The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

At the First Methodist church to-
morrow morning the choir will sing
some superb selections of classical sa-
cred music.
Practically all of the Topekans who
/ paid their poll tax have called at the
office of City Clerk CoveH to get their
money back Only about $500 re-
manned to be given out this morning.
/ Miss Anderson, stenographer in the
mayors office, plans to spend the
Christmas holidays visiting her sister
in Lincoln. Neb. A number of other
city hall employees have made plans to
spend the Yuletide out of the city.
! Doctor KuIp will address the Bust
ness Mems Bible class of the First
Methodist church tomorrow morn
ing on a subject taken from the re-
cent acti0ities of the anti-saloon
/ league in leading the fight for prohi-
bition.
a smoker will be held Friday night,
/ December IS, by the Topeka Press
Commerce. Officers for the ensuing
year will be elected. Changes i'll the
constitution of the club will also he
brought up.
z. D. Clarity, ia Quincy street, is
the owner of one of the hottest oil
stoves in the city. In fact it gives off
so much heat that last evening it set
fire to the house. The blaze was
promptly distinguished with what was
estimated as 'trifling loss"
The advisory board at the court
house is cramped for space and crowd
ed with work Judge j. G.. Slonecker.
! 101 Jackson street. states tho if reg
istrants will come to his Office be-
tween and Il and 2 and 4 (holidays
eXcepted) he will gladly help them
with the questonnaires.
At the Wednesday meeting of the
Federation of Colored WOmen's clubs,
/ it was decided to accept several
orphans at the new home. Some of
the finer points in the law of the land
were discussed at this meeting. G.. w.
Hamilton, the official colored under
I taker, gave an interesting talk
Miss Annetta Nicoll, city pure food
inspector. has been pretty busy look
ing after the Christmas candy To-
pekanS will eat seeing that it is kept
sanitary and that the dealers do not
display it uncovered. She reports that
only one dealer has been found with
his candy stock exposed to the many
microbes that are floating around in
the atmosph -e.
In the gymnasium of the Railroad
Y. NJ. c. A. Tom Powell gave bonny
Scottish entertainment to a packed
house of interested listeners. AS per
his usual custom, the Scotch ballads
were administered in%costume to the
piano accompaniment of Paul Thor
son. Other numbers on the program
for the evening were two solos by j.
w White, a chalk talk by Wiley Wat
son, and a Red Cross reading by Miss
Ceora Lanham.
Four automobiles engaged in a mad
joust for the same footage at the
Eighth street crossing on Kansas ave
nue. last evening. w. H. Conry, sup
erintendent of school buildings, driv-
ing his school board car, was one of
the defeated parties in the tourney.
He blamed bright lights on the victors
as unla wful weapons. A Cadillac car,
driven by a man named Brown, was
the other victim of defeat Both vic
tors and vanquished left the field of
battle under their own power.
The Monday evening Triangle, of
the First Methodist church has ar
ranged a unique Christmas supper,
(family style), open to all senior young
people of the congregation and Sun
day school with their affiliated or
CARNATIONS and to any of their friends,
not attached to other churches. No
charge will be made, but a plate of
fering will be taken toward defraying
the expenses. This affair will be to-