The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-12
ARE ON Their Way
Topeka Host to Many Visitors
During Coming Week.
MasOns, Telephone Men and
Girls and Veterans Coming.
OSTEOPATHS HERE IS AND II
RexalI Men at ThrOOp Tuesday
and Wednesday.
G. A. r. to Give Entertainment
at Memorial Hall Friday.
OSTEOPATHS HERE 16 AND II

With 1900 Masons coming, 800 tele- |
phone men and hello girls on their
way and a big celebration on Friday at
Memorial hall in honor of Lincoln's
and Washington's birthday, Topeka
faces another big convention week. /
The Masons will be here from Monday
until Thursday, while the telephone
men and girls, with their curls will in
wade the city Tuesday and remain until
Thursday. The G. A r. veterans will
be here Friday.
The presence of real flesh and blood
telephone girls will be a new feature
of the annual convention of the indie
pendent Telephone association Mrs.
Alice Douglas, chier operator at EN-
poria, and II. E. GWillim. traffic man.
ager at Kansas City, No, will give
practical switchboard demonstrations
on one of the upper floors of the Ma
tional hotel all through the conven-
ton. In fact, exhibits of all kinds of
telephone appliances will be found at
the hotel
Osteopaths and RECALLS.
In addition, the Rexan druggists
from all parts of the state will hold
their annual meeting at the Throop
Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday and
an excellent program has been arrang-
ed. The Mcfarland Drug com
pany, local distributors of the ReXaH
goods, are in receipt of letter from
the United Drug company'S headquar-
tiers at Boston, notifying them that
number of department managers from
Boston will be here during the meet
ing.
Then on Wednesday and Thursday
the osteopath state examining board
of Kansas will hold examinations at
the National hotel and at the conclu-
sion of the examinations president
and secretary will be elected DR.. G
f. Hulett, of Topeka, is president of
the board. and DR.. F. NJ Godfrey. of
HoltOn, is secretary. Other members
of the board are: Dr. Linda Beckett,
of Colby: DR.. J. L. McCarnahan, Pa
! ola; Dr. J. w Kincie. Ashland
Begins at . O'Clock.
! The convention proper will open at
! o'clock Tuesday afternoon when the
| mayor will deliver an address of well
! come responded to by J. d. Waters of
Bonner Springs. John NJ. Kinkel of
/ the public utilities commission will tell
! of all the good points of that body in
an address on THE Advantage of the
| Public Utilities Commission" Later
! in the afternoon II. n. Farfs and c. J.
4 Myers will be in churge of an hour of
practical Questions cnd Discussion"
At that time the telephone men will
visit exhibits on the sixth and seventh
floors.
Commercial Club Aids
In the evening the Topeka Com
mercial club will entertain the visitors
at a theater party.
At 10 o'clock Wednesday morning
/ Senator J. D. Joseph of Whitewater
| will speak on the Ideal Mutual Tele-
] phone Company" followed by a prac-
teal demonstration on how to locate
trouble in coils and bad joints. II. A.
White will be in charge Of the demon
StratiOn. Other technical sub CctS will
be discussed in the s.<ternOon by O. +.
Tallmans of St Louis, d. V. Taylor of
/ Topeka, Mrs. Douglas of EmpOria,
and H. E. Gwillim of Kansas City. In
! the evening the Commercial club
the telephone men at a smoker in the
Commercial club rooms. On Thursday
another interesting program will be
Z given and the telephone men will go
home after the election of officers at
11:15 o'clock Thursday morning.
G. 4. r. Program.
The C. A. r. deviates from past
custom and viii hold one celebration
for Washington's and Lfncoln's birth
day on Friday. Lincoln services will
begin at o'clock ana Washington
services at 1880 o'clock. Following is
the program:
/ Lincoln's Life .-.-.- DIR. Benjamin Young
Song. America Observation-Disclosures.
Led by George Adamson
Prayer: ---..--------The Rev. J. X Miller
National Patriotic Instructor
! Lincoln's Gettysburg Address ...-.-.-.
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground. .....
Songs ................-... Industrial School
............. Mrs {. A. Foster
roast to Flag Mrs ". +. Fitzseraid
song 80 = oloSed Hunrtet
Benediction. ...-... The Rev. A S. Embree
The, evening program viii begin at 80