The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-27

azines. studies from art journals or
souvenirs given with Sunday editions
several pen drawings from Life can
be pasted to one large sheet Of toned
| paper. gray, blue, black or pink
/ Photographs are comforts when away
| from the originals, and the best way of
| enjoying them is to inclose then in a
| folding case either of leather or paper.
These take but little space and can be
opened on a table or bureau, while even
! a row of unframed photos give the
poorest bureau or mantel a homelike
| air.
Exterior and interior views of ones
home are especially appreciated if as
so often happens, one runs across an
old friend
A table cover made of a square of
denim or turkey red, and similar ones
/ to cover the trunks. making additional
I table or touches of these usually un-
| slightly articles. are joy forever
If there is room, slip in a bright pill
/ low for use IN the hammock, or to dec
crate your room
An afghan is a treat when persons
/ are not we'll 1t is pleasant for the in
| valids to lie on the bed, or in a ham
mock, with bright pillows around them
and a soft gray wool afghan over them
4 while you make tea in your own little
teapot before their eyes on an alcohol
stove.
A little clock is a cheerful companion.
/ Curtains are certainly a great addi-
! tion and can be arranged so cheaply.
| to a piece of Irvine and stretched
| tightly between two nails makes a
dainty window decoration. as well as
forming a guard against stray flies
and other insects.
AT one of the mountain retreats last
year a lady who was the mother of
several children made one of her rooms
a Yeritable "home" by bringing with
her a large lamp. It was a cheerful
double burner with a porcelain shade
and its bright CLEAN attracted everyone
to r~fI chill
dren gathered around it on a big table
in the evenings when the air without
was chilly, and looked at pictures,
played games, etc.
A small oil or alcohol stove is almost
a necessity in case of sudden illness or
for baby or invalid who requires
heated food. It is also a comfort to
have for an occasional chahng dish
party marshmallOW roast, cup of tea
or chocolate. The solicited blocks of
alcohol are very cheap and easily man
aged, and are an especial blessing for
curling refractory locks.
If one has foresight enough to tuck
a small flatiron into ones trunk it will
soon pay for itself at resorts where
dresses cost a small fortune to launder.
An afternoon each week for pressing
russed places in dresses. ribbons,
neckwear, baby's cap strings, etc, will
be enough to keep one immaculate
without cost
OF course, You will take your favorite
books, and the paints and pencils or
pastels-
A little medicine chest is positive
necessity, with remedies for colds ana
fever, and witch hazel, cold cream and
camphor. And don't forget the hot
water bottle.
A box of sewing materials is also a
necessity. lacquered box with a
hinged cover or a little covered basket |
is suitable. In it's place all the small
spools of cotton and silk, needles, |
emery, measure, tape, buttons, scis-
sors. etc.
The extra space in the trunk required |
for these articles, and others which will |
suggest themselves Is amply repaid by /
the comfort they viii afford. not only |
10 your own family, but to these you |
win meet who have not had your fore
sight
About Distinguished WOmeu.
Mrs. McKinley's favorite flowers are
pansies and forget-me-nots, but for all /
that her greatest interest has centered |
in the cultivation of the carnations /
Mother McKinley's garden at I
Canton and the blossoms from which /
have long been the distinctive lapel in |
sigma of the president.
At the recent Paris fete in Marie An i
toinettes favorite park, Trianon. Coun-
tess Anna de CaStellane, formerly Anna /
Gould. impersonated the beautiful and /
unfortunate queen. Her costume was
a salmon colOred silk. with side
paniers, decollete, trimmed with price
less lace Resting upon her powdered
and huted hair was a large Marie An
toinette hat of straw trimmed with the
same salmon silk and a Drofusion of
large white and black ostrich plunes-
The costume was charming, but, on the
whole, ineffective, because the countess
lacked assurance and stature, prompt
ing rather unkind remarks upon her
ambitious attempt to personate the
queen
Miss Belle Hyman, of Chicago, who
has been appointed trustee of the III
nois Industrial Home for the Blind by
Governor Yates, has been blind since
the age of four years, but is an accom-
plished musician and linguist. She is
we'll known for her enthusiastic efforts
to benefit the sightless.
An Awkward Situation.
The awlwardness of the best man at
wedding in forgetting to bring the ring -
not to be compared with his ON lSSlOn TO
states which require that a license be OBJ
tanned before a marriage can take place
a law but there are many states not so
Fortunate. 1t was in one of those states
thousand invita- tions had been issued to
the society people of a certain southern
daughters of that city to a young man
who was well known FOR his success IN
Ity. This wedding was in fact the society
Of JUNG: Not one q the ae,
was to be omitted Rehear sals had been
held and it was fondly believed that ev>
sryone who was to take part in the tunc-
ton knew exactly what he or she was ex-
Dected to do The bridegroorn's best man
was his brother. and when the ring was
produced Just before the time for the
evening ceremony arrived the bridegroom
felt sure that everything had been ar
ranged SAYS the New York Press.
When the minister had pronounced the
couple man and wife. those who sat in
The front seats saw the good man whis>
Dering to the bridegroom and observed
that whatever the words were the happy
man didn't look 10 be quite as happy as
a man in his position should be- StLl the
J
strains of Adendelssohn. The words which
the minister whispered in the ear OF the
Dridegroorn were these. Your brother
has forgotten to take out the marriage IL
censef''