The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

! Professional women's club. the Ro-
tary club, the delegations of the Co
operative, Square Circle. Lions and
Civitan clubs.
| First Prize to Rotary.
The Rotary club float, a huge struc-
ture with the famous Rotary wheel
revolving about the earth, was awarded
the $50 first prize as the best float
in the parade, by c. L. Mitchell, H
V. Stearns and W. L. Dean, the judges
whose stand was erected on the west
side of Kansas avenue between Sew
enth street and Eighth avenue.
In the third division of the parade
| there were floats from the Beatrice
| Creamery company. the Kansas Re-
serve State bank, the Hall Lithograph-
ing company, Berkson Brothers Co.,
the Fair Store. Crane & Co., The Roy
Payne Taxi Cab Co., and several other
| Topeka mercantile concerns. The
float of the Beatrice Creamery Co.
| was awarded second place and the
second prize of SIS, by the judges.
The fourth. division of the parade
was given over to the Boys Industrial
| school and to civilian decorated auto
! mobiles. The band from the boys
school marched at the head of the
| division. 1t was followed by the mill
tary organization of the boys them
selves, and included several creditable
floats which they had prepared.
Each division was headed. by a band.
The Haskell Institute band from Law
renee led the first division, Marshall's
band led the second division, the Sc
curity Benefit association band led the
third, and the Boys Industrial school
band led the fourth and last division.
AS the parade was nearly over and
the last section was scattered by the
downpour, the program of musical
in he
forum opened.
wichita First in Music.
In the musical contest, first place
was won by the Wichita club, which
also took second place in the stunt
contest, with an allegory of the mean
ing of Kiwanis to the people of the
country.
Kansas City, Kan. with an Indian
scene ending with the singing of 1.-The
Wyandotte Blues" took first place in
the stunt contest. The entire stunt
was made up of songs and tableau.
Cups were presented after the con-
tests, by E. L. Chase, district governor,
to L. o. Ripley, president of the Wich-
tia Club. winners in the music contest:
to Maurice Bre.denthal, president of
the Kansas City, Kan, club, winners
of the stunt contest and the club with
the largest representation in the pa
rade; to Carl Van Ripper, president of
the Dodge City club, which had the
best attendance record for the past
year, and to T. w. Williamson, pres
ident of the Topeka Rotary club, win
ners of the first prize for the best
float in the parade.
The judges of the contest were:
George W. Stansfield. Major w. p.
MacLean. and Prof. Frank S. Kenyon.
HI. NJ. Beardsley Speaks.
The high light of the Kiwanis con-
vention was touched by Henry NJ.
Beardsley, former mayor of Kansas
City, in his address before the conven-
ton at the state house Friday after
noon, on "A Square Deal for the I'm
derprivileged Child, a Future Citizen"
The Kiwanian international organi-
zation is undertaking a. comprehensive
program of work for the benefit of
the underprivileged child.
THE Kiwanians aim to give the
children the benefit of good physical
and mental training and give them
the hope and enthusiasm of youth
when they go out to make their own
way" Beardsley said.
I'VE do not want to do this by legis-
lation, but by a desire to do good for
the children on the part of all men.
The wants of the people generally are
above the legislation passed by law
making bodies. and legislation usually
is the crystallized desire of the ma
jority of the people.
this idea of square deal for the I'M
derprivileged child into the hearts of
the people, and get every man and
every women back of the idea.
"All this work must be free from
racial prejudice, as all children OF all
classes and all races should have an
equal right to the advantages to be
offered to the children of the United
States. When all children are given
the square deal, we will have better
and a more loyal citizenship"
1.-The strikers have just gone thru a
coal strike. We will have to go thru
that strike next winter" he said in
discussing the situation.
When Arras declared that the cow
ard who will sneak thru the night to
burn a bridge or blow up a railroad
track or a building. has no right to
live. We have come to a time when
at washington there must be firmer
hand to control the reckless manner
in which strikes are conducted" the