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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
CAMPAIGN IN KANSAS.

4 This falls political campaign in Kan
sas will be limited to state issues.
There will be little or nothing heard
about the national campaign. Roose-
welt will get Kansas, and little or no
effort will be made to carry the state
against him. This was frankly conced-
ed by the Democrats and Populists at
their recent state conventions. There
was not even any effort made to fuse
on national issues.
In state politics, the fight will be
one of the hardest in years. Repubii-
can mistakes have given the fusionists
their long sought opportunity to break
down Republican supremacy. The
fusion attack will be made on governor,
treasurer and railroad commissioner,
the weakest spots in the state ticket,
and a strenuous effort to capture
enough representatives and senators to
control the legislature. A congressman
is also possibility for the fusionists in
several districts.
1t can not be denied that the fusion
lists will come on to the attack with
better chances of success than for many
years. The extravaganza of the last
legislature makes the fusion demand
for economy sound good. The stencil
of Burtonism is fresh in the nostrils of
the people. The corrupt administration
of railroad affairs, and the interference
of railroads with state politics is too
we'll known to require much ''presen-
tation" to the people OF the state.
Added to all this is the treatment of
Governor Bailey, who though ne has
made a splendid record was turned
down.
Added to the strongly fortified posi-
ton of the fusionists. and increasing
their prospects of victory. is the terrific
internal war within the Republican par
ty. Boss busters and machine men are
laying for each other with whetted
blades, and a Republican nominee is
in almost as much danger from assassi-
nation by his supposed friends as from
the direct attack of the political ad-
versary in the opposite party.
Usually the convention of the Demo-
cratic party in Kansas is a joke. 1t
is an occasion for the funny men on
the Republican organs to air their
wit. This year it is serious business,
and wit sounds forced and out of place.
The danger to Republicanism is real.
There is a large installment of over
confidence lurking around Republican
which will perhaps be
marvelled at after the campaign is over
The fusionists are awake to the needs
of the situation. Their forces were
by bolt, but that was all.
There was just about enough asperity
in their conventions ~ make them rea-
lize they had a chance to get into the
game, and push their abdomens against |
the pastry shelf. They are dead in
earnest and will be there when the |
voting is done.
Whether they can drive the Repub- |
leans from their strongly entrenched |
position of power is a serious ques- |
ion. They did it once under similar |
perhaps they will do
t again.
Had not Governor Bailey been |
rampled upon and Tom Kelly with all |
his unsaYory record and Walker and /
lis railroad proclivities. and Burrow
With his bond deals been recognized |
md given places on the ticket, it |
night have been different, but what's
he use of speculation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
AT THE WORLDS FAIR

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visiting the Worlds Fair may have
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20 any address i'm ST. Louis at the rate
of thirty cents n month. The last
edition of the State Journal reaches
St. Louis the following morning. The
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

dence viii expand rapidly when cotton
mills and iron furnaces resume normal
activity, which should not be much
longer deferred. In the meantime the
extent of Improvement in promptness
of mercantile payments must determine
the increase or decrease in number of
small failures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

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away during the summer may ma
she paper mailed regularly eacn Gay
10 any address at the rate OF thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
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the State Journal will be 20 you Ike
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

According to government statistics
wages have increased 1873 per cent.
Doubtless this will be the first init
nation received by a large number of
wage earners that they are making
more money. Now they will want to
hear from the cashier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

The bureau of labor shows that in
1857 instances the wages of working
men are $50 a year more than their
expenses That accounts for the
strikes These workingmen are try
ing to spend their surplus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

Mr.. Peabody. treasurer of the DEM
ocrat national campaign committee,
is said to be a director in the beet
sugar trust This ought to enable Mr..
Cortelyou to obtain a nice check from
the HavemeverS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

II Judge Parker should be elected
ne Will not be compelled to face
an empty treasury as the last Demo-
crat president was. Uncle Sam has
been doing great deal of business
since 1898 and has put much money
in his purse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

Ohio is seldom heard from in a
political way these days. She seeus
to have been rooted out of the trough
by Iowa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

Uncle Russell Sage passed his Ssth
birthday this week in attending to
business in his customary manner.
There doesn't seem to be anything the
matter with Uncle Hank Davis, who
is seven years younger than Mr.. Sage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

Judge Parker has resigned his place
on the supreme bench VIII Senator
Fairbanks follow this lead and surren-
der his place in the United States SEN
ate?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

Maryland wants to sell a thirty
million dollar interest in a canal. She
has no papers to show that she has
an interest in a canal. but she desires
TO sell it just the same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

rolling, and it was he who first sug.
gested Mr.. Bristow as the man to dc
the investigating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

Indications point to a scarcity of
bootblacks at Esopus. The dispatches
yesterday announced that Judge Parker
stopped at Kingston and had his shoes
shined before going on to Albany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

Old Mani say. colonel. did you ever
try the water cure?"
kentucky Man-"No, sab I've nevah
had the misfortune to be afflicted with
the watah habit, sah''-Chicago Daily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

New Jersey citizens say Parker is
owned by the trusts. Well. he is no
worse of than New Jersey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

General Stoessel, in command at
Port Arthur. probably is envious of
kuropatkin's ability to retreat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
New Fashions in G!0ves.

Many women never don the mannish glove because it makes the hand look large, and for such there are the pretty, tight fitting kid and suede gloves. which are al ways stylish.
 Following in the wake of the elaborately embroidered long gloves for evening wear that have been popular for season or so comes a new and pretty fashion for the debutante and the woman with prettily rounded arms. The ordinary long evening gloves have four clusters of four perfora- tons each at intervals, beginning just dDoNe the wrist Into these pecfora tions dainty ribbons, one-quarter of an inch Wide and carrying out the color scheme or the gown, are interwoven and criss- crossed around the arm up to pear the toy or the glove. where the ribbon, after pass ing around the arm to form band. is tied in q bow with fairly long ends.
 A fetching black pair had black and white striped ribbons producing A little toucn that went far to relieve the sombre effect of a mourning gown.
 Indications are that the suede lIsle glove, that have been so popular for two seasons will again be worn next summer Tace mitts have striven for popularity. but there seems to be some old-time prejudice against them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
. EMBKOIDEKED cREPE DE CINE GOWN .

be fashionable a woman must look slim.
 However. by a clever arrangement of pleats, the material cut away under the pieats, the yoke around the hips (although
 this is not new any longer), the cut that ! has a good flare around the foot and the
 new circular skirt, which is a marvel of art
 and which, while plain, can be made to
 look as If pleated and lavishly trimmed by
 extra strips of material being put on the
 skirt and then stitched down to within a
 short distance of the foot-all these rem der 1t possible to combine the two oppo- site laws-that of wearing full. wide skirts and at the same time looking slender.
 Wide BeHs Feature.
 l The wide belt Is a decided feature of all l the new gowns, but the law that was dreaded-that the pointed effect in front and the long line was no longer to pre- vail-has not yet come to pass; that Is, so far as any exaggerated ideas are con- cerned. There is a point to the belts or there can be a point. or if woman is very long waisted she can wear the round waisted belt. All gowns. whether of cloth, silk or even lace. have these wide belts Aoften of the material itself, then again of lhberty silk, satin or anything that is soft. The wide cloth belts are certainly trying
 ;n most figures, but still by a clever ar rangement of pleating them well down in front they do not seem so clumsy as might be feared, ana when worn with a snort bolero or one of the fancy short coats they are far more effective than might be supposed Anything more appalling in ap- earance than these same skirts and wide belts with a white or light colored shirt waist cannot well be imagined, and yet they are sometimes seen when the short coat Is taken on.
 The fashions of the present moment are nerhaps the most difficult that the ma iority of women have ever grappled with. The unheard of prices demanded for clothes at many of the leading establish ments are certainly discouraging. and at the same time it hardly seems possible to carry out fashions latest fancies in any inexpensive way. But 1t is possible if sufficient time and thought are bestowed upon the matter and if care is taken that the style that is becoming to the individ- mai is chosen. A short woman with a short waist-pot always one and the same thing-will never look we'll in a short skirt and broad belt. nor in founced and much trimmed skirt.
 But among the many models that are designed for this spring and summer are A lot of pretty skirts with long straight lines and with which a narrow belt can be worn. A waist and jacket to corre-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
Neckwear for Spring and Summer

A. fitted stock sufficiently heavy to re- ouire no starch in laundering, with long, narrow front section in bishop effect. ex- tending almost to the waist. This is hard liy more than long tab in two sections. following a graceful outline as to its outer edges. The two sections are joined at m- tervals with little cobwebs. The stock is also trimmed with these. By working tho cObwebs on both sides the collar is made reversible thereby prolonging its useful life.
 Some particularly handsome stocks are made of spangled passementeries. These are very rich and at the same time soft in effect. A tiny ruche finishes the neck.
 Many will be glad to see that the old fashioned ruche is now a new fashion. It Is so simple and so pretty that 1t should never be allowed to go out entirely.
 Heretofore our equine and canine friends have claimed the leather collar as their just prerogative. They stin may wear their leather collars, but, nevertheless. the nattiest stock which the athletic girl will number on her list of novelties in neck wear is snugly fitting affair made of pongee, showing a tiny turnover at the neck bound with brown leather. A little fly bow bound with leather completes the stock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

to clear the ground; and these wraps
 while they have warmth, are so designed
 that they can easily be taken off and pu
 on, and they are what their name i'm
 plies-wraps. A wrap, by the way, is mol
 always what 1t pretends to be, for hal
 fitting Jackets with tight sleeves or witt
 close fitted sleeves (wHen the fashion or
 dains such) are included under this head
 ing, and are about as uncomfortaole I garment as a woman can well imagine
 Coicr Question PuSSline.
 The color question is always a puzzling
 one-so much is said and written all the time about the elegance of black, of how
 becoming it Is to women as they grow
 older and how effective 1t is when seen
 with lot of colored gowns, and that q
 woman who is always gowned in black ! Is always well gowned. All these state ments are true, ard yet there are great many women who look very bad in black. The figure may be improved by a dark or black gown, but black against the face especially as woman grows older, is often most trying, and needs softening by quantities of white lace, chiffon or embroidery, and this mass of white is apt to do away with the smart look of an all black gown.
 Black hats are generally becoming and most useful. and certainly are smart-and vet this year there will be seen women of any age wearing the lightest color In hats, while young girls will rarely wear black hats at all. The light shades of color are most exquisite, very soft, and made in ev- cry possible weave of straw. in tule and in net, and these are draped with wells of the same color. There Is one style of hat that is very charming In color, although just a little stiff in outline. but which, when suitable at all. is so very becoming that it is sure to be a popular fancy. Made in the palest pink straw, with a wreath of roses of the same shade or a shade darker around the crown, 1t is indescribably fresh and spriRglike. The same model worked out in darker colors is not nearly so ef fective. This, worn with pale pink voile, linen or light cloth gown, is very charm ing and is decidedly new.
 The new skirts are becoming more possi- ble every day; that is. dressmakers and tailors seem to have solved the mysteries thereof, so that now the many. as well as the few, are capable of turning out the lat est styles. and in such a way that the wearers will not look like barrels The amount of material that is necessary in a gown at the present moment is a little overwhelming at first. and the width of the skirts is a decided puzzle. especially when taken in connection with the fact that to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
cHEYoT GOWN WITH PLAIN CLOTH COAT !

are indications that this most charming of fashions may not endure any length or time. Different shades of the one color are seen much more than they were six months ago, and also on many of the one tone costumes are to be seen trimmings that introduce an entirely different note of color-rather too sharp a contrast in many instances to be altogether agreeable.
 There are a number of mixed goods that are charming in coloring-two or three shades Of the same color in plaids or stripes or regular designs/ or with con- tTasting colors. much on the old fashioned idea of the green and blue plaids. These are to be had in cheviot. canvas and veil ing, and, in fact. in all the fabrics that are shown this season. They are not in- tended, as a rule, for the smart designs of gowns but for morning wear and for trav- cling.
 Black and Whit, Checks StM Popular
 One of the attractive designs of the sea- son shows a gown of fine black and white check with a black coat, and the same model in blue and green plaid--quite small
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
Furnishings for the House Beautiful.

In contrast to this delicate room is the second one-a study in dark brown and green, with a touch of dull yellow. Of course, this color scheme ought to be used only in rooms with sunny expoSure. The resourceful woman who designed the room found waiting for her hand some dark brown woodwork, enlivened with a sort of graining in imitation of oak. Money was lacking, so this deter mined little woman lay awake several
 nights concocting schemes for making that horrid paint conform to her pretty furnishings, and at the same time bend to her purpose to have a beautiful, tasteful room.
 The scheme evolved was most satisfac- tory to her and 10 her friends First, she
 had a wide shelf five inches). with a cove underneath, placed all around the wall at a point only a few inches above the half way mark. The room was high and could bear this treatment. The shelf was painted a dark brown to match the wood work.
 The ceiling and side walls, down to the shelf. were papered in rich. dark green
 ingrain, while below she used a panel paper which was an exact imitation of black walnut.
 The floor was painted dark brown. and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

IMPOSSIBLE as it might seem. there Iare really some new fashions in gloves Ithis season shown in the styles just over
 from Paris
 Gauntlet gloves have ever been asso- ciated with horses, hounds and cross coun- try rides. but now tkey have been appro- priated by Dame Fashion for milady's af- ternoon wear. and for her use they are made of soft kid in all shades
 There is one thing about this style of gauntlet glove that distinguishes it from the heavy riding gloves so long in vogue and that is that the glove and gauntlet is cut in one piece and the extra fulness is confined at the wrist b:' a stout elastic There Is a gusset at the side and no stiff fening in the gauntlet, which softly turns back, displaying a lining of silk or soft kid; this, by the way. should match the color of the gown. Handsome moire and gros grain silks are mostly used for Things. Very fine kid is used also. but it is nos so rich as the silks. These gloves are rather too expensive to ever become common. and are really only appropriate for carriage wear.
 The heavy. mannish glove for women is no longer a fad it is a necessity to the business woman or to any woman to whom Aervice is equally as irnnnrtant as style.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

/ fsa t spond gives asain long line and n<axS |a short woman look taller. and, kifs stoslt more slender. Then the dark cotofs n,e1 are becoming to so many people s to tneir figures but not to their facee- can De made beComine if narrow line q lvelvet. cloth or satin Of some contrastinf color, or white heavily embroidered
 black, Is put on around the collar ant down the fronts and in the sleeveG Theu are pieces of embroidery that cone e pecaahy for this purpose which arr
 cnarmins. and they look remarkably vel
 wltn pure. dark purple. puce color (whic1
 the latest of all shades), and they ar
 and tan. n,
 Cut work and embroidery of all kindf
 are used on all gowns. but these also caa
 De put on in long lines, if neceasary, tf
 make gown more becoming, althougl
 they are not so smart as when used ts
 trim hounces or are put on in band1
 around the skirt. When a woman is tai
 and slender and does not have to consider the hnes of her figure especially, the pres
 ent styles permit of a perfect debauch oi embroidery, and oftentimes 1t seems as fl
 there were more embroidery than originai
 material of the gown. These embroideries are worked on the material itself in silk ot the same shade, and most charming art
 the taffeta silks embroidered in these orh
 tone designs when made up in black, darl blue and gray, with the short skirt and blouse coat--the embroidery forming tho entire coat, leaving only the sleeves plain. But here again a simple style is to b<
 found, and a taffeta trimmed with braid-
 pleated skirt, with the braid put on q
 intervals So that 1t catches down two oI. three pleats and then lets two or thret
 pleats hang loose. and the coat mos charmfngiy braided give the gown thu effect of being of cloth instead of silk There is an uncertainty about taffeta sill
 that makes it seem almost an unpardon. able extravaganza to put such a lot ol
 work on 1t, but be 1t remembered that
 the quality of the silk used in such ex' pensive gowns Is of the most expensive
 kind, and this, as. a rule. wears iont enough to quite repay the money paid oul
 for it, even in these days when moneysN no object.
 This year there is one very, great poini ] In favor of the fcrced-to-be economical
 and at the same time we'll gowned wom an, and this Is that the different ma. | terials can be made up in the same styles Some seasons there is one charming stylt cloth, but none for materials like tkt cheaper qualities of yelling or foufard
 This years styles are so vague and jndis. | tinet, as 1t were, that 1t does not mattel especially what materials are used, and
 while, of course, 1t Is far better and mort
 desirable, if 1t Is possible, to buy ma.
 terials that bear the imprint of this year's designs and colors. 1t is perfectly possible l to haev a gown quite up to date in appear
 ance made of comparatively cheap ma,
 terial and even of last seasons colors. Ii
 this is made up after the model of one ot 1 the latest gowns 1t Is sure to be exceeding ly smart and very satisfactory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

HERE is a description of two rooms, Awhich. if carried out on ever so small
 scale, will prove a strong vindica-
 ton of the advantage of individu- ality.
 average purse, but it's rare and exQuis- ite color combinations can but suggest ideas for the furnishing of a simple, inexpensive room. The side walls of this ioom-designed to be used as a reception room-are panelled, the panels in very del icate shades of green and lavender alter .nately. These panels are outlined in white applique.
 The ceiling and deep eornice are white. The woodwork also is white. with enamel finish. The floor. handsomely inlaid in hard wood, has one large rug of delicate green velvet, a plain centre, with borders
 in stripes At the windows are beautiful inside curtains of Battenberg lace. and lever these are dark purple velvet curtains, falling straight to the floor on either side. The portieres also are of purple velvet. Both curtains and portieres have borders Of dull copper silk braid in design.
 The chandeliers and side light fixtures are in brass. A table and few brass chairs, upholstered in delicate silk of Trench design. compose the furnishings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

and of A regular design-and with a plain silk or cloth coat; and so on through all the various shades of coloring. These coats are either plain cloth ones or most fantastic small affairs of silk. They are not on any especial line, but something be- tween a coat and a cape, waist and short jacket, and in truth would be per fectly possible as an extra wrap to wear with other gowns. although in the begin ming designed expressly for this especial costume.
 There are long coats, too, in spite of the fact that long coats are not so fashionable as last year; but these are decidedly long more like loose wraps-in light cloth and In dark cloth. The smartest. however. are made of light cloth and have a collar of velvet. Many of these wraps are very graceful, extremely useful. and they are worn over the fancy cheViots that are also worn with the short and rather smarter coats just described. Comfort seems to have been largely considered in the de- signing. as many of the gowns this spring have the skirts, while full, short enough