The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-26


Since "Jiggs7 has sailed TO China land,
And ''Dfnty" bid adieu,
ThereII be more eorned beef and cabbage
FOR youse an me ter stew"
Gussie Morrow Gage.
The Topeka Realtors club will have
dinner Wednesday evening at the
Y. W. g. a.
The Business and Professional
Womans' club will meet Thursday
night at the Y. w. c. A.
The building committee of.the First
Methodist church held a luncheon this
noon at the Y w. C A building.
The DeIphian woman's club will
hold its regular meeting Wednesday
morning at 10 O'Clock at the Y W.
c. A.
Miss Beth AIetter, office secretary
of the Kansas Sunday School associa-
ton spent Christmas at her home ir
Abilene.
Everett McCleIland Will be in charge
of the last meeting and luncheon o:
the Topeka Rotary club for 1922,
which will be held at the Chamber of
Commerce at noon Thursday.
'In His Steps, by DIR. Charles NJ.
Sheldon. editor of the Christian Her
aid and former pastor of the Central
Congregational church, viii be filmed
soon. according to DIR. Sheldon The
first showing of the film VIII be made
dL the 1EAAIaA SOAAE G6eAlAOfaNtA SAAAA
Many gifts were received Christ
mas by the orphans of the Kansas
Chiiaren's Home society from individ-
uals and organizations. So many pres
ents were received that some of them
We're given to children at other insti-
tutions. A turkey dinner was served
at the home.
Members of the children,s hour
class of the Trinity Methodist church
will hold a hike Wednesday morning.
Members will meet at the church at
1880 o'clock. If the weather is un-
favorable the children will hold a party
in the gymnasium of the church.
The fourth annual Christmas party
given by the management of Hotel
ThrooR was held Monday. j. c.
was assisted by Emil Barbour and
Sam Blythe Women guests were pre-
sented with candy and men were given
cigars. Employees of the hotel were
presented with five dollar bills
The annual Christmas tree party to
be given by the Salvation Army for
the unfortunate chffdren of Topeka,
will be held Thursday evening at the
citadel of the organization. Three
hundred ard fifty children will be in
attendance, according to Ensign " J.
Huffman. A truck load of clothing,
fruits, vegetables and canned goods
school, Monday. More than S1.1OO
was contributed to the $1,000 fund of
the army that was used to provide
Christmas dinners.
Diphtheria and chickenpox tied in n
the number of cases reported to the
office of DR.. Earle G. Brown, city
health officer, for the week ending
Saturday. Nineteen cases of each dis
ease were reported Four cases OF
pneumonia were reported, three of
scarlet fever and two of whoopinS
cough. Four new cases of diphtheria
were reported to the office OF Doctor
Brown Sunday. two Christmas day and
one today. Nine active cases were
reported Saturday. making a total of
sixteen active cases in the city az
present.
The Seward Avenue Baptist church
closed one of the most successful series
of evangelical meetings of its history
Sunday night. The meetings which
extended thruout n period of four
weeks time. resulted in sixty-five pro-
fessions of faith. The Evangelistical
party consisted of the Rev. Frank
SchuessIer. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Fisher /
and Miss Mary Sexton. The Rev. w. !
I. Cole, pastor OF the church, IS au-
thority for the statement that the re-
suits accomplished are remarkable, al
the more so because of present condl- |
tions. which did not seem to favor the
meetings
A total of s595 remains to be raised i
of the $4,000 fund which the Y. NJ. /
C A is raising for the support OF
George Ierrigo, former Topeka. man, |
now engaged in Y. NJ C. A. worl( in |
China. Each contributor to the Ler- !
rigo China fdnd, automatically be-
comes a member of the China depart !
ment of the Y. NJ. c. A. At present |
this department has 172 members |
The foreign work committee of the
Y NJ c. a. will hold a luncheon Wed< |
nesday noon at the Central building, |
and at that time final plans will be 1
for the purpose of raising |
the remainder of the Lerrigo fund. I
Charles Z. Eldridge isachairmen of the |
The committee wishes to l
raise >the quota before January l.
Did you have a nice Christmas? ? }
Did you receive the things you needed +,
to make the day a happy one? Not 4
all the persons in Topeka got all that I
was needed-A number of Christmas :
presents arrived at homes in Topeka |
Monday. a large number of babies |
arrived at homes in Topeka, and not 1
enough clothing is on hand to prop |
erly care for them. Miss Mary Alex ]
Nursing department, reported today.
A large number of the homes where /,
babies arrived are in need of clothing, /
Miss Alexander explained. The sup /
plv of clothing for babies at the public /
health department is exhausted, and i
the department hopes that Topekans /
who have baby clothing which they \
do not need, and which is warm, ana
will bring cheer TO needy persons in I
topeka will notify the public health
department. So while your little ones
are all. warm, and are enjoying the
HOLIDAYS in comfort think of Topeka's
needy children, then send your baby
clothes YOU do not need, to the public
health nursing department. BY so