The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-01


ment events of the year Saturday
afternoon and night at their hall The
affair was combination bazaar and
dance, with mss.c by the l. o. o. +.
orchestra.
John Lydick came to the city Jail
Sunday right looking for Francis
O'Brien, who had been locked up a
few hours before on the charge of be-
ing drunk. Lydick, who it is said. APP
peared to be even more "stewed" than
his friend was allowed to sober up in
the bull PEN Both men were re-
leased later on bond.
A dinner for the mems club of the
First Methodist church will be served
in the Sunday school temple of the
church on Tuesday evening at 6
o'clock Senators Charles H. Curtis
and Arthur Capper and Governor
Henry j. Allen are expected to be
present. The meeting will be adj
journed early on account OF election.
The stationary engineers of Topeka,
with their families staged a Halloween
''tacky" party at the Eagles Hall sat
urday night with several novel enter
tainment features. The new dances
were abolished for the evening, and
the older set showed the youngsters
how dancing was done in the days OF
chiyalry.
The membership and attendance
contest being conducted at the Trinity
Methodist church Epworth league Is
in a tied condition, with the stars
and Moons" the two divisions of con-
testants, each scoring 100. The con-
test will continue until the first of the
year, when the losers will give the win
nerS a banquet.
Among the conventions to be held In
Topeka in 1921 will be that of the Ma
tional Farm Woman'S congress, accord
ing to Mrs. Theodore Saxon, who has
just returned from the 1920 meeting
of that body in Salt Lake City. Mrs
Saxon is corresponding secretary for
the congress. Eight states were repre-
sented at this years congress.
The address by Attorney General
Richard ]. Hopkins at the Central
Congregational church. Sunday night
was attended by 200 persons. He
spoke on Les Miserables,'' saying that
Jean Val Jean was the greatest char
acter in literature. The pastor of the
church, the Rev. John Wells Rahill,
will speak on Heroes and Hero
Worship next. Sunday morning.
Four, minute talks were given in
churches yesterday to announce the
coming Girl Scout campaign, to be
conducted in Topeka in connection
with the national campaign. from No
vember to November rs. New mem
bers and funds will be asked in the
campaign. Fhe next meeting of the
Girl Scout council will be on Wednes-
day night, instead of tonight, as pre-
viously announced. "
The Topeka Industrial council has
installed a fast direct wire in Labor
hall, AIS Kansas avenue, and arrange
ments have been made to receive COM
plete national and state returns of the
election. For the comfort of the
ladies smoking will be prohibited in
one hall. The entire labor temple will
be at the disposal of labor, their
friends, and the general public and all
are cordially invited.
Two Topekans have adopted Santa
Barbara, Cal, as their home, and have
become prominent in the life and bust
Eess of that city. Charles Mortimer
Glover, formerly secretary of the Kan
sas Association of Real Estate Agents.
is now publicity manager for one of
the luxurious hotels of Santa Barbara,
the Samarkand. Doctor McClintock,
of Topeka, has purchased a site for
mountain home in the foothills near
Santa Barbara.
Word has been received in Topeka
that Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Anderson,
who formerly lived at 1907 Tyler street
in Topeka and were active in church
work at the First Methodist church
and left Topeka about four years ago
to live in St Louis, are now located
in Kansas City and are living at 1884
Olive street. When in Topeka Mr..
Anderson was state agent for the
Wearever aIumium cooking utensils,
etc. He has recently purchased a