The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-30
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

| The trees on the state house grounds
| are being trimmed today.
| Every housewife is saying to her
grocer, Banquet Flour. ADV.
| Many of the trees in and around To-
| peka are taking on bright fall color
| ing.
| The board of directors of the Com
mercial club met today to discuss
| plans for the one-day membership
cam paign that will be waged on Octo-
Der Z.
Lew Howell has been arrested by the
police on the charge of assaulting Ru-
fus Frazier, a former policeman. A
state warrant was issued against him
a week ago.
G. G. Wheeler, associate editor of
the Kansas Farmer, will go to Jewell
City on October 16 to serve as judge
in connection with the annual colt
show at that place.
The gymnasium classes at the Cen
trail Y. NJ. C. A. are being organized
this week and indications are that an
unusual amount of interest will be ia
ken in the gym work this fall.
The finals in the city tennis tourna-
ment will be played this week. In the
singles the race is between Mont om-
cry, Collinson and Jordan. In doubles,
Collinson and Smith apparently have a
cleaf HelQ 10 the cup.
Several games have been scheduled
for the second high school football
team, according to G. H. Hepworth,
the director of athletics. 1t is desired
that a few more boys turn out to try
for places on this team.
Detective Carl Golf, of the police de-
partment was among those mentioned
at the police station as successor to
Chief Hughes who goes out of office
tonight. Detective Golf was chief OF
police several years ago.
The children of the grade schools
will be able to attend high school
football games this season on the pre-
them but ten cents. The principals
of the respective schools will give out
the tickets to the youngsters.
An effort will be made to form a
schools of Topeka. In case that is
done the High school Athletic associa-
ton will give a trophy to the winning
team. The teams must work strictly
under supervision, however
Season athletic tickets were put on
sale at the high school today They
sell for 81 each and admit to all ath-
letic events and debates for the entire
school year The advance sale this
morning indicates that several hundred
of the tickets will be sold.
Joseph Reisner, physical director of
the Y. NJ. c. A, will have charge of a
swimming exhibition at the Central
building Friday evening that will be
open to the general public. The boys
who won distinction in the recent
swimming contests will show their
skill.
The home of G. a. Godfrey. 211 Hun
toon street, was broken into last night
and jewelry valued a $500 and an over
coat We're taken. Mr.. Godfrey and his
wife returned from one of the theaters
-.I.@
Sergeant Sauls and Detective Golf OF
the police station were called but found |
no trace of the burglars.
There are more pupils taking be- |
ginning physics at the high school
than ever before in the history of the |
all but one of them have more than |
thirty students enrolled. Thirty is |
considered the maximum that should !
be allowed to enter class, but on ac- |
ton of the school it has been neces- !
sar to break the rule in class enroll |
ment in some instances.
Business spelling is a popular study |
at the high school this fall. 1t is esti- |
mated that there are some persons I
taking the study who are really good |
spoilers, but consider the study a |
SNAP" There are many who would |
because of the crowded |
condition of the classes. Next year |
the study will count for but half a |
credit, and it is probable that the I
study will be less popular.
w. D. Fisher of Norfolk. Neb., sec
rotary of the Commercial club in that
city, was a speaker at the meeting of
the central association of commercial I
club secretaries which was held in /
Omaha this month. Mr.. Fisher is the +
son of J. W. Fisher of Topeka. and has
been secretary of the club in Nebraska !
for several months. He was successful !
in that time in increasing the member
ship from 105 to 357, making it the third
largest in the state.
The first football game of the season
for the Topeka high school team will
be played at Topeka against the team
from the high school of Usage City on
Saturday afternoon. Elmer StahI, the
coach, is giving the team scrimmage
work every day and is optimistic over
the prospects for a victorious team this
season. The game Saturday will pro-
badly be no walkaway, however, as the
Usage City aggregation has already /
Won two games this season.
Mind cures are not always successful