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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-20

Miss Beatrice Harraden IS gaining
health slowly, but surely, out in Cali
fOrnia She Is staying at a ranch near
San Diego and proposes to take a long
draft of Pacific coast ozone before she
leaves there next June. Those who meet
the young English woman find her a
very charming personality Entirely
unassuming, her bright mind affords a
fund Of entertainment for her compan-
ions At a dinner recently given by
Journalist Charles Nordhof, Miss Har-
raden was the center Of attraction and
entertained the company with some Of
her experiences. MY book, she says,
brought me bushels Of letters in criti
cism of it Some of them are very
funny. An italian said, I read your
book, and I love it. answered his let
ter. such devotion was enhancing,
though believe this foreigner was ig-
norant of the English meaning Of the
words he used. :"
Miss Harraden admits that her OVID
experience at health resort suggested
the young woman in Ships and
promises too, that her forthcoming stO-
~ is to be about healthy persons. She
still suffers much Inconvenience from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-20

enced salesman. All the details are at
tended to in the privacy Of the boudoir
or the reception room And thus the
feet are shod without trouble, annoy
ance or embarrassment
Embarrassment? Yes, there is much
Of it that is connected with the purchase
of pair of shoes, slippers or boots in
public store With many fashionable
and other young women it is an hour to
be dreaded when the shoe store must be
visited. And visited it must be, as no
directions can be given by which hus-
band, father or brother can bring home
a satisfactory shoe. The styles are con-
stantly changing, and carefully as the
standard sizes may be observed by the
manufacturer either the foot OF the size
of the shoe seems to change at each new
purchase
The new scheme Will also be approved
by many others. How many portly ma
irons viii hail with delight the oppor-
tunity Of soliciting their shoes at home?
Then there are housewives, young
mothers, serni-invalids, equity old men,
timid young women, who will apprecl-
ate the new idea, and tho mother OF
half q dozen youngsters, each of whom
has kicked through all the stout shoe
leather Of q few weeks before, can al
ready feel z relief. The husband on his
way to tho Office simply leaves direc-
tions, and the job is done. Chicago
TT br1-1p
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4 Placid Archaucheea.

a funny little story, with moral,
comes from Ischl Not long ago a lady
who had just arrived from Roumania
took 4 stroll to Sofiens Doppel Bhck, a
celebrated point Of view. There she met
q young married lady, accompanied by
her little girl. The smart, rather over
dressed stranger WAS much struck with
the cLild's fr0ck, which was exquisitely
embroidered with forgetmenots, and
advancing calmly asked tho youthful
mother where the garment was bought.
81 embroider all her froclls myself. It
gives me such pleasure, . was the smil-
ing answer.
AT this a shade Of scorn came on the
ouestioner's face, and she said. with i'll
concealed contempt: THAT Is only pos
sible with a very small household. Peo-
PIE like myself who have 50 many Wis
itors and move in the best society, have
no time for such middle class pleasures. -
The other lady laughed, but returned
no answer, and the fair Roumanian
continued boasting until at last her hear
er said mildly: Il also have to play
hostess occasionally. My father, the
emperor, favors US from time TO time
with a visit, and the empress often
comes to see her grandchildren, as well
as many other member of the imperial
family; but, all the same, I have inva-
riably leisure in the morning hours to
do embroidery for my little girl. ="
And before the stranger had recover
ed from her embarrassment the Arch
duchess Valerie and her little daughter
We're gone. New York Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-20

On the morning of the day Of the re-
cent great military review in Boston
that genial observer, Listener of
The Daily Transcript paused a moment
at one Of the arnlories to see the young
militiamen in their everyday clothes,
serenely arriving to prepare for the
days pageant, and this is what ho saw
There came up two pale and pimply
youths, somewhat understood, with sol
diers' trousers on, bat otherwise in cit
liens dress. They had parcels under
their arms and went into the armorys
throwing away half burned cigarettes
as they entered. They were not impos-
ing III appearance. They had the aspect
of half suffocated dry goods clerks.
Their chests We're narrow and their legs
spindling. But they could be soldiers.
Then there passed III the opposite direc-
ton two girls, who We're almost feet
high, perfect Dianas in rheir proper
tions. They walked springily and firm
" and held their rosy faces sufficiently
high They had never smoked any ciga-
rettes-that was ciear-and they were
altogether splendid specimens Of hui
mainly Were they on their way to a
gymnasium not far of? The Listener
does not know At amy rate, they look
ed as if they had lived naturally anc
wholesomely and as if they had strong
and supple limbs and resolute spirits.
Ia short, they looked about 90 per cent
filter to be soldiers than the youths
who had just gone into the armory-
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She boasts of no great learning she has no sx-
tensive yearning
For the knowledge gained at college or the
higher sort Of schools
She does not show a passion Otis the I'm de
steele fashion)
For the mystic. cabalistic fads and Jams
pushed by fo0ls-
She does not waste the hours talking woman's
rights and powers
Or explaining that now reigning mad desire
for reform.
The woeful missionary or the Indian on the
prairie
Does not keep her out OF sleep or make her
start a verbal storm
But. all just keep a-loolzing at the maiden
sweet a-cG-lz1ng,
How she balzes the bread and cakes, the sight
viii FIJI you with surprise
And, oh. the JOY emphatic; Oh, the pleasure
most ecstatic
In you resting when you're testing her fine
buildings and her piesl
-Munsey's Magazine
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SILVER WILL ADVANCE.

MT. cuggenheim says When Shelter Men
Perfect Their Plans Price win Rise
New YORK. Nov. S0.-Daniel Guggen-
helm, president Of the Guggenheim sill
yer smelling and Refining company. has
returned to New York from Denver
Mr. Guggenheim has been attending
conference IN which ali the large smelt-
ing interests of the United States were
represented. 1t one is Of the first confer
ences of the kind ever held. He said:
1--WE met simply for the purpose of in
vestigating the practicabuity and advisa-
bility of the silver smelters and refners
disposing Of their product through a cen
trai committee in New York. The price
Of the product of our silver smelters, de
spite the fact that we control the worlds
market for this commodity. is made in
London
THE committee appointed to investi-
gate the advisability of arranging all
sales through the central committee in
New York consists of Guy G. Barton, A
r Meyer and myself. Our object in
bringing about the sale Of silver in this
manner il to eliminate the speculation on
the silver which is now carried on by the
brokers dealing in this commodity. In
this way we hope to keep the price stable
and to be able at all times to tell just
where we stand.
another thing we hope to do, is to
market our own product The big buy
ers Of silver now are India, China and
apan. They buy our silver through
London There is no good reason why
this should be SO. We should sell to
them direct"
.tWhAt effect will the action of this
conference have on the silver market?"
Mr.. Guggenheim was asked
when the business becomes thor
oughlv adjusted to the new conditions, I
believe there will be a slight advance in
the price of silver There will be no
boom or sudden jump. It will simply be
a gradual increase. such as the inteIli-
gent management Of any business is
likely to call FORTH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-20
Women xvho Play eillIar.ls.

Having fenced, swan, played golf
and ridden bicycles, fashionable woman
IS now seeking for new fads to conquer,
and ~ ost prominent among them is to
be playing billiards, an English style
now obtaining III this country to some
extent. Billiards for women is by no
means new idea, even Shakespeare
making US believe that Cleopatra was
fond of playing, while Mary, queen Of
Scots, was an adlnirer Of it, and on the
eve of her execution wrote complain
ing that her table had been taken from
her Empress Josephine used to chal-
lenge Napoleon to a game during his
moody times, and nowadays many well
known ladies play a really good game.
This is particularly true of Mrs. JacsS
Astor and Miss Helen Gould, both &C
whom learned by playing with their
brothers when children. Miss Agnes dc
Forrest is one Of the most prominent
pupils of a fashionable billiard pro-
fessor, and last summer at Newport
she practiced a great deal
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is another
good player, she first taking up the fad
IN order to play with her husband, who
was fond of all sports. Mrs. AstOr's cue
she prizes highly, the handle being Of
tiny bits Of fancy woods inIaid with
mother Of pearl Last winter MIS-
Paran Stevens had magnificent new
billiard table placed in the elegant and
newly fitted up billiard room at the top
of her Fifty seventh street mansion, and
during Lent she gave several billiard
parties, at which good scores were made
by ladies. Mime. Patti is a famous bill
lard enthusiast, it being said Of her,
ssOf all billiard fiends, Patti is the
scooky. "
Another talented person who likes to
play is Mrs Elizabeth Custer, the
reader She first learned to play when
living with General Custer Oh the IRON
tier, where a dilapidated billiard table
was the only means Of amusement Mrs
Howard Barnes divides her affection be-
tween the piano, which she plays so
finely, and billiards, and she has been
heard to say that if she must give up
either the piano or the billiard table she
would choose the former Other we'll
known women who play are Mrs Pierre
Lori11ard, Mrs August Belmont. Jr.,
Mrs Burke Roche, Mrs. Horace Stokes,
Mrs. Bradley Martin, Miss Anita de
Garmendia, Miss Helen Douglas, Miss
Louise Pomeroy, Miss Edith Valentine
and Miss Josephine Sherman New
York Advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-20
WOMAN'S WORLD.
A YOUNG CALIFORNIA WOMAN WHO
WEARS SHORT SKIRTS.

Wen Known Women Who Play BilIiardz.
A Boon to Women-An Encounter With
= Placid Northumberland Harra-
den In California Striking. Contrast.
Woman's struggle for hygienic and
unartistic dress reform, which trespass-
es well over the border lines of mascu-
line attire, Is a hard one and very
slow Of results. But she can take cour-
age from the fact that here and thers
an earnest advocate of the cause crops
up who IS courageous enough to walk
the streets in short skirts and leggings.
ride horseback in a bloomer costume
and never mind the gibes which are
thrown at her from the passersby.
Miss Mccormick, a successful young
artist Of Pacific Grove, Cal, Is a recent
example of this kind Of fortltude. The
short skirt is matter of convenience
to her, and she has adopted it for all
outdoor occasions. For fear of shocking
the villagers by her sudden change in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-20

There IS a new thing IN the shoe bust
ness 4 man who has been at it in this
city for number Of years and knows
all about the vhims Of customers and
the ms and outs Of the trade has hit
upon this novel scheme His plan IS
simple, but most practical. Tt is no
more than TO measure, fit and complete
the sale a. the customer residence. An
order is received, an idea given Of the
goods desired, and a wagon carrying a
miniature shoe stock IS dispatched to
the h0ll4a, accompanied BY an expert
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-20
IN SOCIETY CIRCLES.
Recent Social Events IN Topeka
and Vicinity.
GENERAL NOTES OF SOCIETY
Personal Items OF Interest about To-
pelxa People and Visitors In Town.

Personal Items OF Interest About To-
PelER People and Visitors In Town.
a charming social affair was the thin
yesterday afternoon, complimentary to
Miss Stella Hamilton of Omaha, the
guest of Misses Hambleton 1t the deanery.
Miss Hamilton, who will leave for home
on Wednesday, was at school at Notre
Dame with ~ sses Mary and Irene Hor-
Eer. The brightness of the afternoon
was in keeping with the gay scene with
IN vase OF great, rich yellow chrys-
anthemums graced the parIOr manIel,
and roses and the same yellow chrysan-
themums filed vase on the table Each
young lady brought her work, and many
3 bright thought and gay bon mot was
wrought in with the stitches al dainty
fancies grew to filmy realities, not less
dainty, at the touch Of def fingers. Miss
Mary was assisted. Ia enter aiming by
Miss Irene and Mrs. Walter HOrner.
Mr. J. c. Wilson and ME w. W.
Phelps, Dir. Wilson's associate, are ok
pected home from New York w ednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. n. Coffin. Of Boise
City, Idaho, are in the city visiting Mrs.
Akers, at 1856 Tyler street. Mr.. Coffin
WAS formerly in the state treasurer's Of
fee. and was also a mem Der of the city
council several years ago. Mr. Coffin Is
assistant state treasurer Of Idaho, and as
sistant cashier Of the First National
bank Of Boise City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude sweeney stopped
over Sunday and visited Topeka rela-
tives. They were On their wedding
trip, and were en- route from ST. Paul,
the home Of the bride, to their new home
in Fort Meade, North Dakota
General Social Notes.
Mr.. +. A. Lewis spent the day in Kan
sas City yesterday
Mrs. j. A Campbell entertained the
W. 7. K. club at her home in North To-
peka this afternoon.
The charity work for the curr ent
there being from 16 to % in the family
all the time.
Mrs. o. D. Skinner viii entertain the
Good Literary Reading circle this after
noon. Mrs. A l.. Morthland viii read a
paper, and Mrs Charles Curtis viii also
contribute a paper on Current Events"
The missionary tea which Dean Mills
paugh was to have given 1t Grace Cathe-
dral parlors Friday afternoon mas been
postponed.
The ladies' society of the First NJ T.
church will meet with Mrs. E. Il. Sheldon
tomorrow afternoon at her home on Tay-
lor street
Mrs. ii. Halo and Mrs Eugene Mitch
ell Of MiHnea polls, and Misses August Of
St. Joseph, are among out Of town guests
who will attend the Harmony clubs
party
Miss Clara Laubach viii spend Thanks
giving in Usage City.
Miss Laura GeArhart viii leave Thurs
day for California to spend the winter.
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dress, she began by making her skirts
just below her shoe tops and shortening
them a half inch every day until now
they barely reach the knee. Her cos
tunes are made by a San Francisco tai
Tor and are said to be very chic and be-
coming One is of gray corduroy, with
skirt to the knees, and corduroy leg
gings fastened ali the way up with
leather straps and buckles.
The coat IS made long and worn over
a waistcoat of the same, double breast
ed. "a dainty shirt and an Ascot tie give
it the finishing touch. A moro dressy
suit is Of white corduroy. For long
tramps, when she is on sketching tours
she has a suit of English serge. with
russell 1eggings and a leather belt Miss
Mccormick is at present engaged in
painting horses in the corral just out
side the hotel grounds Of Del Monte
New Y ork Sun
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SEAL JACKET AND DINNER GOWN.

paralysis Of the right fore arm, brought
on by PLAYING the violoncello. She can
write only ten minutes at time and
uses for this work penh0lder Of the di-
alneter of a broomstick. This arm trou-
Bile is very similar to the affection
known as writer's cramp and affects the
hand as well as the fore arm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-20

Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Bayzer. who live at
1921 Harrison street, are parents of a
daughter born Sunday.
a daughter was born on Sunday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. J. Small.
Mr. and Mrs. B. c. AIitchner Of Ross
Vile are the parents Of twin girls born
Sunday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. D. T. Carson,
1908 Kansas avenue, a daughter.
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This week we will give &c our Gus
toners purchasing s. worth, a ticket TO
the WILDER entertainment at the Grand
opera house November 30 and Decem Der
1. 50 purchase secures two tickets.
tURMAN's SHOE House
Try Furman's s. Warranted shoe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-20

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
cellaneous columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice as
many Topeka people a. can be reached
through any other paper Thia is fact
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-20

Apr. 6 WaShburn College GIee Club,
and Prof. Palmer. Reader.

The Club is under The leadership of Prof
Woodwork. and this Will be their closing con
cI-ri for the season.
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Ennis Lodge, No. 81 Ep- Or H.
VIII give dance at 7O4 and 7c6 Kans.
Ave, Wednesday evening, Nov. p. La
dies unaccompanied by a gentleman must
have tickets. Admission 20 cents.
The best 81 shoe at Furman's.
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Nashburn College
ENTERTAINMENT COURSE
FOR 1895.
List of ENTERTAINMENTS.


In IAN Evening with Dickens and Riley
MI Elliott stands in tile front rank of enter
tainers--kansas City Times
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NIaYtOn Jubilee SINGER.

CONSISTING Of nine artlSts
This company is booked for over FIFTY con-
certS ira Chicago alone this season PrunOun ced
tile best comb nation Of jubilee singers ever
heard on the concert stage.
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WIZ Will oll~AA tA-0 Id A41-y ctuD >
party
Miss Clara Laubach viii spend Thanks
giving in Usage City.
Miss Laura GeArhart will leave Thurs
day for California to spend the winter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-11

made Of the nonentities whom all the worio
recognizes as intruders. If Mr.. Thompson likes
TO give mart of his money to this object, WHICH
might be called the cleansing OF the ApDe!' Tic
would 7 believe. seem TO posterty a much more
deserving figure than if he found the funds loi
an experiment in stone by Mr. Pearson An
architectural competition between the hfteehth
and the nineteenth centuries can nave p"' "i'e
result Why should Mr. Thompson desire 10 nave
his name legibly inscribed on the stones Oh
monumental disaster?
This is perhaps. Mr.. Yates Thompson's mai
effort to connect himself with the history Oh MS
time and there is always something patheuc III
the notion Of finality as there - in that OF UNI
successful ambition. lie had good start lie
was secretary to Lord Spencer during hora
Spencers first Viceroyaty Of Ireland In lsoS-
"a Such post almost always leads to so;:'e-
thing. He comes think. of a Liverpool iam-
uv rich and respectable He has always NM
self been a man of fortune. and not long ago III
herited second fortune, larger than his own.
He has tried hard TO get into politics, woong one
constituency after another. all vainly. Inc
doors of The House of Commons remained Cd
s,inatelv shut to him. 4 number Of years ago
he married the daughter Of Mr.. George Murray
Smith himself a millionaire The daughter is
or those accomplished anu bVdutl4"i "o"''
who have sometimes been found Irresistible by
the most obdurate constituencies. His marriage
made him. directly or Indirectly owner OF the
Pail Mall Gazette" and he remained owner
till he sold 1t to Mr. Aston. The control OF
considerable newspaper is also supposed 10
smooth a mans pathway to Parliament In
Mr.. Thompson's case nothing availed. lie has
abilities and character and these other various
influences to help him, and yet | imagine that
he has by this time renqushed his hopes OF
political distinction. The failure, If it be a
failure. entities him to respectful sympathy, just
as his generosity entities him to the good will of
the nation he means to benefit. But neither
one nor the other gives him right to spoil
Westminster Abbey. or even to try experiments
on the most interesting edifce in England.
q; w. 5.
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THE UNCERTAINTIES or HUMAN LIFE.

A BROTHER OF THE BISHOPS PADDoc.. WHO WAS
GIVEN Up FOR DEAD. SURVIVES THEM BOTH.
The death last week OF the Rev. John Adams
Paddock. Episcopal Bishop OF the State OF Wash
ington reminds friend of the family OF this story
The Rev Seth Paddock. of Norwich Conn., had
three sons-Benjamin H.. who time
Bishop OF Massachusetts; John Adams. Bishop Of
Washington. and Lewis s. physician Of large
practice and many admirable qualities The last Of
these. about dozen years ago. suffered from
painful and rather mysterious malady which
finally pronounced by experts TO be appendicitis
His condition was critical for several days and his
many friends prepared to hear OF his death at
any moment.
His chief medical adviser. DR.. c. NJ Carleton
was one Of the most successful surgeons in Eastern
Connecticut man OF much impetuosity and de-
termination and "never-giye-up-the-s ship sort OF
fellow. One afternoon. he entered the sick
mans house. he met the outer door by
attendant who said solemnly:
Don't go upstairs doctor; it's no use"
What, Is he dead?" was the response.
mo, but he's going fast. and they've sent for Dr.
Glesy who has come and is reading the prayers
for the dying"
DR.. Carleton paused long enough TO inquire as 10
the precision with which his instructions had been
carried out. Then he flew upstairs like fash 20
the sck-room. where the service prescribed in the
Episcopal ritual for such emergencies was being
conducted by the sanity rector OF Christ Church
Or. Paddock was apparently unconscious.
What then occurred the narrator processes to
have learned only by hearsay, and his memory or
the story current in Norwich at the time, very
naturally. is not fresh 10 details now as then
But IL is said that DR.. Carleton stopped the pro,
ceedings with an energy which showed more regard
for the possibility resuscitating his patient than
for the sensibilities OF those participating IN this
painful scene. However this may be, and what
ever language may have been addressed 10 the dy-
ing Tor dead mans gentle pastor II appears thar
the surgeon made hasty. examination OF the pros
trate form before him. and promptly excluded every
one but necessary attendants from the room Brandy
and beef tea then administered mechanically
for the patient had long been unable TO take nutrt-
ment in the natural wayand before long there were
evidences OF returning animation. A few weeks
later restoration was complete.