The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01

the rhododendron. 1t seeks the rocky
| sleeps and towering cliffs. Where 1T
grew the hemlock-one of our most
beautiful trees-could always be seem
Il Trees serve many purposes beyond
! that of supplying habitations for man
and beast. Those pioneer explorers
| of the wilderness found all their food
among and of the trees. We are now
only beginning to recognize the food
values of the beechnut, the chestnut,
| the walnut, the hickory-nut and 9TH
ers of their kind. The pecan-now
widely used foods but one spe-
cies of the hickory-nut. The oil of
the beechnut is little inferior to that
| of the olive. Acorns furnish the ba-
sis of many articles of useful and
Wholesome food. In many regions the
wild nuts of the forests supply all the
food required by hundreds and thou
sands of hogs. In primitive days
these nuts or mast" supported the
| largest flocks of birds in the world
those of the American wild pigeon.
Even in my time 1 have seen them
fly in such clouds that they shut out
the sun for many hours for days. In
seeking a days food they Would fly
IA thousand miles.
Il Trees have been cultivated and set
in groves for their fruits. The apple
use of trees. The apple orchards of
America produce a revenue of many
millions annually. The peach, the
Iapricot, the plum and prune. the
] orange. lemon, lime. date-paIm each
Eoccupy the attention of many men.
IThere are olive orchards a thousand
I years old These orchards bring in
much money and supply food to mil
lions. The fig was one of the first
fruits to be cultivated. Mention of the
fig tree is found in our earliest liter
allure. Indeed, it was one of the trees
planted by Gods own hand in Eden.
+ So, in use alone trees must be count
ed chief factors in the scheme of life
on this earth of ours.
L 1t is said that the oldest living thing
in the world is tree. The olive trees
which sheltered Christ are still living.
IsPerhaps they were centuries old at
Hills birth. They show cypress in
1Oaxaca, Mexico, 112 feet in circum-
ference and calculate that it is 5000
Years old Even our common trees
live long, The oak and the pine at
tain an age of 800 to 400 years. Some
species Of these live far beyond these
limits In Dorsetshire, England.
there is an oak tree more than 1 500
years old. There is one. at Saints,
| France, known to be nearly 1000
years old.
/ Trees are so interviewer with hu-
man life that they have become by
! part of it here and hereafter Man
began his life in and with the trees.
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i The 1918 high school annual, THE
| Sunflower." is out, and is dedicated to
the high school boys in the army 1t
is illustrated with pictures of the units
in which the high school boys are
serving. The members of the staff are
as follows: Mr.. Willard Haskell. edi-
tor; Mr.. George Beal, assistant editor;
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| Mr.. William Dunn, engraving mana
ger; Mr.. Warren Coolidge, advertising
manager; Mr.. Byron Boone, circula-
! ton manager.
THERE'S A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who has invented the prize scheme
for getting desirable guests to her
parties. The story of the arrangement
is out over town and is causing no
end of a furore. If the public is good
and agreeable to those who know the
story, condolences may be in order
\ soon. "hankering" to hear it would
be perfectly justifiable.
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Mrs. S. L. Courtney, 726 Topeka
avenue, was the guest of honor at a
luncheon and bridge party given by
Mrs. II. A. Tallman at the Lee
Huckins, Oklahoma City, on Tuesday
of this week. Mrs. Tallman formerly
lived in Topeka and ienjoyed a large
ACQUAINTANCE mere - socially. Mrs
Courtney is just completing an ex-
tended trip of several months in the
south, where she visited relatives and
friends, and will return to Topeka
early next month.
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Mr.. and Mrs. A Zahner and Miss
Helen Louise Crosby, of Topeka, who
have gone south to spend the winter,
! were welcomed on Sunday at the Hotel
i Clarendon at Seabreeze, where they
have spent former seasons. The visi-
tors will join the Red Cross workers,
who meet three times weekly in the
4 Clarendon ball room under the direc-
ton of Mrs. E. L. Potter.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. Willard N. Hall left Thursday
for SeaBreeze, Florida, to join Mr..
Hall who has been in the south for
the past few weeks. e
Capt. Arthur Mills has returned to
his company at Fort Sill. after SPEND
ing a few days in Topeka with his
brother, Mr.. w. w. Mills, who is ill.
Mrs. Arthur Mills and her children
have returned from Lawton, Okla,
where they have been. for the past
few months.
Il Mrs. Walter Hayes has gone to
/ Oklahoma for visit to her sister,
Mrs Alfred Hart
Mr.. Adrian Sherman viii return the
first of next week from a business trip
of a few weeks. During his absence
Mrs. Sherman has been with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Connell.
Mrs Paul Walker and Miss Anne
attend . the Wv. C. A war work
council.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Zeigler of
Springfield, Ohio. expect to leave Sun