The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-25
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

He Might.
Yes; Henry Ford might go too far,
In lowering his motor car,
. The poor are rich in pride:
He might make one so cheap when done,
He wouldn't show his dearest friend,
He had but 800 dollars to spend.
-Gussie Morrow Gage
Jonathan VI. Davis, governor-elect
of Kansas, will addresse the members
of the Mems Brotherhood of the Cen
trail Congregational church at the
church New Years night
The public utiliti commission has
just approved an application of the
city of Cottonwood Falls to improve
its waterworks plant to the extent of
SIS, 200.
The last meeting and dinner for the
year 1922, of the Topeka Real Estate
board. will be held Thursday evening
at the Y. w. c. "A. The realtors will
make a special effort to secure 100
members by the end ofNthis year
The twenty-three patients at Hill
crest sanatorium. were given two
Christmas musical programs Sunday
The Live Wire class of the Lowman
Memorial Sunday school preseDted
musical program at the sanitarium in
the afternoon, and the Westminster
service in the evening
Patients in Chfist's hospital will re-
ceive Christmas packages and visit
from Santa ClauS-Niss Pearl lJohn-
ston-this evening The nurses VIII
have a party at the nurses home on
the hospital grounds The rooms of
the patients were decorated on Christ
mas eve, and lighted candles were
placed in each window
students and alumni of the Univer-
sity of Kansas will hold the annual
X L. party at Kellam's hall Tuesday
evening. There will be an eight-piece
orchestra to furnish music for dane
ing. and tables for cards The pro-
stadium fund. Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Miller and Mr.. and Mrs. VIII J. Miller
are in charge of the arrangements for
the affair
Memorial. exercises will be held next
Sunday afternoon at Z:SO O'CLOCK, by
the Lincoln Post of the Grand Army
of the Republic. for the members of
the post who have Med- during the
past two years. All C. a. r. men,
bers and members of affiliated organ
izations are invited TO be present at
the services DR.. S. S. Estey will de-
liver the address. and Miss Ruth Pen
nick and Miss Beulah Lewis will be
pianist and soleist, respectively.
The annual Christmas dinner for
Shawnee county K. S A. c. alumni
and students at home for the holidays,
Will be given at the Chamber OF Com
merce Thursday evening. \ commit
lee OF SluuGAlS VI Tic tOAAOSC -
handling the affair. Miss Renna
Rosenthal, of Topeka, will be one of
the entertainers on the program The
tOastmaster is Fred Waylend, Jr-, in 4
the journalism course at X 3 A. e.
1t is hoped that Charles W. Bachman,
football coach at X. S A. C., will be
among the speakers.
The old story about the boy who
went to Sunday school every Sunday
morning until Christmas. and then
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attendance following the Christmas
treats. is known to every one. But
Topeka Sunday school members fall
to run true to form. According to
Sunday school officials, the. attend
ance Sunday showed a marked de-
crease. The officials attribute this
decrease to the fact that many men,
bers are spending the Christmas holi-
days out of town.
Christmas gifts were carried to the
inmates of the county farm north of
Topeka Sunday by thirty girls, mem
bers of the Girls Friendly society of
Grace cathedral, who went to the farm
Sunday afternoon, accompanied by
Dean James p. Deb. Kaye, Canon Da-
vid G. Beatty and Mrs. J. C. Leopold,
branch secretary OF the society. To
each of theA siXty-two people at the
home. the girls presented six gifts.
Canon Beatty made a short talk, and
devotional services were conducted by
Dean Kaye, after which the girls sang
carols.
The public utilities commission has
an application of the Santa
Fe railroad for authority to publish a
freight rate of 4 cents per hundred
pounds on crude petroleum, minimum
weight in barrels 1900 pounds in
tank cars, from Cambridge, Kan, to
Wichita, Kan. In a recent order the
commission established certain rates
to be applied on crude petroleum, car
loads. when moving from producing
to refining points within the state, and
the rate proposed in the Santa Fe ap-
plication corresponds with the basis |
set by the commission. Cambridge is !
so miles southeast of Wichita in Cow |
ley county. The present rate on crude |
petroleuHG for this haul is, 1015 cents |
per hundred.
A Christmas party given Sunday 1
afternoon by the Square Circle club /
at the Boys Industrial school was at
tended by approximately 500 To- /
pekans. Gov. Henry ]. Allen, Charles 4
5. Huffman, lieutenant governor, and /
Clyde NJ. Reed. chairman of the pub /
lie utilities commission, delivered /
short addresses. Following the ad- |
dresses. the boys, under the direction !
of DR. Galen Crook, presented a one
act play. Gifts of books. oranges,
toys. popcorn candy and fruit were i
given the boys by a member of the 1
club dressed as Santa Claus. After |
the entertainment thirty-five of the I
boys were presented Christmas 1
paroles by the governor and all were /
his supper guests