this year.
The Topeka housewives who so
anxiously subscribed to a magazine
few months ago and paid the subscr1p-
ton price in advance have about given
I'D hope that the magazine will reach
them. The agent was sallow faced
youth who said he was trying to earn
a college education. He earned.
enough in Topeka to keep him in
school the rest of his life
The gas meter readings of tomorrow
and the next day are going to be the
poorest in the history of winter months
The warm spring weather has given
the gas meter a long needed rest
When the approaches are graded
the Fillmore street bridge will be
opened to the public This is the
bridge that has been through so many
courts in the last eighteen months
C9tv officials say it has not cost the
city a cent more than it is worth.
BY the end Of the week ten blocks
Of paving on the East side will be
A Topeka public schools directory
has been issued. It contains among
other information a list of the mem
bers of the board of education and the
teachers of the city schools.
Two young married couples applied
Monday at the Provident association
for aid They mad been in Topeka for
some days without finding work and
had pawned jewelry and even lace cur
tairls The secretary of the associa-
ton could not provide immediate work,
but he gave them 81 with which to get
a square meal, and told the women to
report for work today at the associa-
ton building.
Since an item was published in the
Local Mention column of the State
Journal Saturday stating that there is
a bright colored boy II years old at
the Provident association, whose pa
rents have deserted him, several appli-
cations have been made by persons
who were willing to provide a home
for him. He will probably be definitely
assigned to some family within a few
days.
Nearly 60 women attended the meet
ing of the Mothers club of the Provi-
dent association this afternoon. The
Golden Rule club furnished entertain
ment, and each mother was given
bag of candy.
I'VE expect to provide dinners for
about 100 persons for Christmas, said
Secretary Guy T. Justis Of the Provi-
dent association today. There seems
to be a mistaken idea relative to the
distribution of food Some people have
got the idea that we sell food as we do
clothes in cases where people can af-
ford to pay something. This is not
the case. There has been no food sold
since / have been connected with the
association