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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13
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lone thousand dollars for dog" ex-
claimed paterfamilias as he looked up
from his newspaper. do you believe
any one ever paid such a price. Maria ?''
I'm sure I don't know, James," his
wife returned. Does it say that so
much was paid ?" Yes. There's an
article on valuable dogs, and it speaks
of one that was sold for $1,000. 1 don't
believe it, at may be true, James,
she said quietly. Some of those well
bred animals bring fancy prices, and
there's no particular reason why the
paper should tell an untruth about it,"
4 know that, Maria. But just think of
it, Just try to grasp the magnitude Of
that sum in your weak. feminine mind
You don't seem to realize it. One thou
sand dollars for a dogl Why, hang it,
Maria, that's more than I'm worth"
Il know it. James. but some are worth
more than others!"
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Kz Azak
New York.
NINE. CURE,
New York.

Mime. Sklowdowski Curie, who has
gained worldwide fame by the discov-
cry of radium. is a Pole by birth and
remarkably clever woman. Since her
marriage with NJ. Pierre Curie she has
been the recipient of many we'll de-
served honors in France and three
years ago was appointed professor of
physics at Sevres- Three times she
has received from the Paris Academy
of Sciences the Gregner prize of 8 800
francs for notable research in the cause
of science. Her medals are numerous,
and now, conformity with her husband
she holds the Sir Humphrey Davy gold
medal. presented by the British Royal
society. Nine. Curie is very unaffected
and simple in her ways. devoted to her
little daughter and to her husband and
home. She is thirty-six years OF age.
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the woman with a sense of humor
yoked to a man with nOnei There is
not always a divorce in the former case,
but there is sure to be in the latter.
But l am bound to say that a sense
of humor is rarer in women than in
men; not cheerfulness, but a sense of
the ridiculous and a fOndness for re-
peating funny jokes and stories; also
the chuckle that will out even when it
is at the expense OF the chucNler-
Women find more solid comfort in
weeping over other peoples troubles
than in chuckling at, or. what is better
with, them. The proof of this is that
when women exchange stories in nine
cases out of ten they verge on the dole
full. Just watch a woman reading the
newspaper and notice how she reads
the crimes and the accidents. And
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13
MRS DANIEL MANNING, PRESIDENT BOARD OF LADY MAN
Ayers, LOUIS WORLDS FAIR.

try, beginning with the Centennial one
of 1876 at Philadelphia.
The first vice president IS Mrs. Ed
ward Buchwalter of Springfield, o.
Mrs. Buchwalter worked till she sue
ceeded in establishing travelling libra
ries in Ohio. It was also owing to her
that the State Federation of Ohio Wo-
mems Clubs was organized Club wom-
en- come out with shining prominence
in public affairs. Their parliamentary
training. knowledge of business and of
public speaking make them eminently
desirable on public boards.
The second vice president is Mrs. F.
P. Ernest, an influential lady of Den
yer. Mrs. Helen Boice- EIunsicker of
Pennsylvania is third vice president
and Miss Anna Laurens Dawes, daugh-
ter OF the late Senator Dawes of Mas
sachUsetts, fourth; Mrs. Belle Everest
of Kansas fifth. The sixth vice presi-
dent, Mrs n. h de Young of San
Francisco. has had ample experience in
the social duties of exposftions. includ-
ing that OF Paris in 1900.
Mrs. Fannie L. Porter is a member of
the board from Georgia Miss Helen
Gould is a welcome and most active
member also. She is greatly interested
in the establishment of creches on the
fair grounds where women visitors may
check their babies for the time being
and feel sure the little ones are safe
ELIZA BETH LEE
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The Home Dressmnker.

l always envy the girl or woman who
can make her own clothes. 1t is posi-
BILE for her to have so many more. The
SIS and $40 the average decent dress
maker charges would go far if put into
good materials. Sometimes indeed, the
whole gown viii only amount to that
if made at home. There are many pref
ty materials to be bought for 81 or $1.25
a yard and some even for less. These
can be made up with the waist lined
with thin percaline, and the full skirt,
made voluminous with many plaits and
tuckings, need have no silk drop skirt.
1t may be worn with full silk petit
coat which can be made to do duty
with many gowns.
The girl who has a small income to
dress on will show her wisdom by
thinking of all these little things, for
the difference between a silk lining and
a more modest one is often sufficient
to buy the hat which is to go with the
gown.
The shirt waist dress appears once
again at this time of the year, but it is
the shirt waist dress glorified into a
very tailor made affair and suitable to
be worn without an outside wrap.
The sketch will give you an idea of
what I mean.
The material of this shirt waist suit
is dark blue novelty goods. There is a
yoke effect coming in points on each
shoulder and forming a box plat eff
feet down the front, which effect is
continued on the skirt. On the collar
and points of this yoke and also form
ing the sleeve cuffs there is embroid-
cry in oriental pattern mingling blue,
green's and red. The belt is of deeply
blue satin, wide and crushed on a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13

place for municipal league and city
improvement ladies.
The ladies named are St. Louis resi-
dents To assist them in the social
field, though the act Of congress of
March 3. 1901, did not say so specially,
the board of lady managers of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition was
created 1t has no executive power ex-
cept that of appointing woman as a
member of any jury awarding prizes in
departments of women's work. The la
dies constituting this board have been
chosen from different states of the I'm
ion A number of them viii reside in
St. Louis during the fair and, like the
ladies who live there, viii practically
keep open house.
The president of this board of lady
managers is Mrs Daniel Manning.
widow of President Cleveland's first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13

Although brown is considered win
terish color yet it is becoming to so
many that it will be much seen this
spring. The whole secret of having
becoming brown costume is to have ev-
erything match-petticoat, hat, gloves,
etc. A brown costume with a hat of
different color is an atrocity not to be
contemplated by the well dressed wo-
man. Ecru may be combined with
brown, however, and for spring wear
brown coat and skirt suit looks well
with an ecru lace or embroidery blouse
and hat of ecru or burnt straw trim
med with brown feathers. Castor
gloves come in all the brown and tan
shades, and there is weight just
trife heavier than undressed kid which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13
sEAuTY pocroRs FoR aAsIEs.

The first to enter the profession of
baby beautifying was a lady.
She set up in business in the west end
of London and began by paying her
small patients two or three visits
week, according to arrangement.
Eyebrows are encouraged and even
made by the help OF vaseline and other
things. Lashes of the Tong and silky"
variety are merely a matter of scissors
judiciously applied in a semimonthly
trimming by a skilled hand
Distended, ugly shaped ears are per-
suaded to fall back into place by prop
er manipulation. and flabby cheeks
vigorously massaged and treated, as
sumo a delicate colOring and contour.
Dainty nails and tapering finger tips,
commonly regarded as a mark of aris-
tocracy, are certain if the childs hands
are treated by the baby beautider.
who manicllres the tiny shell-lilze nails
two or three times a week and assidu-
ously but gently presses the little finger
tips into shape
To transform a particularly plain
child into a high type Of beauty would
require the services of a beautiher at
least once a day. and for this transfor-
nation from $50 to 500 a month is
said to be the charge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13

LOuis-the ladies' organizations OF the
city will exert themselves actively to
honor and give pleasure to feminine
visitors to the exposition. The Wednes-
day club offers the hospitality of its
rooms to the wives and other ladies in
the suits of foreign commissioners and
to stranger ladies entitled to consid-
GRAFTON. The Artists guild has made
the like offer. All that seems necessary
to be a recipient of these gracious and
kindly attentions is that one should be
somebody, and it is possible for every
body to be somebody these days.
Miss Florence Hayward, the famous
foreign commissioner for the fair. is a
home and in her hours off duty will
fulfill social obligations with the best.
Miss Hayward was the only woman Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13

is most suita-
Bile for spring
wear.
The clever girl
this spring will
m axe her S elf
wide cape col
lar effects in
lace and chiffon
ma t c hin h er
best gowns and
designed to pro-
tect her shoul-
ders. They will
be newer than
either little silk
coats or feather
boas.
Thank good
ness, hats still
remain simple.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13
al Nntahem Sermon.
gowns.

Commonplace and true to life, but
worthy of deep thought all the same,
is this conversation between two poorly
dressed girls which was overheard on
the streets of a small manufacturing
town:
where you workin' now, Maggie?r
81 amt workin' any more; I'm mar
ried."
And that's just the very trouble with
some of us; we wonder why our we'd
ded life isn't a success, and the truth is
because 1--WE amt workin' any more;
we're married"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13
Had o. THE EAMILY.

'7Of course said the bachelor
thoughtfully. there can be no such
thing as joint rule in a family. some
one must be head"
True" said the married man; but
the scepter passes from one to anoth-
err
How"
Wen, at the beginning of married
life the husband holds it. then it gently
and unobtrusively passes to the wife,
and he never gets it back again"
She keeps IL forever2''
-Oh, no; the baby gets it next"
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ooh, my dear, 1 have just read the
most awful thing!" groans little Mrs.
Binks as she sides insinuatingly up to
the armchair occupied by her invalid
sister. She knows it is not the right
thing to tell her, but she must out with
it or die, and there is no one else con-
venient.
What is it?" cries the invalid sister,
all agog with. feminine curiosity.
"Oh you never heard anything like
it; you never did" agitating the even
ing paper. 1T says here that the little
girl of a Mrs Murphy on the east side
put the baby in the oven to get warm
and that when Mrs. Murphy came home
she smelled burned skin, and there W.
the baby baked to death in the oven,
where the little girl had forgotten it.
Did you ever hear of anything so hor-
rible?"
And yet some of US wonder who are
the readers of yellow papers! An
swer, gentle woman.
Do you know. I think it is when
woman is literally ill-that she is
most cheerful?
I had occasion to visit a hospital re-
Gently, and I was struck by the air of
cheeriness which pervaded the whole
place-the nurses fitting about in their
crisp caps and aprons wore q. perpetual
look of happiness and contented little
smiles; the patients between attacks of
pain, which they considerably subdued
as much as possible, smiled also and
cracked feeble jokes, which grew stron-
ger as they increased in health. and
pervading all was an atmosphere of
unselhshness delightful to contemplate
1 recommend to selfish, dissatisfied
people a week or so in the hospital.
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Livingston. a signer of the Declaration
of Independence and American minister
to France under the first empire at the
time the Louisiana purchase treaty
was negotiated Mrs. Manning is pres
ident general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution and a member of
the Holland Danes and of the Colonial
Danes organizations. President Nc
Kinley appointed her commissioner to
the Paris exposition of 1900. and the
French government bestowed on her
the decoration of the Legion of Honor
The secretary Of the board of lady
managers of the St. Louis fair is Miss
Lavinia Egan of Shreveport, La. Miss
Egan is one of the most enthusiastic
club women of the south, being vice
president of the Louisiana Federated
Women's Clubs. Miss Egan has the
uncommon record of attendance at ev-
cry grand exposition in her own coun-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13
- I - Is us 80 Z

~ H. me, oh, my! The longer I live
(and I am doing some of that,
tool the more I am amused.
~ I don't say it is the same kind
of amusement 1 used to give
way to in the faroff days when 1 just
laughed at things because they were
funny; in fact, nowadays I oftener
laugh at things because they are the
very opposite. But it is an amusement
just the same.
Sometimes I am afraid this sense of
humor is a misfortune rather than a
blessing to a woman. In the first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13
THE MARRIAGE KNOT.

The tying of the marriage knot is
nowadays only a figure of speech, but
in ancient Babylon il formed an impor-
tant part of the marriage ceremony.
Then the priest took a thread from the
garment Of the bride and another from
that of the Bridegroom and formed
them into a knot which he gave to the
bride, thus symbolizing the binding ma
ture of the union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13

secretary OF the
treasury. Socially
Mrs. Manning is one
of the most expert
enced and accom-
plished women in
America. Beautiful,
tactful, refined and
kindly, she will re-
call at St. Louis the
regime of Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer at the
Chicago fair Mrs.
Manning belongs to
what we now call
in America an "oId
family" Her grand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13

culiar streak of mild humor calculated
to tickle feminine intelligence. For a
woman to laugh at these is we'll; for a
woman to laugh at jokes worthy of
masculine humor is Well, welli But
for a woman to laugh where neither
man nor woman finds cause for laugh
ter is almost unpardonabIe.
And the last, regret to say, is what
frequently happens when q woman has
a sense OF humor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13

entering St. Louis. will ably look after
social entertainment for railroad dig
nitaries. Mrs. Harding viii adapt the
salon idea to her entertainments; so
also will Mrs. David Randolph Cal
houn. a brilliant charming young st.
Louis matron whose easy. cordial man
ner makes a guest feel at home at
once. The residence of Mrs. Louis
Marion Mccall viii be the rallying
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flcialiy sent abroad
to drum up interest
in the St. Louis
fair among foreign
merchants and man
ufacturers and OBJ
tain exhibits from
them BY a peculiar
power of mingled
tact, intelligence and
good temper she Sc
cured favorable re-
suits where men
commissioners fail
ed altogether
Mrs. Russell Hard
ing, wife of the
president of one of
Tho 1z,lfr,o fTrs-s1 80
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place, she is not
expected to have
it. Men have
had it dinned
into their heads
for c centuries
that woman had
no sense of hu-
NOR, and they
don't quite know
what to make
of it when they
find she has.
Since the year
one there have
b e en- c er tain
jokes set apart
for men and
others for WOm-
en-, the latter
pale, innocuous
a ffa ir.s of q ne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13
ADAM LosT &c La

lady meeting her gardener in thS
grounds said to him: Sandy. am
surprised you do not marry. You have
got free house, coal and gas, also a
weekly wage; so I think all you want
to complete your happiness is a wife,
And, to lend weight to her argument.
she added, Adam. who was the first
gardner. was given wife"
True for We. ma'am." replied Sandy;
but he hadn't her long till he lost his
job"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13

1t viii strike her always at the wrong
time. too, as a rule, when she is con-
versing with a lot of conventional, stu
pid little women or else when, worse
still, some man devoid of humor is Civ
ing her his cut and dried views on life
for her entertainment.
Next to the piteousness of the man
with a sense of humor yoked to the
woman with none, pray contemplate
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boned foundation. The waist is bloused
and appears stitched in wide tucks.
The skirt is likewise laid in tucks, but
is allowed to flare from the knees out.
With this costume is worn a French
sailor hat having a square crown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13

so that there is no reason why any girl
of reasonable cleverness and power of
observation cannot at small cost trim
for herself this spring two or three
pretty hats to go with her different
gowns.
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when she has either read or heard of
something peculiarly awful can she
keep it to herself? No. She has to tell
it to some one and put the nerve de-
stroying picture in her mind also.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-13

For headache there is no better REM
edy than vinegar 1t draws out the in
Illumination and dissipates the pain.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-18
No Answer Given,

Here is little Story they are tell
ing on Maine professional man
who occasionally delivers interest
ing lectures at institutes and grange
meetings. One day he came across
farmer feeding his hogs, and he
thus accosNed him:
What are you feeding to these
hogs. my friend ?"
Core, replied the grizzled old
farmer, who knew the learned gen
tleman by sight.
Are you feeding it wet or dry ?''
Dry"
Don't you know il you feed il
wet the hogs can digest it in one
half the time ?"
The farmer gave him a quizzical
look. Now, see here, DOCTOR" he
said, "how much do you calculate a
hogs time is worth ?''-[Lewiston
Journal.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-18

Tim Tarsney was raised on the
Great Lakes, and he said that when
he was only sixteen years of age he
was plotting one Of the bgi passen-
ger steamers. One day a preacher
came into the pilot house and asked
lot of questions, finally saying:
1t seems very strange to me that
this big ship should be entrusted to
the care of a mere child, as you
seem to be. Can you box the CON-
pass, my little man.
Tim boxed the compass all right,
and then the preacher asked him il
he could boxit back ward, and Tim
did il for him. He had learned to
box the compass before he had
learned his A B C's. The preach
er then said: well, my little man,
l guess you do understand your
business.
Tim thanked him, asked his bust.
mes. and when informed that he was
q preacher, Tim asked him if he
could box the Lords Prayer. The
preacher said that he could, and
he repeated the Lords Prayer.
Then Tim asked him If he could
box it backward, and when the
gave IL up, little Tim said: Well, mis-
ter, guess that / understand my
business better thon you do yours.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-18
Mistaken Identity.

A certain noble lord and NJ. f. Il.
in the midland counties has favorite
mare named The Cook, apropos OF
which the following incident recent
ly occurred:
NJ. +. H. Ito groom, who appears
with his arm in a sling and his face
covered with sticking plaster and
scratches:) Good Heavens. Batesl
What's the matter?
Bates: It's all on account of your
lordship's orders. You says to me
last night as 'ow The Cooks girths
was too tight. and you gave me
orders to loosen EN- wash 'er down,
currycomb 'er, and put 'er in the
loose box. Cook, wot's indoors,
overheard you, and as she don Z
know the names of the 'osses, TUX il
personal and me sunderland err
well, took at inel-Tit- Bits.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-18
A Dangerous Weed.

While the improvement clubs are
giving attention to the removal Of
unsightly weeds they should not
forget the most noxious of all, the
widows weeds, which overrun and
infest the whole city. II the Thou
sand Widows Association could be
induced to lay aside crepe and then
chirk up a bit, it would no doubt be
q heavy blow to the undertakers,
but it would act like q tonic to many
people who come here to regain
health. IL you cannot help mourn
ing, do it in the pivacy of your own
home, but give to the world smiles
and bright tints. Assumed mourn
ing-and crepe and bombazine is
nothing else-is an offense to reli-
gion, sanitary science and common
sense. Destroy the widows weed.
-Ralp Elliot Fields Wealth.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-18

s~A cornet-player 10 local or
chestra "a native Of the Fatherland, j
recently got into trouble innocently
and unexpectedly.
Lets have that over again" re-
quested the conductor. surprised at
hearing note that was not on the
score.
The note was sounded again.
What are you playing ?" he ask
ed at last.
81 am blaying vot vos on de pa
per, % said the musician. Il blay
vat is before me"
Lets have look.
The part was handed to the con.
ductor.
why. you idiotl' he reared
can you see that this is a dead
ny9"
II don't gare," was the reply
'ihe vas zere und i played him."
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-18
Took O Little Precaution.

A farmer in Cumberland county
was driving across a railroad track
when a train killed both his horses
and knocked him about ten rods of
course. In the resulting suit for
damages the plaintiff was on the
witness stand, andthe lawyer asked
him:
Dix you take any precaution be-
fore driving upon the track?"
The witness seemed reluctant to
answer, but being pressed to do so,
finally stammered out:
wall, squire, l took a little
just a couple ofswallers, that IS all. "
This started a new line of defense,
and il turned out that the couple OF
swallows we're the last in a pint
flask that had consoled the honest
old farmer along the road. This
put a new face on the situation. -
Lewiston Evening.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-18

Professor Hopkins suggests:
II the soil is acid or sour, apply
lime to it to make it sweet.
If the soil is poor in nitrogen on.
ly, grow clover or some other legu-
me which has the power to secure
nitrogen from the air.
II the soil is poor in phosphorus
only, apply bonemeal or some other
form of phosphorus.
If the soil is poor in potassium on
ly, apply potassium chloride or some
other form of potassium.
Always save and use the barn
yard manure you have, and also all
you can economically obtain from
others. and make liberal use OF green
manures when necessary to main
tain the supply of organic matter in
the soil.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-18
He Knew What He Was.

There are times when the most
tactful men are taken back by some
unexpected retort. Such an expert
ence befell King Edward OF England
in connection with the visit of the
South African contingent OF colonial
troops to London at the termination
OF the Boer war. One of the Cane
scouts was an unmistakable mulatto,
with a magnificent record for gal
lantry, however. The King was re-
viewing the men, walking down
their extended line. and occasionally
speaking 70 one Of them. Opposite
the colored man he stopped.
And who are you, my man p he
asked.
I'm niger, Youah Majesty. -
The most tactful ruler in Europe
was nonplussed by the unlocked for
reply. But he managed to say:
Good Then remain so. INV
brave fellow. With this he passed
on.-GSuccess.