The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-05

| travelled 5000 or 5000 miles in the
west, seeking a location, and finally
decided that of all the cities they Wis
tied Topeka best met their require
ments and they decided to locate per-
manently here.
1t was in 1911 that Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith and family moved to Topeka.
The following year Mr.. Smith and Mr..
Slaughter organized the Farm Mort
gage company.
| Mr.. Smith has been active in the
public affairs of Topeka and he has
always been one who has subscribed
| to various enterprises to promote the
general interest of the city. He is
vestryman of Grace cathedral and was
recently elected president of the Ca
| thedra1 club. He has been active in
the Episcopal church for many years
and while living in Oberlin built Trim
ity Episcopal church as memorial to
his mother. Charlotte Ashton Smith.
Mr. Smith is still Interested in the
A r. Bowers Fire Insurance agency
and will retain that interest. He plans
| to make some private investments and
look after his various farms, but to
enjoy the retirement from the more
active business life at least for the
present.
Many Topeka people have been in
terested in reading the articles
| Ready Action, Camera, Co. two of
which have appeared in the Saturday
| Evening Post recently. These are
movie stories and are by Mr. Bob
Wagner of Los Angeles. Cal. Mrs.
Wagner was formerly Miss Florence
Welsh of Topeka. She was society re-
porter on Topeka paper for several
years and has a large circle of friends
who are interested in the success of
4 Mr.. Wagner.
Dean Horace Whitehouse has chos-
en- seven Topeka singers to take the
solo parts in the Messiah which is
to be given by the Topeka Musical So
ciety on Tuesday, February g.
In times past it has been considered
necessary to import the soloists for
this concert, but this year there is so
much talent in the society that Dean
Whitehouse is very glad to show To-
peka people what the Art society has
been doing.
Those chosen for the solo parts are:
Sopranos-Mrs. George w. Park
hurst, Mrs. B. B. Smyth.
Altos-Mrs. E. C. Brown, Miss AL
lison Shaver.
Waldo Haywood.
, Bass-Mr. Hugh Dickerson.
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The Monday Tourist club was en-
tertained this afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Fred Evarts on Buchanan
street. MIS- f. L. bTOOkenS reau Il
paper on Alaska's Government Rail-
| roads.
The club has been reviewing condi-
tions during the Civil war and are tax
ing an active interest in the depart
mental work of the state. Mr.. Paul
Moore of Kingsley, secretary of the
state utilities commission, gave talk
/ on the work of his board.
X X
, Mr.. Harry Davis, who has been at
tending college in Grinnell, Ia, has
returned to Topeka and entered
= Washburn college. He has beer
pledged to the Alpha Delt fraternity
Mrs. n. w. Null. Mrs. E. E. Brook
ems and Miss Minnie L. Doering will
f entertain Tuesday afternoon with d
3 Null, 723 Quincy street The guests
t will be members of the Eastern Star
= X
s The Elwen Bridge club will be en-
S tertained tomorrow at the Chocolate
/ Shop. Mrs. j. E. Cation will be hostess
, X X y
f Mrs. George F. Sharitt will entertain
= the Crochet club tomorrow Afternoon
: at her home on West Eleventh street
A handsome new Detroit electro
r car is being driven by members of tho
r T. B. Sweet family
r The social department of the WoEI-
r ans club will entertain tomorrow
e night at the Elks club rooms The
r guests will be their husbands, TIE
t state officers and their wives and ths
4 legislators and their wives
C The guests will be received by the
isocial committee of which Mrs. George