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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-20

dachhunds, "Eirsziger" and "Fornoff, -
got first prize as pair, and each took
firsts in their class. Rags Fred
Wyals Irish setter, got first prize and
winner in his class, and John Van
Veehten,sv 'Iaaynes Flyer" got two
prizes, a first, and second. T.. L Her
rem, secretary of the Topeka Kennel
club, was in charge of the Topeka
dogs.
The first recital of 1909 for gradual
ton from the Washburn conservatory
of music. that of Miss Rachel Hotch-
kiss, violin; Miss Marie Zeigler, piano;
Miss Elinor Sims, voice, took place
last night. The college chapel was
well filled in spite of Indictment wealth
err and the recital proved a much APP
preciated exemplification of the high
type Of individual accomplishment de-
manded by that institution for a de-
gree.
Flour and potatoes have become so
valuable that they are now considered
rich hauls for burglars but SO far as
known Art Coe of Topeka is the first
to put the suggestion into practice. Last
evening he took a three bushel sack
from the Lux commission house-and
they were worth S1.60 per bushel, but
he was fined $25 and costs in police
court this morning for making the
experiment in which he found that the
jewels were too bulky to render the
profession practical.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-20

reception in honor of Rev. W. H.
Scrivner and family at the Christian
church last night, but owing 10 the
|irclemency of the weather number
o. the speakers on the programme were
unable to attend. however a fine pro-
eramrne was rendered. Rev. Mr.. Coop
er of the Central Park Christian
church, James Mullin. Miss Lanham,
the Painter sisters, Miss Georgia Lam
bert. Mrs Dawdy. Mrs. Laird, Mrs.
Hatten, selections by the choir, Ruth
Lane, Bernice and Willard however,
all had parts on the programme.
All East side people who win take
care of the delegates who come to To-
peka to attend the State Sunday School
convention which meets here May 5, 6
and Z, can report to George Layne,
chairman of the entertainment com
rnittee This is Sunday school con-
vention of all the churches of the diff
ferent denominations throughout the
whole state, and a large number of
delegates is expected
The Painter quartette, assisted by
Miss Georgia Lambert. pianist. VIII
give a concert Friday evening at the
Third Christian church
The ball team of the Third Presby-
terrain church will give chicken
pie supper Friday evening in the
church for a benefit fund to buy suits
for this season. Tickets for the supper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-20
WHAT THE GREAT OPERATE
ARTISTS ARE DOING.

Great artists like Nelba, Calve Eames
and others, devote as much care to the
preservation of their physical beauty
as to the development of their voices.
Hair and complexion demand the
greatest care. A smoothe. velvety and
roseate complexion in connection with
a Iuxuriant head of hair will transform
the most commonplace looking female
into an attractive and fascinating wo-
mans
Women in professional life thorough
ly understand this fact. How often we
hear the expression. What a beautiful
head of hair, or What a lovely COM
plexion," etc. Take a woman, for in
stance. Of fifty years. whose hair has
become streaked with gray. II she
thoroughly realized that QBan Hair
Restorer would restore her hair to Its
youthful beauty and abundance, what
| would she not pay to become possessed
of 1t. and II she knew that applications
of the Restorer to the face would re-
| move all pimples. blothes. etc. and i'm
prove the complexion a hundred fold,
| besides making her appear fifteen years
younger, would she use it? DR.. Mott
says that he never in his entire prac-
| tice, failed in one single instance to re-
store gray hair to color. depending
| solely upon QBan Hair Restorer. and
that for diseased conditions of the
scalp. falling hair. dandruff, ETC., or to
| increase the growth Of the hair, the
| Q-Ban Hair Tonic was always to be re-
| lied upon. All druggists have it for
| sale. Try it. If you use six bottles and
| the results are not as claimed, your
| druggist will refund you your money.
| Marshall Bros, End and Kan. ave-.
| and 5th and Kan ave. recommend and
sell these preparations. If you are gray
haired or your hair commencing to fade
IN color, you can have the first packag &c
| for nothing. Simply call and ask for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-20
WHY NOT STOP THAT ITCH /?
10c Will Bring Sample Direct From
d. ID. ID. Laboratories.

Is it worth 10 cents to you to stop
that awful, awful agonizing itch?
II you are afflicted with skin dis
ease, the kind that seems to BATTLE
medical treatment, and leaves you
wild with itch, we hope you will not
fail to investigate a prescription which
is now recommended by many of the
best skin specialists, even in prefer
ence to their own prescriptions. 1t is
the simple, soothing oil of wintergreen
compound known as d. D. D. Pre-
scription and sells at $1.00 bottle.
But 10-cent sample bottle must con-
vince you that the itch is instantly al
layed by this prescription. Get a lib
eral sample bottle of d. D. D. Pres
scription-and see!
We feel quite sure that before long
you will be cured. and at any rate we
known-KNOW POSITIVELY-tha
your itch will be allayed instantly, the
minute that soothing liquid is applied
to the skin.
Write direct to D. D. d. Co., 112
Michigan St, Chicago, enclosing 10
cents for the sample bottle.
Geo. w. Stansfield, druggist, 632
Kansas ave, Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-20
FIX UP THE BOXES
Uncle Sam Says Rural Patrons
Are Careless.
Orders Have Been Issued for
Immediate Change.
CARRIERS TO REPORT.
POst0ffice to Keep a Record OF
Those Who Disobey.
Hint That Service May BE Dis
continued.

Close upon the heels of the good
roads demands in which the govern
ment threatened the discontinuance of
the rural routes unless the patrons and
the road authorities made 1t easier for
the rural mail carrier to make his de-
nveries the fourth assistant postmaster
general has issued general orders all
over the United States affecting the
workings of the rural carriers and the
accommodation of the patrons.
In order to expedite delivery, collec-
ton and dispatch of rural mail, enable
rural carriers to cover their routes with
celebrity and give earliest possible SER
vice to patrons residing on the far ends
| of routes the pestoffice department will
| insist that all rural mail boxes be so
located as to be served with greater ex-
| petition and with the least trouble to
| the carriers.
Postmaster A. K. Rodgers has been
directed to require each rural carrier
| at the office to submit without delay
| for transmission to the postoffice de-
| partment in Washington names of all
| patrons whose boxes cannot be served
without leaving the road, dismounting,
| driving into deep bitches or on steep
| fnClines OF on or across railroad tracks
| involving danger and Inconvenience to
| the carrier himself or the approaches
| to whose boxes are INSTRUCTED.
This rule will go into effect at once
and the rural carriers are now ready to
| take the names of those on their routes
| who have not needed the warning OF
| the postoffice authorities. 1t has been
| decided to hold back the reports for a
| day or so in Kansas until the people
| can have ample chance to heed the
warning exploited in this article in the
| State Journal When it is thought that
| sufficient warning has been given the
| carriers will take the names, turn them
| into the postmaster and what will hap
pen then is not known. 1t is reported
| that the same means will be taken as
will be taken in June when the post
| office inspectors come around to ex-
anime the roads-discontinuanc if not
satisfactory.
| The postoffice department does not
require that boxes be erected beside the
| wheel tracks nor on any particular
| corner of a cross roads but they must
| be erected within confines of the road
and accessible on any corner.
It is not desirable that boxes be at
tached to telegraph, telephone or cleo
trio light poles or on fences or build
ings but they should be fastened Sc
CURLY to a neat strong post firmly set
in the ground at the side OF the road at
sufficient height to be served by car
riers without rising from seat or
reaching through the wagon spokes.
Few People Are Thoughtless.
Postmaster Rodgers said this
morning that as a general rule the
patrons on Topeka routes were very
accommodating They have tried to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-20

listen to the wishes o. the carriers
and act accordingly. However, as in
all cases, there is an exception or a
bunch of exceptions--and this is true
on the Topeka routes. IN some cases
people have been In the habit of at
taching their boxes to the hedge at
the side of the road. The hedge hangs
low over the box and 1t is almost i'm
possible to drive near enough to the
box with a covered wagon without
leaving the seat and reaching out ov-
er the wheel through the brush and
thorns to open the box. The postof-
fee department says that a rural car
rier should not be required to leave
his seat-and to dismount from the
wagon Is direct violation of the rule.
Then there are a number of mail
boxes situated near the road, but on
the other side of a deep ditch. This
is a common occurrence. People seem
to think that in order to have their
mail a safe distance from the main
thoroughfare it Is advisable to con-
struct them close to the fence or
hedge. Many times rural carriers
have broken their wagons driving into
these deep bitches and in one case a
horse was disabled for any further
use. To have the wagon turn on its
side is not out of the ordinary and
the dumping of the oil stove foot
warmer or the mail happens as regu-
lar as the days come around-in the
winter time.
Another mistake made by the pa
irons is the height in which they con-
struct their boxes. In some cases it
is necessary for the carrier to stand
up in the wagon and reach out by
stepping out on the step. Then again
it viii be necessary to thrust his arm
through the muddy spokes of a dirty
wheel in order to make the proper
deliveries.
The postoffice department is not Sc
we're with the patrons. There are no
set rules for the construction of mail
boxes and the ground does not have
to be staked out before the box can
be situated. Matters are made as
easy as possible-at the same time it
is necessary to protect the rural car
rier who has to travel thirty or more
miles every day in the year.
Complaints have been coming to
the department for a number OF
from the general complaint Spring
time is here-also wet, muddy roads
and the government has issued orders
that all roads be maintained in the
finest of condition or the routes will
be discontinued. This ruling came
out some time ago and since its pub
1icity the people around the city have
taken the hint and worked out their
roads. The inspector is due here in a
few weeks and he win examine all OF
these matters very closely.
In the meantime rural patrons will
get a saw and hammer and change
the location of their mail boxes@or
else the 1onged for mail man. will
drive by and leave nothing but two
big tracks in the middle of the road
possibly a Whit of gasoline.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-20
EAST 7OPfkAN0IES|
2natr a. .a6d II Ie.sa
Items for the East Topeka column m
be telephoned to Ind. phone 1751.1

| be teleDhOned to ina. phone 1I0l.I
Miss Mabel Smith has left for Col
orado where she is going to remain
| permanently.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy verlin and daugh-
ter Mary left Monday for their home
| in Argentine.
Miss Ida Beeier. who has been i'll for
number Of weeks. remains about the
same.
The Endeavor society of the Christian
day evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Ravens, 30 North Lake
street. Everybody invited.
Miss Lottie Horn will go to Kansas
City Thursday to remain until Sun
day the guest of her brother, w. L.
Horn, and family
Mr. V E. Johnson of German ave-
nue. is unable to be out on account of
illness.
Henry Kettler returned to Kansas
City today after several days visit with
relatives here.
Miss Florence Knowles, of Texas, is
spending a month visiting friends in
Topeka.
The Oriental Embroidery club will
meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Sam Wright at her home on Jefferson
street.
Mr.. ]. widner. of 3z1 Liberty street.
who has been very sick for a number
of weeks, remains about the same.
went to Usage City today on a bust
ness trip.
Next Sunday morning at the Third
Christian church, "a quartette from the
colored institute. east of the city. will
he present and sing at Sunday school.
The Ladies. Aid society OF the Meth
odist church viii hold their regular
meeting at the church Wednesday af-
ternoon.
All the missionary societies of the
Presbyterian churches of the city will
hold an all day meeting in the Oak
land church next Friday.
Little Robert Service will entertain a
number of little friends Thursday af-
ternoon at his home on Lake street, in
celebration of his seventh birthday an
niversary. sas
+ The Epvorth league of the NJ z.
church will give a musical and literary
entertainment at the church this ev
eninS. -
A large crowd was present at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-20

are now on sale. Buy one and help
the boys out This is the only team
on the East side belonging to the
Church league. and the East siders
want to see the season ended with first
honors awarded to them.
The Helping Hand society of the Sec
ond United Brethren church will hold
a meeting Tuesday afternoon at tie
home of Mrs McBroom. 435 Liberty
street.
The double quartette of the Swedish
male chorus will sing at the East Side
Methodist church tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-20

Compound has been the standard remedy for
female ills. No sick woman does justice to
herself who will not try this famous medicine.
Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and
has thousands of cures to its credit.
Eau9HEES. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
- to write her for advice. She has
guided thousands to health free of charge.
Address Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

expensive burial apparatus. This tendency
does not find an outlet IN the adoption
Of cremation. which is, after all. the cheap
est mode of disposing of the dead, but
rather In the purchase of a less costly
style of coffin. Cincinnati has one of the
best cremation plants ever built. n yet
it's increase Of patronage from year 70
year is small. perhaps not over 100 cases
in hat period. In flush lines well-to-do
people think nothing OF purchasing a
sheet bronze casket OF the value OF $500.
which is the best thing yet discovered as
a final resting place of the dead. for 1t
is practically indestructible. The great
weight OF the bronze casket and also OF
the caE Iron kind, Is the principal objec-
ton to these metallic receptacles. They
weigh about 800 pounds and are exceedingly
difficult TO handle. Next best is a copper
lined affair which is not nearly so heavy.
but which IL used in connection with costly
woods like mahogany. may cost well up
into the hundreds. A mahogany coffin
with elaborate hand carving and a lining
of copper is easily worth N,D0.
Curiously enough, the manufacturer
nave been effected by another factor that
has no connection with bad times. and that
is a reduced death rate all over the coun-
try. Not SO many people are dying now.
relatively speaking as did a few years
ago. In New York city the decrease has
been extraordinary. IL haast be that more
attention Il being paid to hygiene than ever
before and that the masses OF today are
giving better heed to sanitary laws than
those OF past generations. Baltimore
American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
he hesitates: and ] suppose the man, like
the woman, who hesitates is lost.
why She Didn't Go tO Jail.

he hesitates; and ! suppose the man, like
the woman, who hesitates is lost.
why h Didn't Go to Jail.
my reason for not going to Jail is, 1
suppose, found in the temperamental fact
that I am not really a fighter. 1 am one
of the council of peace who expect and
hope everything will be settled by arbitra-
ton. But I am an ardent admirer of all
the militant crowd-especially OF Christabel
Pankhurst, who is the picturesque figure
In the demonstration
Like the Englishman, I am a lover Of
nerve and pluck, and besides these quail
ties she is the possessor Of wit and youth
and charm. A very significant fact. 1t
seemed to me-, was shown at the suffra-
gette ball given not long ago, where she
was the undoubted belle, and she could
have filled her program over dozens OF
times
after it was over you'd meet some fine
English chaps, about here and there, who
would tell you with the air of having done
something really remarkable tina they got
half a dance with Miss Pankhurst at the
ball. Let a woman stay in jail a few days
now and II she has failed to get converts
before she went in she'll nave plenty after
Naiu. W II z liz LilbhSlHidil rush "
her side then. murmuring. 'Jove. she's got
pirckP"
Mrs. T. p. o'Connor when she first came
from Texas to New York was engaged for
some years in journalistic work. Occasion
ally she interviews a celebrity or some
politician on an important question. She
goes about It in a gilt-edged manner. hav-
ing a secretary accompany her, who takes
down all the conversation.
h laughs, however, from the summit
of this journalistic pedestal at the story
Of the New York newspaper woman who
responded TO the remark made by a friend
who had Just seen her name on the title
page Of a magazine devoted to fiction.
why, I didn't know you wrote f~ictlon?'
with the rejoinder. Didn't you? You have
seen my interviews. haven't your"
II know that kind-the imaginative sort"
Mrs. O'Connor answers with a reminiscent
laugh. IL have perpetrated a number.
"Once 1 was assigned to an interview
with a very noted '~cellist. Holman. Like
most Of his profession, he was no CONVEX
sationallst at all and while he coulc play
divinely that did not do me any good as
he could not play the interview.
80 / let my imagination have a good
time and wrote really a most charming
article about what he had done and his
plans and his opinions and all the rest Of
the regular interviewing talk. Lots Of
people said to me after It was published,
What IN interesting man Holman Il. I
had no idea he had such temperament and
wit and such a cultivated mind Holman
himself said when we met afterward, refer
ring TO the interview. 4 love 1t. / love IT,
and after a minute or two's silence. Yes.
l love it,
Several years after l met Holman at
the house OF a friend. He came toward me
and referred again to the interview. I
love it, he said. 4 love it,"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

Of the high-class models are fastened that
way.
Wash Skirts in white and Color.
Wash skirts are made Of linen, rep, cot
ton poplin and several linen limitations,
and are shown in white and colors of tan.
various shades OF blue and even a number
Of novelty rose and wistaria shades. Tho
panel front. cut high above the waist and
in few cores is a favorite style In wash
skirts and the trimming consists of self
material stitching, fiat wash braids and
buttons. In misses sizes. the plated
models still seem to hold their own. but
there is much less fullness and the plaits
are not as deep and are stitched down
fatty below the knee.
A number of the models that show scare
ity OF cores show a few inset plaits at each
gore which are about knee deep.
Belted skirts and TRIMMINGS.
A number of the belted and high cut
skirts show the accompanying sash and
girdles made of some soft materials and
prettily finished with tassel ornament and
fringe. The trimming of the girdle is re-
peated in effective touches on the skirt.
Buttons and loops in simulated button hole
effect are also much in evidence. Orna-
mental loops are made of silk. satin and
flat and round braid, while self material
with tiny edge of piping is seen on tire plain
tailored models. A number of the high
skirts are cut higher In front and back
in panel affect, which leaves the sides
considerably lower and forms the correct
paneled princess gown when worn with
waist to match or h~armonize.
Black and Color.
Although black is always a greatly ia
vored skirt color, this season black is bet
ter thought Of than ever. Among the fancy
materials some blue, tan and gray are
shown to quite an extent, while among
the novelty light worsteds. silks and wash
fabrics, there is a sprinkling Of the light
and novelty shades to be seen. White has
become a staple and is especially well
thought Of for spring and summer and is
to be seen among the skirts OF cloth as
we'll as among those OF wash fabrics.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

- HILE there is nothing radically
VAY new in separate skirts this
season, there is just enough
~ novelty in the new numbers
IE1Y[E3t to distinguish them from those
kS worn during the last season.
First of all, there is a wider showing of
the high cut skirt. which. taking the cos
tune tendency into consideration, Is well
thought of. These high cut skirts are es-
pecially we'll thought of for summer wear,
for a high cut skirt of white or other light
material, when worn with matching waist,
has every semblance of a one-piece dress.
For early spring. a number of the cloth
skirts show the high cut skirt. Not all
skirts, however. are cut high. for many
show a stitched belt or girdle. which. for
practical uurpOses is better liked than the
high cut garment. =
Fewer Cores ana Less FlRre.
Although a number OF the new skirts are
quite full at the feet. the better style gar
ments show a decided absence of flare.
Skirts are cut with fewer cores, which does
much to eliminate the flare. even I'm the
fuller models. Circular cut skirts are also
to be seen, but as separate garments the
gored skirts are better liked. Many of the
gored skirts show a few fan pleats. not too
wide nor too full. set in at side cores.
Some skirts are cut so narrow that these
pieats are often necessary to the freedom
OF movement of the wearer. The inverted
pleat In habit back effect and the plain
cut habit back are seen in all the new
models. A few skirts show the fan pleat-
Ing set In the back cores.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

Nothing seems to have been found that
will answer as a substitute for wolfe, for
it promises for as much popularity as ever.
Fancily striped and plain weaves are
well liked, with a leaning towards the plain
effects. Although wolfe can stand a large
amount Of trimming. the tendency seems
to be for heater and more tailored effects.
Self and button trimmings are used widely.
while the silk and satin band trimmings
are still to be seen among the popular
priced models. Wolfe is especially adapted
for the tunic skirt; therefore. this model
is oftener 10 be seen among. the wolfe than
among the heavier materials. Panama
seems to have lost none OF It's popularity
of the last few seasons, serge and mohair
are employed freely for the utility skirts
which are shown in large numbers and in
the seasons various styles.
skirts Are Considerably Longer.
Although the utility walking skirt is
again shown in a length that escapes the
ground. the very short skirt is no longer
considered very smart. Train lengths,
however, are not shown very freely in the
separate garments. however well thought
of they may be In costumes and dresses.
The ready-made skirts very seldom show
the finished hem. A wide basted hem al
lows the purchaser the choice of length.
While front and side button skirts are by
no means the novelty they were the last
few seasons, a number Of new skirts are
made on hat model. Sid effects are
shown, but back fastened skirts seem to
have come to their own again, for some