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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05
MUST STOP IT.
Supt. Whittemore Would Sup
press High School Fraternities.
Makes Lengthy Report to Board
of Education.
THEY HURT SCHOOL.
Calls on Teachers and Parents
for Radical Action.
BOardTurns Question to Fathers
and Mothers.

Prof. L. D. Whittemore, superintend-
ent of the city schools, is very much
opposed to high school fraternities. He
made his report on the matter on Mon
day night at the meeting of the board
of education. He took up the subject
in detail.
Last spring an anti-fraternity agita-
ton was started. The parents of the
children belonging to the Greek letter
societies declared that the organizations
were not good and should not be tolerat-
ed The board of education was asked
to suppress them. The matter was put
up to the board of education directly
when % mothers signed a statement
asking that the fraternities and sorOri-
ties be abolished. A committee of
fathers was then appointed to look in
to the matter. The report indicated
that the organizations are exclusive;
they are limited in membership, I'M
democratic in character, create artiti-
cial distinction, divert attention from
school work, foster factionaI spirits,
and incur expenses beyond the means
of the average student.
The board then asked Mr. White
more to investigate and report. He
read his opinion last night. The board
accepted it and then turned the matter
back on the parents asking them to stop
the societies.
Following is Mr.. WhittemOre's report:
Secret Fraternities Among High School
Students.
Towards the close of the last school
year a. committee representing some of
the parents of high school pupils called
upon the superintendent of schools and
presented their views concerning the
effects upon their children of member
ship in certain organizations known as
fraternities and sOrorities, and concern
ing the effect of these organizations
upon the school itself. 1t was stated as
the opinion of the committee and of the
parents whom they represented that the
fraternities and sororities as now con-
Quoted among high school pupils are
Objectionable in the following partic-
ulars:
1. They are exclusive in character
and undemocratic in tendency, mem
bership being limited to a comparative
ly small number of persons.
2. They develop and foster fractional
spirit, which creates cliques and arti-
fetal distinctions.
3. They lead to undesirable exclusive
ness in the choice of intimate associ-
ates.
L. They divert attention from the
legitimate work of the school
5. They encourage excessive in
6ulgence in social entertainments, the
keeping of late hours, the following of
social customs inappropriate to youth,
and the mourning of expenses beyond
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05
NORTH TOPEKA.

bail Printing Co, 912 N. Kansas ave.l
w. B. Allen. was in yesterday from
Hoyt.
Frank Penney was in today from
Silver Lake.
]. O. Wolf spent Sunday visiting at
Leavenworth.
For Sale-First class furniture. S21
n. Quincy street Leaving town.
The pavement approaches to the
Melan bridge have not yet made con-
nection.
The old bridge approach has been
removed and the bridge company are
moving away their old cabin
Mr. Will Buechner5 was up from
Kansas City to visit his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Buechner of Elmont
The Presbyterian church yard, cor
ner of Gordon and Jackson streets,
has been graded preparatory to SOW
ing to grass.
Mr.. and Mrs. James C. Stevfck and
children. Helen and James, Jr-, left
Sunday for Denver, where they will
visit relatives.
Mr.. Walter Skinner will leave next
month for Manhattan. Kan, where he
will attend the State Agricultural col
lege this winter.
Mr.. Clyde Davis, after spending a
month at his home north of town. left
Saturday for Emporia to resume his
studies at the state normal
The city railway folks have put down
about one-haIf Of the ties necessary
for the double track across the bridge
and have stopped work thereon
Mr.. Frank Grear, of the New Era
department store, gave a line party at
the circus for his clerks. Those in
the crowd were Miss Hohnbaun1, Miss
Lena Hohnbaum, Miss Frances Short,
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Miss Stratemeyer, Miss Susie Firner,
Miss Rosa Firner, and Mr.. Grear.
A line party at the circus last even
ing was composed of Miss Permelia
Curtis, Miss Helen Haynes, Miss Hazel
Haynes, Mr.. James McAfee, and Mr..
Edward James.
Mrs. Jacob Brand and children left
today for their home in St. Louis
after weeks visit to Mrs Brand $
mother, Mrs. NJ. Schwartz, OF Central
avenue.
L. B. Merriam, chief engineer of
the Topeka & Northwestern railroad,
has returned from Denver. Mrs. Mer-
riam will continue her visit there for
some time longer.
Mrs W. II. Coad of Pittsburg, Pa,
who has been the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. A J. Arnold, of 927 Jackson
street for the past few days, left last
evening for Boulder, Col, to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Markham and
daughter Clara arrived Saturday from
Neosho Falls for a visit of two weeks
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to Mrs. Markham's parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Buechner, of Elmont.
Miss Laura Haynes entertained at a
small dinner party last evening in
honor of Miss Sadie Baird, who leaves
soon to resume her studies in ST.
Mary'S academy at Leavenworth.
Miss Lucille Critics spent Sunday
and Monday in Meriden visiting her
sister, Mrs. Arthur See, who has been
there for the past few weeks the guest
of her sister. Mr.. Arthur See was also
in Meriden the first of the week visit
ing his wife.
DR.. Miriam A Swift and Miss Kate
Buechner, who have been spending
the summer at the Pacific coast states,
are expected home tomorrow. They
visited San Francisco, Cal, the Port
land exposition and points of interest
in Washington.
Mrs. Charles W. Lukens, of Roch-
ester, went to Denver, Colo, yesterday
from where she will go to Loveland,
Colo, to visit her mother, Mrs Sophia
Luce, and her brother, Mr.. George
Luce Her nephew, Mr.. c. M. Essigg,
of Kansas City, accompanied her and
will also visit his old home and friends
in Loveland. They expect to be away
about three weeks. Mr.. Essigg is a
Union Pacific mail clerk between Kan
sas City and Salina.
A crowd of people drove to Cages
lake yesterday where they enjoyed
delightful afternoon. From there they
drove to Martin S Hill ana NiSibeu the
F. P. MacLennan family at their coun-
try home, Cedar Heights, and later
stopped at the Bates farm where
picnic supper was enjoyed The trip
was made in one of the c. c. Nicholson
wagons with four horse team Mr..
Nicholson held the ribbons and proved
himself an expert whip Those who
enjoyed the outing were: Rev. and
Mrs Walter Tanner and son Clyde;s
Mr. and Mrs. o. D. Skinner. Mr.. and
Mrs. C. c. Nicholson, Mrs Charles
| Curtis and daughter Leona, Miss Ella
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05
WHAT HE WANTED.
New York Salesman Did Not Find 1t
Until He Reached Topeka.


Irving Johnson. a drummer who is
well known to many merchants, was in
town yesterday. stopping at the Throop.
where he told a few new stories that he
had collected on his last trip.
Il am glad to see-'' said Mr.. johnson.
that Topeka is Fight-up-to-date in
cigars as well as in other things 1
have been hunting for a Wadsworth
Bros Chicos in the last half dozen
towns and did not find one until l went
into Stansfields drug store, 632 Kansas
avenue, this morning. That cigar is all
right, 1 can toll YOU, and although it
cost only Sc. yet I push them out to
my customers, knowing that they viii
think it is 10c or two for quarter
The Wadsworth Bros Chicos is an all
Havana filled cigar that smokes lust as
cigar ought from start to finish, burn
ing evenly with a long. clean, firm ash.
Its flavor appeals TIC the lover of hign
grade cigars, and its price to all sensi-
BILE smokers.
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.SThe Line Reaurifn, >,

Lehigh Valley railroad. Delirht,r,
route to New York, Philadelphia and
Atlantic coast resorts. Five thro1nS
trains daily. Dining cars: q Ia ce ~. u
Connects at Buffalo and Niarara Eais-
with all trains from the west Ens
time tables and descriptive Tnatter
address George FADE. Jr.. Western
Passenger Agent, 21S South Cie-l
street Chicago. III.
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Main Thorougilfare.

To Lewis and Clark Exposition. PORT.
land, Oregon. June to October I <
1905, via Union Pacific. This historic.
All route, traversing the heart of tba
great Northwest with its boundless r.
sources, gives you 200 miles along the
matchless Columbia river and trim
to Portland and the Northwest with
out change and chance to visit Vel
Iowstone Park. June l to Septemhe,
1s, by side trip from PocateIIo os
OEde. through Monida
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05

Caldwell, Miss Minna Mccall, Miss
Edna Pence, Miss Katie Hall, Miss
Hazel Forbes. Mr.. Daniels. Mr.. Robert
Caldwell and Mr.. Royce Forbes
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Philadelphia and Return $500 Santa

Account of l. o. o. F.. Sovereign Grand
Lodge. Tickets on sale Sept. 14-15-16
with limit of Sept. 9th, but can he o.,
tended to leave Philadelphia as Ia re- a.
Oct 5th. This is the last opportunitv t.,
visit the East this year at low rates
T. L. KING.
7. e P A, Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05
SAVE YOUR GLOVES

White kid gloves can be given any
color with Diamond Dyes. Put on the
glove. Rub 1t briskly with benzine.
When dry, apply wool Diamond Dye
(any colon with e sponge. When dry
again, rub thoroughly with a little
sweet oil: this gives a smooth glossineSs.
Straighten the gloves, wrap In flannel
and place under a heavy weight. They
will come out good as new. All drug
gists sell Diamond Dyes at 10 cents a
c0I0r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05
wE TREAT AND CURE DISEASES 0E WnMEM

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curab w a t
and
dangero opera usually without
Consultation and X-RaY Examination Absolutely Free
once hours9 to {, to Sunday
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POSITIVE CURE FOR men.
DRS. HORNE & COOKINHAM

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Emporia and Return $3.50. via
Santa Fe.
Street AFR and Carnival Sept. s tn
J; limit Sept. 18th. :"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05

Everybody reads the State Iouraa.
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BurIingame and Return $1.O5, via
Santa Fe.
Usage County Fair. Sept. to s, inclu-
sive. limit, Sept. 9.
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Your Cash will Go Farthest in This Store
When it Comes TO Ruyins Boys Clothing.

The plan which this store is permits us to
make lower prices at profit than other store in To
peka We back that statement up with the kind of bar
gains you will find described below.
Right now the question of boys school clothing is
uppeTmos in the minds of parents This store with its
usual preparedness is well equipped to sell boys school
clothing at very low prices
You will find the stock contains good clothing and
furnishings that of reliable quality We realize just
well you that poor clothing lasts but short time
the back of strenuous school boy For that reason
we do not advise buying cheap garments but there s
why you shouldn't be able to buy good cloth
ing at saving This store at the of Sixth and
Quincy is able right to sell you this good clothing
at saving Read these
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05

The amount of insurance carried by
the schools of the city was discussed.
1t showed that the premiums paid last
year amounted to $4,000 per year. Mr..
Hardy, chairman of the Insurance com
nittee is of the opinion that the board
is not carrying too much insurance and
he is opposed to any reduction. He
stated that he had investigated the mat
ter. There seems to be a feeling among
the members of the board that the in
surance ought to be cut down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05
Philadelphia and Return $4,000. Santa

Account of 1. o. o. F.. Sovereign Grand
Lodge Tickets on sale Sept 14-15-16,
with limit of Sept 9th. but can be ex-
tended to leave Philadelphia as late as
Oct 5th. This is the last opportunity to
visit the East this year at low rates
T. L. KING,
T & p A. Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05

YOUNG MEMS SCHOOL
SUITS in long pant styles with
nobby double breasted coats
the materials are cassimeres of
serviceable quality in rich dark
Autumn patterns. These suits
are good SO values and we
a at selling them $3.50
CHILDREN'S SCH O. OIL
SUITS in Russian blouse styles
made of a serviceable quality
navy blue serge-sizes 3 to s
years-made with Elton collar
and black belt-suits you would
be asked SIS for in any other
clothing store-for this sale of
boys school clothing q q AE
tomorrow RH0.GU
BOYS WAISTS made of ex-
cellent quality black sateen-
made in Mothers Friend"
style-there isn't a better waist
made for school-you cannot
buy them elsewhere for less
than 50c-they will be marked
Each fss this sale f'm'rF'" 35C
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BOYS KNEE TROUSERS
two different kinds at this price
they're the biggest and best
values in knee pants you can
find in any store in the land
those made of corduroy are ex-
ceedingly good-the material is
the best kind-the wool pants
are worth Use and $1-we can
sell them at soc a pair because
the Jones Dry Goods Co. have
a contract with the maker for
an immense quantity each
mOnth-theSe come in sizes
to 16 years-per E0o
pair JUL
BOYS NORFOLK GOLF
CAPS in assorted styles-cassi-
meres and worsteds-both
plated and strap tops=they're
very nobby caps for boys to
wear to school-they're strictly
new Autumn styles Or
priced at each E1G
BOYS LONG PANTS+just
such kinds as are wanted for
school wear-made of good ma
terials in dark patterns-pants
that usually sell at $2-they will
be marked for this q Or
tomorrow's sale, pair . 100
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make up anOther-the embroidery some
times light, sometimes heavy, or used
IN alternate strips, like the cOmbina-
uonS OF heavy and light laceS win
ter brought out.
Irish lace makes some stunning chenif~
settles. either crocheted in the right
shape, or made up Of three or four wide
strips, caught together, with another
strip used for a collar
Broderie AnglaiSe. done on handker-
chief linen, wears splendidly and is ex-
Guisite. as the woman who handles a
needle easily should remember. Sprays
OF fine vines, interrupted at irregular
intervals by eyelets. is the prettiest way
OF applying II; too studied a design
Spoils IL.
4 new French trick is the adding OF
tiny pompadOur balls to both lace and
embroidery. Nalenciennes lace. in n de-
sign or dots. has every dot made con-
spicuous by the addition of a ball. done.
in some mysterious way. with embroid-
cry cotton The flowers in the emDroid-
cry have each a wee ball directly in the
center.
Another French trick is the use Of
Swiss embroidery-edging, not insertion
and the laying of two pieces together
over 4 bit Of lace insertion. making X
look Ike tiny vest.
Some of the prettieSt chemiSetteS have
pair of underSleeVes to match These,
Of course are the finer kind. and the
exceptions to the general rule as we'll
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tables all about. and, of course. more
clothes
frlday, brooms and sweepers-tiny
things, only big enough for a dolls
house. and ones big enough to make
the dust fly. were side by side with
duSt-clcths and brushes and pans
saturdays table was full of pretty
things. for table or room or to wear.
and Sunday had all the best things
important lingerie hats and gloves and
slippers galore
Most of the things We're ingeniously
cOniriVed- The towels were especially
popular. calling forth a lot Of admira- =
uon. They were simply bits OF linen
properly fringed and hnotted with an
occasional thread drawn in each end
strand of bright red embroidery cot
ton threaded in instead and the sides
hemmed- a cou3lc-ordered in advance
had tiny initials done in crOSs-stitch.
Tablecloths and nice centerpieces with
designs adapted from dolly designs.
were about as cunning and sold like
the prOverbiai hot cakes
Some of the pictures, framed in gold
frames-those intended for the small
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Novel Ways of
Saving Money

4" AVING with most of us is irksOme
enough at the best Of times. but IL
is a Bit Of self-discipline that Is
worth having undergone. TO say
nothing OF the results in the shape of a
bank account.
On girl who was saving for a well-de-
fined object-a splendid trip-hit upon
the unique plan OF saving everything
that she had been prevented from spend
ing for some particular purpose
For instance. II she had intended
spending the day with a friend in the
country, and some reason came UP that
prevented II. she made a calculation as
TO what IL would have cost and plump
ed that amount into her fund II so
important a thing as dress cOuidnt be
got. and the need for the sort OF dress
passed by. she counted that money as
spent. and added il 10 the rest And
then she went proudly around announc-
ing that she was saving her spend
lngSt
The amounts grew very quickly. and
proved a big help TO the fund she was
LAYING by for that trip: yet as she had
set that money aside to spend, and lost
no equivalent by saving Il, IL was prac-
tically no effort
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A FTER ALL nothing quite takes the
~ place of a sweater. nor so def
nitely carries the idea of a good
time in its comfortable foids.
Rough and ready things as they are.
there's style about some of them that
Is wonderfully attractive.
The newest of the short ones has the
prettiest front-just like a wide herring
boning done on small needles. that
make = fine close-knit front piece. In
somr curious way space is left between
the stitches for buttanhsliss ana on ...;;Ss
lo7er flap, strengthened by a strong
facing of muslin. are buttons, rather
larger than ones we've been seeing up
to now on blouse sweaters.
The old cable stitch holds its own fa-
mously; and, somehow. those twisted
threads seem to crowd more wool in
The sweater is warmer than the more
simply knit ones.
All blouse sweaters end at waist and
throat and wrists in a closely knit band
the fancy stitch of the rest of II drop
ned there. The high collars are double
for there's ''lesS stretch" that way-it's :
a getting away from those old ones that
gaped so widely at the throat after the
first few wearings- Sometimes the cuffs
are doubled. too. but not often. for it
doesn't much matter whether they
stretch or not.
Some of the blouses button down the
front. but the greater number of them
hook-the hooks sewed to strong strips
of muslin or tape. which in turn are
sewed securely just under both edges
of the front
Vests. which have been over and done
with for so long. are coming back into
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fashion. with differences of stitch, Of
course. and of general treatment
An occasional blouse sweater has the
vest neck, opening in a deep V.
The most attractive of them all is a
jacket shaped affair. made long and on
straight, careless lines 1t is worn with
the lower edge turned up a few inches
and is usually 10 be found in red or
gray. or the most popular of ALL white
The very young girl has a fad for
college sweaters, and feels very impor-
tant tr3mping over the links in a boy s
sweater of college or school colors
Those with high rolling collars are
usually chosen.
Norfolk sweaters are very little seen:
and "tu-tle-backS''-as those sweaters
with sort of sailor collar rolling away
from V in front were called-are not
worn at all.
Sweaters come for as little tots as
two-year-olds, and mighty cunning little
things they are. too. They serve lot
OK purposes, taking the place for rough
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est sizes of aphs-had been
painted by the little enthusiasts who
had planned the fair.
Sofa pillows and embroidered spreads.
the daintiest of white dresses and the
stUrdiest of gingham aprons were all
for sale. while the dolls milliner was
kept as busy as busy could be filling
orders while dolls waited. The tiniest
Of sweaters brought lot of orders in
its train: a wee rafncoat and an UNI
brella were bought at first sight; while
a cook apron. which covered a doll from
throat to hem, proved source of busi-
ness that lasted for days.
OF course. everything was for sale
the dolls and things in the scenes as
well, only the people who bought those
things were asked to leave them intact
until the fair was over
Paper dolls-hand-painted or made
with jointed legs and arms and scrap
book picture heads-proved popular;
and sun bonnets made from scraps of
dimity and gingham went rapidly.
Every conceivable sort of thing was
made. SO long as II was unique and in
expensive.
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Tea Tables in Order for Short Davs

| almost 10 paste with nut or olive
oil.
But she's genius at cOntriving
tempting mOrsels- She makes fish sand
wicfes with never a bit of ''fisniness''
about them-au the Objectionable quail
ties hoing carefully masked by some de-
ltcious dressing. The idea of serving
flsh sandwiches at a tea table is repei-
lent. Intil you've tasted hers. when YOU
straightway become a convert
And she haunts the Chinese quarters
getting their tiny preserved oranges and
queer nuts.
Besides getting all the variety she can
into the things to eat. she tries land
succeeds admira blv) TO vary her china
sometimes you'll be served with tea
IL little. hanGieless Japanese cups. set
on the hattest OF plates. Another day
you II drink coffee from the tiniesf
most conventional OF after-dinner Guns
perhaps curiously lined with gold. and
stlll another time Chinese medallion
ware VIII be pressed into service with
blg cup for the chief guest
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u II the DAYS Commencing 10
M shorten perceptibly. tea ia
" " bles are very much in order.
There's something in the new
little snap that has mysteriously crept
into the air that whets appetites 10 an
almost unlimited degree.
Start your table early-get everything
in readiness for a long season OF II. for
there's nothing coZier in the world than
sitting around II and loosenlng every
bOdy's tongues with numerous cups OF
TIA Somehow. conversation is never
more spontaneous than at those times:
and restfulness-a quality absent from
most of our phrases-is wonderfully
marked.
Try TO vary your tea-table delicacics
a little. according to the season Even
If you do make the best cup OF tea that
anybody ever tasted-and It's rare
art-dont always make IL
There are several ways of making
chccolate-each wonderfully different
from the others There are dozen
ways to serve coffee. from the Euro
nilla to take the edge Off of black
coffee, 10 the way where II Is like
some thick, syrupy stun. only without
the deadly sweetness that characteriZes
syrups.
When you serve coffee just black, or
with the curse Of the MohammedanS
upon it-that unbelieTers shall ruin il
with sugar and cream-you're sure TO
have hosts of people ask for 1t. But
make point of varying the ways you
make II.
But the theory of serving coffee and
tea in different ways Is a far cry from
the things that suit seasons!
One girl-a bit of an epicure, but. con-
sequentiy, delightful In the way she
plans her tea table-hunts up all the
odd. out-of-t the-way things. Each fruit
She serves in some interesting way
usually in their own skins.
In nut season she maNCs re most de-
HCiOus little andwicncS. with nut fill
ings. combining the nuts-cncpped up
OF cOurse-one day with cream cheese
and cream; another day rubbing Them