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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-01

sculptor 1t is yet too early, however
to give announcement of a definite
program.
The guilds regular monthly meet
ings will be held, as last year, on the
evening of the last Saturday in the
month. The place of meeting will be
the Francis & Hodge studio. Later.
when the crowded condition of the
state house, owing to the reconstruc-
ton of its east wing, is abated. the
guild hopes to secure permanent quar-
tiers in that building.
X X X
Mrs. George M. Crawford, chairman
of the Shawnee county unit of the
woman's committee of the Kansas
council of defense, has returned from
a speaking tour of some of the small
towns of the county, where she gave
instructions to the precinct captains
and leutenants on the methods of
registration to be used September 5,
when the women of Kansas will make
their voluntary registration for food
conservation and war service.
X X X
The regular meeting of the Military
Sisterhood will be held Tuesday, Sep
temper 4. at 1880 o'clock in the Me-
mortal building, corner of Tenth and
Jackson streets. The public is cor
daily invited. A special invitation to
be present is given to relatives of the
soldiers in the ammunition train and
other military units, who are visiting
in Topeka A good many of the men
have relatives in the city. and these
women are asked to attend the meet
ing. An explanation of the organi-
cation. its objects and aims, will be
made for the benefit of out-of-town
people.
The Chicago Tribune of recent date
carried a large picture of the force
which makes up the Chicago draft
board, and on the picture are a Num-
Der of women, who are members of
the board. Very few of the boards
have included women among their
workers, and, according to the Trib-
une account, the women on that force
are enthusiastic and conscientious
workers. Among them is Mrs. c. F.
Young, of Chicago, a former Topeka
woman. She is the daughter of Mrs
]. E Watts. Her husband is now
head drug buyer for Montgomery
! Ward of Chicago. Mr.. and Mrs
Young formerly lived at 1906 West
Tenth street, and the marble house al
! that number was built by them
The draft has its headquarters il
a Presbyterian church at Sheridan
Road and Broadway.
| X X x
The marriage of Miss Helen Marie
! Steinrauf, the daughter of Mr.. end
Mrs. L. S. Steinrauf, and Mr.. William
D. r. Bundy, took place July il
Lawrence. Mr.. Bundy is sergeant il
the ammunition train and was on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-01

border last winter. He belongs to the
Kansas contingent which is to be a
part of the Rainbow division to be
sent abroad soon.
Mrs. J. G. Stricken, of SIS Harrison
street, who is chairman of the knit
ting committee of the D. A. R., asks
that all finished knitting work done
by the members, be sent to her home
at once, as a box of the work is to
be sent out Immediately.
Il X 4
Mr.. Raymond Beers and Mr..
Charles Connors will give an early fall
subscription dance at Kellam hall.
Friday night, September Z. for the
young dancing crowd of Washburn
college and the high school.
X X X
Lieut. C. A Reynolds. U. S. R., is
spending the weekend with his broth
err R. G. Reynolds, 430 Buchanan
street, Topeka. The lieutenant has
been ordered to report at Camp Fun
ston, Fort Riley, Monday. September
8, to assist in training the first con-
tingent of the new national army,
which will be called September 5.
In May he entered the officers
training camp at Fort Riley and fin
ished with honors. being commits
stoned first lieutenant in the new ma
tional army.
He began his military career in
1904, entering the engineering corps
of the United States regular army, be-
ing detailed for Typographical and
reconnaissance work in Cuba during
1861.
Lieutenant Reynolds l. the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. r. R. Reynolds of 304
Western avenue.
y
Mrs. F. H. Willis gave a shower
Friday evening at her home, 1141
Grand avenue, for her sister, Miss
Louise Suess, whose marriage to Mr.
J. w. Fazel will take place in Sep
TENDER. The guests were: Miss
Deany Pruessner, Miss Ruth Romig
Miss Elsie Bacon. Miss Ruth Pruess-
ner, Miss Maude Currie, Miss Emma
Lempenau, Miss Alta Droege. Miss
Eta Covell, Miss Louise Suess, Mrs
Bess Lempenau, Mrs. Bertha White
Mrs. Ella Couden. Mrs. Elizabeth Hin
ken, Mrs. Ida Ayers, Mrs. Kate Stahl
n X
Cards have been received in Topeka
from Mrs. Barbour Walker, announc
| ing the marriage of her daughter
Mary Barbour, to Mr.. Edward Lyn
don, August %. The marriage wa.
solemnized in st. Johns cathedral
home after October 1 at 1876 Yves
Sixteenth street, New York City.
Mrs. Walker is remembered b!
many Topeka friends. She was prin
cipal of the College of the Sisters o
Bethany for a few years. From her
she went to Washington, D. c., t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-01
SANTA FE NOTES

Notes and personals from Santa Fe
by Frances Jones' 211 Grattan street,
Telephone between and 10 a. m $3.50;
rthe- hours 4751 K-2
Conductor A Thomas who has been at
the company hospital for some time re-
cetving treatment, has gone to his home in
Arkansas City.
W. W. Hutton is spending a few days
in Amarillo. Tex, on a business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Tew and daughter
Dorothy. have returned to Coffeyville, Kan,
after making an extended visit to Clifford
Tew and family. The trip was made over
land. Mr.. Clifford Tew is employee of
the company. working in the boiler shops.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Webb have re-
turned after spending several days with
friends in Chanute and Baldwin. Mr.. Webb
is connected with the freight auditors
office
Frances Haggard, daughter of w. J.
Haggard. Waterman at the Branner street
gate, has returned from Wichita, where
she was guest of her brother, Neil Hag-
gard.
Miss Eleanor Eckert. daughter of Engi-
neer and Mrs. William Eckert will return
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Saturday from Manitou. where she has
been camping with a party of friends
Engineer Ed Ash. Mrs. Ash and children
of Kansas City, will spend Sunday In To-
Peka with Mrs. Mary Norwood
H s. Sawyer of Burden. Kan, is a new
employee In the machine shops.
j. W. Gibbs, night round house foreman
has returned to his work after an Illness
of several days.
Conductor H. NJ. Marshall of Kansas City,
one of the oldest conductors running OUT
of Topeka. is Ill at the company hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Stafford and daugn-
ters, will spend Sunday In Kansas city.
Mr.. Stafford is employed In the coacn
shops
Mrs. J. A. McGinnis of Chanute: Kan;
died at the home of her parents. Mr., ana
Mrs Oscar Meyer, 7O5 jefferson street. Sat
urday morning. The funeral will be held
at the Church of the Assumption, Monday
morning at Q O'Clock.
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who spent a part of the summer in
California. Miss Howe's work was
entirely in the line of aesthetic and
interpretative study. She brings the
comforting assurance, however, that
the ball room dancing steps this year
the past year, so that the dance
sharks of last year. may still keep
the floor without learning a new set
of dances and trying to forget all the
old ones.
Mrs. Charles Briggs, of Hutchinson,
has been named as chairman of the
literature department of the Kansas
State Federation of Women's clubs by
Mrs. H. o. Carney, president. This is
one of the important departments of
the federation. Mrs. Briggs is presi-
dent of the Hutchinson Woman's club.
Mrs. Briggs, before her marriage,
was Miss Margaret Perkins. She is
known in Kansas as a writer of verse,
and her poems have received much
favorable notice thruout the country.
Her best known volume is entitled
Love Letters of a Norman Princess -
X X X
Miss Bernadette Huycke gave a
matinee luncheon Saturday for Miss
Evangeline Schroeder, of Leaven-
worth, who is visiting Miss Winifred
Hartley The party was given at the
Chocolate Shop, and covers were laid
for Miss Schroeder, Miss Hartley, Miss
Polly Mowers, Miss Marguerite Dolan,
Miss Helen Wood, Miss Mary Fitz-
gerald, Miss Katherine Dolan, Mrs.
Arthur Opperman, Miss Huycke.
Cards are out for a musicale which
will be given by Miss Emelie Lorraine
Bates, pupil of Miss Alma Nelson,
Wednesday evening. September 5, al
8 o'clock, at 211 East Tenth street.
X 4 >
The marriage of Miss Candace Ca
ton. of Concordia, and Mr.. Ambrose
Dickson Folker, took place Tuesday
night at the home of the brides par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. Charles Cation. OF
Concordia. The marriage office from
the Book of Common Prayer was read
by DIR. M. L. Wickman, of Concordia
Mrs. Folker was a student in the
Kansas State university and took hel
masters degree from Leland Stan
ford university where she was a mem
Der of the Phi Beta Kappa sorority.
! Mr.. Folker is agricultural agent fol
Shawnee county, and has lived in To
peka since accepting that position. HI
| is the son of Mrs. P. c. Folker of Len
exa, Kan. and is a graduate of tn
Iowa State college, Ames, Iowa.
| The bride was attended az the mar
| riage by her sister, Miss Mildred Ca
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-01
Looking Backward In State
Journal Society Column
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

Mrs VIII Wilton will entertain at
thimbles Friday afternoon.
Mrs. c. S. Sutton will entertain the mem
bers of the Queens Court and some of
their friends Friday night of Festival week.
Mrs. James L. King and daughter, Emily,
Iowa.
Mrs. ]. D. Small will spend Friday ind
Saturday with Mrs. J. Weiss.
DR.. and Mrs. J. D. Countermine returned
yesterday from a trip to the north and
east. During their absence they travelled
between 1000 and 5000 miles, going from
Topeka to Duluth, then down the lakes to
Buffalo, then to Toronto and the Thousand
Islands to Montreal. They went down
the Hudson to New York and across the
bay to Sandy Hook.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred A. Rodgers, OF
1119 Tyler street, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Mar
Jorie. to Lieut.. Kenneth Lewis. Def
mite arrangements are not made for
the wedding, but it will probably take
place this fall.
Miss Rodgers is a graduate of Wash
burn college, and is affiliated with the
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Before
entering Washburn she was a student
for time in Rockford college, Rock
ford, ILL.,, and after finishing her col
legiate work she took library course
at Chautauqua, New York. She now
has a position at the state library in
the capitol building.
Lieutenant Lewis is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. 1. S. Lewis, of Fillmore
street. His father was formerly state
superintendent of insurance. He grad
uated from the Topeka high school,
and afterwards went into the insur-
ance business. For three years he
was special examiner for the insur-
ance department. When war was de-
clared, he entered the training school
at Fort Riley, and received an ap-
pointment as first lieutenant in the
First Kansas Field Signal corps
The announcement is one of much
interest on account of the prominence
of the families to be united by the
personal popularity of the young
people.
Mr.. Hugh A. Hodgins announces the
engagement of his daughter, Jean, to
Mr.. Edwin Wright Cooney, of New
York City. The wedding will take
place about the middle of September.
Miss Hodgins was formerly a stu
dent in the College of the Sisters of
Bethany, and later attended the Sa-
cred Heart academy, at st. Louis, Mo.
The romance, which is to have its Gull
In fIn fhNO inc ~
riage, had it's beginning in an
acquaintance during a visit of Miss
Hodgins to relatives in New York,
when she first met Mr.. Cooney. The
ness and social circles, and the en-
gagement announcement of Miss
Hodgins is an interesting bit of news
to many Topeka people.
Mr.. Cooney is a graduate of Cor
nell university, Ithaca, New York. He
is now a corporation lawyer in New
York. and he ana his bride will make
their home in that city.
The wedding is to be very quiet
one, and will probably be celebrated
at the Hodgins home in West Seventh
avenue.
Miss Hazel Howe has returned from
a trip TO the west coast and to Alas
ka. She was accompanied on the TRIP
by Miss Ethel Estberg, of Milwaukee
They went by boat from Vancouver
mp the Alaskan coast to Skagway
and then took the Yukon railroad
over the mountains into the interior
Thru the mineral country" Miss
Howe says, ARE to be seen any num-
Der of deserted towns, with building:
closed and boarding up, marking the
places where the mines were found
and worke, out following the grea
gold strike in that territory. The
weather there in the summer is cold
II we kept warm we had to wear al
our clothes all the time"
On the return trip, Miss Howe
stopped in San Francisco and in Lo!
Angeles, to take some special worl
in dancing. She studied in the Den
ishawn school in Los Angeles. which
is conducted by Ruth st. Denis. II
San Francisco she took instruction
with Miss Cramer. with whom sht
studied in New York a year ago, anC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-01

The men of Capt. Arthur Mills's
company last week received delight
full surprise, when a group of little
girls and their mothers presented
them with some homemade cakes. The
occasion was birthday celebration
for Virginia Mills. the little daughter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-01
At Home S-31-I7

enjoyed Rexan Store the other day.
Say Ethel uDhy Wouldn't be aplendd idea the
members the meeting that adjourn and take
luncheon TuLy-McFarEand's hereafter? You know
ha lot tporry and tpork these uncheons home
Meet before you the club tomorrow and
let talk it
Yours,
Katharine
p S-By upay, bought of the ViUdudou French
Toilet Preparations TuyMcFdands yesterday. the
advertised in the Ladies' Journal They fine.
You ought try them. X
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of Captain and Mrs. Mills. About
twenty-five were asked, and during
the hours of the party, they drove to
the fair grounds to take the cakes
their mothers had baked, and the big
birthday cake for the soldiers in the
camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28
MAGAZINE SECTION for January %, 1917
Making Hens Work Overtime

vide the light in "work-
ing" hours, and a two
candle-power lamp to
enable the fowls to find the
roosts after the larger one
is turned off. Some of the
more Industrious, however,
continue even in the dim
light. The lights are
turned IN at six in the
morning, and left burning
until seven or seven-thirty,
depending upon the dark
ness or the lightness of the
morning. In the evening
the lights are kept burning
until about nine. When
they are left 9f} for any
reason, the hens continue
busily scratching and feed
ing even as late as mid
night.
The increased produce
ton is, of course, not all
clear profit. Mr.. Newell's
carefully kept figures show
that the extra eggs were
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@lCO.lO ue eAUTd
food cost S29.9O In addition, the wiring of
the poultry houses cost $50 and the cleo
tric current consumed about $12 1t is
clear, however, that the artificial light was
responsible for large gain.
At the beginning of the experiment
some fear was felt that the artificial light
would act as forcer and reduce the vigor
and vitality of the fowls, leading ulti-
mately to decreased egg production But
the hens continued laying throughout the
summer, and did not stop even when
the next moulting season arrived. The
truth seems to be that the short and dark
winter days when the fowls are off the
roosts only six or seven hours are abnor-
NAL, and that in this time the hens can not
get food and exercise enough to produce
the heat needed, maintain their bodily
functions, and produce eggs.
1t should be noted that these results
are secured under highly unfavorable con-
ditions. For six days each week Mr..
Newell leaves home at seven in the
morning, and does not return until
seven-thlrty in the evening, or even later:
therefore he is unable to give the flock
the close attention needed. The hens are
cooped up in small yards, and never
allowed to run at large. All the food con-
sumed is purchased, with the exception
OF table scraps-and this is a negligible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

TUST when the cost of eggs is mounting
highest, just when you could clean up
- a small fortune if you could only fill
your Orders-that is the very moment
that the faithful hen selects to go on a
long vacation.
Hundreds of plans have been tried to
make hens lay in winter. Some of them
have actually increased the output of eggs,
but usually at prohibtive cost. Now
to quote the lawyers Mr..
George G. Newell of Congress Park, Hi
nois, suburb of Chicago, with a plan
novel but effective-supplying an album
dance of food and using artificial light to
lengthen the working day, so Biddy may
work overtime.
The accompanying Illustration gives an
excellent idea of Mr.. Newell's modus
operandi. In the main, his poultry houses
are like hundreds of others, with well
Uttered floors, automatic feeders, trap
nests, scrupulous cleanliness, ventlating
apparatus, and the like. In one impor-
tant respect, however, they are different.
Artificial lights Gin this case electric Lights
are installed, so that the working day
may be heightened at both ends. The
Illustration also SHOWS DeNOnu a QOuDt
what the hens themselves think of the
PLAN a more industrious lot could not
be found
In plain American, however, it is
bringing home the bacon that counts
in other words, fresh eggs in late fall and
winter. And it is on just this point that
Mr.. Newell is most willing to center
attention. Since he is an auditor by pro-
fession and an egg producer only for pur-
poses of relaxation, he naturally knows
to the fraction of an egg just what
the effect of artificial light has been. the
number of hen days required to produce
an egg, and so on. He has collected an
immense amount of data, but the follow
ing table tells briefly and effectively the
whole story. This Exhibit A shows re-
suits with practically identical flocks dur
ing two winters.
In each case there We're about one hun
dred hens; they were fed the same kinds
and amounts of feed; and other conditions
were as nearly the same as is humanity
possible, with the single exception that
in l9l4-l5 artificial light was used to
lengthen the day. The egg production in
the "lean" months of the two years tells
the story:
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hundred eggs per year for each hen
in large fock-and those distributed
fairly evenly throughout the year instead
of being punched during the spring and
summer months. Mae NJ. Telford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

The method of lighting found most con-
venient and practical in this particular
case was the installation of hundred
candle-power lamp in each house to pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

You Ought to Get, Find Out Ho,U
Much You Haze to Cive
4 GREAT word has been added to the vocabulary
\ Of Business in recent years.
1t is being overworked, as all new words are
We shall doubtless become very tired of it, we have
become tired of psychology" and efficiency" and other
overworked words
But the idea the word represents has to stay.
The word itself is SERVICE.
i'm the Office of the general manager of great
corporation recently. The business he manages has
departments in almost every large city 1t is business
that has unquestionaby been of benefit to the
people of America, and has-ncdentaly- millions
for its founder.
Man" l obtained permission to copy four paragraphs.
Here they are. What do you think of them as the
confession of faith of millionaire?
can honestly say now that | have never worked at
the business for profit as the main motive.
My profits have been incidental, though absolutely
have always conducted my business solely for the
purpose of what considered "pubic service
Had conducted my business for the purpose of max
ing profit might have made much money as have
made, although doubt it, am sure that would not
have made any more. | am pretty that mouM
not hare made a quarter as much
| know man who has grown rich by building and
operating three great hotels.
slept in of his hotels the other night, and in the
morning dropped into my pocket a copy of his book
of instructions to his employees. Here quota
tons from that book
A Hotel has just thing % SELL
That thing is Service
The Hotel that sells Poor Service is a Poor Hotel.
The Hotel that sells Good Service is a Good Hotel
1t is the object of this Hotel sell its
best IN the world.
The Service of a Hotel is thing supplied by any
single individual 1t is not Special Attention any
guest.
Hotel Service the limit of Courteous Efficient
Attention from each Particular Employee Each Par
ticuar Guest.
This is the kind Of service the Guest for when he
pays his blwhetler it is for 50 $40 day. 1t is the
kind of Service he is entitled to, and he need not and
sho"d not pay any more
1t is interesting to note how in the of time, the
practical of the world finally come around to the
point of view of the mord's dreamers.
Napoleon the practical refused to the dreamer
Fulton, with his absurd claim that he could make
boat against tide and wind.
But to-day all practical pay tact tribute to that
dreamer
For two thousand years practical men have looked
with superior sort of tolerance the teachings of
certain Carpenter of Nazareth What He said very
good, of course, but utterly impractical.
Yet the Service Idea which is the big new Idea in
modern business, was first discovered and announced
by that Carpenter:
Whosoever will be great among let him be your
ministers and whosoever will be chief among you, let
him be your
It's the one solid, practical rule for building business
business career
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

There must be
money in the
poultry business
said a certain rich
man. Tots OF
money. 1 hnoW
FUe put u lot in,
and neUer took
any ou." If you
hare had a similar
experience, this
article may mean
real money to you.
Ii tells ho,D an
ordinary suburb
ANTE just like
.yon by Iengthen-
ing the minier day
for his hens. en-
aiding them to
scratch longerand
eat more. has ire
mendousiy in
creased his output
Of eggs at the time
of year when eggs
are north most.
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item with a flock
of Il hundred
hens.
Mr.. Newell has
compiled his data
in such form as
to show increases,
costs, the results
with pullets and
older hens of
various ages, net
gains, and so on.
This has been put
into easily avail
q BILE form for
those interested.
The results, how
ever, are what
count. The owner
of chickens who
can gather from
fifteen to sixty
eggs a day from
a flock Of a hun
bred hens in De-
cember, January,
and February
needs no better
evidence that it
pays. Mr.. New
ell, however, is
not content to
stop; his ambi-
ton is the pro-
duction of two