The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Noon lunch. Cremer1e Cafeterfa.-Adv.
Topeka Concert Series-Season tick
cts now selling at Jenkins.-Adv.
The calling off of the mine strike
cold spell today.
A sure sign OF winter-teamster
walking behind their wagons swinging
their arms this morning.
The Topeka Press club will meet
Saturday evening at the home of w.
D. Wolfe. 921 Clay street.
Paul Adams, former Topeka news
paperman, who has been in Mexico
for several years, is in Topeka visiting
relatives.
A Topeka man has been taking his
family to California. for the winter
since the famine in houses TO rent.
He leases his house, furnished, for
enough, under SIX months lease, to
pay expenses of the trip.
Since the fuel shortage Topekans
have been unusually active in the
trimming of trees. And it isn't neces-
sary to call teamster~ to haul away
the limbs-the brush is stored away
zealously in the Easements.
, able, turn on the green lights SO
we can sell the man green suit was
reversed by a Topekan the other day.
He bought suit by electric light
thinking it gray. Outside in the sun
light it turned vivid green.
The state printing plant and the Ma
sonic temple are struggling to see
which will succeed in first gobbIing up
the isolation of tho lone house re-
naming on Tenth avenue between
Jackson and Van Buren, streets.
The trolley pole Red Cross signs
were pasted over some of Phil East
wind has done away with the r. c.
placards and as a result the Free Fair
for September is advertised in Novem.
Der.
Topeka postoffice employees will re-
ceive increases amounting to $4,000
year, according TO W. o. Rigby, post
master The employees will collect
back pay from July /, this year. The
increases will run from 500, annu-
ally, to 5000.
NJ. E. Welch and Captain Guilfoyle
OF Herington were Topeka visitors
Tuesday. Welch is mayor of the city
and president of the Bank of Herring
ton. Guilfoyle is widely known cen
tra1 Kansas attorney and was a cap
tain of infantry in France.
The "git-fiddle es'' Of the ukulele
fiends were throbbing and drumming
in the southwest part Of the city Tues
day night. However, the serenaders
evidently were not out TO git either
girls or coin, for they would move on
when applause rewarded their efforts.
Col John S. Dean, of Topeka, claims
glory as prophet. He cites an in
stance where he bet a brother officer
the war would end before his birth
day. This bet was placed during the
summer of 1918. Deans birthday is
November II. The war ended Novem-
ber II, 1913, at II O'Clock in the morn
ing
The football game for the state con-
ference championship will be held
Friday at Emporia when Washburn
plays the College of Emporia. The
Washburn band and Rooters' club will
go. Topeka sport lovers have an op-
portunity to show their loyalty. A
special on the Santa Fe leaves Friday
morning for Emporia.
The Topeka Typographical union
will hold a ball this evening. the first
for a number of years. at Steinberg' S
hall. A feature of the evening will be
a prize waltz. Steinberg will have a
seven-piece orchestra. Tickets may be
purchased from any union member or
at the dance hall. The public is invit-
ed to help make the play evening of
the printers a successful party.
Certain devotees of the physical cul-
ture fraternity were Cured of running
trunks for the season this morning. AS
a rule, two well known Topeka anna
teur boxers trot manfully along the
rOaQS W6SI OIL Topeka. 1HlS
they appeared as usual with legs bare
and knees uncovered. They ran, tho,
today. Long trousers are to be worn
until spring softens the breezes.
L. B. Rousseau. So. Topeka machin-
ist, died this morning at his home.
1116 West Sixth street, as q result of
paralysis. The attack came Saturday.
Rousseau never regained conscious
ness Rousseau came to Topeka when
Is. He operated a machine shop on
East Sixth avenue for thirty years.
Several years ago he became an en-
ploye at the Santa Fe machine shop.
He is survived by his widow, a
daughter, Mrs E. r. Ambrose, and
his mother, Mrs. F. Rousseau. all of
Topeka Funeral arrangements have
not been announced.
Harold Rude was elected presiden.
of the Shawnee County Sunday School
association at the closing banquet of
the annual convention of the associa-
ton at Swedish Bethel mission Tues
day night. Other officers elected: {.
H Jasperson, vice president; George
E. Dougherty, secretary: A. J. Schober.
treasurer; department secretaries as
follows: Mrs. c. G. Hamilton, city
children; Mrs. Ford Robinette, rural
children; o. w. Hascal1. young men,
Mrs o. w. Hascall. young women; w.
E. Tiffany adult; David Owen, admin
istration; D. F. Sh1rk. educational.