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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
DRAMATIC CRITrCIsIF.

The New York Journal contains the
following editorial ON an unusual Incl
dent in the New York thea trical world;
Mr.. Daniel Frohman, manager Of the
Lyceum theatre, New York, IS a pros
porous person who has not sense
enough to be in charge of a respectable
place of entertainment. but he has man
aged to render a distinct public service
Notwithstanding. Only a broad humOr-
list, it might be thought, would take it
into his head TO complain that there is
too much honest criticism of the drama
in this town. Yet Manager Fr0hman
has made this complaint seriously, and
in a way SO extraordinary that neither
can be questioned. Actually the man
the other night refused admission to
ms theatre 70 Alan Dale, who writes
Of the theatres for the Journal! The
tickets presented We're paid for, Of
course, but Manager F'rohman would
have no more of Alan Dale in his
house IT wasn't pleasant way to re-
ceiNe a compliment, certainly. but no
critic COULD ask for handsomer one in
substance.
Ii was bad play that Mr.. Frohman
offered the public, and as Alan Dale
Wrote about ii he, Of course. said IL
was a bad play. That is why Alan
Dale is worth reading. There is not
another manager in the city. not a man
who has any thing to do with the thea
tres, who does not fully agree with
Mr. Frohman that Alan Dale is an abb
solutely candid critic. He is not to be
bribed. bullied. wheeled or hattered
away from his laudable if often anoy-
ing, determination to tell the plain
TRUTH and he tells lit with SO much
yivacity. SO much literary skin and III
such hearty enjoyment of his function
that the public likes his criticism in
about the same proportion as an hum
bugs connected with the stage dislike
them, which truly is to say a great
deal Such writing as Alan Dale's has
there is its vivacity, and vivacity is
good i'm itself: next there is its use to
the public, which has learned to believe
him, and so is saved from being sWind-
led by lying advertisements and third,
there is the rage with which it fills
cheating managers, a legitimate source
Of satisfaction to every honest soul
The Journal congra tulates Alan Dale
on the testimony which Manager F'roh-
man has SO ingenuously borne to his
worth as man and a critic, and we
congratulate the readers of the Journal
who patronize the theatres on their
good fortune in having in their service
q critic ait once SO discriminating, witty
and inheXible as Alan Dale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
FTCTToN,s NEW ToNE.

From NJ " Commercial Advertiser.l
Fiction has felt the same breath, and
a school Of nOvelists has abandoned the
city for the country If one desires to
study humanity he had better leave his
clubs and drawing rooms well as
slums and dens of vice. for he viii be
deceived by fantastic morals and social
hypOcrisies and exceptional degrade
ton. This Conscious and self-ana-
lytical creature of the city. posing, lni-
tating, pretending, is neither q healthy
man nor woman. What they do is not
life. tbs play. What they say is not
fact it is cant. They are on q stage,
not in the open air, the light is electric,
not from the sun Humanity can be seen
in it's natural state in the country, where
the people are sound in body and till
the soil and live in the open air and
think for themselves and fear God Find
d place cut off from the outside world
and shut in by hills and woods and
held intercourse at first hand with ma
ture and with the Eternal. Here lies
the unspoiled raw material ready to
the sculptOrs hand. and SO far as he
uses it with directness and simplicity
he VIII touch the universal heart, for
he is now dealing with elemental hui
manity. There are only half a dozen
passions in our nature. only half dOz-
en- problems in our life, and they can
be studied with least perplexity in this
seclusion and quietness- 1t is the cOun-
he is also its strength-the steel frame
work within the carved stone and fiOrid
holdings of the social fabric. If the
fiction of locality makes an appeal to
the race it would be because it is frank
ly and simply and uuaffectedly human.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
CoNsUmPTIoN WANING.


IHEOtAA the New OIk IA@Al
DR.. Samuel w. Abbott. secretary of
the Massachusetts board of health,
evolved a pretty theory to account for
the decline in that state in the death
rate of women from pulmonary trou-
bles. He attributes the decline to the
use of the bicycle. and points out that
it began five years ago. when the Wo-
men began to use the bicycle This was
very comforting to the bicycle manu-
facturers, but the Springfield Repubh-
can ruins this theory by producing fig
ures to show that, happily for Massa-
chusetts people, the decline in the NOR
tality from consumption began 10 years
ago. During the decade ending in 1880
the deaths in Massachusetts from con-
sumption had averaged 32.7 each year
per 10000 of population In 1882 the
rate had fallen to 21.7, in 1885 to 3O.1.
and in 1889 to Z5.7 This was before the
safety bicycle had come into general
use even for men. and, so far as noted,
the decline in the mortality rate from
among men as it was among women.
This decline in mortality from one of
the worst scOurges of New England has
continued since 1883. the mortality rate
in 1894 being about % per 10000, repre-
senting decrease from the average of
the decade to 1880 of nearly One-third.
No positive statement is made as to the
Denehcent causes. 1t is thought that q
better underS landing Of the disease,
with improved sanitation in relation
thereto is partly responsible, and to
this may perhaps be added the accli-
matlzatlOn Of Immigrants
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
THE DRUmmERs' HOME.


The commercial travellers are great peo-
pie. Not to appreciate the Importance of
their labOrs is to acknowledge ones ignO-
rance of the methods of trade They are
the most intrepid nOmads that are left
on the earth Their travels are as con-
tinuous their tolls. They live in sleep
ing cars and hotels brave the perils Of
the rail the lunch counter, and the hotel
bed: live single or apart from their fami-
lies. endure all weathers and any COM
pany that Offers-and all that the affinity
between good goods and solvent buyers
may be discerned and triumph The at
tentiOn paid to them during the late
campaign attested their Importance in the
community Great pains was taken, es-
pecially in Chicago. to equip them with
sound fiscal and political sentiments. so
that they might scatter good seed where
ever they went Their national organiza-
tiOn is building a home at Binghamton,
New York, for worthy INDECENT CONNER
cial travellers and their dependent fami-
lies. 1t is to plete this building that
the Commercial Travellers fair is being
held in the Madison Square Garden 1t
began on the 18th and closes on the 2sth
and through it the travellers aspire to
raise $50. 600 1t is a great fair. fun Of
novel shows and managed by people OF
enterprise. No doubt it will meet with
the success it deserves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
WILLIAM TELL IN ROBIN HOOD.


Jessie Bartlett Davis had a funny ex-
perfence with a friend who had been
rs hear robin Hood" for the first
time. The next day she met the young
woman and of course. took occasion to
ask her how she liked the opera oh,
/ like it pretty WE'LL was the answer.
but I don't think they follow history
closely enough in the performance -
History Well, you know there ism
much history in it. The story of Robin
Hood is mostly legendary at the best -
Eyes. I know that" replied Miss Da-
Wis friend. but then, you remember,
in the story there is one scene that IS
particularly good. It was always my
favorite and it seems to me that in
putting on a show like Robin Hood a
company like the Bostonians should
not have omitted such a very import
ant portion Of the story. 1t would make
a grand effect and would be much APP
preciated by the audience We'll,
what scene DO you mean?' asked Miss
Davis. why. you know, that place
YOU know where Robin shoots the apple
off the boys head They ought to have
that in. by all means. There's no ex-
cuse for it's absence And to this day
Miss Davis friend has never discoV-
cred why the handsome contralto
laughed so heartily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
HULL HOUSE.



Perhaps the desire and need for such a
center as that afforded by HUI house
was best shown by the intense eagerneSS
manifested. particularly by the young
people in the OrsanizatiO of clubs. the
love OF Which Is characteristic of the age
Probably 1-500 persons are connected with
the various clubs meeting at Hull house.
TO say nothing OF those in attendance at
classes and lecture courses. The actiVi-
ties of the settlement are too numerous
full Perhaps the life and work at Huh
house and the objects of its residents can
best be suggested by recOunting some OF
the public Improvements it has helped to
needs of the community.
Within couple of blocks of Hull house
is located the Carter H. Harrison free
public bath. the only one of its kind in the
city The Municipal Order league was
largely instrumental in securing from the
council an appropriation for this pur~
pose Miss Adams was influential in de-
termning the location of the bath and in
priatiCn, $4,000. put into the building.
Within three blocks of Hull house at
p Blue Island avenue, is q free reading
room. a branch of the public library In
q room in one of the buildings adjoining
Hull house was given for the purpose
rent free for three years. After the Nen-
ture had proved a success. the library
the neighbOrhOod.
The erection of the Sholto street school
building was due in large measure to the
timely agitation of Mrs. Kelley, one OF
the appropriations were voted for school
buildings and sites, some four years ago.
she called public attention to the fact
that the school census showed 6,916 school
We're provided with only 1851 public school
sittingS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
80 en- LOVE- RERTHs-

(hrOm the Washington Star.1
fiji am sorry 10 have to say 1T. remark
ed a sleeping car conductor 10 a Star re-
porter. "but somehOw-and have no eN-
PLANTATION for linen travelling are not as
courteous and accommodating to lady
travellers as they should be- The men who
ask for all kinds of accommodations when
they have their wives. sisters or female
relatives travelling with them-and they
never fail then TO claim everything in
sight-are in many cases the men who de-
cline to give similar favors to other lady
passeu gers AS matter of fact the up
per berths in a sleeping ear are the best
the best ventilated and I think eNper-
fence has shown the safest in eases or
wreck. Still the demand is nearly al
ways for the lower berths. because it is
easier to get into them. This is particu-
LARRY so with lady travellers In my last
half-dozen trips from and back to this
city J have had more than the usual per-
centage of lady passengers. and ] have
not succeeded i'm one case in getting any
of the men travellers to surrender a lower
berth for ain upper berth. The men be
ing more experienced. secured the lower
berths and refused TO give them up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Good sense from the Boston Globe.
The Republican national committee. it
is said. propose to keep up active work
from now until 1900 MI Bryan and
some of his prominent supporters de-
clare that the silver fight is TO be con-
tinued, just as if no election had taken
place Nevertheless. the great mass of
the people of all parties have turned
from politics to business. They do not
propose TO worry over the campaign Of
1900 until 1900 is in sight Political mat
tiers have been settled for a season. and
the people are glad Of ain opportunity
to think about other things and TO view
the daily Frightening prospects Of in
dustry, trade and commerce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Walnut Valley Times: Topeka is ..al1
tore up over attempts to make people
turn square corners in crossing the cap
ital grounds No diagonal paths are
provided ana the people in this up-and-
comm country insist upon taking the
short cut all the time. The state house
grounds for years resembled a horse lot
and now the other extreme is on Of hav-
ing them So nice they must only be
looked at. at the expense of extra time
and stems
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
No VIE HEAR ARTeHTP

Can it be possible that the New York
Evening Post says the following in
recent editorial2 1t is not only possible.
but the Post did say "A Bryanite was
elected mayor of Lynn. Mass. yester-
day. much to the Amusement of the
Republicans, by majority of 100. BE
ran on the platform of unfulhled Re
publican promises. Wages had not
gone up; on the contrary cut-downs had
occurred in many Of the shoe manufac-
togies The logic was irresistible that
called for voting down a party in power
that had such a barren idea of prosper
ity as that. This incident should serve
as a solemn warning to the advance
agent OF prosperity and his party. Of the
impossible nature of the contract they
have ON their hands. They have under
taken to put every body at work at good
wages. 1T is an old trick Of the pohti-
clans, of course to promise better times
with a change of administration. But
the promise was never so explicit as
this year 1t was definite both as to
parties and as TO measures. Have the
Democrats made you rich2' asked Nc
Kinley Put US in power and we Win
do it. We viii make a tariff that viii
set all the tail chimneys smoking and
give every laborer work at high wages
Now that is q dangerous contract for
any president or party to undertake
Even if it were reasonably fulfilled.
there would be tens IF thousands Of the
incurably DISCONTINUED who would i'm
sist that it had not been and who would
50 in madly for another change
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

The Atchison Globe makes a query
much to the point. The income tax law
was turned down by the supreme court
because it is double taxation to tax a
mans house. and then tax the rent he
receives for it, If a farmer is thrifty.
and holds his corn for higher prices.
it is taxed as well as his farm. Isn't
this double taNation2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
HUSBANDS EARNINGS.

(From the St. Louis Republic)
The women of New Zealand recently
PASSED the following vote which viii ne
interesting to women al large: I'm all
cases where a woman elects TO superin.
tend household and to be mother Or
children. there shall be q law attaching a
certain just share Of her husbands earn
ings or income for her separate use. pay
able. If she desires into her separate &C
count.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Congress has concluded to wait until
the back districts are heard from and
the Cuban resolution viii be pigeon
holed until after the holidays Accord
ing to court decisions which have been
cited. the president seems to be master
Of the situation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
HOMEsEEKER's EXCURSION
va So Fe Ronte-The Home Road

On December Is. the Santa Fe route,
the home road, viii sell round trip tick
cts at one fare plus 81 90 to points in Ar
kansas Arizona, Indian Territory, Lou
isiana. New Mexico. Oklahoma and Tex
as. good fifteen days going, to return
any Tuesday or Friday within final linn
il of tWenty-one days
For additional Information call at
messenger depot, foot Of Fifth street
telephone 6s2, or on Cromwell & JEFF
fers at postofhce, North Topeka tele-
phone 364.
". c. CARNEY.
Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

If it is not too much to ask. viii the
eastern press turn its batteries on Lynn
6Mass.) for a little while and give Kan
sas a rest while we hold a pure food
show here in Topeka?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

The depositors in some Of the recent
~ burst banks would perhaps be glad
if they were guaranteed payment of
their claims, even in so cent dollars.
Fifty cents on the dollar is more than
many Of them get.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Secretary Carlisle says he stiu has
the same opinion he held last year re-
garding the retirement of the green
backs 1t is refreshing to see M Car
Isle stay on one side of a question 50
Ions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Senator Hoar's attention is called to
the fact that abusing and attempting
to assault a person who has done him
kindness is not one Of the crazy and
dishonorabIe" traits Of Kansants
ehara r.rta1-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

John Wanamaker. whose candidacy
for senator Mr. Quay is antagonizing.
Will also enroll himself with the wear
ers of blouses" if they buy them at his
unrivaled bargain counter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Twelve thousand Ohio men wanting
federal positions. shows that Ohio has
no disposition to shirl1 the responsible
tiles attaching to governmental admin
istratfon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

''Do you think your son Will get through
eollegeP'
''Yes. I have every reason to believe he
will. He passed his first football game
splendidly. Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

A Kansas City man has sued for the
townsite Of FL Dorado. FL Dorado
should feel hattered. there are some
townsites not worth suing for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

The war Of the coffee companies re-
dueing the price Of that article is view
ed with great complacency by the cot
fee drinkers Of the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
CIRCULATION STATEMENT
First Six Months Of Year 1896.

Totals. ....... 282. 1876 284. 500 $50 ara
Sunday. no issue.
The total number OF copies printed ~
the six months named above, L. 57. $40
divided by 156. the number OF iss1las
shows the average to be 10. 625. This =
q correct report OF the issues or ~
TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL
Tor the six months as stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

The report that the Goulds are losing
a part Of their vast wealth Will cast
gloom over the entire nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Ever notice that nearly all fat men are
good naturedf''
'-Of course they are. A fat man is too
short winded to fight. ''-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

The author of Ben Bolt" has just
been assaulted. The astonishing fea-
ture Of this incident is its tardiness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Chicago viii punish by law people
who spit in street cars. depots and all
public places. Let the crusade for de-
cency go on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

With a hostile lower house and exec
uuve. the senate is beset both front
and rear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

In spite of his multiplication views.
Mr.. Carlisle would doubtless consent to
a prohibitive duty ON eggs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

"Bless my starsp' elucked the hen in
the coop on the lower deck. The captain
has just given orders to lay two, but I'm
blest if one isn't the best I can do just
now P'-New York Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

If John Browns soul VIII pause and
glance around it will see MaceO's soul
trodding along behind forty years
Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
At the church Fair.

First Attendant-Hes awfully CLOSE
anyway.
Second Attendant-Close? I talked to
him fully ten minutes, and don t think I
got more than half his money. Truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

All the Cuban dispatches bear evil
dences Of being pure Havana filler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

The Usage City version is. Before
criticising the teachers dancing first
pluck the quid out of thine own mouth"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

The way for the United States to help
Cuba is to help her and there is but
one way and no diagram is necessary to
point it out.-Abilene Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
"Kxo RAYS.

Keep off the plowed ground" is the
latest in T0peka.-Wichita Beacon.
The Washington Star remarks that
Tom Reed expects the coming admins
tration to be only a sister to him.
Wichita Eagle.
If John Browns soul viii pause and
glance around it will see Maceo's soul
trodding along behind forty years.
Wichita Eagle.
The way for the United States to help
Cuba is to help her and there is but
one way and no diagram is necessary to
point it Out.-A bilene Chronicle.
Most old men and some old maids
have had IAN unfortunate love affair
IN their earlier lives which they like
to talk about to their friends.-E1ldo-
RADIO Republican.
Tt is stated that 100000 people visited
Mckinley during the campaign. is
a significant fact that that was about
the size of his popular majority.-lIrn-
pOria Republican.
"She Shot as She Loved is the start
ling headline that appears in an ex-
change in the Write-up of a local trag-
edy. The American newspaper man
is graphic in description--Ottawa
Herald.
The latest is an anti-noise movement
The people agitating it work on the
theory that there would be less nerv-
BUSINESS. less i'll temper and less sick
ness if there was less noise.-Atchison
Globe.
Stephen Crane. who speaks Of yellow
decorations and green thuds in his war
stories, ought to go to cuba and let
Weyler use his imaginatiOn.-Wieh
Eagle.
A New York professor claims that he
can cure diphtheria with the insOmetric
chI0rfdes of paranitrOorth OsulphOben-
zoic acid. We prefer TO take ouA chances
with diphtheri.-ParsOn sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

With q joints. Atchison's cup should
be full
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Most old men and some old maids
have had AN unfortunate love affair
in their earlier lives which they like
to talk about to their frien6s-EldO-
RADIO Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
shortness Advocated TO-.


do you believe in long engagements9''
said a New York lady to a Chicago woman.
''No, I don t, - was the latter s reply,
''nor in long marriages either. - New
York Sunday World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION.

Daily edition. delivered BY carrier. 10
cents a week to any part OF Topeka or
suburbs. or at the same price ia any Kan
sas town where this psDer has a carrier
system.
BY mai. three rnonths.-..........---.. %
BY mail. one year. Sea
y eelzly edition. per yealr-----.......-.-- o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Tt is stated that $50 600 people visited
Mckinley during the campaign. is
a significant fact that that was about
the size of his popular majority.-Em-
poria Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

The Washington Star remarks that
Tom Reed expects the coming admins
tration to be only a sister to him.
Wichita Eagle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Keep off the plowed ground" is the
latest in TOpeka.-Wichita Beacon.