The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18

aHNday meeting Friday at Pelletiers
= Red Cross rooms. Tire president.
Mrs. George P. Whitteker. asks all
members to be present and bring
help.
i A Topeka man takes exception to
little item which appeared in this de-
partment yesterday. and has written
me a letter giving his version. The
only thing that occurs to me to do is to
print the letter exactly as it is written
to me. So here it is if l have to re-
: sign for it. IS. L. H.
To the Society Editor: In your de-
partment yesterday appeared the fob
! lowing item: Mr.. Frank p. Mac
! Lehman took a party of friends on a
! motor trip to Camp Funston yesterday
: in his new Packard car. That may
appeal to you to be a mere matter-of-
i fact. ordinary item, of no special sig
nificance; but to me it has its serious
aspect. In the first place, it appears
as if / had gone on 10y ride to
Camp Funston, while the fact of the
| matter is, that l went down there as
publisher of Trench and Camp for
information that I needed in connec-
| tom with a meeting of Trench and
Camp publishers in New York next
week, and for which city 1 will start
| tomorrow afternoon, to attend the
meetings of the Associated Press and
| the American Newspaper Publishers
association.
In regard to taking party of
friends, of course l did not want to go
alone to Funston. L enjoy company
and l had a chance to combine with
| business. a trip which would give
myself
In reference to the statement lin his
new Packard car l have no new
autrmobile Speaking of cars, l have
a Foro, about a year old, and drive
| it myself 1t is very handy. 1t does
a lot of business for me. 1t does get
| over the ground and with it 1 am
| independent of a chauffeur. Some of
my friends have unkindly circulated
| the statement that, while l can start
| ana run the Ford, ] seem to have
great difficulty in stopping it, declar-
ing that the other evening l ran over
! d sidewalk, slowly but surely. and
! stopped the car by running it into
! brick wall l cannot deny the truth
Of this story Several people saw the
| incident, including one man connected
VITA the Santa Fee Watch company,
land my daughter who was in the
i Ford with me and who was much dis
guSted when we suddenly blocked the
sidewalk on Ninth street. Fortunate
I ly, there were few passers-by 1
| don't see why the Santa Fe Watch
! company man should turn up. How
ever. have never hurt anybody with
my Ford. 1t helps me a great deal.
! When 1 was in Manhattan yester-
! day. l paid off a mortgage on this
! Ford, that 1 hal assumed (the mort
| gage, uot necessarily the Ford). 1t
amounted to $50 and the check was
mace payab BILE. to S. J. Pratt, presi-
dent of the Citizens State bank of
| Manhattan, to whose bank the mort
gage was given by the former owner
/ of the car
Now. in regard to the new Pack
ard car" here I am advoca ting thru
the State Journal that people Re
economical. conservative. careful and
buy third liberty loan bonds: and you
make me out before our readers as
Joy riding yesterday in my new
Packard car" Now, haven't new
/ Packard car or new car of any
kind The Packard l have is second
! hand car. Tt belonged to a man in
I Kansas City, Mo-, who ran it last year
! l got it at a great bargain, and painted
out his initials. L. c. S. on the door.
/ and painted my own. +. p. NJ. in
( their stead. While the car is a used
car and is old model, it suits me
all right for my family and friends.
! To be sure the car looks like new
one and puts me in pretty high class
of auto drivers. but that is camou-
| fiage- My old family is about all
in. I thought I would re-paint il and
have it repaired; but I am advised by
men who ought to know that It is not
worth while for me to spend the money
on it, This Packard was offered to me
partly on an advertising contract and
partly for other valuable considers-
tons, which made it easy for me to
/ own it, and pay for it.-and gave me an
/ opportunity which / did not dare over
! look. I had come to the conclusion
/ that l would rather drive second
! hand Packard car than new 1918