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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-11

the refuse or Stag of pitchblende after
the uranium salts had been extracted,
so as to make sure of what seemed to
her a probability. Day after day, in
the off spells of housekeeping and look
ing after her little daughter, she
wrought with solvent and crucible. At
last, enraptured she found new ele-
ment which gave off the wonderful
rays. Because of her native land
Poland-she named it polonium. And
still the Stag or byproduct of pitch
blende, after the uranium and polo
MUM had been extracted, gave off other
chemical rays. There must be still
some other substance, Nine. Curie con-
cluded in her female mind which is in
capable of reasoning Yet other expert
ments and radium itself, that marvel
Gus thing-the God of this universe
knows what it isi-was discovered by
Nine. Curie.
The fame of it rang through the
world and-Mme. Curie's husband got
the credit of it,
Mime. Curie must have smiled to her
self when she read the reports of
papers written by learned scientists
and produced before learned societies,
narrating how Professor Curie had
succeeded in extracting the wonderful
new element radium, when she herself
had sent to Bohemia for tons of pitch
blende Stag and experimental till she
found radium. She did not say much,
it seems, but took the precaution to
make contract for the purchase of all
the pitchblende byproduct from the
place where the mineral is obtained
Thus Professor and Nine. Curie have
a monopoly at present of radium pro-
duction The woman who prides her
self on her good household management
proved herself also financier.
By and by it began to be said that
Professor Curies wife had assisted in
! the experiments resulting in the dis
covery of the new substance. Then the
scientists and newspaper men men
toned Professor Curie and his wife in
/ writing of radium. Now they say
Nine. Curie and her husband" al
though she investigated quite indie
pendently.
All the world has read of the marvel
Gus, mysterious properties of radium
in the personality of the lady who dis
covered it than in any other woman
living. Not much is noised abroad of
her. Like all really great scientific
persons she is extremely quiet and
modest, this woman who. it has been
said, is $50 great you can only stand
and contemplate her in silence. You
have no word to speak,
She lives in a cottage near Paris with
her husband and little daughter.
have seen a picture of her. 1t is of q
woman-clear eyed. gentle and sim
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longer they will have their patients
to experiment on and the more conf
dence the sufferer will have in the
doctor. The wise physician never says
to an elderly person-"at your age"
But daughters are the most unkind
and thoughtless of all. A healthy wo-
man of fifty has more strength and far
more endurance than the average girl
of eighteen, yet the girl Of eighteen
looks on such a woman as Anticipated
and tries to make her feel as If sfsr
were in her decrepitude. The thougfF-
full, really loving daughter never does
this. She will help her mother to
keep young so long as she lives, viii
take pride and pleasure in having that
beloved mother always strong, active,
comely and up to date in dress.
JANE MOSES.
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A NEAT AND CHEAP MEAT SAFE.

An inexpensive and neat meat safe
can be made out of a small packing
case. which can be bought for a trifie
from any grocer. The lid is made into
the door by connecting it to the box
with two. small hinges. Then saw
small square out of each side and tack
white book muslin or perforated tin
over the open place. Screw a hook in
the top for hanging meat, etc, and you
have as good a safe as one which would
cost considerably more if bought
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drives the eligible men more and more
to the married women.
IN tell you what, if I have to have
sophisticated conversation and sophis-
tfcated ways, I'm going to have the
real thing" one rather blunt old bache-
Tor confided to me; mot these little
schoolgirl lambs trying to masquerade
in tigresses' clothing. to paraphrase an
old saying. 1t would be funny if it
were not so silly. When talk to a girl
I want a girl-a fresh. unspoiled young
creature, not a youthful pessimist filled
with platitudes But it's pretty hard
to find them nowadays
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-11
A Girl who was-a Girl.

I was visiting some friends at Long
Island resort last week, and among
the crowd of overdressed women and
girls there came a young thing. not any
too pretty or graceful but dressed in
a simple white muslin gown, delight
fully crisp and fresh-just such dress
as our mothers used to wear. who is
she?' I heard the wealthy clubman at
my left ask his neighbor. Introduce
me. At last see a young girl who is
not ashamed of being a young girl"
And while I am on the subject of
sweet simplicity I want to tell you this
about dress-if you want to be really
smart this summer you will wear wash
things as much as possible and pack
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Mime. Curiie.
DISCOVERER OF KADIUM

WUST outside of Paris lives quiet,
"a domestic woman who looks well
"a to the ways of her household.
~ She does not shine in society,
she never yet dazzled anybody
with the splendor of her gowns, never
made another woman envious of them.
She has said that the one thing in
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esting. Is it pos
sible, / said,
that nature is
so parsimonious
that she gives
only one gift at
a time -?
NO" returned
she; 1T is be-
cause a girl who
knows she is
pretty m axes
the fatal mis-
take of thinking
that is sufficient.
She spends her
time choosing
frills and posing
before a mirror,
while the home
~ girl, who is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-11

Alice Roosevelt started the fad by her
fondness for carrying a cane, and the
purse addition came soon afterward.
Girls with pretty threats should wear
the low Byron collar.
When whalebone is too bent for use
soak it in tepid water for some hours,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-11

which she takes
pride is her good
housekeeping. A
Polish woman
by birth, she
m a rrie d a
French profess
or in t h e
School of Phys
les and Indus
tris / Chemistry
a. Paris and
went to live
with him. His
name is Pro-
lessor Curie. He
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she who when her husband dies is
able to be father and mother both to
her children
A polite Chinaman considers 1t a
breach of etiquette to wear spectacles
in company.
There are coffee inebriates in Paris.
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abandoned homes and neglected chill
dren.''
Accidents in the field among the
fashionable hunting set this season
women.
Goethe said, The noblest woman is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-11

Usussay taey are laundreSses. a class
of women who are specially o<~<~d to
the fragrant beverage.
Don't attempt to remove dust vita
cold water. Give the face hot bath
with soap and then rinse with tepid
or cold water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-11

dry on fiat surface, and it will be
as good as new.
Ex-Governor Adams of Colorado
says: Suffrage has not in any degree
lessened the refinement of the women
of Colorado. 1t has not caused public
disturbances and has not resulted in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-11

" WAS asking a very wise friend of
mine recently why it was that
the ugly girls were inevitably the
II most interesting ones to talk to.
while their pretty sisters hardly
ever had a word to say for themselves
and anyway nothing bright or inter-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-11

know. You might ask Miss Turner.
sne has had experience in both capac-
tiles.
The stick purse is the latest addition
to the fashionable woman's toilet. Miss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-11
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.

Don't coax a child to eat. Lack of
appetite often indicates lack of neces-
sity.
He-Do you think blends have more
admirers than brunettes? Shell don't
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BANDINGS.

social benefactor by filing up trying
breaks in the conversation and talking
TO those men who are naturally slow
witted or reticent girl who has the
cleverness to adopt this course will
always find herself in demand and very
often will become more popular than
the really pretty girl
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low tables and the tea things so dear
to the heart of woman.
The "Atmosphere" of the Home.
But after all what a difference it
makes whether the mistress of the
house has an artistic disposition! The
minute I cross the threshold can tell
the character of the feminine owner
Some houses, for instance, are prim
and mean and cold, with few or no
cushions, and those only for ornaments
and furniture which irritates you by
its angles. Other houses are the op-
posite-doors and windows wide open
cushions tossed around, corners IN
busted, a general air of IF you don't
like things, twist them around to suit
yourselves" Then there is yet another
type of house, very newly and very
brightly furnished with that particular
aggressiveness which characterfzes the
new rich. and all very new things in
fact, and its opposite in the way of a
house, the one which is furnished from
top to bottom with heirlooms and is
filed with the musty aroma of the
past.
Give me the house furnished in no
particular style of any queen or king,
but large, airy and comfortable, filed
with chairs meant to be sat upon, cush-
ions meant to be leaned against, books
worth reading and pictures which
mean something, the whole glorified by
various warmly shaded tints. Such a
house need not be expensive either in
these days of artistic cretonnes and
pretty. low priced tapestries. 1t only
requires taste and sympathy; that's ALL
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scious of her defects, makes some effort
to be attractive in society. Consequent
~ she stores up all the bright little
sayings and interesting jokes she
hears and is ready to make herself
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Whnt Men Admire.

From my experience with men I
shorid say that the qualities they ad-
p1ire most in girls are good nature and
She ,nnnts The best seat on The coach.
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veritable living rooms in warm weather
furnished with wicker chairs, little /
low tables and the tea things SO dear
to the heart of woman
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-19
THE FIGHTING RAWSONS.
Civil War-RaWsonVille Named At
ter Their Grandfather.

Pardon Rawson of this city was one of
seven brothers who risked their lives in
the civil war. His grandfather, Bailey
Rawson, and great grandfather, Thomas
Rawson, fought in the revolutionary war.
and both were taken prisoners near New
York. The great grandfather is believed
to nave died during captivity, nothing
having been heard of him ever afterward.
The grandfather who enlisted
fife ma jor when but II years of age. was
wounded by bullet which pierced his left
arm and by "a saber cut across the back
of his right hand, which nearly severed
it. He lived to the age of SS and carried
the scars to his grave, which is at Raw
sonville, VT, a village named after him.
The father of *. Pardon Rawson was
Capt. Lowell Rawson. He commanded
company OF militia in Vermont and had
orders to be ready TO go to the Mexican
war but ii closed so quickly that his
company was not called to the front. He
died at the age OF Sc He was twice mar
ried and had 10 sons, of whom *. Pardon
is the 18th. There were three daughters
also, all younger than the sons
OF his sons, the eldest, Harrison L.,
now - years of age. served as captain of
a company in Kansas, which was organ
lied to fight the border ruffians" and
they saw plenty of fighting. His nearest
neighbors We're killed and his own prop
erty destroyed at the hands of Missou-
rians. He is now residing al Monterey.
Calf
Joseph D.. Gilbert y. and Charles B.
Rawson served in Co. c. Seth Mass in
fantry. a Worcester company. Gilbert y.
was color sergeant, carrying the colorS
more than year. He was in every battle
and skirmish in which the regiment took
part and escaped without injury.
Riley q. and X. Pardon Rawson en-
listed in 1861, in Col. Berdons sharp
/ shooters afterwards the United States
sharpshooters. They were the first of the
brothers to enlist. Riley G.. died of ty-
phoid fever at a hospital in Washington
in 1852. Chandler ID. Rawson served in
the 9Th Vermont regiment and was one
Of the first soldiers to enter Richmond
after its evacuation by the confederates.
Joseph d. and Charles b. have died
within a few years the latter in May,
1899
In the Office of Mr. Rawson at 2S4 Main
street, surrounded by one frame. are
/ photographs of his father and the seven
sons Mr.. Rawson has been resident OF
this city for about 10 years, and his COM
ing here was in consequence of an un-
usual reason. He was living in Philadel-
/ phia where he had established a success
/ full insurance business. when he came
here for a visit He had been troubled a
great deal with rheumatism, and after a
weeks stay here he was relieved. Re
turning to Philadelphia after a two
weeks stay in this city, he was again at
tackled by his old enemy. He made up his
mind to try Fitchburg climate again tC
. make sure il was beneficial to his healtf
and was convinced. He thereupon deter
mined to forsake Philadelphia and becam,
a Fitchburg resident and has been mucl
benefited thereby Fitchburg, Mass, let
ter in Boston Sunday Globe
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-19
The Fish Hog at Chesterfield.

A local contemporary saw fit to ad-
NIT to its columns last week an effu-
sion from citizen of Chesterfield"
"a brave writer who has not suffici-
ent sand to let his screed appear over
his own signature. 1t was alleged to
contain "some Illuminating informa-
ton" Evidently the writer is a COM
bination of a fish hog and a cutie
fish, that admirable species which
muddies the water in hiding itself
Spofford lake is a public body of
water, and the people of Chesterfield
have the same right in it that all other
people have, no more, no less. But
we have no desire to discuss the le-
gal aspect of the case. The question
is simply this: Are the people of Ches-
terfield so shortsighted that they are
willing to have the fish hogs strip the
spawning beds of black bass? The
large fish are on the beds in June.
hey can be caught seldom except by
fishing on the beds, and they will
seize bare hook or any other object
dropped upon the sandy stretches
which they have cleared. 1t doesn't
take skill to catch fish then. The
only combination required is a fish
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-19

Before the echo had died away of
the report that the oleomargarine law
had reduced the manufacture of imita-
tion butter 52,O0O,OOO pounds a year
comes the disquieting announcement
OF the decision of Judge Bishop of the
Massachusetts superior court which is
a reversal of former opinions and
seems to open the whole question for
agitation again. Judge Bishop holds
in substance that that the presence of
"eXtraneous" coloring matter in oleo
must be proved, and if such proof is
lacking then the prosecution fails BY
the use of palm oil the manufacturers
are able to give oleo the desired yel-
low tint. BY maintaining that palm
oil is an essential part of their for
mula and not "eXtraneous" matter the
oleo manufacturers hope to hold an
impregnable position where they can
continue to turn out their product
without restraint.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-19
CHURCH AND FRATERNITY.

The Ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. Fl. II. Burnett Thursday, June
At the Adventist Christian church.
prayer meeting at 1O45 a. m, Sunday
school at noon. Loyal Workers at $50
p. m. Thursday evening prayer meeting
at $50.
Special Childrens day exercises will be
presented at the Baptist Bible school on
Sunday. In the morning Mr. Lawson
will preach a sermon appropriate to the
day. The evening service will be at 7S0.
Unitarian church, Rev. f. q. s. Osgood.
pastor. Service every Sunday at 1890
a. m. Theme for next Sunday. " Sub
stance and Form" There will be a carol
service at o'clock al which Mr.. Dugan,
the violnist. will assist All are well
come.
Universalist church Children's service
at 1890 o'clock. Mr. Marvin will tell the
children the story of the Little Black
sheep" Sunday school at 1145 a. m;
Senior Union at 7.3O p. m. Mrs. Pratt
and Mr. Brasor will sing. All are well
come.
Christian Science services in Market
block Sunday at 1915 a. m, subject.
Christian Science" from the text
Isaiah 52:lO. Sunday school at u m,
Testimonial meeting Wednesday at 790
p. M Reading room open Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday from to p. m.
The public are always welcome,
/ Methodist Episcopal church. Sunday
/ service at 1890 a. m, and 7.S0 p. m The
pastor will preach morning and evening.
also at Union church. Vernon, in the
afternoon. Sunday school at 1l.45 and
/ Epworth League prayer meeting at $50.
/ Glass meetings Tuesday evening Junior
League at 315 Wednesday afternoon. and
regular church prayer meeting Friday
evening. There will be a meeting of the
Sunday School Board Monday evening.
A good number of members and friends
were present at the meeting of the w. c..
| T. u. Wednesday evening at the Y. NJ.
c. A. rooms to listen to the report of the
county convention, read by Mrs, Julia
Houghton. There was also a recitation
by Morton Baker. song by Ralph Cain
and a paper How to turn defeat into
victory" by Helen Field. Secretary G,
c. Wilson, Mr.. May and Mr.. Betterley
spoke words of announcement to the
workers of the union. The next meeting
will be held at the Y. NJ. c. \, rooms
Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-19

John Barrett, who gives each year
at Vermont Academy prizes for the
two boys making the strongest debate
on some question of public interest,
deplores the passing of the old-time
lyceum in schools and colleges. The
lyceum was not confined to schools
and colleges but was public forum
in nearly all country communities
where young men had an opportunity
to combat in wit. intelligence, reason
ing power and oratorical effect The
lyceum developed quick, cogent think
ing and reasoning. and the self conf
dence which is so necessary for sue
cess in public life. If the lyceums
were revived our legislative halls and
the walks of life which demand di-
rect address to the people would not
be so decidedly dominated by the law
yers as today.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-19
Conversational State Convention.

Every country of the world" says the
Medical Record, " is taking up the drink
question, alarmed at the inroads which
the unbridled consumption of alcohol
has made and is making into the pros
perity, health and morals of the people"
" Alcohol" said Dr. de Boeck, a Belgian
insanity expert, to the Brussels Inter-
national Prison Congress- " is a violent
poison to the nervous elements; and de-
stroys them when taken in large doses" A"
and he declared the only way of lessen
ing the frequence of crimes and mis-
demeanors engendered by alcohol is to
forbid the sale of alcoholic drinks or to
raise the price to such an extent as to
place them beyond the reach of the mass
of the people"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-19

hog and any old kind of tackle When
the fish hog catches 40 to 20 pounds
of big black bass from the spawning
beds the catch does not mean what
it would with the ordinary fishing
later in the season, for the fish hog is
not only taking out the fish in sight,
but is preventing propagation. He
will continue the process only a few
years before the black bass become
very scarce. 1t is plain to see that
the inevitable result will be that cot
tagers and people who come to the
lake to enjoy the genuine sport of
fishing will not be attracted to the
lake, and that thousands of dollars
which are now spent in Chesterfield
will go elsewhere. If the fish hog
can't be influenced by an appeal for
good sportmanship and decency, how
ever, probably the business principle
of the case wont hit him very hard.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-19
BRATTLEB0R0 LOCAL.
BUNKER HILL DAY.

BrattIeboro Chapter, D. A. r., Enter
tanned by Vernon Ladies-Historica
Paper by Mrs. M. |. Reed.
Bunker Hill day was observed by
the Brattleboro chapter Daughters of
the American Revolution, Wednesday,
the occasion being one Of the most
delightful in the history of the chap
ter The members were entertained
at the home of Miss Zelia Johnson
in Vernon by Miss Johnson, Mrs. NJ. I.
Reed and Miss Allie Morse. and were
surrounded with articles of historic
association which were of great value.
Between 80 and 60 were present, in
Guiding Mrs. Cutler, regent of the
Greenfield chapter, Mrs. Kellogg, past
historian of the Greenfield chapter,
and Mrs. Whitney, a member of Bos-
ton chapter, who were guests of Brat
tleboro chapter. A bountiful and de-
licious dinner, served on the lawn,
more than maintained the reputation
of the Vernon ladies as entertainers.
A loan exhibition of antiquities oc-
cupied one room of the house, the fol-
lowing being some of the articles
shown: By Mrs. E. H. Akley, copper
tea kettle, pewter porringer, fax card,
skillet, leather cartridge box. carried
in 1776, copy of the Declaration of In
dependence engraved in 1918; by Mrs.
|. J. Burrows, decanter and glass. pew
ter spoon $50 years old, platter and
tea pot, piece of cable from the May
flower; by Mrs. John Wright, pewter
plate, china pitcher and plates which
have been in the family over 200
years; by Mrs. George Hubbard. strips
of blue and white embroidery and nee
die case 200 years old. Bible over 100
years old, bowl and tea pot, wicker
basket from Fort Sartwell. and a plate
given Mrs. Hubbard by her grand
father, Capt. Nathaniel French, who
was a nephew of William French, who
was killed in the Westminster massa-
ere; by Miss Zela Johnson. a pewter
sugar bowl, copper spoon, foot stove
and platter; by Mrs. Charles Johnson,
iron skittle, set of tiny pewter spoons,
set of cup plates; by Mrs. G. E. Fair
man, a cane made from a tree cut at
Fort Bridgeman in 1888; by Ernest
Reed, a cleaver which came from Eng
land with the Morse family many gen.
erations ago. Indian arrow heads and
spears plowed up on the site of Fort
Bridgeman also were shown.
The distinctive feature of the meet
ing was paper by Mrs. NJ. I. Reed.
1t told of some of the transactions by
which the boundaries of the town
were established going back PIG
/ years, and how Vernon was named by
the wife of Hon. Jonathan Hunt. being
probably the only town in the state
to be named by woman. 1t gave a
description of Fort Bridgeman, con-
structed in 1877 about Is rods east
of the present residence of John e.
and George H. Hubbard. and of Fort
Sartwell. erected the same year about
100 rods northwest of Fort Bridge
man. The names of Vernon people in
the War of the Revolution were given,
together with sketches of some of
them. and some of the ancient in
scriptions in the Vernon cemeteries
were repeated. The ladies visited the
house of Mrs. l. ]. Burrows and saw
many interesting articles.