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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15
A WOman'S Way and a Mans Way

your life, and it's perfectly awful. and
-ah, tsch- tsch-tschi"
Here little Mrs. Westf1ats breath was
exhausted, and she had to wait till she
had filled up enough to talk again.
Then she continued:
And Well every one of us get our
death of cold from the dampness, and
the baby not over the measles yet and
Tommy subject to Group. It's just
dreadful. and 1 wish I had never moved
here. so 1 do, and if it isn't fixed at
once we'll have to move out right away
never saw such place as this. where
nobody can ever get anything done
and my nice linen towels all stained up
with the drip through the plastering
and not a dry place to set your foot in
It's terrible, and I'm so put out about
it, and it's perfect nuisance, and I'm
almost dead Send somebody right
away this minute to fix it, will your"
Yes, madam"
Right straight away, now. mind you
I think it's perfectly shocking, and
landlords ought to make tenants sign a
promise not to forget and let the water
overflow in their rooms. It's perfectly
disgusting SO it is, and I'm so worried
I can't talk. Mind, now; you send
somebody right off now
Then Mrs. Westflat tipped out of the
office, giving the door a ladylike little
slam to emphasize the necessity for
haste. While the landlords man was
telephoning for the plumber, the door
opened and Mr.. Westf1at walked in
He said:
Some fool let the water overflow in
the fiat above US last night, and it
leaked through the ceiling and made a
dickens of a mess in our bathroom.
Send a plumber, will you?"
Then he walked out.
KATE BYRD.
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LOST IN HOTELS.
Queer Things Absent Minded Guests
Forget to Take Away.

Every hotel in New York has a store
room for articles ieIJ behind by guests.
1t IS one of the important departments
of the establishment and often earns
tunate habit of forgetting leads them to
look for things that are missing. In
such hotels as the Hoffman house, the
Fifth Avenue the Victoria the Grand.
the Vendome. the Imperial, and the
Marlborough a book is kept in which are
jotted down descriptions of articles for
gotten When a hotel does a large
transient business it is frequently with
difficulty that lost articles are arranged
for identification, says the New York
Times.
The integrity of servants must be re-
lied upon to large extent. The cham
bermaid takes immediate possession OF
a room upon the guests departure She
picks up anything that appears to have
been left Internationally. A note de-
scrlbing the article and giving the name
OF the guest, the room number and the
time of departure is taken to the clerk.
The property is turned over to the
housekee9er, and by her to the lost"
department
might shirts? Well. I'm able to sup
ply any guest who may chance to turn
in here without one said Frank Clark
of the Hoffman house. I'VE get an addi-
ton to our stock every day. But that
isn't all. There are razor strops, tooth
brushes slippers, trousers, overcoat5
and DOcketbookS. Umbrellas come next
to night shirts in point of numbers. I
remember a singlar case Of a man who
didn't respond at once to the hall boy 5
call for an early train. The result was
that when he did get up he had to rush.
From the station we got a call on the
TELEPHONE:
= Hurry to my ROOM he shouted. on
the table you'll find very valuable
package. It's my eyes. Send them to
the station
Sure enough we found two glass eyes
on the dressing table in a plush case.
One was for daily use and the other for
an emergency. Guests often forget their
false teeth. but that was the only case
1 ever knew'of a man leaving his eyes"
Rings and pins are often found on the
washstand. Valuable pins are found
everywhere, the window curtains being
favorite depository. Watches and re-
voivers bob out from under pillows. OF
course, when the owners address is
known and anything valuable is left ne
is notified and the articles sent to him.
If not called for in a few months the
forgotten article usually becomes the
perquisite of employees. Few employees
of hotel but have all sorts of night
shirts and umbrellas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15
STATE BALLS IN SWEDEN.
Those Given at the Capital Are Elab-
crate and Brilliant Affairs.

Americans are so apt to visit Sweden
ana Norway II number in the summer
and fail that one cannot help asking WY
they never so there in Writer. There
are few more hospitsble capitals in r-u-
rope that Stockholm, nor are there any
courts which are more accessible to the
visitor from the United States than that
Of King Oscar The state balls Al the
palace, of which several are given during
the course of the winter, are very bril-
liant affairs. The invitations are sent
out ten days in advance and there is a
curious rule that all ladies not DANCING
must appear in black court dress with
trains. whereas those who dance ,nusi
wear white. without trains. Women must
make up their minds beforehand, whether
they wish to dance or not. It Is curious
rule which works well.
The balls begin at $50; suppnr Is served
at Il. and carriages are ordered n 1. The
guests are received in the name Of the
king by the grand marshal of the
court. The ordinary guests assemble in
the so-called grand gallery, q magnificent
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Miami county poor farm. and the institu-
ton under her management is almost self
supporting.
One of the prettiest homes in Atcnison
is that of Mrs. Claude Farwell, who has
made every piece of furniture in her
house. Her sideboard and cabinet of
burnt wood are said to be the finest things
of the kind in Atchison
Jackson county has ten daughters in the
Indian service. They are Miss Maude
Monroe, Miss Dora Porterned Miss
Thamer Richey, Miss Ida Little, Miss
Flora Wark, Miss Caroline McCandless.
Mrs. Kate ". Kinney, Mrs. Dixie Barber,
Mrs. J. H. Ewbank. and Miss Belle Moore.
Miss Mae Scott. formerly of Emporia, is
the Republican candidate for state super
intendent of schools in Idaho.
Mrs. Hattie Horner Louthan, formerly a
Butler county girl, but now of Denver,
has made a great hit in the literary field
with her book, Thoughts Adrift."
Miss Margaret O'Donnell of Beloit car
ried off first prize for cabinet photographs
at the photographers state convention at
Emporia recently.
Miss Cecilia Quenn, an Atchison girl, is
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ity from the Edison company before
they could use all their motors. The
transfer was effected by splicing wire
between the trolley wire on West Eighth
and the Edison power house. They used
many volts in their attempt to run an
occasional car. and the Edison company
kept tab on them by means of meter.
Today the city company finds them
selves indebted to the Edison company
more than their fares for the day would
aggregate had they charged two bits
per fare.
The ten dollar a week clerk with a
best girl is also loser. OF course the
dear girl wanted to ride in cutter He
wanted to oblige her, but the size of his
pile would not warrant a ride around
the block at the popular price of two
dollars an hour.
Men could be seen ShOveling snow off
their walks Sunday who would gladly
have furnished a little employment for
the unemployed. The small boy with the
sled is really the only mortal who can
truthfully say he dotes on snow and lots
of it.
When Observer r. B. Jennings scrap
ed the snow off the roof of his bird
cage this morning, he discovered that it
was not very cold. The temperature had
varied only two degrees in four hours.
and had moved only from 2s to % all
day Sunday. After warming up his soup
kettle he DECIDED that ST inches of snow
had fallen. He will begin to hear about
the snow fall at other points late this
afternoon, and have a chance to COM
pare it with his own private stock OF
cryStalfZed moisture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15

a A r. AND MRS. WESTFLAT live
M in a handsome apartment
W house. When it was first built
' and needed a name, its owner
found that the supply of titles among
the British aristocracy had already
been exhausted by the builders of
American apartment houses in his
town. He thought the matter over and
at length gave his skyscraper the i'm
posing appellation "All-the- Nooilities. -
hyphenated, and the name speedily
filled 1t to overlooking.
Over the heads of Mr.. and Mrs West
nat in ALL the Nobilities dwell Mr. and
Mrs Topfiat. At the office of their mu-
tual landlord one morning appeared
Mrs. Westhat If a masculine reporter
on duty at that moment had had occa-
sion to write of her, he would have pub
iished In cold type concerning her the
newspaper mans favorite, Mrs. West
fiat was in a hystericaI condition" The
truth was, however that the lady was
quite in her usual condition. If she had
been debating in womans club or if
she had been telling the milkman how
somebody had stolen her bottles off the
dumb waiter, her manner would have
been the same. 1t was merely Mrs
Westfats way This time, having a
clear grievance, perhaps she was a lit
tie more empHatlC IMAM USUAL one
opened on the landlord
IT'S dreadful, too dreadful for any
thing, what we have to endure in this
fat of yours At first 1 was glad
moved here, but now I'd give anything
If we were back in my old fat. The
water is leaking down from the sta
tionary washstand of those Topf1ats
and flooding all our house. My new
pink and white Japanese cotton rug
that I paid SO for only two months ago
for the bathroom when l came here is
ruined just ruined. If I'd only known
what careless, slovenly people I was
going to live under, I never would have
bought it, never. and 1 wanted my
school friend, Emily Francis, who
didn't marry half so well as 1 did and
can't live in a house like All-the- No
bilities. to see my fat when everything
was fresh and new so she would envy
me as she ought to. and now every
thing is ruined, just ruined, and it will
never look pretty again, never, and
the ceiling is all stained up till it looks
worse than anything. You never saw
such a looking sight as that place is in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15
AT THE THEATRES.
Janice Meredith Didn't Satisfy People
in Topeka.

The third Sunday play of the season
was pulled off at the Crawford last
night. The attraction was Hello Bill,
the little comedy skit in which Harry
Corson Clarke made a decided hit at the
opening of the present season. Clarke
is not with the company at present, and
has not been for some time. and al
though the piece looked funny to the
person who saw it for the first time
last night, the absence of the main fea-
ture makes it look rather thin to those
who saw it a few months ago. The cast
is almost identically the same with the
exception of Mr.. Clarke, who was nearly
the whole show. Here in Topeka She
play was not advertised by the use of
CIarke's name, but he has sent out let
tiers to the managers announcing that
although he is no longer with the com :
pany he has positive proof that GOOdhue
and Kellogg, the managers of the COM
pany, were using printed matter with
his name and misleading the public. He
adds in large type, "They owe me a
large sum of money and will hear from
from the Evening Post of October 6
which states that he is at the head of
the company playing at the California
theater on that date.
place in Hello Bill would not be so
bad if he were not compared with
Clarke in the same role.
Grand Saturday afternoon and evening.
and disappointed two fairly good sized
audiences.
There was only one thing about Rose
Stahl that served to remind one that
she had any license to play the title role,
and that was a long red shaky curl
which trickled down her back and
twisted around her neck like the Janice
curls in the pictures. As far as acting
was concerned Rose Stahl should try-
something easier.
William Bonelli. as the hero of the
piece, has a very disagreeable way
about him, as an actor. He screws up
his lips, squints his eyes, and mouths
his words in a melodramatic sort of a
way which is common in the kerosene
footlight circuit. One could imagine
that his playing in "S'death' parts
might be all that is REQUIRED,
There were two or three good actors in
the cast. The parts of 'Tabitha.'' col.
RAIN and philemon were well played
and served to keep the audience somewhat
interested in the performance.
About the Door est stage duel ever per-
petrated was exhibited by William l3o-
nelh and the heavy villain Of the play
on both sides not to get hurt and not 10
hurt the other fellow that it was worse
than an amateur presentation of the Ham
The costurning and staging Of the play
might have been worse. but even in this
particular there was room for improve.
The part of Janice Meredith was created
by Mary Mannering. who is dark haired
and beautiful and who can play the part
ifications. but she at least might have CON
descended to omit the red, wig
'.At the Old Cross Roads at the Craw-
ford Saturday night. drew fair sized
dierce. The piece is good and the cast
was satisfactory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15
LORD DUNRAvEN's DAUGHTER

Lord Dunraven's only remaining
daughter is fond of sailing and always
accompanies her father on his yachting
expeditions. She was on board Valky-
RE II. when that vessel was in COLI
sion a few years ago. Lady Aileen was
devoted to her sister Lady Rachel. who
married the knight of Gin and died not
long ago She has no brother the heir
to the title being a cousin of lord Dun
raven. She is a tall girl, with exquisite
coloring and a sweet EXPRESSION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15
KANSAS WOMEN.
Miners, Marble Cutters and Mail Car
riers Among Them.


The Kansas woman no longer confines
her vocation to teaching school and keep
ing house She is spreading out to take
in nearly all the pursuits. The only fields
not yet invaded by her are the foundries,
railroad machine shops and operating de-
partments of railroads So far no wo-
man iron molder or machinist or railroad
engineer has doomed up.
Mrs. George Lineham, a widow of Usage
county, is a coal miner. She makes enough
at it to keep a family of four small chill
dren. Her husband. who was miner,
died two years ago.
Mrs. H. A. Newman of Hiawatha is a
rural route mail carrier. She has never
missed trip on account of illness or Sc
we're weather.
Mrs. Annie Randall of Paola is serving
her second term as superintendent of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15
For chahng dishes. see Forbes.
Notice.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Merchants National
bank, Topeka, Kansas, will be held at
its banking office, Tuesday, January 49,
1909. between the hours of 8 and D. m,
for the purpose of electing a board of
directors for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such other business
as may legally come before the meet
inr F. w. FREEMAN, Cashier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15
TRIALS FOR BRIBERY.
NJ ore Defendan is in ST. Louis Boodl
Case Before Court

St. Louis. Mo, Dec. 15.-The cases CT
Charles J. Denny, John A Sheridan. Ed
mgHd Bersch. Emile Hartmann. Charles
A Gutlze ]. J. Hannigan, Charles Kelly
and julius Lehman. former members.
charged with bribery in connection with
the Suburban bills, were called for trial
today in Judge Ryan's court. Their at
torneys fled application for a change of
venue and argun ents on the subject were
commenced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15

Rome, Dec. 1.-THE congregation of the
propaganda has decided to propose to
the pope the appointment of Bishop
James E. Quigley. of Buffalo. n. Y. as
archbishop of Chicago, in succession to
the late Archbishop Feehan.
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Arion.

Grand concert and ball Tuesday even
ing, December 16 1902. All members
ard friends cordially invited. Admis-
sion free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15
SIX INCHES OF SNOW.
Topeka Is Covered With "The
Beautiful Today.

Strange to relate. the beautiful
snow which started falling at 1925
Sunday morning and continued to come
down for nearly II hours, was not APP
preciated by everybody The Topeka
railway officials, for instance They are
not for the beautiful snow. BY bunch
ing three or four motors behind one lit
tie dinkey snow blow they did manage
to clear the tracks after a fashion. but
they could not make the circuit quick
enough to keep it clear. They used so
much lightning that they were COM
PEELED to borrow few volts of electric
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15

Leaves Topeka every evening at 500,
arriving Chicago 1890 a. M. New York
1870 second afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15
nae Golden State Limited

For warranted shears. see Forbes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15
10 Snccaed Feehan.

For fine carving sets, see FORBES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15

'At the Old Cross Roads at the Craw-
ford Saturday night. drew fair sized au-
dierce. The piece is good and the cast
was satisfactory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-15

HRR. AND MRS. wESTFLAT live
AH in a handsome apartment
V house. When it was first built
4 and needed a name its owner
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-01-23
SCROFUL.A
Hereof TARY
Medical Science Paying
Much Attention to
this Scourge.

Scrofula comes in the blood. You
NAV have inherited it from your pa
rents. You have no right to transmit
it 70 your children. There is an abso-
lute cure for it-YAGER'S SARSA-
PARILLA WITH CELERY.
We wish it were possible to say this
so strongly that every human being
could realize the tremendous import
ance Of it, for almost every individual
has this latent poison in hisveins. Its
alarming fatality is not realized, be-
cause consumption and other diseases
are reported as the causes Of death,
many of which are the direct result
Of scroiula.
WAGER 5 SARSAPARILLA WITH
CELERY is q positive cure for scro-
fu'a, sCrofulous sores, and all scrofu-
lous diseases. It purifes, enriches
and vitalizes the blood. 1t expels the
poison. Ii puts each and every part
Of the body III perfect working condi-
ton, and effects its cure by perfectly
pure and harmless drugs.
If YOU have the slightest tendency
to scrofula, get bottle of YAGER' S
SARSAPARILLA and expel the poi
son from your system at once. The
cost is slight-any druggist will sup
ply you with a good sized bottle for
go cts. Take 10 substitute. There
is nothing that takes the place Of
YAGER'S SARSAPARILLA. Made
by Gilbert Bros. s. Co., Baltimore, Md.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-01-23
MANY Millions for War.

The United States, although regard
ed as one of the most peaceful nations
of the world, spent many millions for
war expenses during the past century.
People throughout the country are also
spending large sums of money in vain
search for medicine that will abSo-
lutely cure Indigestion, dyspepsia, con-
stipatlon, biliousness, tlatulency and
nervousness. There is only one such
medicine, and that is HoStette-'S Stom-
ach Bitters. 1t is household remedy,
backed by thousands of testimonials.
If you have wasted your money on use
less remedies until you have lost hope
of getting well again, we would urge
you to try this medicine. 1t brings
health to every sufferer. For sale by
all Druggists. Apply to any one of
them for copy of HoSte,ter's Almanac
for 1902
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-01-23
Postmaster ee,zendanner's Statement.

Mr.. L. D. Getzendansr, postmaster
of Charles Town, w. Va, in commu-
nication to the Washington Times,
takes exception to the statement re-
Gently made in the Times by the Hon.
George Washington, mayor of Charles.
town, in which Mr.. Washington said
"On the 10Th of last September, on
call issued by myself, the good citizens
Of Charles Town gathered in the court
house and churches for the purpose of
doing honor TO the memory of our be-
loved President. All business and So
cial functions were suspended, except
in the poStoffice building, which is
owned by l.. ID. Getzendaner, postmas-
ter of the town.
This gentleman's conduct was in
marked contrast with that of the entire
population. Regardless of propriety,
he rented the upper floor of the postof-
flee building TO some colored people,
who hired it for the express purpose OF
giving a dance. This was done over
the protest of the mayor, and it aroused
the deep Indignation of the people re-
CARELESS of their politics. 1t is said he
attended the dance. "
Mr.. Getzendaner writes:
81 was the first citizen in Charles
Town to drape my building in mourn
ing upon hearing Of the death Of our
beloved President. l attended d.
vine service at the Presbyterian Church
upon the morning Of the day of the
funeral, and also the citizens meeting
at the courthouse the afternoon of the
same day. After the citizens meet
ing adjourned returned to my du-
ties as postmaster.
About closing time that night,
nearly 9 clock, the mayor called upon
me and said that he desired to protest
against dance which was being con-
Quoted by some of the colored people
of the town that night, not day, in a
hall which they had rented from me
some two weeks antedating this event.
l told him that l had no objection to
his protesting to the tenants of the
hall if he thought they were acting
improperly, but l did not think that
1 as landlord had any right to inter-
fere.
GAS to the charge that | attended
the dance, it is impossible for me to
conceive that a Washington, a liaeal
descendant of Samuel, the brother of
George, could allow such a false and
base insinuation to emanate from such
noble source.
II cannot believe our colored peo-
pie meant any disrespect to the mem
DRY of our beloved President by dane
ing the night after his funeral services.
All the business houses were open
that night as usual.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-01-23
Where's Surveyor Murray

A dispatch from Martinsburg to
the Baltimore Herald of last Saturday
says:
After a fruitless search of two
months and a-half for Roger Murray,
a young man who was member of
the Baltimore and Ohio civil engineer
ing corps now surveying in this vicin-
ity under the direction of Maj. Chas.
Goldsborough, his companions here
and his mother in Baltimore have CIV
en- up in despair. Young Murray,
who is about "a years of age, left his
boarding place in this city November
l. His companions and fellow civil
engineers thought that he was going
to his home in Baltimore, and his con-
tinued absence caused them to arrive
at the conclusion that he had decided
to remain at home. Correspondence
between the members of the corps and
Mrs. Murray, who lives on Center
street, in Baltimore, brought to light
the fact, however, that be had not
been at home, and had not been seen
or heard Of since he disappeared from
this city. The attempts Of Mrs. Muir
ray and her sons friends here to To-
cate him have been in vain. The last
trace they could find of him was in
Washington, whore he is alleged to
have bought poison, but they have as
yet not succeeded in finding any fur
Their trace of him.