The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-12


Social dance tonight-Kellam Hall
ADV.
Mrs. Ida Ragsdale is the new ma
iron at the Orphans home. She came
to Topeka from the odd Fellows
Home to ill this place.
Ten candidates were initiated into
the Order of the Knights of the Siege
Perilous at the Central Congregational
church on Tuesday night
The women of the English Lutheran
church will spend all day tomorrow
al the Masonic building on jackson
street doing Red Cross work.
The Central church brotherhood is
bending every effort to secure the
Oberlin College Glee club for an en-
tertainment in Topeka the day after
Christmas.
The annual free will offering sup
per of the Woman's Foreign Mission
airy society of the First Methodist
church will be held tonight at .
o o'clock at the home of Mrs. b. M.
Davies $50 West Sixth street
At a supper at the Central Congre-
gationaI church tomorrow night the
officers of the church for the coming
year will be elected Other important
business will also be transacted. The
supper is in charge of Mrs. E. c. Wise
Insulat ton in a motor car belonging
20 Or. Ii b. f1CSeDOOIn became lGIlLeQ
when the machine was standing in
front of Stansfield's drug store this
noon. The car was damaged consid-
erably but not beyond repair, it was
stated.
Charles S. Elliott announced at a
late hour this afternoon that he had
just received a letter from Kansas
City stating that it would be abso-
lutely impossible for Frank Vanderlip
to speak in Topeka at any time in the
near future in the interest of the
Baby bond campaign
The employed Girls clubs of the
Y. w. C. A will stage a big Christmas
party at the association building to-
night. The features of the entertain
ment will be a playlet given by the
l.. l.. l.. club and a fine large Christ
mas tree celebration in charge of the
girls of the Kresge club.
Henry Schmidt, 70 years old, who
has lived in America forty-three years
without taking out his naturalization
papers, found himself in the clutches
of Uncle Sam today. He was found
in the forbidden zone at Wichita, ac-
cording to word received today by the
United States marshals office in
Topeka.
George McNish, deputy clerk in the
court of Topeka; G. D. McIlhenny, a
young attorney, and Roy Cornelius of
/ the Wolff Packing company went to
/ Kansas City Tuesday and enlisted in
the ordnance departm The three
young men returned to Topeka in the
evening and will leave again Friday
/ to report at Jefferson barra cks.
The Topeka Pet Stock Fanciers' and
/ Breeders association will hold a meet
1 ing Thursday night at 1880 o'clock at
! the Chamber of Commerce. Several
matters of interest to the association
Will be taken up and arrangements
will be made for a rabbit dinner to be
held saturday night The dinner will
/ be in celebration of the first success
full year of the organization.
The annual meeting of the Norder
association will be held in the hall al
621 Kansas avenue, on Friday evening
/ Officers for the coming year will be
elected at this meeting. The Nofder
association has given several of its
members to the defense of the nation
has subscribed for $4O0 worth of Lib.
erty bonds, and has given literally tc
the Red Cross.
The poultry breeders and fancier.
together with the Chamber of Com
/ merce have at last found a building OF
Kansas avenue large enough to house
the exhibits entered. 1t has been de
cided that the coops and caretaker.
will find sufficient space in the build
ing at SIS Kansas avenue and the pro
moters announce that the show will
open next Monday morning with dis
play of fine poultry and rabbits anC