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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
woMEN AND COLE.
New York.

The links break down many barriers
erected by social distinctions. There
people meet and play together, people
who would otherwise have never met
because, forsooth. they We're not exactly
in the same set" Such separations
are as noticeable in trade as in the
haut ton. A man who has made a for
tune in the retail grocery business is
probably regarded by the ex-timber
merchant as beneath him by reason of
the fact that in the one case the money
has been derived from transactions
across the counter and in the other rep
resents the profits which have accrued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

health in order that life may not be
wasted in struggling against unneces-
sarily adverse conditions" Early and
late and always she breaches that a
high standard of health must be gained
and maintained by the man or woman
who would live a successful life in
these strenuous times There must be
no lying abed with a sick headache, no
getting excused from work for a nerv-
Gus breakdown. If we do these things
presto, somebody has our place in the
line, and we are left. Nobody but mil
lionaires can afford to lie off and have
an illness.
The application of science to the ev-
eryday life of the people is what she
longs for, works for and lives for She
is called the busiest woman in Boston,
yet with all her other tasks she has
written a number of books, among
them Food Materials and Their Adult
teration," The Cost of Living Air,
Water, Food and First Lesson In
Minerals Mrs. Richards has not lost
much time.
A most important part of the work
she has originated is the training of
women teachers in household econom-
les. Hundreds of young. women have
gone out from under her tuition and
established hygienic food laboratories
and cooking and housekeeping classes
in many parts of the Union. There is
a call for hundreds more, though Mrs
Richards class this year is of twice the
usual size. ELIZABETH LEE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
Ellen H. Richards,
Instructor In
Sanitary Chemistry

What next? Well, after that she en-
tered Vassar college and was gradu-
ated from it in 1870 Still she had not
knowledge enough. She went from
Vassar to the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. While yet a student at
the institute she began the chemical
analysis of drinking waters. She was
employed in this task by the Massa-
chusetts state board of health, also by
private firms and individuals This
was the commencement of her practical
work as a sanitary chemist. In 1876 she
was made Instructor in the woman's
laboratory connected with the Tech
This post she held till 1884. That year
the department of sanitary chemistry
was established in the institute. The
head of the wonan's laboratory was
made instructor in the new depart
ment, and there she has been ever
since, giving herself with splendid en-
thusiasm to her work which she loves.
Meantime, as an episode in her busy
career, Miss Swallow in 1875 was mar
ried to Robert Ha1lcwell Richards, pro-
fessor of mining and metallurgy in the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology.
Thus she added the duties of practical
housewife to her abstract scientific at
tainments. Professor Robert H. is as
accomplished in his way as Professor
Ellen H. is in hers. The laboratory of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
The Correct Cotfrure.

I wonder how many of you are wear
ing your hair in the modish way-low
at the neck. You have no idea how
universally becoming this is when it is
well done. The prettiest way is to
part the hair on one side in the front
and draw the rest simply down into a
figure at the nape of the neck.
First brush the hair downward over
the face with strokes which make it
roll out from the forehead, then throw
it back and puff it into a regular POM
padour with the side combs. Then,
after you have made your s. divide
this front pompadour unevenly and
hold it in place with your side combs.
In the evening it gives a better effect
If you insert two litt1e~roHs or rats
under your divided pompadour. The
central part is far more becoming for
evening than for day wear on account
of the large hats. but the low dressing
of the hair is an improvement in near
ly every case and is particularly smart
when worn with the new turbans. In
the evening a brilliant star worn low
in the pompadour is very pretty, espe-
cially in dark hair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

r N London is the largest employment
agency for women to be found any
where-the Central Labor bureau
n It's officers have had so much ex-
perience in finding places for wo-
men seeking employment that they
have lately published a pamphlet which
they hope will be helpful to that ever
increasing portion of the feminine sex
which must earn money. The whole
matter of women's work is summed up
in the following sentence: over the
whole range of the special work of wo-
men there is room for really skilled la
Dor by those who are ready to be use
full and forget to be fine That is it
in a nutshell. Let us be useful, no mat
ter whether we are fine or not.
In the new time which some now liv-
ing will certainly see it will be possible
for a woman to be useful and fine too.
Homework is being lifted from the
plane of mental labor to that of science
and art. The time is coming when the
housekeeper must be a skilled SANTA
rian and a food chemist. She will have
her diploma for perfect practical
knowledge of housework, and she will
be as much respected socially as the
woman worker in any other department
of life, no matter what it is. Even now
in cities are schools of housekeeping
which the green raw girl may attend
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

for it requires no fitting on account of
the looseness and the saving properties
of the large cape collar of lace, velvet
and embroidery. Pearl gray may be
made equally pretty and is more serv-
iceable. Ecru and coffee color, how
ever, are not so dressy.
can no longer bear-and neither
can any smart woman-the large black
ready made hat trimmed with single
ostrich feather laid on haphazard. This
style of millinery has absolutely gone
out. Get a simple shape with good
lines and trim it with rosettes of rib
bons or flowers. If you want a feather
trimmed hat take it to a milliner. She
will give it an odd touch which will
save it from looking commonplace.
When you come right down to it the
black hat is not in very great favor
just now except with the black gown,
and even with that a coIored hat is Of
ten used.
One of the jauntiest bits of millinery
have seen was of small red feathers,
the entire hat made of them. The
shape was that of a French sailor with
a large crown and a very much up
raised brim. 1t was trimmed with a
simple band of deeper red velvet and
six fat sidewise loops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

for a given time and receive a diploma
for efficiency as 1aundress, head cook
or housekeeper. In some instances
young men are taking these courses,
finding that the expert kitchen worker
gets better pay than the average clerk.
In every case the graduate in practical
household economics obtains immediate
work at wages that many a school
teacher would be glad to get. 1t is
quite true also that the graduate kiteh-
en- worker already receives a social
consideration that never could have
| been accorded to the ignorant, untidy
house girl.
We are coming back to the ideals of
! Solomon's wise woman, who was a
skilled domestic economist, working
with her hands, and whose social
standing was thereby considerably en-
HANGED. That this is true is due to the
good, hard sense of women themselves.
who laid hold of the household problem
and are working it out successfully.
Prominent among them-foremost in
deed in America in the adaptation of
practical science to daily life-is Mrs.
Ellen H. Richards now for nearly
twenty years instructor in sanitary
chemistry in the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology at Boston. Mrs.
Richards, then Miss Ellen Henrietta
| swallow, was the nrSt woman TO De
graduated from the ''Tech," as it is
known in Boston. This was in 1878,
and she has been identified with the in
stitute nearly ever since. She was
born in Dunstable, Mass, and her ia
! Their and mother before her were both
/ teachers. Coming of a long line Of Pu-
ritan mothers. she was one who had to
do things. She had an excellent pri-
mary training in country schools when
these were at their best. She contin-
ued her education in private academies
next taking a course in commercial
| school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
EXPENSIVE OPERA GLASSES.

Twenty-Five thousand dollars for
pair of opera glasses! There are few
worth so much, for even the wives of
American millionaires have not begun
to indulge their fancy for expensive
knickknacks il that direction. The one
mentioned belongs to Queen Alexandra
and was specially made for her in vi
emma. The barrels are of platinum
and are set with diamonds, rubies and
sapphires. BY the introduction of
few more jewels its value could, of
course. be considerably enhanced, but
the queen is by no means given to
looking at things in that light and she
is quite content with the glasses as
they stand.
. Another of these expensive opera
glasses belonged to the Empress Elu-
genie at the time when she was one of
the most conspicuous figures in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
WHERE GOSSIP IS PAID EoR.

There is one thing that most women
can do-they can talk, and generally
they can serve up a nice dish of gossip
to any one whom they think it may
please
In America their services are unre-
Enumerated and often unappreciated.
but in the Celestial empire this is not
the case, for the thrifty Chinese has
found means OF turning a natural tall
ent into means of livelihood.
In China elderly ladies are regularly
employed as gossips. and they are well
paid. It is usual for them to go round
to the best houses. beating a drum te
announce their arrival and to offer
their services to the lady of the house
as entertainers. If their offer be &C.
cepted they sit down and tell the Lac.
est news, the choicest scandal and any
thing which they think may interest
their hearers. Should their stock il
trade prove very delectable they verx
likely go away with a handsome prezs
ent in addition to their regular fee,
which is at the rate of Is cents b--ts
Some of these professional gossips havS
large number of clients whom they
visit at regular intervals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

mining engineering and metaIlurgy of
the Tech has been developed under
his direction. He is the inventor of
useful devices in laboratories and
mines. These two welded scientists,
interested in chemical and physical
work. remind one of that other famous
married scientific pair in France, DR..
and Nine. Curie
There are yet other episodes in Mrs.
Richards career. For twelve years she
was chemist to a manufacturers fire
insurance. company. During that time
she made original researches on spon-
taneous combustion. An investigation
of oils was also part of her work while
chemist for the insurance company.
Wool grease was one of the oils an
alyzed by her and her discoveries along
this line led to the adoption of a valu-
able plan for extracting the grease
from wool. Whatever she has done is
of use to the world
Long ago she won the reputation of
a specialist in water analysis. She is
now par excellence the American chem
list of foods and drinks. She organized
the famous New England kitchen
scheme founded to furnish poor fami-
lies with cooked food at moderate
prices. also to teach the women of such
families to prepare nourishing food at
less cost than they now pay for their
badly cooked, badly chosen meals. She
had charge of the Rumford kitchen at
the Chicago exposition.
What engages her thought most of
all is the Improvement of the daily life
of the common people, acquainting
wives and mothers with the best
methods of ventilation, the most eff
cient ways of securing cleanliness, the
foods giving the best result in blood
and brain, the ideals which should gov
ern the daily round of the housewife. -
Tt is a cardinal doctrine with her that
everybody must know the essentials OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
woMEN,s TRAVELLING EXCHANGE

The Women's Travelling Exchange is
a new movement to aid women to earn
money without leaving their homes It
proposes to sell the handiwork of wo-
men in hotels and boarding houses in
summer and winter resorts, colleges,
boarding schools and by holding sales
in different cities and towns. Embroid-
cries. baby clothes, all sorts of stocks
and collars, fancy bags, aprons and
other household articles. burnt wood
and baskets as well as other hand
made articles are handled by the trav-
cling exchange. The first sale was held
at Springfield. Mass, and something like
81, 900 was realized. A large sale was
held at Lakewood, N. ]. The head
quarters for the work is in Springfield,
Mass, with Mrs. Ada E. Chaplin as
manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
Cake walk. AAfanY

The cake walk is going out of style
let us be thankful-and in it's stead
comes the quadrille danced to fancy
steps in fancy costumes and with IA
vors to match. And the inventing of
these quadrilles shows to great advan-
tage the originality of the society lead
err man or woman.
Now that the ultra athletic girl has
departed, it is certainly pleasing to see
the attention women are paying to
their appearance. Curling irons are
once more In vogue instead of the
'-wispy'' mode of couture. French heels,
II spite of all that the doctors say, are
70 the front, and very much to the
front. The long trailing, much shirred
gowns are worn with gentle grace, and
Il a girl pines for more rapid motion
she takes a course in fancy dancing
Tor the benefit of her personal appear
ance and the pleasure of herself and
her friends.
The voice of woman. too, is under
going a marked change. 1t is soft, low
and of the best English type.
We are Improving, and we know it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
GOOD PLAN.
manager

Children are exchanged in Denmark
between town and country parents dur
ing the summer holidays Thus, people
living in Copenhagen send their little
folks to be refreshed by the country air
and sights and receive in their place
youngsters from the villages who are
all the better and brighter for a little
experience of town and the many won
derful and interesting things to be
seen there. At Zurich an agency exists
for enabling people living in French
and German Switzerland to exchange
children for a few months so that they
may learn the different languages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

so much more numerous than men, an
organization of this sort among refined
but needy women is sure to be a great
boon. If only the refined but needy
American women would form a like Or
ganization it might be good thing all
around; but. alas, the refined but needy
native born is too proud to earn her liv-
ing in any such way, more's the PITY
We need good housekeepers and good,
trustworthy servants. but instead we
have to use raw, imported material,
while we have an army of useless type
writer's VINO cannot spell, to say moth
ing of the incompetents in other
branches
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I'll exchange my title for some of your
money, Miss America I do think it
foolish for American girls to marry in
that fashion. They may acquire hon.
ors. social position and all the pomp
and power women hold dear, but they
don't attain happiness.
"Of course there may be stray cases
of international marriages proving hap
Ply, but they are so rare we shan't con-
slider them I do not blame ambitious
mothers for this trading. Our girls are
equal to doing their own thinking, and
they are bred with the idea of making
a stir socially.
st believe in the mating of equals
A British lord marries a rich American
She is not patriotic. At the first quar-
rel my lord will sneer at her ancestry,
her country, probably her self made
parents. A normal woman would re-
sent this more than a slap in the face.
know of one case where one of these
contemptuous noblemen lost his wife's
love after five minutes of this wran-
gling''
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HASTY MARRIAGES.

Disenchantments. alas, follow too Of
ten upon the heels of hasty marriages.
Sometimes it is the wife who finds that
she has made poor bargain in the
matrimonial market, and sometimes it
is the husband who finds that the wife
whom he has welded is no bargain at
any price.
Surely not at the price of a hearts
affection, the price of the toll he must
put forth to maintain her. and, above
all else, the cost of his future comfort
in companionship and happiness.
1t is sad mistake to leap into mat
rimony. Ali other errors you can cas-
lily rectify but the mistake of a poor.
unsatisfactory, unsatisf1ed marriage
never.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
KATE CLYDE
"a Condemns BobbydiddIes and
40 rs i \ Tells What the Well Dressed
EVXW Woman Should Wear

One thing is noticeable. too. in the
world of dress-the contrast in colors
between now and three years ago.
Shades we did not consider loud then
we could not be hired to wear now.
Red or yellow evening gowns are rare.
and they are subdued in tint and modi-
fed still more by embroideries and soft
laces.
Coral is more the vogue than ever.
and a long chain is not only useful dur
ing the daytime but can be wound
three or four times around the neck
and turned into a smart necklace to
wear with an evening gown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

= z there is one thing above another
which makes me crazy-and there
are several of them-it is the sight
n of a short woman covered with
bobbydiddles. What is a bobby
diddle? All, my dear friends. surely
you must have seen those meaningless
tags and ends which certain women af-
fect-the bows under the ears. the
dangly chains. the multiplicity of side
combs and neck beads, the But why
go into the list? You know what I
mean
Strange, isn't it, that you hardly ever
see the long lank girl so bedecked?
But. no. She stands up like bare
pine tree or a bleak mountain side. 1t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

Of her head, I plucked two bows
from her hair and another one from
her collar, cut off the tabs from
her belt, I divorced her from a chain
and a pearl necklace, and I made her
wear waist of the same color as her
skirt. The result was worth noticing.
With a tailor made waist having a tai
lor made stock, a tailor made skirt and
a plain belt she was a revelation. She
looked almost tall and slender.
There is no use in talking, the little,
plump girl must give up frillies and be
content to dress simply if she would
look well.
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world. In those days platinum was not
used for jewelry, and the barrels of her
opera glasses were made of gold. In
stead of diamonds they We're set with
pearls of great price. They were lost
or stolen and were never restored to
their owner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

AS regards the winter shirt waist, the
white sicilienne and mohair blouse is
about the most useful that can be in
vented. 1t should be made perfectly
plain. with tuckings or box plaitings
and no silk strappings, for if it is
washed these will turn yellow. A set
of turquoise or coral buttons makes a
pretty finish.
The three-quarter white cloth coat
will again be the thing for evening
wear, and this can be made at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

men who are
forced to take
stu atoms as
housekeepers, la
dies compan-
ions and even
maids and upper
servants. The
members learn
all that is nee
essary and, in
addition, have all
the privileges of
a club. which
assists them al
so in finding
suitable and re-
fined situations.
In England es-
pecially, where
the WOnnan are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
A coon BUSINESS WOMAN.

Mrs. E. G. Kidd, owner of the wen
known pin money" pickle works, is
prominent in business circles in the
south. During the civil war her hus~
band fought for the Confederaey. ans
his fortune was swept away. His wife
went to work and sold pickles of her
own manufacture for pin money" She
became so successful that she now con-
trofs = large force of employees and
some time ego purchased the estate her
husband lost threagh the civil w.
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UNIQUE WRIST BAGS.

jewelers. and silversmiths are now
making up number of very chic wrist
bags from morsels of real cashmere
shawls. Some of the smartest reticules
this season are in this richly coiered
material. The girl who has bit of il
and a metal satchel frame with dilapi-
dated covering can have a smart bag
at trifling expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
MARRYING TILES.

Baroness de Bazus (H.zf7s. Frank Les
lie) says of American girls marrying
titles: ''I do not think it ridiculous be-
cause the Independent Yankee knows
precisely what she is buying She is
not swindled. But it is a question of
buying and selling. A foreign noble
man might propose with the phrase,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

is the little
dumping of a
girl who can
no more resist
them than she
can fly, and
they dangle, flip
and flop from
all parts of her
person, carica-
turing her fig
ure and taking
away any ap-
pearanceo of style
she may pos
sess.
Once I dressed
one of these
short little per-
sons to suit my
self. I did up
her hair IN ton
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lies along the Mediterranean east of
Marseilles- The soil, the climate and
the sloping hilIsides facing the south
ern sun make this a favorable region
Mrs. Julia Frankau, the brilliant nov
elist, author OF pigs In Clover" is the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

the ancient Greek spirit They wear in
the streets the classic Greek dress.
Ninety per cent of the perfumery used
in the world comes from what is known
as the department of sea Alps in
France, the mountainous country which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

been entertained at dinner in the White
House.
Jet trimming which has become limp
and rusty looking may be renovated
thus: Mix equal parts of vinegar and
water, enough to cover the articles
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and let them remain in this in a basin
for twenty minutes. Take out and put
in a cool place to dry
A family of three Americans father,
mother and daughter, have gone to
Athens and win strive to revive there
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greatest living authority on the art or
color printing. Her pen name is Fra7%
Dandy.
Some of the popular fringes are so
easily made that every woman can add
the fashionable touch for herself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

Mrs. Kate Trimble Woolsey, the
American woman who wrote the book
Republics Versus Women says of
Ehe United States: mo woman has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
WOMEN The WORLD OVER.

ever been mentioned in any inaugural
address since the beginning of the gov
eminent. No woman in recognition of
her individual merit or service has ever
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A Sensible Club.

In these days of Impractical clubs it
is delightful to hear of a club in Eng
land for the training of well born wo-