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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

cabinet lady. She has, however, lived
much in Washington and is familiar
with its social usages Mrs. Metealf is
tall and fair and has the frank, gra-
cieus, friendly manner that counts for
so much in a hostess. Mrs. Robert J.
Wynne, wife of the postmaster general.
is another lady prominent in the official
social circle this winter.
On he whole, however. the girls carry
off the palm the present season in
Washington. The fact is there are so
many of them and they are so hand
some, lively and attractive that they
easily lead Miss Hildegarde McKenna,
daughter of Supreme Court Justice
Mckenna, and Miss Pansy Bloomer re-
tain still the belleship laurels they won
a season or two ago. They are strong,
active girls who, like Miss Roosevelt,
are fond of outdoor sports. To the
number of Washington bellies who love
the active, outdoor life is added this
season Miss Katherine Elkins, daughter
of Senator Stephen B. Elkins. Miss FL
kins, a handsome girl, resembles her
father in appearance rather than her
mother, although her mother, the
daughter of ex-senator Henry C. Da-
Wis, is a beautiful and intellectual wo-
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really excellent time of it as girls that
they are in 10 hurry to assume the re-
sponsibilities of the married state. 1t
balances things a little that young men
are no more eager to rush into matri-
mony than girls. In middle life, where
so(many girls are earning their own
living, their eagerness to be married
depends largely on whether or not they
are happily situated as regards their
work. Only lately a girl who is secre-
tary to a well known editor said that
she saw the near approach of her we'd
ding day with misgivings, but. it had
been so long an engagement, owing to
her reluctance to leave her pleasant
employment. that she felt it must be
now or never.
There is no doubt that the increased
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liberty of woman's life decreases her
desire for marriage. If it is happy it is
by far the best life for members of
the feminine sex and develops all that is
most womanly. On the other hand. u
decrease of unhappy marriages is not
to be deplored. and it is generally ad-
mitted that there is far greater risk OF
unhappiness to girl wives nan to those
who look out onflife from the wider ex-
perience of womahhood before they
take a husband. There is, furthermore,
nothing more certain than that if a
woman wants a man and he wants her
she will marry Finn, however much she
may have to give up to do so, but her
wider experience may help her not to
permit her affections to go to an I'M
worthy man.
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far to prevent contracting the cold tax
ing habit, far to break it after we have
acquired it. To bear in mind steadily
the thought that we have within us q
life power to resist attacks of either
disease or weather Will actually devel-
op more and more of that very power.
1t is not necessary to tell women they
dress injudiciously in winter, for they
know it so well now it is no good telling
them. Because furs are handsome and
becoming women in arctic
skins their necks and throats. making
these always more n more tender and
susceptible to cold catching. That in
sidfous little rascal, the fur boa. is re-
sponsible for no small part of the cold
catching propensity. The right way is
to leave the throat unbgndled up so far
as is possible. The same is true Of the
head. Fur and wooden head covering,
except in extreme cold weather, makes
the hair fall out and weakens our natu-
raj power of self defense against cold
catching. Again, people who in winter
wear moderately warm clothing find
themselves more comfortable than
those who bundle themselves up like an
Eskimo. MARY GOULD LYLE.
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THE UNPLEASANT HABIT
OF CATCHING COLD.

NOU will agree that one of the
worst of mortal mans acquisi-
tions is the very bad habit of
taking cold. It is SO easy to glide into
and almost as difficult to get rid of as
the opium habit or the mother-in-law
joke. There is a mystery about catch
ing cold" too, that has never been
solved. The old superstition was that
the capture came from fresh air, par-
ticularly a fine, steady draft of it. Now
they say it comes from a microbe, but
who knows? Who knows anything?
The best way to avoid taking cold is
in youth to accustom oneself to all
kinds of atmospheric changes. This
can be done, and thus the individual
can be rendered comparatively immune
to "cold catching once Il girl deter
mined she would season herself to air
drafts. She began by letting air from
an open window blow upon her head at
night. AT first a slight cold came of
it, but by degrees she accustomed her
self to it till at length nothing was
pleasanter to her than to feel a gentle
win blowing in her face and ventilat-
ing her head.
Added to this, she wooed and won the
friendship of cold water. After a scrub
with the hot water and soap that are
necessary for cleanliness the girl
sprayed her body all over with cold
water, the colder the better. If no
shower bath was convenient she quick
ly poured the cold water over her from
a mus or cup, thus hardening the skin
thai the hot water had rendered ten
der. At length the feeling of cold water
dashed upon her steaming, warm skin
became a delight toe. The girl found as
she grew older that she scarcely tool
cold once in three wears
1 know a gentleman with a top head
quite guiltless of hair who can sit all
day with a draft from the window at
his back blowing directly upon his bald
spot and never contract a trace of in
huenza. He says he likes it. the gentle
current of friendly air playing over his
bald spot and cooling his brains.
This gentleman. too, deliberately sea
soned himself to air drafts.
As one grows older the victory is
more difficult to achieve yet it can be
done; also when one is in weak health
it is harder to triumph over the cold
taking habit, yet here again it can be
lone in time. The first hin in this
case is to build up the general health
by nourishing food, plenty of sleep. a
life as is possible.
The cold taking habit is like any 9TH
er; it must be broken off by an effort of
h viii, that, too, the most vigorous.
Indeed, we do not rely half enough on
the power of the will and mental proc
esses in securing good health.
To will with persistent determination
that we are not going to take cold goes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
THE sUscEpTIgLE BANANA.

The salient point for a h~ousekeeper
to remember when she happens to have
bananas in the house which are show
ing any tinge of green, says an author
ity on this useful fruit, Is that she must
treat the fruit pretty much as she
would a delicate child The banana is
particularly susceptible to chill, wheth-
er coming from a draft or from actual
low temnerat11re. The effect of a chill
on bananas is to rende them more or
less insfnid to the palate; hence they
should be placed in a room where the
temperature is never below Sc degrees
or above SIS degrees F. Above all
things, hey require to be protected
from a draft.
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and light of the great Townsend palace
She is a sparkling girl, merry as a lark,
brainy, too, and a clever writer.
And this is not the half OIL quarter
yea, not a tenth part-of the stunning
girls of Washington.
Powerful is the influence of the d
pendent American girls example, so
powerful that it is even to be followed,
timidly at first, then more courageous
ly, by the daughter of Sir Chentung
LANG Cheng. the Chinese minister.
After she learns more of English and
of western ways her father will let this
dainty little maiden enter Washington
society. She is nov seventeen years
old. CHARLOTTE VAN BECK.
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they now earn their
bread. the best people are their
friends still
This democraticness. the fact that in
our national capital any wSman. rich or
poor, who is a lady in the real sense of
the word. may move in the most de-
sirable social circle is. after all. the Sc
cret of the charm Of Washington So
ciety. The more cosmopolitan. the less
stupid That is the unvarying rule for
an individual or for society. A foolish
report originated recently in the brain
of an imaginative news spreader that
certain high nosed DANES at Weshing-
ton were about to form a self constitut-
ed jury to sit on all social claimants
and decide OF their fitness. Such a So
ctaI board would destroy all that now
makes our national capital the most
charming social center in civilization.
Besides that. the plan would not work.
American women would not submit to
it.
since the last season the cabinet So
ciaI circle has been changed somewhat.
Mrs. Victor H. Metcalf, wife of the sec
rotary of m and labor, is a
welcome addition. She is the
natron who ever filled the post of a
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man. likewise one of W~ashington's ia
nous hostesses.
Along with our home girls it is pleas
ant to note that several Spanish-Amer-
lean young ladies she luster on the
present Washington season. One of
them, Senorita Elisa Walker-Martinez,
is a blond, her type being somewhat
rare among women of Spanish blood.
Miss Walker Martinez a rose and
white complexion. with soft brown hair.
Her father is the Chilean minister to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

of the h young
women in Wash
ington society is
NJ i S S NJ a e
Townsend, whose
mother was the
daughter of the IA
nous Colonel Tom
Scott. the Pennsyl-
vania railroad man.
The fortune Miss
Townsend will in
herit is not much
short of $40, 900.
She is her parents
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There is n shade which ought to be
abolished from upholstery. 1t is a yell
lowish green It goes with nothing and
is a perpetual eyesore in a room. A
friend of mine has a beautiful mahog-
any set upholstered in this, and to save
her sou h cannot make anything go
with it.
Now that neck ruching has become
Indispensable to the well dressed wo-
man it is somewhat of an economy to
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She understands how to axe care of
herself as American girls do. which
makes her all the more attractive.
There, too, is the Peruvian minis
ter's daughter, Senorita Elena Cal
deron, a beauty of the dark type,
with large eyes, straight eyebrows and
classic features. Senorita Calderon,
though so dark, is only half Spanish,
her mother having been Miss Yarnall of
Philadelphia There are nearly a dozen
of the family when they are all home.
Mime. Calderon having had nine chill
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Ermine san Reians.

Ermine is still the thing in spite of
cheap limitations. But one good point
about this fur is hat you can see the
difference right away between the gen
uine article and it's limitations.
The surplice effect, gathered very full
into a wide belt, promises to be a smart
feature Of spring and summer gowns.
I am sure that any mode which fastens
in front ought to be welcome.
Shawl shaped capes of cloth and also
those of fur are useful for spring cos
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
BRILLIANT WOMEN
OF WASHINGTON

RHE real social center of the
United States. in winter at
least. is the national capital.
Even the millionaire of New
Yorks fashionable set now considers it
necessary to have a house in Washing
ton. where his family remain during the
season, from Jan. 1 to the beginning of
Lent. In the diplomatic corps there can
be. found the most courteous and &C
complished members of the court cir
cles of Europe. There in the higher de-
partments of the government service
are men distinguished the world over
for scientific attachments. To Wash
ington. too, wend their way the most
famous men and women who come to
our country from foreign lands.
Women at the capital play a more
Important part in society thar else
where in America. From all over the
country, east, west, north, south, gather
the wives and daughters of cabinet
ministers and congressman, women fire.
quently beautiful and accomplished. It
has been said time and again that no.
where else in the world can be found
together in one city so many brilliant
and attractive women as one meets in
Washington during the season. Here
may be seer the American girl at her
best and prettiest.
There is yet remaining in the national
capital enough of the easy, gracious old
southern element to keep out of its So
cial gatherings the stiffness and form
atty so painful always to the new
conner
Then, too. and best of all, the gay.
brilliant society of Washington is really
the most democratic of any refined So
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toque. is not worn as much as the pic.
ture shape of fine French felt. In black.
turned up on one side and trimmed
with two hite feathers, this is ultra
smart. A very chic model was also seen
in dull red trimmed with several ruches
of cerise ribbon and a center uch of
salmon pink. On one side were two
deep red roses of the shade of the felt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
A CROSS

An Italian who had painted a sue
cessful picture of one of the king of
Slams wives from a photograph re-
ceived the grand cross of the Siamese
crown a a mark of his majesty's favor.
This cross" said the king graciously,
entities you to marry twelve wives 1t
is a distinction 1 seldom confer, so 1
hope you will make good use of it,
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tunes n for
evening and car
riage e dur
ing the winter.
S 0 m e m e S
bands of fur
are combined in
this way with
lace and strips
of bias velvet.
This makes a
very chic wrap,
especially when
it is carried out
in chinchilla and
c I e a m l a c e.
Nowadays the
d G p a t m G mt
stores are sell
ing fitted silk
Innings S,
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the United states,
also to Mexico. The
young lady was ed
ucated g in
Paris and speaks
English, French and
Spanish.
Senorita Aspiroz,
daughter of the
Mexican minister.
also speaks English
perfectly. but that
is not strange, since
IL - T
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SOME MORE ABOUT MARRIAGE.

There is no doubt that, at all events
so far as the moneyed and leisured
classes are concerned, girls of today are
by no means bent on early matrimony.
Throughout last eason by far the
larger number of brides were from
twenty-six towel. upward is a polite
way of putting it. They have such a
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She cats alone,

buy it by the box, and, besides, one is
sure always to have it on hand. A box
containing three neck lengths sells for
as low as As cents White, pale blue,
pale pink and lavender are used.
All the reddish orange and rose
shades are ultra smart in hats, gowns
and ever wall paper.
The velvet hat, except in the small
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do any good. and she takes the philo-
sophical view that one hot meal is bet
ter thar two cold ones. Result, she
practically always eats alone.
It's funny that some men don't realize
the worry and the they
aus in little things.
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ClGll III the WOIiu.
This is owing chiefly
to women. In gov
ernment ~clerkships
at the capital are
many widows and
daughters of public
men hish in their
esteem.
These ladies, gently
bred, well educated,
always did move
among the best peo-
pie and in Wash
rw.-N@~ - ~
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he must do he
needs a shave
it will only take
a ninute-or he
wants to change
his collar or
get into his
slippers - any
{ h g, in a
word. that will
delay his meal
fro m t e to
twenty-five min
utes. And that
is enough to
spoil it, as any
n knows.
His wife used
to wait for him,
but now she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

F there is anything which makes a
good cooks heart ache it is to see
her dishes get cold before they are
n eaten. 1 know a man-Otherwise
a mode for his sex-who eve sits
down to dinner when it is called. At
the last moment, as his wife is proceed
ing to the table, he thinks of something
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which must be a great help to the home
dressmaker.
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an Al three x : te qaughter q M. an Mrs ohn I. Rockefeller are married
o@ an IN 1907 x h ana Mrs Parnelee Prentice Mrs. Mccormick is tho
only me who cares for society. INC she is not absorbed in its Whit -
80 ~, mo wa WIS besse Rockefeller, resembles her mother. her face wear
= me same expression of strength. hrmness and nservatis Mrs s+on~
of Chicago. PSD"@S !" ue University
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-01-27

toward making a success Of the social
season.
1t is conceded by authorities on
beauty that the American girl sur
passes any of her foreign sisters IN
that respect, and this granted, il IS
only natural that Washington. the ma
TONS capital. should be the mecca of
The most beautiful and most delight
full women in the world. Through the
meeting of famous personages. from
all over the world. with American Ia
dies at the capital the beauty Of u
women has become known IN every
corner of the earth.
Just recently has Washington dis
tinguished itself as a social center,
and it has of late years begun 20 riva'
even New York as the winter home
of the nations elite. Congress brings
many brilliant people u Washington.
IT'S attraction proves to many others
too enticing 10 b. resisted, with the
consequence that very soon tie city
will be recognized as the most popular
winter resort OF the society dame and
damsel, in he world. Many society
men. also, who have previously found
New York their most desirable home,
are nov to be see at the capitals
big social functions.
Among the shining lights OF the So
cial season at Washington are Miss
Hildegarde McKenna. Miss Pansy
Bloomer. Miss Diana Morgan Hill,
Miss Grace Peters. Miss Evelyn Walsh.
Miss Israel anC Miss Anita Poor.
Miss Evelyn Walsh possesses the
distinction Of being the leading de-
butante OF the easOn in the city, and
also the most gifted one by both ma
ture and fortune. Although only IT,
she has Developed great personal
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-01-27
WASHINGTON BELLIES
YOUNG SOCIETY LEADERS OF
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The City a Center Of Beauty and Cul-
ture-Daughters Of Public Men
in All Departments Are
Popular.

Complaints are continually coming
from society danes of Washington
that tell Of the lack of desirable men.
One statesman in speaking OF tins
want in this line declares that the rea-
son why the need is so greatly felt is
because the women at the national
capital so far surpass the men in both
numbers and quality that the males
actually seem undesirable and insight
icant in comparison. At no place in
the country can II find such cream
OF society as is to be seen at Wash
ington. The national capital abounds
in women of unusual charms and pos
scssing all the requirements which 20
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-01-27

charm. and this, with her high family
connections, promise 10 make .er the
leader of her set. At present the roung
lady is in Paris. where she Is adding
the finishing touches u an already OK
callent education. Miss Walsh is the
only daughter of Thomas f Walsh,
the Colorado millionaire, and in view
of her coming debut her father has
built for his Washington home one 0t
the most beautiful paIaceS that the
capital ever saw.
Miss Grace Peters daughter N Com
mander Peters. Of the navy, is honored
by being acknowledged as the belle Of
Washington's army and navy SCI
From the day the young lady made
her debut, her social career has been
of a brilliant meteoric variety. due.
FOR the most part. to her decided beau
", graceful air and breezy manner
No other girl in Washington is
more often invited Ia assist in receiy-
Ing Al functions than Miss Anita Poor
and a social event is almost incom-
plete without her presence. Miss Foor
Possesses a beauty which might be
called "daz7 ing, and her a~iriness and
breczincss ,.ass her in the small circle
Of really famous beauties. Charity is
one of Miss Poor's themes, and during
the social season she has made her
self prominent in connection with sew
eral eyeats with Iris end in view,
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STATEN ISLAND
RAPID TRANSIT r. +.

Time table in effect on and after October 8, 1904
Perth Amboy to New York-Lesyes foot Of
Smith street, daily except Sundays and Legal
Holidays, . Is, 6.12, 6.5S, 7.}3, S.83, = 90, sos.
s.5j, 9.55, II % a. M. 1855, $50. $50, S.H, 4Sl,
$50 Gag, 1.55, 300. 10 ~, Ills p nj
Sundays and Legal Holidays.
Co. 7.55. s.55, 9.55, 10.55, 11.55 q. m. 1855, is.
2.55. 3.55. 4.5o. $50, Csc. $50, 9.d0p M.
New York to Perth Amboy Leave foot of
Whitehall Street. daily except Sunday and
Legal Holidays. 5.55, SIS, 500. 800. 1000, II 90.
a. m. 1890. 1850. 80. $50. 4.30. 30. $50. 5.45,
U.Il, GH1, 5.3e, $50, sac. HOS, p. IN. 1925 a. MT.
sundays and Legal Holidays.
90. 900, 1000, 100, 2. M ZOO noon. 100, zoo,
500, 4t0. 800. 6.o1. 100. S.01 @ ltO5 p. m.
Ferry between Perth Anboy and Tottenville-
Leave Perth Anbuy-
x5l5. xG.l2. G.32. E6.sS, KISS. rs %, xS.55. 9.25,
Na.55. 1880. XIl.2a. q m, 1913. Xl2.5a, Xl.Jl,
" %. X3.5j. N4.3l, Ass. N5.3J. tNp, EG-42. go,
100. KISS, X9O0, 100. Nlo.SU. N-lla. T. m, lH.3y
"a. IN.
Sundays and Legal Holidays, xG.21 6.f5, X S..
NS5j. X9.d5, Nlu.l1. Nll.a5, a. IN. Nle 50. Nla-.
x2.el. N3s3. N45J, MOOD, S5.5+ N',"J' $50, N'.tu,
1850, 11.4O p. n.
leave Tottenville daily xl.30. 5.55, 6.A. G42.
N7.lO, as, xSl2, * 10. $40, Xlo05. Nl105 a. m,
xf2.C5. 12.40. KISS, x2.S5. N3.S1, 4l0. Xi.S7. $40,
MIST. NG.2O. NG.55, XIII. x14O, xS.87. x9.S1,
lO1j. NlO.45 p. m, X1210. Xl.30 a. N.
Sundays and Legal Holidays,*G. $50, 7.15, Ks 10, go,
N1u.10. xi1.10a m, N12.i0. II 10, X2.f0, X3.10,
N4f0. NJIG, NG.lO, X7.lO. NS.lo, X9l0, xl012,
lO.45 p M, xi2 ~ "A. IN.
illegal holidays only. tWil run holidays
xhas Train Connection. but not sundays.
GEO. j. BROWN,
Genl Traffic Ag
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-01-27
PUBLIC sEsWcE TIME TABLE.

Effective Jan. p, 1903.
Cars leave Railway Junction for Railway Re
formatory ev cry 80 minutes from $40 a m. unit
ll.4g y M
Cars leave Railway Junction for Woodbridge
Greek every hour from $40 a. m. until HOP. M.
connecting with New Brunswick cars Is after
the hour. 40 D. IN. car from Railway junction,
last car that makes connections for New
Brunswick
Cars leaving New Brunswick at 545 a. N and
every hour until So ? IA. connect With car Tor
Sewaren. Woodbridge, Railway and Westteid.
Cars leaving Perth AMboy ferrN ut 800 a m
and every hour until 9jI b. m. 'len 10 AZ 2 ~.
and li.42 p. m conn ct Tor seWaren, Wood
bridge. Railway and Westieiu.