The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-01
FROM OTHER PENS
STATIONS MILLIONS.


| The executors of the Stratton estate
are having a $4,000 bronze statue
erected of him in Stratton park. near
Colorado Springs. This is not the
| memorial of himself that he wished.
He willed his millions for the build
ing and maintenance Of a home for
the poor and helpless of Colorado,
which was not even to bear his name,
but was to be named in honor OF the
memory of his father. THE Myron
Stratton Home" His will directe
that the property should be speedily
turned into cash and over to the trus-
tees of said home. Instead OF doing
so the executors Of the Will are man
aging the estate as though 1t was their
private affair-investing in mines.
real estate and building business
blocks 1t is said they are becoming
very rich off the estate and seem to
consider that they are the poor that
are to be the beneficiaries under the
will. and 1t certainly does look it. Is
there no law to make these executors
carry out the provisions of the will !!
We should think they would be afraid
of the ghost of the man whose trust
thew are SO basely Observation-Disclosures
County Banner.
CORSAGE IS HEALTHFUL.
It's all right, girls. You may wear
those low necked. sleeveless things to
the Christmas balls, If you wish. Your
may tell you that the habit is danger
Gus and productive of tuberculosis, but
Dr. Woods Hutchinson of New York
says this is all Childish fallacy."
The square and the "V' are all right.
Women actually benefit physically by
indulging in them Declines and colds
are due, not to direct exposure OF the
upper lungs to chilly blasts, but to the
infected air of ball rooms and to excess
sively late hours. AS long as you reel
NI nt n
may dress as you please within the
limits set by custom.
Sounds nice and comforting, doesn't
it? But did you notice that little hint
about the impure air and the late
hours or rather the early hours?
If you can find a denatured dance
with germless atmosphere and an
early-closing sign you are all right
Otherwise, girls, you are much In the
position of the perennial girl who was
given permission to go In swimming ne
hut was ordered to stay away from the
water.-Detroit Free Press.
BRYAN OF FLORIDA.
We must go back to the days of
Clay to find a youngster of the age OF
Bryan of Florida chosen to the SEN
ate. AS the Kentuckian fully justified
his early elevation to so high an Of
flee. we may all hope that Mr.. Bryan
will also. But of course. in order to
show his quality, the Floridan must
secure an election. The appointment
will not give sufficient opportunity
The new senator Is an orator, and
Florida will be heard in the debates
once more. Gradually, states which
for some time have been silent in the
senate are finding their voices again
Pennsylvania has sent Knox in
place of a Quay, and Florida follows
suit with Bryan in place of Mallory.
VIII New York, when the time comes
send a man with a tongue in his head
and a head to match his tongue in
place Of Mr.. Plat ?-Washington Star
DEMANDS ON DIPLOMATS.
Another burden of the American
ambassador or minister abroad Is the
Importantly of his fellow countrymen
for social favors, such as presentation
at court, introduction to persons of
mark and the linke. Every American
minister is in duty bound to look after
him, introduce him into the best So
ciety and make him feel at home. 1t
is naturally something of a task to
avoid these opportunities without
making powerful enemies, who. how
ever. insignificant aboard, yet WELD
great influence at home.--New Or
leans Pfcayune.