The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

church win have the SERVING Of Hal
loween supper in the church parlOrH at
Fifth and Harrison streets Thursday
evening Of this week for all members
and friends of the church The men
will appear in white jackets and win
have full charge OF the social evening
The hours are from SD to o'clock
The Ladies' Sewing society of the
Swedish Bethel church. Polk street,
near Sixth, will give q sale in the church
next Thursday at 7:45 p m The So
ctety has made extensive preparations
for the bazaar and many useful articles
will be on sale. Mrs. Frank Johnson
Mrs Hja1mar Carlson and Mrs John
Swenson viii be in charge OF the SALE
The Topeka Rotary club will meet in
room 705. the Mills building, Thursday
noon Dr. Roy B. Guild. chairman OF
the publicity committee, will have some
suggestions to make as to how the club
may benefit Topeka Fred Cou1son
will speak on The Telephone Bust
ness Samuel L. Courtney will give q
biographical sketch Of the life of Mr..
Coulson.
Complaint was made this morning
to Mayor Cofran that an elephant
being exhibited At one Of the local
show houses was being paraded on
the streets and frightening horses In
vestigation showed that the animal is
being kept in a barn between Quincy
and Kansas avenue near Ninth street.
and that the only parading was in be-
ing taken to and from the theater.
Prof Charles Zubelin OF Boston. who
has the reputation Of being one of the
best speakers in the country, and who
is an authority On municipal affairs,
will be the guest Of honor at q special
dinner at the Commercial club quar-
tiers at $50 O'Clock Monday evening.
November 3. Professor Zube1in will
speak at the Auditorium Sunday after
noon. November 8, and at the high
school some time the following day.
The gymnasium of the Y. W. c. A.
was tastefully decorated Tuesday night
on the occasion of a Halloween party
given for the members and their
friends There were $50. persons pres
emit. Ghosts and grotesQue clowns
kept fitting about and kept those
present in a continuous burst of laugh
ter The room was decorated with fall
foliage, crn stalks. pumpkins, and
turnips.
Fireworks used in the parade of the
Knights and Ladies' of Security last
night set fire to an automobile owned
| by the Avalon bakery. The fire de-
| partment was called and the fire ex-
| tfnguished with slight damage. A
torch had been thrown under the ma
chine, but whether by persons march
| ing in the parade or by small boys
| is not known. The affair happened at
| Ninth and Kansas avenue at o'clock
| The following are the entertainment
features in connection with the Hal
loween party that will be given tonight
at the Central Y NJ c. A.: Reading,
Miss Nanon Heron, violin solo, Lyman
King; saxophone solo, Leo Gilmore;
novelty sketch, Miss Esther Payne; pi-
ano duet, Thomas and Asa Crawford;
vocal solo, NJ. E MikeseIl; reading,
\ Violet Matthew'S fortune telling Mrs.
W. E. Atchison; reading. Miss Esther
Freeman; story Of the origin of Hal
Ioween, John Cleveland
| A circular issued by Myra McHenry
Of Carrie Nation fame has been scat
| tered over Topeka On one side are
several pictures of Myra and explana-
lions that one represents home from
which she escaped while being held for
trial on charge Of insanity Another
! shows her in mems attire, and still an
other a cell in which she was impris-
oned. The other side of the circular is
devoted to an abuse OF John Marshall.
IcaEdidate~ for supreme court judge.
Among other things she says. IF John
Marshall is elected, it Will be through
the efforts of the M E. church. the
w. C. T Q. and the liquor men,
| The thirty-second session of the Kan
| sas- Missouri conference of the Colored
Methodist Episcopal church began at
Lane chapel, corner of Fourteenth and
Van Buren, streets at 10 O'Clock this
| morning. Bishop NJ F. Jamison of
Leigh, Tex, presided Bishop l. Lane
Of Tennessee is also present The meet
ings will last until Sunday night when
the conference assignments for the en-
! suing year will be read The Rev.
James D. Hamlet, formerly pastor of
Lane chapel and now editor of the
Christian Index published at Jackson,
Tenn, is here to attend the conference
! Now that the leaves are giving
trouble to the sanitary department Of
the city" urges ]. A. Ramsey. sanitary
sergeant, wait few days until all are
on the trees Then carefully rake
them from the lawns, but do not burn
them on the paved streets or alleys. or
within % feet of building, unless in a
container or trash burner. Do not burn
in the night time. Under no circum-
stances rake them into the streets. or
throw them into the alleys to be blown
about and litter up the city. or to be
washed into the sewer openings The
people of Topeka have been very con-
siderate in keeping their yard-rakings
OF the streets and deserve praise