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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

Dressmaker (patientIy)-Very well,
madame.
Exit madame
Five minutes later her face is again
framed in the doorway. She is out OF
breath from ascending the stairs in
hurry.
"Oh, madame. is it begun already?
Because if not l would rather have the
ink in spite of everything. 1 have just
net Mrs. X, and she says it will be too
weet for words. So if you don't
nind"-
Exit, with a sigh of relief
Madame the dressmaker as she locks
ne door-Vatl Re deville!
And, really, one can't blame her con-
idering the provOcation.
Hoz NlM
New York. "
Wooden idols are easily avoided, but
lle care of the idols of gold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

brown skirt and
a white waist
with blue dots
my eyes were
suddenly cheer
ed by the en-
tr a n G e of a
brown haired.
brown eyed wo-
man wearing a
neat little hirt
waist dress of
tan pongee, or
II may have
been an even
cheaper mate
rial. From the
top Of the well
grOoued little
head TO the tips
Of h er n e a t
shoes she MS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

ish, but blue eet goes viz re eyes of
madame: vichevaire. she prefer.
Fair Customer-Oh, we'll wen have
the pink. then, since you seem to think
it more up to. date. departs smiling.
Five minutes later she sticks her head
in the doorway:
Il beg pardon for interrupting your
fitting. but. do you know, madame.
think I'd better have blue, after all
am afraid the other might make me
look sallow.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

The whole trouble. or rather. a large
share of it, is due to the fact that wo-
men do not study their coloring. There
are certain shades which are becoming
to certain types and only to those
types. The blue eyed woman, for in
stance. ought to wear blue. and the
brown eyed woman brown. Yet how
many times does one see them with
their costumes exchanged The blue
eyed. fair woman hears that brown is
to be the fashion during the coming
winter and straightway orders a suit
of it regardless of the fact that it
makes her skin and eyes look utterly
washed out"
Let women think OF this now that
another brown season Is predicted for
us. 1t is only the woman with warnis
rich coloring, with deep brown eyes
and hair who can afford to wear brown.
Then, take other tints. The black
haired woman with color in her cheeks
can, of course, wear almost anything.
yet most black haired women are pale
and must content themselves with GER
tain shades calculated to bring out the
creamy richness of their skin and not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

gown. After leaving the first wholesale
establishment she went to another The
distance was so short that she did not
trouble to enter her carriage, but
walked, bidding her driver go along
slowly to the second place. She did
not observe anything specially wrong
until she got home. Then, taking off
the rich velvet gown, she discovered
that it was ruined. A creature of the
faubourg had stealthily followed her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

on business. AL
though she was
a working wo-
m "A n, a n d a
hard working
one, she dressed
elegantly and
generally went
about the city
in a carriage,
as she did on
this occasion of
visiting Fau-
boUrg st. An
tome. She wore
a beautiful and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
WEDDING DAY CUSTOMS.

Different countries have curious fash
ions of regarding brides. In Switzer-
land the bride ON her wedding day will
permit no one. not even her parents, to
kiss her upon the lips. I'm many of the
provinces the cook pours hot water
over the threshold after the bridal
couple have departed in order that it
might be kept warm for another bride.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

been more or less in evidence as an un-
derclothing trimming.
Next to Queen Alexandra, the young
Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Com
suelo Vanderbilt, owns the finest set of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

pearls in England. The queens collec-
ton is said to be the most valuable in
existence anywhere.
There is a new favor being shown
High necked evening gowns are in
these days most essential IN every thor.
ough outfit, whether intended for sum-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

mer or winter. and it really seems as
though they were made up on a more
and more elaborate scale all the time
An excellent cure for brittle nails is
to soak them daily for, five minutes in
sweet oil warmed TO blood heat.
Don't use one side of the mouth only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

when eating. for then the teeth have
not all the same amount of exercise,
and decay sets in more rapidly on one
side than the other.
Mother Jones is planning a con-
gress of child mill workers in Wash
ington when official business has been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

and between you will spring up true
and sincere friendship.
The moodji mats, made from an or,-
entail vegetable fiber, come in ssza-
large enough for the center Of 3. roor,
ana small enough to place before :
dressing table.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

resumed at the capitol Her idea is to
get every labor organization in the
country to send one child to the con-
gress.
If your friends be high minded. noble
and good, then you will unconsciously
grow into the same groove of thought,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

- Iteu UdI UTOWn shIINl
SiOSS sire WIS white waist
simply and inn
maculately gowned in tan and its deep
or variation, brown. The shirt waist
was finished at the neck by smart lit
tie tie Of golden brown silk, and this
silk also formed the narrow belt. Her
hat was of rough tan straw with its
upturned brim draped by a golden
brown chiffon veil. Her hands were
covered by tan silk gloves and tan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

make it look dead. Deep red. old rose.
certain shades OF green and black are
always smart on such women. and they
may also wear rich shades Of tan and
yellow provided their skins are clear.
Why will the red haired woman at
tempt as she invariably does, to wear
red? This color is unbecoming even to
a brown haired woman if her hair has
the least tint of auburn. A pastel pink
may be worn by red haired girl be-
cause the delicate rose tints are repeat
ed in her complexion, but red kills ev-
erything about her. For my part, am
ready to worship the red haired woman
when she is dressed in those shades
known as half mourning" gray or
black and white or violet. and she also
is charming in cream color.
The woman with the pale brown hair
has the hardest time of ALL for unless
she has a bright complexion she can
not wear browns. and unless she has
blue eyes she cannot wear blue. But by
carefully studying herself before mir
ror she Will soon find out what shades
give life and color to her face and
which deaden it,
1t may sound like heresy but in
clothes color really counts for more
than cut.
This is the merry merry time of the
year when New York women may be
seen prowling about in search of a
home. Perhaps the family has out
grown the roof which shelters it, or
perhaps the roof has outgrown the in
come: it's all the same. Many leases
expire on Oct. /. and August and Sep
TENDER seem to be foreordained a.
home hunting months. And, oh, hov
muggy and sticky they can be. Ano
how wearisome the days spent in inter
viewing janitors and climbing stairsl
..FIats- and departments"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
WOMAN THE WORLD OVER.

now for what used to be and stin is
called swiss embroidery, a species OF
adornmeut that was in great demand a
uvion for awhile, though it has always
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

- H, if women would only learn to
dress in one shade or in varia-
lions of one shaded This excla-
~ nation is wrung out of me by
the: motley hues I saw yesterday
in a street car. True. the glass of fash,
ion and the mold of form are rarely to
be seen in a street car. Still it is the
people who ride in cars, the people
who have small incomes, who ought to
be content. because of their limited
purses. with one color scheme instead
of rioting in a dozen which they cannot
carry out.
After l had contemplated the dis
tressing spectacle Of a blue eyed, fair
woman dressed in a deep red hat,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
TRIMMINGS.

shoes and stockings completed a cos
tune which could not have cost much.
but which was smarter than anything
have seen for a long time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

'TIats- and "Apartments."
By the way. do you know the differ
ence between a fiat and an apartment
Perhaps in your ignorance you fancieO
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28

originating from Hutchinson has prac- tically disappeared. The total cost to county and city of criminal cases orig mating in Hutchinson for two years will be less than $500, against probably S. 900 to s10.OOO for each two years prior under the fine" system of allowing sa- looms to run. Tax levies have been re- duced. yet the authorities levied one mill for Carnegie library. increased electric lights from thirty-four to forty six and added two miles of water mains to the water plant. They reduced the police force, and the city has been free from the criminal element. A large portion of the money formerly spent in saloons or lost in gambling has gone into legitimate trade, and the merchants all report increased business. During two years not a woman or child has complained that her husbands, fathers or sons wages were spent in saloon or gambling den.
 This shows what can be done. It is a valuable argument for prohibition.
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EXCEPT IN AUGUST,

A writer in the Examiner, who signs himself HI, M. w." has been making a little revision of his own, and this is the product:
 I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy-except in Au- gust. '-.s .. +. - The Lord is in his holy temple-ex- cept in August.
 One thing have desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life-except in August.
 How amiable are thy tabernacles-- except in August. h
 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Jord-except in August.
 Preach the Gospel to every creature except in August.
 Preach the word. Be instant in sea- son and out of season--except in Au- gust. .'-'
 Not forsaking the assembling of yourselves together-except in August.
 They continued steadfastly in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread and in prayers except in August.
 Ye have closed the house of God--- in August-and have taken away the key thereof. Ye entered not in your- selves, and them that were entering in Hye hindered.
 A fair hit, my masters. But the one who makes it evidently doesn't under stand the needs. of modern worshippers and ministers. Having a good time is now part Of their religion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
GOOD YORK IN HUTCH1NsoM

Kansas has had a prohibition law for twenty-two years, and though it is not sharply enforced all over the State it has been and is very effective in spots. An obstacle to prohibition in Kansas, as in other places, is the belief that sa- looms are necessary evils through which to raise the necessary revenues for car- rying on the government. But it is claimed that the towns in Kansas where prohibition has long been enforced are better off financially as result, for the
 reason that the costs of keeping peace officers and poorhouses, and of punish ing crime, have been materially reduc- ed. The mayor of Hutchinson gives some interesting testimony concerning this. For the first time in the history of the city, he says, the floating debt has been reduced. The street fund has changed from deficit of $s,00O to a surplus of $4,000, and the general fund from $15,000 deficit to a $5,Oo0 deficit.
 Not one dollar of joint" money went into the treasury in this time. In the eight years prior, when the saloons were running, the floating debt was in- creased by s75,0OO During part of that time as high as $1,ooo month was col lected from the joints In two years the criminal docket of the district court
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
 EYER THE SAME.

They say that the mule is in danger of displacement by the zebrula, but it is evident that the Democratic donkey is in no danger of displacement by any, thing or anybody. He is perennial and sempiternal He was conspicuous in and dominated the Ohio convention. There is, to be sure, no specific mention of. free silver in the Ohio platform; but besides renewal of allegiance to the Kansas City platform in general terms there is enumeration of some of its features, and there is, too, an emphatic condemnation of all efforts to renounce or ignore the principles on which the Democracy of the nation recklessly hove itself away in 1900. The Democrats of Ohio. with national campaign ap- preaching, for which preparations are everywhere making. make clear that they will take no part in whatever eff forts may be attempted for putting their party in better position for re- covering the respect of the country.
 When Republican conventions meet they should not forget to give thanks to the Democratic donkey. He deserves their gratitude.
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NO RACE. RUE-

No race yesterday. but if there had been one it would have been the same old story, and what there was was the same old story, the Reliance being de- cidedly superior in sailors and sailing. Although the affair is flattering to United States pride it is becoming rather melancholy. It is some like a prize-fight in which the beaten man only stands up to be knocked down un- til he gets the final blow. It is to be hoped that there will be wind enough on Saturday for the final blow.
 Sir Thomas still keeps his temper and his tact. He is having hard test. He has spent much money and effort to win. and now he has to find that he hasn't got boat that is anything ex- tra, and that his men don't handle her as the Reliance is handled. It is llu- initiating and mortifying enough, but he is outwardly standing it well, although he must gnash his. teeth when nobody sees him. But though he has made an- other failure in yachting he has made no failure in conducting himself like the true sportsman he is. He wins such approval that he sometimes seems open to the danger which the Biblical people were in who were told: "Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28

was in a serious condition now, and took up the receiver.
 'Hellow,' he said, calmly.
 Are you coning?" came back over the wind.
 Whats the matter?'' asked Watson. serenely.
 Are you coming?'' was the reply.
 Whats the rnatter?" Watson made answer Watson is good for anything of that sort, and this conversation went on for some time with pauses between for Hello
 Finally central office cut in with a tone which indicated that the matter would be speedily adjusted, and Watson listened to the conversation with a grin.
 He wants to know what's the mat ter" said central eapably.
 'Is he coming?" the other voice made reply.
 Watson leaned up against the wall and listened to central's swift change from capabiIity to frothing wrath. Finally Watson laid the receiver gent ly down. T reckon you'd better send her teie- gram," he said to Morrison. You can get the reply before you leave tonight It strikes me it's not serious, though, for she can send telegrams and talk and get it all paid for. She's in a better fix than you are. But you'd better try to keep cool" + Morrison went away and concocted a telegram. This is what he sent: ''Will come tomorrow if absolutely neces- sary. What is the trouble? Reply" For two hours he paced back and forth. He talked incoherently about the impossibility of his getting away. He ranged over the known extent of hu- man diseases in his cogitations as to why he was wanted. He gritted his | teeth over the memory of that long dis dance conversation. Finally he settled 1 down into a dull sort of content with | his own telegram and furious waiting | for its reply. -..
 i Two hours later when the boy brought
 the message, collect, Morrison pulled it l savagely open--with anxiety, too. Then he reached for his mattted hair again and tore it madly. ;. Watson came in from the next room and ducked under Morrison's frantic arm to read. "Be sure to come" was 1 what he read. -' '' LII.
 Morrison went to-day and Watson Is
 wondering just what is up. For the
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C0NSISTENT.

Consoling.-He-- Darling. have lost my position. ,-
 She-Never mind. dear. Think of how small your salary was.-Town and Country.
 He-"If my money is the only thing you married me for I think we had better separate at once"
 How much would you be willing to separate from?"-Life.
 MT. Noodle-clever? Why, she has brains enough for two, Miss Cutting.
 Miss Cutting-Has she? Then she is just the girl you ought to marry, Mir. Noodle.-New Yorker.
 The Judge-You are charged with talk ing two laundered shirts. ...-.
 The Prisoner-Yes, your honor; my doctor told me I must take something starchy.-Yonkers Statesman.
 "One government insists on pulling me one way" said the sultan, gloomily, "and the next is tugging in the opposite direction" The eminent counsellor bow ed his head as as endorsement of the opinion. Well. what I want to know Is this: What am in this Turkey; the wishbone?"-Washington Star.
 A postal card sent from Billville to one of the absent brethren, reads: Dear Jim--Nuthin' but good news to, tell you. Your crap paid off the mortgage, your brother broke out O jail, an your daddy has jest gor $10O0 out of the railroad fer runnin' over his leg. Ain't Providence vidin'!'-Atlanta Constitution.
 "I understand your husband was one os the lambs in Wall street." said the woman who likes to talk things over.
 Whoever said that doesn't know said young Brs. Torkins, "He was more like raging lion than a lamb. "-- Washington Star.
 ''I reckon said Farmer CerntosseI, 'that all these folks that try to make jokes about farmers is more or less jeal- our" -.
 "Jealous?"
 "Yes. sir. Look at the boys that go from the country and make fortunes in the city, and then look at the city folks who come to the country and make a failure of farming. g."-Washington Star.
 The Shining Mark.-When Aunt Kezia came with the clothes from the wash she brought the news of the sudden death of a prominent young man well liked in the community.
 Tt seems very sad thing" said my mother. "He gave promise of making his mark in the world. He had every thing to make his life pleasant-youth and bright prospects and parents who idolized him. @r
 Yes" assented Aunt Kezia. with a dismal shake of her head, Init do seem mighty strange that them you analyze the most is usually taken fust."-Lip- pincott's Magazine
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A MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE.

Mrs. Morrison Knew What She Wanted
 if Morrison. Her Puzzled Husband
 Did Not.
 Morrson ambled excitedly into Wat sons adjoining office yesterday. What in thunder do you make out of that?" he cried, thrusting slip of yellow paper in Watson's indifferent hand.
 Watson blinked and read the curt message. Come at once." It was signed Mary" Mary is the name of Morrrison's wife. He read it agin.
 Sent from Oshkosh. eh?" he said at length. The summer home, eh? Whats up"
 "Ain't I aslzin' you?' Morrison growled. How do know what's up? It may be appendicitis or it may be lawn party. Shall I go, or shan't I? I'm dead sore I'm sort of scared. Shall I go, say?"
 Waterson who is unmarried, scanned the paper again. "Why don't you tele- phone herr" he suggested.
 Why" objected Morrison, Hong dis- tance coSts.'
 Watson grinned. Morrison had just dropped a neat little roll in stocks that morning, and this was the first effect of the unfortunate loss.
 You will probably go, you know" Watson said, If you don't find out what's doing. and the tripll cost you money and made you nladder if it's merely lawn tennis affair at which she wants you to shine.'
 Morrison muttered something, read the telegram again and went to the telephone. Ten minutes afterward he came into Watson's office looking wild eyed.
 Great Scott!" he said, tearing his hair. Come out here and talk to her. can't get thing out of her. It's Marys voice. all right, but why in thunder doesn't she talk when she's got a chance?"
 Watson followed Morrison out, who
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
The Room,s Nidih.

I think if I should cross the room Far as fear; Should stand beside you like thought, Touch you. dear, Like a faney--to your sad heart It would seem That my vision passed and prayed you. Or my dream. Then you would look with lonely eyes, Lift your head. And you would stir, and sigh, and say, ''She Is dead" Baf1led by death and love, I lean Through the gloom. O Lord of life! am I forbid To cross the room?
 Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28

Emily Crawford in her book on Queen Victoria tells much about her majesty's girlhood which shows her quite different from the paragon that the tales of flat terers have made her. Mrs. Crawford writes: "In her childhood she kept an unrelaxing grasp on her toys and other possessions. These are my toys and you are not to touch them,' was the pre- fatory remark of an exhibition of them. Money was given to charities in her name, but nobody ever knew her to give away a farthing of her pocket money or make any present spontaneously. Mrs. Crawford writes further: "She was an excellent musician. kept time like a metrononle. played duets and lost pa- tience awfully if her partner was the slightest bit cratic. She sung duets with her mother chiefly and in German, Italian and English. Her favorite com-
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ADVERTISING RATER

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other smah advertisements. Che Cent Wcyd each in- serIIon. Five Gents 6 Word for fuE Weet
 Dispiay advertisements. per Inch. one ius i,c EertiOn, SI.20: eacb suDseduenC Insertion, ~ cents: one week, SS.1o; one month, SAVi 0ns year. S40- <>s, .x
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse. 1o cenr5 per line. Notices of Births. Martt' agss, Deaths. and Funeral. 50 censs eoen- Local Notices. IS cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to tnslt own immediate business iaa matter to pc unopjetcionahlej, and their contracts do nor Include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
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poser was Henry Bishop. She disliked being thought German and once, when i'll and feverish from sore throat, was very sorry to hear that she talked noth- ing but German in her sleep"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28

ultimate happiness of the MoFrisons he hopes it Is light attack of appendicitis rather than a merry al freseo affair Chicago Daily News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28

Indian reservation, which is forty miles rndan reervation, which is forty miles wide and sixty miles long, has been fin- ished. It probably is the longest fence in the world and has taken years in building. The plan is to protect the fiocks and herds of the Gros Ventres and Assiniboine from intrusion, as we'll as to keep them from straying.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28

At Cracow, Poland, five hundred Jewish rabbis have taken a solemn oath that in their religion there is no such thing as the blood ritual, which is be- lieved to be one of their ceremonies by the peasants of Russia and Central Eu- rope.