The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-24
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The Commercial Club Bulletin for De
cember has gone to press
Dancing at Steinberg's Music hall
Christmas afternoon and night.
Flash lights 81 each. Southwick's
Auto Supply Co., 925 Kansas avenue.
Christmas entertainments for the kid
dies will be held in many of the churches
this evening.
All Socialists are requested to attend a
meeting held at 1873 Kansas avenue at
1880 this evening.
IF anybody kicks about trade this sea-
son. said a local merchant, lit shows
that they are simply chronic kickers
The preparatory services at the new Nit.
and Buchanan streets, have been well at
tended.
A service will be held at 6 O'Clock
Christmas morning at the First English
Lutheran church A pretentious musical
program has been arranged
Work is progressing rapidly in comes
ton with the repair work on the fifth
floor of the Comerce build1ng-the quar-
tiers of the Commercial club.
Topeka lodge No. 311, T. F. B., will
have a class initiation at their hall on
Christmas night, followed by an en-
tertainment and banquet for members.
A soccer football game will be played at
the Santa Fe ball park Christmas morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Tom Powelfs team
and new Santa F'e team will contest for
hoIors-
1t is probable that next spring an adGi-
ton to ST Francis hospital will De start
ed. The forty rooms in the building are
not sufficient accommodations for the
patients
After Christmas organized effort will he
made to increase the factory aid fund of
the Commercial club. 1t has now reached
sbe $40 OOO nOint A little work is being
done in quiet way
Nearly fifty persons were either absent
minded Monday or else they failed to read
the papers. They reported for luncheon
st the Commercial club, not realizing IEat
the cafe had been closed for the time be-
ng-
broken in Topeka. according to many OF
the merchants. The Saturday trade was
tremendous, according to their state
ments and the stores are thronged with
late buyers today.
F. F. Carr, editor of the Christian So
cfahst will be in Topeka from January
most influential and eloquent speakers On
the Socialistic platform. and is being
brought to Topeka by l. Gilberg.
The Topeka soccer football team will
pIav a return game at Kansas City on
New Years day with the team of the
Kansas City Football club 1t will be re-
was defeated in Topeka some time ago al
the hands of the locals
One of the prettiest things ever seen II
Topeka is the small grand piano in dull
IN the large window of the h1mbal Piano
Company at s22 Kansas avenue This IS
by the company, and it is very much au-
nired by those who have seen 1t.-AdV-
Harley Reisman, formerly a Topeka
newspaper man. but now one of Chi
Cages high f1iers," is here to spend
the holidays BARRIERS in local shop
sprung Reisman for 'rube,' charg
ing him 50 cents for the 25 cent ar
d ticle and Reisman paid the bill with
out a murmur-
Solemn high mass will be observed at
the Church of the Assumption at o'clocl;
Christmas morning. 1t will be celebrated
by Father f. NJ. Hayden who VIII also
officiate at the succeeding masses. Masses
will be held at and 1880 o'clock rattle"
Hayden will be assisted by Father En-
bleau Of the Church of the Assumption
and Father Talbert of St Marys. There
will be elaborate music at the and 1879
o'clock masses
According to his own estimate Phil
Billiard in his biplane reached an alti-
tude OF 1000 feet Monday i'll at
tempt to make record fight. He en-
countered cold air currents which made
II impossible for him to accomplish his