The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-16
FROM OTHER PENS
WOMEN AS COUNCILLORS.

On the first occasion on which ladies
have been eligible to sit as munlclpal
councillors their success at the polls
has hardly been as pronounced as
some of those who have worked so
hard to secure them the right were
inclined to anticipate. Still, When IL
is considered that only spinsters OF
widows could stand, and that In sew
eral Instances boroughs were being
served by we'll tried and fully trusted
members of long standing, there Is
perhaps no reason to feel othefWlse
than satisfied
been returned is Miss Dove, who head
ed the poll at High Wycome. she is
an advanced educa1onallSt, VINO TOT
some years past has been heao mis-
tress of Wycombe Abbey school, with
about 200 young ladies in residence
Another striking success is that or
Miss Merivale at Oxford. Sne Is
daughter of the late Dean MerlVale'
the historian, and her candldature en-
members of the university. She will
take her seat as an Independent, ana
education is a strong point with her-
This, too, figured prominently IN tne
campaign Of Miss Sutton. who was re
turned unopposed at Reading. Mrs.
Woodward at Bewdley, was also
shared the troubles Of any contest, as
was Mrs Garrett Anderson at ALDEN
burgh. In Scotland the LADIES were
less successful. Four came Forward
and none have been returned. 1t Is
Significant that Lady Steel was reject
ed at Edinburgh, for she has been
among the most militant OF suit aslsts'
even to "passive resistance as TO pay
ing her rates and taxes ana uh th re.
Duke may be taken to heart by those
who think noisy methods are approved
by the majority of their s1sters.-hon-
dan Telegraph.
CURSE OF EXTRAVAGANCE.
After acute reflection Stuyvesant
Fish finds that "extravagance Is CHIEF
ly responsible for the various PERIODS
of hard times through Whlcn the couH-
trv passes" He is sure that "extrava-
gance on the part Of everybody
rich and poor and moderately Wen OH
-is the great weakness of the Arneri-
can nation"
Mr.. Fish does not ask everybody to
do as he says, but by example SHOWS
the people that the simple lie is the
hest for all. His primitive tastes are
seen to much advantage in the cross
ways, a modest Newport cottage, cost
! ing less than 100000. For the sup
! port of good music and to give Met
play of beautiful and bejeweled WON
| en- in the Diamond Horseshoe MI.
Fish holds a box at the opera New
York town house, modelled AFTER the
palace of the Doges, is anotner unpre,
| tentious example Of Mr.. F1sh's frugal
| desires. His economic conscience can
not bear the thought of wasting heaNy
dues on large number or cups, SO
he is member of only the Union
| the st. Anthony. the Downtown me
| Metropolitan, the ST. Nicholas, the
| Automobile of America, the R1dlng'
the Southern, the Colony, the Colum a.
| bia university and the Players: his
private car Is not the finest In the
world and he probably has fewer than
| 100 servants.
Now, if the average spendthrIft
American citizen will deny himself
| the unnecessaries just as Stuyvesant
| Fish does the country Will soon re
| cover from its embarrassment MT.
Fish Is no doubt ready to make even
| greater sacrifices in the interest OF the
movement against American extrava-
gance. We imagine he will go at ieas5
to quit his life Of dissipation GIVE
fr3ep wine and th sai nnr nss
| generate one. SI'li begin at once by
] swearing off song."-New York Press.