The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The 4 O'Clock Bible class of the
Railroad Y. NJ. C. A. will study The
Life of Christ tomorrow at the asso-
citation building.
H. B. Lantz. president of the Rail
road Y. NJ. c. A, is slightly improved:
He is suffering from a complicated
case of Ia grippe.
The membership committee of the
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A will take supper
and meet at the ASSOCIATION building
Tuesday night at $50 o'clock.
An address on the Dance Cues
ton" will be made Wednesday even
ing at the Railroad Y. M z. A. at .
O'Clock by the secretary. T. E. Prout-
The Potwin district of the Presby-
terrain church will hold prayer meet
ing Thursday evening at the home or
J. B. Larimer, 314 Woodlawn avenue.
Since April u. the date on which
Harvey Parsons became chief CT the
Topeka police, the department has
made ZIG arrests for the county Off
cials.
Poems of Peace and Pleasure" is
the title of an attractive little volume
of poems just published by John Wes-
ley Fentress, of the Topeka Industrial
Institute.
The charitable workers of Topeka
met this afternoon at o'clock with
Miss Mabel Adams at the office of the
confidential exchange at the Y. W. e.
A. building.
The gospel meeting of the Railroad
Y NJ. G.. A. will be addressed next
Sunday afternoon by the Rev. n. A
Wolf, of Kansas City, Kansas, on the
subject, Peace"
The Social Service club of the First
PRESBYTERIAN church, Eighth and Har-
rison streets. met this afternoon at
$3.50 O'Clock with Miss Freda Belts,
GIG Taylor street.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
Presbyterian church will meet We'd
nesday afternoon at 8 o'clock at the
church The members of circle No.
will be hostesses.
The committee of management of
the Railroad Y. M. G. A. will hold
business session at the building
Wedne Sday evening at $3.50 O'clock
Supper will be served.
T E. Prout, secretary of the Rail
road Y. M c. A, will address the Per-
sona1 Workers class at the assocla-
ton building Wednesday evening at
o'clock on "FIindrances."
Paving petitions were today granted
by the city commission for the pavins
of Eleventh street from Morris avenue
to Brooks avenue; and Fifth street
from Clay to West streets.
The Topeka high school club of the
Y. w. c. A. will meet at the associa-
ton building at o'clock Tuesday
afternoon in regular session. Miss
Marian Dana is the president.
The Lowman Hill Methodist church
will be finished within the next two
weeks, according to the announcement
of the pastor. The first Sunday after
Thanksgiving it will be dedicated
At a fellowship luncheon served at
the Railroad Y. NJ. G. A. Sunday after
noon 81 men were present. These
men represented eleven states and six
different peoples, American, Hebrew,
Russian, German, Scotch and English.
The East Side Ministerial associa-
ton will meet Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock at the Railroad Y M e
A. The subject of the Rev. +. w
WittenbrOker'S address will be THE
Preachers Responsibility to the Evan
gelist'
Three guests who had evidently
been looking upon the crimson wine,
entered the Cremerie restaurant, orr
dered lunch Sunday morning. F. With,
their departure, some of the new Sill
verware, including salt and pepper
shakers, also disappeared.
From now on the big clock in the
tower of the federal building will be
kept lighted all night, according to
w. o. Rigby, postmaster. New lights
will be put in the tower and it will be
easy for pedestrians to tell the hour
at any time during the night.
A hay rack, a street car and an
auto collided late Saturday evening
at the corner of Seventeenth and Lane
streets. The street car sustained
broken fender, the hay wagon a brok-
en- tongue and the auto a battered dig
nifty, as a result of the accident.
Five ten dollar bills are being blown
over the grounds of Christ's hospital
unless some lucky individual has
picked them up. The bills were lost
on the grounds by Mrs. Roush, S24
West street. A hole in a mesh bag
which she carried was responsible for
the loss.
The dining room of the Y. w. c. A.
has been painted a delft blue, the
steam table has been cut down and a
railing erected, and a new menu
board is now in place. The. improve
ments were hurried that the cafeteria
might take care of the teachers asso-
citation crowds.
Three Tcpekans are now members
of the United States naval reserve. J.
Truelove, an employee of the Santa
Fe shops, and Frank A. Howe, cleo
trician at the Hip theater, enlisted
Saturday. Cliff Hileman, a local post
office clerk, is the third member. He
enlisted some time ago.
The colored Y. M. c. A. football
team piled up a 25 to score against
Eskridge Saturday on the Washburn