The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-28
PRESS CLUBS FUN
Five Victims of Topeka News
papermen Last Night.
Traps Set for Capper, MaeLen-
nan, Morgan and Eastman.
OPENING OF NEW QUARTERS
Four Rooms in Mills Building
for Fourth Estate.'
FARRELL, Hart, Wingart, Sessions
and ShuItz-COmedians.

Fun and caricaturing reigned su-
preme last evening when sixty-four
Topeka and Kansas newspaper men
celebrated at a banquet at PeIletier's
Tea Room in honor of the opening of
the Topeka Press clubs new quarters
in four rooms on the seventh floor of
the Mills building. The banquet was
strictly an Arthur Capper-F'rank Mac
Lennan-W Y Morgan-PhH Eastman
Frank Curry affair."
Lieutenant Governor Morgan was
the first associate member of the club
and the other four men fully equipped
the Press clubs quarters with bright,
shiny and up-to-date furniture It
was once in the lives of the newspa per
men that they had it on the boss''
and they took full advantage of their
opportunity.
Hardly had the guests seated them
selves after an inspection of the new
quarters than a terrific knocking was
heard at the door Charles H Ses-
sions' acting as doorkeeper. informed
the president that DR.. Eva Harding
desired entrance and insisted upon
seeing Phil Eastman. Arthur J. Car
ruth jr-- president, asked for a vote to
determine whether she should be per-
mIlted TO enter II was unanimously
Wore Her Clothes
Frank farrell. wearing the doctors
famous fur cape. her hat. carrying her
medicine bag, and wearing her skirt
and a pair of white stockings. rushed
into the room Shaking her fist in
Eastman's nose the doctor demand
ed more publicity.
What good is a publicity man %
she cried Governor Capper hasn't one
and here are two columns he got in the
morning paper today and he didn't
pay cent. Stick out your tongue,
Phil Eastman, and let me see what
farrell kept the crowd in roar
with his clever running line of rebuke
Then the banquet began. When it
ended Cecil Howes. correspondent for
I the Kansas City Star, was introduced
as postmaster of the evening Frank
Curry, VINO has loaned the Press club
/ a pool table, was called His sub ect
was Pocket Billiards and Cheroots. -
However, Mr.. Curry devoted his time
TO an interesting talk on the Fourth
Estate"
Call for E. p. MacLennan
Heavy knocks were heard at the
door and Sessions announced that
Colonel Sperry. a business man from
the east desired admission and wanted
to see Frank P. MacLennan-" He was
admitted.
Hello Mr.. MacLennan." shouted
+ George Hart, wearing --Burnsides'' and
silk hat and carrying a cane Then
hart, IN his own original manner,
"kidded' the State Journal publisher
( on the green trading stamp fight
waged a short time ago. Mr. Mac
Lehman was presented with a brass
trading stamp advertisement and q
premium book
/ In speaking of the subject which
was sprung upon him last evening,
-IniquitIes of the Green Trading
Stamps" Mr.. MacLennan said: WHY
limit them to color? They are ali
iniquitous-red. blue and green-aII
( kinds of premium stamps and all SORTS
/ OF premiums that are given away
Perhaps I would have been more
friendly to premiums, the giving OF
I something for nothing, had not my
competitor, Brother Capper, beaten
me to it
! When a couple wish to set them
selves up in housekeeping, all they
have to do is to subscribe for the Cap
! ttal and the Poultry Journal and meat
! grinders, carpet sweepers and queens
ware will be Immediately thrown in =
+ Really, the ordinary store has no
/ chance If there is anything in the
line of merchandise my morning com
/ petitor does not absolutely give away
1 have not succeeded in finding it in
/ Montgomery Wards catalogue.
I take the ground that the mer-
D
in advertising his goods, a newspaper
should not give away the things he
sells, but give the reader an oppor-
tunity to buy them through the regu-
lar channels.
Perhaps the State Journal may BE-
driven to giving away premium stamps
after April first IN order to secure
some advertising of course. if we
give away the stamps, we will have to
advance our rates somewhat, as the
merchant is the only one who is able
to actually give stamps and some
thing without charge newspaper
man would have to treat premium
stamps as an expense and in some
way take it out of its patrons
Another reason why the trading
stamp and premium business have not
deeply impressed me is because my
competitor, being in the premium
stunt so heavily had l gone into IT,
too, it might have been like the IA
nous opposition to Mayor House a
year ago; too blamed unanimous
Thanks for Stamps.
Furthermore. it has always seemed
to me that. under the circumstances,
in casting about for methods of ex-
tending his circulation. the proprietor
of the Capital must always be in doubt
whether it would be better to raise
the quality of the Mission clocks he
gives away or elevate the standard of
his paper
Il wish to take this occasion to
thank General Burnsides Sperry for
the beautiful. solid silver ash tray he
has presented me, with the s. & H.
compliments. but 1 beg to remind him
that Burnside whiskers went out Of
vogue about twenty years ago, the
concerted action, condemned and
tabooed the premium stamp as an
antequated, expensive method. inim-
icaI to mercantile welfare. However,