The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-07

West Eighth avenue to West street,
later visiting the Washburn campus
and the Country club.
Among the fairest of the fair ones
in the party land they were all
queens'O was the pretty lady from
South Dakota, Miss Cecilia Bam-
benek, of Aberdeen. In the same car
in addition to San farrell and Kels
Petro, was an exquisite little brunette,
Miss Lillian A. Boltz, of Reading, Pa,
champion beauty winner OF that state.
The rosy checked brunette from Mary
land, who motered with a bankers
son. refused to give her name, much
to the disappointment of the young
man. Miss Irene O'Conner, the bru-
nette who Cleaned up" at Chicago,
won the heart of more than one To-
pekan. Miss Ursula S1gr1st, the
choice of Indiana, had Titan tresses
and a rather, olive complexion Miss
Sigrist and Miss O'Conner were per
haps the two joIliest in the party. Miss
Sally Holiday, the Mississippi
dream" was of small, dainty type,
with a distinguished southern air.
tonight at Newton, the choice of
Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Re
spectively, they are Miss Fulwurler,
Miss Kidwell and Miss Skinner.
The Man in Charge.
Carl Laemmle, president of the
Universal Film company and consid-
cred the most Influential man in the
motion picture world, is on the train,
accompanied by his wire and daugh-
When asked about the moving pic
ture prospects in Topeka, Mr.
Laemmle replied: Il believe they are
good. Pictures are getting better all
the time
MI Laemmle looked over the crowd
of blushing, laughing, young girls.
I'm not in a mood to talk about
business he said with smile, and he
nodded IN, ms
to red-headed dream that floated
by on the arm of a Topeka youth.
We certainly have had difficulty in
avoiding the crowds he said At 1t
run into several men. They packed
the depot. They have everywhere. 1
don't know the reason exactly, but
can guess
his protegees. They all waved gaily at
the magnate as they passed him stand
ing on the depot platform.
Who Is on the Train.
Following is a partial list of the
beauties: The Misses Hague, Weldon,
Wayne, Baldwin, Hinson, Oliver, Nc
Albee, Boltz, Forham, Purcell, Schra-
der, Julian, Matthews. Dolan, Wooten,
Sutton, Berdsley, Hoepold, Westpha-
len, McDonough, Cheney, Dennison,
Craig, Walker, Chapline, Holiday,
Reagan, Sigrist, Holcombe, Mass
Schauffle, Griffin, Savage, Williamson,
Bennett. Fonda, Turner, Bambenck,
Webb, McNicoI, Fulwiller, O'Conner,
Nessel, Skinner, Rhoades, Jorgenson.
Hopes, Lieberman, Hoch, Nelson,
Stafford.
Two expert camera men, Messrs.
Rucker and Murphy, have a complete
equipment the special, including a
developing room. They are taking
pictures en- route and took many in
Topeka of the entertainment provided
by the live wires of the city. Most
of these photos will be used in the big
eastern newspapers.
c. j. Birchfield, assistant general
advertising agent of the Santa Fe at
Chicago, is that roads lucky repre-
sentative on the trip. His secretary, a
very fortunate young man, accom-
panies him. Harry Rowland, the To-
peka advertising man for the Santa F'e,
went to the depot, ostensibly to see
Mr. Birchfield Mr. Rowland ex-
planned that he had business with the
latter. m -.-,... .t..,
Joe Brandt. general manager of the
Universal Film COMPANY, is manager
of the special. ~
Movies of Topeka.
The motion pictures of the Topeka
trip, taken by the Universal Camera
men, will be developed on the train
and shown to the beauty winners on
the special within a few hours. Later
they will be presented at Universal
houses all over the country.
Those Present.
Hundreds of Topeka people were
there. A small percentage of those
present, either as owners of cars or
included L. M. Penwell, E. |
E. Hite, Marshall Crawford, A. c. Bar
tell, ]. r. Johnson, F. H. Wilson (by
special permission), Phil Billiard, VIII |
lard Bowman, Lucien Tirrell, Ed
Tucker, Virgil Lawrence, Russell |
Grimes, Grady Montgomery, Roy
Agard, Bud Tomlinson, Lew Mes |
baum, Joe Hull, Phil Gray, Merle Sc
ger, NJ. A. Isaacs, A. B. butcher, |
Roger Savage, Harry lines, Seaton |
Hamill, George Evans, DR.. j. A. Stein
meyer, G. c. Stuckey, E. c. Tucker |
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Thompson, J. E. |
Emil Sorrenson, W. H. Davis |
A. L. Sauls, Harry Eagle, Frank Nc |
Farland, Harvey Parsons, Frank Stur-
Fritz Bonebrake, Francis Bonebrake, |
Ralph Montgomery, Ed Hanlon, Vern |
WEIGH, Robert Billiard Fred Wilson, |
Elrick Sharp, l. A. Lower, Fred Rigby, |
Charles Kouns, Stanley Copeland, San
ford farrell, Alfred Hill, Harry South |
wick, Charles Younggreen, w. w. |
Webb, Kelsey Petro, Randall Burrow, |
Karl Rankin, William Eberle, Ran
dolph Adams, John Elliott, Lee SAM |
uels. Albert T. Reid, DR.. F. J. Ernest. |
Bob Thomas, Dick Barton and Todd |
Mathews. The rest of the audience,
including jitney drivers and some
three hundred odd Topeka men. stood |
on the sidelines as the beauties passed. |
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