The Topeka state journal., 1921-01-29
MIDNIGHT FROLIC
Kansas Editors Entertained by
Topeka Press Club.
Visiting Newspaper Men Given
Varied Entertainment.

The Kansas editors disported them
-kslyes right gladsomely at the Cham
Der of Commerce rooms Friday night,
while their women folk were at the
sKubelik recital or the Political Science
banquet, as their tastes and inclina-
Hons dictated
- Some of the editors accompanied
fheir wives. but more than 200 flouted
ihighbrow stuff and political deep stuff
alike, and went to the Press club mid
night frolic.
90 Good Eats Served.
of course, there were eats. served
cafeteria style. They were good eats,
and the editors paid their respects to
the feed with considerable eclat.
- Following the eats there was vaude-
lrille. Some of the vaudeville was fur
ntshed by troupes and artists from To-
cal theaters. A lot of the comedy was
The product of the editors own fertile
mentality. however.
Airline ArIiss Company,
= The theater representatives included
The Airline Arliss company. Miss Arliss
sang kiss Ne Again." The four male
members of her company added their
quota to the pleasure of the evening
Arthur Altman sprung a cat story
which got away with the editors in
good shape. Curtis Vance did some
eccentric dancing, and Arthur Bonger
with his violin and Ed Manley at the
piano. contributed musical numbers
The troupe finished with an ensemble
laughing song which carried their
audience with them
Miss Dorothy Morris, assisted by
Miss Anna Davis and Miss Mildred
with Miss Morris as a solo performer
and the three together in ballet at
the end.
Typical Hawaiian Program.
The farewell appearance of the
''Hi1o Hawaiian Quartet" an organi-
zation of Topeka young men. assisted
by Miss Marguerite Frisbie, before the
departure of the quartet for tour
of the Santa Fe reading rooms which
will take them to the Pacific coast
occurred at the frolic. The Hilo
quartet presented a typical Hawaiian
program.
Judge Clyde NJ. Reed and Governor
Allen were brought before the editors
and given a chance to tell the mean
est stories they know about Kansas
editors in general. Both the judge
and the governor, editors themselves,
obliged most effectively.
Many Good Boxing Bouts.
Frank FARRELL. president of the To-
peka Press club. handled the various
events and managed the program so
efficiently that none of the partici-
pants came to blows. with the excep-
ton of the boys from the state indus
trial school. who appeared under the
direction of Capt. w. P. Mclean,
their superintendent. in several box
ing bouts which the editors cheered
furiously. The boys from the school
brought their band and their double
quartet with them to add to the har-
1nony of the occasion.
The newspaper men, long accus-
toned to the dictum that the editor
shall be heard only thru the columns
of his paper, and not thru the exercise
of his vocal chords. made the most of
their opportunities when they were in
Vited to talk.
Loving Cup TO c. Il. Scott.
Some of those who spoke, in addi-
ton to those already mentioned, were
r. A. McNeal, w. Y. Morgan, Frank
p. MacLennan, who presented Charles
+. Scott, of lola, with tin loving cup
in honor of the winning of the pre-
mature championship of the Kansas
Editors Golf association" Charles +.
Scott responded profusely.
Col. Charles Mitchell, appearing in
full uniform, ins sted on talking about
Mexico. and thereby threw a t,nge of
dolce far niente over several of the
addresses which followed his. Every
body had either been to Mexico or
knew some one who mad been there.
Doctor Kulp Speaks.
The ministry had a whack at the
CuitOTS Nnen LIT. j. IAulp was
invited to pray for them. talk to them
or do anything else he pleased, while
he had them at his mercy.
Eel Hopkins. now of st. Louis. tho
insisting that Kansas is the best place
in the world to live in, was another
feature of the program. Marco Nor
row had whole string of stories to
spring.
Conner Davies. of Concordia, cham
pioned the cause of the state industrial
school, in a short address. after the
boys from that institution had helped
make the evening such an enjoyable
affair.
1t was a frolic, without doubt, and
the announcement made by Frank
farrell at the opening session of the
convention Friday morning to the eff
feet that all the editors would be home
by midnight to explain their conduct
TO their wives, was near enough to the
truth to save any editorial scalps
which may have been threatened as
result of the party.