The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-15
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Sauce For the Goose.
Why all this rot about tired business
Don't you think we need "kick" now and
then.
| I'll tell 4 worId-we do.
At theaters and cabarets
There are -squab sans clothes and
All catering to "tired business men"
Who find home life too tame.
Now why not a chorus of shapeIy he males
For businss girls matinee?
, Each one a god-the Adonis type
(Some popular show I'll say.)
So bring on your he-vamps from every
To give Us the thrill that's due;
If it's a panacea for the tired business
Twill help the poor working girl, too.
Just a poor working girl herhelf from
Eolcraft-Flowers.-
Masquerade dance, Washington's
Birthday, Tuesday, February %, Stein
berg's.-Adv.
All issues OF Liberty Bends bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenue--Adv.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Low
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
with Mrs. George Sutheriil, corner
Sixth and Underwood avenues,
William z. Huffman, car inspector
of Sharon Springs, Kan, today filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in
the federal court here, placing his
assets at 1920 and his liabilities at
$Z.425.47, none of which are secured.
The old authors must have held an
attraction for robbers who entered the
home of Mrs. Ward Burlingame, 626
SATURDAY. Thew TOOK
a ten-volume set of Sir Walter Scott
works, according to the report to the
police.
A grass fire at Sixteenth and
Buchanan streets Nas put out by a
fire company before serious damage
was done Monday afternoon, and a
trash fire in the alley between Kan
sas avenue and Jackson street near
Seventh street was Monday night also
promptly extinguished.
A lecture on social diseases was
given by DR.. Earle G. Brown, city
health officer, with illustrative slides
by DIR. B. K. Kilbourne of the state
board of health. at st. Francis hospital
Monday night for the benefit of the
nurses in training there. Three reels
of pictures were shown.
Washburn students will be- ad-
dressed Wednesday, Thursday and
tatives of the Congressional Educa-
tional society. They are Dean Mar
garet Taylor. of the Congressional Ed
ucationa1 School for Women, Chicago;
Secretary NJ. J. Bradshaw, and DR..
J. A. Jenkins, president of the Union
Theological college, of Chicago.
Fire destroyed 1000 feet of motion
picture film at the Best theater.
Fourth ard Kansas avenue, Monday
night and caused the 400 persons at
tending the picture show to make an
immediate exit from the .theater. No
one was injured. Raymond Teasley,
manager of the theater, extinguished
the fire with a fire extinguisher before
the arrival of the fire department.
A concert by the Mems Glee club of
Washburn college will be given We'd
nesdays night at 8 O'Clock at the First
congregational church. Seventh and
Harrison streets, under the direction
of Prof. Harlowe F. Dean. Soloists
will be Mrs. Harlowe F. Dean: John
Barstow and Clayton Wolfe. George
Greenwood is manager of the. club and
has announced that the club will go
on concert tour this spring.
The Live Wire club of the Chamber
of Commerce held its regular weekly
meeting today noon. The entire mem
bership of the club is asked to be pres
ent at the Chamber of Commerce at
1880 o'clock tonight to make final
preparations for the legislators enter
tainment, which will take place at the
Chamber of Commerce the evening of
February 25th. Roscoe C. Ellis. presi-
dent of the club, presided at today's
meeting.
The colored Y. NJ c. A. closed its
membership and finance campaign
Monday night with IT'S members and
$1,215. The goal of the campaign. was
to get 100 members and $1,000. The
rooms at 119 West Fifth street used
for the colored Y. NJ. c. A. purposes
have had a generous donation of book
cases, a writing desk and ia good
books from Mrs. Garnett B. McClin-
took, it was announced today by Aaron
Green, secretary of the association
Post No. 2, Security Benefit asso-
citation, entertained the members of
Post No. so at the Chamber of Com
merce Monday night. No. so was the
victor in the recent membership cam
paign. A banquet was given and fol-
lowed by program beginning with
the initiation of new members. c. B.
Hypes was POSTMASTER. Ralph Harsh
barger did some magic tricks and ]. NJ.
Kirkpatrick and H. F. Songer made
addresses. The Security Benefit
orchestra furnished music.