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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

Bowman after her school days were
ended. There romance touched her.
She was betrothed to a brilliant young
literary man of her own south, youth
courtly, handsome, cnivalrous-all that
even girls imagination could desire
in a lover He died before the wedding
day, and his last wish was that the
sweetheart he left alone should always
wear flowers in her hair in memory of
him. Long ago that was, and to this
day the girl continues to wear flowers
in her hair. Strange it is, too, but the
hair, dark then, is still dark and beau
tiful today. 1t never turned gray.
1t is in the air now to diSbelieve in
true love between man and woman, the
kind that is faithful to one object
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21


childhood. helping those who needed
help. The great mother heart which is
in all true women could not pour it
self out upon one family, SO she took in
all the world for her family. She
achieved the true mission of woman, to
help and to uplift.
The civil war flames burst out. They
devoured the substance of the Bowman
family in common with that of so many
other southerners. Eliza Bowman had
made many friends in the north, and to
the north she went to Chicago.
In Chicago she became deeply inter-
ested in the Home of the Friendless,
then a small and struggling institution.
She was its manager for many years.
At the time of the great Chicago fire
Miss Bowman received every soul that
applied for shelter. She took a basket
upon her arm and went from door 10
door of the houses that remained and
begged food, clothing - anything that
would relieve the burnt out people she
had gathered in.
In that Home of the Friendless her
work and influence were measureless
for good. She has the brain of diplo-
mat and statesman. If she had been a
man she would have held one of the
highest posts of state undoubtedly, but
this fate was spared her, and she is
kind. She intuitively read the charac-
ter of those who came under her charge
in the home Without ever preaching,
scolding or even seeming to advise she
managed to bring out the best capabil-
titles of the children who drifted to her
She found places for them to work and
learn; she had them adopted by those
who could give them fair opportunity
One man now known throughout the
trU n
forlorn waif in that Home of the Friend
less and was put by Eliza Bowman in
a wealthy family which she knew and
which adopted and educated him
In after years the Home of the Friend
less was taken over by the city of Chi
cago. Then Eliza Bowman became a
matron of the Newsboys' home there.
Here occurred an episode so extraordi-
nary in the life of a refined, gentle lady
that it must be described. The news
boys of the institution had somehow
been started wrong in a way that
brought out all the lawlessness and
deviltry in them. They had driven off,
even by violence, the matrons who had
gone before Eliza Bowman. They plot
ted to drive her eff too. The plot was
that they were to burst into her room
in the middle of the night tear her out
of bed and force her from the house.
She got wind of it. She always has got
wind of things somehow.
without a word she went to bed as
usual. True to the conspiracy, in the
deadest watch of the night came a roar
and rush, the howl, yell and onrush
of a mob against Miss Bowman's door,
which crashed open. There sat the ma
iron upon her bed, a pistol in each hand
pointed straight at the ringleader's
eyes, with look on her face that show
ed she meant to use it.
well, boys, what can I do for your"
said the new matron sweetly. The
young ruffians skunk back in silence.
Have you any complaints to make?'
continued the new matron. Still not a
word not sound. Then Miss Bowman
said:
Don't you think, boys. that it would
have been wise to wait till you know a
little more about how things are going
to be before starting in like this?" Still
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21
Heard In a Restaurant.

And 1 think restaurant menus give
away the unwary about as quickly as
anything else. Witness the woman
who. being asked whether she liked
truff1es, exclaimed, "Oh, no; 1 don't
care a bit for those horrid, diseased
goose Hversi" And the other one who
remarked cheerfully, isn't it cute the
way they stick these little squares of
okra on the little cakes?" AS a matter
of fact, it was angelica! Also the other
woman who, being asked whether she
would like a tournedo a la Marie An
toinette, which was on the menu, re-
piled that she would prefer a small
steak if they didn't mind. But, then
that was more excusable, for not every
one knows that a tournedo is a small
steak.
The trouble is that your new rich
man or woman never wants to admit
lovingly redrYGnQed it on her knee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21
In the Proner Place.

You may say what you will Gas a
matter of fact you haven't said any
thing at all. but that's a good way of
beginning a subject), in this world you
naturally go with the people for whom
you are fitted. There isn't half so
much material snobbishness as one
would suppose. Take a crowd of wo-
men at a summer hotel and notice how
they separate into groups - the gos-
sips first of all, next the social ele-
ment, next the intellectually minded
then the athletic and finally those I'M
fortunates without much education
and early advantages, but with a lit
tie money. OF course the latter attempt
to butt into the sanctum sanctorum oc-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

not a word. But in that brief interval
antag onism and defiance in the news
boy breast had changed to all the boys
admiration for clear sgrit and superior
soul power. They went out quietly and
respectfully.
So the new matron put the young
toughs in their place. and from that
day on peace and Eliza Bowman reign
ed in the Chicago Newsboys' home.
She found she could be infinitely
helpful there. She liked her boys; they
adored her, the sympathetic, sweet wo-
man who was yet so wise and powerful.
She expected to cad her days in that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

home she had mastered. Fourteen years
she reigned a queen Then came ter
rible illness through poisoning from
leaking pipes, and that ended it all. The
illness and its effects lasted long, and it
was several years before "St. Eliza" as
they call her in Chicago, could engage
in active work. She is now manager of
the Working Girls home for the Bal
lingten Booth army of American Vol
unteers. She is a born organizer, and
her motto is: Do the work of today;
eat the food of today. Tomorrow will
be provided for.
ELIZABETH LEE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21
HYDROGEN PERoxIDE.

This drug turns the hair golden"
when the existing hair color is strong,
but weakly colored hair it may almost
deprive of color. If used too freely ii
causes the hair to become brittle. Of
ten the shade of yellow it creates is too
intense. These facts and few others
have led to its rather hasty condemna-
ton by skin doctors. The truth is that
the drug can be made to yield any
shade from a slight bronzing to q pale
straw and can be so employed as to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

d e C lare it
makes me sore to think can't give
her any betteri" and so forth and so on.
AS matter of fact, try Elizabeth on
either French or Spanish, and you will
md the former anything but intelligi-
BILE and the latter with a strong accent
of 'Stratford ate Bowe," and the
French countess story won't bear look
ing at too closely either.
When a woman has a husband train
ed that way she has one of the most
valuable assets obtainable. Take the
plainest woman possible, give her an
attractive pet name, a few pretty
gowns and a press agent husband who
lets her do practically as she pleases,
and you have a little woman who is
bound to make hit sooner or later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

graceful figure eight around a large
bow of pale blue or pink ribbon and
then, plastering the same anywhere
from the top of her head to the nape of
her neck, she anchors it there by means
of three large wire hairpinS. 1t occurs
to me that it is now more convenient
to have no hair than to have a lot, for
in the former case you can take off
your couture and examine it to see
whether it is muSsed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

languages is a
caution. Why,
we weren't in
South America
more than a
fortnight before
she could rattle
on Spanish like
a native. She
has a gift for
languages any
how; comes by
it naturally.
s h e is h a l f
Fr e n C h, V o u
know. Mother
was a French
countess. When
] think of what
the poor little
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

landish, and as long as the sleeves are
fused up the skirts will have to be to
keep them company.
One rather prominent tailor assured
me that the strict tailor made will be
revived and that for that sort of cos
tune the sleeves will be made very
plain and straight. Well, 1 am more
than willing such a state of affairs
should take place. We have certainly
improved in the length of street gowns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21
ed German almanacs, don't
imported
theV2''

they?"
We are coming back to the days of
the hair switch. In fact, it is prac-
ticany impossible for a city bred
man to have enough hair to concoct the
enormous figure Fights at the nape of
the neck that fashion demands. But
what amuses me is the shamelessness
of it. L have seen a yachtswoman
whose couture had become disarranged
through forcible contact with a sail
calmly unpin the same much mussed
bun and lovingly rearrange it on her
knee, patting each curve into place,
while the rest of the women and some
of the men looked on in admiration at
her dizziness. Indeed, one of the most
chic women 1 know first makes her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

Now, let the
good work go
on, / am in
favor of any
amount of dain--
tineSs and flow
ing length in
evening gowns,
but for practi-
cal street pur-
poses all that
sort of thing is
dead wrong and
in the worst
possible taste.
w h at ia S hion
designers want
to give uS-and
1 have reason to
think they are
trying to-is a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

attempt at home. as elaborate gowns
and, above all, tailor made dresses but
when it comes to underwear and negli-
gees. why, you can spend or save a
small fortune on them, just as you
choose. KATE CLYDE.
New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

VT occurs to me that many husbands
would make capital press agents.
Did you ever see a husband press
n agent. or. rather. hear him, for
he isn't much to look at? This is the
way he goes on: Il tell you what, Lady
Betty CHS wife's name is Elizabeth) is
a crackerjack! The way she picks up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

that he or she doesn't know what
things are and he thus continually dis
plays his ignorance, like the man Who
hearing something said about the Al
manach de Gotha, Immediately remark
ed, with the air of a connoisseur, They
have such amusing pictures in those
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21
Reform In the Tailor Made.

Leading dressmakers would have us
believe that the fall styles are to be
simpler, but for my part 1 can't see it;
not at any rate as-Iong the big
sleeves continue. You can't have
perfectly plain big sleeve. It looks out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

Two English sisters, the Misses Hind
ley of London, have recently compIet-
ed one of the most remarkable and
difficult Alpine climbing tours ever re-
corded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

Portable is needed. The coat illustrated
is just the thing for this emergency.
1t follows the directoire lines and is
fashioned of supple face cloth elabo-
rately trimmed with bands formed of
narrow braid and finishes at neck and
wrists with mousseline jabot and wrist
ruffieS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21


of
in society
of
The
armat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

through all the changes and tempta-
tons of this life. Well. perhaps, as they
say, there is no such thing as true love,
yet brilliant matches, so called, Eliza
Bowman might have made more than
once or twice. She was beautiful and
intellectual; she was and is charming,
tactful and sweet as she describes Lola
Montez to have been. Suitors not a
few came about her. yet she turned
from them all and each day put flowers
in her hair in remembrance of the lover
who went out of this life more than a
generation ago.
She went back to the dear task of her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

.ss:s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21
A STUNNING WRAP FOR EARLY

We have worn the daintiest kinds of
little coats and wraps all summer. but
now that the cool, crisp days are al
most at hand something really COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

rearrGnged it on her Knee.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-09-24
Asks Heavy Damages.

\ demand for an indemnity of
$40, 900 has been made on the
United States by the Chinese
government for the killing of one
o. its subjects and the destruc-
ton of Chinese property at Ton
opah on the night OF Sept. 10,
1908. The demand has been re
ferred to U. S. District Attorney
Symmetrical for investigation
who will make a report to the
government in a short time. He
was at Tonopah last week in
vestigating the affair
In its issue of last week the
Tonopah Miner SAYS, that Dis
trict Attorney Symmetrical will,
n his report, inform the govern
ment shat tie good people Of
Tonopah did all in their power
to prevent the outrage and to
insure the safety OF The Chinese
after the outrage occurred.
The newspaper statements
tn 1T war may b. declared
against this countov if the in
demn ~ is not forthcoming are
to silly for consideration by in
teliigentpeople.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-09-24

An interesting story relating
to a divorce SUIT comes from
California and is told by the
san Francisco Chronicle in these
words: Friedrich V, Muller, who
obtained AZ inrerloeutory decree
Of divorce from Clara +. Muller
in Judge SIoss's corrt in last
April, filed a petition Monday to
have the decree set aside on the
ground that he believes his wife
was insane when she committed
the acts Of cruelty Of which he
complained. She was commit
ed 10 the insane ASYLUM At AZ
news after the intcrlocutory de
cree was granted, and Mr.. Mul-
Ter saws that she now needs his
help and he is willing to carry
outhis promise to love, cherish
and project her
Commenting upon this tale the
Louisville Ky, Courier-Iournal
saws: This seems to Indicate
that Mr.. Muller Is 4 good deal
Of man, aud his action is in
striking contrast with that of
some persons of greater preten-
tons
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-09-24
WOMEN, AND
BEE CULTURE

The coming to Nevada of sew
erai of California's largest honey
men with their bee hives, has
suggested to several Nevada
women thar Bookkeeping is a
new means III this State for
women to earn money, aud they
are preparing to engage in this
pleasant aud profitable occupa-
ton. Nevada is today produc-
inc che best honey in the world
at the rate of two crops a year,
and the honey industry IS bring
ing many thousands Of dollars
into the State yearly. The tot
lowing from the Housekeeper is
interesting at this time:
There are many reasons why
bee keeping as q moneV-tnaklng
occupation shoulg appealstrong
" to women. To mang the
word bee" is associated with
thoughts of wild chaSes with
tin pans and coW-bells after ah-
sconding swarms aud later
nursing innumerable painful
stings. With the modern meth
cd of caring for bees, sWarming
is largely done away VITA, and
there is little danger Of stiugs.
The work is light; there i no
part Off a woman Of ordinary
strength cannot do, except to
carry the hives INTO winter
quarters aud set them out again
Oh their stands III the spring
There is no dirty or disagrecable
work about it as there Is about
poultry raising or gardening
1t is a hcalthfuI occupation.
Though not requiring a great
amount Of att ntion. one will
unconseiouslv be drawn out OF
doors tn note when the first
pussy willows or alderS blossom
OF when the bees begin to fill the
tlnv"baskctS' ON their legs with
pollen, which is the food for the
iaGNd-DdDN heeS bec-KeeDil2
can be carried on almost any
where, whether one has a home
of her own or not, or whether it
be III cltVor country. Bees have
been kept IN g1rrets, on the fiat
roofs of city buildings, in out
buildings, in boats which travel
by night. III small hack yards
III fact almost any place where
there is room to set = hive, N !
there are faW localities where
bees cannot b Kept at a prof
If rightly managed.
Althon1h there are certain
tasks 70 be attended to- At Ger
tain times, the work is not con.
tinuOus. \ forenoon or after
noon, once a week. given to the
work during the busy seasons
would be all that j. necessary tC
care for n largs number Of hive,
when one has become thorough.
IL acquainted with the work
Two hives are all q person
should begin with.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-09-24
FOR SALE

Twelve hundred acres of land Oh Old
River, ten to twelve miles from I'allon.
Eight hundred acres fenced. Plenty OF
timber IN land. Fine pasture. viii
make fine alfalfa land. For further in
formation address
+. ". DUDLEY,
Lovelock, New.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-09-24

! have Number Of first class
mich eoN5 which Offer for sale
At reasonable prices VIII sell
Singlv or in numbers.
I. T.. Mills.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-09-24

Clinton & Mcclure the painters
aud decorators, are breaking all
records in buggy painting, both
i'll high class work and reason
abb prices Bug9ies painted
from $40 up.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-18
Looking for friends

The Pasadena Daily News published
la,ely an article descriptive of the
Throop Polytechnic school of that place,
giving high praise to Miss Virginia
ease. who is in charge of the institu-
ton.
virginia Pease is the youngest of the
five children born In Winnemucca to Mr..
and Mrs. l.. c. Pease. whose deaths ESQ
close together) will be remembered by
old residents. They lie buried across the
river in the little graveyard on the hill.
After the death OF her parents she.
with her sisters and brothers. was taken
east by an uncle to be raised and edu-
Gated by him. She knows nothing of her
birthplace or Of any of those who knew
her parents. She would be glad, If there
are any living who knew them If they
would write to her at the~Throoo Poly
technic school. Pasadena.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-18
WEDDING AT PARADISE
Two fstimsble Young People
Joined IN WeOlOCk

Mr.. c. st. Martin, a well-to 40 sheep
man of McDermit. and Miss Mari, YER
ney. a sister of Mrs. Joseph aio.ard Of
Paradise. were married at noon today at
the Auditorium hotel at Paradise Mr.. It.
Bradshaw. justice of the peace. o:ticiat-
ing. Mrs. A. Pasquale and MISS Florence
Lye stood up with the happy coupe. The
bride was attired in a handsome gown
of white satin. At the conclusion of the
ceremony the bridal party repaired to
sumptuous wedding breakfast Among
those present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
.-iotard. Mr.. J. r. Harvey and Mr.. B. r..
Riley; Mesdames Forgnone, Fheley AMI
I,almer On Thursday next air. ~an.i
Mrs. st. Martin will leave ror McDer-
NIT, where they WAL occupy the hand
some residence recently erected b. Mr.
st. Martin. The best wishes of their
friends of Paradise follow the happy pair
% their new home.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-18
RsOSevcItS Election Assured

Chicago, Oct. 16.-'The business inter
ests of the country now regard Roose-
velt's election as assured. BY this
mean to say the bankers, manufacturers
and other men of affairs in the East no
longer take into consideration in planning
for the future. the possibility of Par
ker defeating the Republican ticket.
believe l am in a position to read the
situation Alright and to assert with pos
itiveness that the country is to have
four years more of Republican admins
tration."
Frank A. vanderlip. president of the
National City bank of New York City.
the richest bank in the United States
made the foregoing prediction today.
If there were doubt about the tri-
umph of the Republican national tick
et." continued the Wall-street man, 1--WE
would now be seeing evidences of It in
commercial and financial circles. If the
big men of finance or great manufacture
ers or railroad magnates thought 1t poss-
ib.e that the Democratic ticket is to
win. and that there would be such rad
ical tariff revision and probable dlstur-
bance in internal affairs as to make the
whole country uneasy, they would show
these doubts in various ways. Money
would be harder to get. the manufactur-
er would probably map out less exten-
sive programme. and things commercial
would become tight and cramped. The
business interests are confident that there
will be no upheaval. and serene in tn s
belief, they are planning future affairs
as If election day does not come on No
vsmber sth"
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-18
kite Contest

St. Louis, Oct l7-With eighteen en-
tries. representing America. England ami
Japan. the first kite flying contests OF
the kind ever held. began today in the
aeronautic concourse. the Stadium and
other clear spaces at the Worlds fair.
among the contestants. many Of whom
have worldwide regulations. were DR..
Alexander Graham BEL. inventor OF the
telephone bearing that name; William +.
Eddie. inventor of the Eddie kite. and
Captain Baden Powell of England.
The most interesting competition was
the mile-high contest. In which Baien-
Powell and Eddie flew kites. In this con-
test the heights were determined trig-
onometically
In the 5O9-foot contest the height was
determined by means of the quadrant.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-18
Fatal tenement fire

New York, Oct I7.-Six lives were lost
nearly score of persons injured and the
lives of more than 100 others were en-
dangered in an early morning tenement
house fire in the Williamsburg section or
Brooklyn today With one exception all
the dead are children and of the eight
wao were so badly hart that they were
removed to a hospital. the oldes. . 4 IL
year-old girl. Incend.arles are thought
to have been responsible for the fatal
fire and this theory is strengthened by
the fact that while the firemen were at
work on the blaze alarms wei TIT nc,l az
for two other fires in the immediate
neighborhood.