The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24

/ The Silent Woman has appeared
| As the latest picture theme.
Which makes fully realize
Things are not what they seem.
-Cr-Cingle.
! A Jewish community meeting was held
Sunday afternoon in the /. o. Il. Il. hall,
! 10 East Sixth street An address was
/ given by Judge West to a packed house.
/ The names of the boys who broke into
my house Sunday afternoon at So West
street known; If curtain rods and other
( articles taken are returned at once nothing
| farther will be done. W. L. Payne.-Adv.
thief entered the dance hall at 500.
| and stole four overcoats without being dis
covered. Three Of the coats belonged 10
theft and are working on the job Of locat-
| ing the thfef-
meeting of the Woman's Farm and
Garden association will be held at the
| ing at 10 o'clock. Prof. J.. W. Williams,
Of the agricultural college at Maq1settnn;
! FIJI the Worlds Dinner Pail
The two-year-oId daughter of Mr.: and
| found some tablets containing mercury
! Sunday afternoon and took one before she
was discovered with the bottle. DR.; Q. F.
Narcotic. who was summoned Immediately
says that the child Is now out OF danger
The High School Girls club of the
Y. W c. A. will have a spell down on
the Y W. c. A. Miss Margaret Ripley
has charge of the arrangements, which in
clude, besides the etlquette contest. mn
itary drill under the direction of Miss
Gertrude Loudenbach, physical director OF
! the Y. W. c. A.
| The city commissioners this morning al
| lowed the claim of Mrs. Florence Ruffner.
| Of SIS Monroe street, for $50 for damages
received in a fall on the ice at the alley on
| The accident occurred in the latter part of
| December. Mrs. Ruffner suffered severe
| sprains of the back and ribs besides COM
pound fracture Of one leg.
The Sunday evening service Of the
Central Congregational church was in
charge of Boy Scouts. who had arranged
executive. gave the address of the evening:
His subject was from Acts, the story OF
was the first Boy Scout Il. Lyman, George
Epps and Harry Ralston furnished part of
the entertainment.
i The day nursery for colored children for
which Mrs. W. l. Jamison and Mrs. J. II:
| Rhodes have been working: will be opened
Tuesday at the Garfield building 1t Is
toward solving the help problem, since
! hitherto TO leave home to work. can now
leave their children at the nursery morn
ings. Mrs. Jamison is chairman OF the
nursery committee.
The school for an intensive course in
home nursing, to be offered by the local
began this morning. The fee is $1.D.
which will cover the tuition and the cost
of all text books to be used in the course
The Red Cross is offering this to any wo-
man or girl who is. interested in home
nursing and VIII estaoh ds as many Glasses
The concert at the auditorium Sunday
afternoon. given by Marshalfs band for
the benefit of the Public Nursing assocla-
: ton netted $40 for the association in free
will offerings. William Btby, in speech,
told something of the work being done by
| the association. and suggested that the
; city arrange for series of free concerts
to be given on sunday. afternoon in the
interest of the association. The sugges-
! tion met with the hearty approval OF the
/ audience.
A party at the home of Helen Ander-
| son, 516 East Crane street, was broken
| up Sunday night by the police who, hav-
II ine heard of the affair. suspected that
| prohibited freshments were being served
| Attic no liquor was in evidence. bottle
of liquor was discovered under pie OF
taken to the station charged with the
unlawful possession of liquor. She was re-
leased on $500 bond to appear in police
court next Tuesday.
The Rev. L. NJ. Birkhead, at the Unity
|, Unitarian church Sunday evening declared
the Bible should be real With Gls
of series dealing with The Making of
5 the Bible" In dealing with the question 10
) found in the Bible that helped and
strengthened character. gave men nobler
in humanity purified them and widened
their sympathy. should be retained.
The First Baptist church passed resolu-
; tions last night following the Rev. Robert
Gordons morning sermon, in which the
government was praised for the work it
had done in the campaign fnstructing SOL
2 diers in camps. and of the measures taken
to safeguard the men against social dis
Secretary Baker. A second resolution was
sent TO the legislature, asking that they
!. vote for an appropriation of $lS,426 to
L meet similar amount offered by the gov
eminent. to carry on the work in Kansas
e 1t begins to look as If the soldiers in
4 France are to be reckOned with as real
force. since already they are dipping into
the political game and putting up men Tor
certain offices. The latest advices from
over there" indicate that Sergt. Grover
c. Ruhle of the Headquarters company,
100 field artillery, will enter the race as
! sheriff of Shawnee county The soldier
i who has the support of his associates IL
apt to be Il strong candidate, and Ser.
geant Rhule is said to be the favorite OF
home is at 40 Lime street.
DIR. f. 7. Kulp. in his sermon at the
First Methodist church last night, dis
cussed George Washington and America
Foreign Policy" Dealing with the policies
of Washington. and comparing them with
those of the present day statesmen, he de
, clared that tho the proposed league Of ma
Maintaining future peace, to be linked with
European nations will endanger us and
make trouble. This ugly think which W.
| call Rolsheyism cannot solve the problems
of our country" was Doctor kulp's ar
] Gument. Changes of government in coun
tries that have always been bureaucratic
| cannot solve their problems Immediately
| and We should steer clear of any agree
ment that will allow the missionaries o
| these new governments to spread theil
| propaganda in our country.
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