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self because he's grateful. He first came in
here some two months after he was landed;
that w@s several years ago. He had been
robbed or what little money he had he had
lost his job on the street, and he was thor
oughly downcast and longed for a sight of
his little farm on the mountainside in the
old country Well talked TO him-tried to
cheer him up, as we do in such cases-and
succeeded sufficiently to get him started
back to the city.
Il had forgotten all about him when,
several weeks later, he came in again. This
time his plant was to the effect that
America wasn't the place he had been told
IL was. You couldn't make a fortune in
few weeks. and the work was every bit as
hard as in Italy. He had been deceived
Please, could he be sent back homer Once
more l did the encouraging act, added a
rev words about not trying to grab off
everything at once, and quoted that old
saying about everything comes to him who
waits The Italian resumed his pick.
Success at Last.
Il did not see him again for nearly
year. Then he was all smiles, and he had
on American Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
and he was so anxious to tell me how he'd
saved up enough money to get started In
a little business for himself that his tongue
got twisted when he talked and the inter-
prefer had work to follow him. Since then,
as I've said. he turns up whenever any
thlng interesting happens to him, and l
doubt whether he will ever break the habit
he formed of coming here when he was in
hard luck"
Even petty family squabbles will send i'm
migrants to the godfather s. side for COM
fort and advice. More than one heart-brok-
en- mother has said ELLIS Island to a po-
liceman, that she might be taken there so
she could appeal to the government to re-
store her baby's health or bury the child.
Youngsters by the score pour their foolish
he hn hoy
feel, can straighten out everything If only
he will. Indeed, ask the average immigrant
what he would do If he were in deep
trouble, and If he cares to take you into
his confidence, and he were In reach of
the island. he would probably reply: Ellis
Island
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dies for these early ones were missing.
Four were found in the Paris Museum and
one chat concentrating Commodore Ed
ward Prebles victory at TripoID was
brought to light in the office of the chief
Of the bureau Of yards and docks in the
Navy Department, where 1t had long been
in use as paper weight, rather paper
weights.
This last was found by DR.. ]. F. Loubat,
a member of the New York Historical So
ciety, who at the expense OF much time
and trouble, hunted out and got together,
over a quarter of century ago, much val
liable data concerning the medallic history
of the United States.
Inartistic Now.
Turning from the French die cutters and
designers to those of the United States, the
first was probably John Wright of Phila-
delphia, who made the medal awarded to
Major Henry Lee. After him came John
Reich, whose work Is fairly good. and later
Moritz Furst, with almost no ability at
all. One or two of the later day medals by
Barber and others have a CLINT of feeling
and some notion of proportion, but the
majority are hopelessly crude and inartis-
TIC That this has been unavoidable in the
past Is possible, but that it should continue
In the future is unnecessary, and to this
end the Secretary of the Treasury recently
appointed an expert committee of artists
and scholars to select a capable artist for
the designing and cutting of the next
medal
So much attention has been called or
late to the rearing in public places of stat
ues and monuments to great men and ma
tional heroes that this less obtusive form OF
memorial has been almost forgotten. and
it is difficult to fully appreciate the sig
nifcance of this case of little brown disks.
It stands, however. a. truly as did ever
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I 1OUSE=
HOLD
lINTS

newly organized housekeepers' club In
jerome, Ariz., will doubtless stand ap-
proved by husbands and fathers as emf
nently practical and within womans an
pointed sphere. In this club, which meets
at the homes of it's members each Wednes-
day afternoon in the alphabetical order of
their names, there are neither officers nor
dues, but the hostess acts as chairman and
calls the roll.
Each member responds to her name by
reading tested recipe or useful hint on
some household matter while the other
members provided with pencils and note
books take them down for future reference
This accomplished, the first hour is given
to the hostess, helping her with her mend
ing or any other sewing she may have on
hand. The next hour the members devote
to their own sewing, fancy work, however.
being tabooed.
How to Keep Cool.-With the advent of
extreme hot weather the problem in every
house Is how to keep as cool and comforta-
BILE as possible. Heat is always trying.
energy and spirits flag, children grow cross
while Older people develop bad cases of
nerves"
With care and thought the house can
be kept comparatively cool by throwing
open every blind and window after sun
set when the air Is cooler, leaving as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-09
Philosophy of Architecture.
,m the Metropolitan Magazine.

FROM the metropolitan Magazine
To build a house with one dimension
dominating, and put 1t on site with the
principal amount of land either in front or
back OF it, or with more land on one side
OF 1t than on the other, is almost sure to
look well If kept simple, even without any
architecture. Placing the house In this way
makes it possible to obtain a garden ana
other features on the grounds besides the
mouse. This same principle of values or
proportion in the relation OF the different
parts of a composition obtains In every
walk of life; it is as it were. a principle OF
opposition or contrast; we see it in painting
and sculpture; we see it exemplified in WELL
studied forms, such as, for example a vase
baluster or a candlestick with one large
section of the design of such form coming
in contrast with a small section or a con-
vex surface in opposition to a concave one:
and we see 1t in form nowhere moro
beautifully developed than in the humap
body.
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couraeed in their attempts to get along IN
the new worlds metropolis and gradually
drffted into a state bordering on pauperism
They either turn up at the island voiun-
tarily, or are taken thence by the police.
and IL they are past having the fires OF
ambition rekindled in their breasts by their
godfather their faces are turned sea-
ward. Sometimes a whole family IL thus
sent back, the government arguing, 1ogi-
cally, that there will be just so many less
mouths to feed in some poorhouse.
Wants a Small Loan.
A frequent visitor to the "godfather's"
Office is the immigrant who comes after a
loan of money. He usually tells tale af-
ter this fashion,:
when landed I had fifty dollars. I
have nothing now-not a cent. 1t has all
gone for bread-bread costs so much here.
And have no steady work yet. and Will
starve II don't get some money, so came
here for money, which l will pay back
when / get rich"
When he is informed that Uncle Sam Is
not in the money-lending business he la
ments always after the shock, Super1nduced
by his establishment, is over, and sometimes
he gives up then and there and says he
won't leave the island except on a steamer
bound for Europe. The stronger-willed APP
plicants, however, face the music and re-
turn, wiser, to the mainland, and as the
majority are not seen again, 1t is assumed
that they eventually surmount their finan-
cial troubles and become prosperous banana
peddlers or peanut vendors.
Even after they have made good in
America and become inoculated in large
part with its ways, many immigrants per
sist i'll dropping in on their godfather" A
case in roint Is that of an Italian who owns
and runs a comfortable business in Jersey
City.
In Joy and Sorrow.
Every time anything out of the ordinary
happens to him we're sure to see him." said
the godfather" Let q new baby arrive,
we hear about it. He has one named An
tonic ellis Island. Business picks up. and
we see his smiling face peeping in at the
door. Sorrow comes, and he seeks us to
console him.
Il daresay he keeps US posted about him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-09
PLAYS GODFATHER
An Ellis Island Official Much
in Demand.
Observation-Disclosures
RECIPIENT OF TALES OF SORROW
AND JOY.
Immigrants Who Return to Tell Him
Of Discouragement or
Success.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Copyright, 1904. by T. g. McClure.)

Copyright 1904. by T. O. McClure)
Written for The Evening Star by Jas. B. Williams
Although he isn't officially known by the
title yet there is a man on Ellis Island,
the governments main immigration sta
ton who can truthfully be called the i'm
migrants godfather" and who is looked
upon such by thousands of newcomers
In the course of year. He is the man
who numbers among his other duties the
very strenuous one of trying the best he
knows how to dispel the troubles that
many an immigrant encounters the first
months after he has been passed from the
island into the country.
Perhaps you think that once we admit
an immigrant we never see him again."
said this man the other day. almost
everybody not conversant with the islands
ways has that idea, but 1t is highly err
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more Imposing device as monument OF
patrlotlc deeds and as a memorial that in
this unromantic era and republican country
the spirit of valour, daring and even chiy-
airy Is still alive and has not gone nm
recognized or unrewarded.
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Very Little Time.

From the New York Tribune
An English matchmaker has just finished
making a tiny watch in the form of a shirt
stud Its dial is two-sixteenths of an inch
in diameter, and it is to be worn with two
other studs. By turning the upper stud the
watch is wound, while by turning the lowe
one the hands are adjusted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-09
81 The Beer THAT Made Milwaukee Famous.
The Evening Star Patterns.
Misses and Ladies'
Stock Collars.

No. 60S6.-An important item OF
every woman's dress is the charm
ing constructions that have en-
tirely superseded the plain, So
we're stocks of a short time ago.
In fact, at no other time have
dainty neck accessories been SO
popular, for II is mostly In these
finishing touches of the toilet that
style lies, since their use is i'm
perative. With the dainty new
designs shown for a guide any
woman with little ingenuity can
make great variety of stocks,
and with such slight expense that
She can afford any number Of
them.
The designs shown here are Of
the latest shaping and can be
made of either cottons or silks,
One of these dainty little collars
would make a most acceptable
gift. Only a little material is re-
CURED, and one can make a half
dozen collars for what she would
have to pay for one ready made.
Sizes small, medium and large
Price. 10 Cents.
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Doctors 5 1rinh More 9&&k@@

The body requires ten glasses of fluid per
day. Most people drink too little to flush the body of
its waste The result is bad blood, dis
Then the says "Drink r1ore;" this
advice to be worth than medicine
That's why pure beer good for you. 1T
leads you to drink And the beer also a food
a tonic. BUT the be
i'm filtered air. lit is aged for months so lit will not
biousmess
That's why say "schlitz" Ask for the Brew
cry Botling.
10 fz Brewing
D.
The Reer That Made Minwan11&ee Eama0ms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-19
REGISTRATION Is SLOW.
There VIII Have to Be Some HustIing
in Topeka.

| There is only about one month left
for registration before the presidential,
state and county elections, and 1T is
| estimated that nearly 1000 men living
in the city of Topeka will have to get
their names on the books prior to
that time if they expect to vote.
AT present, the registration is less
than 4 900 males. At the time of the
spring election it was 6,597, and since
that time only about 200 men have
registered, making the total male reg
istration at present about 500.
Four years ago at the time of the
of males was 1914. Of this num-
Der registered only S,222 voted.
Two years ago, when the state cleo
ton took place, the male registration
was 9,612, of which 1885 voted.
1t is estimated that the total male
registration in Topeka this fall should
be about 10000, but at the rate it is
going now it is very doubtful whether
this total will be reached. A good
many people are probably waiting for
the commissioner of elections to send
the books out to the various wards
but they will wait in vain. The books
are never sent out in the fall. owing
to the fact that duplicate registrations
would be certain to occur. People
who registered in the spring and have
forgotten it would want to register
again, and the clerk in charge of the
books would have no means of know
ing whether or not the applicant had
registered. Consequently, people who
want to register will have to come to
the Office of the election commissioner
to do it. The records at the COM
mfssiOner's Office show just who have
registered and who have not.
This call for registration is of inter
est only to the male voters of Topeka.
1t won't do the women bit of good
to register, though if they want to
register they have right to do so.
They will not have any occasion to
vote, however, until the spring city
election of 1905, and all the 1904 reg
istrations expire before that time.
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conaway, at al East Eighth

mer H. Conway, at al East Eighth
street. H.
a two weeks visit in La Junta, Las We
gas and Albuquerque.
Mr.. Charles Throckmorton of Burling-
ton is visiting Mr.. Addison Eby at 1906
Buchanan street.
Mrs. Abe Samuel, Mrs. L. A. Fisher.
Mrs. Jake Friedman and Miss Odet Sam
uel have returned from two weeks TRIP
to st. Louis and Evansville, Ind.
Mrs. p. Saunders entertained from to
Saturday afternoon in honor of her son.
Francis tenth birthday. The little guests
were Ellen Wedoff. Lily Nelson, Hilda
Nelson, Annie Erickson, Ruth Erickson,
Ruth Eichar, Esther Eichar, Ethel Maggie,
Sadie Burgett, Katie McAuliffe, Lizzie
McAuliffe, Bessie Michael, Sylvia Michael,
Hazel Cremer, Edwin Nelson. James Bur-
gett, Cecil Hedberg, Thurman Wolfe,
Lime Wedoff. Walter Eshe, Frank Hunt.
and Francis Saunders.
Miss Emma Marin has returned from a,
two weeks visit at the worlds fair. Mr..
Albert Marin, who accompanied her, has
gone to Chicago.
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from the corridor. 1t connects also
with the superintendent's room.
Grant school-SIate blackboards
have been put in in place of the plas--
ter boards damaged by the flood OF
last year.
Quincy SchooI-The furnaces have
been repaired so as to serve during
the coming year, after which the
building will be abandoned.
Madison school-Two furnaces TAX
en- from the high school have been
placed in the building to replace a
wornout furnace. Two rooms have
been repapered and the halls re-
finished.
Lafayette school-The new Lafay-
cite building has been completed and
will be occupied by the pupils who for
merly attended the Parkdale Sahool.
This school will be equipped for man
ual training.
Monroe school-Furnaces have been
placed in this building to take the
place of stoves by which it has been
heated. The walls in two rooms have
been refnished. The basement rooms
have been provided with concrete and
cement floors This gives two excel
lent rooms which will be used for
manual training The pupils from the
Washington school will come to the
Monroe school this year for manual
training.
Polk school-Two rooms in the west
end of the basement have been pre-
pared for use in manual training.
Lowman HiII-The basement rooms
will be furnished with concrete and
cement floors and will be used for
manual training.
Douglas Schoo1-This building has been
provided with slate blackboards.
Potwin School-The repairs on the Pot
win building which have been going on
for a year more have been completed.
The old part of the building has been re-
plastered and reflnished. New desks have
been put into the assembly room. The
basement has been fitted up for manual
training Slate blackboards have been put
in throughout the building. The grounds
have been graded and brick pavements
have been laid.
Harrison School-During the latter part
of last year this school was fitted up for
manual training, which will be introduced
this term.
All the other school buildings have been
thoroughly renovated. cleaned and put in
first class condition for the opening of
school Tuesday morning.
All the work of building and repairs has
been done by the board under the direc-
ton of the building committee, of which
Mr.. w. H. Wilson is chairman, and IN
der the immediate supervision of Mr. W.
c. Holloway, engineer of school buildings,
to both OF which great credit is due for
the thorough and substantial character of
the work and the expedition with which
ii has been accomplished.
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WILL OPEN TUESDAY.
Commercial Club to Formally Begin
Years Work.

The first regular meeting of the To-
peka Commercial club following the
summer season will be held Tuesday
evening, September 20, at the Copeland.
MOTEL. The meeting will be called in
the hotel dining room.
Lunch will be served consisting OF
sandwiches made from Charles Violin s
Banquet Hams" and Topeka flour.
John Wamsley, thelhvetsran watermelon
man will furnish the watermelons, and
he gives the assurance that they are
the very best of the season. Coffee will
be served, Mexican coffee, raised on the
plantation owned by Topeka and EIol-s
ton parties. The idea of the club is to
get as near home with the lunch as pos
Sible. 7nP a.
Delegates are to be appointed to the
TranSmississippi commercial congress.
which meets at Convention hall at the.
Worlds fair. October rs to 20, also a
delegate to the interstate commerce law
convention, which will be held in st.
Louis, October %.
A special committee will report on
the propriety of having a special To-
peka day at the Worlds fair.
The president and board of directors
make a special request that every menu
Der of the club that can possibly do so,
will attend the meeting.
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Scientists Meet

st. Louis, Sept. 19-Many of the force
most scientists of the world are among
the men of letters who are here this week
to attend the international congress OF
arts and science, the opening session of
which was held in Festival hall at the
worlds fair grounds today. The meeting
was called to order by Howard ]. Rogers,
director of congresses for the exposition,
President Francis welcomed the dfstin-
guished visitors and reply was made by
James Bryce, honorary member for Great
Britain, on behalf of the congress. To-
days session was of general order and
was comparatively brief, after which the
delegates were entertained as guests OF
the exposition. The congress will continue
throughout the week, the real work be-
ginning tomorrow.
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Two Left the "CrueI WORLD. ;,

York. Pa, Sept. 19.-MichaeI Schall,
head of the Keystone Foundry & Ma
chine company of this city. and Miss
Nettie Gatmatt, also of York. were
found dead in the young woman's
apartments here today. Returning
from visit, they wrote notes in which
they complained of the cruel world.
sat down without removing their
clothing, and turned on the gas. Both
had been suffering from nervous af-
fections and to this is attributed the
tragedy. Both were well connected
sOcially
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schwab Attends Foreclosure Sale.

Bath, Me-, Sept. 19.-Financiers in
terested in the United States Ship
building company, including Charles
M. Schwab, former head of the cor
poration, and James Smith, jr., the re-
ceiver, arrived here today to attend the
foreclosure sale by Receiver Smith of
the Bath Iron works and the Hyde
Windlass works. both of which were
absorbed by the specializing company
upon it's organization and have been
operated by the receiver since the COL
lapse of the company.
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Loss Has Grown to So. OOO. 600.

Halifax, Sept. 19.-The dock IRE which
started after midnight and was under
control in three hours, broke out again
today and destroyed several warehouses
and other buildings. The warehouses
burned were new buildings. The loss is
now placed at 100000. The firms burned
out include Black Bros. & Co, hardware:
Bryant & Mcdonald, wholesale tea nner-
chants, and Thomas Fordham & Co. sail.
makers. The insurance on the property,
destroyed is estimated at about three
quarters of the loss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-19
Carnegie Secures an Injunction.

Warren. o., Sept. 19.-Judge E. E.
Roberts today granted on injunction
to the Carnegie Steel company against
Harmony Lodge, Amalgamated Assoc
citation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work
ers and citizens of Girard as petitioned
for against all defendants except two.
The injunction was asked for to pre-
vent strikers and sympathizers from
interfering with the operation of the
Girard plant of the company.
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CoIonists' Rates via the Maple Leaf Ry

Chicago Great Western railway will
make low rates to points in Montana,
Idaho, Washington and Western Can
ada Tickets on sale daily from Sep
TENDER Is to October IS. For further
information apply to Geo. w. Lincoln,
T. P. A. West 9Th street Kansas
City Mo. 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-19

Black Mercerized Petticoats- Seven styles
from which to select; everyone special value.
Worth up to $1.75; special, each. 98c
Dress and Walking Skirts Fall skirts
in The range is very extensive in fabrics
and styles. Prices range from $1.49 to $3.50.
Special discount of 10 per cent.
Ladies Black Waists-New Fall styles.
Values up to $1.49; special, each. .98c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-19

To California and return. final return
limit October %. Go one way return
another. Liberal stopovers. Tickets
on sale August 16 to September H.
1904 Try the u. p. ]. G. Fulton
depot agent; F. A. Lewis, city agent,
E25 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-19
Rosemount FIag at Hair Mast.

Esopus, n. Y, Sept 19.-The flag at
Rosemount will be half masted as
tribute to George Bedford, who has
been fagman for the West Shore road
here for eight years. Bedford died
suddenly today. He was an admirer
of Judge Parker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-19
Killed by a Storm.

Ardmore, l. T., Sept. ia wind
storm which swept over Marietta, a
small town south of here. resulted in
the death of Tom Rose, aged Is. Two
other persons, names unknown, were
fatally injured. The storm did much
damage to property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-19
SIS for Round Trim

To Denver, Colorado Springs and
Pueblo, on the Santa FNe, Tuesdays and
Saturdays during August and Septem-
Der. Couldn't do more for your com
fort If you travelled a thousand miles
with us. Ask T. L. King of A., T. &.
s. F. railway, at depot. Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-19
Low Rate to St. Paul.

The Chicago Great Western railways
will on September 2Sth, 29th and 30th
sell tickets to st. Paul or Minneapolis
and return from Kansas City for
S14.65. For further information ap-
ply to t. p. Elmer. @. p. A, Chi
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Fairbanks in Delaware.

Washington, Sept. 19.-Senator
Fairbanks, the Republican nominee
for vice president, left here today for
Dover, Del, where he will attend a
Republican rally this afternoon. To-
night he viii deliver a speech in Will
mington.