The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-19
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

A masquerade party will be given
in the gymnasium OF the Topeka high
school this evening by the sub senior
class
Principal A. ]. Stout addressed the
Topeka high school at assembly this
morning on the life and work of
Booker t. Washington.
Topeka high school Will close its
for Thanksgiving and keep them
closed during the remainder of the
week
The date of issue of the third NUM-
Der Of the Topeka High School World
has been postponed from today until
Wednesday in order to give the staff
time to finish the Thanksgiving edi-
ton
Al illustrated sermon on temper
ance will be given by the Rev G. y
Swedish Baptist church In the
morning he will speak on Trusts and
responsibilities
Mrs Benjamin Young and Mrs A
Of the First Methodist church, en-
tertained this afternoon the Young
married women's class at the parsop-
ase from to o'clock
Visits made to families of Topeka
by the Provident association are on
the increase, say the officials Many
calls for coal are coming in and when
ever the family deserves -he aid, the
county furnishes the Iuel
Two cases of pneumonia were
picked up the Provident association
last night and this morning One OF
the men said he was from Colby and
as he was able to sit up, the authorl-
ties put him on the train for home
The Greatest Promise of the
Bible will be the subject of the ser
mon tonight at the First Methodist
church. The ingathering viii be held
November IS, and the nightly ser
cd oil .ayrry
Mr. and Mrs J. w. Cook, of Mos
COW, Idaho, are the parents of a son
born Thursday, according to word re-
ceived in Topeka Mrs Cook was
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Edward
Gaylord, of Topeka
A Thanksgiving dinner will be
served Wednesday noon for the chill
dren Of the day nursery of the Provl-
dent association by the Day Nursery
club of Topeka. The menu will be:
Chicken, dressing, cranberry sauce. !
celery. mashed potatoes, and pump
kin pie.
Seasonal employment is the greatest
cause of hardship to Topeka families, |
says Mrs. Lillian H Moore, special in /
vestigator for the Provident assOcia- /
ton. Men work while they can at a /
low wage and the winter finds them /
without a job or chance for employ /
nent, she says.
S. D. Flora, the weather observer /
of the local weather office, is plan
ming an inspection trip of several |
Kansas stations next week. The |
weather man expects to look over the |
equipment of the bureaus at Newton, /
Hutchinson, Mcpherson, Marion and /
other places
The Rev. ]. A. Bright. chaplain of /
the house of representatives, will I
speak tomorrow at Spring Hill under Il
the auspices of the Independent Order
of odd Fellows. The subject of his
lecture will be 'Oddfellowship, Its
History and Its Benefits The Rev.
Mr.. Bright is q past grand master.
A large plate-glass aquarium in
which goldfish will be placed was in
stalled in the office of E F. A Rein
isch city superintendent of parks, to-
ham, park mechanic Three men were
required TO place it in position A
heavy marble slab forms the bottom
The local record for matrimonial
activities is held by the Rev Benja-
min Young, pastor of the First Meth
oolist church. During his ministerial
career he has married close to 5000
couples The most sensational mar
riage ceremony he ever performed. he
SAYS, was when he said the words over
six couples that made them men and
wives and did 1t in the heart of win
ter on the backbone of the Rocky
mo untairs-
The hearing of W. r. KuykendaH, a
:
pOenaed in the case of H. B. Halo
well against s. J. HallOwel in the first
division of the district court and was
a absent from the court room when
wanted, was held in the district court
room this morning before Judge Dana
The case was taken under Amusement.
I<uykendail made the plea that he
thought the case had been indefinite
1y postponed
Governor Capper is today attending
the dedication of a monument to TIE
old soldiers of Barton county The
ceremonies are being held at Great
Bend and the governor IS the prin-
cipa1 speaker The monument vas
erected by Ira D. BrOuSher, of Great
Bend. former department commander
OF the Kansas G. A r 1t was built
and is regarded as one of the finest
shafts in the state.
Governor Capper was today urged
to send the Kansas exhibit at San
Francisco 10 Panama City, following
the Panama-Pacific exposition a big
exposition will be held in Panama,
beginning January p and Kansas has
been urged tC forward her Frisco ex-
hibit to the Panama capital 1t is
uncertain whether an effort will be
made again to snip the Kansas ex-
hibits No funds are available FOR
their transportation and care The
letter from the Panama officials viii
be submitted to the governor when he
returns from Great Bend
THE Grand Old Rag is the favorite
bvrnn of the children who spend their
DAYS in the nursery at the Provfdent
while their mothers work,
according to Mrs. Nellie Hensley. the I
nurse They are fond of any kind of
rag time or lively music which is fur
nished them by a photograph given s
TO the nursing association by Topeka
The children are fed at l + f
o'clock, at II and at 4 Every Satur-
day morning the little boys and girls
are given a bath Every fortnight their &