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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

your apaItIlleHl Being your oion cdrpe1-
house to get to ter
work at your
repairs. Of you have never lived in
an apartment take my word for iti)
Before I close want to tell you Of a
novel bridge prize a friend OF mine
won the other day. 1t was a silver
holder, something like an English toast
rack, containing three red morocco
books. The first was entitled "Chafing
Dish Recipes" the second, Salads"
and the third, Fancy Desserts"
1t seems to me that these could be
made very valuable by the addition OF
the best recipes of different people well
known for their good cooking.
It certainly makes a prize much more
likely to be appreciated than most OF
the silly things one usually sees at
card parties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

question very early in her career. Her
sister-in-l law, Mrs. John Van Worst, al
50 a writer, likewise became interested.
and the two young women spent sew
eraI years investigating the conditions
surrounding women and children who
work in factories. The two enthusiast
tic students of industrial life worked a
year in factories along with the other
women in order to know just how it
was for themselves. amanda of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

When the round oak table is set with
the blue dinner service you actually
forget to eat. the effect is 50 pretty
People with shirred princess gowns
are having their own troubles just now
The shirrings can still be worn. but
who wants to appear in them next to
the new eelslxin princesses2
The best way out of II is to cut the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

chapter on gas
fixtures. one on
radiators and
others of a sim
iIiarIy useful
nature. 1 am
informed that
plenty Of wo-
men who are
not house own
ers are reading
upon these sub
jects. it being
much easier to
be your own
carpenter (if
you know how
than to wait for
the owner Of
your apartment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

Woman is not meant to be idle any
more than man is-all precedent to the
contrary. l think every woman ought
to have some interest in life outside of
man and matrimony.
These two. BY the way. are the chief
trouble makersl
When woman pins all her hopes Of
happiness on one human being and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

~ difficult. tight squeezes, but tn are
ways out just the same.
1t is the woman who will not see her
way out who deserves to be unhappy
Most women are sad because they
haven't enough to do.
You never saw a really busy woman
unhappy in your life She hasn't time
to be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

and a tapestry. combining tones of blue
and old rose was substituted In front
of this was placed an old blue vase. and
old blue plates decorated the lower
shelf. which was left over the fireplace
The portiere leading into the draw
ing room was in old rose. and the
homely doorway leading into the hall
was transformed with blue portieres.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

Mill" is one of the outcomes of this
pilgrimage among the toilers. Miss
Van Worst now lives in Paris most of
the time. Her newest book is 1.-The Sin
of George Warrener."
o y
Edith Wharton, who wrote the IN
mirthful House Of Mirth,'' which some
claim is true picture of so called high
social life. has a new book in press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

wants. Why, it is the wanting Of
things and the earning of them which
make the world go ahead
The woman who stays put" deserves
all the unhappiness she is enduring
through her own laziness, and with
this remark we will leave her to fight
it out!
Every year there is a fad in interior
decoration, and the woman who in
sists upon keeping abreast with the
times is almost hysterical as a result.
You see, my dears. it doesn't do any
more to have a red or a green dining
room Blue is the proper color.
I must say 1T is a pretty fad, for the
blue used is not the dark blue which is
so gloomy or the sickly shade assoc
ciated with the boudoirs of blends. but
a rich medium tone somewhat on the
Alice" shade. This is stunning with
oak woodwork and ecru lace curtains,
and when the same tore is repeated in
the rug and in sundry bits of china the
effect is dazzling.
In a very old fashioned house up
town this blue has been used to trans
form homely dining room
Ecru "bonne femme" curtains were
placed in the windows. The side cur
tains of rich blue material were placed
so as to cover the woodwork and in
crease the apparent size of the win
dows The atrocious old mantel be-
tween the two windows was torn down
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
MARIE VAN Worst {

called 1.-The Fruit of the Tree" Mrs.
Wharton herself belongs to the social
set she writes of. so presumably knows
it throughout. Among authors of the
tempestuous, temperamental school
Edith Wharton takes high rank. She
is strong. vivid writer of excellent
English.
Ellen Glasgow first became known
through her novel "The Voice of the
People" a thrilling story Of the con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
EDITH WHARTON

brilliant ability and appointed her on
lis staff of assistants. Bertha Runkle
Bash acknowledges with affectionate
pride the debt she owes to her mother
in the way of help.
q %
Marie Van Worst, author of Amanda
of the Mill" and contributor of verse
and fiction to magazines and newspa-
pers. became interested in the labor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

sh ouId have
done today did
so because their
n e a d s " er e
heavy and they
felt "dopey"
from the badly
assimilated food
in their stom-
achs. I shall
prove that Nero
burned Rome
because he was
pc evish from
having eaten
too many lam
p T e Y S [ h a {
Wyclif was a
reformer merely
D e caus e his
stomach made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

almost miraculous, bright, gentle Mary
Johnston got well. Her recovery was
as strange as it was sudden. but It was
complete. and now many more stories
that reflect honor upon American lit
erary women may be looked for from
her.
Alice Hogan Rice's literary career is
so bright and CHEEKY that one likes to
read of it. This Louisville girl had
been alternately writing a little for
magazines and having much Of a good
time socially when at length her Mrs.
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" sudden
ly appeared and took all the worlds
fancy On the stage Mrs. Wigs has
been as successful as she was in a
book From that and her subsequent
stories and from the wise investments
she had wit enough to make Mrs. Rice
is now capitalist worth 100000. In
speaking of her you must not call her
Hogan with the accent on the He"
but He-gan, accent on the gan"
q y
Clara Louise Burnham is notably the
Christian Science novelist. or her last
novel, "The Opened Shutters" 1900
copies were ordered in advance Of pub
LEGATION. Mrs. Burnham is a daughter
of George F. Root, the song writer.
y =
Ever youthful and well beloved
among authors is Kate Douglas wig
gin. In private life she is Mrs. George c.
Riggs. She was born in Philadelphia,
spent much of her early life in Cali
fornia and now lives in New York city
in winter, spending the rest of the year
either travelling in Europe or writing
at her lovely country home, Quillcote.
at Hollis, Me. Her 4Rebecca of sunny
brook Farm" has passed its eighteenth
edition. LILLIAN GRAY.
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"a WOMAN came to see me the
"a other day. She said she was
a SO bored she didn't know what
~ to do That seems funny to
me. Ny greatest worry is that I may
not have time to do all want to do.
But. then, that may be because my
digestion is so good.
Dyspepsia is one of the greatest
causes of inactivity and unhappiness.
Dyspepsia-but, there. this isn't a
medical treatisel
Some day am going to write an ode
on dyspepsia.
I am going to immortalize it as a
great maker of history
am going to prove that all the war
riors who were defeated because they
put OF until tomorrow what thev
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worthy. New England as a field Of
fiction, especially short story fiction,
has been apparently overworked. 50
that it seemed as If there was moth
ing more to say. Yet now comes q
New Hampshire young woman of the
unpretentious name of Alice Brown,
who fairly recreates for US the New
England Of fiction. Critics say Miss
Brown has the clearest insight into the
real New England character of any
writer. What is more. her English is
Of surprising excellence. her literary
style itself giving pleasure. Her pub
Usher told me the other day that when
a new book by given author is to be
printed the size of the edition is de-
termined by the whole number of sales
OF the authors last book. When Miss
Browns new book THE Country
Road" was published an edition equal
to the number of volumes of High
Noon" sold. with an additional 500, to
make sure. was issued. On the day of
its publication, however, the orders
coming in for 1.-THE Country Road
could not begin to be filled.
Miss Brown now lives in Boston and
is on the editorial staff of a periodical
Bertha Runkle otherwise Mrs Louis
H. Bash. won fame through her first
long story. THE Helmet of Navarro"
which has also been successfully
dramatized Bertha Runkle is the
daughter of a gifted and distinguished
mother. Mrs. Lucia Gilbert Runkle, one
of the first women in this country to
become an editorial writer on a leading
daily paper. What is more. Lucia Gill
bert Runkle had the honor of serving
on Horace Greeley's own paper in his
own day. and he himself recognized her
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
WITNESS IDENTIFIES INITIALS
Ellis Wooster Says Col. Mann Wrote
Them on the Ward Letter.
Creator of Fads and FancieS Relates
Came TO Write 80. n. W. ID. M

New York. Dec. 10.-The trial Of Col
William Dalton Mann, editor Of Town
Topics. on the charge of perjuring him
self at the trial Of the criminal libel suit
of Justice Deuel. against Norman Hap
good, was resumed this morning before
Recorder Gon in the Court of General
Sessions.
Assistant District Attorney Caravan first
called Moses Ellis Wooster to the stand.
The witness said that he had been asso-
ciated with Col Mann for two years,
from 1901 to 1903. and again in 1904 He
was shown the exhibit. the Reginald
Ward letter, with the %. K" and wv.
D. NJ" on it. which Col Mann denied he
had written.
Wooster said he had received the letter
in Boston, that he took it to Col. Mann.
who read it, and then took pencil and
fixed his o. X. and initials upon it. The
witness declared this had been done in
Col Mann's Office.
After Wooster had identified the paper
again. Mr. Garvan read the letter in
which Ward thanked Wooster fer the
kind of things he was going to say about
him in Town Topics, and asked to be put
on the papers subscription list
Continuing his testimony, Wooster said
that Col. Mann had told him to take the
letter to the circulation department, which
he did.
Wooster saw Ward in London in Feb
ruary. 1908. On his return he said he
talked with Col Mann about the inter-
view and told him that he had told
Count Ward that he would arrange to
have reading notices in the editorial col
umns of Town Topics about his mining
properties for a consideration. Ward had
| agreed to give stock In the mines. Wit
ness said Col. Mann agreed TO the propo-
sition, and the articles booming the min
/ Ing properties were published and the
consideration delivered by Count Ward in
the shape of 10000 shares.
Mr.. Caravan then read letter written
| by Wooster on March 20. 1903, on letter
paper of Town Topics. and addressed to
Count Ward. in which the writer had told
the recipient that he had talked over the
matter Of the Rico syndicate with Col.
Mann and was ready to begin negotia-
tions relative to the disposal of the
stock.
This letter was also identified by the
witness as his.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
MIND WAVE SAVES WOMAN
Friend Six Blocks Away Responds
to Strange Feeling of Danger.
Arrives BreathIess as RObber IL
About to Strike Down His Vic
tim with "a wrench.

New York. Dec. 20-Mrs Pauline Bon
nano. the young sister Of Sheriff Creamer,
Of Brooklyn. who was murderously at
tackled by her coachman, Charles S. Duke
owes her life to the fact that the con-
seriousness that she was in peril reached
her friend. Mrs Di Blausi. by thought
transference.
Mrs Di Blausi lives six blocks away
from Mrs. Bonnano's home. and almost at
the very moment that her assaIlant was
ready 10 strike Mrs Bonnano down with
a monkey wrench. Mrs. Di Blaus re-
ceived psychic warning that her friend
was in danger
Without hesitating an instant Mrs Di
Blausi fed from the house and ran all
the way 10 the home OF Mrs BOnnano.
She reached the door and pulled the door
bell just as Duke was about to smash
the monkey wrench against Mrs. Bon
nano's head Duke dropped the monkey
wrench and fed
Mrs. Bonnano became unconscious a
few minutes later The robber has not
been captured. though chase was imme-
diately begun.
Mrs. Bonnanos husband is a wealthy
Italian lawyer. who acts as interpreter
in the Children's Court They live at 262
Eighty-sixth street. Bay Ridge. The
coachman's name is Charles F. Duke.
Just after closing the door Of the house
10 go shopping. Mrs. Bonnano was called
back by Duke. When she re-entered the
house Duke slammed the door shut,
grabbed her by the throat, and struck
her in the face with his fist
The woman feIl against the newell post
of the staircase, and at the same time
began screaming, whereupon the coach
man reached for a wrench with which to
strike her.
Servants and neighbors rushed 20 Mrs.
BonnanQs aid but did not reach her
until after Duke had fed through the
back door. Patrolman Johnson, who was
near by. sent for the reserves, but they
were unable 10 find Duke.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
FIVE FAIRCHILD FUNERALS
Services for Dead Diplomat at Muk-
den Are Planned.
VIII BE Remembered in Mnnchurfa.
New York, Paris, Santa Barbara,
and Madison, Wis, by Friends.

New York. Dec 20-FuneraI services
viii be held in five widely separated parts
of the world for Nelson Fairchild, of
this city. the American vice consul at
Mukden, Manchuria. Mr.. Fairchild was
killed 10 Manchuria on Sunday accident
ally. by a shot from his own pistol
Services will be held here at the Church
of the Heavenly Rest tomorrow night.
which viii be conducted by the Rev. DIT.
Morgan, the rector. His father. Charles
Fairchild. a broker at % Wall street; his
brothers. Charles and Gordon. the lat
ter a student at Harvard, viii attend
this service His mother and sister. Mrs.
p. B. Fuller. who are in Santa Barbara,
Cal, viii attend service there while his
brother Blair. ex-consul in Persia, viii at
tend a service In Paris.
The burial will take place in Mukden.
where the members Of the embassy will
attend a service. One will also be held
in Madison, Wis. where he has many
relatives. and which was the home Of
his uncle. tie late Gen. Lucius Fairchid,
former consul to Spain and consul at
Liverpool
Mr.. Fairchild was twenty-eight years
old. and was born in this city. He was
graduated from Harvard in 1851. ard en-
tered the diplomatic service at once. He
was connected with the embassy to Tur-
key under Spencer Eddy. when Miss Stone
was kidnapped by brigands, and had some
part ia her rescue. He also served with
his brother. Blair. when the latter was
in Persia He received his appointment
10 Mukden in September
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
BISHOP McCABE,s FUNERAL.
Noted Divines Assist in Services for
Late Army Chaplain.

Late army Chaplain.
New York. Dec. @-The funeral of
Bishop Charles Cardwen McCabe took
place tonight at o'clock in st. Pauls
NJ. e. Church. The coffin was brought
from the house of E. NJ. F. Miller, at 7s7
Lexington avenue. It was met at the
church door at s o'clock by the pail
bearers Judge Z. H. Gary. A. II. D.
Haven, Alfred Caller. Of Philadelphia;
Samuel Shaw. George Bodine. Thomas
Bradley, c p. speer, John D. slayback,
w. Fl. Romtisch, of Philadelphia; E. NJ
F. Miller, and Clarence ID. Antrim The
mourners will accompany the body.
The opening sentences were pronounced
by Bishop Goodsell. of Boston. Bishops
Neeley. of South America. and Bashford
of China, read from the Scriptures.
Bishop Andrews made an address. re-
calling the prominent services Of the
deceased. Bishop Fowler sent a mes
sage. extolling the services of Bishop
McCabe Dr. Buckley, editor of the
Northern Christian Advocate and DR..
Kelly. of the Advocate, also spoke Of
Bishop McCabe's career. Rev. DR.. George
p Eckman, the pastor, pronounced the
benediction.
The services were attended by large
number of clergSrmen from New York and
elsewhere. who had been personal friends
in most cases Of the departed.
The body will be taken to Philadelphia
tomorrow. and will lie in the Arch Street
Church until noon. On Saturday after
noon the interment will take place at
Rose Hill Cemetery. Evansville, Ills.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
BALTIMORE FIRM INVOLVED.
Government Charges Two Concerns
with Violating Trust Laws.

New York, Dec. 2o.-The examination o.
witnesses, in the suit brought by the gov
eminent against the MaeAndrews and
Forbes Company, OF this city, the J. s.
Young Company. OF Baltimore. and the
presidents of these two organizations,
who are charged with violation of the
Sherman antitrust law, was begun to-
day before Judge Hough and a jury in
the criminal branch Of the United States
Circuit Court.
Henry NJ. Rau. formerly vice president
of the American Sugar Refining Company,
admitted that there was an agreement
arranged between the sugar refining COM
pany and the New York Central and Hud-
son River railway, whereby rebates were
paid to the sugar company. S Hole, Of
the American Sugar Refining Company,
confirmed Mr.. Rau's testimony. The hear
ing viii be continued tomorrow morning
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
MAY SOLVE BARREL MYSTERY
Charrcd Body OF woman Believed to
BE New Yorker.

Hazleton, Pa. Dec. 20.-County Detee-
tive Jones discovered a clew to-day that
may solve the mystery surrounding the
death Of the woman whose charred body
was found IN the woods near here a few
days ago.
He believes the victim was a woman
who eloped with man from New York
two months ago and came TO Hazlet0n.
The murder. he believes. was committed
Friday or Saturday night in the Italian
quarters of this city, either by the BLACK
Hand" or friends OF the husband, who Is
still in New York.
The body was identified to-day by a
man as that of the clipping woman, who
wore a No. shoe, the same as found on
the body. Another man viii be brought
here to view the remains. The man who
came here with the woman disappeared a
week ago.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
WIFE SUES DEAD HUSBAND.
Refuses to Accept Alleged Corpse Of
spouse.

Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 20-SensationaI de-
velopments are looked for at Bryan. Ohio.
in consequence Of the attempt to bury
the body of man supposed to be that of
John p. Long. which was brought from
Camden n. J. The identification Of the
body had been accepted by all save his
wife. who sued for a divorce before Long
DISAPPEARED.
She refused to accept the body until
she saw it. When she did she proved
that the body was that Of another man
than her husband. DR. James Long. a
cousin of the missing man. who brought
back his supposed body 10 Bryan, again
went East with the body, which had been
picked up beside a railroad track in
Camden
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
ROOSEVELT CONTINUES TRIP.
Peary's Arctic ship VIII soon Rench
NeKy York.

Chatham. Mass, Dec. 20.-The Peary
arctic steamship Roosevelt, bound
from sydney c. B.. for New York.
passed here yesterday and asked TO be
reported. The steamship was proceed
ing at a fair rate of speed. and there
was nothing about her appearance to
indicate that she had experienced any
difficulty on her voyage down the
coast It appeared probable that she
would have excellent weather during
The remainder Of her run.
The Roosevelt anchored eff Pollock
Rip IightshiD last evening and pro-
ceeded westward over the shoals this
morning with a moderate southeast
wind She passed Shoyeiful Lightship
at S.15 o'clock and had daylight for the
passage through Vineyard Sound. She
viii probably have no difficulty now in
completing the voyage TO New York.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE WASHINGTON MARKET COM
pany. Stockholders Meeting, December
10. 19C6-The annual meeting Of the Stock
holders Of the Washington Market Com
pany will be held at the Office OF the COM
pany. in Center Market. on Seventh street
northwest. in the city of Washington, D.
c., at T. O'Clock noon, on the first Mon
day being the 7th day. Of January, 1907.
to elect thirteen directors to serve the en-
suing year; to vote on resolutions to con-
solfdate~a and refund the outstanding bonds
of the company and provide for future
permanent improvements or floating in
debtedness. by authorizing an issue Of
bends to the amount of 100000, secured
by deed OF trust on the property and
franchise of the company; and to act on
any other matter within the powers of the
corporation that may be brought before
the meeting. EDWARD r. TINKER,
President; FRANK G. WILKINS. SeCre-
taTy. de2l,22,A
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
REFUSES SENAToRSHIP.
Judge AIdrich, of New HamshIre,
Declines to Run.

Boston. Dec. 20.-Judge Edgar AIdrich,
Of the United States Circuit Court OF
The Boston district. announced tonight
that he was not a candidate for the
United States Senate in New Hampshire
20 succeed Senator Durham. Judge
Aldrich's home is in Littleton, n. H, and
has frequently been mentioned as a pes
sible candidate. Judge AIdrich says in
his letter:
7 assure you that l am not unappre-
ciative Of the honor involved in the sug-
gestiOn Of my name in connection with
the United States Senatorship. especially
when I reflect upon the present aspect
of public affairs. In view Of the nature
Of the questions now forcing themselves
upon the government no man should turn
aside from such a question Of candidacy.
but under the present situation in New
Hampshire. there are personal considera-
tons which make the idea of my candi-
dacy at this time inadmissible."
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
Positive in Identification.

Camden, n. J.. Dec. 20.-CoToneEs
Physician Kirk says that the body iden-
tilted by DR.. James Long as that-of mis-
cousin. John Long, a missing druggist,
was the one shipped to Bryan, Ohio, the
missing mans home.
DIR. Long was certain of the identi-
fcation,' DR.. Kirk said and instructed
US TO ship the body"
DR.. Kirk said he knew of no mistake
through which a wrong body was shipped.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
CATTLE BARONS GUILTY.
Land Frnud Cases in Nebraska Re-
suit I'm Convictions.

Omaha. Nebr.. Dec. pa verdict Of
guilty was returned in the Federal court
late this afternoon against the land cat
tie barons. charged with fraudulent land
entries and subornation of perjury.
There were thirty-siX counts against
them. The trial has occupied several
weeks. and from the prominence and
wealth Of the men accused has attracted
wide attention
The following are convicted: Bartlett
Richards, w G. COmstOCk. c. c. jane
son, and Agusla Triplett The maximum
penalty is $4,000 fine. two years impris-
onment, or both.
The convicted men have asked for a
new trial.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
ELECTORS URGED TO VOTE.
Three Million Germans Indifferent
at Last Reichstng Election.

Berlin, Dec 2o,-~The government has
issued an urgent appeal to the large num-
Der of the electors. who abstained from
voting in the Reichstag elections of 1903,
to wake UP, inasmuch as their participa-
ton in the elections is necessary to in
sure the new Reichstag being better than
the old.
It is said that the number Of Indifferent
electors exceed 100000 which is quar-
ter of the entire electorate, and more
than the entire social Democratic vote.