The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

He ran through little Belgium.
And has conquered now the Serb,
But he has not tackled Ireland
As he seems 70 lack the nerve.
% careful now. friend Wilhelm
And do not 90 so strong.
Cause before this is over.
You may sing another song
Aud the Shamrock may surprise you,
81 you can't enjoy your kraut.
v hen you find your mission filling.
And you men I'm complete rout.
oh. Ireiand's green. and grassy pasture.
win never stand for Dutchy stock,
t. land upon its treasured soil.
That loves its old Shamrock
Twenty-eight men were out of the
santa Fe blacksmith shop Monday i'll
Of the grip.
The Rev. NJ. L. Robey will make an
address at the meeting at the new
santa Fe mill Friday noon.
A gospel meeting will be held the
santa Fe machine shops Thursday
Y noon z. A Peterson will speak.
Two hundred and forty-five TOneka
high school students We're absent Mon
day. Most of the absences were due
to cases Of grip
Sick people are accommodating at the
Provident association, mostly cases of
grip. Four more came in Monday.
Tho little girls domestic science
class of the ProVident association had
a Christmas treat saturday, making
and eating n batch OF candy.
Two hundred and eighty pounds Of
books have been received al the rail-
read Y NJ &. A for the Bob Johnson
revival services
union prayer meeting OF all East
side churches Will be held Thursday
evening at the Third Presbyterian
church Thursday at 1880 o'clock
The night school classes of the Rail-
road Y. NJ. c A will get a week and
a halfs vacation beginning Wednes
day night They viii reopen Janu-
airy ;.
W. T Crosby made his first trip in
two weeks TO the store Monday. He
has been i'll OF the grip and it will be
several days yet before he can resume
work
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Helmig of Fort
Worth. Texas. are expected this week
To spend the Christmas holidays with
NJ. and Mrs J. F. SpOhn of 217 East
Tenth street
Two gospel meetings were held to-
day noon. At the old Santa Fe mill
the Rev. J. X. Young spoke and at the
new mill the Rev J. X Youngman
made an address
n order to estab lish = cooking de-
partn1ent AT the Washington school, a
benefit performance will be given at
the Apex theater today. Six reels of !
pictures viii be shown
Miss Emma d. Anderson of India. I
who was - give an address at the
second Presbyterian church tomorrow
evening, has postponed her speech be-
cause of the death of brother
81. Johns day. Monday. the annual
celebration of Orient lodge No. 81 will
he held at the Masonic temple. Harry /
c. Snyder is in charge of literary (
and musical program which will fol- 1
low the banquet
Moving pictures on The Good Sa- /
marian will be shown at the Rail- 4
road = NJ 6. a sunday afternoon at .
2 IL
viii speak There Will be no fellow
ship luncheon
snowden D. Flora. the Topeka
weather observer. made an address .
last night before the Parent-Teach- .
ers association of the Quincy school. .
H spoke on Weather Forecasts: (
How They Are Made"
The ordering of the football sweat
CTS and arrangements for the stunt +
night ext January was discussed at .
2 meeting of the officers Of the ath- .
letir association OF the Topeka high +
school Monday afternoon /
l. L. Kiene. sheriff. left Topeka this .
morning for Denver. Colo, where F. ,
J. Newman. wanted here on charge .
ef wife desertion. is being held. ac- !
cordinE 10 information received here. +
Warrant was issued for Newman in /
July. 1914
The finishing touches to the Bob
Johnson tabernacle will be made on
Christmas day Although there were
more men out Saturday than could be
used. 200 men can find work on the 4
= IN. Jesse Shaw is chairman Of the
building committee.
Men and women interested in the I
Bob johnson meetings are invited to /
meet sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock /
at the Railroad Y. NJ g. a. with the 4
executive committee. according to an +
announcement made by Secretary T. .
E Prout this morning
cold school house will put the I
M@glCln r-n elfsh 81 for
vacation. despite their protests. The .
class IS constantly char girg but most 4
OF the students have advanced as far .
as the first reader They meet twice +
a week at Branner school.
4 dramatic fire run with the reg
uf4T thrills took place last night when /
the wagons dashed around the corner
to the Crosby Brothers store exciting
the Christmas shoppers It was a
fl ise alarm, sent in by the automatic
fire alarm system in the store.
Wards of the juvenile court will
have \ Christmas celebration tornor-
row night at Grace cathedral chapel
Il will be given by Judge Hugh Mac
Farland Tortv-two wards will he
present and Mrs. Mary Chaplin, Miss
Ann Ballard ana Lyman Malone will
help -he Judge entertain
The tracks of the Topeka Street
railway will be extended south Of
ShdnSanunga creek within the next ?
Two weeks, according to a statement
made by the railway engineer. W.
c. Miller last night The finishing
of the bridge will permit the laying
OF the rails within the next two OF
three days
A lecture to the Topeka high school
students was given this afternoon bv
W b Leffingwell, who spoke on yell
lowstcnc Park and illustra ted his lee
ture with moving pictures He will
speak this evening at the high school
auditorium on Across the Continent
TO the Golden Gate and show ruovfng