The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-22

fangement extremely satisfactory.
Il go SO far as to feel that each desk
has it's own atmosphere, and I don t
believe now that 1 could write a social
letter at the club desk or make a COM
mittee report in the distraction of the
butchers bill atmosphere. 1 feel like
Miss Wilkins, the author. who keeps
two stories going on two different type
writers, changing from one to the other
as the inspiration seizes her, but on no
account pursuing two plots on the same
machine
Little Things Reveal Character.
How quickly an observant eve notes
the little things which reveal charac-
ter. In every business the caretaking
persons are at a premium for employ
erS are always on the lookout for such
ones. Scrupulous observance of trivial
details often keeps ones place in BUSH
ness. Yet, nothing can be considered
small by one who starts out with the
intention of making success of what
IS undertaken. says the Colorado
Springs Gazette
Young people seeking employment
often fail because they are not only
prodigal of their time but they do not
utilize the small scraps of material that
make all the difference between profit
and loss. 1t will not answer to say
oh, there's time enoughY' or THAT
little bit will not count" Everything
counts-andsa though painstal1ing costs
effort it is a priceless assistance to one
endeavoring to make a way for them
selves in the world of competition.
Illustrative of habits of thrift is this
circumstance. A woman who is a born
housewife and who has acquired quite
a reputation for having reliable maids,
Is known to have said when new one
came into her service: I'VE have plenty
save, If you WILL sufficient so / can
increase your wages, and I will do so,
if, after the first month, see that you
are doing your part"
Trusts Her Customers.
Possibly the youngest proprietor of
successful business in the United States
is Mary Elizabeth Evans, of Syracuse,
N. Y. She is Is years old and sells more
candy than any six of the other retail
dealers in Syracuse, says a writer IN
March Success. She prepared the way
for her trade by having a booklet print
ed which consisted of testimonials from
physicians who had bought her candy.
Another of her original plans was
showcase at which all customers helped
themselves. In the case were neat box
es of candy, and at one end were double
doors. Swinging from one of the doors
was q sign which read, open these
doors. Take what YOU wish. Leave
price of goods taken. Make your own
change from my till. / trust to a Gus
toner's honor This girl has renarka-
BILE business ability, and has great con-
fidence in her patrons.
To Scent the Locks.
An enterprising clerk in one of the
local shops made a good thing of her
clever fingers last week in a dozen or
SO of the tiny "scent-caps," which Par
isians are wearing now to give their
locks that intangible sweetness of which
poets sing and which profiteth much by
the sachet n anufacturers. Every one
likes scented hair. There is something
undeniahly dainty and charming about
it, but there are few outside the inven-
tive who can scheme ways of giving the
their
coils. says Priscilla in the PittSburg
Gazette. Hence the silken caps found
ready sale, once their use was explain
ed, and the fact that they were becom-
ing of shape and seasonable in coloring
did not detract from their allurementS.
They We're made small-very small, but
large enough to touch all the hair. and
some were frilled with contrasting rib
bons, while others had their own silk
caught into coquettiSh roSettes. Perchef
on the hair in the morning they could
not be unbecoming to any woman
boasting the least degree of personal
charm, and in a single hour they give a
definite perfume to the hair thus con-
fined. The clerk who made them Sc
cured permission to put them in the
showcase and in less than two hours
the entire dozen was sold and she has
orders for as many more as she can
make in a month. Any girl may copy
them, may invent them for herself,
and will not regret either the time or
the few pence spent in their connection.
To Make the Hair Fluffy.
Naturally every woman. is anxious to
have fluffy hair since aureoles are in
fashion but not all are able to accom-
plish it After all massage will not
give the desired quality, and other de-
vices are resorted to by those who are
anxious to appear we'll coiffured One
simple method is the brushing of the
hair every night with a solution of bay
rum and rosewater. Most of the nos
trums sold in the shops for keeping hair
in curl or waves, if not injurious, are
merely elementary mixtures such as
sugar and gum arabic dissolved in wa
ter A simple curling fluid n ay be made
of three and a half to four ounces of
gum arabic dissolved in a half pint OF
distilled water, into which eau de CO.
logne or lavender water is dropped I'M
til the cloudiness disappears, when the
clear portion is strained off and bottled
for use says the Pittsburg Gazette.
A Partisan hairdresser gave to a wo-
man who is one of his best customers
when she is in Paris the recipe for the
following solution. which is used in his
establishment for giving the hair a fluff
fly, wavy appearance: Salt of tartar.
one dram; powdered cochineal, one-haf
dram; one fluid dram each of liquor of
ammonia and esprit of roses; glycerine,
one-Quarter of an ounce one and one
half fluid ounces of rectified spirits, and
Is ounces of distilled water. According
to his formula, this was left to dissolve
for week, being regularly shaken up
and filtered before bottling for use
When the hair is moistened with the
mixture. loosely adjusted, and allowed
to dry very charming effect is obtain
ed.
The Girl Who Works Down Town.
LUNCH BOXES.
downtown soon finds out that by carrying
her luncheon from home she not only