The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
HUNT COOL SPOTS
This Is Season of Year for Va
cation Trips.
Where TOpekans Go for Relief
From Heat.

Vacation season is herei The sizzling
weather Of the last few days has been
the mai stroke toward causing scores
Of Topekans to seek cooler spots in the
mountains or at sea or lake side re-
sorts.
This is the time of year when men
get out their fishing tackle to see if it
Is IN proper condition for an outing
and give their guns a thorough cleaning.
It is the time Of year when a restless
spirit prevails. Me to the woods
says the small boy. and the grownups
are just as eager for a change.
There are some TopekanS who prefer
the fashionable resorts where there is
something doing all the time in a So
cial way, While there are others who
endeavor to get just as far away from
civilization as possible, where they can
live the simple life"
There are a number of persons who
make for an attractive spot in Wyoming
where there is plenty of good mountain
scenery and where trout fishing is fine
Estes Park, Colorado, which for twenty
years has been a popular camping
ground for members of the faculty of
the state university and the student
body, and which now has become more
or less of a fashionable resort, is
place where numerous Topekans spend
the vacation time.
The Western Y. M. c. A. conference
is held at this park, which at some time
in the future may be taken over by
the government as q natioGal park, ana
a large number of Washburn students
are at the present time attending the
conference meetings and battling Tor
the supremacy Of Kansas in baseball
matches. w w. Mills owns a. cottage
near the village Of Estes Park and he
and his family enjoy spending the sum-
mers in full view of the snowy noun
tains.
A great many Topekans go to lake
resorts in Illinois, Wisconsin and
Michigan, and there are athousand ana
one other places where they spend the
summer.
There are hundreds of persons who
on account of their business or for
financial reasons are not able to get
away from Kansas, so numerous
camping parties are formed for the
weekend or longer. The vicinity OF
Maple Hill draws various camping
parties from Topeka There are otn-
ers who put up tents in their yards,
and thus seek relief from the heat OF
their rooms.
A large number of the teachers in
the high school are away from To-
peka spending the vacation season in
resting or studying to better equip
themselves for their work next fall.
Miss Edna Klumb is visiting her
parents at West Bend, Wis; Mrs. Lu-
cretia J. Embleton is studying at the
University of Chicago, as is Ward H.
Green, formerly of the department of
English; Miss Mary w. Barley IS
spending the summer in San Diego.
Cal: Mr.. and Mrs. Mrs R. w Cop
pedge are with a party of artists en-
ioying mountain life; E. c. Hickey is.
representing CHM and company in
Nebraska; w. T. Mcdonald is build
ing a bungalow north of the city; Miss
Eva Schley is teaching in an institute
in Usage county; Mr.. wilmington is
doing work in the scientific department
of the state university; Miss May ].
Williams is at her home in Milwau-
kee, Wis; Miss Katherine McNutt is
doing special work in painting in
Kansas City; H. r. Jet is in Green
vile, H.. where he is studying infant
psychology; John H. Hoener expects
to take a trip through the south; Miss
Ewing is visiting her parents in Bald
win.