The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-15

Frenchman, and he claims that for eight
years he was the foreign exchange ed
itor of the Paris Figaro.
He told a Topeka reporter that he
handled all the newspapers from Swift
zerland, Germany, Spain and Portugal,
and translated from those papers what
the Figaro wished to print in French
quite an important position. The re-
porter had no reason to doubt DR.. Girls
ton, but the next statement made by
the beauty doctor was that if this re-
porter would attend his lecture on
beauty culture and take stenographic
notes he could get a two hours talk YER
ba-im Which would fill half a dozen
neWs2a9 ger columns and be the best of
reading for every subscriber of the
paper But then, the French would
probably be interested in six columns of
cosmetics and wrinkle rubbing.
The return of Willie Sells and his
circus to Topeka for the winter and the
recent discussion among the councilrnen
over the new license ordinance and the
threat to charge ctrcuses 5000 day in
the city. revives a story that was told
on Sells dozen years ago.
At that time Willie Sells had a circus
on the road and he made tour of the
Pacific coast IN due time the show
went to Sacramento, a city by the way,
that is deader than a tenoenny NAH.
Sells went to the city clerk and asked
what license was charged circuses. He
was informed that shows charging so
cents admission were required to pay
$500, and that shows charging less than
90 cents had to pay $25 Sells informed
the clerk that such a n arrangement was
agreeable to him. and told the clerk to
send to the ticket wagon for the money
as soon as the sale opened.
Fifteen minutes after the ticket wagon
was opened for business three staid old
city fathers swooped down on the wagon
with a handbag ready to rake in the
city's share of the receipts. To be Ger
fefr hot (N2T1 H.
one of them stepped up to the ticket
wagon. He saw about bushel measure
Of pennies stacked up on the ticket sell
er's counter. He wondered. Sells was
dispensing the tickets.
What is the price of admission ?''
asked the city father
"Forty-nine cents today" replied Sells
Those pennies saved him $175.
The women who attended the DR.
Cristion, A. NJ NJ. L., beauty lectures at
the Crawford might be interested in
reading the story The Beauty Doctor -
which appeared in a recent issue of the
Saturday Evening Post.
Capt H NJ Philips, chairman of the
Shawnee county Republican cent? al
committee. formerly lived in East Nat
meal township, Chester county, Pennsyl-
vania. 1t used to go heavily Republican
but at the last election PattiSOn, Demo-
cratic candidate for governor carried it
seems to have Shawnee in such good
shape that be could go back to East
Natmeal and swing it back. If he tried
it he would not call the Natmeal cen
trail committee together to help him.
There is a new farce comedy on the
road which was named Tommy Rot
before it was produced. There are
good many comedies that have been
called that after the people saw them
produced.
Now that A Newman has been elected
county clerk, he might explain what
the "A'' stands for.
Ananias Fisher says that his ideal in
life IS to be the owner of circus like
Willie Sells, so that he can drive a bob
tailed horse in the morning, spotted
horse during the noon hour, a black
one in the afternoon. a white one at
night, and a pair of big bays on Sunday.
A San Francisco paper telling of a
policeman hurrying to the scene of
trouble said he started on a dead run"
The words were well chosen, as the po-
liceman was killed as soon as he
reached the scene of the trouble
Henry T. Finck, an authority on
music, once said with a charming
sense of the ridiculous: What amuses
me nearly every dav of my life is the
exaggerated Importance some people
attach to my criticisms A sound hint
for all critics and the public to ponder
over.
Secretary John Curran says that he
holds the key to the situation TO pro-
duce the sufficient number of illegally
uncounted ballots to count Craddock in
1t seems that Bailey, with $4,000 ma
jority. has time LOCK- combination on
the governorship for two years that can
not be unlocked by keys.
A citizen of Carbonate bears the
When he was counting, if he had
asked his sweetheart for a kiss would
she have exclaimed. why, George
Husi'
Maud Lillian Berri, the nrima donna
with THE Sultan of Sulu," is reported
to have swallowed her watch. Maud
Lillian will not have to take time to
digest it.
1.-The Liberty Bellies were in Denver
last week and several of the chorus
girls created a Juror by announcing
that they must have chaperons or they
would go on a strike These same bellies
were in Topeka not long ago and the
young man who paid the drink bill for
one of them to the tune of IS Az would
like to know if the grid had had a
chaperon if he would have owed SIS. 90
what sort of chap is a chaperon?
1t isn't chap at all. my son;
The regular kinds another gender,
Seldom young and never tender.
Who acts as a sort of living fender
Twixt you and the girl you love-.
Why wouldn't It be humane for the
city railway to give every patron of
the West Fourth street line a box Of
kidney pills?
The real sturdy football hero of the
town is the young man who was trying
to steal a ride on coal wagon, fell off.
got mixed up with a wheel and tore out
seven spokes before the mixup was
over.