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N seii ias.-ay application for a permit to
az $50 Kansas ave.. In the Second ward Of
t1e CITY OF Topeka, is now on file in the
omiee OF the probate judge of Shawnee
- ountys Kansas. The hearing of the same
a. s m' ior tuesday. Ahril z. at 10 O. clock
Nu WI, s-My application for a permit to
- 100 intoxicating liquors according to law
Of r. A aias ave-. in the Second ward
the off,ca OF Topeka. is now on file in
nee county, Kansas. The hesrtnx Of the
same Is set for April j, "Wednesday. at "a
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NSG or is hereby given that my petition
occnS permit to sell Intoxicating liouora
a aeo olng to law at my drug store at No.
cjty re S Sl ave, in the Fourth ward Of the
Ss VI topeka. Shawnee county. Kansas.
in6sa" On lie in the Office of the probate
fhsf ,b ~. Snawnee county, Kansas and
ny the Honorable r. r Havden nrohste
aT1uSe OF shawnee county Kansas ON
o.ns uls1uay' the I'd day of April 1908 at IL
boneo a. m, at his Office in the court
Al the city OF Topeka.
NeC 81, is hereby given that my petition
aor a permit to sell Intoxicating Iiouors
i5S and ia 70 law at my drug store at No.
OF tue city of Topeka, shawnee Comfy.
tha as Is now on file in the office OF
Ine probate Judge Of Shawnee COUNTY.
for hes ian and that the same has been set
gen, probate judge of Shawnee county.
March: 1903. at 10 O'clock a. M. at his
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LEGAL.
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.


First published in The Topeka State
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First published in The Topeka State Jour-
nal March II, 1861
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March 18th, 1908.
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The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-04
MIR. BowsER, OLD SALT.
He Takes a Sail on the Bounding Bill
lows.

When the Bowsers came up from
dinner the other evening Mrs. Bowser
intended to ask Mr.. Bowser to call
with her at a neighbor's, but before
she could introduce the matter he ex-
cused himself and passed UP stairs.
Half an hour later, when he came
down. she gasped in establishment and
exclaimed:
"Mr. Bowser, but what have you
done with yourself?"
Mr.. Bowser had on a sailors hat.
He was dressed in yachting cos
tune.
Such a costume as is seen in a mel
odrama and nowhere else.
He had on white canvas shoes.
and the salty air in the room made
the cat sneeze.
Some more tom-foolery?" queried
Mrs. Bowser, as he stood, smiling, be-
fore her.
Don't get excited. Madam Bowser,"
he quietly replied. This. as you pro-
baby recognize, is the costume of a
sailor"
"But what are you doing with II?
Because / am a sailor, or shall be
tomorrow. I take great pleasure in
informing you, my dear, that 1 have
been elected a member of the Old
Salts club, and tomorrow we hold our
annual outing. That is, we go for an
all days sail on the bay.
".Oh, a life on the ocean wave,
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-04

the reply, as two nickels were passed
over.
That's right, sir-that's right. III
bet you've sailed a small boat many
thousand miles. Captain. If your ship
was sailing on a nor'west by west
course, and you wanted to shift your
hellum to a sou'-sou'-east course.
what orders would you give?"
''Td tell 'em to haul in on the sta
board cat-head and slack away on the
left-hand piston-rod."
Right We are, my hearty. II had
any doubts before they are gone now"
said the man, as he patted Mr.. Bowser
on the shoulder.
Mr.. Bowser had just given him a
quarter when Mrs. Bowser came to
the door. At sight Of her the fellow
made his way down to and out of the
gate with all sails drawing, and after
watching him around the corner she
queried OF the Old Salt beside her:
do you know who that person is!''
Hes been mate of a ship, l should
say"
Hes the man that carries the
ashes next door. He's about as much
sailor as you are"
The boys set up another yell and be-
gan hunting around for stones to
throw at the escaped" and Mr..
Bowser struck his topsails and backed
into the house. Mrs. Bowser looked
for a row, but none came. He read
and smoked, and they finally went to
bed She was hoping that he had given
up the salty excursion, but soon dis
covered to the contrary. He had
scarcely fallen asleep when he began
to sing out man overheard; lower
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-04

Madam" he replied, "I have been
elected to membership with the Old
Salts. / am going out with them to-
morrow. There will be sea on, for
the paper tonight predicts high winds
for tomorrow, but there will be no
sea the better 1 shall like it. We shall
take along several remedies against
seasickness. 1 anticipate one of the
most enjoyable occasions in my whole
life. Cast off the lee clewlines of the
hind top sail. Bonnet that jib and
gybe the main topmast."
Mrs. Bowser said no more. It would
have been words wasted. Mr.. Bowser
would go In spite of all. and she was
rather glad to anticipate what would
surely happen. He was feeling good
natured. and after strutting about the
room for awhile he showed himself at
the front door and kept his ears open
for any remarks. They soon came. A
hoodlum caught sight of him and
yelled to other hoodlums at the top of
his voice:
"Hi. boys. but here's a zebra or gi-
raffe got out of the zooi Let's run
him down and get the reward,''
With the crowd OF boys came a
tramp with a rolling gait. That gait
showed that he was a sailor. and Mr..
Bowser's heart warmed towards him.
He had a ten-cent piece in his fingers
Alloy, old ship!' called the stranger.
Alloy therev'
"How's her head now?"
"Fifty-seven points of the port
quarter"
fright We are. Say, Captain, you
look every inch a sailor. I spotted you
clear from the corner"
Mr.. Bowser gave him a second ten.
That's a dandy uniform you've got,
and it's a dandy man inside IT. Lord
but 1 do love the salt air clinging to
your clothes! Going to start on another
voyage soon?"
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-04
Bird Was a War Hero.

There recently died at Leith Hall,
the family seat of the Leith-Hays, of
Rannes and Leith Hall. Aberdeen
shire, survivor of the Indian mutiny;
not soldier nor a pensioner of the
civil service, but a bird-a cockatoo.
to be exact-whose career was out of
the ordinary run of cockatoos Its
history is vouched for, not by a
ent of the Scotsman, dignif1ed
newspaper. AS to what the bird 8
age was. it can be only hazarded
At the beginning of the Indian
mutiny, when the Ninety-third High
landers. then commanded by the
late Col. Leith-Hay. of Rannes and
Leith Hall, formed a part of the at
tacking force on one of the rebel
strongholds and carried it by assault,
a large white sulphur crested Austria
Ian cockatoo. holding forth in Hin
dustani. was captured by a soldier of
the regiment after the battle was
over.
Purchased by the colonel, provided
with cage and special bearer. the
bird was present and under fire in
every engagement during the Indian
mundty in which the Ninety-third
was engaged. 1t passed through the
whole campaign unscathed. Its mar
rowest escape was when a round shot
took Its bearers head off. Brought
nome by Its owner at the close of the
mutiny campaign, for nearly half a
century the cockatoo who. because of
gentle. affectionate disposition was
tne pet OF everybody, passed a tranquil
iife after the stormy scenes of the
mutiny.-London CORRESPONDENT TO
New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-04

away the main deck; see that the
pumps are in order; burn a blue light.
and so on. At midnight he reused her
up by singing in his sleep.
"Oh, the raging sea, it roars around,
And the foam goes sweeping by;
And the gale is bowling up aloft
AS we race for the sunset sky"
Mr.. Bowser was up an hour ahead
of time and was in such a hurry that
he ate only few mouthfuls of break
fast. Twenty minutes after leaving
the house he was aboard of one of
the club boats holding six men.
There was a strong gale blowing and
a good sea on, and many members
as they came along were in favor of
putting the sail off to another day. 1t
was Mr.. Bowser's words that decided
the matter. and they were taken down
in pencil to be framed and hung on
the walls of the club. When asked for
his opinion, he replied:
Down with the sta board cat-head
and up with fo'sail boom. See that the
rudder is creased with fat pork, and
send aloft your heaviest anchor and
let us get out of here. The man
that won't face this wind and sea is
no sailor and no shipmate of mine!"
Then they set out to brave the
dangers of the briny. They had pro-
ceeded about cables length from
shore when Mr.. Bowser began to
THINK or Mrs. BOWSer.
Then of his stomach.
Then of his swimming head.
He tried to think of something
heroic, and was surprised to find that
he could not
Mrs. Bowser had told him that he
would be sure to be seasick, but he
would show her that
Look at Bowser." shouted one of
the men.
Hes a goner!" added another.
There he goes, fellers!"
And Mr.. Bowser went. He col
lapsed like hinge and lay in the
bottom of the boat.
Then he called upon Mrs. Bowser.
And upon his fellow members.
And upon heaven itself, and offered
millions and millions of dollars to be
set ashore, even among rattlesnakes
and centipedes.
At high noon four men bearing a
stretcher on which rested human
body arrived at the Bowser house.
The human body was Mr.. Bowser's.
"Shipmates, is he dead ?" asked
Mrs. Bowser from the steps.
mot dead. matey," replied one OF
them. but he won't want to see a
boiled dinner again before snow flies
Better let him do his sailing in a bath
tub after this. is.''-(Copyrighted, 1908
| by T. c. McClure)
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-04
A home on the rolling deep;
A billow to lay nv head upon

AS the gale it rocks me to Sleep"
what, no therei Strike your main
topsails and haul in the lee bow
sprit!''
you mean to tell me that you are
going sailing?" asked Mrs. Bowser,
as he ceased waltzing around.
AYE, aye. shipmate. Weigh anchor
and let's be off,"
why. you have never even sailed
across goose-pond in your life, and
you'll be sure to be seasick."
Down with the outer jib! Hoist
away on that-on that"
Mrs. Bowser looked at him and
calmed his enthusiasm somewhat and
then said:
You had better go and take those
circus clothes off and let the Old
Salts go along by themselves. Just as
sure as you get out In a boat, and
there's any sea on, you will come
home wilted rag and lay 1t all to
me. It's worse than your riggin G
yourself out to ride horseback"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
OBSERVATIONS BY
A FIRST NIGHTER

UST at present the drama of sex
occupies a considerable space upon
- the local stage. Last week Mrs.
Patrick Campbell at the Mason offered
us opportunities to establish an across
-footlights acquaintance with such
neurotic feminines as THE Second Mrs.
Tanqueray," 1.-The Notorious Mrs.
Ebbsmith," "Hedda Gabler," and Mag
da." This week Mary Shaw will present
Mrs Warren's Profession" at the Los
Angeles, and the Belasco will offer "The
Secret Orchard another play built
around a problem of sex. Pinero, Ib-
sen, Sudermann, Shaw and Pollock,
Englishman, Norwegian, German, Irish
man and American: surely a cosmopoli
tan assembly of playwrights, each dis
cussing a subject broad as humanity.
En- paSsant, an eXpatriated American
friend of mine now in Los Angeles ac-
companied me to one of Mrs. Camp
BELLS performances last week and
praised highly the diction of members
of her company. What do you think of
that? We, in Los Angeles had sup
posed those actors couldn't speak intel
ligbly, and here comes a naturalized
Britisher who tells us that they'd surely
understand if they heard it on the
Strand. He ought to know, too, for he
has lived In London most of the time
for the past ten years. and occasionally
he talks the jargon himself. 1t is to
be hoped, however, that upon her next
tour Mrs. Campbell will leave her Lon
don company in London and will enlist
an American supporting cast on this
side. Some few of us haven't had the
advantages necessary to make London
ese intelligible.
Melvin Bartlett, a young man whose
talent for mendacity and other things
has won him fame as press agent of the
Orpheum theater and Grand opera
house. is going ava from here. Bart
lett has worn himself out with hard
work He is suffering from paralysis
of the adjectival nerve and he's going
to a watering place for rest
Yesterday he came mournfully into
the office to bid me good bye. TITS no
use'' he sighed. I'm temporarily down
and out and I know it. Just consider
my unhappy condition. La Sylphe comes
to the Orpheum Monday and l am short
on adjectives. Of course 1 might tell
you that she is the most beautiful wo-
man in the world, handsome. symmet-
rical. svelte, fine, pretty, lovely, grace
fui, elegant, sprightly, delicate, refined,
fair, comely, statuesque, seemly, we'll
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

in month, and If "a Bunch of Keys
repeats the hit made by "a Milk
White Flag" it is likely that Manager
Morosco will continue through the Hoyt,
list, presenting probably "A Trip to
Chinatown" "A Parlor Match" and
other of the Hoyt farces that lend
themselves readily to musical interpo-
lations. "A Brass Monkey" and "a
Hole in the Ground" also are in this
category.
| want to say a few words of ap-
probation in this column of the finely
| artistic character portrait Lewis S.
Stone gave us last week at the Belasco
as Cyrus Blenkarn in 1.-The Middle
man" Sone's work was mastery both
In acting and in makeup, as those of
you who are fortunate enough to have
seen 1t know. 1t was by long odds
the best thing he has done in Los An
geles, and that of itself is high praise.
Richard Vivian, too, should Justly
share in the commendation. His cock
ney potter's apprentice was q source
of much innocent merriment and pro-
vided just the right touch to relieve
the gloom of the plays central figure.
IL you haven't seen "The Middleman."
and it's well worth seeing, l might
suggest that the play continues through
tonight, but will be withdrawn tomor-
row to make way for 1.-THE Secret Or
chard."
"Sappho" has been selected for early
revival at the Burbank, where Blanche
Hall will be seen as Daudet's heroine
ana William Desmond will play Jean
Gaussin. The Stoddard version of the
play will be used. This differs some
what from the Fitch adaptation. pre-
sehted at the Mason few months ago
py olga Nethersole, but the staircase
scene will be retained. and Blanche
Hall Sappho will be carried upstairs
by William Desmond Gaussin, who bv
the way, viii have much easier task
than did Miss Nethersole's leading
man, for the Nethersole embonpoint
has become much in evidence in recent
years.
Last night marked David Tdwin's
farewell appearance with the IJlrich
stock company at the Grand Mr.. Ed.
win has been In Ill health for some time
past, and he found himself reluctantly
compelled to give up his work. He is
succeeded by Kendall Weston, who
comes here from Ye Liberty playhouse.
Oakland, and who will try to be as
f1endishly inhuman as villains at the
Grand are naturally expected to be.
When l knew Weston some years ago
he was playing leading roles with the
Woodward stock company in the Mis-
sissippi valley country, the home the
ater being in Omaha. Since then he
has been in Australia.
At the Burbank this week Carrie
Clarke Warde will again play the role
she created in why Smith Left Home"
that of Lavina, president of the Cook
Ladies' union. incidentally this clever
actress viii introduce a song and dance
number the song being Mike" and the
dance an Irish clog. To guard against
accident the stage floor has been
strengthened by the addition of rein
forced concrete braces from beneath
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

since "Salomy Jane" and that was a
dramatization of an old story written
ty Francis Bret Harte. Ada Rehan is
in retirement. from which Annie Rus
sell has just emerged. Last season Miss
Pussell played a Shakespearean role.
and not woman's role, either. Julia
Marlowe has nothing to offer that could
qualify in that fve-year list. Neither
has Amelia Bingham.
The reckoning might be continued all
most indefinitely. Enough has been
adduced, however, to show the desper-
ate plight in which our women stars
have found themselves.
What has become OF the gallantry of
American playwrights? Is there no
longer upon the stage an adherence to
the French politesse, place aux
DANES?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
ARE PLAYWRIGHTS
UNGALLANT FOLK?
"HAT has become of the gallantry
w of American playwrights? Why

w of American playwrights? Why
have they so despitefully used
the American actress? Is there no
longer upon the stage an adherence to
the French politesse, place aux
DANES?
These queries are suggested by d
statement made the other day by John
Blackwood, manager of the Belasco
theater. Mr.. Blackwood was discussing
what he declares to be the constantly
Increasing difficulty of securing for
stock presentation good plays having
a woman as their central figure. From
discussion he passed to ascertain and
from assertion to prediction. Said he:
There are not today five successful
plays, written within the past five
years, for women stars, which are now
available for stock. If this thing con-
tinues the woman play-that is to say,
the play with a woman as it's central
fgure-will soon become as extinct as
the dodo bird"
Within fortnight the Belasco is to
resent 1.-The Girl of the Golden West
This is one play that comes within the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

favored, we'll made, we'll formed, well
proportioned. becoming, gracious, good
ly. neat, spruce. sleek, chic, bright
eyed, attractive, blooming, brilliant, ra-
diant, fridescent. effervescent as cham
pagne, shining, beaming. splendid, re-
splendent, dazzling, gorgeous, superb,
magnificent, sublime, sinuous, pictur-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

heavenly, seraphic, celestial and volup-
tuous. and still be under the mark.
What's the use? La Sylphe is beyond
me. TIM going up country to take the
waters but l shall return, yes and
when l do shall have a new supply of
words with which to enrich the sadly
inlnnNerlShnd Enplisn langlaPe.o
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

esque-but none of these paltry terms
can express her wondrous charm, the
lure of her, her potent and fantastic
fascination. 1 might even say she is
adorable, bewitching captivating, raw
ishing, queenly, exquisite, enchanting,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

"Allons," said 1, "and who, by the
way, is La Sylphe?"
Bartlett shuddered. 'She is the
dancer" he answered, mournfully.
"A dancer?" l repeated.
NO not dancer-THE dancer; and
he was gone
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

| be AIDED 10 the nSU, ana, perhaps, INd-
chel Crothers' interesting western
drama, 1.-The Three of U.s." Both OF
these plays have been presented in
stock locally, Sunday" at the Burbank
and 1.-THE Three of Us" at the Belasco.
However the total number of recent
successes made by women stars In
piays which offer a woman as their
central figure is surprisingly small. Mr..
Biackwood says it is less than five IN
the past five years, eliminating. or
course. offerings not yet released for
stock use.
Woman Stars Fare Badly
Truth to tell our women stars have
Jared badly. They have been most
6espitefully used by their natural allies
in the entertainment of the public, our
American playwrights; and when they
have Jared abroad in search of plays
failure has followed them.
Consider, for instance, the case OF
Maude Adams. In Peter Pan" her
greatest success, Miss Adams played
roy's role In "The TESTERS her cur
rent play, she again shuns skirts. Hen
rietta Crosman, after considerable list
Of failures, spent a small fortune upon
dramatized version of Pilgrims
Progress" in which she played CHRIS
tan" and that, too, failed.
The beautiful Maxine Elliott has had
no play worth while since Her Own
Wav." first produced considerably more
than five years ago. This season she
has tried three plays none of when
has been a success. Mary MannerlnS
has done nothing worth serious consld-
Grafton. Margaret Anglin is back again
in 1.-THE Great Divide" certainly not
woman's play, though it has an un-
deniably strong role for a woman
player.
Florence Roberts failed in her sea-
sons new offering: then harked back TO
"Zira," which in its original stage form
was written some two or three decades
ago: and now is playing SHAM" a
comedy of manners. Henrietta Cros-
man, to return to that able actress,
made a uuasi-success of MARY, Mary,
Quite Contrary" or some similarly
named adaptation of Sardou's old "A
Scrap of Paper" Certainly, however
this cannot come within the five-year
Perforce, Use Old Plays
Mrs. Fiske is playing an Ibsen role.
So is ALA Nazimova. Bertha Kalich is
using Marta of the Lowlands," first
staged something like ten years ago,
though this fact is ordinarily disre-
re garded in her announcements. Mrs.
Ieslie Carter, it is announced, will pre-
sent the Sardou emotional drama next
season. Virginia Harmed failed dis
mally in "Anna Karenina." Olga Meth
ersole is playing repertoire. Recently
she has fallen into a habit of presenting
one new play of French origin each
year. 1.-THE Labyrinth" and THE
A Awakening," neither of which attracted
marked favorable comment, being ex-
amples Marie Dressler. perhaps in de-
spair has hied herself to London. May
Robson's 1.-The Regeneration of Aunt
Nary was a failure. Eleanor Robson
has had no play of even moderate merit