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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
WHEN THE STAR ENTERS.
Must Be Applauded and That Some
times Makes Trouble.

One of the stage conventions alto
gether American, says the New York
Sun, concerns the entrance" as 1t is
called. This is the applause that greets
the star when he first comes on the
stage; and no American actor who can
have a say in such a matter would
think Of accepting a play that did not
allow him to come first before the pub
lie in some striking fashion that would
arouse the audience to an outburst of
enthusiasm.
Authors are compelled to rack their
brains for effective ways of introducing
the stars. And this custom is known in
no other country.
In France and Germany the leading
actor enters whenever the action of the
play requires it. If it seems to the
author more appropriate, he will have
the actor on the stage when the cur
tain rises.
Imagine the American star quietly
seated on the stage when the curtain
rises in the first act. What a contrast
to the usual maneuvering and planning
to bring him first into view in a way
that will stimulate the audience to the
most enthusiastic outbreak
It is the librettist for the comic opera
star who finds his task in this particu-
lar most difficult. He is driven to all
sorts OF straits to devise new means of
hurting the star into view. He ma Y
shoot him out of an automobile into the
middle of the stage or roll him down the
steps-any method permissible that
brings him strikingly into view
The task of the playwright is some
what easier. But he must, under all
circumstances, provide an effective en-
trance if he wants to get another order
from a star.
a French play that had been popular
for long time in Paris was never ac-
cepted here because the heroine was dis
covered on the stage when the curtain
rose and there was no means of chang
ing the scene, try as the adapters might.
She had to be on the stage at that time.
So the play went begging, and to this
day it has never been acted here,
though it would furnish an admirable
vehicle for a star In England there is
no such Importance placed on the ques-
ton of the entrance" as there is here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
LOCAL MENTION.

Topeka post No. Il and corps % have
moved from III East Seventh street to
119 West Sixth and have repapered and
fitted UP the hall at that number. The
corps win give a social tonight with
good programme.
Roy Bone is in Topeka from Clark
county visiting his brother. Harry Bone.
secretary to Governor Bailey. He is
foreman of the Campbell ranch in Clark
county and has been up to Chicago on
business. stopping off in Topeka on his
way home.
VIII owens. who is employed by A.
b. Whiting, the plant wholesaler, is
suffering from the effects of the explo-
sion of a vat of roof paint. which burn
ed his face and hands. The vat where
the Whiting company manufactures the
paint is situated at Kansas avenue and
Crane street Owens was tending to the
boiling mixture Friday afternoon when
the explosion. which was caused by
pouring naphtha, one of the ingredients
of the paint. into the vat when it was
too hot, took place. He was spa tered
with the burning liquid, and received
numerous deep burns. With the explO-
sion the structure in which the VAT is
situated and the barrels of material
took fire and burned hercely until the
fire department arrived. The loss is
estimated at about 500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
COMFORT IN GoTHAMFLATs
Enormous Rents Are Collected by
Owners of Apartment Houses.

Every now and then the average New
Yorker stands still and wonders at the
immense increase in population of his
city. He gauges it principally by the
number of apartments that must be
prepared for him and the steady in
crease in the total of theaters required
for his amusement Private houses are
no longer built TO any extent In the
great west side district, between Fifty
ninth and One Hundred and Tenth
streets, last year only twenty-five pri-
vate residences were constructed Men
rich enough to have a house to them
up their residence on the east side.
says a CORE spondeft of the Pittsburg
Gazette. The other side of Central
park is so valuable for apartment
house and family hotel purposes that
few can afford to build private houses
there The wonder is that tenants can
be found for the immense barracks
which are going up on all hands, each
one accommodating from ten to twenty
families or even more. But most Of
the new apartment houses are all
rented before they are finished. Made
as they are, with all modern convenien-
ces-elevators, telephones, steam heat
electric lights, dumb walters and calls
Handsomely decora ted, with a guar
antee that the structure is fireproof
owners can demand rents which seem
enormous to most persons in moderate
circumstances. A hundred dollars
month for suite Of apartments of no
great pretension is such common de-
mand that it is paid without protest
by men who if they lived in Pittsburg
would not expect their rent to be more
than half that sum- There are many
apartments for less than that. but if
one goes below $40 per month he must
be prepared to accept some conditions
dark rooms. narrow Railways, absence
Of an elevator, and SO on, that are re-
pugnant to the ideas of most New
Workers. Among the many problems
that face the resident of this city none
is more insistent than this one of find
ing a comfortable place in which to
live at a reasonable rental When the
rapid transit question has been solved
we shall hear more about this other
one. In the meantime builders are put
ting UP their big heightened tenements
and people are fighting for the chance
to live in them at almost any old price
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
DEAF HEAR THE OPERA.
DR.. Hutchinson Experiments
on Five More UnfOrtunates.

New York, March 21-Five patients
from the New York Institute for the
Instruction of the Deaf and Blind at
tended a performance of the Daughter
of the Regiment at the Metropolitan
opera house last night and were en-
abled to hear perfectly by the aid of
the ACQUISITION" the invention of Mil
Ter Reese Hutchinson of Mobile, Ala,
with which the initial experiments were
recently made here with success. The
appliance is in three pieces. The heart
of the invention is centered in a vul-
canized disc that may be attached to a
waistcoat or Undertaking. The re-
verse side of the disc is hollow and filed
with gases. the nature OF which Mr..
Hutchinson alone knows. The ear piece
which resembles that of a telephone and
the Vulcanized disc are connected by
wires. and an electric storage battery
that is easily carried in a pocket sup
plies the current that connects the disc
and the ear piece.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
MEANS 20 PER CENT.
How Miners Profit by Strike
Commission Report.

New York. March 21-The miners of
the anthracite coal regions affected by
the decision of the strike commission
announced today. judging by present
prices Tor coal will receive an increase
of close to 20 per cent. in wages, the
average tide water price of hard coal al
Perth Amboy being about So a ton. Mr.
Dickinson. Of Dickinson & Eddy, coal
agents of the Ontario & Western. said
today that the tide water price here Of
crate coal was S475 and of egg, stove
and chestnut, So This would make the
average price of sizes above pea coaf
almost 50 and allow the miners 8 or 10
in addition to the 10 per cent minimum
advance allowed.
This calculation is based upon the
present selling price, which is on the
winter basis. This base is usually re-
duced in the spring. but so far an
nouncement of such reduction has mol
been made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21

impaired, when
there is a dull,
sluggish feeling,
with nervousness,
irritability and
sic pies S Il e S s.
E very day that
tn e s e symptoms
are neglected in
creases the 1iabil-
ity to ply sic al
collapse.
DR.. Pierce s
Colder Medical
Discovery cures
disc Sc s of the
stomach and other
organs of diges-
ton and nutrition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21

II puTiheS the blood and cures nervous
ness, irritability and sleeplessness by
curing the diseases in which they
originate
rFor three years I suffered untold agony
writes Mrs H. r white. Of Stanstead. Staustead
Co Quebec. ] would have spells Of trembling
aud being sick at my stomach pain in right side
all the time; then it would work up into my
stomach and-such distress It IS impossible to
describe. wrote to the Worlds Dfspeusary
Medical Association stating my case to them
and they very promptly answered and told me
what to do took eight bottles Of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and 1--WE walls OF
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Thanks to DIT
Pierce and his medicine 7 well woman
today. Dr. Pierce's medicines also cured my
mother Of liver complaint from which she has
been a sufferer for fifteen years. We highly
recommend these medicines to all suffering
people"
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, book containing 1908 pages,
IS given away. Send II one-cent stamps
for expense Of mailing only for the book
in paper covers or ST stamps for the
volume bound in cloth. Address DR..
R. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
CHURCH NOTES.

First Wesleyan Methodist church. cor
ner Third and Jefferson streets. sun
day school. 10 a. m; VIM Burbank
superintendent. Preaching al IL a. m.
by the pastor, Rev. G. P. Carkuf; class
meeting following, J. c. Maze, class
leader. Pilgrims meeting, $50 p. m.
Preaching, 1880 D. m.
First Christian church. on Topeka ave
nue. between Sixth and Seventh streets
Charles A. Finch, minister. Bible school,
9:15 a. m. During this hour communion
VIII be observed and the weekly OfterlnS
received. The service viii close at 10.l5,
giving ample time to secure a good seat
at the tabernacle.
J. T. Purvis will preach at Belvoir
school house. Sunday afternoon at I
O'Clock Sunday school at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. ". A. McCarter viii speak at
the Young Women's Christian assoeia-
ton gospel meeting. Sunday afternoon.
March %: subject, Mary. the Mother
of Christ" Hour, 4:15-
Reformed Presbyterian and Coven-
anter. corner Clay and Tenth streets;
z. Mclean Coleman pastor. 10 a. M.
Sabbath school. 1850, Commute study
of testimony Of the Covenanter church.
1910, sermon; subject, Seventh Seal Of
Revelation. or Half Hour Silence in
Heaven Rev 81. 7:30 p. m, Thurs
day evening cottage prayer meeting al
1915 Garfield avenue
First Methodist Episcopal church,.
T Mcfarland. D. D, pastor. Sunday
school, $50 a. m. No service except
Sunday school, which begins fifteen
minutes earlier. The pasor would urge
the members of the church and congre-
cation to cooperate earnestly in the
union revival services. Contributions for
current church expenses can be made
through envelopes at the tabernacle.
Avonda1e Sunday school, 9.30 q. m JEFF
ferson street Sunday school, 2:30 p. IN.
Additional Church Notices on Page 50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
CHILD SLAVERY.
It Is the Ugliest Blot on Our Boosted
Civilization.

CIVILIZATION.
The investigation of the child labor
committee has shown many pitiful in
stances of little ones who ought not to
know the name of work toiling from
early in the morning till long past the
hour when a mans workday ends
They found lad of Is sewing buttons
on cards from 7:30 in the morning till
at night, working six days in the week
with only half an hour of intermission
at noon.
In a flax mill they found a girl of p
an orphan, working a full day along
with the older employees; and in another
factory girl of IS trimming gowns
from a. m. to 6 .. m.
These were New York cases, all bad
enough; but in Pennsylvania it appears
there are 1000 girls between the ages
OF Is and IS working in manufacturing
establishments Of this number about
1000 work all night in the textile mills
BY the testimony of the group of silk
mill children before the coal strike COM
mission it developed that these childish
night from $3.50 till 6: 80 in the morning
a toll that not only robs them of their
childhood, but stunts and enfee bles
them and makes them old before they
have entered upon their girlhood.
Is it possible to conceive of a more
deplorable slavery than this child servi-
tude2
The trihing wages of a little worker,
in some cases only Al cents a day, are
earned at the expense of parental de-
graduation. And, also. it would seem, at
the expense of the se1f-resDect of the
commonwealth permitting this slavery.
The movement begun by the child la
Dor bureau is designed to put an end to
regulating the employment of children.
It is a movement deserving the full
sympathy and support of the public
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
Raps Councilman Tincher.

TO the Editor of the State Journal:
According to your Thursday issue,
Geo. w. Tincher made in the last city
council meeting the remark that we
didn't need no German to spoil Cages
park, etc. I most respectfully ask the
gentleman from the Sixth ward if he
would rather see the park spoiled by
an Englishman, F'renchman or China
man. and if he is such a German hater,
why does he employ Germans in the
state printing Officer Surely gentle
man like Geo. w. Tincher, with a Ger
man name like his, ought not to make
such remarks. It sounds rather silly
JOHN SCHALLER.
Topeka March 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
SIZE ISN'T CRAZY.
S. E. spencer's Plan to Get Wife
Home Was a Success.

After the probate court had ISSUED a
complaint charging Mrs. Jennie Spencer
with insanity. at the instigation of Ter
husband. S. z. Spencer. and she had
been brought here from Leavenworth.
took DR.. H B. Hogeboom about five
minutes to decide that if any member &
the family is insane it must be Nj
Spencer for Mrs. Spencer is sane
Mr.. Spencer induced Probate Judg
Pagan to issue a warrant for her an
Deputy Sheriff Carl Lawson went e
Leavenworth for her. She was br0ugh
here last night but this morning she
was discharged. This seems TO be "A
pretty good way for husband to get
their wives home when they won't come
by persuasion for it seems that Mrs.
Spencer would not live with Mr. Spen-
Ger and went to LeavenwOrth and en-
treaties would not bring her back The
Spencers have been mixed up in divorce
proceedings and family difficulties for
some time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
It Is Erie r. R. All the wav.

Travel via the Erie railroad from Chi
cago to New York Every mile pic
turesque and every mile protected by
safety block signals Through service
to New York. Boston and Column bus.
Stopover of ten days allowed on all
through tickets at Cambridge Springs
and Niagara Falls Lowest rates A
W Moore, travelling passenger agent.
Kansas City Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
Ou1 OF Plumb.

When the wall is out of plumb the
building is more or less unsafe, and the
higher the wall is carried out of the per
pendicular the greater the danger of col
lapse. It's about SO with the health it
IS out Of plumb when the digestion IS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
Lawn Grass.

Fresh new crop seed All kinds fresh
garden seeds. Get Downs mixture OF
sweet peas; also OF nasturtium seed. and
the largest and best strain of pansy
seed. All kinds of fresh flower seeds.
F'l0wering bulbs, hardy roses and flower
ing shrubs at Topeka Seed House, 30s
Kansas ave. S. H. DOWNS. Manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
Working Overtime.

Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tireless little workers-Dr- Kings New Life
Pills. Millions are always at work night
and day, curing indigestion biiiousness.
constipation, sick headache and all stom-
ach, liver and bowel trouble Easy. pleas
ant safe. cure. Only 25c at Arnold DRUG
Co. 81 North kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
FALLS BEHIND.
Topeka Again Shows a Loss in Clear
ing House Operations.

New York. March 21--The following Ia
llle compiled by Rradstreet. shows the
bank clealings at the principal cities TOR
the week ended March 49, with the per-
centase Of increase and decrease. as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
ATTENTION!

A. F. & A. n
The members are requested to assem-
bic in the Blue room. Sunday. March q,
at 1:30 p m, to pay the last tribute to
our late brother, o. ". Blood. All mas
ter Masons are invited.
S. ]. HODGINS, W. NJ.
J. T. " RENKER, Secretary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
Let's Go To
HO B ARTS
The Cut Rate Drug Store
Peruna ....... Csc
Hobart's Vin-Seng Tonic,
full pint bottle. soc

There is no place where you
can get as much value in medi-
cine for your money as you can
by buying Vin-Seng Tonic, a
remedy which we personally
guarantee to be the best prepa-
ration on the market for weak
ness, debility, Indigestion, dys-
pepsia, loss Of appetite, catarrhal
affections, or stomach trouble.
One customer writes Of Vim
Seng:
sfMR. FRANK HOBART.
Dear Sir:-1 have taken your Vim
Seng Tonic and it gives me pleasure to
recommend it. It has been a benefit
to me- r c.
r. R. Commissioners Offca
State House.
Your money back, if you want it.
500 West Tenth St.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
Poor Richards
Philosophy.

Sometimes a cure-al through
your eye specialist or would-be doc
tor optician is small enough to get
through the eye Of the needle
THE Home Defenders have made
a raid on the spectacle joints and
one of our would-be doctor oculis-
opticians has included in his ADDS.
Write for what you want. Bee sup
plies. bed-bug. aunt and roach ex-
Termination. with glasses fitted BY
mail This is dreadful; you should
be registered.
prohibition is a failure SO 70 so
glesses are prohibition for children.
as only the rich can AFFORD to b.
humbugged. The poor mans chill
dren that cannot see the blackboard
in the schol room or their books
lose half Of the world they live IL.
Our 81 frameless sDectacles o. eye
glasses. usually sold from SO to 50
by spectacle dealers, win place then
on an equality in knowledge ard
power with the mightier-
we are pushing our sale on spec
tacles now. as we understand th8
when BergundthaI is elected thert
viii not be so many glasses used
Dickens says that use and necesi
sity are the best teachers Baizet
says customers using his 9s-cent
glasses are all teachers-he has seem
the pupils in their eyes
Il understand that If Mike Heery
is elected mayor he viii enforce the
law II so Irish pebbles (bottle
glass; will be very popular in large
quartz
The poor grow rich and the rich
grow richer by buying Sc glasses for
50 cents. warranted fifteen years.
Eyes tested, glasses fitted by mail
for tbs. convenience Of out-of-tOwn
customers.
THE r. H. BAKER
OPTICAL CO,
0z4 Kansas Avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Allen TTollcraft aged 4 years died ct
his residence. 725 Lincoln street. at l2.45
O'Clock last night. Mr.. TOLERATE was one
of the eldest members of the T. O. O. F.
lodge in the state. having been a member
in good standing for Al years. Lodge No
of the city will have charge Of the fu-
neral. together with Lincoln Post No. i
G. A R. of which he was a member. Flu
neral services viii be held at 2.30 o'clock
Sunday afternoon from the residence
Members of Shawnee lodge No. ] I. o. O.
F. are requested to attend in a body.
The funeral of Harry Nicer, the 13-year-
old son of Henry Nicer, who was killed
BY a Rock Island train Thursday after
noon. was held from the residence. 113
North Tyler street, at ? o'clock t mis- after
noon
The funeral services of the late Martin
MohIer viii be held al the family home.
1911 AIulvane street. at 2.39 p. m Monday,
March % and the interment viii be in
Topeka cemetery.
The funeral Of 0. w Blood viii be held
from the Masonic hall Sunday afternoon at
o'cl0ck. B. @. Brown. grand master Of
the grand lodge OF Kansas. viii conduct
the service,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21

Gloves nicely cleaned. 10c. Topeka
Laundry Co.
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Totals in L. S...s2, 1856. 75e, 079 49,.
Outside n. w.. S07, SAC, SCI 62 :.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21

J. T. Purvis will preach at Belvoir
school house. Sunday afternoon at I
o'clock. Sunday school at o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21

Mrs W. A McCarter will speak a
the Young Women's Christian associa
ton gospel meeting. Sunday afternoon
March %: subject, Mary. the MOthe
of Christ Hour. 4:15.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-20

IS THE EXPRESSION OF ONE
OF NEW YOSK'S PROMI-
NENT BUSINESS MEN.

Mr.. L. Morgan. Brooklyn, New York,
says:
"oct 2. 1902
The Chase Mfg. Co. Newburg. n. Y.
"Gentlemep-Ever since / was n boy
have suffered dreadfully from dyspepsia
1 have tried everything almost I'm the
drug stores IN the shape OF patent medi-
clnes. and | found that in nearly every
case the use or pills. tablets blood rene
dies, etc. etc. only made my suffering
more acute. | tried many doctors, and
such relief ss they were ole TO give me
was only temporary. | would rest In the
country for months at time. but oven
this did not give me relief one ply
stefan said ! undoubtedly had catarrh of
the stomach. as I occasionally spit up
dark mucus and blood
Last spring a friend gave me q bottle
OF Chases Dyspepsia Cure. and begged
me 90 Try u. which ala more TO favor
him than any help expected to get from
n
The very nrst dose 20 auieted and
soothed my stomach that slept all
night. something had not done for
years Taday I feel like new man.
have gained nearly ~ pounds. and my
friends say ! look like a picture OF health.
AN ] can say n that thank you for
the relief II has been 10 me. and urge my
IL. MORGAN"
Mr. Morgan experience n the same ne
that ~ nearly everybody now using that
most remarkable OF all stomach cures
Chase's Dyspepsia Cure The FIRST dose
OF this wonder worker gives immediate
relief. and by using IL regularly for a
abort ume--A- -permanont- ra-IA-enaet4.a
In the most chronic cases. Don't expnri-
ment with cure-alls. but take n remedy
that you KNOW Will cure one thing
Chase's Dyspepsia Cure will cure Indiges.
ton and all forms OF Dyspepsia.
Price fifty cents and one dollar pe~
bottle Prepared by the Chase Msnufac-
turing Company. Newburgh New York.
Guaranteed and for sale by all druggists.
or sent direct. all charges prepaid, upon
receipt Of price.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-20
A PLEASANT SUNDAY.
Big Crowds Took Advantage Of the Com
fcrlabIe Atmosphere.

Indications Of the coming summer were
shown yesterday by the big crowds of
driving In the country.
At Crescent Park the third shore dinner
OF preseason was served to large num-
Der. the splendid dinner being served
in the steam heated dining hall The
river boats were running, but took down
a share OF the people. but the majority
went to Crescent Park on the cars.
The first ball game OF the season was
plaved at Rocky Point. a large crowd
witnessing the Boston Nationals defeat
the Providence club
An the car lines were well patronizcd.
many people taking rides out into the
coutry Al Roger Williams park large
crowd gathered during the day.