The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-11


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All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenue Adv
Revenge Night is scheduled for
the next regular meeting of the Co
operative club at the Elks' club Tues
day night at 6:15 o'clock The ma
ture of the festivities will be disclosed
at the meeting.
A style show, in which summer
dresses and styles for women and girls
will be displayed on living models, is
to be held at Pelletier's on Friday and
Saturday of this week, with well
known local girls acting as the mod
els.
DR.. j. V. Cortelyou, professor of
modern languages at the Kansas State
Agricultural college, was elected presi-
dent of the Kansas Modern Language
association at the annual meeting or
that organization held in Topeka Sat
urday.
Children's week began at the Low
man Memorial Methodist church Sun
day morning. Thru this week special
effort will be made to enroll in the
Sunday school all children who have
not been attending. rally day will
be held next Sunday.
Records compiled by L. T. Hussey,
state fire marshal, show 100 kansans
lost their lives by fire during 1920.
Sedgwick county recorded 10 deaths,
Wyandotte 10. and Montgomery T. No
deaths by fire were reported from
Shawnee county during the year.
A number. of Topeka women will
attend the meeting of the Emporia
district of the Woman's Home Mission
airy society in Emporia Tuesday and
Wednesday, April IL and 49, u Miss
Inez Walthan. returned missionary.
will be the chief speaker at the con-
ference. -
The Northeast district convention of
Christian churches will be held at
Lawrence from Wednesday until Fri
day of this week. Among those on the
S. J. Hodgins, George E. Lyon, Delbert
Roberts, C. B. Yetter. Miss Alma Moore
and John Zimmerman.
The construction of a steel shed
over a crane runway on the south side
of the Santa. Fee shops at Topeka will
practically end construction work on
the entire system for the present, 1t is
the Santa Fe. The shed is to cost
about SIC, 1000 and will be constructed
by a firm of Chicago contractors.
The: seyenty-fifth birthday anniver-
sary of DIR. Daniel Moses Fisk. pro-
fessor of sociology at Washburn coll
lege, occurred Sunday. Doctor, Fisk is
the oldest instructor. both in years and
in service, of the college. Birthday
complim and presents were re-
ceived by Doctor Fisk from all the stu
dent organizations at the institution
The Ministerial Union of Topeka has
been invited to attend the address by
Alexander 9Howat president of the
United Mine Workers of District No.
IA, at the city auditorium Tuesday
night. The address will be given at 8
o'clock. The officers of the local
unions will occupy the stage with
Howat. The meeting is open to the
public. 1 So fss-z T.
The Provident Association has had
many demands upon it for help in Sc
curing employment, coming principal
ly from Mexicans. More than fifty re
quests for help have come to Miss -Wir-
ginia Campbell, secretary of the asser
citation, within the last two days. Vol
unteer workers at the association were
assisting with the large number of Wis
itors at the office Friday and Satur-
day.
Plans are being made for can
wasting, at an early date, the rural sec
tiops of Shawnee county in the inter
est of the fund for the relief of the
war sufferers in ireland More than
$4,000 has been raised in the city of
Topeka. and the quota for Shawnee
county is $1,000, one-tenth of the $780,
900 quota for the entire state. The
canvassing in Topeka will continue
until the entire city has been covered.
A forceful sermon was given by the
Rev. George E. Satterlee of the Low
man Memorial Methodist church Sun
day night on the subject, 1.-THE Wooden
Rule; or 1 Am Not My Brothers
Keeper" Other similar subjects chosen
by Doctor Satterlee's sermons are:
1.-The Men of the Iron Rule;"s 1.-THE
Men of the Brazen Rule" THE Men
of the Golden Rule" and THE Men of
the Diamond Rule"
Scholarship honors for the past Sc
mester at Washburn college have been
awarded to Miss Viola Van Nice, a
member of the junior class, who re-
ceived the highest possible grades for
thirteen out of eighteen hours of class
work carried weekly, and the next to
the highest possible grade for the
rest of her work. Her work included
history of art, education, sociology,
Bible, and Spanish.
A fellowship in the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Sci
ence has been awarded to DR.. Sarah L. !
Doubt, professor of botany at Wash
burn college. Doctor Doubt has been
a member of the association for sew
eral years, and the fellowship has been |
granted in honor of special research |
work done in connection with her doc
tors degree. on the response of plants
to Illuminating gas.
Grade school girls will be guests of |
the Y. W. c. A. at a swimming party |
at the association pool Wednesday and /
of this week. On Wednes- |
day the girls from Branner. Central /
Park, Harrison, Lafayette. Polk. Pot |
win. Quincy. Van Buren, and Clay |
schools are invited. On Thursday aft /
ernoon the girls from Highland Park |
Lincoln, Lowman Hill, Stae Street /
and Sumner schools will be invited |
Both parties will begin at 1870 o'clock. /
The membership in the Juvenile |
Union of the A. o. U. ". in Topeka |
has passed the 100 mark. The Union |
is composed of boys and girls between !
the ages of two years and sixteen
years, whose parents are members of
the A. o. .. W. Nonavee HerschelI t