The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-28
Give OLD SHOES
TOpekans Asked To Get Out
Discarded Footwear.
MasOns Will Collect Them for
European Sufferers.
make ROUNDS OF THE CITY
Collectors VIII loot Horns To
Announce Coming.
High School Students Help in
the Campaign.
MAKE ROUNDS OF THE CITY

Listen for the Klaxons tomorrow
morning. for the blare Of the motor
horn will announce the arrival of the
Scottish Rite old shoe gatherers in
your street. Have all of your old
shoes wired together in pairs and
place them at the curb in front of
yom residence before 9 O'Clock to-
morrow morning. Be sure the shoes
are wired in pairs for what can a ref
ugee do if both of his shoes should be
lefts. or if he should get one baby's
shoe and one man-siZe number IL ?"
This is the admonition of j. B. Doncy-
son to the people OF the city of To-
peka on the eve of the great Scottish
Rite crusade for shoes for the Belgian
and French war refugees.
Just a little VIII lie before the recent
Scottish Rite reunion the Masons of
Topeka had heard vague rumors Of
the sufferings of the Belgian and
F. ench refugees in the matter of their
feet. The local bodies of the Rite
p omptly followed these Tumors 20
their source and found that they wei Z
only mere glinmerings of the real
condition of foot affairs in Europe.
Took Prompt Action.
Prompt action was taken and the
Masons and candidates gathering for
The convention brought in the first
shoes in response to the appeal sent
out by the general secretary. At this
time he Scottish Rite rooms are piled
high with the contributions of the
outlying cities under the Jurisdiction
/ of the Topeka Bodies of the Rite. The
little town of Independence in a shoe
campaign just closed gathered 1000
pairs of disable footgear. If this is
any indication Topeka should be able
to reSuscitate for the use of the refU-
gees at least 10000 pairs.
The high school in Topeka has a
great dry goods box in the main hall
OF the north building. This morning
! the box was filled to overlooking and
there were still a large number of
j shoes in the different class rooms
which had not been added to the
store. 1t was estimated that not less
/ than 500 pairs of old shoes will be
gwen to the Masons for distribution
/ from this source alone. And in addi-
/ ton to the shoes nearly every pair
was accompanied by an apple or a po-
tato or both.
Start Out at O'Clock.
George w. Stansfield and Dr. John
| D. Freeman are captains-in-chie of
the old shoe campaign. and promptly
! at o'clock tomorrow morning the
| crusaders will mobilize at the Masonic
Temple on Jackson street for final in
structions. Oakland and North To
peka will be thoroly covered and the
shoes from these localities are expect
ed to exceed in numbers the shoes
gathered in the west side. Frank r
Conwen is in charge in North Topeka
! and T. c. Kirkpatrick in Oakland and
they promise that the westsiders will
have no easy time in equalling theil
record.
Complete mobilization will be an
nounced to the people by a fanfare OF
motor horns. and the progress of tbe
crusaders thru the streets of the city
will be heralded by the penetrating
notes of the klaxons Therefor
listen for the KlaXons, and be sure
that your contribution is correctly
paired and visible from the street"
Brings Big Cargo of Wool.