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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-03

Every day stories come to US Of the
good times being enjoyed by many To-
peka people who are away at the Va
rious cool resorts for the summer, and
these stories are supposed 70 keep
their stay-at-home friends cool and in
terested during the long sweltering
days
we'll known Topeka girl-a school
teacher. by the way She is spending
the summer at one of the popular
northern resorts, and even at such
places as this the time lags and IL is
necessary to resort to all sorts of things
for amusement
This particular girl has decided
talent for dressing up and Disgusting
herself SO that II is impossible for even
her best friends to recognize her one
day she heard that the landlady of the
boarding house at which she was stay
ing was looking for new cook ana
waitress. and as things We're at
standstill she thought it would be fun
to dress up and apply Tor the place
She accordingly hunted up her best
friend and impaired the scheme to ner.
The task OF dressing then began. and
the result was such that even their
own mothers could not have recognized
them.
They carefully slipped out Of the
house and around 10 the back door,
where they asked for the landlady and
stated their eTrand- The originator OF
the plot has a reputation among her
friends Of being an excellent cook. and
when asked what she could do she was
ready with her various accomplish
ments in the cooking line. and then
stated her price as five dollars q, week
The landlady rather objected to the
price, but rather than lose such a jewel
she agreed to pay it, The new cook
then introduced the girl with her as her
cousin, who would like the place as
waitress. and as her qualifications
were satisfactory she was engaged at
once. and both promised to report tbs
next morning at O'Clock prompt
without any intentions. though, OF do
ing Il.
The next morning the girls went
down TO breakfast, but instead of the
substantial breakfast they were pre-
pared fer they We're met by profuse
apologies on the part Of the landlady.
who said that the day before she had
hired a new cook and waitress. and on
the strength of that had discharged two
of her servants, and the new ones had
failed to appear. consequently break
fast would be late.
The girls were much chagrined at
the result of their practical Joke. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-03

few tablespoonfuls of good cream. Stir
over the fire a few minutes longer then
serve.
GREEN CORN PUDDING.
Take q dozen ears OF yOuna. sweet
corn; score the grains and press out the
pulp; add six level teaspoOnfuls of -four
and mix free from humps; then add or a
quart of sweet milk, one ounce Of but-
ter. four eggs. well beaten. and pepper
and salt to taste Butter a baking disn.
pour in the mixture and bake ia mol
erately hot oven until the pudding is
set. This may be served as a vegetable
or may be eaten as dessert with
cream and sugar.
CORN VINEGAR.
Many prefer this to cider vinegar.
and II is a good substitute for white
wine vinegar. Take a gallon of soft
water. fresh rain water if you can get
it; add a pint OF light brown sugar. or
if you want the vinegar darker color
ed, use molasses. and a pint OF corn
cut from the cob. Put all into a crock.
cover with a cloth, set in the sun each
day for three weeks. BY this time you
will have good vinegar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-03

1T is often the prettiest and most
graceful women who wear the simplest
gowns. They are aware that certain
gifts of nature enable them to enhance
the beauty and effect of what they
wear, rather than be adorned by it,
Such sim plieity we note among some
of the most daintiIy embroidered
muslin and batiste gowns of the sum
mer-the tucked organizes in white or
delicate pastel tints, and similar airy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-03

for days went about in fear and trem-
bling lest the landlady should discover
their share in it and turn the tables
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-03

The American Indian corn is rap
idly becoming worldwide in its use as
a farinaceous product, but only the
mature and dried seed is generally
used, which is rather harsh and Of a
peculiar flavor which requires the
taste to be trained to like it, unless
one has been accustomed to eat it
from childhood. Our visitors from
abroad are generally astonished and
oftentimes amused when they are first
introduced to the strictly American
custom of eating the green corn. es
pecially when they eat it au naturel,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-03

| for days went about in fear and trem-
bling lest the landlady should discover
their share in it and turn the tables
on them.
Fads and Fancies-
The endless chain" idea has been
applied to the lorgnette chain with I'M
doubted success. The chain is made to
nj owe easily through a loop which is
attached to the swivel catching the
lOrgnette. By this means a breakage
is prevented If the chain should be
caught on any projection, which SO
often happens.
A dainty French cambria. with a
cobweb pattern in black. is made into
a gown which has trimmings of cerise
taffeta forming the belt and edging the
revers on the waist and the Eve small
shaped hounces on the skirt.
Coats of alpaca or flannel are useful
for cool evenings on river or lake. A
charming and serviceable wrap for
driving to garden parties is fashioned
in sacque shape, double breasted. There
is a high collar. with pointed lapels,
and loose bell shaped sleeves to slip
on easily without crushing the delicate
material beneath. The coat is white
trimmed on collar lapels. and sleeves
with fine green cord It is Well to have
some of the evening dresses for coun-
try use fitted with transparent yolxeg
and sleeves, that one may enjoy the
garden or veranda without incOn-
venience on cool evenings.
Soft, seIf-colored linens are liked for
country frOcks. being made usually
with three tier or three iounce skirts
Each of these hounces is embroidered
and scalloped around the edges. 4
touch of black in a belt or rosette is
always in evidence
Leghorn and Panama hats are fire.
quentIy dyed in pastel tones to match
the gowns they accompany.
Large white lace toques or plateau
hats. trimm ed merely with black velvet
ribbon and perhaps an antique gold
ornament, are much worn by smart
women.
For young woman is a charming
white hat made in a wide brimmed
low crowned shade, with tiny frills of
cream Nalenciennes lace covering the
entire hat and a narrow band of black
velvet tied around the crown At the
left side, under the brim, are small ivy
leaves Of delicate green.
Lingerie Notes.
Negligee Of all kinds are an import
ant consideration these very warm
davS uarrie111arIy They Sho71Id Ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-03

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lemon Juice, half a pint elder flower
water. one ounce white wine vinegar,
one ounce Jamaica rum and one ounce
alcohol. Sponge the face with this ev-
cry night after washing. let dry on.
and then rub in a very little good cold
cream. This lotion VIII fade the
freckles so that they viii be scarcely
noticeable.
Of Interest to Women.
The statement has lately been made
n England that in all the prisons of
that country only one Jewess IS 10 be
found
one of the unique occupations for
women is that now followe by Mrs
Page, who owns and directs a large
kindling wood factory in a town in
Maine She employs nearly 40 men
constantly and personally superintends
the running of the plant.
Miss Maria r. Audubon, grand
daughter of the great naturalist, took
prominent part in the recent public
exercises at Shannonville, Pa. when the
name of that village was changed to
Audubon. 1t was in this little village
that Audubon first began his nature
study, and his writings dwclr much on
the natural beauties of the place
A memorial to Lucy Stone is being
planned by Mrs Mary 3. Whiting and
her daughters, Anna NJ and Susan A.
Whiting. It is to take the form of a
Lincoln Memorial university, Cumber-
land Gap, Tenn. Three hundred dollars
has been given by Mrs. Whiting and
her daughters toward the Lucy Stone
room and they are ready to receive
gifts of books, pictures or furnishings
for this object
Miss Jessie NJ. Fry of Idaho is one Of
the few women .-ranehers'' known in
the west and she is also called the
champion rife shot Of her locality. Her
~ 7r.1, fny r11-x
although she employs a competent fore
man to look after her interests she at
tends in person to the shipping and
ulsposing of the horses. 1t is said that
the English government bought of her
so head of horses for use in The Trans
Vaal. The animals on Miss Ery's ranch
are branded j. f." and she oversees
the roundups and branding Many of
her broncos also she prefers to break
IN herself rather than leave them to
the cowboys.
Very narrow bracelets of plain and gem
SET gcid are again in vogue. Taller made
gSNns OF pale blue pique are in marked
vogue among fashions elegants this sea-
Miss Lilavatf Singh, A. NJ, the brilliant
young woman from India who visited this
country last year and spoke at many
METHODIST gatherings, is translating the
autobiography Of Booker Washington. It
Is now appearing in the Star of India
Mauve silk null, worn over palest prin-
rose yellow silk. with very elegant black
lace accessories was a novel and artistic
combination on a trained French gown
worn by the brides mother at a recent
fashionable out-of-town wedding.
The young women carried off sixteen of
the twenty-five honors at Bates college
this year There will be talk soon of max
ing Bates mans. college exclusively if
this injudicious activity on the Dsxt of the
young women continues
Charming summer dancing toilets for
debutantes are made of embroidered In6ia
null; the dainty bodices fastenad at the
back and finished with ernbroiderel null
sashes. The sleeves are nothing fnoFe than
Louis XIV bowknots of wide Zephyr silk
ribbon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-03

morally responsible for the duties OF
others
The nutritive value of any fruit de-
ponds chiefly upon the starches and
sugar which it contains. Dates, plan
tains, bananas. prunes, figs and grapes
contain the most starch and sugar, and
therefore are the most nutritious foods
Cherries apples, currants, straw berries
and grapes contain considerable vege-
table acid. making them valuable as
blood purifiers.
Here IS a lotion for the woman who
is troubled with freckles: One ounce
vaseline. two tablespoonfuls strained
lemon juice, half a pint elder-dOwer
water, one ounce white wine vinegar,
one ounce Jamaica rum and one ounce
alcohol. Sponge the face with this ev-
cry night after washing. let dry on,
and then rub in very little good cold
cream. This lotion VIII fade the
freckles so that they will be scarcely
110ficea HE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-03
Table and Kitchen.

Conducted by Ida Ames Willis, Mar
quette building. Chicago, to whom all
inquiries should be addressed
All rights reserved by Banning COM
pany, Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-03
Lingerie Notes.

Neg1igee Of All kinds are an import
ant consideration these very warm
days particularly. They should be
dainty and pretty enough not to look
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-20
BOARD OF CONTROL cRlrIclsm.

s No part of the biennial report Of the
Iowa board of control has attracted so
much attention or awakened so much
antaEonism and criticism as that which
refers to the expenditure of funds by
educational institutions for lobbying
purposes at legislative sessions. Some
of these criticisms are perhaps de-
served, but more of them are unfair be-
cause based on an old antagonism that
was developed when the board was Gre
ated.
As the board, under the law has some
Jurisdiction but less control OF the edu-
cational institutions than others, it
fairly exercised Its power in making the
statements that are criticised. To show
what 1T said in its report the following
is reproduced:
The investigations made show that it
has been the practice of the governing
boards OF the three educational institu-
lions to appropriate each year sums of
money Tor banquets Of similar enter
tainments. 1t may be said that in sup
port Of the practice that 1t has existed
for years without legislative disapprov-
n that is is commons in similar pri-
vate, II not public, institutions. We are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-20
TOPICS OF THE TINES.
One of the extraordinary emergencie,
Just now is possible egg famine.

One of the extraordinary emergencies
Just now is possible egg famine.
$50
Minister Conger will soon be the only
foreign minister in Pekin who passed
thru the siege. All the other ministers
have been relieved or expect to leave the
Chinese capital soon.
Benjamin Hopkins, who has been JUS
tice of the peace of East Fishkill, N. Y
for the last forty-nine years, met his
Waterloo at the last election. He was
defeated by Leonard v. Pierce. the
strongest republican in the district. by
twenty -nine votes.
Some people are more than generous
a guest a wedding at Lacrosse, Wis.
save the smallpox to seventeen persons.
1t would seem that the Des Moines
Capital is not very hopeful of immedi-
ate results. for it says: 1T is believed
the army post will be established in
time for the soldiers located here to fire
a salute in honor of the millennium
when it arrives
The findings of the schley court OF
inquiry are expected to vindicate the
admiral as foreshadowed at Washing
ton.
A wee bit like a "blarsted Lon'on" fog
this morning.
A Washington correspondent states
that there is expected to be considera-
BILE expenditure by congress for public
buildings. There is a much healthier
sentiment in congress in favor of spe-
cial buildings for government purposes
than for any other large object of ex-
penditure. Members argue constantly
that the best way to spend the surplus
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-20
DARKEST DAYS
Are Days Of suffering-They Are Be.
coming Brighter for Some Marshall.
fown peonle

Are Days of suffering-They Are Be.
coming Brighter for Some Marshall-
town People.
Many dark days. from kidney ills
Backache, headache. nervous, tired
Uriny troubles-makes you gloomy
Doans Kidney Pills bring relief.
Bring cure to every kidney sufferer.
They are endorsed by Marshalltown.
Mr.. S. B. Rice, a painter Of 312 Rail-
road street, says: II. in common with.
nearly all painters, experienced good
deal of difficulty from the effects Of the
component parts of the paints. and like
all painters incurred great deal OF
difficulty IN finding any medicine or
preparation competent to check those
effects. l tried quite few before I
procured Doan's Kidney Pills at the
Mcbride & Will Drug Company, but I
never found anything to equal the re-
suits obtained from them. 1t will be q
boon to painters to learn that there Is q
medicine to be had in Marshalltown
which will bring speedy relief to those
suffering from kidney ailment. That.
medicine emphatically declare to be
Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents
per box Foster Miiburn Company,
Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name, Doan's. and
take no substitute.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-20

There will be no representative of the
populist party in the United States SEN
ate when congress convenes. and the
lines viii be strictly drawn between tho
democrats and republicans. No one
should express sorrow for the elimina-
ton of the gaseous element from the up
Per house.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-20
COUNTY poor HOUSE DEFECTS.

The board OF control in its biennial re-
sons are confined in county poor houses
who are in fact insane, but have never
been so adjudged. Seventy Of that class
were reported in county poor houses
during the first half of the current year.
1t also appears that children are kept
in county poor houses and allowed to
live among paupers, eating and sleepin;
with them and associating with them
on the most intimate terms Such as
sociations. the board says, are apt to
be degrading and vicious, and it IS UNI
just to the children as well as detri-
commence life under such unfavorable
conditions. Forty-six children under Is
years of age, of whom twenty five, were
under Ave, were reported in the poor
houses last June.
The board recommends that authority
be given it to inspect the inmates of
county poor houses and to require that
all persons found therein who appear to
be Of unsound mind, but who have not
been adjudEed insane, be examined b,
the proper commissioners of insanity
and their mental condition determined;
also that the board be authorized to
transfer all poor children under Is years
of age kept in poor houses to the Sol
diers' Orphans Home, at the cost of the
counties in which are their legal settle
inents, or to the institution for Feeble
Minded Children, as shall seem best for
the children transferred, at the expense
of the state, transfers to the two insti-
tutions last named to be only for tn,
time during which their schools are in
session.
The legislature will have many i'm
portant problems to consider. and not
the least Of them will be those pre-
Eented by the board of control. The
boards efforts to shield the young from
hurtful influences should lead to the
adoption of its recommendations, OF
come other remedy to cure the evil.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-20
WOMAN AND THE LAW.

a book that will probably win atten-
ton from American club-women has
just been published from the pen of
James Bayles, Phi. D., of Columbia Uni
versity, and, under the title woman
and the Law" gives general view of
the legal condition of woman in the
United States at the present time.
The work is divided into three sec
lions: treating. respectively, of domestic
relations. property relations and public
or political relations. In the first sec
ton the laws relating TO marriage and
divorce in the different states are briefly
outlined. IL is interesting to know that
THE constitutions of California, Georgia
and New Mexico expressly declare the
husband to be the head of the family,
his wife being required to render him
obedience. The states of California. Ne
yada and the Dakotas compel the wife
to support her husband out of her sep
arate property when he has no property
ana is unable to support himself.
In most states the husband may re-
cover damages for the alienation of his
wife's affections even when the wrong
is done by her parents, but a wife is
held TO have mo cause of action"
against her husbands parents under
similar circumstances. The reason as
signed for this is that parents are un-
der an obligation by the law of nature
to relieve their children when in dis
tress,' but only a lawyer can perceive
why wife's parents should not be sub
ject to the same obligations as the hus-
bands,
The author says that the law of Colo
of legislation in the matter of wifeS'
Il right to support. 1t declares hus-
bands refusal to provide suitable sup
port for his wife and minor children to
be misdemeanor, punishable by con-
finement in the county jail for not more
than sixty days
1t is shown that only In New York,
Colorado, Kansas Maine, Nebraska,
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island has the
mother equal right with. the father in
the guardianship of children. In New
York the conditions OF guardianship
We're made equal in 1860. but the law
was repealed two years later and was
not re-enacted until 1893. In Georgia
the father is the only guardian during
his life, and he is empowered TO appoint
a successor by will. thus excluding the
mother entirely, If he SO desires. In
Massachusetts the mother is guardian
only if so appointed by the court in case
of separation or divorce.
Desertion is cause for divorce in all
the states except New York and South
Carolina. The latter does not grant a
divorce for any cause. The shortest per-
Tod constituting desertion is six
months, in Arizona. and the longest is
five years, in Louisiana.
In New Hampshire there is curious
disparity. The wilful absence of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-20
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

According to the Ute Independent
"at last, Ute is on the right track oil
progress. A strong commercial club
has been organized. the object of which
is to encourage the location of new
enterprises and the investment of cap
ital in our town.
What to do with the surplus money
in Iowa banks is no longer a difficult
problem. The burglars are solving it
every night" suggests the Keokull Gate
City.
Rockwell City Advocate: Uncle
Dick Clarkson says that Colonel LATE
Young wants to boss the republican
party and the whole state; Col Young
alirms that Allen Dawson is trying just
that sort of thing, while Dawson has a
standing complaint filed against both
Young and Clarkson for bossism. Take
your choice.
In the opinion of the Traer Star
Clipper '.anti-civil service reform fell
lows are getting mighty little comfort
from the white house these times
In referring to Rev. George A. Gates
and his new position as president of
Pomona (cal) university, the Daven-
port Democrat expresses this wish:
May health come to his family and
prosperity to him"
AS the Hardin County Citizen looks
at the subject. the number of fires
which the state has been sustaining of
late at the different institutions would
tend to convince one that either the
state had better carry insurance or
erect it's buildings fire-proof in the
future
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-20
AN ACCEPTABLE CANAL TREATY.

The fact that new isthmian canal
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain has been signed by Sec
rotary Hay and Lord Pauncefote is ta-
ken to mean that it comprises conces-
sions by the British of what has been
required by our statesmen in the way Of
control by our nation and of the right
to guard it from threatened assault.
While the terms of the treaty can not
properly be made public until they are
submitted to the senate, enough has
been revealed to show that Great Bri-
tain has made the concessions in a spirit
of amity, and the new terms will be ac-
ceptable to our people.
In brief, it is understood that the new
treaty provides for neutral canal, to
be built and guarded by the United
States, one that shall be open on equal
terms to the vessels of commerce and
war Of all nations, and that it shall new
er be blockaded nor shall any right of
war be exercised nor any act of hos
tility be committed within it. It must
be understood. however. that no state
ment OF its exact terms can be made at
present.
If the treaty proves acceptable and Ky
II the treaty proves acceptable, as it
is believed it will, 1t Will be the first
and most important movement In the
direction of securing the canal for
nothing else should be permitted to
stand in the way OF Its construction.
The London press admits that con-
cessions have been made The West
minister Gazette publishes an article
contending the even from British
viewpoint it is desirable that the Unit
ed States should build exclusively and
guarantee the neutrality of the isthmian
canal and that If Lord Lansdowne OBJ
tanned full commercial privileges for
Great Britain the treaty will not be
wholly one sided The article concludes
with advising the public to. expect to be
prepared to accept settlement which
will substantially give US all we want,
but which outwardly will not appear to
be a triumph of diplomacy"
In other words 1t is an admission that
our nation has really triumphed in Dip
lomatic action.