The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-16

With "McAdoO' on every rail-,
We'd know whats In a name .
| -Cir-Cingle.
The Kansas Y. NJ. c. A. war work
council is moving its office from the
New England building to the Central
Y. NJ. c. A
Black silk socks, mans sizes, are
about the scarcest things in Topeka
today. according to one fastidious
youth who made the rounds in search
of the footgear. SAID youth later as
serted that he had found one lonely
half dozen pair in one of the bigger
uptown stores.
| Administrators sale of the house
| hold goods, wearing apparel. books,
| jewelry and other numerous articles
| of the late Jennie wilcox Wolf will
| be held at 427 Quincy street, at Laf-
fe~ty's auction block. at o'clock p. m.
| SATURDAY., August II. w. A. S. Bird,
! ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The entire force of the Dibble Groc-
cry company, Sixth and Quincy
| streets, had a melon feast Thursday
| evening at the Reuben Caldwell farm,
| and a 81 delivery truck were used to
transport the forty-fve participants.
| The crowd had a swimming party
| later in the evening.
The regular monthly business meet
ing of the Loyal Bereans' class of the
West Side Christian church was held
at Lakewood park with a picnic sup
per. Mrs w. E. Cowdrey is the teach
er for the class. The officers elected
were: n. f Fouch, president; j. w.
| Kaufman, vice president; Mrs. ]. F.
| Marsh, secretary. Glass meetings are
held the second Wednesday in each
month.
| Following the announcement of the
new draft ages a number of prominent
| n q tito n H.
ly bachelor type have been more or
less assiduous in making motions like
they were engaged in essential work.
One or two of them have even gone
SO far as to apply for executive posi-
tons in war munition plants. where
the work would not interfere too much
with golf and motoring.
| Nesbit Fink and Willard Gossett,
members of the Y. NJ. c. A. navy sig
nal class. who live out in Elmhurst.
are planning, in order to improve
their practice in signals, system of
keeping tab on street cars for the
benefit of the neighborhood. One of
the boys will be stationed at the car
line and another up the street. When
1 a downtown ear is sighted the sig
mails will be wigwagged and the
neighbors will be informed.
There is an agitation on foot in
Wichita which has spread to Topeka
| dn0nL Lhe OF Dr1SnIIy COlOreQ
wool sweaters and sweater vests in the
summer time. The agitation in Wich-
| tia says that the fad for the summer
sweater was started by an astute agent
! of the Hun propaganda bureau. The
reason assigned for the agitation
against the gay vests is that the MAX
ing of the sweaters takes just so many
l women and SO many looms from the
: manufacture of wooden sweaters for
the soldiers, besides using up a fair
quantity of the available supply of
wool yarn.
The towns younger set is all
aroused over a recent event staged in
Kansas City. A young man and his
. sweetheart decided to make a week
a end. trip to the Kaw's mouth and
r after their arrival, planned on hunt
e ing up a young married couple fol
e chaperons- They telephoned the
| couple and were informed that they
had planned to leave in a few hours
C for Topeka but that the Topeka Wis
s. itors were welcome to the apartm ent
Dumfounded, strangers and inexperi
enced. they inn ocently accepted the
invitation And thus the gossip.
The ninth battalion of the Kansal
| state guard is going to be supplied
n with regular rifles in the very nea1
future if it lies within the power o
Major P. B. Hamlin to obtain them
;, He declares that practically all schools
!, that have military training, includin,
h the Boys Industrial school, Kansa-
Il state agriculture college and hay
- Normal school are supplied with rifle
; and there is no reason why the gov
. eminent should not supply them t,
:. the state guard in order that the mel
- may be Instructed in the use of fire
arms and be placed in position t
guard the property of the state whe,
occasion arises.
r. According to statements by tn
- members of the l., Q. o. F. and Re
, bekah lodges, the picnic held at Rip
- ley park, Thursday night by the mem
- bers, was one of the most successful
=. ever held Among the lodges repre-
d scented were five Shawnee county
>. .. o.. F. lodges from Topeka, and 81
ls Rebekah lodges, all from Topeka, ex
u cept one from Silver Lake, while near
Iy every lodge of either order was rep
resented by one or more delegates
The picnic included a dinner and i
the program following Governor Ar
thur Capper and Col L. NJ PenweI
grand master of the Kansas gran
lodge of the I. o. o. F., were the prin
4 cipal speakers.