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was distressed. Then some one adj
vised her to apply to DR.. Pussy for
adviceb He told her sternly that it
was not her duty to try to ascertain
the truth, but to do and believe what
she was told. This was the final blow,
and from that day she thought for her
self, right or wrong.
She refused at length to go to her
husbands church and listen to his
sermons. To pretend to believe in the
public ministrations of a man who was
an evil tempered, selfish, petty tyrant
at home was more than her honest, in
dependent nature could endure. She
began to write; she became a free
thinker, driven thereto apparently by
the treatment of her husband. To
cover up the scandal of having a wife
who would not attend his church and
would not accept him as her legal,
mental and spiritual director Rev.
Frank Besant and his family tried to
have this wife pronounced insane.
Naturally a separation followed. Mrs.
Besant took her little daughter and
went out to earn bread for both. For
a time she did domestic work, was
nurse, governess and head cook in a
family. receiving in return board and
lodging for herself and child.
Neither kitchen nor nursery, how
ever, was wide enough to hold Annie
Besant. Theologically, she had been
driven from one extreme to. another,
from high church ritualist to beiiev-
| ing in no creed at all. She became a
member of the British National Secu-
/ lar society. Thus she met Charles
Bradlaugh and became hiss assistant in
writing, speaking and working.
| Next Nine. Blavatsky, founder of the
theosophical society. met her and ex-
| pounded oriental doctrine to her, con-
! vincing her of tits truth. Honest to
the core, Annie Besant, to the general
amazement, Chopped" into theosophy
| She was theneeforth the right hand OF
| Nine Blavatsky during the latter's
| lifetime. Since Nine. Blavatsky's death
Mrs. Besant has naturally dropped in
to the leaders place. She has crossed
! the ocean to America many times an6
then crisscrossed our continent, ex-
pounding the doctrines of her cult
which are universal brotherhood, the
unfolding of the hidden powers of mar
i and the study of oriental languages
| and literature.
Twenty years ago Annie Besant, In
! England, was jeered at, scorned an6
/ prosecuted. Now her name is men
| toned at least with respect. Few liv-
| ing persons of either sex have done
more humanitarian work than she has
/ She is a woman of indomitable cour-
age, Industry and perseverance, an en-
/ thusiast through and through. She
| lives the simple life, believing thai
/ everything beyond 3 moderate supply
of material things interferes with and
/ retards mans nobier progress.
Each time she comes to us her hail
| is little grayer, but the same fire Of
enthusiasm is in her eye.
/ LILLIAN GRAY.
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ness reused first incredulous wonder,
then storm of indignant tears and
after a time proud. defiant resistance,
cold and hard as IRON"
With tender and gentle treatment.
Annie Besant thinks she might in time
have made fair imitation of the
proper conventional clergyman's wife.
Then Annie Besant might never have
become the high priestess of theoso-
ply, might never even have been heard
of at all She. would have endured
with grim resignation the frightful
dullness of the women who surrounded
her in her husbands parish. But her
husbands treatment of her scared
and outraged" her from the first, and
at length all the dauntless, independ-
ent, intellectual woman rose in re-
bellion with a power that even she had
not suspected before that she pos
seSsed.
The first shaking of her theological
faith came when she began to wonder
whether there could be anything in a
church that permitted such man as
Rev. Frank Besant to be minister of
the gospel. She began to doubt and
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Of course I'm putting it a bit strong,
but the idea was that the superiority
of the college son or daughter made
itself felt at this time of the year, when
the colleges close and turn loose their
products to educate those who patient
ly toiled in order that they might have
an education.
The author pictured mother and IA
Their impatiently awaiting the home
coming of Johnny and Susie only to find
John gazing supereiliously at his IA
TIERS ancient clothes and habit of eat
ing with his knife and Susie shudder-
ing at the motto in scarlet and purple
wool over the mantelpiece.
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vain. A wife's one redress is to master
her husband, and it is never pleasant
to any true hearted woman to feel that
she has to master her husband in order
to live comfortably with him. The
man who never praises his wife viii
find fault on every possible occasion.
It is the easiest thing in the world to
find fault-easier than the proverbiaI
sliding downhill. Il gets to be q habit
with some men, and they are hardly
conscious when they are exercising It,
Why cannot a man show his wife
that he appreciates her efforts to please
hin? Why cannot he praise the pud-
ding of his wife as well as the cooking
of her neighbor, Mrs. Jones? Why
cannot he speak kindly of her pie and
c1aritably of her sponge cake? Why
cannot he say that the new hat is be-
coming to the face of the woman who
loves him? Kind words make his wife
happy, and every man should bestow
them. Then he will find that the gen
eraI run of affairs in his household will
be smoother all round.
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learn it's lessons of spiritual develop
ment. Spiritual development is the OBJ
5eet of human existence, according to
Mrs. Besant and thecsophy.
A recent book by Mrs. Besant is call
ed "Ancient Wisdom" a resume of the
doctrines advocated by theosophists.
In a lengthy introduction to the volume
the author shows the points of resem-
blance among all the worlds great re-
ligions, such as Reconsideration, We
dantism, Judaism and the theology
taught by the priests of ancient Egypt.
The record goes as far back as the
history of man has been traced.
Far more intel esting to the general
reader than the history of ancient re-
ligions CT any kind. however, is the
story of Annie Besant herself She
was born in London, Oct l, 1S47. Her
mother was too poor to educate the
little girl, so she was taken in hand by
Miss Marryat, daughter of the novel
Est. Miss Marryat was rich and was
q good friend of the child's family.
Annie was brilliant and precocious in
teIlectually and of a deeply religious
nature besides. In early girlhood and
mp to her marriage at the age of TWEEN
~ to Rev. Frank Besant she was an
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~~ HERE has been an attempt
this summer to make a certain
coral shade fashionable, but it
n has not succeeded. Red is
itself a winter color, and it always
looks hot and out of place on a warm
day. The nearest approach to it that
can be worn during the summer months
is an old rose, and this is extremely
pretty made up in pongee and trimmed
with tiny black buttons.
On the other hand, have you noticed
how much blue - being made up into
half a dozen new shades, every one of
them pretty. For the brunette there is
3 pale baby blue that comes in linens,
and the deep rich blue which is suit
able in veilings. Then there are all
the intermediate shades for the brown
haired woman, ending in a light cadet
blue for the blond. Blue is eminentIy
suitable for the summer. It harmo-
nizes with the waters and the skies.
Have you noticed how much checked
silk is being used as dress and suit
trimming? I have in mind an open
work blue wolfe made up over a check
ed silk taffetta and trimmed with bands
of checked silk, black and white braid
and tiny black silk buttons.
The coat is cut short, with round
corners. 1t is outlined with the braid,
which is shirred slightly by means of
a hidden cord. The sleeves are puffs,
ending at the elbow in wide bands of
checked silk outlined by the braid. The
Wotch the sales In the Sunday papers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01
An Example In Alteration.

Take the case of muslin gown. Sup
pose it is made with long, unbecoming
sleeves and scarcity of trimming.
Well, it is very easy to cut the sleeves
short and ornament them with frills of
lace. The collar may be removed.
making the gown collarless, and an ex-
ira row of valenciennes or two may
be sewed on the skirt. Then, with a
lowered ribbon belt or a wide fitted
girdle, the little costume is transform
ed. A lot of work? Yes, perhaps, but
think what the dress would have cost
had you given it to the dressmaker, or
just imagine the labor of cutting it out
and putting it together in the first
place if you had made it.
No, ready made things, changed a
trifle, are certainly best for the woman
who wants a good deal for little
money.
1 read an article recently in which
the author grew weepy over the fact
that this is the time of the year when
the college graduate returns home to
sneer at his or her parents, as the case
might be.
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back on your own school days and
answer honestly just how much your
studies influenced you unless it was to
make you wish you were grown up so
that there wouldn't be any more of
them?
You were influenced, but not by your
studies. 1t was the novels you read.
When you devoured Scott you wanted
to be a medieval knight fighting
Journeys and killing Saracens with
great renown. Later on, under the in
f1uence of Stevenson and others less
classic. you fancied yourself a pirate,
perhaps even a female pirate, in some
blessed land where women's rights
f1ourished to the extent of letting you
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Adams, the one which Daniel Webster
puts into the patriots mouth. Webster
himself uttered the famous words Out
of his own head in an address de-
livered in 1925 and said he seemed to
hear John Adams speaking them. But
can any of you tell me-
The presidents gavel fell "Time
has expired" said she. AS the ladies
Of the Clio club passed out one OF
them said to her chum:
How would it do to take up Ameri
can history next year,"
JANE MOSES.
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connected with progress. and must the
good always be slow and narrow?
Goodness knows it would seem so
from some specimens! am afraid
the mother of the college girl who is
so much to be pitied is one of those
women who believe that to be married
and to have a family is to be dead and
that while she is tout of it, she will
give her daughter the chance to learn
things it is too late for her to acquire.
Why too late? Why shouldn't she
have the same chance as her daughter?
Free chances of education are all about
her, and if she doesn't progress it is
because she won't, not because she
can't. AS for being too old, the idea!
Some of the worlds best work has
been accomplished by men and women
of over forty, in spite of Professor
OsIer. I can't help thinking, though,
that the professor had in mind some
of these men and women who remain
old fashioned and unprogressive be-
cause they are too old" to learn new
things.
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do the same things as the boys. Still
later on perhaps you even had an at
tack of charitable fervor after reading
of some benefactor of humanity, and
you wanted to go among the lepers
like Father Damien, or at least to work
in the Slums.
You were all these characters in
turn according to the books you read.
Now, why not use this spirit of emula-
ton in children to its best advantage?
Why not give child books as a doctor
prescribes pil1s-to the boy who is a
SISSY" pirate tales, for instance, or
Indian stories, the bloodier the better;
to the girl who is sentimental, stirring
deeds of heroism and self reliance; to
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survive or perish, am for the Decla-
ration. It is my living sentiment, and
by the blessing of God it shall be my
dying sentiment-indepen now,
and independence foreveri'"
At once several hands were raised.
"Who?s asked Miss Irwina- And the
answer came, distinct, decided:
John Adams!"
"Well, no. replied Miss Irwina, her
eyes and mouth looking as though she
would like to laugh, although her head
maintained a solemn pose. at was
only the imaginary speech of John
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01
eouvERNEUR NORRIS REQUEST.


Among the anecdotes which a BIZ
ographer tells of Gouyerneur Morris, the
famous statesman, is the following
story of pleasant and witty badinage.
When Morris was about to leave for
Europe on one occasion dinner was
given by one of his friends, at which
Bishop Moore and his wife were pres
ent.
Among other things that passed in
conversation, Mr.. Morris observed that
he had made his will in prospect of go
ing abroad and, turning to Bishop
Moore, said to him:
my reverend friend. L. have be-
queathed to you my whole stock of i'm
pudence-"
"Sir, you are not only very kind, but
very generous; you have left me by
far the largest portion of your estate, -
replied the bishop.
To which remark Mrs. Moore prompt
ly added:
my dear, you have come into the
possession of your Inheritance remark
ably soon.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01
Annie Besant
THINKER. STUDENT AND WORKER

Episcopalian of the most high church
type.
Here is the kind of husband she got:
"a man with very high ideas of a
husbands authority and a wife's sub
mission, holding strongly to the mas
term my own house theory; think
ing much of the details of home ar
engagements, precise, methodical, easily
angered and with difficulty appeased.' .
On her part she says: 81 had never
had a harsh word spoken to me, never
been ordered to do anything, had had
my way smoothed for my feet and
never a worry had touched me. Harsh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01

- NE of the photographs of
Annie Besant shows her with
her arm around the neck of
- her daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Scott, while that daughters arm is
about her own little child, Muriel, sit
ting upon Mrs. SCOTS lap.
In the serene, uplifted and uplifting
face of Annie Besant, the grandmother,
there is little trace of the rough road
over which this stormy soul has trav-
eled to reach mental peace and rest.
LaYater would have called that face a
tremendous one, full of power, courage
and illumination. The features are fine
and strong; the white hair is swept
back from the splendid brow. But the
eyes are most remarkable. They are
not looking at anything on the ma.
terial plane, not even at the beloved
daughter and grandchild. They seem
to be gazing at something beyond the
ken of mere physical vision.
The high prfestess of theosophy be-
heves she has found in it's teachings
truth and illumination. At the same
time she finds in the ancient religions,
among which she has been delying and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01
And Mamma and Papa.

Well, there is good deal of truth in
that, and sympathy will be, of course,
on the parents side But why did they
not also try to learn something new
and move along with the times, the
same as their offspring2 Don't tell
me they didn't have the chance-in
this age of progressive clubs, maya
zines and schemes for making house
work easy. Is it necessary for father
to eat with his knife; and won't the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01
PRAISE FOR The WIFE.

Apparently there are some men in the
world who think their wives are the
only people they know who do not want
hearty appreciation of their work. The
man of this description is usually a
self sufficient creature, but there are
many men who without meaning any
unkindness take all things for granted.
The wife of the unappreciative man
is a woman whom no old maid should
envy. for her loving toll seems. all in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01
HIGHEST sALARIED WOMAN.

The woman whose annual earnings
are the largest of any of her sex, prob
ably in the world is Miss Anna L.
Amendt, first assistant to one of the
vice presidents Of a leading life insur-
ance company. Miss Amends salary
is $4,000, and She gets $4,000 a year
from writing Insurance policies-S22,-
900 altogether.
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her opposite. the awkward young wom-
an who is strongminded and doesn't
care for men, the novels Of the
Duchess and poetry of the deepest
'mushiness." French novels even if
necessary to stop her dumping about
the house in fiat heeled shoes and
scorning the lighter attributes of her
sex?
Oh, it's a great scheme when you
pause to think of it! By its means
the swift can be made slow and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01
SILK AND BATIsTE FRocK.

The silk and batiste frock illustrated
is from an exclusive Partisan estab-
lishment. The fluffy full skirt is OF
embroidered white batiste trimmed
with tiny ruf11es of the plain material.
Over the embroidered batiste blouse is
a bolero jacket of white silk striped
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01

grubbing for years,
an unmis TAXA BILE
correspondence with
the teachings of the
early Christians.
Perhaps the corner
stone of theosophy
is the doctrine of
reincarnation - the
same soul being
born over and over
again into a success
sion of earthly bod
les in order that it
may gain all human
axnarianna and thus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01

If feeding ducks on celery affects
their taste why can't we use the same
principle in forming the infant mind?
But that is being tried in schools!"
1 hear some one say. I'VE teach the
children certain studies in order to
form their characters along certain
lines"
Yes, yes, my friend, but will you look
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01

Ladies' Parlor
Adviser tell
mother, if she
takes the time
to read it in
stead of gossip
ing over the
back fence, that
wool mottoe S
are out of date.
I wonder why
it is that the
good old people
supposed to be
the props and
the mainstays
of the nation
are usually be-
hind the times.
Are only bad
ness, unreliable
ity. dippancy.
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slow, swift, even
as a discerning
parental mind
sees ut.
Then I sup
pose we shall
hear something
like this if the
plan is put in
practice: Eyes,
I'm no good at
society, I know,
but that's be-
cause mamma
made a mistake
and mixed up my
course of read
ing with my
twin sisters. I
was to have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01

had nothing in ''''- '''1eS = ''''''''
literature that wasn't imported, and
instead I got her Pilgrims Progress
So unfortunate, wasn't it, both for her
and for me? I'm dead slow, and she
has been divorced three times al
readyl"
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gatoh the sales n the Sunday papers.

upper braid of the cuff is further en-
riched by a ruff1e of valenciennes lace
of the heavy German variety. There is
a little square collar of the checked
silk edged with the valenciennes and
studded with the little black buttons.
There is a wide girdle of the checked
silk. trimmed with a double row of
black buttons also.
The Necessary Girdle.
And, speaking of girdles, they have
become necessity of every smart
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1905-04-07

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bans Qnfgt, bet bleb roligt, MI imilte ban, ffoas
tenbe. Og ban fatte fig igen, pg rate 9aanoen freuS
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frifes alorig iaa baerbt, Tom naar be Itaar @niiat iii
4nFgt meb IgDbenOigbeben: ben Sboge ftrtoer imob %
gaar unber, ben b~irfelig StGrte bger fig for ben Dg seF
fig ben u~nberbanig Seq fer in9eu oglpOOenbiae
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ben, 1tont 9u ftte ier ben Pateren Iaa' ops os
nfbte Gorte3' Silt. 8egge imilte. oSda er 9u O9ftt
oberfor Dem 6er6emme Gpanien% fogbe 9ateren. Cor
te3 nittebe, Itdbig bittert %inien0e.
@erel1et fDfotes meb 8~efolingsmanb, meb SoIbdte.
meb 8lo8catanernes &a3iter: trifne Sufntnger. IaIebe
3unifaer, Strammer og Gaar og 8inb og a%fmugrebt.
f~orbaageoe Qnii9ter: bet bar, fbob Der tom famnen
@orte3 reite fig 6orf. Ola, 9ennerl" fcgoe ban, nnor
bar fortolt mig, at en- Del at Scr mener, bet er pau ait
at giDe 6ebningespoffet 8pen tilbage. Seq Bar DiGf
6gre ielp, ON bet er fanbt. 9g ba bet gatber life MIC
men bor feiierti9e Serre, faa bit ieg Gdoe 9uero ifrioe of
~ngjagtigt alt, boaO Der btper ioqt og bboO en6oer at Sr
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fun ct ene7e tort aaab: .Qfmorf6! Qfmarf6!"
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te3, mener Net o9 at jeg b6er mig life for nOss
nunOgaoetigt, men for mine SoIbuters enftemnige Bors
%lan9enoel Strio bibere, at jg befoler Qlon3O 4oire
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om til soGoaterne: oSuor9en DN6bo9 bar S at Dore
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til qoter OIme6o iagoe ban: Din @eGtgnelie, 5abrs
- bin 8efgnelie pber mig o9 oOer os oGe!"
SIR qateren, Tom ben iOite at 5oriamtin9en, forlas
@arelfet, rofe ban enbnu en- Sang GOrte3 for bans
geilutning Men Gorte8 6leo oeb at gua op Og mo.
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mig BIZ" mumfeoe ban, men jg fan life betoenme mtg
til Bet 81 pie bar ie9 ioIful0 enbnu @og9erds
Dem bill jeg forIt babe itubt al"