The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-04


sion he was fined. The fines were col
Iected in a tin bucket by Mrs. S. G.
Petit, sergeant at arms, and finally
the duties of collector became so heavy
that deputy, Mrs. E. L. Overton, was
appointed assistant, who made her
collection in a strawberry box. All the
baldheaded men were fined and then
to prevent any injured feelings on ac-
count of partiality, a fine was assessed
against the men who were not bald
headed. At this juncture, Father Muir
ply asked permission to make a
speech, and presented the hostesSes
with a big white bucket he had pur-
Joined from the kitchen, and offered
it as a safety vault. The amount col
lected was $1,000, and this sum was
presented to Dean D. L. McEachron
to be given to the Washburn college
fund. Dean McEachron rose to make
a speech, but his characteristic de-
liberation wore on the nerves of the
men guests. and they shouted their
agreement with his silence, until the
gavel fell with a. dull thud.
A list of conundrums, to be an
swered with the names of various
members, was given to each guest.
Four prizes were won for the best an
swers. Rotarian Petit collected the first
prize, which was handsome, lace
trimmed ladies' blouse. Mr.. James S.
Hayes got the second prize, a pair of
long white gloves, and Mr.. J. NJ. Brunt
drew the third prize, a pair of silk
hose with gorgeous green stripes rum
ming round and round. The fourth
prize was to go to the best looking
woman of the company, and was re-
tanned by the chair, without a vote
being taken.
A toast on 1.-The Spirit of Rotary
was responded to by Mrs. George God
frey Moore, and was finally delivered
in spite of intermittent singing on the
part of the men.
The hostesSeS answered to roll call
with facts concerning the place and
date of their birth and their main dis
tinctions and duties. All declared the
Mrs w. A. McCarter, who told the
truth. 1t became the duty of Father
Murphy, as an upholder of the stand
ards of truth and honesty, to propose
a vote of thanks to Mrs. McCarter, and
to name her the peerless Princess of
the Palms. The other women
didn't like the idea of being known as
plain, and they voted down the mo-
ton Mr.. Hodge thought Dr. Crum-
bine and Mr.. w. J. v. Deacon should
be reprimanded for not making
known through their bureau of vital
statistics what a bumper year was
1897.
There were solos by Mrs. Frank
Whitmore. The men were asked to
refrain from joining in on any chorus
they might happen to think of.
A burlesque on one of the Rotarian
schemes was staged. The Rotary club
had the municipal farm scheme as
their pet hobby last winter. They dis
cussed it in their meetings and worked
to have their plan realized. Before
the session closed last night, Mrs. s.
e Petit rose to plead for a detention
home for cats. Mrs H w Wilson
argued that the home should be for
dogs and not for cats, and there were
discussions in order from other mem
bers, but the guests interrupted with
meowing and barking until the argyll
mRntS could ha I'd nd Io1 20
be abandoned. The president had the
company vote on the two motions that
the home should be established for
cats and that it should be established
The motion carried. The nuisance of
the evening, who was most heavily
fined and most inSistent in his inter-
ruptions- was Mr.. Charles Dillon, who
paid one dollar for the privilege of
making a speech to tell the hostesses
what he thought of them.
The men were given boutonniere ia
vors of radish, an onion and a sprig
of parsley with a tinfoil handle. The
courtesy was returned by the men,
who gave their hoStesSes various IA
vors. This reporter took home as the
legitimate SpoilS of the evening, one
rose, one box of stationery, one tick
ct for the cleaning of a pair of white
gloves. one fan, one book of passes to
the Brunt ice cream and soda coun-
ter, and box of Folsom's pepper, to
say nothing of a handsomely designed
program book.
Those who sat around the BANQUET
tables were: Mrs. Robert Stone, Miss
Lillian Stone, Mr.. w. w. Mills. Miss
Isabel Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. George G.
Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Adams, Mr..
and Mrs Frank P. MacLennan, Mr..
Scott Hopkins, Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ.
Brunt, Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Rankin.
Mr.. c. A HARLAN, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
G. Winters, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray N.
Lattner, Mr.. and Mrs Frank P. Whit
more, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Dale, Mr..
and Mrs. William G. Carswell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Coulson, Mr.. and Mrs E.
L. Overton, Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Put