The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-11

ises to be the object of more or less
feminine consideration. He is said to
be regular Apollo for looks, and he
has big paying job, and by his ac-
quaintance with some of the First
Families, he will have entree to the
head set. That is the way it is de-
tailed to this department at any rate,
by the girls who have so far had an
opportunity to look him up.
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Friends of Miss Beatrice Poindexter
of Kansas City will be interested to
know that she is studying this year in
New York with Madame Lain. She
will spend a vacation at Atlantic City
visiting Miss Mildred Lain of Phila-
delphia, who is in Atlantic City for
the season.
The Poindexters formerly lived in
Topeka.
Canon G. NJ GeiseI, of Grace cathe-
dral, has organized a class of boys
which meets twice weekly for swim
ming lessons at the Y. M. c. A. pool.
Mr.. Geisel invites any boy who wishes
to learn swimming to join his class.
He is also arranging a camping party
for some of the boys of the parish to
be given soon at Maple Hill
Professor Crawford, of Manhattan
was Mr. GeiseFs guest Thursday on
business connected with the diocesan
paper, of which Professor Crawford
is editor and Canon Geisel, business
manager.
Mrs E. L. Hindman gave luncheon
Thursday at her home in Fillmore
street. for Miss Frances Jones. of
Kansas City, who left today after a
weeks visit to the Hindman family.
The other guests were Miss Dorothy
Sproat, Miss Elizabeth Manspeaker,
Miss Helen Lucas and Miss Mary Pax
ton.
The Missouri State News bureau,
which complies at intervals informa-
ton concerning prominent Missouri
people, has prepared for Kansas
City weekly paper, the Independent,
an article about Mr.. George M. Myers,
of Kansas City, brother of Mr.. L. J.
Myers, of Topeka, and a man whose
family, as well as himself, has many
friends in this city. The following is
copied from the story:
To write of George NJ. Myers as he
deserves to be written about is to in
cur the danger of seeming excess in
appreciation, for of no one in Kansas
City is approval more general. 1t is
safe to say, however. that no man
holds greater respect and affection for
the perfection of his attitude towards
fellow men. nor is any other citizen
more distinguished as financier and
as a publicist.
George NJ. Myers was born in New
York CITY November rs, 1855, where
his father, Philip Myers, was an Off
cial of the Lake Shore & Michigan
railroad for over forty years Like
other successful man, young Myers
started mis- career by working on a
farm in summer and going to school
in winter, spending his spare moments
in studying telegraphy. He soon mas
tered this art, and secured his first
position IN Beria, Ohio. as night oper-
ator. He arose to be train dispatcher
of two divisions; then manager of the
Toledo office. In 1874 he resigned
and came west, locating in Kansas
City, and associating himself with the
various companies doing a similar
business here. When the Western
Union company absorbed the smaller
companies, he retired, organizing an
other business for himself.
He organized the Pacific Telegraph
/ company in 1880 (now part of the
Postal Telegraph company, and it is
/ thru his untiring efforts that Kansas
City has enjoyed strictly competing
telegraph company for a good many
years.
Mr.. Myers at present is the vice
president and executive head of the
Automatic Sprinkler company of
America in all the territory between
the Missouri river and including the
/ Pacific coast He has besides, extern
sive property holdings in Kansas City.
His felicity as a publicist has done
much towards calling the attention of
the thinking world to Kansas City.
( Early in his career he was a member
| of the old Kansas City guards. after
wards the Craig Rifles. the first or
/ ganization of better citizens to unite
! for the promotion of civic and social
interests. He was president and an
/ influential member of the Priests of
Pallas, and is at present president of
/ Kansas City Convention hall directors.
! He is president of the Kansas City
Aero club and one of the governors
and vice president of the Aero Club of
America. Thru the efforts of the
Kansas City Aero club. Kansas City is
/ turnout the civilized world worl1 as
/ the balloon center of America.
He was recently appointed mem
| Der of the American Society of Aero
natical Engineers, which is to CO.
operate with the advisory committee
| of the navy, headed by Thomas A.
Edison.
Mr.. Myers has never taken any in