The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-09

look in their telephone books to see
who it is. Commissioner Stotts will
make the name public in a few days.
There is nothing heard nowadays of
the playground movement, and while
the back yard garden idea has not been
advertised a great deal lately, the eff
fects Of the campaign last year are
evident There were never so many
unSightly yards put to use, as has been
the case this season.
It is time right now for the male
population to circulate a petition for
signers who are willing to go ahead
and wear the straw lids The stores
have a lot of soft felt to sell yet, but
the wearers can get out last sum-
mer's straws and bring the shops to
time. go
The teachers Of the city schools will
be out in force to hear Superintendent
J. NJ Greenwood of the Kansas City,
Mo-, schools speak Friday afternoon at
o'clock on Vocational Training" In
the evening Superintendent Green
wood will be the guest of honor at the
meeting of the Commercial club.
/ Miss Ella Lee Cowgirl, formerly as
sociate secretary of the local Y. w.
C. A., has accepted the position of
general secretary of the Young Wom-
ems Christian association at Racine
Wis. She is a WasEburn graduate and
well trained for the work. She was
local association.
A great deal OF old millinery is be-
ing received at the Provident Associa-
ton at the present time. Topeka wo-
men are turning over their winter
headgear to the association. 1t is pos
sible that the ProVident Association will
hold a "spring opening in the next few
days, but to tell the truth the hats
are being purchased by the worthy poor
at nominal figure almost as rapidly
as they come in.
There has been considerable demand
for a repetition Of "The Price of the
Prairie,' which the senior class of the
high school presented at the Grand last
Friday night. 1t is believed by many
that a second performance would draw
another full house. A great many per-
sons who were eager to see the play on
account of the authorship of the book
from which it is taken were unable to
obtain tickets.
The people of the city who are ex-
pecting their asphaltfc concrete pave
ment this summer have another lex
pect" coming. The matter is tied up
so tightly in the courts that there is
no hope for the work this year. This
action on the part of an out of town
blocks of paving and improvement
work in Topeka. And the worst part
of the deal is that Topeka lawyers are
pushing the deal-citizens working
against the interests of their own city!
Nice, isn't it?
The Commercial club is taking the
first steps towards the preparation for
the big pageant which will be held
while the state fair is in progress in
celebration of the semf-centennial an
niversary of Kansas. Secretary Geo.
s. Radders has written for information
concerning floats. While no definite
plans have been made it is believed
that rs floats will be used which will
cost an average of q thousand dollars
each. The parade viii be repeated
when President Taft is in the city Sep
TENDER q, to dedicate the G. A. r.
Memorial buildir G.
The clear profit on 1.-THE Price of the
Prairie which was presented last Fri
day night by the seniors of the high
school, was about $175. This is the
best showing made by any senior class,
especially as the cost of production
was heavier than usual. The price paid
for the opera house was 800, and A.
e. McClurg & Co., the publishers of
Mrs Margaret Hill McCarter's book.
were paid $50 for the privilege of pre-
| seating the play. Then Morris Tucker,
| the manager, who thought he would
make saving by not providing the
newspapers with tickets, received ?
commission fer his services. The SEN
! iors Will spend the greater portion of
the profits on present to be presented