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busy though quiet life. Like all mod
ern institutions of it's kind, cheerful
ness reigns within its walls. The at
mosphere, therefore, is never depress-
ing, and even the most serious lease"
is unconsciously affected by the hope
fulness that prevails.
st. Luke's hospital is so we'll arrang-
ed that every private room and all the
wards get their share of sunshine. The
children's ward is a particularly at
trctive spot, for little home touches
have been given to this room to make
1t pleasing to the eyes of the little in
valids who are brought here to be
treated. DR.. A. J. Gillette has charge
of the children's cases, and the pale,
thin faces of the little sufferers reflect
his CHEEKY optimism. Every year the
children at st. Luke's have a Christ
mas tree and so much jollity pervades
in the ward at this season that, to the
visitor, it would almost seem that the
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have closed upon him. in a different
world, world in which everybody has
something important to do and is bent
on doing it. Perhaps he enters just as
the ambulance drives up to the rear
door and catches a glimpse of internes
and white-capped nurses taking charge
of newly arrived patient. If so he
marvels that the arrival of new pa
tient should so little interrupt the nos
pital routine and that the patient Is
made part of that routine so quickly.
He views spotless wards, immaculate
diet kitchens and spick- -and-span lava
tories, but he sees nowhere evidence OF
such upheavals as he has come to as
sociate with the task of keeping houses
clean, and he probably comes to the
conclusion that the wheels of the hos
pital machine are rubber-tired. But
down in the basement he has chance
to see some of the wheels go round,
for the sewing room, where are made
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MEMORIES OF THIRSTS THAT
PRODUCED LIFE-SAVING DRINKS

66AAIHAT. and when, and how, and
wv where, was the best tasting
drink you ever had?" relectively in
uuired one of party of idlers In a
restaurant.
All present tilted back their chairs
and gazed abstractedly at the ceiling
for q space. Presently their eyes be-
gan to twinkle. Slow, contemplative
smiles wreathed their faces.
II hate to besmirch the memory OF
q number of astonishingly opportune
and satisfying life-savers that have
come my way In the nick of time, -
said the first of the men to reply to
the general question. But 1 remember
one drink that stands out alone, in a
class all by itself.
'T lived in Paris for three years dur
ing the '80s. Paris isn't any Sahara
unless you get in bad. I got in very
wrong one night
"a young fellow of the American COL
ony gave his bachelor supper. 1t was
about the most caloric thing In the
way of bachelor supper than ever
sat down or stood up to.
"They strung him and chanted sym
pathetic dirges at him from In the
evening until in the morning, when
the affair broke up. I got into a cab in
front of the hotel and told the driver
to hustle me to my lodgings, eight
squares away.
when we got there the cabman told
me that the charge was 16 francs, which
was at the rate of francs per square
why. In fact, when he saw that
was one of the just over Yanks.
'I handed him francs, which was
more than the rightful fare, and turned
to go up the steps of my lodging. Th'
cabman set up a Norman yelE grabbed
the whip out of its socket, and started
for me threateningly, and bowling al
the time most blasphemously.
Tried to Reason With Him.
'T tried to reason with him and tt
quell his tremendous outcries, but 4
was no use. The cabman meant tt
sandbag me for the 16 francs or know
why. In fact, when he saw that
wasn't going to stand to be gouged h,
started to club his whip and made tn,
initial move toward hitting me on tn,
head with the butt of it.
There was nothing for 1t but t,
knock him down. He emitted a blea
that, in the stiffness of the early morn
ing, could have been heard mile, and
Of course, the funny little gendarme
came, five Of them.
There was no use trying q punch
fest against such odds. I went witt
them to the clink. There was no US
trying to explain when I got there
The cabman had a broken nose, and
was in for deadly assault Collatera
wouldn't do. They stuffed me into
cell after 1 had written several mes
sages to friends.
Il was tired and disgusted an
stretched myself out on the cell bencl
for sleep. woke up couple of hour
later, after dreaming that my head wa
the barbette of a cruiser and that tn
steel belts were being placed around it.
Such Brick Oven Thirst.
"Such a brick-oven thirst! Their
was no water in the cell. 1 called on
to the keeper at the end of the corri
dor, but he was interested In his gam
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cared for by DR.. Franklin Smith and
DR.. Brisbine. The lapse Of years
brought legislation in regard to the
church property, which necessitated the
removal of the hospital from the Mis-
sion grounds. A reorganization was
made March 13, 1873. The church hos
pital and orphans home, with capi-
tai of $664.32, entered upon new ca
reer of usefulness. The six ircorpora-
tors were R. r. Nelson, A. II. Cathcart
and William Dawson, of Christ church;
Henry Sibley, Amherst Wilder and j.
w. Bass, from st. Paurs church. The
institution was removed to a frame
building between Market and ST. Peter
streets, where it remained until May.
1874, when brick building. then 43
East Eighth street, was leased for
term of two years. During this time
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of Nap solitaire, and he only gave, me
a grunted consignment to eternal
damnation. I sat there and worked
myself into raging thirst fever. Don't
know but what I might have been a
little f1ighty from sheer exhaustion.
THE gray dawn was just beginning
to percolate through the little barred
window at the end of the corridor when
l heard familiar voice at the other
end of the hall. 3
Where have you got him tucked?"
inquired the voice.
"He was pal, one of those for whom
1 had sent after being arrested, and
he, too, had been at the bachelor sup
per. The keeper admitted him to my
cell.
"All tucked up, heyT he said,
cheerily Well, thought you'd be that
way when l got your message, and so
I brought something along
Then I noticed he was carrying a
Gladstone bag. He set the Gladstone
bag down on my bench and snapped II
open. He took out Of the bag long
bottle of fine Rhine wine. felt greed
lily of the bottle. 1t was as cold as
| ice.
"sBut 1t is forbidden, monsieur said
the keeper, stepping into the cell and
cycling the bottle.
Sure thing said my friend, and
| he held hand behind his back andfthe
keeper saw the louis in the hand and
| took 1t with smile.
Aroma Filled the Cell.
"That thoughtful chap had even
around with a napkin SOS 1t wouldn't
break, in the Gladstone bag. He dug
around for his pocketknife, opened the
| corkscrew apparatus, and pulled the
| cork. The aroma of the wine instantly
| filled the CELL sweeter than any wood
violets.
THAT bottle Of Rhine wine was the
greatest and most convincing drink
ever experienced. Talk about your
blushing hippocrene, your honey of
/ Hymettus!
"One Of the legation secretaries came
along during the forenoon and got me
out after had squared up the cab
mans smashed nose with 500 francs.
| But that thirst and the drink that
| quenched it. were worth far more mon
ey. I wouldn't take 5000 francs, right
now, for the mere recollection Of the
boundless and amazing satisfyingness
of that drink of Rhine wine"
II had drink once" said another OF
the party, that has caused me to
cheerfully chip in, according to my
means, toward the support Of foreign
missions ever since. It came my way
In Kobe, Japan.
II was running In and out Of the
Japan ports on a Japanese steamer, or
a trip that was partly for business, but
quite lot for pleasure. Before leav-
ing this country great many letters
had been pressed upon me to present
to American relatives and friends II
the far East. Among them was letter
to a missionary stationed at Kobe.
When, on the night before the lit
tie steamer was due in Kobe, I learned
that she would get there at O'clock
In the morning, and that, owing to be-
ing behind hand in her schedule, sht
would only stay in Kobe harbor al
hour, wasn't elated over the prospect.
attending my presentation Of the letter
to the missionary. But 1 resolved tt
fulfill the mission in spite of all in
convenience and discomfort
Il didn't get through playing my ent
Of the leetle one-yen ante game will
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the bunch Of newspaper Correspondents
who were returning from the Boxer
uprising until about In the morning,
at that. The game had been going on
for four days, and 1t wasn't any dry
game, either.
when turned In fer my three
hour nap told the steward to have a
boy call me as soon as the steamer
dropped anchor In Kobe barber. The
boy banged on my deors as thought,
about eight minutes after I'd, toppled
onto my bunk w. til my clothes on and
gone to sleep. but 1t was really after
o'clock, and the steamer was at an
chor in the harbor Of Kobe.
And I guess maybe, when l sat up
on the edge Of my bunk, my tongue
didn't feel like a wooden bell clapper.
I poked my head into the basin of cold
water, but that didn't relieve the inter-
nal fire byza whole houseful thought,
when I finished tidying myself, that I'd
dig up the steward and get wee one
| from him to stave off the harbor chill
Of the early morning.
But I found that the steward had
already gone ashore to get fresh pro-
visions. The steward had the keys to
all of the wet goods lockers. There
was nothing for 1t but to go ashore and
see the missionary and look as pleas
ant as possible, even with the volcano
in full blast inside of me.
$50 hailed sampan and put off
! for the beach, the skipper warning me
not to stay longer than three quarters
of an hour. On the way to the shore
/ understood why shipwrecked and
maddened sailors were sometimes
known to greedily gulp salt water I
! had just one of those thirsts myself.
II hoped into 'ricksha on the dock
and told the 'ricksha boy to gallop me
at the top of his speed to the mission
i ary's residence. He got there in some-
thing less than three minutes.
1T was Just about the hour Of dawn,
and everything in the neighborhood
was deadly quiet. But banged on the
missionary's door, and presently a
voice oyerhead-rather q youthful
sounding voice, I thought-inquired:
| whats the trouble?
Nothing, only an American in
truder with letter to present. 1 sung
back, and only ten minutes in which
to do it.
"Down directly came back the
| that of a young man, and in about a
minute a clean-looking, clipperish,
| smooth-faced man, not above thirty,
| threw open the door before which !
stood. He had gorgeous mans XII
mono thrown around him, and he looked
pleasant and gave me an athletes
grip.
Dad Was Sanity Man.
"Is your father up YETI asked
him, after the exchange Of greetings.
If you mean that he's in his heav-
emily home said the young man In the
ornate kirnono, 7 think there's not a
doubt Of it. MY good old dad was 9
sanity man. but 1 noticed that he
looked at me curiously. as If not ex-
actly understanding how to take me.
'I handed him the letter-it was
from New York cousins of his-and he
opened it and read it. saw, then
with astonishnent, that he was the
missionary himself. when had beer
mentally picturing man of the mos
conventional deacon pattern.
HE gave me another cordial griI
of the hand when he had finished read
ing the letter. I told him that I had tt
run to catch steamer. He begged ms
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Mo Proof in the Label.

Is the label on bottle Of claret any
guarantee of the contents? The an
swer is, practically none. Labels bear
ing the claret names most in demand
are printed and sold without restraint.
Take, for instance, popular brand
like ST. Julien. The quantity Of wine
retailed under this brand must very
largely exceed the yield of the COM
mune from which 1t takes its name,
excluding the famous growths which,
being entitled to bear the more dis
tinguished names of their chateaux,
are not labeled st. Julien.-London
World.
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grounds. secured through Rev. DR.. Van.
Ingen, had never been without pa
tients since it had opened its doors to
the needy.
First Supported by Daily Donations.
Two years ago st. Luke's hospital
published in Its annual report an in
teresting history of the hospitals be-
ginning. "The expenses" said the re-
port were met by the daily gifts Of
the benevolent. The patients were
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the name OF st. Luke's hospital was
adopted. The property was afterward
purchased and dedicated to hospital
uses. Mrs. M. A. Bradbury was the
first superintendent. 1t soon outgrew
the capacity of the Eighth street build
ing, but the trustees, realizing the slen-
der means OF the hospital, hesitated
about taking steps for the erection of q
new building. AS the result Of the per-
suasion Of a few Episcopalian women
the board finally decided to erect the
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the uniforms Of the training school
pupils and where is repaired the hos
pital linen; the big kitchen. where the
meals for the superintendents. the in
ternes and the nurses care prepared,
and the laundry in which the washing
is done, are never deserted. for work
must be done here all day long. Be
cause work never ceases below stairs
is one reason why things run very
smoothly above stairs.
Quite as interesting as the work of
caring for the sick in a hospital like
st. Luke's Is the work of caring for
those who care for the sick. 1t is faith
fully performed in st. Luke's. and Is
one of the reasons why the hospital
may be regarded as a model institu-
tion.
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sick. It was founded by the Episcopal
clergy In st. Paul almost fifty years ago,
and 1t still remains an Episcopal insti-
tuition, although 1t cares for the sick Of
all creeds and Of all nationalities.
The old mission grounds are part
Of historic st. Paul. Today, to be sure.
the grounds are known as Park place.
and most Of the houses that have been
erected there have turned their backs
on this bit of territory, for all but the
Episcopalians have forgotten its sig
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EARLY all the philanthropic in
~ stitutions in st. Paul commenc-
J ed their work on small scale
when the city was still in its infancy
and have grown up with it. This Is
one reason why the majority Of these
are so deep-rooted in the soil. A phil
anthropist might give large sum of
money for the founding of an institu-
ton which, when built, would be COM
plete in every detail, but though 1t
might accomplish as much good, 1t
could never mean as much to city as
some philanthropy that had shared its
struggles, its good and bad times, and
that had thus become closely linked
with its history.
Such an institution is st. Luke's hos
pital, one of the four admirable institu-
tions in st. Paul which care for the
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No Returns.
He-Now that you've broken off your
engagement with him. 1 suppose you'll
be rid of his presence?
She-Oh. no, indeed! I shall keep them
all."-Alley Slopers Half Holiday.
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must change, and to support her word,
she brings over models and living Ag-
ures from Paris and exhibits them
They The are almost universally small in
The new figure is higher in the bust:
it is higher in the waist and decidedly
higher in the belt linS. And what In
much more important from every
standpoint, is that the waist itself n
smaller.
For many years past woman has re-
1oiced in big waist. She. has con-
fessed to twenty-four inches, and ff
plump, she has owned up to twenty
nine or thirty. She did not care how
big her waist was as long as she suo-
ceeded in pulling down her belt in
front to give her the fashionable shape.
But now the figure is changing back
to the small waist. 1t is a waist that
is less by six inches than the waist of
last winter. Women who measured
twenty-nine around the belt must ret
ready to measure twenty-three. And
women whose belt measurements were
twenty-four inches must drop to about
twenty. The smaller the waist the
better.
But there are laws and limitations.
The bust must be very full and very
high. The low bust effects are going
out and the high, full, well-developed
figure is coming in.
Then, the shoulders must be broad
Indeed, study of the new figure is a
study in breadth. The wider the shout
GERS the better. The woman whose
shoulders call for a forty-inch waist
or thirty-eight inch will not be too
well developed for beauty.
EARLY autumn flowers are already being
sofa IN the flower stores. ASters and glad
lon are cheap and as these flowers as
wen as the gorgeous dahlias, last we'll
they are economical to buy. A bunch OF
Wh1te and purple asters in an old pewter
tankard made a charming table decora-
tlon- The beauty of pewter for flower
holders is perhaps not realized. Very
delicate flowers, such pale roses, lilies
OF the valley, violetss and orchids require
blossoms, especially the strong autumn
flowers, are charming in the dull pewter.
White aSters and chrysanthemums and
paIe-toned gladiOli look we'll in blue and
white jars or tall vases.
Branches of shining oak leaves still deep
green are lovely in combination with as
terS or dahlias. A hammered brass lar
filled with white flowers stood in the CEN
ter of mahogany. table in a certain stu
do, with oak leaves strewn around the
jar. few leaves were mingled with the
aSters.
One by one we are exploiting the pref
ty fashions of a bygone day and that OF
them. In Paris 1t is enjoying quite a
rage, and is worn either above or without
the high semi-transparent lace collar.
Sometimes it Is matched by a wristlet of
velvet threaded through jeweled slide,
which shows up very well on the long
white or pale StraW-cOlored gloves that
are worn with elbow sleeves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27
THE STORY TELLERs.
Jokes and Sayings of the Players on
and or the stage

/
and on the Stage.
Arthur Boucher. the English actor
once hired as dresser" a frequentel
| of the gallery of the theater. Mr.
Boucher says: zone night a new
play was produced by me. and wher
from the stage found the door lock.
ed. AS time was pressing 1 sent an
other man to search for my missing
servant. He was caught red-handec
ciates loudly "booing" his master
Arraigned before me, he attained the
frmest attitude possible, and asserted
boldly, No. sir, I am your servant
behind the scenes. but as an indie
pendent man and honest gallery boy
am bound to express my unbiased
opinion either for or against any play
which I may happen to see at a first
night. "
1t was on a Broadway car after a
matinee and two young women with
programmes of the Russian play quite
in evidence were still discussing the
star.
His make-up-isn't it wonderful ?''
Perfectly marvellous assented the
other enthusiastically.
"And his eyes are so black and
piercing" continued the first. -
you know" with rather a superior
smile.
"Oh. yes, my dear, they are-I no.
ticed particularly"
well, of course, 1 know you think
they are black. but really, I assure
you, they are blue"
Now, come, dear, can't you re-
member as Brutus-how black they
were %
Cant you remember as Beaucaire
how blue they were? Or as Karl
Heinrich, or Beau BrummeI? I sim
ply can't see how you make such a
mistake
Thank you, I do remember them
all very we'll, and, besides. have just
seen Ivan this afternoon and feel per-
fectIy sure that his eyes are black
A painful silence was settling upon
them-a few moments more might
have severed a friendship, but just at
this point a mutual friend got on the
car. They flew at her, presented each
side of the case. and waited breathless
for her decision.
why, my -dears,' was the prompt
and confident reply "both of you are
right-that is just one of the many
proofs of Mansfield's limitless versa
tility."
Forbes Robertson does not share
the American admiration and respect
for Columbus, says the New York
Press. Proof of this is found in
story expressive of the English mans
awakening to the immensely of this
country. On his first American tour
Mr.. Robertson was strongly impressed
by the long journey between New
York and San Francisco. One night
in the smoking room of the Pullman
car conversation turned to Columbus.
A loqua drummer emphasized his
opinion that 'all good Americans
owned an everlasting debt of gratitude
to the discoverer of his country" This
brought Mr.. Robertson out of his
snug corner, with an impatient ges-
ture. Gratitude" he exclaimed.
Nothing of the sort. Why, he couldn't
have missed it if he had tried. you
know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27
THE HASKELL INDIAN BAND.
Appeared in Cincinnati and Was
Praised by Prof. Van Cleve.

Referring to the Haskell Institute In
dian band, from Lawrence, Kansas,
which recently appeared in Cincinnati,
Prof J. S. Van Cleve, the well known
critic, said in The Enquirer:
Efforts have been made to get a
scientific conception of the red mans
native music, and such researches as
those of Alice Fletcher, John G. Fill
been of marked value. But what if the
red man should cross the chasm to US,
and snow that they can do our works :?
"A few days ago I was asked to
hear a reed band, in which all the
musicians are Indians, the director in
cluded. I expected something crude,
noisy and semibarbaric, but a more
overwhelming surprise 1 have never
known. listened to a long and varied
programme of our best standard music,
drawn from such composers as Auber,
Herold, Meyerbeer, Wagner and others,
and was amazed at the artistic excel
lence of the work from every point of
view In all the standard requirements,
such as balance, purity of tone, prompt
ness of attack. exactness of rhytom,
dynamic variety and flexible obedience
to the nation, the band could take high
rank with the artistic organizations of
white men.
But the one thing which most of all
SURPRISED and charmed me was the re-
markable expressiveness with which
lyric music was delivered. There was a
singular sweetness and tender melan-
choly about the piano and pianissimo
passages. and all phrases in the spirit
of revery, which at once delighted and
puzzled me. The music, instead OF be-
ing rough and coarse, was remarkably
poetic. Mr.. Wheelock, the director, ex-
planted this by saying that the Indian
never thinks of an audience when max
ing music. He always sings to himself.
His war songs are designed to enkindle
his own valor; his love songs are lone
ly soliloquies and meditations upon the
beloved one.
''Mr. Wheelock, the director and in
spirer of this unique enterprise, is an
Oneida Indian from Wisconsin. He
has received a thorough education from
the United States government. and has
the bearing of a welI-poised, highly Gull
tured gentleman. His composition,
Morning on the Palms. an Indian suite
in three movements, made it clear that
he Is an educated musician, in the
scholarly sense of that phrase.
I'm interpreting the music of Richard
Wagner the band was particularly
happy. Musicians claim that Wagner's
orchestra is the voice of nature. Is
this the reason that the red men, near
er than we to untamed nature, express
his music so warmly"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27
Homeseekers, Excursion.

The Chicago Great Western railway
will on the first and third Tuesdays up
to October IS, sell tickets to points in
Alberta, Assiniboin, Canadian North
west, Minnesota and North Dakota.
For further information apply to G.
w. Lincoln, T. P. A. z West Ninth
street. Kansas City ,M&t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27
Low Rates to Northern Resorts.

Excurs1on tckets at unusualIy low
rates, good for the season, on sale daily
to milwaukee,. Madison, Waukesha
Green Lake, Devils Lake, Gogebkc
Ashland, Marquette, Superior, Duluth
St. Paul, Minneapolis and many other
cool and delightful lake resorts
reached by The Northwestern Line.
Stop-overs at ST. Louis permit visit to
the Worlds fair en- route.
Information and tickets can be Sc
cured from your home agent. Booklet
entitled 1.-The Lakes and Summer Re-
sorts of the Northwest mailed upon
receipt of 4 cents in stamps. A l.
Fisher, passenger agent. 823 Main St.,
Kansas City. Mo-
You little knew when first we met
That some day you would be