The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-02

contemplated. None of these will af-
feet Topeka.
A meeting of the staff of the senior
annual of the high school was held
this noon, although the annual will
not be published until June. The edf-
tor is Marion Morrow, and the bust
ness managers. Charles Sturtevant and
Beryl Johnson.
Elizabeth N Barr, quotes Mrs. Sarah
Platt Decker as saying: Under equal
suffrage there is much more ch1Valrous
devotion and respect on the part OF
as playthings or as property, but as
equals and fellow citizens.
Prof E H Webster. of the State Az
ricuIturaI college, will be the principal
speaker at the fourth annua! alumni
banquet of that institution which VIII
be held at the Commercial club Satur-
day evening. A quartette from the coi-
Iege will be present to sing.
| In the month of February there
were ten sets of twins born in Topeka.
This is a record breaker in the city
In January and February of this year
growing in one way at least. The year
1911 promises to be the banner stork
year.
seThe objectionable Sir" is the sub
ject of the address which Evangelist
Charles Reign Scoville viii give at the
Auditorium this evening. FRIDAY even
ing he will speak especially to railroad
men and their families The songs
sung will be appropriate to the occa-
sion.
The board of city commissioners
held a "star chamber" session IN the
private Office of the mayor this morn
ing. Paving matters in connection
with the state Indebtedness were DIS
cussed. If the information given OUT
by the commissioners after the meet
ing was correct, they did nothing.
DR.. Lyman Beecher Sperry Of Los
Angeles, Cal, author OF Connoeilllaii
Talks to Young Men," and Husband
and Wife" will speak at the Novelty
theater to men Saturday AFTERNOON on
male and Female, or the Signlncanc'e
of Sex" A K. S. A. c. quartette VIII
furnish vocal music for the OCCASION
The preliminary for the three cor
nered debate with teams representing
tbe wichita. Emporia and Topeka high
schools will be held some day next
week at the high school in the fifth
and sixth hours. There are ABOUT
dozen students who wiz try out Tor
places on the teams Whlch VIII repre-
sent the local schools.
.I notice by the State Journal that
DR.. Lowry of Kansas City has been
sued for hugging and kissing woman
against her WILL" said J. M. Holt this
afternoon. HE will be remembered
as the man who paraded aoWH hdASo"0
avenue last fall holding banner Tor
/ the religious organizations And ne
was constant fighter against
dancing
"Resolved, That a woman can throw
away more with spoon than man
can carry away with scoop shovel.
This is the subject of a forensic de-
bate at the high school Friday after
noon at 2:30 O'Clock. The contestants
are two instructors in the institution
Ward H. Green, VINO takes the mega
tive side of the question, and E. L.
Cowdrick 1t might be of interest TO
note that Mr. Green is not married.
| The Topeka Provident association Is
| interested in the pitiful case OF an
Illinois man who is afflicted with
tuberculosis, and who has got as far
| as Topeka on his way to Colorado,
The victim of the white plague has
no money and no friends. One of the
hotels has given him a room free OF
charge for a day or two. The only
way he has of providing for himself
| is through selling pictures by calling
from house to house-that is when he
is not too sick. Secretary Guy I. JUS
! tbs has written to the state hospital
| at Rosedale to see if there is room for
him there