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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-30
A FEW FACTS
ABOUT PERFUMES.
From the Days of the Ancients
They Have Been Valued High
Iy and Men and Women of
all Ages Have Used Them
Freely.

There are people who are hypnotized
by perfumes; none but are Influenced
by them unless it be those who are con-
stitutionally built so that the perfume
sickens them. This is a sign of Illness
and should be treated; for the human
organ of smell is so constructed that it
welcomes sweet doors as the eye well
comes beautiful sights of nature.
There have been instances of women
who wished to fascinate men and who
have done so with subtle perfumes.
The Empress Josephine was fond Of
orange water.
From the gas tar has been extracted
an oil identical with that of bitter al
monds.
Critic considered the oil of cinnamon
to be a very efficient remedy in all
diseases of the head.
The sweet incense" used on the al
tar was made of different substances,
each of which gave forth a special per-
fume.
Incense is mentioned in A. D. 496 as
used in Christian churches, the occa-
sion being the baptism of Clovis of
France.
Perfumes and essences made from
lemon, orange and bergamot long ago
made Sicily famous in the annals of
the perfumers.
The original word translated apothe-
cary in the Bible is believed by some
authorities to be better translated by
perfumer.
The United States manufactures ex-
tenSiVely perfumes from Wintergreen,
sassafraS and several other woods and
herbs.
Perfumes are made from a great va
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-30

It is twenty-one years now since
Mary Stevens, the only daughter Of
Mrs. Paran Stevens, fell desperately in
love with the Honorable Arthur Paget,
Lieutenant Colonel of the Scots
Guards, who is the son of the late
General Lord Alfred Paget, Chief
EQuery to the Queen, and grandson or
the first Marquis of AngleSSey, k Ca
the famous Waterloo General.
Mr. Paget, though of unquestioned
reason was an ineligible. Miss Stevens,
on the other hand, had a fortune in her
own right. She also had beauty and
high degree of education; and she had
been wooed by every Englishman who
met her.
On one occasion the Prince of Wales,
seeing her at a dinner party, said: Il
shall need no sweets; Miss Stevens sup
plies them ALL and Russian noble
man gazing upon her said; "Ah, she
has money. Too sad We Russians
marry only poor women We should
be ashamed to wed such beauty and
such wealth combined.
After her marriage Mrs. Paget set
tied down to a quiet life in London,
quiet because she would have none of
its friVOlitieS; her amuSementS were
solid English ones in which her huS-
band could take part, and for many
seasons she did not dance because he
cared not for it. She dined, opened
bazaars, patronized shows, waited on
tables at charity sales and adopted the
poor children of London, but when
there was roulette in the air, when
the wine cOrks popped, and when the
cards turned toward money and the
gayest of London matrons were pres
emit she was not there
Another Paget brother married into
an American family when Miss Pauline
Whitney married Almeric Hugh Paget.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-30

featured by a clever milIiner under
your instructions.
The ''tailor-made' hat has a soft
crown and a brim covered with cloth;
quill may be stuck in the side of it,
or feathers may curl over the brim.
SMALLER HATS.
Hats are growing smaller, they tell
US, and If we say that we do not OBJ
serve such a tendency, they return to
the immense picture hats of last spring
and show us how they are disappear
are worn back from the face, tilted
upon the hair, just so long will these
hats look large; their very position
makes them SO.
A charming hat looked as though it
were made from a last years fiat felt
hat turned back. The brim turned back
all around, giving a very large flare
around the face, almost poke in fact,
and the back was bent to a point to set
down over the hair.
This hat was covered with Persian
velvet of dark rich shades; and its only
trimming was a long bow, laid next to
the hair at each side and a great mass
of purple tulle punched at the front.
To keep the tulle in shape there was
thin silk lining such as is used inside of
so many tulle bows this year. If you
are making an ornament of tulle or
chiffon be sure to line it with silk; the
silk does not show through the chiffon,
though 1t renders it much more dur
able.
Hats share the style of dresses: they
vet of one hue, feathers of another, all
upon a hat of a different cOlOred vel
vet.
The preferred shape for a toque is the
dish shape. This consists of a crown
only, without a particle of brim. To
get a perfect crown it may be neces-
sary to cut a crown out of your last
years felt, or, as many women do, out
of this summers straw hat. The crown
of a sailor hat makes a splendid found
alton upon which to build velvet
toque.
Many of the New York shops sell
these dish-shaped crowns ready to be
covered and trimmed. But you will
find that a straw crown that fits the
head answers as we'll Do not have the
crown too deep, but remember that the
more shallow the better it will set upon
the head.
THE COUTURE.
Remember also that, in combing the
hair for a tOque, the knot must be worn
high enough to touch the tOque and
support it. There is every opportunity
for nice hair dressing and the hand
soonest pins can be used; ornaments
can be fastened in the hair similar to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-30

the back. That is all the trimming
there is upon the hat. In sewing os-
trich feathers remember that the tips
require fastening. Do it by means of
a silk thread drawn loosely through the
tip and fastened to the crown of the
hat the thread does not show, yet it
prevents the feather from being blown
away.
The milIiners are showing some
charming hat creations in English
walking hats made entirely of velvet.
They are modified walking hats, some
of them being quite on the Gainsbor-
ough mode. Being made of fine mate
rial, they are high priced. though as an
investment they are desirable. for they
wear well.
A JET SEASON.
Many jets are worn this season, and
a jetted tOque is the most fashionable
headgear one can purchase. You can
not expect to get a good jetted hat
much under SIS, but it is one of those
articles that wear always, and which
form one of the legacieS to be willed to
ones grandchildren. Possibly your
milliner can get up z jetted toque
cheaper, but you must not rebel at the
price of SIS. In purchasing jets re-
member that they are always liked by
men; they wink so naughtily and are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-30


WORLD" SAYS THAT
CA BE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-30
Stage Struck That it is not all
Scenes Even if you are Very
Beautiful.

shop-girl. They live at cheap country
hoteIs and on way trains. They retire
at O'Clock and rise at to make" the
next one-night stand.
They dine on doughnuts and sand
Wlches bought at the bakery en- route
to the station.
Their expenses cover their salaries
and they are always poor and usually
in debt, for the associations of theatri-
cal life do not act as an incentive to
economy or thrift
1t requires a character of remarIxa ole
strength and nobility to retain high
Ideals of life in a theatrical career. The
very fact of being somebody else be-
sides ones own self, year in and out
creates a tendency toward inSincerity,
which affects the brain cells and event
ually the whole life conduct
The world has known a few great
actors who were also great men and
women In principle and character.
But they have been very few Exam
pies of greatness in all other profess
siOnS are far more numerous
The artist, the sculptor the author
the composer is himself when he is do
ing his greatest work. But the great
actor sinks himself in one two or a
dozen other personalities, and his own
individuality is dWarfed and often per-
verted by the characters he assumes
It is we'll to consider all these things
before you stake your all upon a theat-
rical career. And after you have
summed up the possibilities and proba-
bilities you had best sit down and ask
yourself if the attempt is worth max
ing.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-30

riety of seeds, and by combining some
of these new perfumes are made, which
resemble none of those previously
known.
Grasse. in France, contains over 100
factories of the orange, jasmine, rose,
violet, cassin, tuberose and other
plants.
In Tartary onions, leeks and garlic
are regarded as perfumes. A Tartar
lady will make herself agreeable by
rubbing a piece of freshly cut onion on
her hands and over her cOuntenance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-30
THE LANGUAGE OF GLOVES.

For yes drop one glove from the
right into the left hand. NO is said
by rolling both gloves in the right
hand If you want to express that you
right hand glove partly off. If you
wish a gentleman to follow you into
the next room strike your left arm
with both gloves. 4 love you stir IS
expressed by slowly and carefully
smoothing both gloves. If the fair one
desires to know if her affection is re-
ciprOcated she is to put on one-haf OF
the left hand glove, one finger at a
time. BE on your guard" is a mes
sage given by delicately twisting the
glove fingers around the thumb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-30

in Tuck
Hundreds of girls are haunting agen-
c1es all over America who never OBJ
tain positions; scores knock at mana
gers doors who are never allowed to
enter, and scores who enter go forth
with despair written on their faces.
Even of those who obtain places, not
world.
They belong to third or fourth rate
companies, and pass their lives in a
drudgery far worse than that Of a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-30
MRS. FACETS LIFE
IN LONDON.
An American Girl who Carries on
big Private Charity, Leads
the Best Society, and is a
FavOrite With the Prince
of Wales

The Honorable Mrs Arthur Paget
has been in print frequently of late be-
cause of her prominence in London's
favorite charity; and in the society
columns of a London daily she is re-
ferred to as that good American
This calls attention to an American
girl abroad who is seldom mentioned
in her own country and who, from long
living in London, has come to be as
ISOLATED with things English instead of
things American.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
A Man of Principle.

youths CompanionO
The career of the late Cornelius VAN
derbilt was marked by integrity, gen.
crosby and a devotion TO the principles
of honorable business. Punctuality was
with him almost hobby, for without the
strfctest observance of hours it would
have been impossible for him to perform
his manifold duties. A young man, the
son of an old friend of Mr.. Vanderbilt's S,
once solicited his influence in aiding him
to secure a certain very desirable clerk
ship in a railroad office. Mr.. Vanderbilt.
who liked the young man and believed in
his ability, agreed to help him.
BE here tomorrow morning at 10
O'clock he said. land viii go over with
you to see the president OF the. road and
say a good word for you
The next morning at twenty minutes aft
ter 10 the young man appeared in the
ante-room of Mr. Vanderbilt's office. He
was Informed that Mr.. Vanderbilt had
left fifteen minutes before to attend a
meeting A few days later he called
again on Mr.. Vanderbilt, and said. with
a shade OF annoyance in his tone:
why. Mr.. Vanderbilt | was here just
after To-
But the appointment was at TO- re-
piled Mr. Vanderbilt.
1T was only a matter of fifteen or
twenty minutes" said the young man.
well" answered MIR. Vanderbilt. the
twenty minutes in this instance have lost
you your place, for the appointment was
made on the very day OH which you were
to have met me-.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
SOMEWHAT Ratified.

The Republican organ has performed
many. a grotesque antic in it's time, has
turned single and double somersaults,
backwards and forwards, on every pub.
lie issue, local as well as national, but
the most thrilling performance it ever
essayed was the impossible feat of
turning both ways at the same time
over the Jordan canal question yester-
day.
For instance, it claims that a lawsuit
with Lamson would have been avoided
had the advice of the city engineer
been followed. Then it quotes from a
letter written by Mr.. Kelsey to the city
council in December of last year, in
which ne advised that the rower COM
pany be enjoined from using the city's
water, or in any way interfering with
the citys rights. .-.a--
The only way to enjoin the power
company is by an injunction suit.
Therefore. if the council had followed
Mr.. Kelsey's advice to bring suit,
there would have been no suit brought,
according to the invincible, or invisible,
logic of the Repuollcan organ.
g 9 @
It appears from an examination Of
the records, however, that the city en-
gineer was instructed last spring ito
proceed at once to place weirs in said
canal for the measurement of the water
flowing therein" 1t was further recon-
mended by the committee on irrigation
and approved by the council on the
goth of June. 1899. that the engineer
and watermaster be instructed to as>er-
tain what, if any, arrangement can be
made for the right to convey the city's
portion of the water from Utah lake
through the east Jordan canal as far
as Little Cottonwood creek"
What excuse can the engineer give
if this was not done as his organ init
mates? Will he attempt to shift the
blame upon the shoulders of another of
Mayor Clarks appointees? Is Water
master Seldom to be his scapegoat?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
PARTISAN BLOoDSHED.

Republican newspapers are beginning
to claim the victory over Spain as a
Republican triumph and to lay tie fail
ure in the Philippines to Democracy.
One has said that Democrats always
range themselves upon the side of our
country's foes. None of them has ever
succeeded yet in showing that a tribe
of south sea islanders are capable of
doing the country as much harm as the
interests represented by Mark Hanna
are capable of doing it, or that Aguin-
aldo, vicious as he is painted. has any
more serious designs upon tine people
or the republic of the United States.
In the war with Spain the foe more
to be dreaded than the Spaniard was
the policy of catering to contractors,
planning for bond issues and wearing
out the heart of the country and of
the troops by unnecessary and bungling
delays" That was distinctively an
administration policy. All Democrats
and many Republicans denounced it.
On the side of that insidious foe, more
to be dreaded than hostile fleets and
armies. the Republican party has
ranged itself. The only prediction our
in regard to this policy of the admin
istration. It said:
And this same policy will so wear
away the numbers. health and eff
cheney of the volunteers that successive
calls for the replenishment of the ranks
will be a necessity, caused by the policy
of waste and destruction rather than
by anything inherent in the situation
itself" 1t said this on the 18th Of May
1898 On the End of September the
same year, after the Spanish war was
over it verified this prediction, explain
ing in detail how every infamy fore
told had been shanefully perpetrated.
and that the soldiers had persisted by
the score in consequence. I'VE know
that the deficiencies cannot all be
charged to incompetency," it said, but
that some must be put down to pure
rascality." These are the words of a
Republican organ reviewing the con-
duct of the Republican party-a party
which was dominated by thieves and
imbeciles" a. year ago, according to its
own estimate. and which has not
changed hands since that estimate was
made
The records show the part Republi
can politicians played in the war with
Spain, and it is not necessary to go far
ther than TO the editorial columns of
a Republican newspaper to show that
it was "a shameful part which dis
graced the nation before the world"
But the most vicious Of adj the partisan
ship that has been worked through the
stress of war is the campaign CEN
sorship established and maintained at
Manila to guard the party thunder Cam
didate Mckinley is using to secure an
other term.
8 . 9
Things have come to a pretty pass
when rascals and tricksters can hide
behind the American flag to fleece the
people and shame the country while
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
DR.. MILLIRON REPLIES.

To the Editor of The Herald
AS it has been my misfortune to be
mentioned in your paper during the week,
and repeatedly written up by other daily
papers in reports emauating from Clerk
Eli Foland of the board of health, refer
ring to supposed negligence On my part in
reporting a. few cases eff conta gfon, 1 am
admonished by many friends that for
beaTarce has ceased TO be virtue I am
not guilty, and ask THAI may be per-
mitted to present the facts through your
paper.
was called on Wednesday night. Oct.
II, to visit ]. X. Thomas residence. SOC
Eleventh East street. This was positive
" my first visit to the house or family.
1 found a frail little boy of years old.
l recognized him as 2 former office ma
nent or mine, two or three weeks pre-
yfous. He was suffering from a chronic
diarrhoea; there was no symptom of scar
let fewer then or dipntheTta, but the pres
emit dlseass was a fatal attack of diphtf1e-
ria. which was promptly reported ON Oct
u. by mail and by telephone as soon as;
could get the office of the board of
health There was no indication that this
child had been afflicted with scarlet fever.
but am OF the opi1iion the little girl and
oldest boy had recently had the disease.
and l SO reported to the clerk or board
CT tlh9 ZINC IeiepIlQlSd the Qe2In OF the
one that had dipf1heria
AS to the family of Carl Rindheich. 242
twelfth East street, l attended five cases
of scarlet fever in his family. ! took
names, ages. etc. as soon as all was
looked after; made out report and called
attention IF the druggist and several 9th
er persons, ON account of the number
sick. This card was mailed the same dav.
AT subsequent visits l inquired why the
scarlet fever notice. had not been put tIp.
No one knew. I then sent a second mo-
tfce. asking why the notice had been ie-
nored. In answer, / WAS called to teie-
phone is. where | made the. third report
and. as the first. it was claimed was uof
received | sent a duplicate of the same
as requested by the board. This was the
fourth report made on the cases at Carl
Rindfieich 81 and IN addition the nefgh-
borhood was notified and every effort
made to prevent tine contagion spreading.
An Investigation of the two families and
members OF the, First ward drug store
will prove this true.
I endorse the vigilance Of the board over
all, but they should put the Blame where
nc belongs. j. MILLIRON,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

Offices az are honest, efficient and will
ing TO devote the requisite time to the
public service. having no unnecessary
deputies or assistants; to select as pub
lie servants and employees men of ap-
proved fitness and experience: then the
election was held and resulted in a
partial success which was really a de-
cisive victory for the non-partisans,
according to their claims.
For two years the city has been
slowly but surely recovering from the
baneful effects of Republican municipal
control. The city has been gaining
financially at the rate of $4,000 per
year. The mistakes of the preceding
council are being corrected, and the
atmosphere of the treasurer's Office is
being reformed. If there are more
taxes collected it should be remem-
bered that the non-partisan address
pointed out it's necessity. And now
what?
Why, the Republican party wants to
get back into power.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

This was about his forty-fifth, and he
was in humor for talking. $50 you
want to know why I'm for Ez, do you,
young man" he began. well, 1 don't
mind telling you. First and foremost. this
fellow Barnes don't know a faro bank
from roulette wheel Honestly. now. if
he saw a stack of blues on the table and
stack of whites and was offered eitf1sr.
he'd be just as liable to take the whites as
the blues.
That's the kind of duck Barnes is.
I've got case ten here that I'm willing
to gamble he don't know a binder from
toe weight What the dickens sense is
there in electing "a fellow like THAT mayor
OF this here thrivin' metropolis. Now. Ez
Is one of the boys. You can Just bet he
amt overloo6in no stacks of blues.
You put Barnes and Thompson down
ON race track side an side Where does
Ez break for right away? I'll tell you:
It's either TO the paddock or the bettin'
ring. Where does Barnes go? He goes
an sits in the grand stand, and the
chances is more'n even he don't know the
sire or dam Of any boss in the race.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES.
Coming Home From Death.
youths .Companien.)

" outhS .Compan1G1.)
1t is strange how nearly extremes of
feelings approach each other A sudden
exquisite joy is almost pain, and the
story of it has a strain of pathos. A
touching instance of this is related by
federate general. When the war was
over, Mrs. Pickett waited for her hus-
bands return. After the battle of Five
Forks he had persistertly refused to
surrender his shattered force, and pro-
longed the unequal struggle. Soon rumors
came that he had been killed III skirrn-
ish, and the rumors were corroborated
by the newspapers and even by official
reports. Hope seemed at an end and
Mrs. Pickett sat day after day. her baby
in her lap, in the quiet OF despair. She
can best tell her own story:
One morning / had mechanically
dressed baby George and had taken him
to the window to hear the spring sounds
and breathe the spring balm and eaten
the SunShine'S dripping gold wreathing
the blossoms of the magnolia and tulip
trees.
1T was the time when the orchestra of
the year is in perfect accord, when all the
world is vocal.
Through the CULVER and curl of leaves.
the perfumes of flowers and the soft I'M
dertone of the dawnwinds came the
words, Whoa, Lucy; whoa little girlt
'Oh, those tones those words, that
voice! They thrilled my heart SO that L
wonder it did not burst from very, glad
ness! Such JOY, sucn gfatltude as Ilooded
my soul only the Giver of all good can
know! All the privation and blood-stains
of the past four years and the woes
and trials. griefs and fears of those last
dreadful days were swept away by those
blessed words, Whoa, Lucy! spoken in
my husband $ tender tones.
How ] goo down the stairs I do not
know; I DO not remember. With baby in
my arms we were both of us in ny hus-
bands almost before Lucy had been given
into the hands of the hostler. / do not
know how to describe the peace, the
bliss of that Inoment-it was too deep
and too sacred to be translated into
words.
II think that it was akin to the feeling
that will come to me in the hereafter.
when / have gone through all these dark
days of privation and starvation of heart
and soul, and at last. safe within the
golden gates waiting and listening. shall
hear again the voice that said. Whoa.
Lucy!' here bidding me welcome there"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
A Venetian Honeymoon.

Edgar FSwcett in IAterature)
For US the marvel and magic have not
flown
That once were Venice in her paliny
prime:
For US bloom tafntless from the blghts
of time
Her pale medievallsms of sculptured
stone.
AS though mysterfously for us alone.
Piazetta and San Marco blend Hike
rhyme
Their festal pomps; for us the church
bells chime
Dead hours and shadowy doges re-en-
throne
The past its beauty accOrds us, not it's
Lagoon. canal. street. campo are fairied
thus.
And dido and all her sweet Calm sister
isles.
But where the Riva is massed with gon-
doIieTs.
Today reasserts itself. and 10. for us.
The Bridge Of Signs becomes the Bridge
of Smiles