The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-13
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Some peculiar wounds are received
by men in battle said one of a group
who were discussing unusual wounds,
''and know of a case where a young
man who was wounded by a Filipino
bullet, has suffered in a very extraordi-
nary manner as a result of the wound.
1t was during one Of the first battles
fought in the islands that the young
man was wounded. A bullet passed
through his throat and when the sur
geon got him in hand he was worried
over the case for it appeared that the
wound would prove fatal 1t CHANGED
that the surgeon had a bright thought;
the wound was too large to sew up with
out putting something in, and he caught
a chicken, killed it and put two pieces OF
its breast in the holes in the young SOL
dier's throat. The wound was then
bandaged and to the surprise Of every
one, including the surgeon. the young
man got we'll. OF course he was sent
home before the wound had entirely
healed but when he left Manila it was
evident that he would be all right The
young soldier came home and in the
course Of time was married and up TO
that time, no one had ever noticed tnat
the wound, or rather, the treatment OF
it, had effected him in the least;r but
shortly after he was married it became
evident that he had not escaped from
its evil effects. He began to evince a
desire to get up early in the morning
and to go to bed with the sun. His wife
objected to his tendency to initiate a
barnyard fowl and the neighbors say
they are having a family row."
There is a woman's club in a south
ern Kansas town that got a little out of
its sphere not long ago." said polite
ian at the Copeland. and as a result
it is likely that it will disorganize. The
club is similar to most clubs which are
organized for literary or mutual benefit
purposes in small towns, and it had be- n
doing very well so long as 1t stuck TO
the work outlined, but the trouble came
when they attempted to aid some
strange woman in distress It appears
that a couple of ladies' who were 10
better than they should be, went to the
town, and attempted to fool the mayor
by telling him that they wanted per-
mission to sell a face bleach or toilet
preparation or something in that line
but the mayor was wise man and
knew a thing or two. and refused to lend
the ladies' aid in any manner. They
We're persistent, however, and had heard
of the club and of it's influence in the
community. So they went to some of
the club members and told how the cruel
mayor had treated them and incidental
ly, dealt out taffy to the club members
They were at once taken under the wing
of the club and a meeting was called
denouncing the mayor and censuring
him for not lending what aid he could
to poor defenseless women who were In
a strange land seeking to earn an honest
living. The mayor didn't talk back, he
just winked the other eye and waited.
He did not have long to wait, for it
soon became town talk that the women
who had been tenderly fostered by the
club should really not be admitted in
high society and church circles and then
the horrible truth dawned upon the club
members. They held another meeting
and asked the mayor to run the women
out of the town and he did it, but the
husbands Of the club members didn't
like the way they had acted, and for
that reason it is likely that the club will
stick to literature and not attempt to
run house of refuge or home for
strange women. When the order of bus
mess reaches current topics the club
members will discuss the new preacher
or the murder trial, and win let the city
administration take care of itself.'