The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

a parcel post sale tomorrow evening.
The city payroll for the month of
December was allowed today by the
city commission.
The ministerial association met this
morning at 10 o'clock at the First
Presbyterian church.
Beautiful coin purses and Christmas
envelopes for presents free at State
Savings bank.-Adv.
Christmas will be celebrated at Red
den Chapel Monday evening. The Rev.
J. H. FazeI is the pastor.
The board of the First Christian
church will hold meeting in the lee
ture room Tuesday at 1880 o'clock
Topeka Temple No. 10, Pythian
Sisters will hold its regular business
meeting this evening in K. 2. hall.
Preparation for Christmas will take
up the entire day with the women's
board of the First Christian church.
THE Great Giver'' will be the sub
| ject of the Rev. o. L. Cooks address
at the First Christian church Thursday
evening
The senior class of the Topeka high
school met this afternoon to decide
( upon a motto. The last orders for in
/ vitations were taken.
The physical education department
of the Y. w. c. A. has been closed for
the Christmas holidays. The terms
work will be concluded later.
The Spalding Reading Circle will
meet this evening at 7:45 o'clock at
Knights of Columbus club rooms for
a special Christmas program.
Topeka lodge No. ,, Fraternal Aid
Union, will entertain its members with
1 cards and dancing after a short bust
ness meeting Tuesday evening.
A supper will be served by the Boys
! club this evening at o'clock for its
members. The meal is to be eaten in
the cafeteria of the Topeka high
school.
HO1J,- ran ba bo,pht in x,reatbs now
1 Ten years ago it was a Christmas aft
| ernoon's job to twist up the green
/ leaves and red berries in artistic
manner.
the First English Lutheran church
/ Friday evening. All other programs
and meetings have been postponed
during the week.
The Girls Glee club of the Topeka
high school will be photographed for
the class book tomorrow afternoon.
White ! -iddies have been decreed the
suitable uniform.
An address, THE Man of Destiny
will be made at the Fortnightly club
meeting tomorrow night by the Rev. s.
s. Estey. The club will meet with w.
w. Mills, at 1902 Topeka avenue.
Miss Laura Ramsey who has been
attending college at Manhattan has re-
turned to Topeka to spend the holt
days with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
J. A. Ramsey of 925 Morris avenue.
Baraca boys of the First Christian
church will deliver Christmas presents
over Topeka Friday night to the poor.
Members of the congregation are
making the evening a giving Christ
mas"
Miss Margaret Young, who has been
teaching at Clay Center, Kan, return |
ed to Topeka Saturday to spend |
Christmas with her parents. DR.. and
Mrs. Benjamin Young of 500 Topeka |
avenue.
The fire department was called to |
61S West Tenth street this afternoon |
to extinguish a small blaze in the roof |
of the house at that number. The fire |
was started by coots falling on the |
singles.
Coming through the interclass sea-
son with an unblotted escutcheon, the
sub junior class won the champion
ship of Topeka high school. A good |
deal of their luck was due to Mac
Lean, a husky forward.
John NJ. Kinkel of the public utili
ties commission will speak before the
NJ. c. A, this evening at 6:15 o'clock.
There will be no more meetings of
the club until January 10.
The Sunday school of st. Marks
African Methodist church held a mass
meeting at the church Sunday after
noon. The convocation was conduct
ed by the Sunday school union of the
colored churches of Topeka.
When ]. T. Davis, director general
of the Loyal Order of Moose, stepped
o'clock today he was met by Marshalls
band and a delegation of Moose The
parade marched to Moose hall.
THE Christmas CAROL will be pre-
scented by the Dramatic club in the
Topeka high h o o l auditorium, |
Wednesday afternoon, December %.
Ten cents admission will be charged,
which will go to the clubs treasury.
!
the Public Health Nursing association
is getting low. according to Miss Edith
Lacy. in charge She has asked that |
people with old cloths which they do
not need give them to the nursing as
ISOLATION.
The Silver Link circle will meet this
evening at the Y. w. C. A. While they
prepare their gifts for their family
whom they inted to treat, Miss Clare
Armstrong will tell Christmas stories
Miss Florence Warner and Miss Daisy
Neil will lead.
Long, high sounding names are to
be hitched to the diplomas which will
be given out next January by the To-
Stout has sent out a call already for
seniors to hand in what they want to
be called on their sheepkins.
The city commission today approx
ed Mayor ]. E. Houses actSn in al
lowing Joseph Hanlon, fire marshal,
to purchase a new automobile for his
own use. The car in use at present
will be used by the assistant chief
when the double platoon system goes
into effect the first of the year.
George w. Metzger, who shot three
white quails while hunting at Win
thorp, Mo, in 1889, may have to di-
vide honCrs with George Stansfield.
who claims to have killed a white
quail five years ago at Delphos. Kan.
If there are any more hunters who
have killed white quails, let them
come forward and testify. /
Miss Laura Pratt was married to
Ernest e. Bush of LeaVenWorth Sun