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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

curious, narrow minded frumps chow
is that for a collection of adjectives p
the confirmed old female clubite is the
worst.
1 have observed this striking differ
ence-the more clubs an old boy be-
longs to the more jolly he is but the
more clubs an old girl belongs to the
more peevish and narrow she grows.
which ought to show that there is
something wrong with the clubs.
A continual mental diet is apt to
sour on one, and is it, after all, a men
tai diet?
At a supposed progressive club which
I attended by mistake recently I found
myself roped in for an afternoon under
the direction of the chairman of prog
ress The chairman. who was of that type
which is always too young and proper
to progress and stays that way in
acknowledgements some Introductory re-
marks in a sweetly ingratiating way.
I closed my eyes, and, really, the effect
was exactly that of one of those Won
derful efforts girl graduates put forth
when they try to swallow the full
meaning and inner significance of life
in one gulp-and choke over it. Of
course there were a blue sky and pur-
pie sunset in it Chat was to be expect
ed, and she saw visions of the future
Why don't people see things in the
present and see them out of a trance, 1
wonder? Well, never mind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19
A SMART VIOLET TURBAN FOR EASTER.
OF cay


at the time of the Russian Easter. On
the Saturday afternoon before Easter
Sunday I was at a matinee where a
woman famous in opera, a Russian by
birth, sang gloriously- The next morn
ing a party of US went to the Russian
church in Paris, the most magnificent
outside of Russia, to witness the SPLEEN
did Easter ceremonies and hear the
male choir. Women do not sing in
Russian choirs
There were few seats in the church.
You had to stand till you got tired and
then go out, unless you belonged TO
the Greek church and could vary the
monotony by getting down upon your
knees on the floor. covered already
with the street dust from hundreds of
shoe soles. Suddenly among the most
devout OF the worshipers a richly
dressed lady came in and "hopped'-I
can find no other word for it-upon the
floor and began to humble prayers
with all her might The 1ady's fur
cloak must have been worth $1,000
Her hat was a most expensive one even
for Paris. But her hair was entirely
uncombed. It was as tousled as il it
had not had comb in it for three days
At the throat, where the magnificent
fur garment was slightly open, there
was a glimpse of dishabille not pleas
ant to look at. Her hands were bare
and covered with dazzling rings worth
a fortune. But. heaven forgive us, the
nails were black. The lady looked as
if she had jumped out of bed. jumped
into her shoes and put on her gorgeous
cloak and hat over her morning negli-
gee and rushed off to church. No doubt
this was the case
The lady was the magnificent Rus
sian prima donna Of the matinee the
day before. The very paint had not
yet been all washed off her face
ELIZABETH LEE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19
THE WOMEN
OF RUSSIA

G n vivid. terrible story called "The
Man Who Was Rudyard Kipling
says; Let it be clearly understood
~ that the Russian is a delightful
person till he tucks his shirt in.
AS an oriental he is charming. 1t is
only when he insists on being treated
as the most easterly of western peoples
instead OF the most westerly of east
erns that he becomes an anomaly ex-
tremely difficult to handle
You Will perceive here q delicate dis
tinction. 1t is certain that in his treat
ment of women the average Russian is
still wholly eastern. On the woman
question he is today more oriental than
the Jap There is at Tokyo a univer-
sity for Japanese women. 1t was
opened only two years ago, yet it
has already 500 students, who come
from all parts Of Japan. Russia, ruled
by the Greek church officials and in its
government practically little else than
a hierarchy, has apparently set itself
against the education of women. Time
and again Russian colleges for girls
have been founded by private enter
Prise, attended by great numbers of
students. then after little while closed
" the government.
Medical schools for girls were found
d. Ambitious and intelligent young
women entered them by the thousand.
The full medical degree was at first
withheld. however. because the doctors
we're women, and it did not suit the
Russians to advance the new woman.
But the feminine doctors boldly went
to the front with the Russian regi-
ments during the war with Turkey.
The young lady surgeons in the Rus
so-Turkish war devoted themselves
with all their power and intelligence to
the task of aiding the sick. the wound
ed and the dying. The soldier appre-
ciated their service if the government
did not; the soldier blessed them with
his last breath. The women surgeons
won such distinction for themselves in
this war that there was a clamor for
their full recognition. The Russian
government was obliged to grant them
regular medical degrees.
The result was that more young wo-
men than ever crowded the Russian
medical schools. There was and is a
vast field for women practitioners
among the poor and ignorant millions
of the Russian peasantry. Woman in
Russia seemed on the highrOad to
emancipation. Once more the hier-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

Goodness gracious me! With the
number of old maids-tut, tut, bache-
Tor maids increasing owing to the I'M
certain and dynamite-like natures of
the male sex, and with the said women
really beginning to know what good
cooking and luxury are, why in the
dickens don't we have women's clubs
for comfort like the mems clubs for
comfort?
Just wait. There are two things
want to originate before die. One is
a two room housekeeping apartment
house for bachelor girls, artists au-
thors and SIGH" the other is a club
where no one will try to educate them
against their will or make them do
things with an object after hard days
work, but where they can sprawl
around after a good dinner and read
the magazines and meet their friends.
When 1 found my club you may be
sure of one thing-no old female club
mate is even going to get so much as
u peep inside of the door. Of all the
hard boiled, queer sided, warped ideaed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19
Il coueHINe conE

Few people know how to cough prop
erly. In fact. it never occurs to the or
binary individual that there are right
and wrong ways of doing it; yet it is
matter of no small importance. If ev-
cry sigh means drop of blood out of
the heart. as people say. every cough
means some greater or less proportion
of time knocked off ones life. Most
people cough as loudly and forcibly as
they can. Some chronic coughers seem
proud of the noise they make. But it
is a rather costly noise for the reason
that it tears and infiames the lungs.
The lungs consist of an extraordf-
narily delicate. spongelike tissue, which
sometimes gets infiamed and checked
with phlegm. When We try to get rid
of this substance we cough. But OBJ
viously, if we remove it violently we
must necessarily injure the delicate
lung tissue. Therefore train yourself
to cough as gently as possible. After
a little practice you viii find it quite
easy to do So In that way you viii do
a minimum of mischief to the lungs
and add years to your life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

archy didn't like it Some spy reported
that certain girl students were mixed
up in political agitation. No woman
in all Russia had a vote or any citi-
zen's rights whatsoever If all the girl
students in the medical schools had
been conspiring against the car, it is
hard to see what they could have done.
But the report furnished pretext for
the inquisition of the Russian govern
ment to act against them. Clap went
shut the doors of the medical schools
on the women. No more women could
study to be doctors in Russia-
But the women were not to be down
ed. In hosts and throngs they migrat-
ed to the universities of Switzerland
and of Paris. Some even braved the
SHOWS of Finland, where the small local
government is more liberal to women
than the great Russian hierarchy is.
Not only to the medical schools of 9TH
er lands went the splendid women sub
jects of the car for the learning he
would not let them have at home, but
all Europe was sprinkled with brave
Russian women students, wherever a
university was open to the hapless fe-
male sex.
In future ages when the story of wo-
mans struggle for emancipation comes
to be written it will read more heroical-
" than the tale of the fight of the
American colonies for independence.
The Russian girl students had little or
no money. Their men compatriots aid
ed them in the struggle and tutored
them free of charge. The women
taught private pupils, they worked as
domestic servants, they wrote for for
eign newspapers, they boarded them
selves, living sometimes three and four
in a room, to secure that priceless edu-
cation.
The strongest, best blood of Russia,
the very flower of its womanhoods was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19


song about the little bir-r-r-r-ds-four
RS, please. But that wasn't so bad, be-
cause one can somehow stand the little
birds if they don't sing TOO early in the
morning.
After this arrived on feetsteps a
prominent reformer, one of those men
who walk around telling the city ia
theirs what to do and then sneak around
blaming them when they do it. Did he
speak of reform? Well, yes-er-as one
might speak to children. He didn't
dwell on the really urgent things, the
things that positively cry out, because
strong language would have been nee
essary, and, while some would not have
understood, others would have thought
they understood and left the room Oh,
no: he took his cues beautifully. He
put in plenty of ideals, told women
they were the only hopes of the nation
and-well, in brief and in fine, how
lovely they were. 1t went we'll in the
violet scented atmosphere. Funny
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

their education
they distribute themselves through the
cars vast lonely realm as teachers
and physicians In both capacities they
are the hope of the country. The HER
archy knew well what it was about
when it tried to crush them. The I'M
DERIVING motive was the great instinct
of self preservation
The Russian women who strive I'M
der such difficulties to obtain the high
er education constitute a group to
themselves. They are drawn chiefly
from the middle classes. that below the
higher nobility. The women of fash
ionable society in Russia are fascinat-
ing and accomplished. The vivacious
and brilliant Countess Cassini at
Washington, niece of the cars ambas-
sador to the United States. is a type
of the sparkling. luxurious Russian
lady of high type who is devoted to so
ciety. Yet the Russian noble lady. is
extremely charitable and helpful to the
poor
Many of the Russian ladies are, like
the Russian p asantry, devout believ-
ers in the efficacy of their church OBJ
servances. 1 was in Paris one season
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19
AN "OwLET.y

In some countries a betrothaI is con-
sidered only a degree less sacred than
a marriage. and therefore breach of
promise, especially on the girls side,
is regarded as shocking.
This is very much the case in Italy,
where q girl who after betrothal has
changed her mind is known for life as
a civetta (owlet) and has rarely anoth-
er chance of matrimony.
The term "owlet" conveys no idea of
reproach here. but in Italy it is signifi-
cant because owlets are there used for
ensnaring other birds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

isn't it, that the woes and wrongs of
the lower classes and of mankind in
general seem to realize how indecent
they are in an atmosphere of that sort
and to shut up almost of their own ac-
cord, if I might put it that way?
About this time some one got up and
read some one else's paper, but you
must excuse me if I can't remember
anything about it. 1t wasn't that sort
of a paper. 1t smeIled of the encyclo-
pedia. as they say in French. Pardon
the French; they sometimes give one a
little start, but that is because of their
delight in giving one vivid word pic
lures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19
The Real Thing.

During all this time those of us
whose mental apparatus was not occu-
pied to the fullest extent (and. indeed,
what was the use?) were making wild
conjectures as to the sex of visiting
guest who sat in such a manner that
she was only revealed down to the
waist, and you really couldn't tell. A
fine, intellectual head was set upon
strong, athletic shoulders. The iron
gray hair, cut short, was parted on one
side, the coat might have been a mans
or a woman's, and the collar was
clerical one. Presently she was intro
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

leaving the oppressed country in such
numbers that the government took
alarm Did it reopen the universities
and girls medical colleges Not much.
The white car promulgated a decree
that Russian women subjects studying
abroad should return home immediate
ly under pain OF exile. Such is the
government of tyranny. The brutal
decree raised a storm, a storm so heavy
that the government was obliged to re-
consider its decision. Russian women
have now again permission to study
abroad. A measure of university edu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

1,-ae not ;,+o1 pFOHlptu speech
lectual enough after the, etc, but she
had just returned from the east and
she wanted to say a few words about
the japanese women, whom we consid-
cred backward as women. but whom
she-well, she gave US to understand
she thought we are not so far advanced
on many things. 1t was all done in a
spirit of the most gentle intent. She
contrasted our superficial feminine
coldness and alteration of our cheap
little progress in brain culture. and she
spoke of the wealth of grace and ten
derness and the beautiful spirit of po-
etry in the little japanese woman, who
possesses a streak of what we call in
spiratiOn. but which is merely a touch
of nature and her birthright.
No. it wasn't a popular speech. The
orator merely sat down, with another
little twinkle in her eye.
She didn't care a bit what they
thought Neither did I. I brought my
palms together in frantic whacks of
applause for the first time that after
noon. and if it woke up any of the
evaporated types of women around me,
why. I'm glad of it. that's all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19
YOUR FORTUNE IN YOUR TEAcUP.

Telling fortunes from teacups is a
favorite amusement with some people.
one cannot promise that the fortunes
will always come true, but that they
will be the cause of some merriment il
pretty sure. and that is something in
their favor.
After you have drunk your tea re-
verse the cup and then look carefully
at the dregs. If they are all massed
together things will go well with the
fortune seeker, but if they are scattered
then troubles are in store
A small scrap of tea leaf near the top
of the cup means a letter. a larger
speck means a photograph or present
of some kind: what it is depends on
the form of that speck.
The little bits Of stem are people.
light or dark, tall or short. according to
their color and length A thick one in
a woman and a very short one a child.
If these lie crOsswise they are enemies.
if straight up intimate friends or pleas
ant acoUaintances to be made A large
speck near them means that they are
coming for a visit and bringing lug
gage.
An unbroken line of grounds betokens
a journey by water, a broken line a
journey by rail-.
A large ring is always lucky. To q
man it means success in business. to a
matron a fortunate undertaking. to a
maid an offer of marriage. A small ring
foreshadows an invitation
A cross signifies trouble. a square or
oblong new lands. a pyramid good for
tune.
Dustlike grounds massed together at
the bottom or side Of the cup portend
money! to come a. heart is the hap
piest sign Of all. for it betokens long
life, health. wealth and faithful love.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

with a song. 1t
simply seethed
with purple
passion. l MOTTO
ed the two mas
culine guests of
TIL e afternoon
make vain eff
forts to blush.
She sang, she
arble d, she
shrieked, Il da-
a-a-re to love
thee, I da-a-re
to l-loVe theei"
and then she
expired-oh, no,
not really; only
vocally in a
gurgle of horri-
bly, hatted trills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

duced, and when
she rose we saw
well, the pro-
noun tells you
what. If that
woman ever
wants me to do
anything for her
she can have
me at any time
of t h e d a Y,
week or month.
S h e W o n me
c o m p l e t e y.
With a little
twinkle in her
eye, she began
a S h o r t i'm
promptu speech.
She said she
was afraid it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19
Piltng on the Aconr.

When she had terminated-do you
know, I haven't used that word for a
year but it somehow seems to fit in
connection with that speaker-when
she had terminated Iady-nothing so
unladylike as a woman-a lady fat,
forty, but, alas, not fair, RECALLED US
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

"a "a FHEN a woman forgets she is
WMF human she is funny, and
WY when she forgets she is no
longer young she is even fun
nier. Now, these two ideas
seem very wide apart, don't they? Yet
the other afternoon I saw them sitting
side by side at a woman's club meeting.
BY the way. if you are blessed with a
sense of humor and the funny papers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

cation is like
wis e granted
them at home,
but they are so
hampered and
harassed by the
government re-
strictions re-
speeding their
education that
those who can
escape these do
it and study in
other parts of
Europe
When the he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

Professor Matthews of Chicago uni
versity says that young men as well as
young women should be taught some
thing of the care of children and the
science of keeping house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19
SPRING GOWN OF OYSTER WHITE CLOTH.

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'front.'
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A n a
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

The best thing to put by for rainy
day is good health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19
Kate Clyde

Condemns Women's Clubs and
Tells What They Ought to Be.
How She Was Caught at a Dry
as-Dust Entertainment
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-13

cash receipts of these states would
have been much larger in 1904 than
are shown by the records. and the
amounts which these states would
have been prOpOrtiOnately greater. The
secretary's order, while not putting an
absolute stop to entries as to reduce
the allowances to a very small mini
mum. and inasmucn as it is the TIM
Der and stone act that yields most Of
the public land reveiue. it is readily
realized that the suspension of opera
ton under that law would have Sc
rious effect on the land sales in any
state in which the order applied. This
order of suspension was revoked last
December, but during the first half Of
the fiscal year it operated to diminish
the credit of the state of Washington
on the public land ledger where re-
turns from land sales are kept. and
where the contributions to the reca-
nation fund are shown.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-13
EAGLES HAVE GATHERED IN
MARYLAND CITY.
Grand Lodge Session Was Opened This
Morning-Big Illuminated Parade
for Tonight.

BALTIMORE. Md. Sept. 13.-Balti-
more is in the complete possession
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
thousa nds of whom continued to pour
tional convention of the order The city
was expecting q large crowd, but the
attendance so far exceeds all calcu-
iations. Parties numbering from 100
to 500 members are here from nearly
all the principal cities Of the east and
middle west. Many of the visitors are
accompanied by their wives and fam
lilies. so that the total runs into the
thousands. The city was we'll prepared
for their coming, however. and every
visitor is assured of plenty to eat, a
place to sleep and no end Of amuse-
ment and entertainment
The grand lodge began it's session
this morning in the Maryland theater
which like nearly all of the buildings
of the downtown section is deliberately
decorated in honor of the visitors
Grand Worthy President Timothy D.
Sullivan of New York called the gath
edng to order and addresses of well
come were delivered by Mayor Tim
anus and other representatives of the
city and state and of the local branch
of the order. Committees were appoint
ed and other routine business trans
acted. but the session was cut short
to permit the visitors to partake of
some of the numerous excursions. out
door parties and other festivities ar
ranged for their entertainment. A
grand illumination of the city is
scheduled for tonight. together with
band concerts and other features
Many visitors from nearby cities and
towns are expected to come into the
ade, which will be one of the pic
turesQue features of the week. Dem
Yer is pursuing a hot campaign to
capture next years convention. Sew
eral other cities are in the running
and if the Colorado metropolis gets
the prize it will be only after spirit
ed contest.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-13

persistent inquiry Martiny was To-
We're his whereabouts discovered Wnen
he again disappeared, and for time
was lost.
Then word was received here estAb-
fishing that he was at Monterey, Next
co, and was trying to establish himself
in the drug business. The Mexican au-
thOritieS were Immediately notified to
arrest and hold him until extradit;on
proceedings could be taken up. When
the officers went to arrest Martiny ne
had taken fright and been out of the
city just twelve hours. Evidence he
left behind showed that he was going
towards the border and watch was kept
along the Rio Grande river.
In about two weeks Martiny was
heard of in Texas. He seemed to have
the idea that he had eluded pursuit and
was more careless than before. He
crossed the river into Mexico. but In a
few days was located in Eagle Pass.
Texas Sheriff Webb Townsend of
Maverick. Texas. ts1ally found him in
a hotel. 1t was found that when Mrs.
Martiny left Tacoma she went straight
to her husband in Mexico. The two
were tired CT their wanderings and
worn out with the nervous strain of
being hunted, and it was Martiny's in
tention to locate himself in some bust