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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

She has sat in every
are IN poor taste chair before buying it.
worn by really well dressed people. The
keynote of good taste in dress is sim
plicity.
A woman I know whose home is a
model of artistic comfort says that she
has personally chosen every chair in it.
This means that she has sat in every
chair, not once, but many times, before
buying it. If more people would Sc
lect their furniture on this plan there
would be more comfort and good taste
in homes.
And speaking of furniture, it is GER
tainly a good thing that the parlor
set" is disappearing. Was anything
more unsatisfactory? A divan on which
no one could be hired to sit and chairs
replete with cheap veneer and SNOWY
upholstery. ''Sets" are still to be had
but thank goodness people no longer
consider mo home complete without
one" The time will soon come when tbs
set will disappear utterly, together
with the memory of companion" pic
lures and twin vases to match the clock
on the mantelpiece.
American homes are fast becoming
the equals in tasteful interior decora-
ton of any houses seen on the other
side. We are learning to avoid The
snowy things and to appreciate those
that are quiet, comfortable and in goot
taste. KATE CLYDE.
New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
The Little Fal LaIs.

Then here is another point A good
many women waste their money buy
ing accessories of dress-fancy ties.
fancy collars and fancy belts Now it
is wonderful how nicely one can get
along without these and how much bet
ter dressed one looks too.
Have your collars made a part of
your blouse waists and haste in boned
naousseline de sole foundations. Wear
embroidered wash belts with your wash
waists. You can make these yourself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
DO NAMES HAVE coLoRs 2

A recent writer declares that certain
colors are always suggested to him by
the sound of various feminine names.
To him the names of Mary, Iseult and
Margaret represent the purest white.
Chlorinda typifies a vivid red while
Jane, Henrietta and Gabrielle suggest
the softest gray to the visual sense.
Though the demon of jealousy is in no
way associated with Valeria, Bernar-
dine. Anastasia and Bertha, none the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
ssT OOK at these caricatures of mel
exclaimed a friend of mine as

IS " OOK at these caricatures of mel
exclaimed a friend of mine as
she pointed to a new lot OF
- photographs Of herself. Il
certainly am heartbroken, for take
the worst picture Imaginable"
"On the contrary. you ought to be
envied," replied a fair haired anaemic
looking woman. Nov, look at this
picture what do you think Of it?s
ooh. stunning" we all cried. who
is she?"
The picture represented an angelic
looking creature whose golden locks
hung down her shoulders and half yelled
her face. She looked about sixteen.
.'qWhO is she?" said the possessor of
the photograph. "Ah that's the bitter
part Of it! Ladies. that is a likeness OF
met"
And so it was.
Now she went on. people see this
picture, and then they are crazy to
meet me. and when they do 1 fall as fiat
as a badly cooked pancake. So much
for the tricks of the camera. When
people meet you they are agreeably
disappointed in the opposite direction,
and isn't that a great deal better?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

and the tailor made skirt at present is
thing requiring much exactness.
But if you cannot make your tailor
made costume or your best dress you
can certainly make your evening
froeks, especially with the soft ma
terials in vogue at present. In the
evening dress the principal considera-
ton is that the color shall be becoming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

If more women would remember that
more flies are caught with-a crop of
molasses than with a gallon of vinegar
there would be less unhappiness in this
world, and more work accomplished, for
the matter of that.
There are some women who are nat
ural born tyrants. They lay down the
law to every human being within a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
DANCING TAueHT IN scHooL

Pupils of the Stamford, Conn, public
schools are being taught the waltz and
twostep under the supervision of the
physical instructor. This course is in
tended to develop gracefulness bs;t the
work is optional.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

order to be well dressed. Now is the
time to make these, and in the spring
you viii be surprised to find that you
have quite a little sum saved toward
your tailor made costume.
The tailor made costume is the one
thing I do not approve of making at
home. 1t cannot be done satisfactorily
becaussstoo much pressing is required,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

mile of them.
They shrek or
ders at their
children and tell
their husbands
what they viii
and what they
will not stand
and all the time
the same results
might be OBJ
tanned in a gem
tie, dfgnffe q
manner without
any shock to the
nerves.
W ON en- like
that wonder why
their children
have bad tenn
49,. ar.l - L.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

father had had in addition, this sum
was wasted by him, and the daughter
had at the age of three and twenty to
settle down to keep him for the rest of
his life out of the money she earned
with her pen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

them. They are astOnished when their
husbands use Language" and forget to
show them the little courtesies they
We're i'm the habit of extending before
marriage. There is no place that re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

less does the author Of the article aver
that these names conjure up visions Of
the brightest green.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
A CREATION IN OLD ROSE.

The costume illustrated is Later
riere creation in old rose cloth. The
empire coat is adorned with embroid-
cred bands done in old rose tones with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

a touch of pastel green. The skirt is
of velvet and the neck empiecement of
net lace. The sleeves are particularly
attractive with their shoulder puffs.
gauntlet cuffs and lace frills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

and they will last
forever. For a
dressy waist or
costume there is
nothing so eff
fective as a wide
girdIe of shirred
bias silk or rib
bon, and this
need not be ex-
pensive.
In a word, you
will learn to do
without nearly
all the extra
tufts and frills.
Half of them are
too perishable to
be of real value /;
the other half
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

today
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
Peoples Sovereignty.

In Great Britain they have system
Of "heckling' candidates for parlia-
ncnt. The candidate stands up be-
fore the people and they fire questions
at him ad ibitum. It is terrifying
process to all but praeticed campaign
ers. hut the English value it highly as
means of learning the truth, The
questioning of aspirants for office. in
this country has never proceeded thus
far. When man addresses political
meeting it is. assumed that the platform
sis his. If the people do not like his
sentiments or are unconvinced by his
arguments, they leave the hall quietly,
or if they remain they indicate by their
lack Of interest in his remarks a cold
ness toward his candidacy, which is
Immediately recognized. What is known
in America as a g FROST is much more
blighting than a" heekling" can pos
sSbly be- ... ,Sa,
But America Is not without means of
ascertaining the beliefs Of the candi.
date. The newspapers question pretty
severely and the opposition is not slow
to examine him as to his record on the
issues. There has also grown up in
tho country another system Of cues.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
By w. p. x,

/. A FASHION RUTTERFLY's BENEv-
oEENcE FOR OTHER FASHION BUT.
is hard to interest the
gay and thoughtless throng in matters
spiritual. Spiritual things can't be seen
and fashion butterflies live to be seen.
But In The Vision Of Savoy, by Wini-
fred Graham, author of ''Wickedness in
High Places ETC., is told the story of
one such chronological specimen who rec
ognized her own and her fellows needs
She is pictured as sort of sublimated
Lady Kitty, bent upon having her own
way and slipping the sweets of life but es-
Gaping It's faint. She is too good for the
world of fashion or for the. world in gen
eral, and dies young but leaves her for
tune to a nephew with instructions to find
way to dc something for her class. The
experiment Of the nephew and its results
are the chief interest Of the book, but
one has become SO thoroly interested in
Jane, the good butterfly, by the time the
experiment is revealed, that he wishes
Jane might have been spared to try her
own experiments. Had she been, the lat
ter part Of the story would have had a
stronger grip on the reader certainly. AS
1t Is, there is food for thought in the
book.
Fleming H. Revell company, New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
Perkins Must Stand Trial.

= In, the rush. Of events it may. have
been overlooked that Justice Green
baum dismissed Mr.. George w. Perkins
writ of habeas corpus, which means
that George w. Perkins must 60 before
jury on a charge of grand larceny.
. u The learned justice brushed aside the
plea that criminal intent had not been
shown with the remark the question of
intent is. for the jury. AS to the plea
that Perkins had no control of the
funds of the New York Life company"
and could not have abstracted them, the
Justice said that upon Perkins as a
trustee can affirmative, active and
vigilant duty devolved" and that "a
co-trustee cannot assume an attitude of
passivity when he knows Of improprie-
ties Of his associates without coming
equally under the law Further the
! :jistice declared that "t the receipt by
one trustee from another with full
of funds belonging to a. trust estate is
| a crime, and the intent can be inferred
from the act.'
The opinion Of Justice Greenbaum is
clear and broad. Of it's moral fibre
there can be no question. OF it's legal
soundness there is no doubt in the
minds Of those who believe law is but
the embodiment Of the common sense of
justice.
It is true that Mr.. Perkins did not
go to the New York Life treasury and
take the money, He handed his own
money to Mr.. Bliss on the strength of
an understanding with Mr.. Mccall that
he should be repaid. He was repaid
by a check upon the funds Of the COM
| pany. But Perkins in addition to be-
ing an agent of the republican national
committee was a trustee of the New
York Life company and the justice lays
it down as the law that where trustee
abstracts funds from the treasury of
the company which he was supposed to
protect a crime is committed and that
other trustees having guilty knowledge
Of the fact become equally guilty if
they assume an attitude Of passivity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
SEEK DULUTH ENTRANCE
RAINY R1vER ENGINEERS WORK
/ BETWEEN VIRGINIA AND HEAD
OF LAKES.

Special to The Journal
Duluth, MINI, April 25.-A crew Of
engineers have begun work on the ling
of the Duluth, Rainy River & Winnipeg
railroad south from Virginia to Duluth.
and is working under orders to run as
direct a line as possible between the
two places. 1t is not expected, how;
ever, that the work of constructing
the southern extension Of the road will
be begun this year.
Construction on the north end has
begun and men are being shipped
northward from here daily.
About 800 men are now at work OF
the border extension and soon the mum
Der will be increased to at least l ,0o0
Conditions are yet far from ideal fol
railroad construction work in tn,
woods. and it will take some time I'd
get things into shape for rapid tracI
laying.
If the extension this way is built
some difficulty is anticipated in obtain
ing right-of- way into the city
Rights -ofway have been pretty wei
taken up, and but little room is left fo;
| new road. By close figuring, how
over, room for the necessary termina,
facilities may be found.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25

t1onlhg, which is more severe than any
yet put in practice. This is the process
of forming clubs or conferences de-.
voted to some one purpose, and de-.
handing categorical answers from the
candidate whether he stands for this
or that reform. 'a.- r
This plan evidently has been adopted
by the Federation Of Labor, which has
recently gone into politics. 1t calls
it a. political annex, "The Peoples
Sovereignty league,' and the People g
Sovereignty league, assuming that it
is the people, is preparing to question
candidates for congress and the legis-
'lature- 1t strikes one that this SOW
ereignty league is somewhat arrogant
in the expression Of it's sovereignty. It
brooks no dissent from it's conclusions.
1t takes ten lines to state question
and gives the candidate half a line to
reply yes or no. Here is question No. /:
If elected to congress, will you vote
to establish Immediately in the nation
an efficient system whereby the people
tives, the system to consist of the adj
visory initiative and referendum until
constitutional amendment for the in
itiative and referendum can be brought
forward and acted upon; the details
of the advisory system to conform in
the main to the measures we herewith
1nclose? Bear in mind that a refusal
to promise to vote for an efficient sys-
tenn whereby the people may instruct
their representatives will be a fiat.
footed and open reputation Of the PEG.
pies right to self government
IT its modesty does not commend this
"question it would be -fruitless to call
attention to any of it's other charms.
The candidate is requested to answer a
question which involves something fair
ly debatable and is notified in advance
that If he says no, he not only denies
the righteousness of the referendum
but attacks the constitutional right Of
government itself. :.
IT the Peoples Sovereignty league
had not already closed the debate it
might be proper to call attention to the
fact that the proposal to establish the
Initiative and referendum is the very
thing to be discussed. 1t brings up
the question whether this government
is a representative government or a
pure democracy. There are many rea
sens to suppose that the instruction OF
representatives. would not work in =
country as large as America. There are
many arguments why it should not BIZ
attempted outside of the condensed
city communities, and even there the
results of the referendum have been az
frequently criticized as commended.
In assuming once and for all that il
has settled the question by stating il
the Peoples Sovereignty league ap
pears to have advanced beyond 1T.
province. If this is a fair sample o.
the political methods to be pursued b,
the Federation Of Labor it has some ex
rerience ahead of it before it sur
mounts all the obstacles in the WA,
Of the brand Of peoples sovereignt,
which it has copyrighted in the cheer
full spirit of the three tailors of Too
ley street. l. -. .- ~.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25

are prepared to do your part, in build
ing up the navy of the present. Other
wise you have no right to claim lot or
part in the glory, honor and renown OF
the navy's past.
In times of peace exhortations of this
character often fall upon deaf ears,
sometimes upon ears that resist and re.
sent the sentiment expressed, but in
times of distress and danger, in the
face of threatened war, there is no need
to apologize for preparedness to meet
the emergency; and no one has bet
ter right in, these days to plead the
argument Of preparation than the very
man who, as assistant secretary of the
navy, demanded and secured appropria-
tions sufficient. to enable our gunners
to learn how to shoot before the out
break of the Spanish-American war.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
On Being Ready for Trouble.

In his speech at Annapolis yesterday
the president s enthusiasm carried him
beyond his premeditated effort into an
extemporaneous and forcible advocacy
of preparedness for trouble. He had
been talking about the, exhibitions,sof
patriotism suggested blythe event-the
formal interment Of 1.-The remains Of
John Paul Jones-and called attention
to the fact that our parsimony in not
preparing an adequate navy in 1872
cost us seriously at that time.
In speaking of the destruction of
Washington by an inconsiderable force
Of 1000 men, he said:> IT am sorry
to say that those of our countrymen
who now speak of those deeds usually
confine themselves to ydenouncing the
British for having burned certain build
ings in Washington. They had better
spare their breath. The sin Of the in
vaders in burning the buildings was
trivial compared with the sim of our
| own people in failing to make ready
an adequate force to defeat the at
| tempt. Let us remember our own short
comings and see to it that the men in
| public life today are not permitted tc
bring about state Of things (which
we should in effect invite "a repetition
fof such a humiliation. You who ap
plaud patriotic sentiments and do hon
or to dead heroes should see to it that
your energies do not exhaust them
selves in words And then, as if he
had the members of congress before
him, he said: "Those Of you who are
in public life have smoral right to be
here today only on condition that you
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
STEAMSHIP AGENTS LOSE
Soo's Gut in Passenger Rates May Lea
to Other Reductions.

The Northwestern road, beginnin
tomorrow, will meet the 500 lines 81
second-class rate from Minneapolis t
points east. East of Chicago the rat
will apply over the Grand Trunk t
Montreal.
The $18 rate will receive considers
ton at a special meeting of the West
Chicago. The reduction from the 50
rate. the present regular basing figure
if adopted generally by the wester+
lines, will simply cut the STEAMSHIP
agents out of their regular commission
A lively rate war, extending to first
class privileges, is considered possibl
unless matters are adjusted at once.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THIN
Sauce for the Gamblers.
EIi&or of TLa To,,-.I

To the Editor of The Journal.
Noting the anxiety Of our mayor for
general cleaning UP of the city and tt
concurrent anxiety Of the real estat
agents for the same result it might /
we'll for the agitators to drink Of the Gu
Of their own preparing. The mayor is him
self real estate agent, and 1t require
no great powers of deduction to assign
motive for the cleanup policy of the 9th
er agents.
While the owners of homes are cleanin
up their premises. why not extend tt
movement to the vacant lots held for sa.
by those who are so DESTROYS of a geners
cleanup? My personal experience he
been the pleasure of cleaning up my 10
first if its own winter accumulation. an
twice since of debris and dirt carried
the wind from vacant lots under the cor
troll of some of our most enthusiastic a6
vocates of municipal tidiness. What
sauce for the home building goose in ii
way Of yard cleaning certainly shoul
prove beneficial for the real estate gar
ders. Eighth Warden.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
French Governmental Problems.

The labor troubles in France today
are said to be causing the government
great anxiety and to have led to the
massing of troops in Paris and in GER
tain rural districts where an eight-hour
demonstration by the miners is ex-
pected May l. The situation is de-
scribed in one paragraph as threatening,
in another it is ascribed to election
eering tactics on the part Of the con-
servatives, who are anxious to reduce
the socialist representation in the next
chamber Of deputies.
There is an undercurrent of discon-
tent in France. 1t is Neutrality-suspicious.
and economic. The separation of church
and state and the violent methods
adopted by the government in carrying
out the inventories of the churches
gave deep offense to the rural parts of
France, where religious sentiment is
more strongly rooted than in any other
part Of Europe. The village French
man and the French farmer are intense
ly Catholic. They were outraged to
see their churches entered by constables
backed by soldiers; they were made
frantic by reports Of churches wrecked
priests insulted, and in many places
praying people charged with clubs. This
from the agents of a cabinet whose
head was an atheist and socialist
was almost too much.
On the financial side there is discon.
tent because the government is SO ex.
pensive. The administration of France
is terrible burden upon the industries
of the country. It is necessarily sc
because France is armed on land tc
meet Germany and on the sea she must
maintain her traditional policy Of be
ing second only to England. Germany
with a fresher, more hopeful popula
ton, is pushing hard for the naval su
premacy of the continent. All of these
items make the government an almos
intolerable burden. Besides, the coun
try is menaced night and day with tn,
possibility of war. The kaiser sees t,
that. Hence capital is always in
futter.
The greatest difficulty with France
however, is certain dry rot whic]
afficts the civic virtue of the land
The muckrakers have so long had com
mand Of the country that the peopl
no longer believe in civic virtue a
all. The country is honeycombed wit
anarchism and socialism.
The republic needs peace, which, un
fortunately, its situation prohibits. I
needs economy, which is impossibl
without ample guarantees of peace. I
s needs a. revitalizing of it's civic. .faitl
which seems well-nigh hopeless In
land largely socialistic in thought bu
organized on a military basis. :, Z.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
COAST BUSINESS PROMISING
San Francisco Trouble Will Stimulate
Rather than Discourage Travel.

Chicago, April 25.-Passenger traffic
officers are beginning to lay plans for
the summer business on the Pacific
which at first was thought to be injured
by the San Francisco earthquake and
fire. While some of them believe
the traffic will not be so heavy others
think that the morbid curiosity of the
average American will take enough of
them to San Francisco to view the ruins
to make up for any decrease.
81 believe that the coast business
this year will be as great in the aggre-
gate as if there had been no earth
quake said one official.
"There will be falling off in traffic,
no doubt declared another official.
"This, however, will not be as great as
might be expectde. The Mystic Shrin-
ers will hold their annual convention in
Los Angeles as advertised, and I expect
the National Educational association to
meet there instead Of at San Francisco.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
APRIL %

f2s4-Edward II. OF England born.
First to be styled Prince Of Wales.
1536-EruptIon of Mount Etna.
Church of ST. Leon destroyed.
16s4-Bank Of England Incorpor.
ated.
17s1-8attIe Of Petersburg, Va.
17e2-First execution by guiIlotine.
1s12-5aItImore prIvateer Surprise
captured.
1e3e-MoselIe burned near CIncIn-
natl, Ohio; 131 lives lost.
1s46-First engagement of the Mex
lean war.
1862-BattIe of Fort Macon, N. C.
f862-confederate forces Withdrew
from New Orleans.
1a81-Statue of Admiral Farragut
unveiled at Washington. D. c.
1as6-Destructive tornado In Kill
loen, Texas.
1ss3-suspensIon of London Char
tered Bank of Australia for $4,000, 900.
1s9s-First Spanish vessel captured
In Cuban war.
1860. A. QuIst awarded cent
damages In suit against j. l.. kiichII.