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people OF the great cities. and its prime
recommendations TO knd-hearted women
are that il taxes into membership an enor
mous number of lay sisters. its costume is
emphatic1iiy becoming. and it doesn't
require impossible things Of anyone.
When the first branches of the London
mother home are established in New York.
Boston. Philadelphia, and Chicago, which
tie promoters have fixed upon as their
best fields for fruitful laisors. corps OF
women win take upon themselves the
serious management OF the work and frairs
That is. somewhere in the Sums house
viii be boug3t AMI ~ least six women resu-
larly ordained and trained for duties
viii keep it and lay olt the work. very much
III thep!an now pursued ny she coAegesettIe-
ment women and naighborheod guilds
There will be classes. baths. reading rooms,
and visiting lists opened, but then and there
the likeness 10 the above mentioned organ
ization win cease.
ToIea cray I-od you must wear a pretty
gray suit, ma einsummer Of silver grayn mo-
hair, in winter OF gray camers hair This
consists merely OF full, absolutely plain
skirt and cottage waist, finished by a wide
silk bell and gray steel buc uckle At throat
aud wrists crisp white linen collars and
cuffs must tern back. ald over The shoulders
fan what in England is known as a hospital
nurses circular. Nothing more than Iorg
gathered cape of stuff like the dress. Lastly
the head is crowned with a mohair cottage
bonnet, filled inside with a IiSse ru che and
covered outside with long, prettiIy draped
veil OF silvery gray tissue. Gray gloves
and gray silk reiicule bag finish the out
fit that the ordained resident Gray Ladies'
wear all the time.
Ia fact, this is their working and home
dress, aud then when the first house is
opened call will be sent out through the
parishes OF he various Protestant churches
for assistant Gray Ladies. And here is
where the strength and wealth of the inst.
tuition is TO be drawn from. Almost any
woman can be Gray Lady who viii con-
form to- certain simple rules. No matter
what is your denomination, if you are seri-
Gus and wish To help the poor of your city,
at times by personal mipistration or
through others. you can send in your name
FOR membership, pay an election fee and
monthly dues and get your name down on
the books as lay lady.
Then at any time during Lent, when you
arc anxious to do little good work or
in case of some sorrow that needs dis
traction to ease il, or in one of your fire.
quent bursts OF generosity toward all men,
You can get ready a suit Just like that
the ordained ladies wear, report at the
house in the sIunis and be detailed off
on some work needing an extra hand.
You can arrange to give one week in
every six months, or four mornings in q
fortnight, or one month in summer, Just
as YOU time and your inclinations will al
low. Or you can guarantee to become
an assistant lady contributing help at
regular intervals or you may set your
name on the books as an emergency lady,
ready and bound to come when you are
called. But once elected to membership
You must pay your dues, you must, when
ever serving, wear your gray dress and
you must do Just what the ordained
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ladies think you are best qualified to ac-
compIish
Under the eyes Of a trained member
you will be shown how to visit, how to
teach classes. how to help at mothers
meetings, manage a tea fight for stun
children, how TO give waif a BATH and
how to lead in kindergarten games; in fact.
all the difficult and delicate business OF
gaining and holding the friendship of pec-
pie in the lower parts OF the city.
Now, of course, there will be hundreds,
even thousands of women who will Join
this order and never put a charity foot
in the sIums the while, but rightly
enough. the founders are aware that
there are still more hundreds and thou
sands of women who do wish to make Pc
riodic Investigations OF their city's poor,
who have Il capacity for good work, who
like the distinction, sanctity and pro-
lection of a fixed dress and who as simple
Gray Ladies gladly at intervals put aside
the cares, ceremonies, griefs and disap-
pointments of their worldly cares to aid
human nature and human suffering
among the very rCor, In London the
Gray Ladies have, on narrower lines than
the above, done u wonderful work among
the poor. On establishing the order in
America it is proposed TO expand it into
something like woman's volunteer sal
walton army, and only in cases of the
greatest emergency, of a fcarfully hard
winter, epidemic summer, or season of
unusual strikes and caiamities, to pre-
tend TO rally all members into ranks and
make record showing of what women
as Gray Ladies can do.
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and her escort, the whpper-in. and second
by two men. one the master OF hounds; Miss
was a good third.
The gain OF about ten minutes made
by the hounds over the -hares' ex-
hibited a remarkably speedy run. The
first prize going TO the young woman
who was. first in at the finish, consisted
OF silver bicycle lantern. The second
and third prizes, Il silver bell and whistle
were awarded to the next best riders among
the women. There was Il '-booby'' prize
which was presented TO the last man at the
finish
Paper chasing on bicycles is. without
d0abt, becoming a rdvcrite amusement
as riders of these rather uncpntrUIIable
steeds become more expert, and bicycle
meets win soon become as common rs
the conventional meets OF the hunt club.
1t adds TO the social aspect OF bicycle
paper chase, when the eliminating eveut
is a dance given at club, with supper.
a good orchestra and l0is of flowers and
favors. II the girls object to dancing
in bicycle garb. dancing gowns may be
previously dispatched to the rendezvous, to-
gether with chaperon or two
ELEANOR LEXINGTON.
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Hunting Cross County.

Violet and white ribbon badges were worn
by a party which lately ma q paper or hare
andhounds chase on bicycles, and there were
about fifty riders.
The party net for a '.buat-' brea kfast
athigh noon at the club house. Immediately
after the breakfast Two Of the best riders,
With leather bags filled with bits Of paper,
acted as the ''hares."
They were given a good start, and rushed
forth across bin and valley turning this way
and that, and dropping bits of paper as they
did so. The +.hares'' seemed 10 fear a hot
pursuit, and, accordingly. ran difficult
course for nearly four miles.
When they were out OF sight and sons
distance away the ..EOunds. - some forty
SIX OF eight in number. with a whipper-
in and master of hounds, started after them
and had to follow the route mapped cut by
the bits OF paper.
They had to go over the same route. up
hill and down dale and now and then a
hound got fan; no bitches or fences
are negotiated naturally in paper chasing
on wheels. which takes away something
from the fun and excitement
THE SOCIAL SIDE.
The ''hares' laid their course 20 a club
house. where afternoon tea was served.
IN summer a beautiful glade, where
appropriate finish. About ten minutes
later the hounds" came in, Ieti first by
one OF the feminine members OF the party
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ABUSE OF TIE rooTHPIck.
1t l. Good When Properly Used, But
Geuer.Iix- r,aco,,es ,.,, 6bo,,fra.4,

1t Is Good when Properly Used, But
Generally Becomes an s domination.
The toothpick is very good thing on
certain occasions, but these occasions
should bc when one is alone by himself,
thinks a contributor to the Boston Tran
script. There is not day passes without
encountering on the street and in various
cars. both steam and electric. men-yes,
and women, focusing toothpicks ard
holding them in their mouths. What woud
those whodisplay tcothpicks q their rmouths
say if some one in the street, hotel.
cafe or car should deliberately take from
his or her pocket toothbrush and pro-
ceed to clean his or her teeth, ard having
done so hold the toothbrush in the mouth
the same as the tootbpiek is held by many
today: L am very sure. they would resent
any such proceeding as being disgusting in
the extreme, and yet it is not more so than
using and holding the toothpick in the
mouth.
The brush and the toothpiek are both in
struments with which TO clean the teeth.
If one is suitable to use in pubic both
should be. Public conveyances ard the
highways are not proper places in which to
perform part of ones toilet.
Cleaning the teeth comes under this head
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Just A BIT OF PADDING.

"Whether you are as lean as Sarah Bern
hardt used 10 be, or rs plump as Nine.
Materna is now, don't let any corsetiere
pretend these two virtues are not compati-
sources at her command. Right inside the
corset she can build up or take from the
figure with wonderful effect. If nature
has been chary OF her rounded gifts let
her duplicate them for you by fitting ON
padded corset.
1.-THE old ld-fasbioned prejudice against
pads has lately all but disappeared,
can assure you,H BUSTED on the little
dealer in handmade stays, ''beca use
nearly all women use some padding now
and because Of the beautiful French stuff
fling imported for the purpose. Every
corsetiere is ready to vouch that only
one figure in the dozen is without what
we call holes and humps, though the pos
SCISSORS thereof may be as plump as part
ridges. Down about the hips, along the
shoulder blades, and under the arms too,
many persons are badly filled out or roughly
scooped, and all these shortcomings the
corset-maker remedies with clever little
French pads. They are made of the finest
lighte~t curled hair, much of it human
stitched into linen covers aud all ready to
be incorporated into the corset. In
Paris they manufacture and send over
thousands of them in all shapes and sizes,
following with absolute perfection the w hole
anatomy of the body. from hips to- shoul-
der blades. For very thin woman we
can wad in the hips and bust, making them
appear as delieatcly curved, softly rounded
as if nature had done it herself and defy
an artist to tell where the simulated flesh
was laid on.'
Oh, dear, no, madame; we never use
cotton. and any woman who tries to pro-
mote her own figure by stuffing in layers
Of batting, or allows her dressInaker to
sew such material in her gowns, can only
expect TO promptly lose the charms and
fuIlness she possesses with amazing eeler-
ity. Long experiment in amateur and
professional padding has proved that cotton
and flannel wads overheat the flesh next
10 which they lie. and actually melt away
as fire does wax from a ollsface.
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OVER SILK.

some instances in the two-inch space be-
tween the bars, small dots OF silk in the same
tone.
OVER SILK.
Then there are linen hatistcs woven all
over with stripes, squares or stiff designs
3n open biscuit lace. and these are recon-
7Gcnded TO be made over some bright
becoming six. which would show through
tae perforations and take away from the
irving dullneSs of the linen.
Indeed, it seems TO be generally under
stood that the grass linens are all to be
Gsade over silk.
The few rare models as yet seen were so
combined, bat Little experimenting proved
that, with a plain grenadine or batiste, the
same effects could be made with sateen
foundation, and this would certainly be
much less expensive than u silk one.
A novelty in these linens is a very pale
creponated weavecalled "frou-froH. - which,
in forty y-two-inch width, sells at $195 the
yard.
A frou-frOu linen gown made up on pink
silk Was paraded in a glass case like a
hot-house flower. and marked 500. The
foundation was in the mostvivid watermelon
PINK ever seen, but it only lent rosy, be-
coming glow to the neutral linen.
Bands OF a thick, white Russian lace
rTn through with narrow black velvet,
uInamented the bodice, the velvet tying at
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cbasfng Paper
On Bicycles
SOCIETY'S LATEST klNK IN THE
CURRENT FAD.
The Course Usually Extends
From One Clubhouse to
Another.

Paper chasing on bicycles is the last
new thing in sport. A successful and de-
lightfuI meet for this purpose was held in
q suburban town lately, and, barring an
accident or two. collisions now and then
being the unattractlve features Of the sport,
the entertainment was a bowling success
The chase started about IL a. M, the
usual hour for a hunt. and the course. laid
out by the leaders, was a must circuitoUs
one
All who took part b0ti, men and women.
were in cycling costume. The women were
in the neatest and most chic OF costumes,
with skirts Just clearing the ground worH
over knickerbockers, jackets worn atop
vests, which in several cases were of hunt
ing pink. e, the brightest OF scarlet
and hats which We're distractingly coquet-
tish and becoming.
When the riders passed through small
hamlet en- route, with their bicycles in
full zallop," shall say? they created quite
a sensation in the small town.
In their enthusiasm TO De in first at the
finish they violated the town ordinances
If, indeed, the town was possessed OF such
rules-in regard TO fast riding, and passed
through the place like a whlrIwind.
One feature worth noticing in regard 20
a paper chase on bicyeles-thOse who wish
70 see. but not to take part, in the hunt find
themselves very much ''in arrears if they
attempt to follow in dog-carts, victOrias or
phaetons.
or course, the more riders the greater
sport. And If the chase Is given by i
club it adds 10 the picturesqueness OF the
scene if the riders wear the club eoiOrs-
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Smart Styles
In Spring Stuffs
CRISP, LIGHT GOODS DISPLAY
EDTN SHOP WINDOWS.
New Soft Skirtings and Marie
Antoinette Dimities are Ador-
able Novelties to Be Had.
New York, Feb. s.

New York, Feb. 8.
spring ana summer wash fatrics have
corae 10 town. and, like The first jonqui,s
ans hyacinihs that pash their sweet heads
up suddenly 10 say Goot.-bye to winter,
they are nodding gayly from all The big
shcp windows.
Compared 10 the heavy offerings indeed,
that parade by in the bitter day. these dainty
textiles are genuine bads OF promise TO the
woman who knows her summer frocks to
be the most becoming or ali; so one is not
surprised TO find fair fcninines rushing
like sheep TO crop The first blossoms OF the
cotton and linen harvest.
IL is the early bird every time that catches
the worm. and this holds good with muslins
Bnd organdies rs welt as other things.
They are more expensive just now, OF
course. than they will be later, but among
al the standard designs that are likely
la run straight through the summer there
are bound. as always, 20 he a few rare and
novel ones which late buyers viii never
see.
To judge from the Indications, grass
linens are 10 take the lead with summer
textures. and, as though those of last year
were not charming enough. tue ones now
shown surpass anything ever seen before
in loyeliness and novelty of pattern.
Linen grenadine and linen batis1e are
the names given TO the new weaves, ana
in tone they run more toward gentle
brown than 10 the sage tint OF last summer
As to patterns. there are stripes and
squares in narrow satin lines in con-
trasting color, white, gold, green, blue,
and pink; the striped designs having in
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AT THE WHIST TABLE.


There is something very mysterious about
the nature and capabilities OF Fla ying cards;
and such wonderful things can be per-
formed by reason q their possible combina-
tioDs, that one often feels as If they pos
sessed a sort OF diablerie of their own.
While some say that these marvellous play
things were invented for the amusement
of mad French king, and Others, owing to
fancied connection between tie four
suits and the four Social casts, give them
an East Indian origin. Still Others contend
that they came first from Egypt, the home
OF astronomy and of divination into ma
ture's secrets, and that their great possibil
tiles in tie way of wonders are due to
their relation to the types OF nature whose
possibilities and combinations are infin-
ite.
Thus it is claimed that the four suits
represent the four seasons; the heart, or
cup representing winter-holJing the rains;
the spade, or acorn, representing autumn;
the club or irefoil, spring; the diamond.
or rose, summer. The twelve pictures OF
the various kings, queens and knaves, stand
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tie shoulders and al the bottoms OF the puff
siecyes in a great cflrysanthemum rosette.
Kelycl ribbon, hy the way. is TO ie ;lle most
nlodish decoration for cotton and linen
gowns, and il viii take the shapyr6r stocks.
belts, bows, aud rosettes on the bodice and
nlaay even appear under very open lace in
seriions in hands on the skirt. For bodice
use Three inches is The width altered, and 4
trio Of the newest coiors are n wonderful
pink-vialct. n rich purple called "Emi-
DeDce.'' ara nazarinc blue than has sap
phire Standings.
To combine with the velvet ribbon. and
especially for the grass linens with satin
stripes. there are charming French en-
l,r,idcrics in lace designs on butter yellow
batiste.
A rich ecrI Lace called Point de ycnise,
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commonplace lace for tie bodice, and to
edge possible flounces, could be Il fine
footing, coIored With copperas and put on
plain or Killed.
For trimming simple muslins, lawns and
dimities that are to be washed, point
d'esprit footing win DC much used, and
because of the pattern OF this 1t is most
effective when only gathered.
In the new shirt waists is observed a
strong leaning toward delicate, limp, cot
tors instead OF the thick percales and
cambrics OF last summer.
G-ass linens. plain, figured, striped and
dotted arc also extensively used, and the
same stiff white linen collars and cuffs
OF last year are still 10 high favor.
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for the twelyeen&Bths if not for the signs
OF the zodiac; The thirteen cards in each
suit represei the weeks in a lunar quar-
ter; the fifty-two cards in The pack an, wer
TO the weeks of5the year, and the total
number of sbotsaon Tie cards are equal TO
the number iof DAYS III The year. Ia run-
ming a rack;of cards through the fingers,
few OF Us Eare an idea of the white magic
contained inSGch an cdolon of thc annual
procession of our days and night; and if
none OF this is true, at least the coincidence
is interesting.
HARRIET PRESCOTT SPoFFoRD.
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and those who perform this portion of
their toilet in public, whether with the
toothpick Or the toothbrush, not only make
q disgusting spectacle of themselves, but
bring down upon their heads the righteous
indignation of the many who are not ad-
dicted to this unfortunate habit.
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THIN-sKINNED ORANGES.

Why Do Planters Only Raise Thick
Coated and Rough Ones?
1t has often been questioned why or
ange growers viii graft and plant varf-
cites with thick skins, when the great
public appreciates a thin-skinnet one more
highly. Asking grower, if not one OF
the secrets Of the orange growing trade,
why this was thus, he replied that the thin
skinned kinds were rarely as productive
as the thick-skinned ones-that the public
would give no more for box of thin skin
than for box of thick ones-and as there
was consequently more profit in growing
orange skins than in growing orange flesh,
the skins carried the day.
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Nem Godet Skirt
Spoils Tempers
1T IS A TRIAL IN WINDY WIN
TER WEATHER.
If 1t Is Muddy 1t Adds Another
to the Fashionable Girls
Woes.

Skirts today cost just twice as much
as they did two years ago. They re-
quire five Yards of double-width material
ten yards OF silk for lining, aud the
modish dressmaker cuts them to measure
from six and a half TO eight yards round
the bottom. From belt TO hem they are
interlined with crinoline, grass cloth or
some one of the new patented stiffenings.
But in spite of all the lightweight silk
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modern Angels
CARRIED in Gray
A NEW HABITED ORDER THAT
DOES GREAT GOOD.
Any Woman Can Become a Gray
Lady for an Hour, Day,
Week or Month.

In the way of phiIanthroplc inventions
As its name implies, it is an institution
open only 10 women but il promises TO
outrivai the Kings Daughters and the
Needlework Guild in growth and popu-
larity. once il becomes firmly established
on this side OF The water. Tue chief work
of the Gray Ladies is among the poor
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some instances in the two-inch space be-
tween the bars, small dots OF silk in the same
Nnrr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-13
NORTH TOPEKA.

Items of Interest From the North Side OF
the River.
Rev R. 8. Stoner preached st Horton
yesterday.
Mrs ]. F. Buck is able to be about
after an illness.
Birs. Eta Lacey has gone to Valley
Falls for a visit of soIae weeks,
Miss Ida Mills is visiting her brother,
L E. Mills, on West Gordon street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lucas are expect
ing a visit from their daughter, Mrs.
Grant Maxwell, of Fit. Worth, Texas.
J.H. Heller, 1902 N. Kansas aYenue,
grocery and meat market. Coed treat
msnt and fine meats and groceries; you
can do better here than elsewhere.
The Magnet Restaurant and Short Or
der house, A. j. Prudfit, $50 n. Kansas
ave. Wholesale fruits and confectionery.
Geo. ]. Graves & Sens, 115 and 1T
West Laurent street, North Topeka, fer
buggy tops, cushions. wagons, and bug
gies built to order. Boil phone $685.
Items and advertisements for the
JOURNAL should be left at the drug store
of A. J. Kane s. Co, S26 Kansas avenue.
Judge G. w. Carey. who is sick at his
home on Kansas avenue, is ia serious
condition. He has bone erysipelas.
The funeral of Annie Flood, the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Flood, was held
yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock, from
the home of her parents, 159 Holman
street She died Saturday afternoon
from tonsilitis.
DIR. H. D. Fisher preached at the Kan
aas avenue NJ. E. church last night and
Rev, ]. NJ. Mason of Baraes, who is to
have charge of the revival services this
week, conducted tho altar service. Four
persons were at the altar. Rev. Mir.
Mason will preach tonight.