The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The boys of Topeka were out with
| their sleds today.
The Shawnee Gold club will meet at
the Commercial club quarters next Fri
day noon.
The members of the high school foot
ball squad had big spread at the high
school cafeteria last night.
Newsboys in Topeka adopted the plan
morning on their trips around the city.
! Santa Fee shop pay day Tuesday. The
shopmen will probably begin to do
their Christmas shopping at that time.
The Rev. E.. A. Hughes of the Sew
iard Avenue Methodist church will
speak at the Salvation Army hall this
evening.
! the Topeka Rotary club Thursday on
the question of improving Jail condi-
lions in Topeka
Commissioner Porter plans to place
any jackrabbits he receives in the big
pen occupied by the buffaloes. 1t has
a woven wire fence which is rabbit
tight.
lIas ordered that the custom of giving
gifts to the officials of the road on
Christmas day be stopped. according to
a dispatch from Chicago.
The Parent-Teachers' association of
the Lowman Hill school met yesterday
| evening. Papers were read by Miss
Schenck and Mrs. Luxton. spelling
bee will be held at the next meeting.
| The BARRIERS union. local No. 25, has
| elected these officers: President, ]. H.
OVERLY; vice president. L. E. Decker:
secretary. e. w. Hutchings; recorder.
Mat Langhart; treasurer, H. E. Smith.
| Preparations are being made for
| a Christmas a nf
the local churches. Practically every
church in the city will have some kind
of Il special entertainment for the chill
dren.
A colored woman walked into the po-
lice station this morning and wanted
her husband arrested for stealing a
pair Of her shoes this morning. She
claimed that she had been married only
a few weeks.
T. E. Prout, secretary of the r. r.
Y. M. c. A.. will speak to the men
Of the Y. M. c. A., colored department.
A general invitation to men is extended
to attend the meeting.
Use Thermite, the best anti-freeze on
the market. Will not boil, will not
evaporate. will not injure the cooling
! system Freezes at 20 below zero. 81 25
company. S25 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
The damp snow and the approaching
cold weather form a bad combination
for those who have hopes Of good skat-
ing in Topeka soon. The lakes in the
parks and the river are partially frozen
over but the chances are that the ice
will be rough for skating.
| p s. Hasty, manual and industrial
supervisor for the city schools. gave an
address before the members Of the
Parent-Teachers' association of the
Van Buren, school Friday night Chill
dren from each grade gave examples
of the work that is being done in physi-
cal training.
| The Rev. Stanton Olinger. head Of
the Westminster Bible chair at Kansas
university, will preach both morning
and evening Sunday at the First Pres
byterian church. DIR. S. S. Estey, pas
ton of the church. has gone to Pitts
burg, Pa, to attend a meeting OF the
evangelical committee of the general
Presbyterian assembly.
| Wanted-Several live, healthy jack
rabbits. w. L. Porter, city commits
sfoner Of parks. is very DESTROYS OF hav-
| ing some one present Gage park with
La few tackrabbits. Persons who visit
/ Topeka from the east and go to Gage
park. with very few exceptions ask to
see some jackrabbits. They have heard
much about the mule-like inhabitants
of the prairie and are disappointed at
the prospect of returning east without
being able to tell their friends they
have seen one
Deputy game wardens. city employees
ami especially those employees at Gage
are all interested in the recent arrival
Of four prairie chickens at Gage park
The chickens arrived unannOunced-
have simply selected the park for win
ter feeding grounds-but are none the
Hess welcome. Every effort is being
made to encourage them to remain and
woe betide the luckless hunter who vio-
lates the game laws by shooting at
them. Prairie chickens were once plen-
tiful near Topeka, but have now be-
come a rarity.
On January first the Court Of Honor
will meet in their new hall in the Ma
sonic building. AZ Friday night. De-
cember Is. il Christmas the meeting on
that night will be suspended At the
meeting last night plans were suggest
ed for raising money for the support of
the C. Of n. tubercular hospital. and
the home for the aged. The following
entertainment committee was named
Tor Friday night, January /: MrA