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The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Upon Being We'll Dressed
It takes money.

It takes money.
But IL takes more time
There must be attention 10 detail.
There must be the most exquisite neat
ness
There must be charm and dignity In
The carriage.
There must he discriminating taste,
and an uSter absence Of tie loud.
Very many f,lain women and girls
have a reputation for good looks which
is merely a matter OF careful groom
ing.
And very many who spend large sums
are not considered either smart or pretty
merely because they choose tC wear the
wrong and ere careless generally.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Recipe For Scandal

Select choice rnorsels.
Cat them with a sharp tongue.
CDVer all the pieces with mystery.
Season with malice. fresh and sharp.
Cook thoroughly. until quite done, IN
gall.
Set II aside to simmer for one or more
days.
Serve hot. remembering that any de-
lay may sIOil IT all.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
LETTERS TO SAINT NICHOLAS
POUR INTO THE TIMES OFFICE,
TELLING WANTS OF CHILDREN

Wants of juvenile Washington con-
tinuc 70 be known through Santa Claus
letters addressed to The Times. Mis-
sives large and small, humorous and
tear-cOmpelllng. pour in daily. but they
all contain the same subject-matter.
From the number of letters addressed
10 Jolly Kriss Kringle Washington is
brim full OF good little boys and girls
who go to bed early and willingly and
dream sweet dreams OF jlngling sleigh
bells. rotUnd snowy whiskered st. Mich
olas and a mammoth sleigh drawn
through space by reindeers. The hearts
desires of these little ones are told OF
in the letters, and il Santa Claus reads
these missives he will find that he viii
have to hustle some 10 cover the ter
TitOry on Christmas morning.
A few OF tOdays crop Of Dear Good
Old St. Nick" follow.
Dear Santa Claus:
Send me a wagon, auto. and a hnt
that comes down over my ears. Aud
bring me an overcoat and pair Of
gloves. 1 love old Saint Nick. From
RALPH STAFFORD,
l706 * street northwest.
p. 81 VIII be In bed fast asleep when
you come.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Ny Dear Santa :

Ny Dear santa
1 am little girl ten years old and
am in the fifth grade. I wish YOU
would bring me a Princess Alice doll
because my little sister broke my other
one. want a signet ring. pair OF KID
gloves and a large set Of dishes Dear
santa, think my mother Is going to
get me the gloves. so YOU give the othe-
things ana Oblige. Your little friend
MARGUERITE CATHERINE LYD-
DANE. S233 p Street
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Another Wants Story Book.

Dear santa Claus.
I want a wagon and horse and a
tiny bear, and a story book. and train
OF cars, ard a ring. and a box OF
candy and some blocks. ! am a little
boy seven years old. NV number is 2JO1
Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and
Eappy New Year. c. POLLARD.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09


a
Il
al
Of broad
choice Of the
Is Is a
slender lines that
or or
inches wide;
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

Dear Santa Claus:
1 am a little boy two years old and
70 write for me-
i want you 20 bring me a Christmas
tree. a graphophOne. a big horn. an au-
tcmobile and n collar with bells on II
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
N D. santa Clans:

Ny IVdT SANTA IIduE.
am little girl not quite eleven years
old and J would like 10 have a fairy
tale book. a half a dozen handker-
chiefs and . set of furniture for my
doll. Wen, St Nicholas, if you can't
bring me all these, bring me what you
can. l hope you a happy New Year
and merry Christmas. From a little
friend MABEL. V. CRONTSE,
]. P.-AlsO bring ne a doll q foot high
! live Gallatin street
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

1 want a large doll and a 90 cart and
a Christmas tree and some candy and
nuts 7 am a girl II years old my name
IS Berthina Webb.
607 New Hampshire Ave. northwest.
A Merry Christmas and a happy New
Year to you.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Dear Santa Claus:

I am a little boy three years old please
bring me a rocking horse a sled a train
OF cars a drum "a horse stands on wheels
and a pretty christmas tree like you
did last year. do not forget me.
Ny name Is Teddy Tippett
1914 BOhere st n W
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Dear Santa

l am a little girl and live in Wash
ington. / heard you live in the North
Pole. / hope you will get here in time
10 Nil my tree and bring my toys You
can bring me anything you want Ne
love you. WINNIE TOOGOOD.
Jl3 Thirteenth street mort Invest.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
~ D. Santa Clans:

Ny name is Walter Splttle and Tam
only four years old and am living with
my dear sweet grandmother on 81 st.
Please bring me a two wheel bicycle
and an express wagon. This is all ]
want this year. Please don't roget my
friend Wyman Miller.
Goodbye, dear Santa.
WALTER SPTTTLE.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Dear Santa:

am a little girl eight years old and
am In the sixth grade. and ! have been
reading the letters in The Times. and
] thought I would send in a letter, too.
Well. / would like 70 have a nice Eng
lish baby carriage and a big, brown
Teddy bear. a pair of ice skates a pair
of green kid gloves. a gold bracelet, one
of the latest style; a gold locket and
cnain. and also a ring with a diamond
in it. Goodby. From a little girl OF not
great importants.
Address
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Dear santa claus:

/ want a pair OF shoes and a new hat
and Buster Brown Beans Bag game and
cake for christmas and my sister want
boy II years old my no is 2JO1 Pa ave
n V. HERMAN POLLARD.
1 hope you a mary Christmas
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

Dear Santa Claus:
VIII you please bring me at Christ
mas an automobile. a tram OF cars
with track and a doll for my little sis
ter Miriam I am a little boy six
years old and try 10 be good at school.
Yours truly.
LEVERETT TRENIC JONES.
Maple Street.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

! IcaT SanIl NTdUs-
want a patolr wagon, and viii you
hiring ne a horn too. VIII you bring
me a desk too 7 would Ike for you
TO bring me a JumTirg Jack too. WIN
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Dear Santa Claus:

Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a doll. a pair kid
gloves. and set Of furs.
THELMA L. BROWN,
34l6 Reservoir street.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
wants FOOtban and Skates.

Dear Santa Claus:
7 would like to have a pair OF steel
rollers skates and a swetter and egg
shaped foot ball ana pair OF gloves
and also lot OF nuts and candy
from your little friend
JOSEPH 617 IL St y +
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Wants Some Toys.

Dear Santa Claus:
1 am a little boy eight years old and
have been sick since October, so I
would like 10 have something real nice
10 play with. First OF all 1 would like
10 have a sweter and a cap for my
Teddy c." a pair Of brown kid gloves
fct myself, a siynet ring, and anything
else you wish 10 bring me. Ny address
IS
WILLIAM ALLISON BENNETT, r.,
1Z-2 Irving street northwest
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Dear Santa Claus:

7 would like 10 have pair Of steel
roller skates end a ring and a box Of
handkerchief and Il pair of gloves and
also some nuts and candy
! an. your friend
SARAH DREAMER,
617 II St. y. F.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Dear Santa Clause q.

Dear Santa Cause,
am a little girl FIVE years Old and
cannot write. but I got my sister 20
write this letter for me. I want 10
tell you what ! want. / want a doll
baby. carriage. set OF dishes. table
and a white teddy bear. Goodbye,
dear Santa From your little friend,
ANNA MAY LYDDANE,
1893 p Street. y. W. City.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
LOCAL MENTION.
Jno. G. Meinberg's Fruit Cake
II Unusually Good. 25c LIB.

Rich moist and delicious. just like the
homemade. Pound cake. same price.
order for Xmas from bakery, Il6 1lth
Sc: at So o st. mkt. or at grOcers'.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

Gould's Wonder Store, All 9th.
Toys. favors. tinsel. stocking gifts, etc.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

you bring ne a box Of marbles too.
Good by Santa. HARRY ADAMS,
No. s Eighth street southeast
l have a baby sister to- VIII you
bring her a doll baby and a carriage
with Il. Sine would Ike to have a
suit OF clothes with it. Now she would
like TO have a Cradel too. Francis.
| hope you come soon.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Asks for Automobile.

for my white kitty Topsy- I live out
in the suburbs, and 1 am afraid you
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

Healthy wholesome, satin skin bestowed
by Satin skin cream and satin powder. 25c.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
MARY A SMITH

MA x 4 4. oAll II
g. Mass ave NV.
p. ST used 10 live on + ST, but now
on Massachusetts ave.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

I2o4 C st. c. A. Muddiman & Co, Sic u st.
Miller Oh Heaters. Gas Radiators.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

viii not come 70 see me, but, Dear
Santa, please come
RUSSELL EDELIN,.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

Wonders for chndren's Christmas. GOuld's
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Dear Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus
I am a little girl. nine wears old. and
wish You would please bring me a
Teddy bear and some games and d
TainCOaC My name Is
LOUISE MAYER
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
My Dear Old Friend St. Nick:

NY DCar DIu tTlenL 81 NICK.
I am little boy almost seven years
old. ] am IN the first grade. l can not
write yet So l will let my sister
write for me. 1 would like to have a
horse and wagon. a new suit cap. a
new pair of shoes, a sleige, a story
took, and a game and a drum, a
horn. Ny name is Henry Kreuter
live at no II Fifteenth street north
east.
z. 5. Please do not forget us. There
are three of us in the family. You
will find our stockings hanging up l
will be last aslean whom Won Como.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
It Pays to Insist on Getting
Snhneider's "HALTp Bread.

Pays in satisfaction, in enjoyment and
in health. Impress your grocer with the
necessity OF invariably sending Malt"
Bread in your order. He gets II fresh
from the ovens daily. Accept no substi-
tute. Sc, same price as the ordinary.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Dear Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus:
Just II few lines TO let you know
what / want on your way please bring
r1e a gold bracelet
Yours truly,
ELSIE SAVAGE.
llJ5 Sixteenth street northwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
DO BOOSTERS REALLY CACKLE?
This Weighty Question Set an Entire
Office by the Ears.

A certain office in Topeka that is of
considerable Importance to the COM
munity has been rent asunder for the
last four or five days by the question as
to whether or not roosters caclxle.
This discussion arose from an article
that was being written by a certain
Imri, as an Illustration of certain ten
denotes among individuals in the state
who use their influence for civic better
ment Unfortunately for this certain
Imri he repeated the illustration aloud
in order that he might astound the
other individuals in the office. Lo and
behold, the effect that he wished to pro-
duce was not realized
Another inhabitant of that same Of
flee who has a great bent for argument,
Immediately took issue with the said
Imri. The second man was not to be
astounded by what he believed to be
gross heresy. He took up the argument
of the said Inri with the set determine
ton to fight it to the bitter end. Now,
Imri is quite man for an argument,
both by inclination and training, as
we'll as by experience. The attack upon
his flash of wit was too much and roll
ing up his intellectual sleeves he sailed
into the said doubter and smote him
hip and thigh. The argument was wag-
ed long and savagely. and neither was
willing to yield the palm to his adver-
sary.
For two days the debate took up the
entire attention of the office and work
went to the winds. At last, the doughty
Imri arose in his wrath and wagered
five dollars to five cents that he could
make a rooster cackle. But right at
this point a colored politician by the
name of Paul Jones entered the office.
He is debater, too, in the eyes of his
friends, and rising on the wings of his
eloquence, he sailed in to defend Imri
and the rooster. Imri is politician as
well as an-office man-and Mr.. Jones
him with ardOr
Now, the story runs, Mr.. Jones, in his
endeavor to help carry the point for
Imri agreed to put it to the test. He
went home and COR one entire day he
chased the chickens around his own
yard and those of his neighbors in the
vain attempt to make a single rooster
cackla. But to no purpose. He return
ed yesterday .withrsthe. sad news. that
after profaning the-Sabbath by chasing
chickens as well as arousing the wrath
of his entire neighborhood and bringing
the humane society onto the scene with
a protest, he had-utterly failed to jus
tify the statement ROSTERS caclzle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
[0AKLAND GOSSIP |
| lIA]=tan.l
hASfIss; ! I!Il5IEl5IIIIfE-&FnnMI

Old Mr. Truley. father of Rev. Mr..
Truley, is on the sick list
Miss Meta Taylor left Sunday night
to join her parents in Colorado.
Mrs. Hare of Shorey visited her
sister, Mrs. L. NJ. Leonard on Ohio
street Monday afternoon.
Remember! If you have any items
or news give them to the State Journal
boy or leave them at the Oakland
drug store.
Mrs. Mamie S. Miller went to
Quenemo, Kan. today to visit her
sister for while, when they will both
go to Colorado for two or three weeks.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid society
meets tomorrow-Thursday fter-
noon to sew for Mrs. Frank Edwards
at her home on corner Poplar and
Pennsylvania avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
least TOPEkANOB|
Is Gakcr6Aa nGd #sS:s I'D!

Mrs. CoGhill is seriously ill at her
home, 1929 Lime street.
If you are going to smoke a good
cigar why not try the ]. r. S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Steadman of 312
Branner street will spend the 4th in
Emporia.
Mrs May of 3O5 Branner street is
recovering from an attack of ap-
pendicitis.
Mr.. Barrett Sheffield of Twiss ave-
nue. is suffering again with an attack
of appendicitis.
Mrs. Miller of 81 Branner street,
who underwent an operation Friday,
Is slowly improving.
Mrs. Blevens of Newton. Kan, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Botham of Lake street.
Mr.. Chester Stamm of 124 North
Lake street was unable to be at work
yesterday on account of illness.
Mr.. Harry Horn and Miss Lottie
Horn spent Monday evening the
guests OF Mr.. Harry Anderson of
Tyler street.
Miss Mabel Shumway of st. Marys
will arrive this evening to spend
few days with Miss Leota Duff of 70S
Jefferson street.
Mr.. and Mrs Tracy of North Lake
street will leave in few days for
Shawnee, Okla, where they will make
their future home. -
Mrs. Ed Gordon has returned from
Pueblo, Col, where she has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. James Porter,
during the severe illness of her baby.
Mrs. S. Bigham Of 311 Chandler
street returned home today from
Osawkie, Kan, where she has spent
the past week the guest of her son
and his family.
Mrs Thomas. who lives with her
daughter. Mrs. Walter Copeland of
2z7 North Lake street. met with a
serious accident Monday evening by
tripping and falling over a rug and
breaking her left limb.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Porter's baby
of Pueblo, Col, who has been very
i'll, is slowly improving. Mr.. and
Mrs. Porter formerly lived on the
East side, but have been living in
Pueblo for the past year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
..sEND US MORE HELP"
Cry That Is Coming From Western
Kansas Wheat Fields.

Kansas City, June 26.-The state free
employment bureau has sent more than
three hundred workers to the Kansas
wheat fields and K. E. Schweizer, sup
erintendent of the bureau, says that he
has places for as many more as may
apply, even if they run up into the
thousands. The most urgent appeals
for men are now coming from Pratt
and Barton counties.
D. W. Blaine, of Pratt, Kan, who is
in Kansas City with instructions to get
as many harvest hands as possible for
Pratt county by next week. received
telegram yesterday saying that 100 men
are needed there at once.
About 100 men were sent to Larned
last night. A private dispatch from
Coats asks for another hundred. The
wages offered are from $500 to $500
day and a railway rate of one cent
mile is available to parties of fifteen or
more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26

small boy. in the city," remarked a
grouchy bachelor who is in favor of
a sane FOURTH &c
F. P. Halsey, of st. Joseph, who is
interested in the brick paving contracts
let last week, was in the city Tuesday
afternoon for the purpose of getting his
contract signed and incidentally sub
mitted samples of brick which he ex-
poets to use and which met the ap-
proval of the city engineer.
Last night as u. p. train number
los, commonly known as 1.-THE Plug, "
was leaving Topeka a milk can that
had missed being loaded into the ex-
press car, by some accident rolled I'M
der the car. The can was of the forty
quart type and was bound heavily
with iron. The train started and the
can slid along digging into the ground
more and more the farther it went. 1t
was seen by the brakeman in time,
however, and the train stopped until
it could be removed. The engineer re-
marked, as he saw the can removed,
that smaller things than that could
throw the trucks of a coach off the
track"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
IS SHUT OUT OF KANSAS
superintendent of Insurance Puts Ran
on American Casualty Company.

Finding that the American Casualty
company of New York, bonding con-
Germ doing business in Kansas. had
failed to locate a general agent in the
state, but was handling its Kansas
business through a Kansas CITY. Mo
%geht. insurance Commissioner Chas
Barnes Tuesday evening revoked the
license of the company to do business
In Kansas. and notified the Company
by wire of his action.
The superintendent of insurance
does not contend that the statuta is
mandatory concerning the appoint
ment of general agent, but maintains
that when a company does appoint a
general agent to have charge of Kan
sas that such general agent must be
resident of the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
WORTHWHILE NOT DECAYING.
Rumor That the Town Is "Only
Pitching Horseshoes," an Idle Tale.

Nortonville, June &c. c. Nc
Carly resents the story in some papers
that Nortonville's chief industry is
pitching horseshoes and the traffic on
the streets is impeded. He insists the
town is peopled with thrifty, retired
capitalists; that there is not a poor
man on the town site; nor cleaner,
neater town, with a greater average of
property or money among its people,
on the map. His friends prefer the
out door recreation of quot pitching
to the effete golf of the centers of pow
erty. And it must be admitted there
are no signs of decadence in Norton
vile. We will celebrate the Fourth
with two brass bands (not silver cor
net), baseball between Effingham and
the locals. races and speeches and old
fashioned fireworks. Everybody is
invited -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
NoRToN's PHONE EXCHANGE.
Local Company Will Enlarge the
Plant and Add Instruments.

Norton, Kan. June 26.-The Farm
ers & Merchants Telephone company,
OF which ex-State Senator Z. V. Peter
son is president. and E. E. Keckley of
exchange and add new equipments at
a cost of $4,000 or $4,000.
The owners of the Norton machine
shops are charging their plant. They
and will also commence the manufac-
ture of gasoline engines. So far the
plant has been a great investment.
Norton manufactured ice is being
borin~ towns. The Norton ice and
cold storage plant has been a safe in
vestment, and it's capacity has been
taxed to supply the trade.
merchants in a few hours subscribed
$3.50; for the Fourth of July celebra-
ton not less than $1,000 was sub
scribed willingly by the business men;
and so it was when they took up col
lection for the San Francisco sufferers
In two hours a carload of flour. cost
ing $3.50. was literally subscribed.
And Norton wanted an opera house,
the preliminary steps were taken. the
soliciting committee got to work and
in two days $4,000 was subscribed.
The fund was increased and on or
about September 1 the opera house,
than $4,000, will be completed. 1t is
being built by the Atlas Construction
company of st. Louis.
Few towns in northwest Kansas are
making the progress Norton is. AS a
city of the second class she is proud of
her we'll earned 1aurels. Soon as one
enterprise has been disposed of her
people go for another. All over the
town new buildings are in process of
construction. and town lots are held
for as high figure as in many towns
of double Norton's population.
Many Nortonites are away on sum
mer outings Mr.. and Mrs. B. v.
Wheeler and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Miller are enjoying Pacific coast seen
cry Mr.. Wheeler is a thirty-third de-
gree Mason, while Mrs. Wheeler has
beer at the head of the Eastern Star
of the state. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Ken
nedy have fitted up a unique rig, filled
with the luxuries of Housekeeping and
sleeping apartments. and are driving
through to the mountains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
A NEW PAoLA POSTMASTER.
Congressman Scott Notifies Mr.. Bos-
worth That a Change Is Coming.

PaoIa, Kan, June 26.-Postmaster
w p. Bosworth was notified by ChaS.
T. Scott that the first assistant post
master general would name a new
postmaster for Paola Immediately.
Mr.. Bosworth's term expired Febru-
airy 2S, 1907.
In regard to the charge of solicit
ing the sale of stamps to increase his
salary the letter from Washington
reads:
He is not guilty of violation of the
letter of the law but it is true that he
violated it in spirit"
The candidates for the office are
Major Benjamin F. Simpson, first at
torney general of Kansas and eight
years a member of the supreme court
commission; H. A. Floyd, ex-county
clerk; Ed H. Wilson. ex-probate
Judge and Captain ]. c. Collins. ex-
state custodian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
MUST BE GOOD ON SUNDAYS,
Ottawa Chautauqua Stockholders
Against Sabbath Programs.

Ottawa, Kan, June 26.-At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Ottawa Chautauqua the vote stood
40 to 27 against giving Sunday pro-
gram and charging admission at the
gate next year. The instruction is not
binding on the directors, but it is ex-
pected that they will follow it,
Judge c. A. Smart was elected pres
ident in place of Rev. c. S. Nusbaum,
resigned. Rev. H. w. Chaffee, of OF
tawa, was chosen first vice president,
and o. G. Markham second vice pres
ident. Henry burst was reelected
as secretary and A. E. Skinner was
made treasurer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
VAIL OF A COLLEGE BOY.
Sent to the Harvest Feds Too Early
and BUNS Way Home.

Kansas City, June 26.-Turner Coch-
ran, who said he was a Missouri univer-
sity student. arrived yesterday from
Great Bend, Kan, where he went as
harvest hand.
I'VE were sent by a Union avenue en-
ployment agency week ago. he said.
There were thirty in the crowd. When
we got to Great Bend we didn't find a
blade of wheat ripe and none was likely
to be ripe for two weeks. The crop is
poor, too. I was broke and had to bum
my way back. I'll never be caught by
those employment agency sharks
a GAIN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
NEGRO club Wome, Meet

Kansas City, Kan, June 26.-Negro
club women of Kansas opened their
state fedora ton meeting at the
African NJ. E. church, Eighth and Ne
braska avenue, this morning. The
session will last two days. About 500
delegates will attend. The session will
close with a declamatory contest for
silver medal Wednesday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26
uumboIdt Degcots Moline

Moline. June 26.-The Humboldt
Reds defeated Moline by the score of
1 to o. Humboldt's run was made in
the first inning on a base on balls fol-
lowed by a 2-ba gger. But one Moline
man reached third and he on an error.
Lehman for Humboldt pitched a no.
hit game. boldt, Leh-
man and Freeman; Moline, Havenor
and Adams