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STATE OFFICERS OF LADIES AUX
ILIARY

STATE OFFICERS OF LADIES AUX
Hilary.
Prasident-Mrs ]. ]. Daley. 1904 Central
Av., Minneapolis.
Vice President Mrs. Mary Reilly,
Brainerd.
Sccretary-Ella Heating lat Pleasant
Av., st. Paul.
Treasurer-Mrs. katherine Mcdonald,
Duluth.
Insurance Secretary - Miss Margaret
Grady saltwater.
Insurance Treasurer - Mary Sullivan,
Rochester
State Medical Director-Dr. L. W..
Buckley, st. Paul.
Directors Of Insurance Fund - Sadie
Reilly, Brainerd; Mollie Callahan, Min
neapolis; Mrs ]. d. Higgins, St. Paul;
Mrs. James Best, Minneapolis: Agnes Il.
Reilly, Saltwater.
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NATIONAL DIRECTORS

NATIONAL DIRECTORS.
P. ]. O'Connor, Savannah, Ca.
John T. Heating. Chicago, Ill.
VIM. j. Cronin, Boston, Mass.
d. ]. Hennessy, Butte, Mont
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Ossoric! o, Ossoric!
Dear thy name and fame to me;
More and SUR. flowing free,
Thy praises murmur. Ossoric.
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Rec. Sec, Thos. e. Casilman; Fin. Sec,
w. II. Kitty; Ins. Sec. Garry Moore:
Treaa. John Hogan. Meets second and
fourth Tuesdays at X. p. hall.
Division No. 2, Blooming Prairie-Presl-
dent. NJ. ]. keenan,: Vice Pres. II. c..
eastman: Rec. Sec, Ed. Fitzgerald: Fin.
Sec. II. J. eastman; ms. Sec. d. II. Hol-
lywood; Treas. r. Hanlon: Chairman
Com. on Sick. VIM. Lehey; Medical Ex-
hrnlner. DIR. f. w. Cooley. Meets first
Sunday Of each month.
SWIFT COUNTY.
County President-D. b. McDermott,
Clontarf. MINI.
Division No. 1, Clontarf-President.
James ODonnell; Vice. Pres, Thos.
Sec. d. Il. McDermott; Treas. and ms
Sec, Patrick Foley. Meets first Sunday
and second Friday Of month in IIibernian
hall.
Division No. 2 .Benson-President. ]. C..
Collins: Vice Pres. James O'Connor;
Rec. Sec. w. II. Donnelly; Fin. Sec, T..
II. Donnelly; Ins. Sec. M. McShane;
Treas. Il. Hobnn: Sergeant-at-Arrns.
Charles Quinn. Meets second Sunday.
Address. Benson. MINI.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
County President--Thos. J. Organ. Still
water. Mimi: Co. Vice Pres, NJ. W..
Murray.
Division No. !, stlllwnter-President,
p. II. Ryan; Vice Pres. r. J. McDon-
ough; Rec. Sec. Edward Kelly; Fin
Sec. r. II. Curlcy; Ins. Sec. T. W..
Welsh; Treas, J. w. Clarey; Medical
Examiner. DIR. E. r. Ryan. Meets every
Monday evening In Opera House building
WlNONA COUNTY.
County Presldcnt--John Sherman, 1T Il.
King St. Winona. MINI.
Division No. l. Winona-Prcsident Ig-
nntius Ralphc. 1862 Cummings St; Vice
Pres. d. Il. O'Brlcn. Jos e. Wabasha st. !:
Rec. Sec. J. Rowan. ST.. 43 Center St !;
Fin. Sec, Geo. A. Fitzgerald. 5G1 w.
Fifth st.: ms. Sec, Goo. A. Fitzgerald.
SCI w. Fifth St: Treas, M. Ryan. 1854
f. King St: Chairman Com. on Sick. D.
Kane, SCI w. Fifth st.; Medical Exam
liner, DR.. ]. L. Lynch. Msetn drst and
third Tuesday evenings Of r-"~eh at st.
Thomas hall
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MEATH.
On August 9th, at the monthly
meeting of the joint committee Of
management of the Trim industrial
schools, Mr. T. Sheridan, j. F., presid
ing. a letter was read from the local
branch of the Gaelic league. stating
that deputation consisting of three
members of the committee. would call
upon them to ascertain their views as
to the employment in the schools I'M
der their management of the Gaelic
teacher attached to the branch. 1t
was decided to admit the deputation;
and. after hearing their views, the
board unanimously resolved to employ
the teacher at a salary of l2O per an
nun. The deputation then withdrew
having thanked the chairman and COM
mittee for their kindness.
QUEENS COUNTY.
Under date of August Goth. the
Press association says:-"The five
soldiers who were convicted of mur-
der and sentenced to death at Pretoria,
South Africa, some months ago. but
were afterwards reprievcd, arrived at
the convict prison. marlborough, yes
terday morning. They belonged to
the Sd Leinstcr regiment, and belong
to either Kings County or Queens
County. 1t will be remembered that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01
WHEN YOU ARE PHOTOGRAPHER

Don't wait until afternoon If you de-
sire the best results from a photograph.
Go in the morning.
Don't expect a photograph that VIII
please you if you are fatigued when
sitting.
Don't hurry. Haste makes the face
red, and red comes out dark in a pic
ture, a result not desirable where con-
plexion is concerned.
Don't get out of temper II brings
lines to the face and spoils the express
sion.
Don't select a day when the sun In
too bright or every imperfection will be
strongly developed. A well lighted
cloudy day is better.
Don't wear black. 1t gives a hard,
dense tone.
Don't wear silk or satin. Nothing
comes out so badly as the glimmer OF
silk or the gloss of satin. Woolens.
lace, grapes or velvets are preferable.
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JAPANESE LovEMAkINc.

They certainly do things picturesque
ly in the far east. When a young Jap
has made up his mind as to the maiden
he desires to wed, his next step is to
fasten a branch of a certain shrub to
the house of the lady's parents. Should
he prove a welcome sutton the branch is
cut down and taken in, while If unac-
ceptable it is left to wither and die.
What a lot of trouble such a system
must save,
There is another custom which, we
think, might find less appreciation in
western countries. The Jap bridegroom,
as in duty bound, offers the most costly
gifts he can afford to his bride for their
wedding day. but she, instead of treas
uring them for herself, gives them to
her parents as a small acknowledge
ment of the care and love they have
bestowed on her from infancy.
The actual wedding ceremony takes
place in the evening, and the bridal
robe consists of a long white silk kimo-
no and veil.
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Let the Children Entertain.

While I am on the subject, do you
know 1 think it is an excellent idea to
encourage children to entertain as
much as possible. For one thing, it
puts them at their ease and makes
their society training later on less diff
cult. There is no necessity of having
anything very elaborate. The idea is
to teach children the principles of being
good hostesses and entertaining their
little guests.
1 wish to goodness some of the houses
visit had had their hostesses trained
in this way from early youth. Their
idea of playing lady of the manor seems
to consist of providing a lot of expen-
sive entertainment and letting the
guest settle the rest to suit himself or
herself. Such a little thing as inviting
only congenial people or leading the
conversation into topics of general in
terest never seems to occur to them.
Some are even so busy enjoying them
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Pretty GinEhams.

Little colored silk Bingham gowns are
also much in evidence, particularly the
cool looking blues and greens, and
when combined with a big, fioppy straw
hat trimmed with a twist of ribbon to
match nothing could be daintier.
So you must think of all these things
while you are at a summer sale.
If there is one thing hate" said a
friend to me, 1t is the dumb girl or
man whom you invite to join a merry
little party and then sits there eating
your refreshments and enjoying the
pleasure you have provided without
making a single effort to entertain.
Selfshness or self consciousness? Oh,
well. they're practically the same thing,
and there is no need of either of them.
one is invited to contribute to the
pleasure of the other guests as well as
to be amused oneself"
The other day l looked on at a chill
dren's party which was given on the
lawn of a pretty country house. The
amusement consisted of dancing, Punch
and Judy. fancy dances around a floral
pole and a short open air play COM
posed mainly of tableaus. The refresh
ments were simple little cakes, berries
and water ices in forms calculated to
attract the childish eye. A novelty was
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blood negroes. One of these, coal black,
thick Tipped and kinky. stood up there
and named to us points in which his
race was superior to the white. At the
end he said. I have. however paid the
white race the highest compliment in
my power by taking for my wife q
white woman
commons tea room with an English
man who had written a book which he
wanted published in the United States.
He had asked her to read the book. She
did so and found it contained some
gross mistakes about America and the
Americans. She said: Il pointed them
out to him. He could not believe he
had made mistakes. He thought GER
tainly must be wrong about my own
country. Finally convinced him. Then
he said:
" 'Er-well. now, do you think Ameri-
cans would be apt to discover the mis-
takes?'
=" I'm afraid they would I answered
as gravely as could. Oh, it was more
fun than a back yard full of cats!''
Alice Ives is q tiny woman, with a
| large head and beautiful hands and
feet. A famous English sculptor made
a plaster cast of her hands folded, the
fingers crossed over spray of apple
blossoms.
1t is delightful. it is inspiring, to meet
a woman who, after more of hardship
and struggle than fall to the lot of
most, has climbed the hill of success at
last Once it seemed she could go no
farther up the road she had chosen, the
way was so hard, and she was almost
! in despair But she pulled herself to-
| gether again and said:
IF 1 can't write plays can't do any
thing. l will keep at it, and will sue
ceed."
And she did.
KATHERINE BLADES.
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Miss Ives amusing one act play, Sweet
Elysium,'' the members themselves be-
ing the performers.
The American playwright lady met
many of England's literary, artistic
and dramatic lights, among them Gang
will and John Strange Winter. The
latter, in private life Mrs. Arthur STAN
nard, is a lively, hospitable woman
who makes her guests feel at home.
Another lady she met was Miss Brad
don. the author, comfortable, whole
some looking and kindly. There, too
was Liebling, the pianist, himself a
German, who said to the little American
dramatist:
Really. Miss Ives, you speak very
good English
Really, now,
But the cap sheaf of all her expe-
riences she found in the receptions CIV
en- in his Office Thursday afternoons by
the remarkable author of that remark
able book. IF Christ Came to Chicago
w. T. Stead. On these occasions Stead
invites a regular cave of Adullam gath
ering of all races, kindreds and tongues.
do they make speeches?''
Speeches? 1 should remarki The
people stand upon chairs and speechi-
fly. have seen East Indians, Ameri-
cans, New Zealanders and cranks of all
nations. Once there were two full
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ENGAGED GIRLS.

An English writer has this to say OF
engaged girls:
Most girls become simply stupid d.
rectly they are appropriated. Il can't
do that. Mr., B. wouldn't care for me to
do this. ] must see what he says" 1t
really is very silly
Such a bowling down to man, such a
scraping up of the dust at his feet,
such abject surrender! 1t must grow
wearisome to the lord of creation by
and by
Surely it is a girls individuality
which attracts a man even more than
her pretty face or her fine figure, and If
she annihilates it he will be the poorer
in the long run.
] dare say there is a luxurious pleas
ure in making a door mat of oneself for
the thing one loves, but it's treat all
sensible girls will bravely deny them
selves. because the attitude of perma-
nent foot wiper would be painful and
humiliating.
/ don't believe the average man ever
thinks of exacting the meek, abject
submission which his fiancee accords
him. 1t is forced upon him in the early
stages of his engagement
Angelina is consumed by the eternally
feminine lust of self sacrifice. She
burns to offer up herself to be votivs
offering.
This sort of thing isn't good for any
man. 1t blows him up with vain con-
ceit. It makes a pasha of him.
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Kzt- Nzaz
New York
SOME RUSSIAN CUSTOMS.

A long towel is used by Russian
peasant mothers to support their
babies. The infants have no special
clothes. but are wrapped in a linen
sheet and the long towel, which fastens
in knot behind.
Russian children are kept at home
generally during the severe winter
weather and, as the dwellings are very
much heated. their clothes are not
nearly so warm as those worn by
American children at the same time of
year, and among the poor the little
folks often wear but one garment, a
shirt of cotton. 1t seems absurdly in
sufficient. but then the temperature of
the cottage is kept very high by the
piling up of straw manure against its
outside walls and by the large tiled
stove which is the center of all family
life during the winter months. This
stove even serves as a couch, and on it
or about it the children and the elders
spend a large part of their time during
the season when the frost and snow
hold the country in their grip.
In summer bare feet are the rule
among the peasants, and at night it is
so warm that often the beds are placed
outside the houses and it is By no
means uncommon. when coming home
late from some entertainment. to be-
hold a whole family asleep in the open
air. Richer people have balconies on to
which they sometimes drag their beds
in the summer months.
The wooden spoons and bowls of red
and gold lacquer which one often sees
at bazaars and curio shops are used
for hot soups. This speaks well for
the durability of the lacquer.
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MRS. RoosEVELT's SOCIAL SEC
RETARY

Miss Isabel Hagner is social secre-
tary to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt She
has been considered an authority on all
social form" for several years and, in
addition to making a study of the laws
of etiquette, has acted as secretary to
Mrs. Hay, Mrs. Elihu Root, Mrs.
Charles Emory Smith. Mrs. Mark Han
ma and the niece of Senator Depew.
Miss Hagner has been a social favorite
in Washington since her debut eight
years ago. Her father was distin-
guished Washington physician. She
inherited a fortune of 100000 from her
mother, but unfortunate investment
swept it away. Then her father be-
came an invalid and in order to sup
port him. several small children and
herself Miss Hagner was compelled to
earn a livelihood. Besides acting an
social secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt Miss
Hagner has charge of the details of the
White House entertainments.
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luxury and comfort. Maybe. though, in
a few more inearnations the English
will find out that it is better TO pre-
serve the animal warmth by outside
heat, according to the Yankee idea. and
leave the real life of the man free TO
expend its power in a more intellectual
way than in just resisting climate.
L would not live permanently out of
my own country" says this American
playwright who has been accepted in
England. It's the best and the great
est country, and it's no spread eagleism
to say So Look at this thing of theat-
rfcals- Outside of London they pay
actors in Great Britain next to nothing,
and if a company in the provinces, as
they call the districts outside of Lon
don. plays to few hundred dollars a
week it thinks that's big business
Miss Ives was the guest of honor at a
meeting of the Society of American
Women In London. Mrs. Hugh Reid
Griffin is its president. 1t is a purely
social club and has lunches at the swell
feeding place for clubs in London. One
of the patriotic customs of this Society
of American Women is the celebration
of their country's national holidays
Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays,
Memorial day. Fourth of July and
Thanksgiving. On these days the So
ciety of American Women In London
assemblies in its beauty and bloom,
and fortunate is the outsider, English
or American, who can secure an invita-
| ton to the meeting. On such days
masculine guests are admitted chiefly
the husbands of the members, many OF
whom have married Englishmen. Jen-
ME June's daughter, Vida Croly Sydney
. H.
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with the embroidery combined with
diamond shaped medallions and the
skirt with front panel of embroidery
and the rest all worked over with me-
dallions. 1t is washable, too, a great
point, for 1 like to wear white on every
possible occasion.
This year one sees many of these thin
lawn dresses in white, both plain and
embroidered in pale tints. In fact,
these little gowns are taking to a large
extent the place of the short skirt and
stiff tailor made style now in vogue for
so long. There is something delightful
Iy feminine about a thin, simple white
gown with a pale blue sash and collar
and perhaps a hint of a pale blue corset
cover bow showing through. 1t is much
cooler and daintier looking than the
smartest linen dress that was ever con-
trived.
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There is something very fascinating
about the little charms which girls are
wearing this summer on their long
chains. Some of them certainly are
dainty, ingenious and, alas. expensive.
A toy revolver, for instance, an inch
and d quarter long and perfect in every
respect, even to holding tiny cartridges
which can be shot, is worth-oh, me;
oh. my!-$14 If any one wishes to
make me a present of one I shall not
refuse it. It's very sporty on the end
of a chain. Then there are gold aim
onds-philopenas. You keep one half
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yards of that for IS and that with two
yards divided into six strips and art
ruby joined along the edge you would
have your two dainty,
fairylike little undersleeves, too, not
like these coarse things. Then. with the
other yard you could applique quite a
nice pointed collar" She has been be-
wailing her stupidity ever since.
That is the way a little ingenuity is
often worth more than a great deal of
money. ] would rather have two me-
dalliOns of really good lace Joined by
fagoting, eked out by mousseline de
sole or what you viii, than a whole lot
of this machine made stuff. There is a
great difference, especially in the white
lace, too, as regards color. and it was
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HAVE always contended that it
pays best to go to first class shops
instead of seeking out bargains,
- and now I will go step further
and say I think it pays to buy
real lace instead of imitation. A friend
Of mine has just finished very pretty
gray gown she has made for herself. It
has a V pointed collar of lace-a small
collar I mean-and tight undersleeves
of lace under the full bell sleeves of the
material. Wen. she bought yard of
imitation something or other lace at IS
a yard and it is dead white and heavy
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that instead Of handing the refresh
ments around they were served quite
a la grown up on little tables seating
from four to six. I dare say that by
this means quite a number of spots on
quite number of small dresses were
avoided, for if grown ups find it difficult
to balance a tea cup and a plate heaped
with miscellaneous dainties (some of
them quite squashy) how much more
must the small men and women find it
So
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SUMMER STAIR COVERINGS.

Stair coverings for summer use are in
grades from inexpensive drugget up to
the finest imported mating. Any sort
is welcome change from the carpeting
which has been down all winter. An
minated stairway is agreeable in sum-
mer if the wood is of such character
that it can be stained and made pre-
sentable, but uncovered stairways if
much used are noisy. so a strip of mat
ting is the best arrangement.
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AS4OAAt a > ~ III
society. So does
Ella Dietz. now
Mrs. w e b s tie r
Glynes.
1.-The members
of the Society
of Am erica n
Women In Lon
don are lovely,
said Miss Ives,
h a n d S 0 m e,
brainy and styl-
ish, a credit to
their country"
This society
will shortly give
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Children as entertainers.

members having longed for when it was
marked $40. There is a peculiar salts
faction in that sort of thing. I find.
I have two great bargains. One is a
pretty little white wash gown reduced
to S13 and composed of a waist with big
sleeves set into cap of embroidery.
the body portion being all worked up
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looking ana 10
m y thinking
spoils the entire
effect.
why did you
do it ?'' 1 asked
her.
"Oh, 1 couldn't
afford the real
a rticle e." she
sighe d. The
CHI ap e st real
lace l could get
was $1.65 a yard.
o n / y t h r e e
inches wide and
an edge"
/ made a rapid
calculation i'm my
brain. DO you
know that you
cOtIld oct f1,raa
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The Summer ~saIes."

I have run back to New York for a
few days to take advantage of some of
the summer sales in the way of muslin
gowns. One needs so many of them.
Don't you think SOP
The wise maiden makes q. flying trip
to tewn at least once during the sum-
mer and enjoys the satisfaction of pur-
chasing a gown for SIS which she re-
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AFTERNOON MAPS.

Because an afternoon nap is recon-
mended to thin women who wish to
gain flesh 1t does not follow that wom-
en- who already have flesh enough
should sleep in the daytime Daylight
is too precious and life too short for
either to be wasted by healthy persons.
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is not so much in evidence as to show
the wear and tear of travelling.
If Patti and Mrs. Langtry can keep
themselves forever young looking. then
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within the shell
and give the 9TH
err to the man of
your heart, who
proba bly, pro
ceeds to lose it
Immediately. it
is so tiny. There
are e n We o p e
charms, too-a
t i n y envelope
made of gold,
fastening with a
tin y diamond
seal, and inside
the envelope a
small card bear
ing a phrase
from him" For
a girl who does
not know her
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other women can. 1t is worth trying
for. The will and serene temper have
much to do with it.
Honest appreciation of what others
do is a great attainment. As jealousy
is one of the lowest, meanest traits of
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character. SO that which is at the op-
posite extreme is one of the noblest.
In proportion to population it is be-
heved that more country people than
city people are attacked with typhoid
fever because of the insanitary condi-
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The London Lancet draws attention
to danger threatening the perpetual
ton of the British race by protesting
against baby shows. the object of which
is to encourage the production of fat
babies"
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mother. She was the first woman t.
enter the civil engineering department
of Cornell university
Mixed bathing is permitted this year
at the majority of German seaside re-
sorts.
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own mind and is
not sure of that of the man she thinks
she loves there are daisy charms, which
can be twirled to the repetition of the
time honcred refrain. He loves me-a
Ittle-very much-not at all"
Alas, there are many ways of spend
ing ones money foolishly in the good
old summer timei
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white that my friend used. The real
white lace has a beautiful creamy tint,
most harmonious, while the machine
made article is aggressively blue white.
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Three young women were graduated
this year from the Boston University
Law school.