The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-10


friend; but her strangely sensitive dis
| position. and the fear that still re-
manned with her that policewomen,
too, did not mean her good, L felt
that personal call at this time would
be unwlse. A few days later 1 sent
| her a pretty postcard, telling her L
was glad she had secured a good
home and that the family had told me
how much they thought of her and
that they were pleased with the nice
way in which she did her work. L
also told her that some day 1 was
coming to make her a visit She was
pleased with the card.
"A few days later when / called
on her she met me in a timid trem-
bling manner. I played for her some
pieces and sang little love song to
her.
Then she believed that it was just
a sure enough visit and when I left
her she was bright and cheerful
Home for Working Girls
Il Investigated the Home for
Working Girls that was planned to
be opened at 332 Kansas avenue. a
notice calling attention to the home
appeared in enc of the Topeka news
papers. Mrs. Sarah Root has charge
of the building and rents rooms to
men and furnishes meals at low
prices. Mrs. Root told me that Mr..
Ragsdale proposed the plan of a
working girls home and asked her to
be matron of the home.
Ensign Houser- of the Salvation
Army told me that Mr.. Ragsda1e was
not a member of the Salvation Army
and that the Army was in no way
connected with the plan some peo-
pie thought. Mr.. RagSdale had
thought to create a new mission and
he would take the field to raise mon
ey for the home. The location is bad,
the building old and dilapfdated and
without the first accommodation for
such home. Working girls are proud
and ambitious and they would not go
to such a place, so I told Mrs. Root.
Later Mr.. Ragsdale called to explain
that he had given up the plan for a
home at this place for the present.
The services of Miss Corning were
requested by number of mothers
who wished her to talk to their daugh-
ters, and a number of other visits of
the same nature were made upon Miss
Corning's initiative. A dozen visits of
this kind were made.
Stealing From Blind.
A case of Stealing from a blind
person" is reported, the victim being
Grandma" Jackson. living at 1928
North Van Buren, street. A woman
who had been living there was sus-
pected. Although the thefts were not
proven, after the investigation by the
pOllceWOman the missing articles
were found where a previous search
had failed to reveal them.
Pool Halls.
Some very excellent advice to par
entS on how to keep their sons away
from looI halls is contained in the
following:
Mrs. - wanted to know what
the pool halls were doing. L told her
L did not go into the pool halls, but if
there was anything wrong, she should
report to the officers for investigation.
tShe said that her son, 16 years old,
was a frequent visitor to pool halls,
that she did not wish him to go to
such places and that he could not go
with her consent. She told him she
did not object to the game if he would
play pool at the Y. M. c. A. But the
boy does not care to play there. He
finds the pool halls more interesting.
The mother sent the boy to high
school, but he was not fond of study
and his interest in the pool halls was
greater than for his school. He con-
fessed to his mother that he was doing
poorly in school and stopped school
and went to work.
1.-The boys father is dead and the
mother wants the help of the law. I
told her it would be a good thing to
write a note to the different managers
of pool halls and tell them the boy
was only 16 and not permit him to
come in. I suggested that possibly the
boy gave his age as older than it is.
The manager of Currys pool hall told
the boy his mother did not want him
there, and as the boy put it. He just
kicked me out and said your mother
don't want you here
THE mother said that the boy ex-
planned to her that his boy friends
who are still in the high school went
to the pool halls. When his mother
asked him who the boys are and how
old they are, he replied, I am not
going to tell. Do you suppose 1 want
to get them into trouble
81 think it would be we'll for those
who do not want their young boys in
pool halls to notify the managers, of
their ages, as boys often deceive in
this manner Then, if the managers
fail to comply with the request, they
should be given the penalty of the
law
Bicycle Mystery.
A bicycle mystery at Central Park
school. which Miss Corning was, called
upon to solve, is still unsolved The
boys had great sport with the Wheel
but none could explain satisfa ctorily
where it came from. The owner has
not been found.
Because her mother thought she
was not keeping the right kind of
company. Miss Corning called on a
girl rooming at 305 East Eighth ave-
nue..
Her girl chum has rooms at the
same number" reads the report Il
told her / wanted to meet her friend
and she brought her into the room
and introduced her to me. This friend
was not at all glad to see me. She
admitted that she had relatives
here, that she was not working and
did not want n nor holm