The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-07
KANSAS CONMENT
HAD HER GOOD TIME,

1 HAL HER GOOD TIME.
! mere died in one of the big towns
of southern Kansas last week a wom-
an OF forty. She died from poisoning.
her system was full of many drugs
cocaine, morphine, alcohol, and all
| the oopes and narcotics known to
emaclated, ugly and poor; the town
Kept her, and she died alone. Her
mother and father were dead and her
sister sneaked into town and took the
Womans body home to the little
country town nearby and buried it.
Twenty-Five years. ago the woman.
VINO was young girl then-a strong
radiant, hard-headed wilful girl,
glII VINO was sure she, knew how to
take care of hersef-left the town
Tor the city where she died last week.
she went because it was too pokey in
her nome town. Also her mother was
too strict Also the girls in her little
town were too slow And she pro-
posed TO have good time.
so she had a good time. She went
the limit. A man was murdered for
her, and she was the heroine of a SEN
sational murder trial. And she smirk-
ed and sobbed through it and was re-
1erred to as the little woman"
| though she was six feet tall and
weighed as much as a woman should.
Then when the trial was over she
| took up with the other man and they
| lived happily for a few months. and
| her eyes grew glazed, and her jowls
grew heavy and her face grew red.
But she was having her good time.
Also she was making money. She
was queen of the slums, and wore
clothes that were vulgarly expensive.
And she became a figure in the town.
| When there was a reform movement
in the town her name was on every
! ones lips and people agreed that it
was shame. But her rule was not
| broken.
| Then the drop fell; the town re-
formed The slums were closed, and
| her occupation was gone. She was
| old beyond her years-a confirmed
| drug f1end, a broken bag at forty,
when women should be in their
prime. And so she went to death
| alone, and when she was buried in the
| little town she left no one knew who
she was 1t was a wretched home
coming. But she had her good time.
-Emporia Gazette.
is VEGETARIANISM WORTH
WHILE?
whether or not it is an argument
in favor of vegetarianism that one of
| the disciples of that cult now lives in
California at the age of 112 years,
must be determined from all the cir
! cumstances in the case.
There is in a California city a man
112 years old who has lived upon veg
| etables, turnipS and onions being his
principal diet, whether he would be
/ aliYe had he eaten flesh all these years
cannot be told, but the presumption is
that he would not. So the evidence
is largely on the side of the vegetar-
ians. His diet no doubt prolonged his
| life.
But we are told that last Saturday
| he presented himself at the doors of
| the county poor farm and asked to be
given his turnips and onions from the
charity supplies. In other words. his
finances have become crippled and he
| faces a cold hearted, beef, fish and
mutton eating world.
If vegetarianism prolongs life until
its victims must depend upon charity
for subsistence, and that charity con-
sists of a bowl of beef broth. the
question arises in all seriousness. Is
vegetarianism worth while wichita
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