The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05


and from inside them appear fun lace
sleeves like the blouse. The toque to
match is made largely OF the fur, with
the Jet. gold ribbon, and lace all APP
pearing in its ccmposition--Ea
Bazaar
About Noted Women.
Queen WilheImina Is wealthy
in her own right, and will settle upon
her husband 20. 000. 600 marks The inter-
est Of this sum, about $50 600 year,
viii be strictly his own, but the prlned-
pal sum Will pass to the younger child
rem OF the marriage If there should be
no children Prince Henry win have the
power to dispose of 5000, 600 marks ard
the remainder viii revert to the queens
estate
A young woman in ireland recently
was awarded by the Royal university
scholarship Of $500 a year for three
years for taking the highest hOnors on
the following questions Discuss the
following assertion. Faust Is the COM
piete embodiment Of the modern idea OF
personality as related to its social en-
yironment- Show that the Wallensteil
yr1lOgy is a universe of passion, hopes
fears. struggles and aspiration. Prove
that Hahn in his Griseldis. has Demon
strated the divine right OF women to
free will The examiner who pro-
pounded these questions draws an an
nal, salary OF 5000.
The Duches Of Bedford, sister OF
Lady Henry Somerset. has become q
POWcIAut champion MIS- May IIlck.
In her official position on the board OF
visitors to Ayiesbury prison the duchess
made the acquaintance OF Mrs May.
brick, and Is convinced Of her innocence.
She is enlisting the influence of other
society ladies. and the Empress F'reGcr-
lex has taken practical interest in the
cause.
Lieut. Agnes Cumminson. of the Sal
walton Army. hired a street piano Of the
Italian colony on Monday for $3.50 and
turned the crank during business hours
in the banking district of Philadelphia
The average receipts were SO on each
corner and were for the fund to feed
5000 poor on Christmas day
The Princess Clementine OF Belgium
has taken the veil. She desired to take
this step tow years ago. but was dis
ing the daughter OF the reigning Sow
ereign Clementine should have had pre-
cedence in the court over the young
Princess Albert. and quite war was on
On that account Clementine becoming
nun sets the argument at rest.
Here and There.
Many a girl will weep over the imagi-
nary woes of heroine in a cheap novel
while her mother is scrubbing up the
kitchen floor
Writing done with a clean quill pen
dipped in onion or turnip juice is invisi-
Bile when dry To read. hold for a few
minutes in front of the fire and the writ
ing viii turn brown.
Why viii women wear spangled silk
waists with rainy day skirts
Good shoes and good gloves are the
beginning of good dressing.
1t is perfectly safe for the man who is
blind to believe all he sees.
The band of hope-an engagement
ring
It is very rude to behave in a street
car OF train as If no one else had a right
to be there.
What a big cup Of anguish one can
drink. taken sip by sip.
An Up-to-Date Empress.
The young empress Of Russia. says
the Chicago Chronicle. is one of the
most advanced women in Europe and
does not attempt to conceal her opinions
She is a strong believer in female sllf-
frage, WOman's clubs the higher educa-
ton Of women and IN her right to enter
any and all of the professions. She is an
enthusiastic advocate Of the many move
ments started by women for the better
ment Of society. She has frankly stated
that if she lived in land where court
regulations were less strict she would
be an avowed female snffragist.
Of all the royal ladies of Europe the
czarina stands out most strongly as the
champion OF her sex She holds that al
most all Of the great reforms of the
world have been brought about by wo-
men, and that they are just becoming
conscious of their power and possibilities
Under her imperial patronage societies
for the education and development Of
females are growing numerous in St
Petersburg and even spreading through
the jealousy guarded realm of the car.
II have great and abiding faith in my
own sex" she said recently Women
are ever busy sowing the seed from
which good springs up all over the
world"
Since the czarina has become SO deep
ly impressed with the importance Of
has ordered that full reports Of all such
meetings shall be prepared for her
perusal-
The Ideal Woman.
It was not so very long ago that the
ideal woman was believed to be the EN-
bodiment Of unselfishness; strong. gem
tie, sweet; most lOvable, most faithful
but always displaying these gracious
qualities in devoted efforts to enhance
the glory, or the goodness or the gen
era1 Well-being of some other human
creature, generally some man, who. in
deed. might himself be far from ideali
In fact, the further he was removed
from perfection, the brighter Shone the
virtue OF the woman's devotion. I'm
selfshness was and always viii be the
dominant characteristic of the ideal wo-
man: but long before Cornelia's time,
and for generations after her time. un-
took the form ofselhessness-
which is quite another thing, and is not
of necessity either admirable or good.
Today no one can look intelligently
at the condition Of woman. especially in
America, and not see that Indifference
to self as an end has almost ceased; and
that the feminine ideal of selfiessness,
which Cornelia embOdies, IS subtilely
and surely changing.
The change is revealing itself at every
turn: and as we look at it we seesaw be-
tween hope and feart The good and the
bad. the promise and the threat, con-
front any thoughtful person. Take. for
instance. the satisfaction and the ankle
ty that we feel IN recognizing all that
is involved in the change IN the occu-
pations of women The time
was when it would have been thought
for a woman to engage in