The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-08
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The Military Sisterhood will meet
Thursday afternoon at'the Y. w. c. A.
All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 53S Kansas avenue.-Adv.
The Social Service club will give a free
motion picture show, Saturday evening
beginning at 40 o'clock at Redden chapel,
Better own stock in Pepp's Coal Saw
ings Plan, and have your next winters ecal
paid for. Topeka Coal Co., Elks' building.
Phone 4s2.-Ady.
Don't forget TO make your payments. at
Savings Plan. Topeka Coal Co, Elks'
Building. Phone 4S2.-Adv.
suit to collect S395 from Albert D.
Luce was filed Friday by Joseph Colvin,
says I4uee's car struck and injured him-
while he was on his way to school In
ShOrey.
Complaints that cock fighting was in
Chief G. c. Hannah to investigate He
found that several of the ROSTERS offered
as prizes by the shows had engaged in
free-for-all.
day at the Trinity Methodist church at
o'clock tomorrow night Church is being
held in the Van Buren, school building,
Sixteenth and Harrison. while the new
building is being completed.
Defendant strikes and beats plaintiff
from one to three times week. That IS
one complaint registered by Mrs. NJ b.
Jenkins, S23 Madison street, in suit Tor
divorce filed against her husband. She
also says that her husband without cause
kept her locked in a room for half day
recently.
Washburn seniors have signed petition
which will he presented TO the faculty
Monday asking that they be exempted from
final examinations The college rule Is
that only those satisfactorily passing
class room work" be freed from eXamina-
lions. Each year since 1912 seniors have
oil mi R1-e
of the class but il has never been granted
to any but those whose grades warrant
exemption.
In repIevin suit filed in the court OF
Topeka Albert Pick & Company. of Chi
cago, demand the immediate possession or
the steam cooking outfit. consisting OF one
steam table. one urn stand and one battery
of urns now in use at the National hotel
Pick claim in his petition these articles
were mortGaged for 5000 as security for
notes made by Horace Humphreys former
were never paid.
The negro's proverbial love for feathery
chickens landed three more members OF
the race in trouble in Topeka today. Theo-
Reeee T%9ek arrested rest: today by the police
charged with stealing chickens from 100
North Tyler street. When the negroes were
arrested the police also took the half dozen
missing fowls to police headquarters with
them. The chickens and the negroes were
located in 1.-The bottoms, the police said
While the number of alarms answered by
Topeka fire companies so far this year are
almost double the number of those an
swered UP until May last year, the prop
erty loss has been much less in proportion.
Fire companies up until today had respond
ed to 2G5 alarms since January L. For the
same period last year, 149 alarms were an
swered. The loss during this period in 1919
was about $4,000 and this year about ST.
100. The average loss per fire has been
greatly decreased.
The reading of Booth Tarkington's
Mister Antonio by Miss Beryl Buckley
at the high school auditorium last night
under the auspices of the Woman's club
was so we'll given that her hearers de-
as was the play, given two years ago in
Topeka by Otis Skinner. Miss Buckley s
skilIfuIl handling of the difficult part of
the italian hurdy gurdy man. as well as
was most successful. The high school or
chcstra opened the program with several
numbers.
How Woman Keeps Secret is the
! interesting title of a playlet that is to be
given Wednesday evening, May Y, at the
| y w. c. A. gymnasium exhibition. The
/ members of the l.. L. L. club will take
part in the play with Miss Ruth Speck in
the leading role. The Kresge club, an
Santa Fe Freight Sale The matrons'
gymnasium class will sell home-ma de
| candy. Special drills and dances will be
on the exhibition program to be given by
advanced classes. Proceeds from the en-
| tertainment will be used to send delegates
| from the local association to the Y. W. c.
"a conferences in Estes Park, Colo, in
I August.
New York-"Minnie" must wear her
bathing suit if she wants to do the shimmie
at Coney Island this summer. Bare legs
viii not be tolerated on Coney Island.