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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
What shall dog, she moaned to
fashionable I.innenrs.

London. Dec. 9.-Brandy and kummel
are the two fashionable Hqueurs today.
With the exception of small quantities Of
Benedictine and Chartreuse, no others are
seen. More brandy is drunk than any
other kind of Hqueur by both men and
women said a leading West End wine
merchant today. Creme de Mentl1e has
completely gone out OF fashion, because
il does not assinilate we'll with smoking,
and every one smokes nowadays. AS for
Curacao and NIaraschino. they have prac-
ticallv no sale but for cooking purposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

wobbly thing that we agree to pretend
is the ocean. Mrs. Johnson pretends
10 be in love with him. which we know
she is not. And Johnson pretends to
he a very terrible person: and Mrs.
Johnson pretends, till eleven o'clock,
TO believe it. And we pay prices vary
ing from a shillin~ to half a sovereign
to sit for two hours and listen to them
But as I explained at the beginning
nv friend is a mad sort of person.
JEROME X. JEROME.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

much gossip was crowded with men. It
pays to advertise.
Il can sit down with my little slate,
said the chairman of one of the booths, |
and figure out that if had paid fifteen /
dollars cash into the church treasury
I would have been ahead on this deal,
not counting time and work and wor-
~. There ism t q. woman who has spent
nent part in the work and some have
spent more. Then the general ex-
penses of the bazaar have been enor-
nous and although we will clear a
large sum it is not a third what we
might have if every one who has helped
had paid US in cash what they have
spent for the thing. Then think of the
work. There are a hundred women
driven crazy with worry for weeks be
fOrehanG SO that they are too tired to
ENJOY the bazaar, if there is anythingsl
enjoyable about it. when it is finally
pulled off. My husband says the church
is supported by women donating pin
cushions to the fairs and then buying
them back and believe there must be
better financial system than that if
we only knew it,
"You may think we have no way of
getting even with Them said the girl
at the lace counter as a. particularly
disagreeable customer walked away,
but when the Christmas rush is on or
there is a sale and everybody is fight
ing to get waited on first, we have our
chance. We never see them until we
have to and make them wait as long
as possible.
There is a woman who comes in
here good deal but seldom buys any
thing. She's a. confirmed shopper but
does most of her buying in Kansas City
and Chicago. She's a social headlfner
and her husband is one of the wealth.
lest men in town and of course she
thinks that everybody ought to know
her. Well, I do, but I never pretend
to. When she makes her occasional
purchases here always look at her in
differently while I ask Charge and
when she replies in the affirmative
say, The name, please?' and require
her to spell 1t out, repeat the initials,
and the address. 1t may not bother
her any but it does me lots Of good
What shall I do?" she moaned to
an acquaintance whom she met at the
/ lace counter. 1--WE lost my Christmas
I list with the things I meant to buy for
everybody, and it was written on my
visiting card. can't rem ember every
thing that was on it, but I know there
were stockings and carriers and corset
covers and other unmentionables oppO-
site the names of the girls. Suppose
a man should ind it2 Wouldn't it be
1 awful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
Echoes from the bazaar:

I'm your system of palmistry," said
a man to the gypsy fortune teller. do
YOU pay any attention to the clothes
lire and the pipe line2 If so, 1 should
like to have you tell me il I am ever
going to get my winter suit paid for,
and if I will draw a meerschaum as
usual for Christmas"
sHow much money did you make at
your booth % a man asked a proni-
nent ehurch-worker. "One hundred
dollars clear" she answered. sand
bag?' he inquired, "or forty-flve
Colts?"
81 understand your wife is working
over here at the Bazoo." said one man
to another. rs she in the BaIly-hoo or
the main show ?"
on the first night of the bazaar and
half an hour after it opened a certain
booth which had received liberal adj
vance notices and been the subject of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

HE Merry Christmas rush is /
started and of course you /
have forgotten all the resolu- |
tons you made last year in !
Christmas week. Then, driven /
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
The New Regime in Russia

White. said the car with a aufzzicaI
expression of face, I'm learning things
about you every day-so many things, in
deed, 1 m getting quite confused In one
quarter 1t Is said your beginnings were very
humble, and that you are the greatest of
the self-made men of Russia. In another
quarter your antecedents are very different
~ described, and your rise is attributed to
aristocraic influences. And how is il that
you have the reputation OF aIoofness and
even surliness here at home, while in
America they praised your accessibility and
affability? Come. Clear up the mystery
Sire, I'm confronted with the same cues
ton at home. The countess, who has begun
TO read the newspapers, confesses that I'M
til recently she thought she knew me, but
declares that now she is besieged by much
doubt. We must all get used to the bless
ings, and the other things, of a free press.
The people must be entertained as well as
instructed. and men in public office from
top to bottom, are fair game"
Still, would ii not be well to have the
truth stated?"
"On the contrary, sire, why not trade on
both stories? 1 want to make friends for
you with all classes Now, when the hum
Bile classes see a man who they are advised
comes from them serving you In a high
place they will argue that your majesty Is
OF the right sort and keeps all of his people
In view; and when approach the titled and
illustrious they will receive me with all the
better feeling for the other story that I'm
not a scrub at all. So, you see by keeping
both stories in circulation we can catch the
dear people both ways. For my own part.
I'm greatly pleased, and am ready to be a
scrub in the eyes of scrubs an aristocrat in
the eyes of aristocrats, to be affable when
necessary and glum and freezing when nee
essary. It's good big job we have on
hand. sire, and we must play the game for
all II is worth"
IF you were formulating a rule about
such matters, how would you put it?'
In this way: Never start the truth chas-
Ing after q lie that possesses only the spirit
of entertainment. Never overwork the con-
tradiction department. IL we show too
great sensitiveness well be kept on the
griddle all the time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
An Idyl From Kentucky.

The assembling of Congress, the Presi-
dents message, the turmoil in Russia and
other things have overshadowed a little
story which comes from Frankfort Ky,
and IS redolent of the stirring and pictur-
esque life in that interesting old common
wealth.
Frank Hawk Stepp, a lad of fifteen. Iv-
ing In Harlan county-which is In the feud
section of the state--brained his cousin a
few years older, with an ak. Why an ak
was used is not stated. A rifle Is the pre-
scribed weapon for the settlement of family
dlfferences in that quarter. But for some
reason young Stepp used an ak, and maybe
because of the departure from the time
honored choice he was sentenced, after a
trial, to the penitentiary for a period of
twenty-one years
A deputy sheriff of the name of Ward
was delegated to take Stepp to prison. and
the two, officer and prisoner, started for
Frankfort, distant two days by the print
tive means of travel. Ward made the usual
and the proper-preparations for a jour-
ney, and liked his purchase of whisky so
much that he sampled it unduly on the
way and by the time the journey ended
was almost helplessly drunk.
Here was the lads chance to escape
But. as high-spirited youngster, he scorn-
ed to take advantage of it. The lawlessness
of his nature was now In allegiance. With
his cousin under ground, the ak at a dis
lance, and himself under sentence of the
court duly imposed, he considered that his
duty led him to the prison door, Alight-
ing from the train, therefore, with his
drunken guard, he reversed their relations,
became the guard himself approached
policeman and explained matters, and after
delivering the deputy sheriff at the jail.
where he was locked up, went with the po-
hceman to call on Governor Beckham. This
formality over, the lad then presented him
SELF at the office of the penitentiary, intro
duced himself, and announced that he was
ready to begin his long term of hard labor.
Some sympathy has been aroused, and a.
suggestion made to transfer the youthful
prisoner to a reformatory The good in the
youngster is considered worthy of develop
ment. And next time, maybe, he'll use a
rifle instead of an AK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10

either through modesty or desire for en1-
pioyment, misrepresented themselves. Ger
tain it is that In Washington there are
no women having the unusual qualifications
and extraordinary physical equipment
called for in this unchivalrous advertise
ment.
The whole story lacks FEASIBILITY. There
is no such thing as homely woman, and
IL there could be such a catastrophe the
woman would not know It. Her neighbors
might know It, but they would never tell
her except in fit of anger and this would
destroy the competency of their testimony.
Beauty is relative term. For example,
let a husband say to his wife that another
woman Is beautiful, and the wife can Inn
mediately point out that the so-called
beauty has wrinkles, freckles. moth
patches, moles. pimples or superfuous hair,
and If these blemishes are not enough the
Wife may suspect that the beauty has en-
hanced her charms with lotions, peroxide,
saw-dust or wlre-netting. On the other
hand. let the husband declare that another
woman is not beauty, and the wife will
directly point out that the lady has win
some ways, ivory skin, coral lips, pearly
teeth, swans throat and a ravens locks,
and that she has roses in her cheeks and
vlolets In her eyes. 1t is really very diff
cult to reach agreement as to what
beauty is
But, if in New York city there are enough
homely women to so crowd a sidewalk
That traffic Is impeded, 1t Is additional proof
OF Washington's greater desirability as a
place of residence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
A TIMELY HINT.

One time there was a little boy SO naughty all the
His record was denominated shocking;
So good st. Chris. observing this. remarked 100
IN have to but switch IN wiIlie's stocking.
Hes teased his ma, displea'ed his pa, and come
And dropped his grandma's spectaeies to bust
Although 1 amt peevish saint must obey the
And punish him according TO the CUSTOM
So Christmas eve. with pack on sleeve. the saint
came down -, the s, aus al ..,,,.,..
HIS beard was white; bis smile was bright. as
He saw the stockings hanging by the ingle.
He left doll for baby Moli. book for sister
Then suddenly his face grew stern and chilly
As from the pack uDon his back he took package
wicked looking spanker labelled willie"
murmured with sigh!
moment through the bedroom door s-peeping
Where Molly lay and Jane the gay. and In his cot
The naughty, naughty Willie was a-sleeping.
Think how forlorn tomorrow morn the little chap
He said = teardrop down his nose a-rolling;
"a child enjoys lot o toys, ont less ! S'n
A spapSer ain.t SO awfuIly consolng.''
He shunk and thunk and d.. wunk and wnnk and
They cant can't be sad when Santa Claus comes
Then Justify across his knee the wicked switch he
And dropped silver watch IN whites stocking.
Then up the aue and up the Cue swift ieaped
TO where Ell his merry reindeer stood feeding
81 sympsthiss with boys" he said; I've been
Up. Iishtfoes whitefootl haste tho night !.
-Wsiiae. Irwin in tn. New York Globe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
NO FLOWERS.

From the Newark Advertiser.
Was that kindly omit flowers" the death
notice Of the hopes of some of the importu-
nate visitors at the national capital?
From the Columbus (ohio) State Journal.
The opening of Congress was attended to
without an exhibit of flowers. 1t was
brand-new Congress and nobody's funeral
From the Charleston News and Courier
Still, there are some who hold to the view
that Speaker Cannon would have done bet
ter by admitting the flowers and excluding
the congressman.
From the Columbus Dispatch
1t is really too bad about that anti-fower
order for 1t is certain that Senators Depew
and Platt and a few others would have
priced such a tribute very much.
From the Philadelphia North American
The fact that there were no flowers on
the House desks yesterday does not neces-
sarIly mean that there were no political
daisies on the seats below.
From the Syracuse ost-Standsrd.
There were no flowers on the desks OF the
congressman. The flowers can be preserved
in cold storage until the end of the session
and used to decorate the graves OF defuEct
legislation.
From the Albany Times-Union
At the opening of Congress flowers were
missing. Were the moral Obligations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
THE THREE SCORE AND TEN MARK,

From the Portland Press
Mark Twain Is seventy but he talks like
thlrty-nye. Age cannot wither or custom
stale his infinite variety.
From the Indianapolis Star
Mark Twain, seventy years old. says he
has never yet smoked In his sleep. This is
good example for young America.
From the Chicago Evening Post
A good deal OF near-poetry was sent to
Mark Twain on his birthday. Fortunately
he is a rugged man In spite of his years.
From the Cleveland Leader
The papers neglected to inform us wheth-
er Mark Twain's birthday banquet ended
appropriately with Huckleberry pfc.
From the Baltimore News.
The account which Mark Twain gave of
the way he lived to be seventy was the
humorous way Of pressing home the lesson
that life Il business which every one must
manage for himself.
From the Rochester Post-Express
Mark Twain says that In his seventy
years Of life be has never done a DAYS
work. There are some authors OF which
we wish we could say the came
From the Lewiston Evening Journal
Not only has Mark Twain kept himself
lively an these seventy years, but he has
enlivened many another
From the Chicago Tribune.
Mark Twain. realizing that he looks his
$50 has No Opposition to asnv =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
Reaction in PHILADELPHIA.

Having combined all the forces of law
and order, municipal honesty and civic
self-respect under the single banner of re-
fern, the leaders OF the revolt against the
misrule of Boss Durham and his associates
of Philadelphia's corrupt republican ma
Chine scored a decided victory at the polls
a month ago. They rolled up majority
o. nearly 5000 against the regular re-
publican candidates and virtually swept
TIE gang out of power. There was great
rejoicing. Progressive, honest citizens the
country over congratulated Philadelphia
upon having al last overturned the mon
ster of corruption The cause of good gov
eminent in all the cities was heartened.
Philadelphia. SO long boss-ridden as to be
apparently hopeless of reclamation. was
In the hour OF its redemption regarded as
token of new era in American munich
pal politics
On all sides. however. was heard the
warning that TO make sure OF victory the
honest citizens OF Philadelphia, having
demonstrated their majority and their
power, must not cease to labor IL they
would make their victory permanent The
bosses, they were told, were persistent and
patient under defeat. They were spurred
ON by the hope OF spoils to renew the
fight when the public fervor for reform
had cooled. For a brief period this les
son was apparently well learned, and steps
were taken by the reform leaders to put
II into practical application. 1t was pro-
posed to make permanent the city party or
ganization- Then began dissensions Broad
~ speaking. the reform forces are now d.
vided into two camps. those who desire
10 see reform proceed along strictly in
dependent lines and those who hope to
raIovate the republican party In the city
and work out the meliorating enterprises
within the ranks OF that organization.
The latest reports from Philadeiphia are
somewhat diseouraging. Faction fighting IS
in progress on all sides. Nearly every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
4 PRESIDENTIAL AVALANCHE.

From the Chicago News.
If you have not time to read what the
President says about the tariff just draw
a mental picture of a man handling a hot
potato and you will get the proper effect.
From the Utica Press.
President Roosevelt's message is said to
be the longest one ever sent to Congress.
Somebody took the trouble to count the
words and found there were 49, 24.
From the Rochester Herald.
(, II presidential messages could be trans
lated into deeds from the beginning to the
end this would not be the United States: it
would be Eiysium.
From the Spartanburg Herald.
1t does seem that he need not have used
10000 words to have avoided saying any
thing about the tariff. President Roosevelt
likes to do it different always.
From the Toledo Blade.
A 5000 word message Is quite lengthy.
but It would have been twice as long had
Mr. Grover Cleveland furnished the $4,000
words.
From the Buffalo Commercial
E A large proportion of those who will talk
most about the effect of the Presidents
message will probably not read line of It.
From the Hartford Times
At times big blue pencil Is just as de-
sirabie q part Of the presidential equipment
as big stick IL.
From the Council BLUFFS Nonpariel.
A high joint committee on presidential
message reform would seem 70 b IN ordsr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
Real Mince Pies.

City lie has many advantages. 1t offers
rapid transit and theaters, frequent edi-
lions OF the papers and plenty of excite
ment. One can keep warm in winter and
cool In summer, even In big town And
there Is always plenty to eat and drink for
the man with the price to satisfy his hum
ger and his thirst. But the city man suf-
fers from one deprivation which at this
season OF the year looms to rsurmountable
proportions. He cannot get good pie.
Did you ever stop in the midst of the
quick as a-fiash boiling of food, called by
courtesy a luncheon, and compare the pie
served at the reach-and-grab shops with the
pies of other years? Take the mince pie,
for instance, that delectable compound of
dyspepsia producing joy. Who ever gets a
slab of mince pie nowadays that bears even
a family resemblance to the highly spced,
juicy subtly favored nince pie of the coun-
try? Why, everybody knows that the mince
pies are all baked now by the thousands, In
factories, from mincemeat made by the
hogshead, also in factories 1t Is absurd
to expect the fine product of the kitchen
in such circumstances. In the old days the
housewife compounded her mincemeat with
scientific care. The great crooks of it in
the cellar were monuments to her pa
thence and art. Pies filled from them were
pies indeed. They tasted like Thanksgiving
and Christmas. Such pies were worth while,
and they did not play havoc with the di-
gestion, as do the pastry products of the
shops and the factories nowadays.
a fortune awaits the man who will put
forth rnince pie that is reminder of the
olden times, mince pie that is made of
meat and fruits and natural fiavorings and
pure spices, and perhaps just suggestion
more or less according to princples-of the
liquids that always cheer and never in
ebriate when taken with mincemeat. Such
a pie, compounded after an old recipe, and
baked in crusts of the country kitchen
brand, cutting up into five pieces and re-
failing at a nickel a slice, would go like the
traditional hot cakes. The line would form
on the right. Hot from the oven, emitting
its appetizing aroma redolent of sugges-
tons of the good old days of hickory fires
and sleigh rides across country, it would
transform the midday rite of eating from
perfunctory necessity into joyous oppor-
tunity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
Iannnnany,

The election Of Bourke Cochran a s grand
sachem OF Tammany Hall seems to confirm
the opinion that Richard Croker Is out OF
politics for good and will make his perma
nent home abroad. Things have changed
very much indeed since Cookers day New
men have forged to the front. and DISPOSE
ton is shown 10 parcel out favors In a new
way. Now and then the question is asked
II the time is not propitious for rival DEM
ocratic organization In New York. The
town has grown amazingly in the past dec
ade and since the arrival of so many ItaI-
ians and Russian Jews Tammany no longer
has the power It once possessed. A new or
eanization would give the old one much to
think about. and probably make it neces-
ssry for men OF the Murphy stripe to take
back seats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10

ward has its bitter wrangle, as rival aspi-
rants for leadership maneuyer for advan-
tage. And to make matters worse. some
OF the men who engineered the fusion
campaign to success are how dropping out
of line on the plea that they have no time
to conduct party organizations between
elections.
These are the very conditions on which
defeated bosses rely for their rehabflita-
ton. They make 1t their business to have
time to attend to the work Of organiza-
ton between elections. They find 1t prof
table And SO would the merchants, the
bankers, the lawyers. the clerks, the work.
ingmen. all classes of citizens who have
votes and property and pay taxes and de-
pend upon the municipal equipment for
health, comfort and safety. Even as the
noise of the ward fighting in Philadelphia
echoes afar there come fresh disclosures
of atrocious neglect of duty by municipal
officials, direct result of the partisan adj
ministration of the past. Mayor Weaver
recently undertook an investigation into
the condition of the city asylum, aims
house and consumption hospital and APP
pointed an expert committee for that duty.
These physicians have just reported in
terms to shock the citizens most pro-
foundly.
The work of reform is not effective when
it is done systematically. Eventually. per-
haps this truth will be borne in upon the
citizens of this country, so that they will
realize that their duty lies in keeping ever
lastingly at the task of maintaining their
fight for clean government regardless of
the calendar, striving every day for the
inculcation of the doctrine of civic hon
esty in the minds of all. 1t is not
mere sentiment for which they are fight
ing, but distinctly practical cause, the
cause of low taxes, efficient government
ana public morality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
There Are No Homely Women.
This unusual item is clipped from tn
pages of the daily press:

This unusual item is clipped from the
pages of the daily press:
with the unthinking brutality of child
hood an office boy employed by David
WEIGH and who had been discharged,
added TO an advertisement for woman
typewriter given him by his employer to
take 10 a newspaper Office the words must
be extremely plain: no sweet sixteen beau
ties: pretty girls barred; the uglier the
better AS a result Mr.. Weleh's Office was
tammed, the sidewalk in front of 1t crowd
ed and traffic impeded yesterday morning
by host of humble seekers for employ
ment.
The announcement has two sensational
features; the first is. that there are homeiy
women. and the second. that these women
know 1t. credence should not be given
to this strange report till il shall have
been verified. 1t can only be accounted for
on the theory that these New York women,