The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-21
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The faculty of the Topeka high
school will have their annual picnic
May 3.
Teachers from several Kansas
schools visited the high school today.
Among the visitors was Alex Spencer
OF the Kansas City, Kan, high school,
The annual high school tennis tour
nament Will be held soon. At a pep
meeting for tennis this afternoon the
entries for the tournament were
closed. Over thirty will participate in
the tournament
The Woman's Benefit association of
the Maccabees, No. 26, was enter
tanned this afternoon by Mrs Mary
Sipes. 715 Western avenue. The state
commander was present, and members
and friends attended.
Fraternal Aid Union No. 1902 met
at the home of the president, Carrie
Peterson, at 514 Monroe street, Thurs
day evening. Ice cream, cake. punch
and candy were served. Forty-four
guests attended and spent the evening
playing games.
Miss Esther Ross, who will graduate
in the June class at Washburn college,
has accepted a position as teacher of
English and German at Onaga, Kan,
next year. Miss Ross is the daughter
Of A j. Ross, pastor of the First Ger
man NJ. E. church.
Z. c. Kitching. formerly travelling
freight agent for the Santa Fe. with
headquarters in Topeka, now general
agent for the company at Atchison,
has been elected president of the At
Gibson Sunday Athletic association.
The object of the association is to get
up series of amateur baseball games.
Report was received today that the
quarantine for diphtheria under which
the home of Professor A. j. Stout was
placed has been lifted, and the house
will be fumigated today. Mrs. Stout
has practically recovered from her ILL
ness and is convalescing nicely. Pro-
fessor Stout was placed in quarantine
nearly two weeks ago as a result of
his wife's illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ti1ton of
Cambridge, Mass, arrived in Topeka
today for a survey of conditions re-
sulting from prohibition. They are
touring the country in this work. Mrs.
Tilton is chairman of the Massachu-
sets poster campaign against prohi-
bition and also a member of the edi-
torial staff of the Survey and is pre-
pairing series of ma gazine articles on
prohibition.
Topeka will have an opportunity to
hear Louis Graveure, the Chicago bar
itone, after ali. Mr.. Graveure will ap-
pear in concert Tuesday night, May 1.
GraVeure was to have appeared here
with the Minneapolis Symphony or
chestra and was to sing one of the
principal parts in the production of
'Hiawatha." However, he became ill
while in Omaha and was obliged to
go to a hospital.
Excitement reigned at high school
as the students in the six classes which
Harry Evans, colored boy, attended
while i'll of smallpox, were ordered to
show their vaccinated scars or leave
school to be vaccinated. One hundred
and fifty students were examined by
Assistant Principal Coppedge and Miss
Laura Ewing. A large percentage
were forced to leave and told not to
return until they could show a vac
cination certificate.
A good sized army of school chill
dren, We're enlisted in the cleanup
campaign now being waged by city
and state health authorities when the
handed out to more than 5000 school
children. Each of the twenty-four
schools in the city received enough
bulletins for its entire enrolment and
today the children are in possession of
simple but important facts concern
ing the work they are expected to as
sist in making Topeka a spotless town.
Charging her husband with abuse
beating, cursing and threatening her
life and finally making a gun play
with artillery of large calibre, Trilba
Rutherford, 1918 North Madison
street, late this afternoon filed a bill
for separate maintenance in the coun-
ty court against her husband, Louis
AS if this were not enough the petit
ton winds up by stating that he fin
ally beat and cursed her so that she
was forced to leave home. She asks
that S25 a month be allowed her for
maintenance.