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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23

BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
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THE EELLAM BOOK & STATIONERY co,
Il 6o3 Kansas ave. Latest books, correct sta
tionery. Newest wall paper. Artistic framing.
Tennis and base ball supplies.
ROOK EXCHANGE; 8S2 Kansas ave- New
- and second hand books. stationery etc. Old
books. magazines. ETC.. taken in exchange. Back
numbers supplied. school books a specially.
H ANSAs BOOK AND BIBLE HOUSE. s25
N Kansas ave-, j. W. Priddy, MgJ. Teach
er's BibleS, family and pulpit Bibles. Sabbath
school supplies. Picture framing. etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
BRICK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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~ ING CO., manufacturers of Paving, Build
ing and Sewer brick. Ill west 9Th st.
Tel S92. NJ. WEIGHTMAN, Sec.
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Told by the Top Drawer

Harriet Holt Cahorn says that a
woman's bureau drawer-the top drawer,
that either is or is not catch-all-re-
veals character more than her posses
sions, and could almost tell her fortune
by looking into it. Is it pot pourri of
every thing gloves, laces, hairpins, frizzes,
collars letters and hundred other
things? This denotes an uneven. unsystem-
affixed, happy go-lucky life, one that fate
loves to pursue. The orderly woman who
establishes a standard for people to live
up to always keeps this bureau drawer in
order. Her life is of the tranquil kind.
The woman who fills her bureau with
boxes possesses an excess OF order that
makes life burden to the ones who live
with her. She is conservative ana not
very adaptable nor tolerant. While order
is the first lane to heaven, order does not
by any means produce heaven. How
ever, the bureau drawer never poses.
You may profess sentiments that are not
yours, and your milliner and dressmaker
lend YOU a personality. which you dc
not possess, and pose successfully fof
what you arc not; you can buy correct
books and pose for a ltterateur by Twin,
up to their bindings. In your house an''
its furnishings you can buy artistic
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Metropolitan
Women Who Smoke

Is it possible that New York women
have adopted the habits of their sisters
of the orient and are learning to smoke,
asks the New York World. Without going
into the question as to whether it is a
delightful thing or a very unlovely thing
for women to smoke, it is interesting to
know what the facts are.
Now, then. there is evidence that the
advanced" young woman of the year
1895 is a cigarette smoker. In the first
place it is a thoroughly well known fact
that no less a parsonage than Princess
AliX, who married the young car OF
Russia. was given cigarette case as a
wedding pres mt. This gift came from
very intimate friend, who knew that
the charming little present would be well
come and a useful article for her friend
the princess.
Again, we know from the police court
records that the countess of Rosslyn lost
her beautifully jeweled cigarette case in
a restaurant few months ago. The thief
was finally arrested, and then the inter
esting fact was developed that the cigar
cite case was a present from the princess
of Wafes.
Occasional odds and ends of social news
and gossip travelling across the water to
us from London and Paris tell us of
notable women on the other side who
smoke. At the dinner tables and i'll the
boudors of London and the gay French
apital the cigarette has found Il place for
ITSELF Of course. the ladies of Turkey,
of Spain and OF Cuoa are cigarette smok-
crs but this is nothing new-they have
been for gene rations.
The question of interest is this: Are
New York women beginning to smoke?
a few weeks ago the Sunday World
noted the fact that a smoking room for
women had been opened by two enterrris-
ing Turks on Upper Broadway. This
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hacking at bones that should be treated.
Let us be satisfied to work for the ages
to come, patiently, strongly, doing per.
manent work, and Willingly sacrificing
small present results to the great future
growth of the community.
The questions involved in our work are
numerous and weighty, and ordinary
drifting is not what we woman wish to
do. Our course is that of consistent pro-
gress, and should be firmly directed to-
ward that end. The days of useless mar
tyrdo are over, aDd heroic sacrifice,
even in the shape of unnecessarily facing
ridicule. is not required of us. Mr..
Albert White Worse, when speaking OF
us in the Boston Commonwealth of June
remarked that irreverent people have
laughed at women suffragists because
they, with the feeling that the voting
power must enable them to accomplish
much, set to work to try and z It it. for
getting. or at least overlooking, the main
object. The writer quite grasped the
spirit OF our organization when he added ::
IF they would tWn from striving after
power conferred by other people and
devote themselves to becoming a power
in their own personality, as these Phila-
delpEia women have done, they would
not only win the respect of everyone,
but also they would train themselves pro-
perly to use the right of voting when it
should come to them. as it undoubtedly
will come, sooner or later. ~
For those who wish to point the way. it
is not enough to be sooi, they should be
clever. Peter the Hermit was good. but
he led his enterprise and vast masses Of
men to destruction. The task be fore us
To-Day, as | see it, is not to WELD weapons
and to slaughter men and parties who do
not happen to think or feel as we do
principally, perhaps, because their train
ing has been different but to show the
way to higher standards and to help
those about us to see, to know. to ann ut
the intangible something that to those
who possess it, is worth more than money.
patronage and preierment. The selfre
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WOrnan's Work
for the Common Veal
MRS. CORNELIUS STEVENSON


THE following extracts from the address OF
Mrs Cor. eius stevenson be ore the civic Club
OF Philadelp hia, are published in the New
Cycle the official organ OF the General FEEDER
alton of Womau's, Clubs, for April, which
prints Mrs. stevenson entire addiess.l
The unfortunate condition of.municlpal
politics is, after all. but the outcome
OF our social condition. Are our ordinary
business methods other than self-seek-
ing? And is not the management OF our
great corporations conducted upon the
same basis of selfish advantage quite out
side of the ethical standards privately
protested by the men who govern them?
NV own personal experience of the aver
age office holder leads me to believe that
the majority of the men we are accustom-
ed to hear so numerically denounced have
at heart an earnest and sincere desire to
do right by their trust according To their
lights, and as far a. compatiblte with
their own struggle for existence. And
my observation has led me to conclude
that-wth the exception OF few super
ior natures-that Is the general civil
plane upon which today stands the prac-
ticed business man.
L The average respectable taxpayer gem
orally objects to costly municipal inn
provements by which his own property is
not immediat,y benefited and invaria
bly, does 50 if his personal interests are to
be injured in ever 50 slight degree. \
most intelligent man OF scientific emf
hence whilst discussing short time ago
all improvement the ultimate results OF
which must be of far-reaching import
ance, exclaimed vehemently: | wish to
know of what interest It can be to me
who live down town--that this thing
should be done to benefit uptown people"
Vet of all men in this city he should have
known that the prosperity OF each part in
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NEW YORK, April 23.-[ Special Cor
respondence. l-Chauncey Depew i'll re-
cent speech said that this was an era OF
fads. saying: 1--WE have the new woman
fad, .he reform fad, the silver fad. the Ma
poleonic fad and the Trilby fad "
DR.. Depew skipped lightly over the fad
question when he disposed of it so briefly.
1t was subject which, led by his
skilled intellect, would have furnished
entertainment for two-hours speech
had he delved into the individual fads of
the wellknown people of the city
The fads of New York women have been
written about more than once. but quite
recently vast change has come over the
horizon of fadsm. Nearly every one has
some pet fancy which, if they had unlim
tied means, would be INDUCED until it had
reached the dignity of a full-hedged fad.
New York women have passed the stage
where the fad IS merely the means OF
trivial enjoyment. 1t is now regarded as
serious thing, a matter worthy OF deep
consideration like the purchase of new
house or the adoption of anything of a
permanent and costly character.
The new woman idea has had much to
do with the serious aspect of the fad era.
Fashionable people have been deeply i'm
pressed with the Importance of 1.-THE new
woman who is supposed to be the per-
sonifcation of all that is sensible, digni-
fed, independent and self-reliant.
The present solemn fad is philosophy.
The young bud. handsome matron and
active dowager who has not some particu-
lar charity on hand is deemed sadly out
of style. This philanthropy fad is a
mighty fortunate thing for large num-
Der of people who are the targel of con-
siderable SUNS of money. which formerly
went for gimcracks of no earthly use to
anyone.
Miss Helen Gould has had much to do
with the creation of this style of fad.
although in no sense of the word is she a
fashionable girl. She dresses plainly. is
ssld I'm seen at the gay functions of her
society friends. Luz views life from
sober. common"en standpoint.
Miss Gould has great 10 te of children
not SO much for the petted darlings of
the Fifth avenue mansions as for the poor
little waits Of the East Side tenements.
Two schools on the East Side, one at the
lower end of town and one at the upper.
are almost entirely supported by her.
Not only this, but at her place, Woody
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The mission people knew that the pawn
shop was necessary evil. and in times
OF distress boon to the poor, and it set
about to make its conveniences as cheap
as possible.
Mrs. A. NJ. Palmer, the wife of the the
atrical manager is one of the most char
liable of women in New York. Charity
has always been a fad with her, and her
particular charges are the poor broken
down people of the stage. An actor or
actress worn out with age or sickness has
never applied to her in vain. Many OF
them have been placed in costly hospitals
at her solicitation and expense, and
when they were ready to begin the battle
of life anew her purse has often given
them the necessary start.
Mrs William Tod Helmuth, the presi-
dent of Sorosis, which is popularity sup
posed to be the inner wheel Of fadism, has
no fad except Flower hospital, in the poor
quarter of East Fifty-ninth street. 1t was
established by Ex-Governor Flower as a
memorial to his eldest son, who died
some time ago in his twenty first year..
Mrs. Helmuth is a merry, cordial wo-
man, easily affected by any tale OF mis-
fortune and whenever any of the mem
bers of Sorosis hear of a case deserving of
charity. they know it will be rapidly
cared for by informing Mrs. Helmuth.
Mrs. Elliot f. Shepard devotes much of
her time to the Margaret Louise Home i'll
East Sixteenth street, beautiful house,
splendidly furnished. 1t is like hotel,
and is for the use of single women living
in the city or visiting it. a..
Nicely equipped rooms are rented at
small cost and the restaurant is moderate
in price although conducted like that of
tirst-class bostelry. 1t has proven
great boon to that large class of woman
kind who are alone in the world and who
must struggle for livelihood.
Although crowded to its utmost limits
at all seasons of the year, the homeis
not self paying by any means, but the
| deficiency is always made good by Mrs.
| Shepard.
,, Miss Georgia Cayvan's varied Stage ex-
perence has made per the possessor OF
many fads. from poosile dogs to Japanese
| brio "a brac or the h.lndicraft of Alaska
! Indians Miss Cayvail has now settled
! down to tie task of booming 'the new
woman" in every possible way. She
makes disciples wherever she can, and she
cal talk with the eloquence of a campaign
orator on her pet subject. painting glori-
| Gus word pictures of what is i'll store for
| womankind if it will only stand together
and insi.- upon its rights.
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was a modest affair. 1t was inter esting
bee use it was new. ana its success
meant. of course, that at least some
York women were cigarette smok ers.
1t did succeed, and now New York has
another woman's smoking room. This
time it is larger. more elaborate better
equipped and evidently established in the
belief that it will be a financial success.
The first woman's smoking parlor on
Broadway jumped into immediate favor.
The place did good business. and does
yet. After the theaters have dismissed
their audiences for the evening this place
is crowded with women and their escorts
Women predominant in the crowd assem-
bled. Some smoke the Turkish pipes
called chibouks, y others are lazily putting
at the bubbling nargilehs. while others
content themselves with the perfumed
Turkish cigarette. The success of the
place was noted particularly by woman
with business instinct, Mrs. Ellis, who
straightway secured house in West
| Twenty fifth street, and opened larger,
more commodous and more elegant
smoking parlor." as already stated.
| She went a step or two further than
| the originators OF the idea, and along
with her stock of nargilehs, chibouks,
Turkish tobacco and coffee. she has intro.
| duced women attendants whom she has
Consumed in the fashion of the orient.
| She has also fitted the house up after the
manner of the ORIENT the walls are hung
with tapestries of many hues and quaint
I patterns, few lamps of oriental pattern
hang from the ceiling, and there is a
profusion of sofas and cushions, all of
which give a feeling of luxury.
The crowd that assemblies here is much
the same as that at the Broadway place,
but the younger element is missing. This
place is retired and more secluded than
the other, and that is another virtue, for
of course if Mrs. We're de We're wishes to
dropin to have a smoke after the theater
she does not care particnarly to have Mrs.
/ de Finch, who has not yet learned the
habit, see her, because Mrs. De Finch
might be shocked.
The girl attendants are dressed in Turk
ish trousers. a fluffy sort of shirt and a
jacket of some dark, stuff. while light
colored turban sits upon their heads.
They have most unorIential-like ap.
pearance from the neck up; from there
down they do very well and lend deal
| of life to this oriental picture set down
here in the occident.
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spect that brings with it the respect of
others and the unselfish devotion to GER
tain ever-broadening ideas that leads Il
man to take dsnterested interest In
the advancement of his town, his coun-
try and finally his kind.
For my part. | should like to see all of
US working SHOULDER to shoulder with
whoever may be at the head OF our NUM-
cipality, showing them by word of mouth
and exampe-especially by exam pie
that working for ideals, although less
profitable in certain baser ways, brings
with it higher reward than working for
self: pointing the way simply, quietly,
practically, helping them when they are
willing. toerantly appealing to their high
el selves when they are not but ever i'm
pressing upon all what true sense of
public duty can do and means. Let us
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sures the prosperity of the whole. If you
take the trouble to sift down the opinions
oT your acquaintance upon measures of
national and municipal Importance you
will find that wherever there is per-
sonal relation to these they are governed
by it. In all these things, where great
eternal truths involving public interests
are sacrificed to petty personal advantage,
where self-respect makes way before self
Indulgence, we are simply carried down
ward by the great general current. But
then, why should we be 50 righteously IN
dignant because our municipal officers act
upon the same governing principle, and
because, for instance, being owners of
stock in certain companies. they are slow
i'll voting measures that will njure their
stock? Are there many business men to
be found outside of political circles whose
nerve and principles are sufficiently
strong to lead them to urge a measure of
public interest that must involve seri-
Gus damage to their own property?
take it that the conscience of the aver
age councilman fairly represents the eth
ical development of the average citizen.
A people, it has been SAID, generally has
q
place, we who disapprove. to try to raise
ourselves and those about us to a higher
plane, and not to join in abusing and Sc
Letting for special condemnation a whole
class of men who individually are proba-
bly, neither better nor worse than the
average. but whose shortcomings stand
out more conspicuously under the light of
day.
| do not wish to see in this an apology
for municipal wrongdoing. Ny only de-
sire is to impress upon the Civic Club the
necessity for cultivating an attitude of
mind that will enable us to deal fairly
with the politician. I am firmly con-
WINGED that we are as much to blame as
he is for the unsatisfactory condition of
our own municipality, and that much Of
the present evil may be traced to the
thoughtlessness of the so-called thinking
classes. to our own Indifference, self-in-
diligence. and self righteousness. In my
humble opinion, vituperation on the part
of the would-b be reformer will never cause
general good feeling and widespread
desire for higher standards. Evil doing
in whatever shape it may present itself,
is. to my mind mental disease which
is generally the result ofiignorance. Let
us then nurse it judiciously and not go
slashing right and left breaking our wea-
pons or surgical instruments by ruthless
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THE RICH AND
eHILANTHROPIC WOMEN IN
GOTHAM SOCIETY
Charity High Fashionable Women
TT S Harmless Good Is Quite the
Thing n

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt also takes
lively interest In St. Luke's. Several beds
in the hospital have been endowed by
the Cornelius Nanderbilts. and all the
longtime patients there are on speaking
terms with both Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt.
Mrs William II. Vanderbilt is almost
the entire support Of the mission house
of st. Bartholomew East Forty
second street. This is the most complete
ly equipped mission in the whole country.
1t does not only try to reform the out
casts of respectable society, but it does
much to help and educate the bard work
ing people who struggle along at the
grndstone of poverty
l.: has bank called the Penny Prov-
dent fund, where interest is paid on de-
posts of one cent and upward 1t en-
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never forget that many of US may see a
mote in these mems humanity when our
own is threatened by beams, and that our
moral weaknesses, although different in
kind, are equal in degree, and disqualify
us to pass sentence, though we may
blame.
We are | trust, practical women living
in practical age. and we should be able
and willing to deal with existing condi-
tions as we find tn EN-. Whether or not
the slow process of general uplifting may
be fastened by us. as we believe it can,
whilst those among us who are especially
interested in municipal government are
studying under the guidance of their able
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Anna GouId'S Father-in-Law

The Revue Paris, the chief French re-
view, says the Chicago Tribune, will pub
fish tomorrow an article by the Marquis
de Castellane entitled A Fortnight in the
United States. The article is generally
eulogistic. Much space is devoted to u
description of New York newspapers.
The American newspaper, he says, is a
daily photograph of mankind, but jour
nalism is business, like dry goods or
guano. The writer concludes that the love
of liberty and the love Of wealth are the
chief characteristics of the American peo-
pie. He thinks it will take longer time
to 'dedollarize" America than it re-
quired to dechristianize France.
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courages poor people to prepare for TIE
proverbal- rainy day, even if they only
save few pennies week. 1t has nj Eht
sewing, cooking and reading classes for
the young girls and women who work all
day in the down town factories and
shops. There are all kinds OF amuse-
ments to attract young men from the
streets
The mission is sensible in every way.
1t appreciates the many obstacles in the
path of the poor and it strives more to
tighten their bur lens and give them
pleasure than to thrust religion down
their threats. 1t was the originator of
the pawnbroking scheme which makes
loans AT a 6 per cent rate as against the
- per cent charged by the regular shoN.
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effect and harmony of color and grand
pictures. and even the atmosphere that
belongs with these evidences of culture
will hover about. You can have Louis
Quinze room without knowing why you
have it, and you can buy your coat of
arms and your antiques and your ances
tors, and you may escape the soul of all
that they ,epresent and the world will
be none the wiser. But let that world
have a peep in the top drawer of your
dressing table and it will find out things
about your real character of which it has
never dreamed.
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chairman the problems set before them.
our other sections are planning for our
city important material Improvements
and facilities for intellectual growth. Our
line of conduct in the presence of these
varied interests must lie such as to further
them and lose no reasonable chance OF
success. Whosoever holds today the bal
ance OF poNe' among us, we wish that
power to be welded for the greatest pros
per ty of the city, and in the highest in
terest of the people. 1t is to those who
are at the helm that we must look to OBJ
tain the facilities we need to help us on
our way TO higher knowledge and to bet
ter conditions and the result we hope to
obtain can only be reached by mutual
good feeling and by sincere cooperation.
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Crest. on the Hudson. she has frequently
fifteen and twenty of the tenement child.
en- to spend week with her. Ponies and
carts are placed at their disposal. together
with an abundance of good food and warm
clothing.
Miss Gould is also interested with her
sister in-law, Mrs. Edith kindon Could,
in the Potted Plant association. Mrs.
Gould devotes much of her time to this
enterprise, which was formed mainly to
cheer the sufferers in the charity wards
of the city hospitals. Flowers are distrib-
uted among them every day. and al
though the work of the association
seems small on the surface. it really gives
great deal of pleasure to its benefciar-
les.
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During her lifetime Mrs. Chauncey De-
pew took considerable interest in the
work of St. Luke $ hospital, which is just
few doors from her late home on West
Fifty fourth street. Mrs. Depew was ac-
customed to make almost daily tours OF
the wards. doing what she could in a
quiet, businessllke way for the comfort
of the patients.
1t is not generally known that Mr.. De-
pew continues this work rs much as he
can, though his business affairs give
him but little time. He visits St. Luke $
at least three time a week and is a liberal
contributor !. the finances of the insti-
tuition