The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-17

The Y. M. c. A. will be the head
quarters for the State sunday scnool
cow sntion May 2-4
The Friendly Visitors club of the
Topeka Provident association VIII
meet wednesday afternoon.
The K. U. GIee club under the d.
rection of Prof. c. Edward HnDacn,
win be heard Friday. night at the First
Christian church.
The boys of the gymnasium classes
of the Provident association, enjoyed
a fishing trip which was conducted pS
Secretary Guy T. Justis
At the next regular meeting of the
board of education the Question OF the
employment of janitors for the next
school year will be discussed.
Miss Daisy June Trout, secretary OF
the v w. G. A. has left for Indiana
poIis. Ind. to attend the National AS
sociation convention in that city
The Mission Study class of the First
Congregational c. E. will meet next
Wednesday evening at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. RolIo White on Lincoln
street.
w O. Hunter. one of the Y. NJ. G.
A. secretaries has accepted a position
in the office of Attorney General John
Dawson. He will assume his new du-
ties in about a week.
The Brotherhood of the First Pres
byterian church will hold a dinner to-
morrow evening at $3.50. Us. McGay.
secretary for the National REFORM as
ISOLATION, will be the speaker.
]. H. Engle, secretary of the State
Sunday School association, has been
in the city meeting with the local COM
1nittee which is preparing for the Dig
Sunday school convention May "a.
A settee was stolen from the porch Of
-. Wolf. a Huntoon street, by two
men at i o'clock Sunday morning. A
neighbor caught a glimpse of the men
as they carried away the piece or rur-
niture.
An addition to the State street
school building will be one of the mat
ters which will come up for discussion
at an adjourned meeting of the board
of education which will be held this
evening.
Next Friday evening is the date of
the annual defamation contest of
Washburn academy. The event will
be held in McVicar chapel. Prizes
of five and ten dollars will be award
ed the winners.
DR.. E. L. Pettyjohn, who had a per-
sonaI interview with the late Count
Leo Tolstoi at his home in MOSCOW,
will deliver a lecture at the First M.
E. church Friday evening on his eX-
periences in Russia.
DIR. o. P. Davis, president of the
Kansas State Medical society, deliv-
cred an address this morning before
the members of the Ministerial union
on Points Tangent in Our Several
Spheres of Service.
Topeka lodge, No. 524, Loyal Order
of Moose, will hold a meeting at the
Auditorium Thursday night. Since
the first meeting but a short time
SINCE 800 persons have applied for
mem bership, and they will be initiated
on this occasion.
DR.. Frank E. Day of the White
Temple, st. Joseph, Mo-, will give a
free lecture at the Walnut Grove M
E. church tomorrow evening, on
being held under the auspices of the
Brotherhood of the church.
This morning ]. D. Pattison, for
merly city treasurer, began his duties
as sanitary sergeant and John Wright
formerly deputy county treasurer, took
up his new position as city treasurer
of the city of Topeka. Both officials
resigned to accept the new jobs.
The tenters at the fresh air camp
on the North Side have been enjoying
the balmy weather of the last few
days. A numbr of the persons who
are becoming stronger as a result OF
the open air treatment are enjoying q
little work in the garden each day.
! Speaking of Easter Sundays made to
order and constructed by the weather
man for millinery and clothing store
purposes as well as church attendances
this year the occasion was the best
brand of weather that could possibly
| have been found among the Observer
| Flora archives.
1t is amusing to take a WashburT
car going downward and listen to the
! no hoy
pass a certain street corner where z
man who owns a beautiful bungalow
is using the space in his backyard tc
| build grocery store. Everybody
| takes it upon himself to condemn thai
property owner.
If citizens of Topeka insist on build
ing $4,000 and $4,000 homes-anG
this is not uncommon in the last few
years-some one out in western Kan
sas will rise up and claim that the city
| is getting rich off from the state. Thi!
| is always the cry from the west wheI
Topeka makes an advance of som'
kind.
The Topeka Railway company viii
have to lower their bridge across tbs
| Kaw river to correspond with the
Melan structure. An extension OF
the south end meeting the bank reach
| ed by the dry land" bridge is neces
sary, also, according to an order rem
dered by the board of city commits
| sioners.
! Grace cathedral was so crowded Sun
day morning that people sat in chairs
that were placed out in the outsid
| lobby of the church-and devout mem
bers knelt on the cold stone floors
Cathedral members are hoping this i
the last Easter they will find it neces-
sary to hold services in the ole
| structure.
A few years ago the person who
built a house found a sleeping porcI
was luxury and a doubtful advantage
to his property. Now the builder wht
does not add the sleeping porch is on
of date. Every new house in Topek;
with few exceptions-has the sleep
ing porch over the back porch-anC
they are all used.
Contractors and carpenters in To
peka are so busy building new homes
/ that it is almost impossible to Obtain
a man for few days work around the
| house. Some contractors state that i
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