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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
THE MANTILLA, THE FAD OF THE MOMENT.

prospects of a Washington society star
to the far nobler ambition to do some
thing.
Miss Bowersock's parents live in
Lawrence, and there the Bowersock
children, two boys and four girls. at
tended as they became cid enough the
State university. Little Jean was I'M
doubtedly a born musician. When she
was only four years old she would turn
her back to the piano, and when anoth-
er person struck any note on a key she
would instantly name the note. so fine
ly attuned to catch sounds intuitively
was her tiny ear.
Somehow the violin seems to be the
natural instrument to express music
al sense so exquisite, and when the lit
tie girl was five she began lessons on
it in Lawrence. After she had finished
the course of instruction there she at
tended the Musical Conservatory of
Chicago. gaining more and more mas
terry over the witch instrument that
can make both the sweetest. finest
drawn music mortal ear ever listened
to and the most outra geous screeches
that ever appalled, it
After she had studied two seasons at
Chicago Miss Jeans father ives elected
to congress, and his family went with
him to Washington, Jean still continu-
ing the violin lessons and practice
there. Then she went TO school-just
plain school for learning common stud
ies-and was graduated from Packer
institute, Brooklyn, in 1902 Yet mean
time she never let up on the beloved
violin studies, but fiddled in season
and out of season, this time under the
tuition of Schradieck- During the
school years she began to do consid-
cradle playing in public After that
she went to Europe awhile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26

tended to adopt a certain radical
course.
NO; why should II" the other re-
piled "Can another person really get
my point of view and decide what is
best for my life? No. 1 thought it all
over carefully, weighed the pros and
cons and things that 1 myself could
only know and take into consideration.
I came to the conclusion thai it was
the only thing for me to do, and now I
am going to dc it,"
Be selfish enough to consider your
own interests and your own point of
view in life. Then if you fail you have
only yourself to blame and to consider,
but if you wait and linger and hang on
the decision of other people you have
to consider all the time them and their
opinions on your successive moves.
Stand or fall according to your
lights. according to your own judg-
ment in matters pertaining to your
self, and at least you viii make decid-
ed marks on your record in life. They
won't be weak; they won't be waver-
ing; they viii either be good or bad.
And that is something.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
CONCERNING CHILDREN.
The Growing Laddie.

A lady writes: Few people take the
trouble to think about the boy who is
leaving childhood behind him, but 1
assure you he requires as much care as
his sister of the same stage. We say
he is clumsy and awkward that his
feet and hands are all out of proper
ton, and we quite ignore the fact that
this ugly duckling' will very proba-
bly, develop into the swan" of society.
The growing boy is exceedingly sensf-
tive, though you may not think it. and
to be ridiculed for his changing voice
or roughly reproved for his uninten-
tional awkwardness is almost agony to
him. Praise and encouragement will
bring out the best that is in him. 1
know many boys and have deep sym
pathy with them and am sure that no
lad with conscientious instincts would
dream of doing a mean action, no mat
ter how much his playmates may try
to goad him on. But nagging and
''scolding'' parents will do a great deal
to hurt his pride and crush his spirit.
If his conduct merits reproof admin
lister quiet word or two in private and
then let the matter drop. He will see
and understand that you trust him and
will try to live up to your standard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
TURKISH LADIES.

The chief diversions of the Turkish
lady are smoking cigarettes eating
sweetmeats, talking scandal and scold-
ing her slaves, with an occasional visit
to an inferior theater. Small wonder
then that her physique, and with it
that of the race is deteriorating fer
want of sensible exercise and sufficient
fresh air.
The oft disputed question whether
women have immortal souls has a1so
left its mark on the feminine portion Of
the community, who as the matter ap-
pears so uncertain, live such a self
pleasing. animal existence that the
modern flippant Turk generally decides
that, if they be indeed endowed VITA
souls, those souls must be such poor
things as to be hardly worth the trou-
BILE of saving
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
A WOMAN'S NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS
'TwAs New Years eve.

'TWAS New Years eve. Mrs. Bum
BILE sat reading a newspaper.
One paragraph contained these
words: women are like children.
They have no sense of time. no appre-
citation of the seriousness attaching to
a promise. If a woman says she will
meet you at a given place at o'clock
you need not trouble to keep the ap-
pointment till half past 4, when she
will arrive painting and out of breath
and say she fears she's a few minutes
late"
IT'S a shame, so it is" thought Mrs
Bundle. that people should be al
lowed to abuse women that way in
print. Now. always keep my prom
ises, and I'm never, never late any
where Tomorrow is New Years day
Tonight is the time to make good res
olutions, and I'll make some on these
two points; not that I need to, of
course, but if L do it will make me
doubly careful to refute the SANDER on
our sex"
Mrs. Bundle turned to the pretty
little writing desk which had been
present from her husband last New
Years day-so she would have con-
veniences for writing out good resolu-
lions, he said She opened it, took
pen and paper and very shortly had
evolved these two declarations:
During the coming year L will sa-
credly keep every promise / make.
During the year 1 will be on time
promptly for every enga cement or ap-
poiptment, bar accidents and acts of
Providence"
She had read that last in a legal
document and added it because it
seemed to make her resolutions more
binding.
She inclosed the resolutions in a beau
tifully decorated photograph frame
and tied the frame with aesthetic green
and yellow ribbons to the foot of her
bed where her eyes would rest on the
resolutions first thing in the morning
Then she went to bed with a sense of
having achieved something serious
Next day at II o'clock Mr. Bundle
received from his friend Van Rubber
an envelope containing tickets for him
self and wife to a grand musical re-
hearsal very high up and exclusive
where Nine. Screechitt and NJ Fiddle
fitz were fairly going to strain them
selves. It was imperative Mr.. Bum
ble's friends note said. that everybody
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
ARTIFICIAL FLOWER MAKING.

The French excel in flower making,
and the Japanese are far ahead of US
in this matter. The latter people carry
the art to perfection, copying with
marvellous fidelity not only the blos-
SONS. but whole branches and even
plants in bloom. They are particularly
clever in initiating wistaria, cherry and
rose trees, and the flowers are SO nat
urally made in either cotton or silk that
they deceive the most particular critic
= Great branches of these various bios
SONS are used for decorative purposes
and there is no reason why our girls
should not emulate and even surpass
their Japanese and French sisters in
their most successful efforts. There is
an immense vogue at present for the
wearing of artificial flowers both with
day and evening dress. One might we'll
commend to girls seeking a profession
this employment of flower making.
Silk and velvet flowers command a
high price, and a depot dedicated en-
tirely to the sale of flowers for dress or
decorative purposes would readily gain
customers.
All the flowers are made from white
materials, whether silk, velvet or cot
ton, and the pupils are taught how to
cut, dye and tint them, copying as far
as possible the real blossom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
LEAPlNe INTO MArRIMoNY.

When you take into consideration
that the happiness of lifetime is at
stake when you marry, that marriage
is not for a day, a week, a month or a
year, it behooves you to look we'll and
carefully especially when there are SO
many examples of marrying in haste
and repenting at leisure"
1t is good to know man well before
you trust yourself to him until death
do you part. A man naturally puts
his best forward, as it were, at the out
set of his acquaintance with a charm
ing young girl and endeavors to the
extent OF his abilities to make himself
agreeable to her.
He studies her likes and dislikes care
fully and is eager to show her the deli
cate little attentions that he knows go
great way in winning a girls heart.
The men who fall quick victims to
the fever called love are wont to recov-
er from it with equal rapidity The
right kind of man seldom makes UP
his mind regarding marriage until aft
er he has deliberated over the matter
long and earnestly, studying carefully
the girl who would have 1t in her pow
er to make or mar his whole after life
were she his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26

should be on time, for the doors were
to be locked before the performance
began and would not be opened till the
interlnission, an hour afterward. He
and Mrs. Van Rubber would meet the
BUNDLES at the hall. Mrs. Bundle was
delighted, for the Van Rubbers be-
longed to the very first social set, and
for her to be seen sitting beside Mrs.
Van Rubber at a Screechitt and Fid-
dlefitz rehearsal was next door to sit
ting upon a pedestal in paradise Mrs.
Bundle jumped at the invitation.
Then she bethought herself.
oh, I did promise Susan Gadson
that I'd drop. in with her at old Cad
sons club this afternoon. They've a
reception to ladies from to 6. Susan
GadSon was going to call for me, to be
sure, but I know her so we'll it won't
make any difference. I'm going to the
rehearsal
Mr. Bundle was obliged to leave
home early in the afternoon, but prom
ised to meet his wife at the entrance
to the Screechitt-F iddlefitz place. Ad-
juring her by all she held dear to be on
time at 3 sharp, he went his way.
Mrs. Bundle determined to Guido
herself in the matter of toilet. She
sent for the hairdresser, who did not
arrive till after two. Arrayed with
stunning effect Mrs. Bundle appeared
at the concert hail at half past 8. The
rest had waited for her. The doors
had been shut at sos and would not
be opened again till 4. By that time
the part of the music depended on for
giving the audience thrills" would be
over. The Van Rubbers glared at Mrs.
Bundle and bowed freezingly. Her
husband said nothing. He had decided
that he would wait till he got her
home before telling her what he
thought of her.
Being a woman. Mrs. Gadson did not
reach the Bundle residence till quar-
ter to 5. She was told Mrs. Bundle
was out, but nobody knew where she
had gone or when she would return.
Mrs. Gadson waited till quarter past 5.
Then she went off alone. There was a
trolley line blockade. Mrs. Gadson did
not reach her husbands club till the
New Years reception was over. Her
husband was almost the only one left
to meet her.
well. if that's not just like a wo-
mani" was all he said.
TABITHA SOURGRAPES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26

my views on theology and my views on
duty to ones neighbors would shock
the ministers of most d nominations
That's one reason why [ rarely trot
them out for inspection. But at this
time of the year one thought is upper
most in my mind--the great. the enor-
nous duty We owe ourselves.
And / am going 10 speak today. with
or without your kind perm issions, on
the great virtue of selfshness. Yes 1
mean 1.-THE virtue of selfshness.
It's virtue in which most women
are painfully lacking You don't think
so? Then wait bit until L prove it to
you.
What does true selfshness mean? A
love for oneself And how many wo-
men truly love thems elves. truly 90
their duty by themselves Why. do
you know that If every woman did her
duty by herself this world would not
be the same place at all? 1t would be
by so much the richer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
Cgeorv1er1 In Music
Professor JEAN O. BOWERSOCK
- And Others
And Others

Young women who do things today
almost without exception belong to the
class of athletic girl. How. indeed.
could they achieve anything unless
they had a basis of sound health and
strength? Professor Jean Bowersock
long life and ever increasing power
and fame to her.-knows the full val
ue of air and exercise to keep a woman
up to serious work. She is an admira-
Bile horseback rider and a thoroughly
athletic young woman
Women musical composers are so
scarce that cit doth not yet appear
what they shall be-" An operetta, a
symphony or two, some ballads and
dance music are nearly all that as yet
represent them in this field. Never
theless the time of the woman COM
poser is coming, as that of the woman
dramatist is already here. In England
Ethel Smyth has written two or more
complete operas, words and music.
The best of these is an Interpretation
of nature and nature spirits in the
deep, eternal forest. Several of her
works have been performed even in
Germany and won appreciation and
applause. About a year ago some of
Miss Smyth's work was staged sue
cessfully in America, in New York
and Washington particularly. Ethel
Smyth herself is an accomplished mu
sician- 1t remains to be said that she.
too, is extremely fond of outdoor life
and active exercise.
In the United States Emma Steiner
is a well known composer of music,
chiefly orchestra pieces. On one occa-
sion at a concert where her compost
lions exclusively were given Miss Stei-
ner herself welded the conductors
baton. Another American woman COM
poser of merit is Mrs. Josephine Gro,
a gifted woman who pours out copy"
in a New York newspaper Office and
dreams of time when she will have
leisure to give permanent form to the
splendid and sweet tone visions that
sound in her brain. She is mostly Civ
en- to ballad music thus far. One of
the best known of her bits of melody
is the exquisite air to which she has
set the words of Kipling's poem.
''Mandalay." She has caught by in
SEPARATION the rhythmic ebb and flow of
the words:
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the flynn fishes play
And the dawn comes up like thunder
outer China 'crost the bay.
Not a few women are successful or
chestra conductors. In these cases the
performers are usually of their own
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
MARRIED WoMAN's PROPERTY
FRANCE

There is great deal of dissatisfaction
felt by Frenchwomen as to the laws OF
their country regarding married wo-
mems property, and they are agitating
to get them reformed. A petition on
the subject to the French chambers has
been extensively signed, which urges
the right OF women to control their
own fortunes and earnings.
Most marriages take place under
what is known as the communicate des
biens, or the common use of the joint
fortunes of the two contracting parties,
but the law of the land gives the wife
no power in the disposal of the prop
erty to which her dowry has contrib
uted. She is unable even to make de-
posits in a bank or savings bank with
out her husbands consent. Truly, in
these matters France is very much be-
hind the times.
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public violin performers of the second
rank are almost without exception wo-
men, Camilla Urso was of the first rank.
A very young woman, considering how
much she knows and has accomplished,
has been lately appointed professor OF
violin instruction in the State Univer-
sity of Kansas at Lawrence. The
young lady, now only twenty-one, is
Miss Jean o. Bowersock. daughter of
Hon. ]. D. Bowersock, member of con-
gross for the Second Kansas district.
Miss Bowersock expected to accompa-
ny her parents to the national capital
and spend the present winter in
Washington and Chicago, when the
distinguished honor offered for her ac-
ceptance by the board of regents of the
Kansas State university caused her to
change her plans and remain at home,
becoming the head of the schools de-
partment of violin music. 1t must
have been an uncommonly intellectual
girl and noteworthy who could thus
in the flower of her youth sacrifice the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26

who have little appetite in the morning.
These children should have nothing to
do before breakfast and should not be
up and about SO early as to be tired
before the breakfast hour arrives.
Their food must be more carefully Sc
lected, more dainty and given in small
er quantities at a time until the di-
gestive organs bave become stronger.
For breakfast such children should
have a plate of porridge (not too much
of it, and cream, followed by a slice
of brown bread and butter. and that.
if it can be takens forms an excellent
meal for them. Variety, though, is of
Importance, so that rusks and milk or
an egg may be substituted. In the
middle of the morning they should
have a cup of milk and q biscuit The
midday meal should be the chief meal
of the day and should consist of a small
slice of well cooked meat or chicken or
piece of fish with a little mashed po-
tato and well boiled green vegetable;
later some milk pudding and stewed
fruit. A small glass of water may be
taken toward the close of the meal.
Tea should be a small meal-brown
bread and butter, with very weak tea
or warm milk, but an egg may be tax
en- if the dinner was not hearty. or
some plain milk pudding will suffice
Ripe fruit should be encouraged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
MACEDONIAN WOMAN SOLDIER.

Katrina Arnautova, a young Macedo-
MAN woman. is not a typical new wo-
man, though a soldier She is about
twenty-six years of age. very well
built and good looking with a keen,
sympathetic expression. In a black fur
cap. a gray tunic of military cut and
metal buttons, a leather belt, gray
trousers and leggings of a dull violet
colored wool, this woman soldier is to
be seen shouldering arms against the
Turks. Five have fallen by her shot.
One brother fell at the hands of the
Turks, another was exiled to Asia Mi
nor. This. coupled with a strong desire
to aid in the liberation of her native
land, is responsible for her present oc-
cupation. The men. she says, have al
ways treated her with great respect
and kindness, wishing to always clean
her rifle, leggings and sandals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26

would do this
and that if it were not for So-and- .
Let So-and-se go hang and do it, You
may not be able to do it all at once, but
keep every energy straining in that
direction. and you viii eventually ac-
complish it.
Don't be a schoolteacher because the
family wants you to land it is such
refined and sure way of earning your
living" if you dent feel you have the
natural gift in you and if you feel you
can do something different, something
which may not be so sure, but will
bring you happiness if you struggle for
it. And that very happiness in the
struggle in nine cases out of ten
means the ability to succeed in it.
Don't be false to yourself to please
other people, be they ever so dear to
you. It is those very dear ones who
will reproach you later in life for your
nonsuccess, when it was their fault
that you sacrificed the real success in
Difference to their feelings.
If God made you an artist don't let
any consideration on earth make you
scribe, and if God put the divine fire.
in your breast, if you feel that you
have the ability to make audiences re-
alize things they never otherwise would
realize, then give up everything for
that-your friends and your social ties
and your own personal comfort even
and your talent will eventually COM
pensate you for the sacrifice.
Do what you feel that you can do,
and do it with your whole strength.
Be selfish. Build your own character
and build your own life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26

Women are like plants I dare say
men would be but q wise Providence
does not give them the chance Give
plant a stick or a post to lean on, and
1t never, never win be able to stand up
alone. Let the plant shift for itself, and it
will shoot up somehow with tough, self
reliant branches full of vigor. If women
could be taken from the influence of
other women when they were, say,
about fifteen. and if each woman could
pc isolated, say, on an island, where she
had to depend on her own resources
and her own thoughts. we should have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYEES UNION.

The American Federation of Labor
has granted a charter to a household
employees union at Holyoke, Mass,
of which Mary Walsh is the president.
This union hopes to gather in all of the
domestic workers of that place on the
platform of an eight hour day, with
one afternoon and evening and part OF
Sunday off. cooks to receive IS week.
chambermaids 81, apprentices So, cooks
not permitted to wash or iron. This I'm
in line with the recommendation Of
Gail Laughlin, Make housework =
trade"
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sex, but at least one lady, Mrs Ada
Landon Hand. is at the head of an or
chestra of men players. One of Mrs.
Hands most popular enterprises is the
Landon ladies' quartet, an orchestra
consisting of violinist, cellist. flute
player and pianist. Mrs. Hand herself
is the pianist The other three per-
formers are young ladies of education
and standing who have worked hard
and faithfully to attain skill in their
profession. This admirable little or
chestra is much in favor in eastern
cities, where the small orchestra, es-
pecially women instrumentalists is
now the vogue for dinner parties, re-
ceptions, luncheons and women's club
meetings. Mrs. Hand has been indie
fatigable in striving for excellence.
Probably the largest orchestra of
women is the Fadettes, well known in
many parts of the United States in con-
nection with concert entertainments.
The orchestra now consists of fifty
pieces. and it's upbuilding is the work
Of one little woman, the founder and
conductor. Mrs. Caroline B. Nichols.
The orchestra has a repertory of 500
selections.
Mrs. Nichols herself is a brilliant
vfolinist, Massachusetts, born and
bred. The Fadettes are young women
seriously devoted to music as an art.
They are such. skilled performers that
they are able to give oratorios.
During the summer season, from the
Atlantic coast to the Pacific, these wo-
mems orchestras find profitable en-
gagements at the seaside and other
resorts; in the cities in winter are the
various social functions. Several have
risen to the dignity of concert tour
ing on their own account. In the Jap
anese building at the Buffalo worlds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
In the Nursery.

Do not always trust the advice of the
woman who has had nine children
Do not always feed a child the mo-
ment it cries. There may be other
causes of grief than hunger.
In cases of chill put the little sufferer
into bed after giving a warm bath and
administer as much warm milk as it
will take in small quantities at short
intervals A linseed and mustard plas-
ter is often of the greatest avail upon
the stomach or the feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
rHE IAp SAILORS, ERlENn.

japanese sailors used to be only toa
often robbed and swindled in London
until Miss Margaret Mclean Started
the Japanese Christian institute at TIL
bury dock There she looks after AZ
many as a couple of hundred of the
men at time The Japanese emperor
recently rewarded this 1ady's efforts
with the decoration of the imperial or
der of the Crown Miss Mclean is the
first European lady to receive this dis
tinctfon. and not more than twenty
japanese ladies can boast OF its pos
session.