The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
Logic, HumOr, OratOry and
Music in Their Repertoire.
.SLEIGHT OF HAND PERFORMER
Also an Officer Who Repeats
Wit of Kansas Editors.
Two Dates Engaged for Talks
at Enterprise, Kan.

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be established in this country, has been
| organized among the general officials
| OF the AtchiSon, Topeka & Santa Fe
| with headquarters in this city. The
Santa Fe has discovered among its
| officials in Topeka an evenings and
seasons entertainment of humor, logic,
pathos and music. Even a sleight-of-
hand performer has been signed to as
sist in the winter shows.
Already two lectures have been billed
among the railway brass collars" J.
r. Koontz general freight agent, and
F. W. Thomas. supervisor of appren-
tees, will speak at the High school
lecture course at Enterprise, Kansas,
this winter. General Freight Agent
Koontz speaks on Transportation of
Food Products and Supervisor Thomas
on Industrial Misfits."
Other officials billed on the lecture
platform as possibilities in rank among
the strong-arm orators of the country
are: E. L. Copeland, secretary and
treasurer of the company; ]. D. NJ.
Hamilton, claims attorney; William r.
Smith, solicitor for Kansas; c. w.
Kouns, general manager; ]. NJ. Con-
nell, general passenger agent; F. s.
Savage, advertising agent; John G.
Burnett, assistant general freight
agent; E. ]. Shakeshaft, assistant gen.
eral passenger agent, John Purcell,
assistant to the vice president; William
Curtis, division passenger agent, and J.
F. FARRELL, publicity agent.
Shop Band to Furnish Music.
The Santa Fe will not go begging |
for the musical end of the programs. |
city have organized a band and an or |
chestra. A glee club among the |
younger generation of shopmen will |
assist in entertaining the audiences. |
William Curtis. division passenger
agent, is the sleight of hand perform
er and the juggler of the official list
Curtis, it is said at the general Of
fees, can pick dollars out of cats
eyes and from the pockets OF news
papermen. He can flip a "cart wheel
from his outstretched hand and it will !
light in his hat band. Curtis taught
Frank FARRELL, publicity agent. the
his feat, took his family out in the
back yard to show them the mysteries.
He tipped the dollar, it missed his
hat and fell in the cistern-Frank
and Bill haven't spoken word to
each other since.
E. L. Copeland will speak on re-
ligious and financial subjects. 1t is
said that it is his ability to mix these
two subjects and get away with
talk that will put the sleeping janitor
to weeping.
General Freight Agent Koontz can
take any railroad subject on record
and wind it into pleasing, musical,
harmonious evenings lecture-one
that will make the dear pee-pul clam
n1SneT
revenues. 1t was Mr.. Koontz who
originated the Kansas Agricultural and !
Congress. He is also the
man who made publicity among rail-
roads popular in the west.
General Manager kouns is one or
those dignified, smooth entertaining
rators who would rather talk to
man with his hand on his shoulder {
his spectac Ies in one hand and show
his listeners that really the railways
are not operating because of the mon ,
ey in tit is simply form or
recreation among moneyed directors
and financierS.
Colonel Savage a SpeIIbinder.
Colonel Savage is one of the star {
members of the Santa Fe lecture
course cast. The colonel used to give l
,ut passes to all the editors in Kansas t
before Stubs started on his crusade 1
rom Wind Hill to Topeka. He has at I
ended every state and district editor |
al meeting since Kansas allowed edl-
ors to settle inside the state limits
1t every one of these meetings he has I
silently taken a corner of the room
md has listened to the rawlings of the {
EDITORS with pencil in hand In the
asst forty years he has gathered
enough brilliant material from these
meetings to compose a lecture This
ecture is scheduled for the winter
curse.
J. D. NJ. Hamilton. claims attorney
n
Hartman saws when he introduces the
tate oil inspector. Judge Hamilton /
nd Judge Smith will swing their .
rms around the water pitcher until
uge chunks of muscle swell in their
houIderS. General Passenger Agent
,onneU will tell his listeners the won .
ers of limited train luxury compared T
With the old wooden backed coaches T
f Yesterday. Frank Jarrel will talk 7
bout good roads and if he receives an
Moore will tell the famous Chinese =
og story.
But in all sincerity-the Santa Fe
members of the Santa
e Lyceum Bureau, will have some
hing good to tell the audiences of
KANSAS and the west this winter. The
ailway officials will not take advan-
age of their possession of the floor
nd shovel railroad statistics down the
hroats of the spectators. They intend
D talk right from the shoulder and
ival the sermons of their pastors, the
1gic of their courts, the din of their
OIiticianS and the pathOS of their