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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-31

cient water could be got to feed the
plant. She bought two water rights not
far from Prescott. Next came an en-
gineering trip that involved weeks of
riding over mountain trails and camp
ing out. Mrs. Tut took a cook, sur
veyors and Iaborers and searched for
the right places in which to construct
electric plants for furnishing power and
reservoirs for holding water
Having found what she wanted. the
next step was TO finance the project and
do the work. She alone had not money
enough for it all, since the cost would
be S3.OOO,OOO. She formed company
and put her own capital into the enter
prise. This gave others confidence, and
the needed money was subscribed for
plants exclusively for mining purposes.
One thing more. The founder of the
infant company and her associates
found it would be extremely convenient
to be relieved from paying taxes on
their property until their enterprise
was earning money and defraying ex-
penses. Mrs. Tut herself went to
Phenix and lobbied. She represented
to the legislators of Arizona that her
scheme would eventually bring millions
into the arid territory and should be
welcomed as a public benefit rather than
levied on for taxation. She brought the
lawmakers over to her side. and the
mining power plants were released
from taxation for a term of years.
Mrs. Tut, as in the electric light
plant in California. is general manager
of both the Arizona plants. She is also
vice president Of the company.
LILLIAN GRAY.
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STYLISH WEDDINGS.

The weddings that take place in the
mornings are generally very quiet ones,
and bridesmaids are conspicuous by
their absence
An up to date plan is to have the
wedding at 2:3O, luncheon at and a
reception afterward. or the luncheon
may be omitted altogether. and tea
and reception follow Immediately after
the wedding.
Guests go straight to the church and
are not expected to go to the house till
after the ceremony.
Presents are generally on view in the
drawing room, the brides on one table,
the bridegroOm's on another
The reception tea is exactly on the
lines of a large at home. and jellies.
creams, ices, cakes of all kinds, fruit,
sandwiches, tea, coffee, champagne,
cups" of various kinds and, of course
wedding cake are provided
The tables are placed down one side
of the dining room. and a servant
stands behind and pOurs out tea and
coffee and hands it across the table as
it is asked for.
The other maids should hand eatables
and attend to the wants of any ladies
who are not being looked after by their
gentlemen friends.
Invitations to weddings are now
printed in ordinary black ink as often
as in silver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-31
SOME GOOD RECIPES
FOR CONFINEMENT.

When you are feeling tired and
nervous" Ga polite name for bad tenn
PERI do not curl up in an armchair
Instead take a brisk walk for a half
hour If it is not convenient to 60 out
of doors. open the window. rain or shine,
and breathe deeply for quarter of an
hour. You viii then feel genuinely tired,
and after a short rest you will proba-
bly, find your normal cheerfulness quite
restored 1t is astonishing how many
grievances viii vanish when the circu-
lation of the blood is in good working
order. Another effective treatment is
to sponge the back with tepid water
containing d few drops of ammonia and
rub to a glow with a bath towel
If you one day feel inclined to indulge
in a little self pity, this will be your
plan: You will not occupy yourself
much with thoughts of your own estate,
but will fall into a systematic envying
of others. why should Miss So-and-sO
have a carriage and pair2 Why should
somebody else have a new frOck when
ever she likes? Is there any reason
why another should be so favored with
personal beauty2" These are some of
the questions that you Will ask yourself
The inequalities of life will appear
enormous.
there can be no room for courage to go
on working for better things There
fore il is most important to root out the
discomfort if possible. One of the best
steps in this direction is to take a walk
through any crowded thOroughfare.
Within a half hour you must see a pow
erty stricken woman begging for bread
with her own or a borrowed baby in
her arms. DO not forget to ask your
self why you are better off than She
Farther on one armed man grinds an
organ. Have you done anything to de-
serve better luck as to arms? Did you
ever pause to think that when rain falls
it freshens your flowers as we'll as those
of a prince? The great majority OF
people are so busy being disconnected
that they overlook all reason for being
otherwise. 1t is a dreadful pity they
miss so much happiness that might
easily be theirs. The woman who
thought she had something to be
thankful for in that she had not been
born with a hare lip caught the keynote
for contentment-
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the neck of dressmaker who belongs
to an enemy of mine. Weeping a few
weeps and declaring that never again
would I have my clothes made by any
one who was not from Chicago (she
halls from there), I persuaded her to
flag my friends things until the week
after next after next and to put me on
the main track in the express so to
speak.
And then I departed, feeling better.
because I knew 1 had performed two
good actions.
But, just the same it's pretty near
true about the Chicago dressmakers.
Next to the Partisan modistes give me
the Chicagoans. They certainly have
chic and style. Quite often, you know,
the Manhsttanite thinks that the fact
that She was born in New York gives
her the birthright of good taste; that it
gees with the town, so to speak, just
as the towels and sheets go with fur
nished apartment.
But why such homely comparisons!
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Mrs. Iva s. Tut
Builder of Electrical
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operation Mrs. Tut had become
capable practical electrical engineer
Somebody had to manage this con-
Germ in which Mrs. Tut had invested
all her money. She looked for a super
iutendent and found nobody who could
direct operations so well as she herself
could She became president and gen
eral manager of the Long Beach cleo
trio power and lighting plant Mean
time her husband and little daughter
had come to Long Beach too.
Mrs. Tut made the mistake of at
tempting to be at the same time man
ager OF an electric plant and of her do
nestle plant, likewise singing in a
church choir and keeping up with what
are called society duties. Many a wO-
man has tried before her to be a bust
ness and society woman at the same
time Not one ever yet succeeded One
lifetime is only large enough to accom-
plish we'll one GROWING object Mrs.
Tut fell i'll in trying to do three things
at once. When she recovered she de-
cided henceforth to do only one thing
She sold her electric light plant,
which by that time took in several
coast resorts. She found herself many
thousand dollars to the good Speak
ing of a vocation, Mrs. Tut says that
no one ever does his best who is simply
working for money The reason so few
succeed is that their interest in their
work does not go beyond the money
drawer. She herself works because she
loves her work better than anything
else and is willing to make sacrifices
for it. ITO conceive a project, to know
that it means the development of nat
uraI resources and will in time revolu-
tionize the chief industry of a whole
state to work out the idea and bring
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GOOD HUMOR.
New York.

It is not great calamities that i'm
bitter existence; it is the petty vexa-
lions, the small jealousies, the little
disappOintments, the minor miseries,"
that make the heart heavy and the
temper sour. Don't let them. Anger is
a pure waste of vitality. It helps no
body and binders everybody. 1t is al
ways foolish and always disgraceful,
except in some cases when it is kindled
by seeing wrong done to another, and
even that noble rage" seldom mends
the matter. No woman does her best
except when she is cheerful. A light
heart makes nimble hands and keeps
the mind free and alert. No misfortune
is so great as one that sours the tenn
per. Till cheerfulness is lost nothing is
lost
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under dog, no matter what the fight is
about I don't know. But 1 do know
this-that whenever she appeared on
the scene of action the men all looked
like puppets, even the villain who walk
ed around on moral tiptoes part of the
time. But she strobe in fiat heeled
recklessness from start to finish, and
she didn't once finch, even though the
cards kept turning up against her. That
is why 1 have contended that plays
where the good wins out all along the
line are distinctly immoral, for if you
are the least bit of a thoroughbred your
sympathies are bound to go out to the
hunted. And if you're not a thorough
bred-wen, it doesn't much matter then
what you feel anyway.
And asaI have made quite long call
I think that I'll just say goodby and run
along E+~ fE~-4f
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possible. A thick piece of leather
makes a thick waist line. and, enough
said.
This is the time of the year when the
bad dressmaker puts up her annual
bluff-at your expense. Why do you go
to herr Oh, why? Why, for a multi
tude of reasons: Because your own
tried and faithful has moved away, be
cause your own tried and faithful has
not proved herself so any longer or,
worse still, because she has been rec
commended by a friend. The last con
slider the most dangerous reason of all.
Sometimes have a sneaking suspicion
that women pay off old grudges in that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-31
A Coco Work We'll Done.

Why, indeed? That is the question
that has been bothering me ever since.
Well, I stood the patting and pinching
and pulling as long as I could. ] stayed
away from the Morris park races liz or
der to afford the lady an opportunity of
evolving another geoinetrical problem
with that side gore. 1 even gave her
more goods and vet more goods. But
that did not aft1ict me as it might. You
have to give them more goods anyway,
no matter how much you get. The
good dressnlaker clothes her youngest
with the extra yards; the poor dress
maker puts Il into your gown by an in
genious system of cutting out dupli-
cate sections until she happens to hit
the right angle. But I'd rather clothe
the family, if you give me my choice,
for al least one doesn't have to stand
and be fittaa fer them.
Well I endured it until the back of
the bolero stood up like that of an an
cry cat and began to ravel. Then I
knew the costume was thoroughly out
ragged and had firmly made up it's mind
never to be made by that woman.
So 1 suddenly made a swift move.
gathered up the goods in my arms and
departed. I STROBE down Fifth avenue
"an in me Sunday regalia," mind you;
purple cloth tailor made, white gloves
and tulle bew-carrying what appeared
to be the family wash. There wasn't
an empty hanson, there wasn't a
coach in sight Nothing for it but
to walk those five deadly blocks and
to cut dead every one I knew I finally
disappeared into a doorway and fell on
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drawer a vicious jerk, and the front
side of it fell upon my toes! Casting
my eyes around, 1 saw that there were
left only the chairs, the carpet which 1
hate, the desk which was a present and
which I, therefore, always wanted to
lose, and the piano, which could only
be called mine because I owe money on
it. SO we moved. We are now ma
hoganized and plate CLASSIFIED, with lace
curtains on every hand, and the carpet,
praise be, is an oriental affair with a
cream ground; the sort of a carpet 1
have long dreamed of, because the more
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- She STROBE in fiat heeted
AuillS now d FeckIessHess.
play like that
will affect one. Only one impression
remained with me-what an awfully
fine man the wicked Tidy" would
have made and what an awful nice
boarding school of girls the gentle
men" of the piece would have made!
And why is it, will you tell me,
that sheer Wickedness often spells
strength and goodness the opposite? Is
it because it takes some courage to be
really bad? Certainly you have society
against you, and as a sporting PROPOSE
ton my sympathy goes to the plucky
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-31
WoMAN's IMPROVED PHYSIQUE.

The evidence of ladies' outhtters af-
fords direct proof of the Improvement
III physique of the modern woman.
Most decidedly" said the manager Of
a large store, "our lady customers re-
quire larger sizes in shoes than they
did ten years ago Formerly we stock
ed nothing larger than sfives,' and
'threes' was the average size. Now we
keep 'sevens' and during last year even
Fights, but .hves' is the average size Of
shoes Gloves. hosiery and underwear
are all being sold in larger sizes than
they were ten years ago"
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The WHY of = Move

suppose because I have moved. 1t
was stern necessity. Our furniture, al
ways artistic. but never solid had that
tired, spring feeling, and it simply
slumped in sections. First, the divan
had nervous prostration in the center
It gave me three of the loveliest night
mares I have ever had, and then 1 de-
cided that unless I was to go in for
writing the horrible it and 1 must part
company While 1 was mournfully re-
hecting upon this I gave the bureau
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plaChs green or
red, according to
your costume.
The wide leath-
er belt is, in
fact, the smart
est thing out.
The most ex-
pensive belts are
stiffened in the
back so that
they stay up
there while they
crush down to
almost nothing
at the sides.
The one thing
you should look
out for in chOos-
ing a leather
belt is that the
kid is pliable
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the project to
on clusion
this is worth
while"
During a trip
to Arizona Mrs.
TUFTS q uic k
mind noted the
great loss of
mine produc-
tiveness from
lack of water.
Power for min
ing couldbe sup
piled throug h
electricity from
a central plant,
provided sum-
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igree sticks up fer itself. My goodness,
how it did stick up 1t simply stuck up
in sections or one side as if shrieking
its wrongs, While the other side 1--WE are
speaking of the skirt now) lay down as
meek as d lamb.
1 mildly suggested that they were not
cut on the same grain.
My suggestion was received with
whitening scorn. why should 1 do a
thing like that?" madame exclaimed.
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But never take yelling gown as a rec
ommendation. You can cut it upside
down or downside up. you can cut one
gore at an angle of forty-five degrees
and the other circular fashion, anG
when you shirr it all up into punches
and pronounce the final blessing over
it it will never reveal your secret.
But not so the proud and naughty
raohair. Mine cost mighty near 81 a
yard, and cloth of that aristocratic ped
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-31
The Ineompetent Modiste.

Some woman whose spring costume
has undergone wonderful and un-
beautiful transformation at the hands
of Madam NCgood will read this and
cheer up when she learns that 1 also am
in the same box. It's rather odd, toe,
for am suspicious but in this case I
was fooled because I saw a yelling
gown she had made. and it seemed to
cling in anG puff out III the right places.
I care the bureau drarer ricious jerk.
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THE DANGEROUS LONG SKIRT.

THE DANGEROUS LONG SKIRT.
Unless his courage oozes away when
it comes to the point a physician re-
tired from active practice intends to use
his influence to regulate the length OF
women's skirts by law. 1T should be
made a misdemeanor. punished by fine
or imprisonment, or both" says the
doctor, for a woman to wear a skirt
long enough to sweep the pavement,
even an inch or more. The skirt should
clear the sidewalk just as the bottoms
of mans trousers do. Unnumbered
millions of germs of disease are car
ried into halls, traiIed up stairvays and
distributed in the living rooms Of
houses by these filth CATERERS. If we
had law and enforced fl, fnfng a few
women SIS or 800 and locking up a few
more, it would have a salutary effect
and our cities would be healthier in
consequence"
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Ia vi S hly you
powder yourself
the more the
carpet is i'm
proved.
Such is life!
Y e s t da Y,
a m on g othe r
things, I went
to see a melo-
drama. It did
me good. One
doesn't often see
a gorgeously bad
woman on the
sta ge, one who is
consistent right
from start to
finish and no
S m all fe cling S
about it. But it S
funny how a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-31

~3HE wide belt is certainly the
thing this summer. If you
don't believe me. take the mar
IA row belt off your last years
gown and substitute. the wide
girdle. In a moment the costume will
look up to date. I haven't seen a single
costume that was a costume without
girdle at least three inches wide. Most
of them, as a matter of fact, are a great
deal wider.
You will notice this wide belt in its
most chic form made of leather-white,
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way But that may be merely the flight
of an overfervent Imagination. Any
way. it works.
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getting mixed social side of United States diplomacy and
the handy esend
minis
beautifu and
nl In eihe caseth n
angirls
A
ister a Caytons
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-26
A Marvellous Production.

La@ Theatre goerS have a grand operate
treat in store for them when that
greatest of all comic opera successes
FL Captain viii he presented for the
first time in this city at the Grand
Opera House The management has
been trying for years to get this big
attraction, and has at last succeeded
in doing so. There is no opera now
before the public that contains more
pretty music. duets and trios than Ell
Captain. They become so well known
throughout the country that every
body has whistled the catchy airs at
some time or other while a military
or local band without a Captain march
is an unheard OF thing. This has
been long looked for event Among
the artists of the company are the
we'll known singers, Mr.. Harry Carter,
in the title role, Bobby Stanley, as
Pozzo. the Chamberlain, Francis Car
rier, the great baritone, and Henry c.
Peakes, the basso, Miss Beatrice Ray
as EstreIda, Minnie Emmett, Sadie
Etherton and Marie De Santo. The
cast will be well supported by strong
and well trained chorus, and thor |
oushly adequate performance is guar |
antced. Prices, sIOd, I5c, so, and 25 |
cents.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-26
BUSTER BLACK
CONFESSED
TO "eoRRoWiMG" SOME MONEY
FROM TIE CASA! REGISTER
AT THE MERRlFiELD Ho-
TEL.

1t is reported that Eli Fortney was
| on duty at the Meritield hotel last
night as usual. About 4 o'clock this
| morning Buster. Black, who has
been on day duty. came in and told
Fortney he would relieve hin5for an
hour or two If he desired, and give
him rest The offer was accepted in
good faith and Fortney lay down for
a nap. leaving Black in charge. When
Fortney awoke later and returned for
duty Black took his exit. Nothing
wrong was suspected at the time but
this morning on making change, the
cash drawer was found to be short
about $37. a little loose change only
being left in it. Black returned soon
after, when Fortney apprised him of
be made good. to which Black re-
sponded that he would make good one
half of it If F'ortney would stand for
the balance. to which Fortney did
not agree, when Black again left.
will Ulrtch, one of the proprietors
was then notified of what had occur
red, and started off with Fortney on
the hunt of Black. They heard OF him
at different points, and that he was
fourishing money freely. which they
were convinced he did not have pre-
viously, in that he had tried to borrow
a dime for Il drink
They finally intercepted him at the
Marion hotel bar, and while talking
the matter over, Mr. Ulrich ran his
hand down into Blacks pocket and
pulled out $2S.5O which he held up /
before him. when he confessed TO /
have taken it but said that he had I
only borrowed it, and was coming
back TO return it. Mr.. Ulrich, however, I
with his consent, preferred himself
to return to the cash drawer the
amount in his possession, and agreed
with Black to return the rest accord
ng to his promise, thus relieving
Fortney of any further responsibility,
INC also clearing up the mystery, while
,c waits for Black to make good the
balance, unaccounted for in. the
orced settlement. +,
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the of
Affairs Oft FenyP Pncus,M Manager
MARSHAL CHARLES d. ELLIOTT
SERVED THE PAPERS

son that he was to open a two weeks
enga cement at Pittsburg Exposition
on September &c.
Jackson, who carefully considered ii
and after due deliberation he granted
| the following Injunction:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Northern District of West Virginia, SIS.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
To The City of Fairmont, munich
pal corporation. of the State of West
Virginia. G. w. Kinsey. Mayor, and j.
Engle, City Clerk of said City of Fair
mont and Fairmont Opera House
Company, a corporation, defendants,
and all other persons, Greeting:
Whereas, Henry Pincus, citizen of
the State of New York. has filed, on
the Chancery side OF the Circuit
Court of the United States for the
Northern District of West Virginia,
bill against The City of Fairmont, 4
municipal corporation of the State of
West Virginia, G. W. Kinsey. Mayor,
and Fairmont Opera House Company,
corporation. and all other persons,
and has obtained an allowance for an
Injunction as prayed for in said bill,
from the Honorable John J. Jackson.
one of the Judges of the Circuit Court
of the United States for the Northern
District. of West Virginia
Now, therefore, we having regard
to the matters in said bill contained,
do hereby command and strictly en-
join you, The City Of Fairmont, mu-
nicipal corporation of the State of
West Virginia, G. w. Kinsey, Mayor.
and ]. Engle, City Clerk of said City
of Fairmont, and Fairnont Opera
House Company, corporation, and
all other persons and corporations, |
from interfering in any manner or in
any actions or proceedings to prevent |
or stop the production of the said sa-
cred concert at said Grand Opera |
House. or to interfere with, prevent |
or stop any of the agents, employees or
servants of the complainant and of |
the Fairmont Opera House Company
in the performance of their respective
duties in connection with the giving
of said concert, or to interfere with,
prevent or stop said orchestra, or any
part thereof. or any member thereof,
from performing their portions of
said program, or in any manner stop