The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-07

having trouble with her eyes: that /
complication is still showing itself.
And the boy used to come home at /
night. looking like a tramp, carrying 7
a lot of squirrels. And his sister 4
would say it was a shame to shoot |
them. But I thought it was pretty /
good for boy of eight to find them, +
and hit them One night he didn' t |
come in to dinner and I found him in /
front of the fire in the next room.
WHAT'S the Tnatter2st asked him. Il
hurt myself he said. He had fallen |
out of a tree. but said nothing about |
it, until questioned.
How things come to me as I lie in |
bed! When they met me at the ferry, |
and we walked UP street arm in arm,
Do I look pretty thin - They said: |
.No-o-o,' in chorus. I wonder what !
they said about it to each other when
they were alone.
A number of formerly of Atchison peo- |
PIE have called on Us. Down in the office !
the clerk said over the telephone that q
Mrs. Park was waiting for US in the par
Tors. We wondered and wondered. Who
was Mrs Park2 She turned out to be
formerly of Atchison woman, married
since you knew her. If you can guess
who Mrs: A Dewar Park is, you viii
A number Of formerly of Atchison peo-
nked the negro servants at home better
than they like the Chinese or Japanese
servants here One of them related that |
they had Chinese maid at her home and |
that the maid decided that ice water was
not good for members of the family,
therefore she would not give them ice
cause of buIting in on the ice water ques- |
ton.
A Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins. friends of the
children from Oregon, called. Mr. Perkins
is New Sorker, but has been IN the
west with his wife for several months,
travelling about. looking up matters as a
LAWYER. He saws that at Tonopah, Ne
v9da, he was very anxious to take his
wife around to see Athe sights" partic-
ularly the big gambling houses, but there
is Il Nevada law prohibiting women from
visiting gambling houses The chief of
police couldn't do anything for him, but
Mr. Perkins discovered that q Salvation
Army woman was permitted to visit the
gambling halls so he arranged with her
for an appropriate suit. and Mrs. Perkins
accompanied her on the rounds. and the
gamblers treated her with marked cour-
tesy.
met the missionary on the streets to-
The missionary complained that when he
went to claim his baggage he found that
accumulated. Here's chance for a mis-
sionary tea the great need of the work
ers IN China is more money.
On my way to the hotel I stopped to
look at collection of flowers at a street
stand. Three dozen carnations for ten
cents. bought a lot and the street boys
were rather disposed to guy me as I car
ried them along. Flowers are all right if
you pay nigh prices for them. Raspber-
RES, strawberries, cantaloupes, watermei-
Ons and all sorts of fruits and vegeta bles
are still in market here. During that par
Ilcular walk looked for policeman. as
] wanted some information, During the
hour I was out I saw only one police
man.
When reach the foreign countries it
will not be necessary for me to hire
guides: my daughters education will be
of some use to me then. She speaks all
Languages; at least I suppose she does
She was at Mrs. SOmmerst school long
enough to acquire them. She is absent
Mrs Perkins to visit Golden Gate park If
it turns out that she does not understand
Turkish I shall write to Mrs. Sommers
money.
Ever remark the difference in the
weight Of q mans baggage and the
weight of a womans baggage? THE girl
turned up in San Francisco with exactly
the same baggage have: a steamer
trunk and suit case I thought to my
self; ''The girl hasn't a thing to wear"
But every time she has gone out she has
worn new dress and a new hat. As
seem to amount to much but she can
combine few of them and make a new
suit L don't know exactly what is in
my trunk, but II. have two suits I am
! doing well. My winter overcoat weighs
more than all the girls clothes put to-
gether.
She had the same habit when size was
little She once accompanied me to
summer report. and 7 was immensely
proud of her clothes when she went out
to play with the children When we began
packing to return home I couldn't get a
let of her things in the trunk, so I put
them in a bureau drawer. when she was
not looking, and left them, and she never
noticed it. z. ". H
Wednesday,. November /. 1905.