The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

1t comes to touch with usefulness
In jeweled nights. at white-hof noon.
It visits him a moments space.
Instead of palms and crowded quays,
shipping and forts and sea of jade,
he sees his home towns quiet street,
The modest homes, the church, the stores,
The small newspapers office bare;
The court house in the dusty square.
IS. H. Kemoer in the Reader.
A Whistler Story
Apropos of something, whistler once
tolo cockfight story so wildly that
only man with a sailor instinct could
tel 1t as well, mimic it SO keenly,
and enjoy is so thoroughly. 1t was a
story of a strange species of the Amer
lean cock pictured to the smallest de-
tail SO beautifully that one forgot that
it was story.
Some American sailors were at a
cockhght in a seaport town in Eng
land, when one of them remarked to
the owner of the champion:
we nave got an American cock on
board that can whip any bird here
60 fetch i'm on, said the cham
pion, chuck i'm iE and see. If e
licks one tird, we ave plenty more
to throw in that can lick hany blaw
ere"
"An right: Wen bring one" said the
sailors. When they got aboard they
their own manner, they painted.
trimmed, spIiced, and reefed fore and
aft, Transforming the eagle to a cock.
When ready, they went ashore to pit
their new American game cock against
all England.
AT the pit, the sailors checked in
their cock, which looked around for
other surprises as he backed close to
the wall
Nov bring on your birds!" yelled
the sailors A strutting cock was
thrown into the pit, and was another
surprise to the POOR dismantled eagle.
wall, wondering what would happen
next. The cock walked three times
majestically around the circle, cutting
at his strange opponent, the eagle pitt
ably aaashed and bedrabblcd, crouching
lower and lower, and looking around
and above him for an explanation Of
what it all meant, while the crowd
were yelling madly for the English
er and smaller, but at last, finding that
he could get beck no further. and
thinking that something was expected
of him, and, as the cock dashed at
him again, stretched out his long claws
and took his OPP onent by the neck.
Here Whistler ended, with an imita-
ton by motions Of what the eagle did.
He stretched out his arm, shaped his
hand like a claw; which, by this time
looked like a real one, drew it to his
mouth, and, with one bite, pulled Off
The head as he thought an eagle might
do It, Then he looked blandly about
the room. as the eagle had done. at the
astonished crowd and said, Now bring
on your other birds. THE Century.
Mrs. Eddy.
The growth of Christian Science one
of the greatest religious phenomena of
all time, has been most notable in New
York city. In 20 years 1t has developed
from the humblest beginnings to it's
present state of wealth and power. And
this wonderful growth has been due
William A. Johnston, who writes on
christian Science in New York" in
the New Broadway Magazine for May.
Twenty years ago this woman preach
ed from a cambria covered drygoods
box in a dusty, barren hall over Cas-
we'll -Massey's drug store at SIS Fifth
avenue. Her loyal helpmates were there,
and a few recruits. chance acquafnt-
ances gathered here and there, who
came in wonderment, and sat on bench |
es and imDrovised chairs. The preacher
was unknown to fame. She and her
few associates We're trifiing and unin- |
teresting atoms IN. the life of a, great |
city, the trend of whose thought ran
contrariWise to theirs and their belief. |
Today, at the northwest corne: of
and Central Park West, |
Sunday evening, or Sunday morning. |
you will note block-lOnS line of hand |
some automobiles and carriages wait |
ing before a magnificent church that |
cost one ard one-quarter million dol |
lars. A steady line of we'll dressed |
people is swinging through the doors. |
You will find within, a vast and beau |
tiful auditorium, crowded to its doors, |
and it's great galleries overlooking with |
people highly representative of the in
activity, fashion and wealth |
Of New York. And whoever you are,
and whatever your belief, you will be |
tn
pleased with yourself and with those
whom you come to see and hear.
This is the First Church of Christ, |
SCIENTIST, and the woman who built it
IS Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, the woman
who was sent to New York by Mary
Baker G. Eddy from the Mother"
church in Boston. Mrs. Stetson now /
the large, beautiful residence
directly back of the church. It is built
CT marble ard brick, sumptu
ously furnished within, and pervaded
with an air Of serenity and affluence.
1t is one of the most beautiful and
wonderful houses in New York. An APP
preach leads directly from 1t to the rear
door of the church, whore Mrs. Stetson
teaches and practice the creed of Chris
tan Science.
Ballooning Equipment.
AS Tin ballooning) every pound lessons
he soaring quality Of the balloon, the
traveller has to select his outfit with
care. 1t is wise TO nave snort coat
With plenty of pockets, and buttoning
close round the throat when necessary;
and the simplest and most practical
suit of light wool should be
worn. Light shoes, like those used for
ennis or yachting, are necessary, with
/ strong pair of boots in reserve in case
If landing in a mountainous district or
having a long tramp at the end Of ones
Journey. An umbrella is a desirable adj
unct-for the sun bites hard in the
for xr-fr3 md
warmth. A long. light Shetland scarf
such as one uses in the Alps in bad
weather is useful in case of sleet and
odd.