The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-12
TURNED HIM DOWN
Reporter Attempted to s<Cover'
Woman's Dinner Club Banquet.
Missed His Supper to Do It.
Then He Was Rejected.
(By a Mere MANI

sSAsOSSA ec0SnSEB are only women
after all-which Is another way OF
SAYING they can change their minds
rapidly ana freQuently-and of course
some school teachers are not women
at Al. But most of them are.
After the. last edition Of the State
city editor had gone home. the tele--
phone on his desk rang and an over
worked C?) reporter responded. He
too, was planning to follow immediate
" IN the wake Of the c. e. to the bos-
ON of his family-not the c.. Els
family.
The Kansas Dinner club holds it
annual dinner in the basement Of the
Christian church tonight and we want
q reporter there to write up the din
ner and the ADDRESSED was the In
formation which came over the tele-
phone from an officer Of the club.
The reporter explained that the c.
r had departed and that the influx
city made things pretty busy for the
reportorfai force Of the State Journal
and that it was doubtful whether q
reporter could be spared. But the
club member was insistent and finally
exacted promise that the reporter
c. E. or induce another reporter to
go. or failing in this. to go himself.
| The reporter had never heard of
the Kansas Dinner club, but he
thought 1t would be well to shave and
polish his shoes Time was too linn
| tied to take chances at q barber shop.
SO he '.streaked it, for home and his
safety razor.
Yes, suppose it would be wise
for me to eat before I co. remarked
UP good meal already spread. 81
have had enough experience with BAN
Quets to know that they are not safe
to depend upon to satisfy ones hum
ger. but this is not called a banquet
and, besides, it is given by a dinner
club. so I suppose It is safe to take q
chance -
He took the chance-but never
again!
At the door he gained the impression
that. he was among friends, for the
first person he met was the very
worthy woman. who as a primary
teacher-well, anyway as long az
| year ago-had taught him how to spell
cat. and had given him just one defini-
ton, illustrated, OF the word. There
were probably a dozen in the-no. not
Icats-women. please do not interrupt.
in the room.
/ The reporter learned that the Kansas
Dinner club Is a state organization of
teachers with membership limited to
/, fifty. and Judging by the number pres
H ent, the limit has not yet been reach
/ ed. But possibly the small number
present was due to a misunderstanding.
some being under the impression that
the affair was to begin at 6 o'clock.
while others thought o'clock was the
time set.
The reporter also learned shortly
that another misunderstanding was
causing some embarrassment. There
\ were whispered consultations for q half
hour or more during which time the re-
porter stood up because everyone else
seemed to have an aversion to sitting
down. The embarrassment was more
intense for the reporter because no one
was whispering to him. and to make
\ things even worse for him, he attempt
ed to keep his hands out Of his trousers
pockets-didn't think 1t was fair to the
ladies, and DR.. E. c. Smith. the only
other male person present, did not feel
the necessity, because he had found q
newspaper to read.
Finally relief came to the reporter. A
lady futtered up to him and in the
lcurcuttous manner best approved. for
such situations, conveyed the informa-
ton that they were just as willing to
} have him leave as he was DESTROYS of
going. No apology was offered for his
having been invited and he waited for
none. In going his appetite reminded
him OF the meal he had left at home
!, and Of his comment on taking q chance
on banquet. He stopped at the first
!. restaurant and further increased his
ill-humor by engaging in q wrestling
match with piece OF beef. The meat
won.
II Exhausted, he seated himself at his
typewriter to prepare an account Of the
Kansas Dinner club and in search for
Ia lead for his story. fished from his
pocket a program and menu Of the
Kansas Dinner clubs dinner-the din
ner he didn't get-and read thereon:
There IL no man that imparteth his
joys to his friends. but he joyeth the
more.-Bacon."
But them. what can you expect OF
persons who serve bacon for dinner?
WITH 4 uA1nuc1