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scious of the fact. Now, as a matter of
fact, Annabel looks every bit as young
as Mrs. Childlil5e Matron, but the latter
chooses to call attention to the fact
that the girl is somewhere in the TWEEN
ties merely because she is still single
and for that mysterious reason seems
to make her much older, although the
married wOman's age, when you come
down to it, is indefinite.
And the second class, the Lady Boun-
tifuls? Well, I believe if they allowed
the girl to order from the groceryman
they would claim the credit of having
given her another matrimonial chance.
The Lady Bountiful usually has a sa-
Ion or something else that enables her
to make collection of people once a
week, and there she has sprinkling of
unhappy looking young girls. ITO meet
such nice man, my deari Just the man
for you! Now, look your prettiest and
see if you can't make an impression"
Mind you, each girl has been told that
privately, and she is silly enough to
think that the man has been brought
there for her especial benefit, but she
soon learns her mistake He is intro
duced to the girls one after the other
in rapid fire style and then, overcome by
their shy or by their hystericaI manner,
for each feels uncomfortably aware of
the presence of the others, he finally
either leaves early or takes refuge in a
cocktail with his host in the latter's
private den. But the girls have all had
another chance-oh, yes-and Lady
Bountiful goes and tells about it and
bewails the sIowness of girls nowadays.
This is the woman who (tactfully?) ex-
claims warm heartedly: You know,
think Miss White is such nice girl.
It's too bad no one has proposed to her!
I'm going to take her in hand and try
to marry her off if I can" Then, you
know, some day that girl really does
get married, thanks to her own sweet
self, and when she refuses to give Lady
Bountiful the credit the latter doesn't
deserve, the bountiful one goes around
bewailing the ingratitude of girls now
adays and repeating, with additions,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26
BROUGHT IT ON HIMsEIE

A demure little woman aDtera5
street car with a child. whom sbs ~
first placed on the seat beside her ana
then on her lap to make room for !
herce looking man, who soon became
engrossed in a newspaper. The cbiI5
kicked its tiny feet in delight AT tbs
strange things it saw while riding
aioils, anu us SHOES rubbed against the
man ma, trousers Perhaps, madam he
exclaimed, you imagine that this co--
Veyance IS your private carriage %
Oh no, 1 don't" was the pronnt re-
ply. II It were you wouldn't be riding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26

tier remembrance gift can be presented
to a friend than the cleverly bound lit
tie voyage diaries. These, besides the
usual blank pages, contain colored
plates illustrating the signals and flags
of different nations and the routes of
steamship lines and railroads through
out the continent. The titles of some
of the pages are: Passenger list, ad
dresses, autogra phs. anecdotes told on
board. our group at table, the ships Of
fcers. ships sighted. incidents Half of
the book is for the outward voyage, and
the second half is for the return trip.
Appropriate verses appear here and
there.
a steamer chair cushion of a becoming
shade of linen appropriately embroid-
cred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26

WOLhllS LOL llllS DE-
fore the car of Russia called the arbi-
tration conference at The Hague in
1899. Indeed, on each recurring date of
the converting of The Hague conference
May 1S-members of the WOmen's
council all over the world make a uni
versal peace demonstration. One of the
things they do, each in her own local
ity is to induce ministers of all denom-
nations to preach on the first or second
Sunday of every May a sermon advo-
eating the arbitration of national dis
putes and universal disarmament
incidentally to the furthering of the
moral and sociological measures aimed
at by the council it has the object of
providing a means of communication
among women's organizations in all
lands. 1t is a center where women from
all parts of the world may confer on
questions relating to the welfare of the
commonwealth and the family"
The International Council itself is
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uously places all the nice chances in the
girls way. She gives her the opportunity
of going to little dances and entertain
ments. When she invites men to her
house she doesn't monopolize the con-
versation and try to outshine the girl,
which she probably could easily do,
with her superior knowledge of the
world. She just is gracious and non
committal. She makes soothing back
ground of herself and gives the yours
people a chance to get acquainted and
find out if they have anything in COM
mon. Then after seeing that things are
going on as they should she leaves
them by themselves and busies herself
elsewhere This is the woman who has
more friends than she can count, who
gives little affairs that are ''homy'' and
thoroughly agreeable, and her rooms
are packed with just the right sort of
pleasant, jolly, agreeable people.
So much for the ways of the married
woman.
This is the time of the year when any
number of people are sailing for Eu-
rope, and it seems to me that no dafn-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26
Women's International
Council at Berlin


W.T. was merry and goodly COM
pany of women that recently sail
ed from New York to Bremen,
m bound for Berlin, to be present at
the gathering of the clans of the
International Council of Women There
were some fifty of these passengers.
among them ladies of distinguished
ability and known to fame.
There was Mrs. May Wright Sewall
of Indianapolis, the president of the
council and the woman from whose
brain the idea of it emanated. There
was Mrs. Mary Wood Swift. president
Of the American National Council of
Women; also Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, Mrs. Isabella Charles Davis of the
Kings Daughters. Miss Mary Anthony
and Adelaide johnson. Finally there
was that noblest Roman of them all,
Susan =. Anthony. who has worn her
wine colored velvet gown for best the
past fifteen years and whom I heard
lady artist say was the best dressed
woman she had ever seen. Susan B.
Anthony was eighty-four last Febru-
airy, yet she is such a new woman that
she skips off with the alacrity of girl
of sixteen to this council of women
across the sea at Berlin.
You might search the world over for
a better looking group than this com
pany of American women thinkers and
doors. All their faces are Illuminated
with intelligence and sincerity. All
have strong, fine faces, many are hand
some. and not a few are young. To see
and hear them you might think they
were merely a company of independent
women of means out on lark Yet all
are animated by high purpose. and it
is part of that purpose to be cheerful
and happy all the days of their lives.
Altogether there will be $50 American
women in attendance on the interna-
tional council at Berlin and on the in
ternationaI congress Immediately fol-
lowing it. The preliminary meeting of
the council will be held Saturday, June
4 the closing meeting of the congress
will occur Saturday June 1S- You will
conclude that an association of women
trained to the business can get consid-
cradle talk in during two weeks, and
you will be right.
Well, what is it all about?
Fully seventeen years ago it was
borne in on the mind of Mrs. May
Wright Sewan, A NJ, that there was
almost no general corps spirit or broad
sympathy among women. Each was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26
ADHERENTS
OF VEGETARiANISM.

THE spread of. vegetarianism is
one of the notable facts of our
remarkable time. 1t is especially
marked among women of the educated
classes. A generation ago the non
meat eating gospel was proclaimed FAR
and wide The eating of flesh was held
up to the public as the cause Of quite
half the diseases of mankind, among
them consumption. fevers, tapeworm,
trichinosis, rheumatism and scrofula-
1t would take several lines to mention
them all On the other hand, it was
claimed that vegetarianism would pu-
rify the blood, sweeten both the temper
and the breath. increase ones physical
strength and endurance, add immense
~ to the quickness and power of the
brain, likewise give one dazzling com
pleXion.
1t was probably the last consideration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26

~. is the object Of the international eoun-
ell.
At Washington. March 81, 1858, the
International Council of Women was
organized The preamble of its consti-
tuition sets forth in the start its reason
for being:
We. women OF all nations. sincerely be-
heving that the best good of humanity
VIII be advanced by greater unity of
thought. sympathy and purpose and that
an organized movement of women will
best conserve the highest good of the FAM
lily and Of the state. do hereby band our
selves in a confederation of workers to
further the application of the Golden Rule
TO society. custom and law.
(The Golden Rule Do ye unto others as
We would that they should do unto you)
a large contract these ladies of the
international Council have undertaken.
the largest and noblest entered on
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The giUes the young people chance

glimpses of a girls pedal extremities.
So if she wishes to make a good i'm
preston let her look to them.
There is another thing about which I
want to give you a hint. The very
smart thing this season in the shirt
waist line will be the separate unlined
blouse of cut work embroidery made
rather full and plain. These waists are
very expeusive-as high as S25-but if
you are at all clever with your needle
you can buy the material and make up
two or three easily. for they are quite
plain, being entirely without trimming.
And in view of the smart effect they
give really advise you to do that.
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I'LL TIT
New York.
"wHAT IS BRED IN THE BONE"
New York.

"WHAT is BRED IN THE BONE"
The Duchess of Marlborough, tall
slender. dressed with exquisite taste
and looking like the daughter of some
blue blooded grandee, has inherited
from her millionaire father an excellent
business faculty.
Her manners are charming and her
walk is quite queenly, so that she looks
every inch a duchess, and yet she has
a knowledge of bookkeeping which
many woman who is forced to earn
her living might well envy.
Notwithstanding her great wealth and
her real love of giving, the duchess is
careful to degree in her expenditure,
and every morning after breakfast she
may be found spending a couple of
hours busy checking the accounts of
the estate. No woman in England per-
haps knows better the value of money
than the mistress of Blenheim, but she
knows a great deal more than that;
she knows the names of all the servants
on her husbands vast estate, and she
takes a personal interest IN their well
fare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26
THE GIRL WHO DOES THINGS.

Tx GiRL WITH OOES l7tN1Ss
It is the girl that does things in this
world who is attractive both to men
and to her own sex, which last counts.
too. in the long run You may not be
able to do great things, to paint great
pictures or to sing in grand opera, but
you can learn to make bright little
things for yourself and your friends
and perhaps to play the light. Catchy
airs of the day so that your friends
VIII enjoy them, and if you can't do
anything else cultivate the art of talk
ing brightly and of being sympathetic.
Every girl can do one thing well II
she will only take the trouble to find
out what that thing is. The difficulty
is that she often looks in the opposite
direction; she wants to do something
great and snowy or nothing at all. But
there are other talents within reach If
she viii only look. and these talents
may be such a comfort to her in her
dark hours that they will make life
better and happier both for her and
those about her.
How the world likes a cheerful.
plucky girl who makes a brave fight
and hides her skeleton in closet in
stead OF folding her hands and vrbin-
ing because things don't come her Wv
the girl who puts her own griefs an
much as possible aside, who takes =
wholesome interest in lifei
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verse order from which have mention
ed them, because it pleases me occa-
sionally to do things wrong side out.
There is, first, the lady who is not will
ing. And why is she not willing, pray?
oh, stupid For one thing, because a
smart young married woman is usually
an object of secret envy to the lonely
single girl, and in a friendship between
the two the young matron is not par
ticularly anxious to lose being just
trif1e looked up to by the less fortunate
girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26
BETTER LATE THAN NEvr,

After a period Of six months of vvtd-
owhood Mary consented to again eT+s-
the married state A few weeks &C.
she was led to the altar her forrr,~.
mistress met her in the street dresses
in deepest mourning. e19 -
" ny Mary, she exclaimed, ~for
whom are you in bIack?v
For poor Tim. my fret ,.,,-,-.
mum When he died I was SO poo ,-' IT,
/ couldn't but I said If liver co,,I5 ?
would and me new man, Mike ia a.
ginerous as q. lord" -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26

coming to them,
and, t ir dly,
those who are
unwilling, but
are too foxy to
appear so.
Therefore, you
see that if the
girl is unsophis-
tic a t e d s h e
thinks that ev-
cry woman is a
good friend of
hers.
But after she
has been around
a bit she learns
a thing or two.
We will faLa
the ladies them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26

DT oil y VI > aAAA I'D lA1A II
and il was women
who initiated it.
Man, with his ma
ture of fight. Of
greed and CONNER
cialism-would man
ever have undertak-
en- it at aIl2 Uni
versal peace and
settling national dis
putes by arbitration
was one of the first
topics selected to be
labored for by the
council It began
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frivolous footwear, if you will-but at
least footwear that will make the foot
look small and alluring. There is no
place on earth-on this globe, to be
more exact-where the wind and the
circumstances compel such frequent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26

Y HAVE been watching with philo-
sophical eye the outgOings and in
comings of my bachelor girl
IA friends and also their relations
with their married women ac-
quaintances, and 1 have come to the
conclusion that there are three kinds of
married women friends a single girl
can have-those who are willing to help
her get a home of her own and be set
tied in life. those who are willing also.
but are even more willing to get all the
credit for being kind hearted that is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26
Dainty Footwear.

And, by the way, I must remind the
woman who intends to make the trip
across that, no matter what else she
puts on, she must have dainty footwear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26
A SIMPLE TEA GOWN.

Very charming in it's simplicity in
this tea gown when carried out in nuns
yelling or a more elaborate material
The gown is gathered back and front
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The True Wo-
m an.

But the Wo-
man who really
wants to see a
girl have a hap
by home of her
oWn-Oh, she is
a dear! She
doesn't in the
least let it be
seen. She would
die rather than
be so vulgar as
to mention it,
but she simply
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26

on a short empire bodice and trimmed
with applique embroidery A graceful
fichu Grapes the shoulders and fastens
on the left side with a chou and long
ends This chou may be of the material
or of lace, chiffon or ribbon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26

the number of
things she has
done for that
particular girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26

Benhem castle was dLapdaed
eighth Duke Marlborough father
Hanersley
rich man who e
o.
mill the
ookfo
widow
of
e
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06

Carroll D. Wright, commissioner
of labor, has issued a report on the
changes in retail prices throughout
the country since the period OF
depression in 1862. It is a com
panion to a report made recently
by the labor bureau on the changes
in wages during the same period.
These two reports will be very
important Republican literature
during the coming campaign, as
they show conclusively that the
increase in wages has been greater
than the increase in the cost of
living. The striking feature of
these reports is the showing made
that, while there has been an aver
age increase in. the retail price of
all commodities during SIX years of
1915 per cent, taken in connection
with a former report which dem
onstrated that, during the same
period, the average rise in wages
aggregated 1876 per cent, the case is
made clear that, in the fluctuations
through the area of prosperity
which followed the return of the
republican party to power the
enactment of the existing tariff law,
and a law fixing the gold standard
beyond doubt, results have been,
in the aggregate, favorable to the
working people Of the country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06

y A backwoods preacher down in
illinois, called upon to preach at a
funeral in a wealthy family, where
the rooms were banked with flowers
and the air heavy with perfume,
delivered a brief but beautiful
sermon. Here it is: "A word to
you all. Post mortem praises and
love are in the air. People kiss the
dead when they never stop to kiss
the living; they hover over Baskets
in hysterical sobs but fail to throw
their arms around their loved ones
who are fighting the stern battles
of life. A word of cheer to the
struggling soul in life is worth
more than all the roses in christen-
dom piled high on the casket covers.
The dead cannot smell the flowers,
but the living can. Scatter them
broadcast in the pathway, therefore;
pluck out the thorns before it is too
late"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06
THE MAN WHO WHITES.

Every community knows the man
who sits on storebox and whittles,
finding fault with his neighbor and
Dragging how much better he could
do it than his neighbor, yet who
never goes out and does anything
right himself? We have all seen
that fellow
He is the prototype of the Demo
cratic party in politics. 1t has been
so for forty years, hand running,
and now is starting on new lap.
The platform of the Democratic
party, adopted at ST. Louis, shows
conclusively that the party is not
ready to do anything; it is sitting
on the storebox abusing the other
fellows and Dragging about what it
would do if it had chance. M
The Republican party began do
ing things" in 1861. Every step-of
progress this country has made
since then has been under Republi-
can administration and Republican
laws. The party in 1897 had to go
back and do them over again, after
brief Democratic administration
had undone the labor of years.
The Republican party in it's plat
form tells in plain language what
it intends to do. The Democratic
party is not specific, but intimates
that it will work wonders.
Now, if you had job of import
ant work you wanted attended
to, would you give it to the fellow
who has been sitting on the store
box for forty years, whiting,
Dragging and faultfinding,s or would
you entrust it to the other fellow
who has been "dolng things" and
doing them right, notwithstanding
the faultt1ndlng and nagg1ng OF the
chap on the ,storebox.
The American people demand
results, not talk. They like the
man who delivers the goods. The
Republican party is the party of
action; 1T delivers the goods. :,
The bill-of- lading of the Republi-
can National convention specifies
the kind and quality of goods
proposed to be deliver ed. They
will be delivered in good order and
without shortage or breakage.
And the man on the storebox will
sit and white and scold and brag
for another spell.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06
Curious Way of killing Sharks.

In the British navy the engineers
have a curious way of killing sharks.
They seal up dynamite cartridge in
an empty can, and put the can inside
a lump of pork. The pork is thrown
overheard on a wire which has been
connected with an electric battery.
When the shark takes the bait the en-
gineer presses button which ex-
plodes the cartridge and kills the fish.
Exchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06

Mr.. Jesse Phillips, pioneer citi-
zen of Lawndale, ILL.,, who is near
~ seventy-seven years Of age, and
in his time has used many different
medicines, says: Last winter used
a free sample bottle of Harris Honey
and Horehound for bad cold and
found that it loosened the cough
Immediately. then bought SOC
bottle and the medicine cured me
very quickly. I consider Harris
Honey and Horehound the best cure
for a cough or cold that 1 have ever
used" Old people are urged to
try Harris Honey and Horehound
for Coughs, Cold, and that stubborn
Cough following an attack of La
Grippe. Csc, SOC and $1.OO. Sold
by JOS. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06

The advertising department OF
the ST. Louis exposition is certain
ly the most nervy combination OF
individuals that it has been the
privilege Of The Herald to run across
Tor some time. Every week large
batch of stuff is mailed for publica-
ton, but there is no mention about
who is going to pay the printers fol-
setting the stuff.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06
Something Good /.

This paper can render no greater
service to it's many readers than to
acquaint them with really meri-
torious medicine. Re-Go Tonic
Laxative Syrup, advertised in these
columns, is harmless substitute for
Castor Oil, Paregoric and dangerous
soothing drops, and is said to be the
most pleasant and reliable medi-
cine in use for the quick and GER
tain cure for Constipation and
Flatulency. It contains no opium,
morphine or other narcotic and
Supplying drugs. For children ii
aids nature in digesting and as
similating the food and insures
healthy, natural sleep. Re-Go
Tonic Laxative Syrup is certain
cure for all stomach troubles. Csc,
soc and $1.oO bottles. Sold by JOS.
Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06
A Mayor Recommends It.

Mr.. Paul S. Fuson, the popular
mayor of Lincoln, ILL.,, writes the
following strong Endorsement OF
Re-Go Tonic Laxative Syrup. He
says: II am pleased to say that
/ have used Re-Go Tonic Laxative
Syrup in my family for the past
three years and regard it as a
medicine Of rare excellence for the
cure of Constipation, Indigestion
and Dyspepsia. The pleasant tonic
and laxative effect of Re-Go makes
it particularly satisfactory for the
use of children and delicate women. =
Samples free. Csc, soc and $1.0O.
Sold by JOS. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06

The authorities at Washington
have fixed a penalty of 5000 on
anyone taking mail out of the post
Office other than their own. All
postmasters are liable to make mis-
takes and get the mail in the WRONG
boxes, and the law says that the
people must examine their mail
before leaving the Office, and if
they get mail other than their own,
it must be returned at once. That
it is the fault of the postmaster
makes no difference. The law in
cludes newspapers as well as first
class mail.