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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-11
THE COUNTRY SUITED HIN.

The man from Montana had asked me
for a match to light his pipe and seem
ed inclined TO enter into conversation
as he smoked knowing the free hand
ed vavs Of the west I had little heSt-
fancy in observing after d while.
AS you took of your cap noticed
that you had been scalped.
Yes. was skuIped BY InIuns a few
years ago he replied
ny story connected with II =
s.Oh. no. 7 met a dozen InJuns one
day who wanted some fun and 50 they
tI7rowed me down and skulped me-
YOU are carrying some bad scars on
yes. purity bad. A grizzly bar made
EN- with his claws I was out huntin
one day and met d grizzly who wanted
some fun, and he turned 10 and clawed
me
He didn't lame you IN the left leg
at the same time p. I asked
-'Noap He didn't hev nuthin' to do
with my leg I was down to Golden
CITY one day and met Joe Lee Joe
wanted some fun. and so he pulled
down on me and shot me n the hip
It see you have a finger off the left
hand Was that lost while somebody
was having fun with YOU
Wall yes was takin' drink at
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ribbons IN w0men's underwear, and
putting the lingerie away IN drawers
with sachet powder and tinted tissue
paper under the ruf1es. Any woman
who could afford to hire such trivial
services could employ q maid The
same objection can be made to most or
the other novel suggestions GETersd-
such as amusing children or reading TO
iuvalids. hired nurses and com panIons
perform these duties for the wealthy
and the members Of their own fanl1i1eS
fer the Door Any amateur pnotog-
rNDner who has finished up dozens OF
snapshots at the behest Of friends who
promise TO pay for the materials used
and Invariably forget that part Of the
bargain VIII smile at the chapter that
tells how lucrative TINS KIND OF Work
can be made Could anything be more
ridiculous than the suggestion 70 wo-
men 10 earn their living by teaehing
other women how 70 sno3--aS though
every woman didn't think she knew
,,~ra tc44r sranr7rzr fran anv other
person n the world
Dorothy Dix accounts for the publica-
ti0n az r1is rot by woman meek &C
ceueance Of advice on every and al
subjects since time lumemorla1- II
seems incredible that anyone could re-
CARDS the suggestions as valuable Some
cf them are wei enough. but they offer
nothing new in thu way 81 money max
Ing schemes for busy women. There
have aIwavs been women who ke-t
hoarders raised chickens and vegetables
with varying success according TO IN
dustrv business ability and courage q
the woman. But the novelties men
Stoned are paipablE absurd They are
as foolish as inapraetica1IA and as utter
IS disgusting as the menus fer the
family of q roor DcTlzinE man.. gotten
up by anaHElic addresses Of women s
pages who 1rea kfast on a cup Of cot
faH ard q slice Ct toast. have sand
witch and an orange Tor luncheon and
cook their dinners in a ehsf7ng dish.
and Wh5ch tau how 10 feed a family OF
six or s. a week. the principal articles
of diet being peanuts and liver. There
IS no doubt ABOUT it, the av1rt- 2
Wornan1s pages eubiish more pure and
unadultaratad nonsense than an-1hzn-s
else IN the world
The truth is that woman who wants
to WCrInE for it can't do better than
To enter domestic service after every
thing has been said for the servant girl
question and the woman wage Garner
auesr-a1. there IS no work for which
women are better E-ted and no work
pays better than domestic work a zajd
houseuzid can always secure a position
and can practically make her own terms
as 90 salary. hours of service and other
details. II IL is urged that the position
of q domestic Is fufericr u that Of FGTn-
en- n orEer lines Ct work the answer
Is ready that this Is because Eirls Of
5itions se--se 80 enter It II they did
they would In urave the position Of the
servant Eirl ~ we'll as the -uaIIty OF
her service The objection that she
would be entering into competition with
men could not he --ade Of women in
this class Of work. although the highest
! salaried domestic serF~G-S viii lays
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bic way has met that annoying person.
the woman with an excellent position
on good salary won through the in
hueuce of relatives or friends or with
large income from her own property
the sort OF woman who has never
known what it is TO want for anything
and who never BY her own exerrions
earned ten cents in her life and yet va1
is fun Of plans and schemes by Whiel
"a clever woman" could earn money.
If ever had to earn my own living.
said pretty. idle girl the only laugh-
ter Of rich father who because she
had unlimited money to spend on her
clothes always looked we'll and trusted
the hattery Of her friends who assured
her That she had "a perfect genius for
artistic dressing Il shall become a de-
slguer of Womeu's gowns You know
they get perfectly elegant salaries
How would you go about it," asked
her practical friend.
20, 7 don't know the girl replied
vaguely. Il SUPPOSE it would be easy
enough TO get started. And now I want
you to tell me if you don't thInk it VIII
really be economy for me 10 get q new
railor-made while Bradley is making
that 500 rate on his gowns
Another wealthy woman who was
praised for her skill and taste in the
furnishing and arrangement Of her
rooms said- Yes. I've Often thought if
anything should ever happen 50 that i
would be necessary for me to support
myself I would be professional decor
ator, draper or something of that SOFT
The one I consulted the last time was
IN New York got a salary of 5000 a
year"
i've heard Of a better job than thar
and I believe you re exactly fitted for
it. spoke Up a business woman who
was liz the company Why don't YOU
If you ever need the mOusy-apply Tor
in one of the royal families Of Europe
Z m told thar pays very well and Is
quite as agreeable as anything you can
get TO do"
But to ret4rn To Katherine Nawb0ld
Birdszlls How to Make Money. The
suggestions offered include such rrac-
ricaI things for the aEera &c woman. as
meuding bachelors clothes. running 4
shos-shining parlour. teaching classes
Of children to Geek or sew. telling
stories to children. care and entertain
merit Of children home care Ct pets,
teaching the hue art Of shopping. loan
ing private library. nendinE bric-a-
orac. inserting ribbon in wCmen's IN
darwear after the weekly laundry
comes home. etc. etc. al nauseau- It
is actually to laugh 10 read the highly
imaginary uaunderiugs or these Idle
theorists Imagine a woman in To-
pesa for instance. earning d living or
even "a little pin money" by going
about from house to house running The
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INQUIRIES Answered

Mrs. s. writes. VIII you kindly give ne
a recipe for preserving eggs l lnlnA Ihsre
was at one time a most excellent one u
paper Your recipes are 50 good. and mucn
APPRECIATED I have been for many years
a subscriber and should be sorry to be
deprived of IL
PRESER WING EGGS.
There are various methods used 20 pre-
serve eggs The object is to close the pores
OF the Shells so as to exclude all air which
viii Il It finds It way into the egg. cause
accommodation 4 coating Of melted wax
uarafffrl or Slet may be used OF q JnlctS
solution Of equal parts glm-ara9le ans
water may be applied giving eacn egg
several coruplete coatingS and then Vrsto-
ping them II paraffin paper and packing
n a box of powdered charcoal bran, SAT-
or savrdust and tightly covering Some
keep them several weeks IN solution 7e
salt and water or lime water Eggs quick
" absorb fiavors. therefore lime salt OF
sa VslI1st are rather objections tta-
BREAD MAKING
Mrs. C. writes VIII You Eaease put an
article in on bread makIng2 would ike
10 know how to make good lo4I p orsael
I have not seen any article on bread since
have taken the paper
We have published several artlclss On
bread. also given d number Of recipes N
answer 70 inquiries. We VIII give aIotner
taIL on the subject in The rear futAse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-11
. For th2 Women.


The writings Of George Ade. "Dooley"
OF none of the other Intentional funny
men" can compare for real humor with
e little volume for women edited By one
Katherine Newbold Bir1sau and enui-
tied How to Make Money The book
Is Off the same piece as those articles IN
the Women's journals which tell how
enc girl lifted the mortgage from ths
old home by teaching tricks to poodIes
for a consideration how another wore
diamonds and sealskius because she
knew how TO dust bric-a-brac and put
talent to account and how a third went
to Europe and studied FOR the operate
stage on the proceeds OF a small estab-
Nshment for raising pigeons. lin fact
How 10 Make Money is composed of
articles which ran serialiy in one of the
magazines They were written by dig
ferenr women and the editor claims for
them that they were based on actual
experience but all who believe that. at
ter reading the book. are requested to
stand Or the left ear.
Every Wage-earnIug woman who has
struggled with the difficult problem Of
earning q living in the least disagreed
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Be men. as it IS vel known that the
superior sex shows its superiority in
nothing more than II the duties of chef
butler. Sootman and steward But do
nestle service is not q .zro<essi0s1 that
men VIII eFer enter II great numbers
Custom and tradition give il to W.
men and il is Tor the wage earning
woman TO accept with gratitude this
opportunity 10 benefit herself and ner
felloUnan at the same time. II IS her
privilege TO rid domestic service Of much
OF its drudgery and TO introduce changes
and Improvements that would rev0Iu-
t1enize this necessary branch Of labor
which has been allowed TO drag so far
behind other forms Of human endeavor
IN the march OF modern progress The
better class Of wage earning women can
do much to bring about the millennium
OF cooperative housekeeping when do
nestle service Will be carefully planned
and nethodicslly executed with econ
0Eny of time and effort as the work Of
the commercial world IS now, BY go
ing into this kind OF work and using her
brain and ingenuity N It's service
A woman writer says. The women's
woman IS blonde The mems woman Is
brown. The blonde woman is much ad-
mIred hv men- That's because the
blonde woman never really cares the
snap OF her finger for man Men are
sportsmen- They do not care for game
that stands still to be shot That's
She falls IN love and she stays in love
You can neglect her. OF beat her, or
stsarve her. and she goes right on loving
you just the same She can't help II.
She's brown You never saw a blonde
woman IN police court begging the
judge 10 have mercy on her husband
for beating her Three quarters Of the
divorced women are blondes. Blonde
women are united IN sort Of sister
hood OF hatred They hate men. and
they rejoice together over the triumph
q any woman. over any man The
brown women hate each other. When
a brown woman IS jealous. she hates
the other woman A blonde woman
blaues tha man Tel story OF do
nestle infelicity 10 q group Of women
and all the blonde women viii side with
the woman. and all the brown women
VIII hurry home and tell their hus-
bands what an awful wife so and 50
must have A blonde woman believes
just about one-haIf her husband tells
her A brown woman believes a good
deal more than he ever dreams Of tell
Ing her."
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TWO COLUf1NS OF PROOF.

s. DEAR Mrs BISkHAM II was sick
and nothing seemed to do ne any good
until I began taking Mrs Pinkham's
medicine
It was Change Of Life with me
and falling Of the womb I had severe
pains all through my body 1 had
q terrible cough and people thought
l had consumption.
81 took six bottles Of Lydia z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and two of Blood Purifier, and two
boxes Liver Pills. and I an now stouter
than have been for a long time. I
can do al nv work now, thanks to
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
. If any one wishes to write me, to
verify these statements, 1 VIII gladly
answer their letters
Mrs CLARA CHEZEf, Jewett, IL
DEAR Mrs PISkHAM - For seven
years had been suffering. was pass
ing through the Change Of Life, and
nv womb had fallen; meuses were so
profuse that at times I was obliged to
lie on my back for six weeks at a time,
could not raise NY head from pillow
I had been treated by several ply
sicians, but got 10 relief
. l was advised by friends to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, which 1 did, and after
taking Il six weeks I was able to be
around all the time and do my house
GEn0A FORFEIT II We cannot forthw
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a bar il Big Bend and forgot to invite
the crowd to walk up The boys
thought they'd have some fun with me,
and one Of EN- swiped off that finger
TO make ne lose my drink2''
Did a bullet split your right ear %
Yes that was a bullet A Teller
named Tom White did that Met him
one day when he was Iookin' for fun
and he split that ear with hot lead
But you must have had your fun
with other folks as welI2's I asked
"Wau, it amt my way to brag," he
slowly replied, as he passed over his
revolver but you might count up them
uotches on the butt and sort O. fgger
It out for yourself
counted up fourteen notches and re-
turned the weapon. and he grinned and
chuckled and said:
Yes, thew had fun with me. and I
had fun with them. and durn a critteT
who wants any better country than the
glorious west. M. Quad.
Everybody reads the state Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-11
NOTHING NEW.

7 lust wanted to ask you a ques-
ton" he said as he slipped into the
office and approached a man who was
writing at 4 desk.
well. fire away" was the reply.
'You-you never dip your pen into
the nucilage bottle by mistake do
you27
a dozen times a week. sir, and a
dozen times q week I dip ths nucilage
brush in the ink bottle Why do you
ask2.'
oh. I am always doing It myself.
and I wondered if anybody else did
You say you do. and probably others
do and
of coursAof course Nothing orig
inal about that. Come in when you've
got something new. Good day. sir
NJ Quad
City Ticket Office. Union PaciaS
Railroad. 525 Kansas avenue
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work know your medicine saved
my life and cannot praise it enough"
Mrs. LIZZIE RoEcAP,
$40 Smith St, Millville, NJ.
DEAR Mrs. PISKHAM 81 have
worked hard all ny life, and when the
Change Of Life came I flowed very
badly for weeks at a time. I would
stop for a day or two, then start
again. I went to see a doctor and
went through an examination, and
spent two hundred dollars for medi-
cine and doctors bills, but ! did not
get the relief expected
At that time I saw Lydia z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
advertised and began its use have
found 1t to be Just what needed
wish every woman suffering
from female trouble would try it. I
recommend 1t to al my friends
Mrs. VIZ. DAILY, Millbank. SD.
DEAR MIS-. PrSKHAsk II feel il
a duty I owe you and every suffering
woman IN the Land to tell of the
wonderful results I have found in
using Lydia z. Pinkhamss Vege-
table Compound and Liver Pills.
. Passing through the Change OF
Life, some of the physicians consulted
said nothing but an operation would
save me- But your medicine alone
cured me. Ms MAGSoLxA DEAN,
14z1 First Avenue, Evansville. Ind
produce the original letters and signatures %
~ their absolute Eeauiuenesa-
E P1zkham Medicine Co., Lynn Aaaas
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Table and Kitchen.

Conducted BY Ida Ames willis. Mar
quette building. Chicago. to whom all IN
quIries should be addressed
All rights reserved by Banning company.
Chicago
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city Ticket once. Union Pacific
Railroad. 525 Kansas avenue
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-27
STROEBELE'S ISLAND HOME

Il don't know to what country l owe
my allegiance, said the Rev Albert
Stroebele, the intrepid missionary. who
and st. Andrews Islands. in the Carr
has spent several year sat Old Providence
bean Sea. Father Stroebele is row ct St
Joseph's Seminary. on Pennsylvania ave
nue., and is preparing TO return TO Old
Providence in the schooner Dix. taking
with him another priest a seminarian and
four sisters of Providence. whose mother
house is on Chase street
Il suppose l may be said 20 be a man
without country, for with Panama an
Independent state ii is a question what
country will finally come into pos session
Of CID Providence. Old Providence is
about 200 miles from the mainland CT Cen
tral America. 1t used TO belong to Mic
aragua, subsequently Panama owned ~
island. and now it is in the possession OF
the United States of Colombia
Father Stroebele is in many respects a
remarkable man. Born in Germany. where
he received his education he came TO this
country and was ordained priest twen-
ty-five years ago by the late Archbishop
NJ. A. Corrigan. He spent some years as
missionary among the negroes Of Ken
lucky. Then he went 70 Old Providence
II there ever was a Catholic priest there
before no one knows or II. rather Stree
belle gained the good gracos CT a Baptist
minister by the name OF the Rev. &. b
Howard. The minister said the priest
might hold services in the Baptist church.
This father Stroebele did. and b-foro Ions
the Rev. Mr.. Howard was numbered
among one Of his converts
Father Stroebele is a man of large fig
ure and OF . very cheerful disposition.
lie wear. long beard. The archbishop
of Csrtasena. who has episcopal juri.6ic-
ton over the two islands on which Father
Stroebele labors. he's asked TO be relieved
OF his jurisdiction. and Father Stroebcle
may be appointed a vicar apostolic.
No steamers ever touch at our ISL
-ands,' sai1 Father Stroebel, yesterday
and We have to so to Colon for cur mail
In small schooner. l think the islands
are susceptible OF development If people
from This country could be induced 10 so
there -raitfr1-o~e Sun
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passing through Madrid she Invariably
stops for visit. sometimes Of two or
three weeks, at the royal palace. The
Princess Louise and Kins Alfonso have
thus far been practically brought up to-
gether
There have been several eligible slitors
for the hand Of th- young woman. and
the fact that none OF them has received
any encoura cement il considered conviRc-
ing evidence of an understanding With
the royal family OF Spain. Will. there
Is no formal engagement. or at least none
has been announced. IL Is believed that
Alfonso and Louise hsv. been pledged
to each other since they were children.
and that their marriage Win take place
as soon as the King 4, nineteen years old.
The Countess OF Paris is very rich. Her
estates ars valued at several millions o.
dollars. and Of course Ene will give her
daughter a handsome dat. which {. need
Ell by the royal family or 5pSin.
The economy practiesd by the Queen
Regent In the royal household. Of which
'he people OF Spain complain 50 bitterly
has been due 70 her anxiety 10 save mon
ey for her children and 70 seru-. hand
some rnarriag. portions for her dsushtsrE
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BOY KINGS BRIDE.

People are beginning/to talk about find
Ing wife for Kink Alfonso. although ha
i. only Il years.of age. His father was
married at 10. Alfonso is a strong, we'll
developed, vigorous boy, although there
has been considerable anxiety about his
lungs for they have Away. been weak,
and his father died OF consumption. Il
is understood that his neither Is anxious
TO sec him settled in life before he ac-
Quires any OF the bad habits of his an
cestor.. for they have been a wild lot.
No other young man 1. so limited in his
choice of wives and he must marry one
Of his own relatives. There is nobody
else 10 pick from. Hi. wife must be a
Catholic. None but q member OF that
church could sit on the throne Of Spain.
There may be girls in the Protestant or
Greek households of Europ. who would
change their religion TO become the Queen
OF Spain. but Chri.tiana would not per-
NIT her son 10 marry an apo.tatc. and
only two royal Catholic families offer
him a choice Of wives.
He has two or three cousin. and second
cousins in Austria. and there has been
some talk about a match with the Arch
duchess Elizabeth. daughter Of the late
Prince Rudolph OF Austria and the Prin-
cess stephalie Of Belgium. but those
who know tell me there IL nothing IN IL.
nor is there anything In the talk you
may have seen quoted In the newspapers
about his marrying a South American
girl There is no Argentine rnillionAires
daughter in sight. and the traditions OF
the state would not permit such a mar
rage
Nor could he select a wife from among
the daughters Of the Spanish nobility.
The other noble families would not per-
nj; it. No court except that II Austria
il - strict anG formal In It's etiquette
and the women Of the Spanish nobility
would never bow before ore OF their own
class. There IL no available young wo-
man in the royal family OF Belgium, nor
in that OF Italy. and these a.. TIE oaly
other Catholic nations
But I an told by people who ought to
know th.t the Queen mother has saved
rs tn, troabie OF hunting Up wife 20.
her ,on. and hs. had one waiting 70. bin.
10, th..- many years. in tire psysoa Of
The Primes. louise. daughter of The late
count % Paris. who se-Ted ~ an aide
de-c.rnp 70 General NcCIsil.n Turing our
civil war and va. claimant for tie
throne O, Franc Ills family h-s fur
nish-d several royal corso-ts ard they
have al turned o1t wei
The Princess Louise Is said 20 se \
charming girl. beautiful IL H.rc- person
ard GisSoa1;to-- Ard has been etGcet>d
for ;h- thTo-. 81 Spain. Tx. hc- .E;ur-
husband. she !. thr-e years oi:er than
Re. having celebrated he- tvssu.fh birth
Gay shortly after Z. Eas seventeen his
however. s nct = serious matter.
Loul.. IS hslf-sp.r-sA ara secoas cozs-
n 70 II. zl-g sesns The srs.Gnsec@ %
lis --z-S-o.he- = r<isifo.sAs- noca
further removed that has se<a u-uzi
-rrorg TIE ding. AMI queens q spss--
sre h.s spent ,eaysy ka-s her Ess n
s5zin- Her usoiAsr hSs large estates nss-
ssv1le With 1ns chateau s.e seszfi-
III PARK which sse occspsss fs-i1g tss
winter months. a1t sSencs hsv sv--e-s
10 = Tflls a-roag sAA ItaAaa lakes In
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of gelatine which has been softened in
cold water; stir until dissolved, then re-
move from the fire. fold in the beaten
whites Of the eggs and turn the mixture
into a fancy mould decorated with can
died cherries and green citron cut into
fancy shapes, or decorate with English
walnut. When the pudding is turned
out. gcrni.h with whipped cream roses.
Honey Cakes.
Take three pounds OF -four, one and one
half pound. CT honey. half a pound of
sugar, half a pound of butter, half a
nutmeg grated one tablespoonful OF
ground ginger and tea.poonfu. of bak-
ing soda.
Mix sugar with the flour and ginger
and work the Who'll, 10 4 smooth dough
with the butter beaten to cream, the
honey and the making soda dissolved in a
little hot water. Roll out quarter Of
an inch thick. cut into small cake. and
bake them for twenty-five minutes in
moderate oven. Keep the dough cold
while making up and the cakes VIII be
nicer