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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14

above Six Mile creek. The recent high
water has washed away the mud, and
the water is in good condition for
swimming. The fishing is said to be
excellent.
Several Topekans will go out to the
camp to tell stories to the boys while,
they are seated around the camp fire
Camp Program.
Following is the program for a day
at camp:
$50 a. m.-Reveille. All assemble at
fagpole and go through setting up
exercises, raise and salute flag (scouts
standing in circle around flag pole).
Morning dip if close to swimming
hole.
7 a. m.-Breakfast; devotionals in
dining tent; clean camp; make up
beds; tidy up tents: gangs appointed
to bring in wood, water and other sup
plies for the day.
8:15 a. m.-Inspection by camp Of
ficia1s
$50 a. m.-scort instruction in
council ring.
Assemble by bugle.
Talks on scoutcraft.
to 10 a. observation-disclosures
quoits, etc.
1890 to 1880 a. n.-Morning swim
under direction of officials.
IL 1oon-Dinner.
L to 2 p. m.-Leisure hour. Read
ing, odd jobs around tents.
p. m.-Scout activities signaling.
pyramid work, etc.
p. m.-Afternoon swim and water
games under direction.
p. m.-Supper
p. m.-Retreat dover flag).
1880 p. m.-CCuncil fire and totem
pole ceremonies.
Assembly by bCgle.
Songs py the scouts.
Roll call by scribe.
Ceremonial speech and fire lighting
by rubbing sticks and steel and flint.
Repeat scout law and oath in unison
and short prayer.
Report of scouts for good of camp
Reward for the best and most help
full scout.
Stories by the boys.
A goodnight talk by one of the lead
ers.
Scout yells.
p. m.-Tattoo by bugler
9:15 p. m.-Taps, lights out and
quiet for the night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14

boys and 40 pound girls at Westlawn;
120 pound boys at Potwin; unlimited
boys at East Side park; unlimited girls
at City park.
Matches will be shortened so that
the first one to win one set will be
winner of a match in both singles and
doubles. The children showed their
interest in tennis by making their own
courts and keeping them in shape and
many have been practicing faithfully
for some time for this event. Some
fairly good tennis will doubtless be
seen on the grounds which will stage
these tOurname ntS.
PushmobiIe Races.
Friday, August 90, the playground
pushmobile races will take place on
Harrison street, between Eighth and
Tenth avenues Permission has been
asked to rope off Harrison street, dur
ing these events.
Program of Events.
Pushmobile Race pusher and 1
steerer to each team.
Tricycle. Races-Three classes, &C
cCrd.ng to size and age.
Slow Bicycle Race for Girls-The
girl who gets in last wins. Any rider
who turns back or touches the ground
is ruled out.
Sloy bicycle race for boys.
Boys Roller Skating Races-Differ-
ent classes according to size.
Girls Roller Skating Races-Differ-
ent classes according to size
Gocycle Races-Different classes
according to size.
Express Wagon Races pullers
and one driven to each wagon.
Toy Automobile Races-Different
classes according to size.
Tournament Field Contest-In this
contest each playground enters a team
of two boys, one to act as horse and
the other as rider. The opposing rid
erS attempt to dismount one another.
All children of the city who own
toy automobiles or goggles are in
vited to take part in these sports.
Gold, silver and bronze prizes will be
given to the winners of first, second
and third places in each event
Started Sewing Glass.
Miss Mckee, director of the East
Side Fairgrounds, has started a sewing
class to sew for the contest in needle
work, which will be held at the final
exhibition of Fairgrounds work early
in September. The class meets every
morning at 10 o'clock. All East Side
girls are invited to join. They will
learn to make many useful articles
and will have a chance of winning a
prize in the final contest.
China has a government lottery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
AT PAW-PAW BEND
Boy Scout Camp Fun Will
Start Next Tuesday.
Program Calls for Action Every
Minute of Day.
BOYS TO LEARN COOKING
Miss Grace WiIIets Will Give
Lessons i'm the Art.
Topeka Business Men Helped to
Make Camp Possible.
BOYS TO LEARN COOKING

The Boy Scout camp that will be
held August 1924 at Paw-Paw Bend
on the John Carter farm, twelve miles
southwest of Topeka, will be the most
pretentious camp of the kind yet ar
ranged for the local scouts.
The men who will have charge of
the camp are veteran Scout leaders.
The camp will not only be given over
to fun, but there will be definite pc
RODS for instruction in scoutcraft.
Miss Grace Willets of the State Agri-
cultural college will conduct a cook
ing school for the boys. Prof. H. I.
Woods, who will be in charge of the
camp commissary department., will
teach astronomy. Carl Guild, medi-
cal student, will have charge of the
swimming and first aid work. Maurice
Sanders will be the sanitation officer.
Leigh Carver will direct the games,
hikes and sports and will give lessons
in woodcraft. Prof. Woods will also
give instructions in telegraphy. There
will be several instruments in camp.
Fun at Low Cost.
Between thirty and forty boys from
troops 2, and 13 will experience the
pleasures of camp life at a minimum
cost. The leaders have figured things
so closely that they believe that $2.45
per boy will cover the costs. Contri-
buttons by Topekans have helped to
make this possible.
The camp is situated high and dry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
STUNTS BY kids"
Special Fairgrounds Show
Thursday at the Gem.
Tennis Tournament is Event
for Next Tuesday.
PUSHMOBILE RACES FRIDAY
Novel Feature Is Expected to
Attract Attention.
Industrial Work on the East
Side Grounds.

Next Thursday will be Playground
Day at the Gem theater. Aside from
the program of movies stunts will
be put on by children from the local
Fairgrounds. The profits for the day
will go towards defraying the expense
of play under supervision.
A group of East Side girls will sing
German songs. They will be dressed
appropriately for the act. Florence
Fair of Chesney park, will give a
whistling solo and other features will
be added. The East Side park drum
corps will play in front of the theater
in the evening.
There will be a two-reel Charlie
Chaplin feature, a drama, Life
Changing Tide" and a comedy, The
Broken Pledge The regular five
cent price will be charged in the eve
ming. In the afternoon the children
will be admitted at the rate of two
for five cents
The management of the theater ap-
preciates the fact that the children
have been among their best patrons,
and is glad to help out the play
ground cause.
Tennis Tournament.
The playground tennis tournament
singles and doubleS-will be played
Tuesday. This is too big to be played
off at any one place, so the games
grounds as follows:
Eighty-five pound boys and eighty
five pound girls at Polk; 100 pound
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
GET READY FOR The BIG
FREE FAIR

Free Fair Week in Topeka
will be a fine week for advertis-
ing. Thousands of people from
all parts of Eastern Kansas will
be walking the streets of the
Capital City every night.
Business men can find no bet
ter advertising medium for this
week than an Electric Sign. In
fact, its the best they could have
for this particular week.
Strangers always read electric
signs. They consider them
guide-posts to the uptodate
stores.
The Edison Company can
have your Electric Sign ready
for the big Free Fair if you will
place your order within the next
ten days. If you desire. you
may pay for it on the insta1lment
plan.
The Farmers National Bank
placed an order this week for an
Electric Sign, to be ready by
Fair Week
Mr.. Business Man. you are
liable to be overlooked by the
Fair thron~s unless an Electric
Sign burns you upon their atten-
ton as one of the progressive
firms of your city.
Call 1850 and order an Elec-
trio Sign now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
PAINT AND GLASS co.
Two Well Known Topeka Men Soon to
Open New Concern.

Fl. ]. (Doc) Miller, paint sales
man, who was connected with the A.
B. Whiting company for eleven years
and secretary of the Haines- Miller
Paint and Glass company of Hutch
inson for six years, has formed a part
nership with w. w. Gillespie, a we'll
known decorator, who has done the
decorating in a number of the best
homes and buildings in the city. They
will soon open their new paint and
glass business at S33 Kansas avenue,
with a full line of paint, OIL varnish,
glass and painters supplies, including
the popular John Lucas lines
The experience of these two men
will offer to Topeka and wholesale
paint buyers an opportunity to secure
the best the market affords.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
Practical Demonstration.


The best medium of instruction, of
course, is a practical demonstration of
the stroke by q professional, and a
series of drills by him to make the
swing or form a matter of habit but
where the professional is not availab BILE
a satisfactory knowledge of the game
can be learned and developed from il
Illustrations and descriptions of the
various parts of the swing. This source
only requires the interest of a SecC nd
party to complete, and herein lies the
advantage of having a friend with
whom you play every day or two, who.
like yourself, is learning the game
To know how to swing golf club
is a comparatively easy matter, but to
be able to put this knowledge into
practice requires resistance from the
outside unless you could stand in front
tice comes to your theory
After a round or two this friend
will have had an opportunity of OBJ
serving your various positions, and
will keep you posted as to the irregu-
Iarities of action, and you in turn in
teresting yourself in his game. AS be-
fore stated, the professional is the best
means of advancement on account of
his expert knowledge of the
detail parts of the swing, and his abil-
ity to drill the beginner on any one
Of these parts, but this mutual CO.
operation with your partner will be
found a very satisfactory means of
making progress without bad golf
habits easy to acquire and hard to get
rid of.
The illustrations.
Illustration No. L gives the position
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
Posed for by Roberdt Fullerton Photos by F. G. Willard

of the hands in what is known as the
the locking or riding of the little fin
ger of the right hand on the forefinger
of the left, the thumb of the right
hand running down the shaft not
shown on the photograph.
No shows the correct position at
the top of the swing, head being held
in a direct line with the ball through
out the swing.
No. shows the wrong position.
having the head drawn back with the
club body being in an oblique posi-
ton to the bali instead of perpendicu-
lar. as in position No 8.
No gives the correct position of
the finish or follow through" abso-
Iutely essential in making a perfect
stroke.
No. shows the wrong finish or
follow through a fault resulting
from the error in position No. 5, prob
ably one of the principal sources of
slicing and topping to say nothing Of
the unplea SAINT, and sometimes pain
full sensation of the body working in
opposition to the arms and club.
Editors note: This series of golf
illustrations was planned to give the
beginner a better idea of how to learn
the game. 1t was planned to run
but owing to the fact that some of
the plates were spoiled the series will
have 20 De continued. Other fllustra-
lions will appear in the near future
Robert Fullerton, who posed for the
above pictures is conceded to have one
of the best golf forms" in the United
States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
Stories
of
K ansans

When Col. j. n. Harrison was COM
mander of the Kansas G. A. r., his Of
fetal duties often took him to Dodge
City to visit the state soldiers home.
The commander returned to Topeka
on a late night train and sometimes
encountered difficulty in securing n
lower berth. Since Col. Harrison
weighed in at $50 pounds. sleeping in
an upper berth was no joy either for
Col. Harrison or the unfortunate who
happened to know of the cargo in the
second story.
One night Col. Harrison met GUS
tomary trouble in securing lower.
Il can give you a good upper,
though" said the accommodating
Pullman conductor.
Col. Harrison advanced to the CEN
ter of the car and spoke in the voice
of one directing an army.
ooh well, I guess that will be all
right" he said. IT really don't mind,
don't you know. But the other night
when l came out of Wichita, I slept
in an upper and the thing wasn't
very strong 1 guess. The poor fell
low who was in the lower was pretty
badly hurt, they told me, after he had
been taken to the hospital"
half dozen heads We're in evidence
when the colonel finished his remarks.
Everyone was looking at the portly
commander, who so willingly recon-
ciled himself to an upper.
please SIR said the piping voice of
a little man in lower, Il will be glad
to change with you if you please sir"
Then the nervous little man with
berth and the colonel who rode to
Topeka in peace and quiet and COM
fort, didn't laugh until he reached the,
state house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
MORE BRIGHTER HOMES.
Topekans Still Joing the Big Elec-
tricaI Army.

Thirty-six more Topeka homes
last week joined the great electri-
cal movement for brighter homes
now in progress in this city.
Preparations for the big Free
Fair Week are beginning. If you
are going to- have visitors, prepare
to make them enjoy their visit by
entertaining them in an electrified
home. If you are not going TO
have visitors, you should electrify
you home, anyway, for your own
comfort and pleasure. No home
can enjoy the fullest measure of
happiness without electricity. 1t is
the Universal Servant.
Following are those who the
past week contracted for wiring
their homes:
In East Topeka: George Christ
opher, 519 Locust; John r. Will
liams. SIS Chandler; A. E. Lutts.
412 E. 18th; w. E. Anderson, 4O6
Ohio; H. P. Miller. 1902 Seward;
George E. Cole, 1900 Seward.
In North Topeka: H. j. John
son., 444 Scotland; A. E. Hamilton,
1917 n. Quincy; c. H. Dyal, HOS
n. Quincy; A. r. Rumbaugh, 1918
n. Quincy.
T. Mosley, 200 Spring: Mrs. E. A.
Cleveland. 423 Seward; Mrs A.
Peterson, 1928 W. LIST; w. H. Ke-
kar, 1401 Washburn; William n.
johnson, 1903 Redden; B. F. Cope,
$500 Buchanan; S. L. Filbert, 1920
Strong: w. A. Myers, 200 stephens;
D. NJ. Engle, 1112 w. 7th: Mrs. NJ.
E Carver, 1923 Taylor; Mrs. F. E.
Cole, lis Fillmore; John ].
Bausch. 1881 Harrison: Mrs. L.
Volkert, 1925 Guthrie; Mary Long
acre, 1926 Redden; S. NJ. Handley,
1888 Strong; H. H. Kemper, 1884
Washburn; James Halves, 18th and
Strong; Ed Schmidt, two houses in
the Quinton addition; Mrs. Lydia
PlyIy, 18th and Guthrie; A. J.
White, 18th and Hodgeboom:
Charles j. Erickson, 1925 Polk; c.
E. Hewitt. 424 Shawnee: L. t.
Johnson. SIS Fillmore; c. B. Hen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
IRONS STILL POPULAR.
Many Topeka Women Buy Electric
Irons-$3.5 so Irons, $3.50.

IrOnS-$3.50 Irons, $3.50.
The popularity of the Electric
Iron still grows The following To-
peka women bought irons the past
week from the Edison company:
Mrs. c. c. kirkpatrick. 707 Mon
roe; Mrs. G. c. Thompson, 1924
Fillmore; Mrs. J. B. Gehrt, 613 w.
list; Mrs. W. Maloney, 412 E. It'll;
Mrs. Thomas GAMER, 2414 Clay;
Mrs. J. L. Crawford, 315 Kendle:
Mrs. A Owens, Wolf Packing Co.;
c. E. Grohen, 1907 Tyler; Mrs. F.
w. Frye, 1920 Redden; Mrs. S.
Downie, 1903 Harrison; Mrs. C. w.
Jones, 70S E. Sth; Mrs. Len Lloyd,
R. F. D. No. 8; Mrs. J. NJ. Stuart,
1901 Tyler; Mrs. NJ. E. Rogers,
1915 Polk; Mrs. w. P. Phillips,
1410 n. Logan; Mrs. ]. P. walker,
1895 n. Jackson; Mrs H w.
Reams, 240S Buchanan; Mrs. J. P.
walker, 1885 n. Jackson; Mrs. H.
w. Reams, 240S Buchanan; Mrs. B.
F. Hornsby, 2507 Clay; Mrs. C. K.
Meyers, 1900 n. Tyler; Mrs. c. S.
Nicely, 107 Douthitt; Mrs. w. a.
Watkins. 2208 Buchanan; Mrs. A.
w. Overton, 1896 Washburn: Mrs.
c. M. Case, 430 Willow.
The Edison Company is selling
it's regular $3.50 Electric Irons for
$3.50. 1t is a standard iron. guar
anteed. Now is your time to buy
your iron. One lasts for years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14

China has a government lottery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
No. THE lock grip.
No. 2-The first position.
NO. Stop of the swing.

No. THE lock grip.
No. 2-The first position.
No. Stop of the swing.
No. 4-Einish of the swing.
No. Stop of the swing, wrong po-
sition, head having withdrawn from
the center line to the ball, instead of
being perpendicular. as in No. B.
No. G-Wrong finish, body being
held back after the stroke, instead of
after the ball, as in No. A.
BY Robert Fullerton.
Golf like most of the common or
garden variety of things in life, re-
quires the proportionate amont of
practice combined with theory, but
with this exception that golf requires
a trifle more of the latter than the
ounce to the pound combination we
have recommended to US in doing
other things
A common remark by the beginner
is that he has not the least desire in
the world to become a professional
and that all Of this High Brow" golf
stuff is only fer the expert, an impress
sion that he gets rid of very quickly,
usually after his first round or two,
when it begins to dawn on him that
there is more to this golf game" than
our beginner from the painful expert
ence of those first few rounds, and be
bile to convince him that no matter
what his ambitions may be, that IN or
der to strike the ball in a fairly sat
isfactory manner twice in succession
that he must understand, at least, the
fundamental principles of golf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
Church Will Be Frightened.

St. Johns German Evangelical
Church, at the corner of End and
Van Buren, streets. will be bright
ened by electricity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
An Electric Toaster.

L. B. Whitaker, of 40 Harrison
street, had added an Electric
Toaster to the electrified appliances
in his home and his family now en-
joys warm breakfasts and light
suppers without having to build a
fire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
derson, 1177 Randolph:

Skidmore. 18th and Randolph
The Edison company makes plans
and estimates for house-wiring free
of charge, and also extends its ser
vice lines free to any part of the
city. and gives fire installation of
meter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
SPECIAL DEMONSTRATIONS.

Experts from Chicago are
here giving individual demon
STATIONS of electrical conven-
fences in the homes of Topeka.
Where desired. an Electric Iron
or Toaster will be left for is
Days FREE Trial. Phone 1850
and ask for demonstrator to
call.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-11
YALE COACHES DECIDE
 ON TEAM MAKEUP
Two Touchdowns and Field Goal Scored By Varsity Against
 Scrubs.

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 11.-Yale began scrimmage practice for the first time this week yesterday and the varsity gave it's most brilliant exhi- bition of a powerful attack since the season opened. The regulars ham mered first the ineligibles and then the freshmen for a total of 45 min utes, accommodating a touchdown and 8 field goal against each.
 Bob Bingham and Joe Neville made the touchdowns, and Otis Guernsey kicked both field goals from the 45- yard line by the drop-kick method. The coaches believe that they haye picked the eleven to meet Princeton. They will use the same lineup that faced Brown, except that Claude Black has succeeded Dick Kent at left guard.
 Today's work was wholly in secret and the gates of the Yale bowl will not be opened until the game with Princeton on Saturday The var sity's goal line was not threatened.
 Tom Shevlin and a number of for mer star Yale players drilled the regulars on individual play after the scrimmage.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-11
Football vs. Baseball.

We were talking with a veteran ball player from the Big Show a few days ago.
 You hear a lot about these fast football men, he said, but very few of them are nearly as fast as such tall players as Cobb, Maisel, Milan, Shotten or any of the fastest runners of the big league. They don't get started nearly as quickly. Ball play CTS, through the constant practice of starting with the crack of the bat, are away like flashes. For the first 90 feet, any way, the average ball player would beat the average football player a good stride. I know, for I've watched a lot of these supposedly fast football players play baseball"
New Britain herald., 1915-11-11
LEAGUES MUST REFERENCE.

San Francisco, Nov. 11.-Represen- tatives of each league in the Ma uonal Association of Professional Baseball Leagues in convention here, were Instructed today to report what salary limits would be acceptable to their organizations. This action fol- lowed a long executive session in which the policy of retrenchment was declared to be imperative. Charles H. Ebbets, President of the Brooklyn Nationals, according to J. H. Farrell, Secretary of the association, who is- sued an official report of the meeting, advised the minor league men not to establish a standard salary limit for all leagues.
 Baseball can be saved only by sen- sible regulation of salaries" Farrell said. "It would be foolhardy for this convention to attempt to fix a general salary limit for all leagues. Each league should set its own figures, to which all clubs should adhere rig idly"
New Britain herald., 1915-11-11
BURNS IS FOULED
 AND FORCED T0QU|T
Walter Mohr Hits Opponent in Groin, Causing End of Exhibition

The boxing exhibition last evening at the armory, came to an abrupt end in the fourth round of the star bout, when Walter Mohr accident ly ripped a hard blow to the groin of his opponent, Kid" Burns, with the result that his kidlets" dropped to the floor writhing and moaning in apparent pain, while cries of foul and quit went through the hall.
 That Burns was fouled there is no doubt, but it is a simon pure Case Of accident on the part of Mohr, who was held blameless by most of the spectators. The fight while it last ed was whirlwind affair. both boys fighting like wildcats. Mohr was the aggressor in infghting with an op- and swap punches.
 Mohr's appearance last night was not covered with as much glory as his recent appearance in this city. there seemed to be a tendency on the blonde boys part to be grouchy and ugly. He was the recipient of catcalls in the third round when st the close of the bell he slugged Burns several times after the bell rang, for which nothing commend able can be said.
 When the unfortunate occurrence took place a physician was summon ed and on entering the ring he ex~ amined Burns. Later he again look ed over the boxer and in the pres ence of several people the doctor ad- mitted that there was signs of a blow having been struck.
 The best bout of the night was the semi-final between Tommy Shea of New Haven and Red" Mcdonald of Staten Island. It was a case of an experienced ring general and clever boxer up against a hard hitter and aggressive fighter. The mill was very interesting, on points Shea was a slight winner. His blows were not of the K. o. type and its is doubtful that if the boys were fighting yet, there. would be anything like a sleep producing walop administer ed. Mcdonald Is built along the 1 scrapper lines, but his short reach