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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18

country for fifty miles thereabout
swarmed with these native American
reindeer. It is unfortunate for the carl
bou that Mrs. Hubbard mentioned this.
The caribou viii no doubt now be
speedily hunted off the earth in Lab
rador as it has already been elsewhere
in northern America.
Brave Mrs. Hubbard believes her hus-
band met his death because of errors
in the existing maps of Labrador.
Guided by these maps he was misled
into taking the wrong river route. which
he followed to death by starvation
when he expected it to bring him to a
trading post.
In England a new volume of explora-
ton up the Kongo river is in press from
the pen OF Mrs. E. French Sheldon. the
American woman who has spent months
stretching into years in African jungles.
fording rivers and visiting natives that
had never seen a white woman before.
Mrs. French Sheldon is one of the
very few women fellows of the Royal
Geographical society of Great Britain
Her mother was a noted physician in
the days when skilled women doctors
were not so numerous in America as
they are today. Mrs. French Sheldon
herself showed as a young girl great
talent in music and spent number Of
years in Italy developing this gift
Then the great urging to travel and
travel on and on even to the ends of
the earth broke forth within her. The
Germans call this the ewanderIust. .
and only those who are born with it in
them can understand its resistless i'm
pulses The musical leading was not
/ strong enough to hold her and Mrs
French Sheldon started on her journeys.
She went first from New York to Eu-
rope, then made extensive explorations
in east Africa. King Leopold of Bel
GUM commissioned her to 90 TO the
Kongo Free State and investigate the
charges of cruelty toward natives by
white officials there. She went, trav-
cling up the great Kongo river, now
spending a few days in negro village.
now camping out beside the jungle
trail During the long trip no act of
/ cruelty from a white official to a native
came under her personal notice, and she
said so on her return to Europe and
civilization. Thereupon those who
made the charges declared Mrs. French
Sheldon had been treated like a lady
and fed on the fat Of the land through
out and that the officials We're extreme
i ~ careful to refrain from acts Of cruelty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18
A Safe Combination.

Black and white, anyway, IS a very
safe combination for the woman who
cannot afford many changes. The black
and white hat will also go with 8. white
evening gown. and the latter is by far
the prettiest thing woman can wear to
the theater or for restaurant dinners.
I approve of the princess style; it needs
much less trimming, does not go out of
style so quickly and is infinitely smart
er than the ordinary two piece fused
up dress.
A very stunning hat that any woman
could make and give herself for a
Christmas present was shown to me
recently. It was an imported model of
black velvet. The shape was just like
a saucer, with the crown so small that
it disappeared entirely under a large
white pompon of ostrich plumes, from
which a curved aigret (also white)
foated carelessly. The high band at
the back was filled in with silver roses
and black tu11e.
Now, a hat of this sort may be worn
with any costume. Then for a change
one might have a white lace evening
hat trimmed with a soft cluster of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18
Again, Christmas Presents.

But to return to Christmas. I think
some wives presents to their husbands
are great jokes. They spend the money
hubby earns to buy him a present he
doesn't by any chance want, while there
are some things which don't cost money
which the poor man would receive with
shrieks of JOY.
Don't you suppose Mr.. Henpeck
would bless Mrs. H. to his dying day
il that formidable woman would make
him a present of a new disposition
warranted not to rip or raveI and
would remember her Christmas pres
ent to him every day of the 1865?
And Mr.. Nagg? What would he not
give to have Mrs. Nagg silenced as a
Christmas gift instead of receiving
from that lady a bright purple neck
tie?
Mrs. Extravagant might pay back in
good meals some of the housekeeping
fund she squandered on fine feathers.
And Mrs. Prim and Prosy? All, there
is another, my friends. Why couldn'i
she expand in her views of life as a
Christmas donation to her long suffer
ing lord and master? She might even
unbend sufficiently to allow him q
first class card party right in the house
by the way OF giving him a Merry
Christmas.
Yes. indeed, there are lots Of Christ
mas presents thoughtful wives might
make to their husbands!
KATE CLYDE.
New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18
NAMING TIE BABY.

In some foreign lands the baby's
name is chosen in strange ways. The
little Chinese girls of the poorer classes
are thought of so little importance that
they rarely get a name at all as in
fants. but are called number one. two,
three or whatever their place in the list
of daughters may be. Chinese boys are
given a name. by which they are called
till they attain the age Of twenty. Then
their father gives them a new name
japanese girls have pretty names, usu-
ally those of some hower-Aimosa,
Chrysanthemum, Cherry Blossom. IN
some parts of the country the little
Japs do not receive a name until they
are FIVE years old. when their father
chooses one for them. Hindeo babies
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tune, and you are just as likely to see
her with d purple hat, a brown dress
and a seal skin muff. The trouble with
this woman is that she buys reckless
ly anything and everything that strikes
her fancy just because it is pretty or
becoming. She never stops to think
with what she is going to wear the
article in question.
But the woman who has only one
dress a season is much more careful in
it's selection. She waits until the styles
have been well defined, and then she
gets the smartest color combination to
be found.
This winter, for instance. she has a
black chiffon velvet costume. The
dress is made in princess style, with a
white yoke, and the little short Jacket
is shirred horizontally and ends a
trifie above the waist line. With this
she wears a small ermine tippet and a
fat muff Her hat is of black velvet,
trimmed with white tips.
She wears this costume every after
noon, and because it is so well made
and so appropriate and becoming she
does not get tired OF it. When spring
comes and the velvet is too warm she
viii probably blossom out in green or
gray or lavender or whatever color is
in the lead, and she will be complete
from top to toe.
Next winter she will have a new
costume, and the black velvet gown
and hat will be remodeled slightly for
second best wear.
She will not put any money in the
old suit, however. or pay a dressmak-
er's bill on it. Her own clever fingers
will be sufficient to make the slight al
terations that are needed. She puts
all her money in the new gown, and
as a result she has something to show
for it.
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>1ENT OF INTEREsT 10 N1EN1BERs OF DIE GENTLER Sex

ity that does not inhere in all records
of exploration. Then, again, she nat
urally loves women, and they love her
so that wherever she goes the women
are instinctively drawn to her. Thus
she gains real insight into the domestic
life and tribal customs of the African
in his native state.
There, too, is Mrs. william N. Mac
MILAN of st. Louis. Her husband has
long been interested in northeast Africa
from the commercial viewpoint. 1t was
favorite idea of his that profitable
trade relations could be established with
Abyssinia and the Sudan and the out
side world. Mrs. Macmillan was as
much interested as her husband in his
plan, so she accompanied him to Africa.
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to hunt for travel routes that would be
practicable.
The NTacAIillans went up the Nile
from Cairo to Khartum. jan Is, 1903.
they left Khartum with some friends
and ascended the Blue Nile After a
little time they separated into two
parties, Mr.. Macmillan heading one, his
wife the other. Her special aim was to
find land and water travel routes from
the Sudan into Abyssinia. With her
maid, a physician and a naturalist and
a number of servants and carriers the
lady crossed the Sudan and visited
King Menelik Of Abyssinia in his CAPT
tai Her route lay among tribes be-
lieved to be hostile, and she never went
out of camp without being well armed.
She Travelled by mule train. She her
self shot during the journey some big
game" including lions. She crossed
Abyssinia from west to east, returning
by way of the Red sea. She believes
the object OF her journey is accom-
plished. A transportation and trading
company is now being formed for Abys-
sinia and the adjoining region.
Any more? Well, yes. so many there
is no room to write of them. This is
woman's day for doing anything she de-
sires.
Mrs. E. L. Kerr. naturalist, who has
lived, studied and collected specimens
in Central America for twenty years,
is now on an expedition somewhere in
the isthmian wilderness, hunting for the
jabiru, a great white bird, six feet tall.
so scarce that il may almost be classed
with the dodo. Mrs. Kerr's passion is
for hunting in unexpIored regions, and
in the interior of Central America she
has ample scope for gratifying it.
There, too, is Miss Beatrice Grim
shaw. an Irish girl. who is journeying
alone among the cannibals of the south
sea islands. She is especially. careful to
avoid places where white people have
been before. To do this she must go
into the interior of the islands. At one
place the native women insisted on feel
ing her flesh to see if she was real. She.
however, with rare Irish tact, let down
lher back hair and showed them how
she did it up, and that won their good
will. At last accounts Miss Grimshaw
had not yet furnished a meal for her
new friends.
ALICE w. MORTIMER.
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while she was in their vicinity. But
who knows?
After returning from the Kongo Mrs.
French Sheldon prepared her book and
rested awhile. Then the "wanderlust@
came over her like a spell again and
off she went, this time to the African
west coast. She said she wanted to get
away from the London climate, even
into Africa, and herein nobody who
knows London in winter can blame her.
She left England early in November
last.
The chief object of Mrs. French Shell
don's studies in wild lands is not ge-
ography or natural resources, but peO-
pie, people themselves; therefore her
stories have a fascinating human quail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18
A WoMAN's PARADIsE

Sweden is woman's paradise. A writ
er says. Women share every privilege
offered their husbands and brothers.
and those who have to earn their living
find the doors of no profession shut in
their faces. The fair sex invades every
public department. Women are the
bank clerks as well as the postofice
clerks, and life in a Swedish town Is
made pleasant for the worker. Every
day for example. the postofices are
closed from 3 to 5 o'clock, and during
that time the clerks may rest or take
part in some of the many outdoor
games that are popular there"
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g=5SSgY ~ plzz

90 e F there is anything I can't stand
it is a useless Christmas pres
ent!" remarks Mrs. Practical, as
n she surveys disapprovingly an
elabOra tely embroidered pancake shaped
affair supposed to be a receptacle for
handkerchief. gloves or any old
thing, or else merely an Ornament"
GLORY bel Who would ever think of
bothering with a thing like that? feel
like throwing it into the waste bas-
keti"
Il wish the family would think Of
sending me something pretty and
frivolous and useless for a change, %
signs Mrs. Poor Relation as she opens
packages containing "serviceable" dress
goods, stout pocket hankerchiefs and
warm mittens
And so we all are hard to please, and
the fact is brought home more and
more that Christmas is a holiday for
children and not for grownups.
I know of one family that has solved
the problem of giving the right present
to the right person. For goodness
sake. remarked brother Bob, the orig
inaP' member Of this family, lets
try another plan next yeorl Here I
have received a set of Browning in
stead of a typewriter, and gun instead
Of some trout rods. I tell you what.
boys and girls and uncles and aunts
and parents and every one-let's go
back to the way we used to do things
when we were kids, and let's write let
tiers to Santa Claus modestly % stat
ing our wants. We can drop them into
a big box, and then the members of
the family can take counsel among
themselves, so as to be sure they don't
give duplicates"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18
A BLACK BRoADcL0TH SUIT.

are named when they are about twelve
days old, and it is usually the mother
who chooses the name Hindoos are
fond Of pretty flower names for their
girls. The Egyptians have an odd way
of choosing a baby's name They light
three candles, giving a name to each,
but they always call one after some
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18

white tips and a ribbon arrangement
around the crown, which could be
easily replaced by another color when
desired and pinned in place with tiny
safety pins. But let the fastening be
of safety pins, I pray you! I shall
never forget the experience of a wo-
man who did not like the way the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18

r o S e S " e T e
placed on her
evening hat. OF
course it was a
matter Of life and
death with her,
for she was go
ing out with the
special man OF
her heart, so she
ripped the bios
SONS of and
pinned them on
again at a most
fetching angle.
And, 10, on the
way from the
carriage to the
theater door a
bold, bad gust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18

different colors,
inscribed with
humorous SEN
timents and fill
ed with small
candies. There
are also import
ed folding pic
lures, or, rather,
unfolding pic
tures," for as
each section is
laid back it
composes a new
view, each one
illustrating the
Chris tina S of
some nation. Lit
tie gifts like
that Laid At "a Oh
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should be IN rhyme and that they
should be read from the Christmas tree.
Some of the verses were quite cred
table. but those Of the head of the house
were rather characteristic, for they
showed an utter disregard OF the rules
of poetry when said rules interfered
with businessiike directness. His no
bic effort ran as follows:
No cigars for father
He'll pick them out himself
He'd ratherl
But a book or two,
If there's something new,
Or a chair it's no sin
To sit I'M
Have you seen the new souvenirs for
Christmas dinners? Some of them are
very dainty. There are little top ported
holly plants and miniature Christmas
trees, with the tiniest little cornu-
copias and candles For the women there
are also miniature silk stockings in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18

URING the past summer Mrs.
Leonidas Hubbard made her
sorrOwful expedition to Lab
~ rador to discover if possible
any trace of how and why her husband
met his death there two years ago. She
entered the desolate region with her
Indian guides June p. and from that
time no word was heard from her till
November. when tidings came that her
search had been successful. Apparent
iy, Leonidas Hubbard persisted because
he lost his way in the interior of pitt
less Labrador.
Mrs. Hubbard crossed northeast Lab
rador by way of the George and Mas
caupee rivers to the Hudson Bay com
pany's post on Ungava bay, north Lab
rador. She fortunately reached Ungava
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deified or exalted person. The baby is
caiieu oy tue name borne by the candle
."hlcn BURNS longest Mohammedans
sometimes write suitable names -,
slips of paper, which they insert he
tween the pages OF the Koran. Nh.
first slip drawn out gives the name -
the baby
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18
A Plan rhat Workad

Some of the older members were
shocked, but Bob's plan went through,
as most of his plans do. and the next
Christmas chucIzles of delighted ap-
proval could be heard on all sides. To
make the plan more amusing it was
decreed that all the Santa Claus letters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18

be well dressed nowadays. Well. do
you know I don't agree with her at
all.
One of the best dressed women I
know has only one new street gown
each winter. The woman who com
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18

planned that dress was SO expensive
has a dozen that know Of half of
them carried over from last year and
remodeled. at great cost She has hats,
too, by the score, but none of them
seems to "go'' with any particular COS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18
MRS. E. DEMONSTRATION.

bay. before the ice closed in and cut of
return by the cOmpany's steamer. Even
81 she had not done so, however, she
was prepared to snOwshOe it back over
land
On George river Mrs. Hubbard and
her Indians ran rapids for five days.
once whirling three and three quarter
miles in fifteen minutes. At Caribou
crossing, on Lake A6ichikamaus she saw
6. herd OF thousands OF caribou, and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18
AN EMPIRE VISITING GOWN.

The gown illustrated is Of the modi-
fed empire style. The bolero Of prane
velvet has bands of gray broadcloth-
Broadcloth also makes the skirt an
entire deux of lace surrounds the deli
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18

'"S0'0' uO0' them up and
whirled them gayIy down the street,
leaving her head decorated with the
tulle shape bristling with shiny pins!
I think the moral of that story is the
young man thought she was so slack
that he didn't propose!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18
A STUNNING SKATING COSTUME

The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18

HV NVst OF sIsSsIV9s
heard woman say the other day
that it took so much money in order to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-18

i'sau'"g ' 1stts soma o'0uS plate do not cost
much and they
add a good deal to the success of a
dinner, especially during the holidays.
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cately tucked chemisette Of batiste.
which is crossed with tiny loops Of vel
vet ribbon. The Irish lace collar is
strapped with cloth. Bands OF cloth
with inserted velvet puffs trim the skirt
at the bottom.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-10-19
OUR CITY Fathers
HURRY THROUGH MEETING ON
ACCOUNT OF WEDDING.
A Claim for One Thousand Dollars
for Injuries by Defective Street.
Sewer Connections to be Defined.
Will Clean Out Slough Emptyinq
Below the Brewery, Etc.

The council hurried through quite a
batch OF business last evening in short
order. But four members were present
and two OF them wanted to attend the
rgent-McDermoth wedding, so that
there was no time wasted.
An invitation was read from the fire
department for the mayor and council
to attend the fifteenth anniversary of
the department tomorrow evening.
A communication from Engineer Dunn.
relative to sewer connections, was read
and referred to the street committee.
J. B. Gould and II. s. Bush were ap-
pointed special police on the Wishkah
street ferry.
The report of Water Supt. Linn was
filed, showing the cost Of that depart
ment for September to have been Oper-
ating, 1904; extensions, $40 ,55S.O4.
A resolution was adopted for planking
OF + street, between Heron and Market
streets.
A saloon license was granted J. G.
Cleary.
An application for transfers of the sa-
loon license Of Jas. Dolan was referred to
the committee, with power to. act.
The bid of j. D. Rubenstien for the
iron in the old bridge at Heron street,
$l76.25, was referred to the committee,
with power to act.
The contract for building sidewalks on
the east side of Broadway, between Her.
on and Hume streets, was awarded to
Hilligoss 4 Ladue, for 40 cents a foot.
The attorney was directed to draw or.
dinances for several street improvements
r. L. Kindred made claim for 81 900
for injuries received by reason of a
broken plank in the street. Referred to
the attorney.
The clerk was directed to ask the N.
P. Ry. Go. to lower culvert over slough,
and to advertise for bids for cleaning out
slough.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-10-19

Mrs. Oscar Nelson, OF Centralia, is the
guest of Rev. and Mrs. G. McDermoth.
The Knights OF Pythias smoker at
Hoquiam Tuesday night, was one of the
most pleasant social functions of the
season. A number of visiting Knights
from Aberdeen and EIma were present,
and all enjoyed themselves to the limit.
At the regular meeting, before the fes-
tivities, two candidates We're initiated
into the third rank, the Elma and Ho-
quiam teams each initiating one.
Announcements have been received OF
the coming marriage of Orlando C.
Mitchell, the youngest son of Captain
and Mrs. :. G. Mitchell. of this city, to
a young lady OF Oakland, Cal. Tie
wedding will take place on October 81,
and the happy couple will immediate ly
start for Aberdeen on wedding trip.
The numerous f,iends of Mr.. Mitchell in
Aberdeen wish him unmeasured joy.
The case of Creech Bros. VS.. City OF
Aberdeen was decided in favor of the
plaintiffs, and the city will probably APP
peal. The case grew out OF the senseless
attempt to supply water to South Aher-
deem from the north side, notwithstand-
Ing two facts, namely, that the water
supply on the north side is very limited.
and that plant could have been put on
the south side for less money than piping
the river cost.
While on a recent hunting trip down
the bay. Phil S. Locke killed a rare speci-
men OF South American tree duck
with a Latin namesas long as your arm
1t is said to he the first of its kind ever
seen within 1000 miles AS far north as
Grays Harbor, and Mr.. Locke has s-nt
the specimen to Tacoma to be mounted.
The Fourth Division OF the Presby.
terrain Ladies Aid society is enjoying an
old time "Quilting Bee" this afternoon
in the parlors OF the church.
At p. m. yesterday the chimney in
tie residence Of |. G. Crowthers burned
out, and nothing special was thought of
the matter. Towards midnight Mrs.
Crowthers heard the shingles cracking,
and soon had the hou,e aroused. In her
bare feet she ran to |. Beemer's and got
his assistance. Not wishing to get the
fire department ont and vet some assist.
auce, o. jacobson hammered on the old
! fire bell, which was lying on the street,
and awakened the men at headquarters.
With their help the fire was extinguished
without much damage.
Miss Isabel McDermoth who was mar.
ried to Roy Sargent, last evening, and
who has been leader in working prac-
teal jokes on the young people who have
been married in the city, for several
years. Knowing that several oil / scores
had to be settled with her, laid her plans
accordingly. Last night the newly mar.
RED compile succeeded in evadinp their
pursuers, both in Aberdeen and Ho
quiam. They were found on the 9:45
train, locked in a baggage car, which the
pursuers decorated in white and fastened
large card on it on which were the
words ''just married." Just as the train
moved off, the door opened, and placard
and white ribbons disappeared and the
couple gave the spectators the cha ha.'
The pursuers are still vowinK vengence