The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-21


Ami Peace on Earthe the chorus rings.
Th.s Christmas message is carried
TODAY by the Unitarian WayslQe
Pub 1it," at GA Topeka boulevard
Mss NadaIine Carter, secretary of
the christian Endeavor Union, spent
VTedu esday at her home in Lawrence
Is. G. Alexander regional inter
national Y. NJ. c. A secretary, was IN
Topeka, Wednesday. on bus-ne Tor
the state office of the Y. M Z A
The " w. c A. cafeteria VIII pc
omen Sunday as usual but Will be
closed al day Christmas, according 10
Miss Charlotte Ayres, cafeteria direc-
tor.
Miss Louise Hersey. general Y. w
c. A. secretary will leave this evening
for Marquette, Mich, where she VIII
spend the Christmas holidays.
The Thursday evening Bible class of
the Central Y M c. A Will hold ITS
regular meeting tonight A dinner
will be serted. followed by devotionals-
CLYDE NJ. Reed. chairman of. the
public utilities commission. has re-
turned from Washington where he at
tended n recent rate nearing peIore
the interstate commerce commission
Miss Charlotte Ayres VIII leave To-
morrow of la Harpe, Kan, where she
will spend the Christmas holidays with
her parents. Miss Ayres is the cafe
terra director of the Topeka Y. w.
c. A.
Members of Orient lodge No. 81.
\. F. and A. NJ, will hold their annual
ST. Johns day celebration at f:4o
O'Clock Wednesday evening at the city
Families OF the members
are invited to attend
The High ~ of the Seaman
high school met this afternoon o:
w. Hascan, boys work secretary OF
the Central Y. NJ. c. A, was in at
tendance at the meeting. Several girls
of the school prepared papers on An
Ideal Boy" and these papers were
read and discussed at the meeting
Members of the cast of the pageant.
Eager Heart which will be present.
ed Friday night at the Lowman Me-
mortal Methodist church, VIII holo
their final rehearsal ronignt: D IRE
tors of the pageant are looking for a
baby that may be useG In the tableauX
scenes
a sum of s7s2 has been contributed
to the salvation Army Christmas DIN
ner fund, according to Ensign V. J.
Huffman. A balance of $76s must be
raised Friday and Saturday to reach
the $500 necessary TO provide Christ
mas dinners TO $50 unfortunate To-
peka families
B. V. Edworthy. state boys work
secretary of the " NJ C. n, will
spend the Christmas holidays with
relatives at Solomon December 20
to January l, he VIII be at Wichita
in attendance of the state boys work
secretaries convention from the ROCKY
Mountain region
Kansas is running a close race with
Illinois for the honors in the Bigger
and Better Baptist Sunday School
according to Miss Edna
work of the Kansas Baptist conven-
ton. Kansas is leading Indiana,
Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, West
Virginia, and Ohio, according TO MISS
UmstOt.
Ensign V. J. Huffman of the Saliva |
ton Army received request for a
new kind of Christmas present Wed |
nesday. A widower from Horton |
with two small boys, aged and 8,
asked Ensign Huffman to find him a |
wife. Huffman was unable to meet !
the request but the man was not dis |
oeuEaged and said he would return
in two weeks.
Members of Capitola. Rebekah |
lodge No. 219 will celebrate the thir-
tieth anniversary of the lodge at J
meeting tonight at Penwell hall, III /
West Sixth avenue. Officers or the /
lodge are: Mrs Della Sumey, noble |
grand; Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, vice
Grand; Mrs. Nora Baker. secretary; |
Mrs. Clara Hornsby, financial secre-
AIRY; Mrs. Sarah Harker, treasurer
Mrs Rozella NJ. Bennett is district /
deputy.
Topeka furniture dealers anticipate
the price of furniture, with the begin
ming of the new year. The increase is
credited to the rising cost of the ma
used in the manufacture Of
furniture, especially plate glass, 60
Per cent of which is absorbed by the
automobile manufacturers. Dealers
are divided in their opinions as to
whether there will be a slackening of
buying as a result of the price in
crease.
A final drive 70 copDlete the tIer-
rigo Fund" which is peing raised by
the YIN c. A. to support George II.
Lerrigo. formerly of Topeka and now
engaged in Christian work in China, is
TO be made Wednesday, December p.
The goal to be raised is $4,000 and allA
but 1875 of the amount is alreadyH
The remainder must bel
laised before January 1. in orderl
10 complete the quota Individuals
who have not yet been solicited ares
asked to send their predges or sub
scriptions to the Central Y. NJ c. A.
Christmas presents in the form of
releases from quarantine for diph-
iberia today were awarded to eleven