The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

position her husband gives her, and
am not surprised, since / realize
better than she does tine enormous
| expenses he must meet in maintain
| ing that position. that she has little
| besides her food and clothes But
what does the stenographer have be-
side these? Her money is of course
her own to do with as she pleases,
| diture not as certainly determined
for her, to the last penny, as that OF
the allowance Of the housewife? She
must live and when her food and
clothes and rent are paid for there
| IS little over with which to provide
for the rainy day about which the
wife OF a successful man of business
lets her husband do the worrying.
I viii not compare the plain liv-
ing of the stenographer with the lux
uries enjoyed by her employers wife.
The 1uxuries of one class are the ne
cessities of another, of course, but
L want the RebelliouS Wife to know
that the independent income of a
wage-earn1ng woman is just a slaves
stipend of the food and clothes nee
essary to keep her in working con-
dition."
A new member of The Argus. which
is described by it's editor as an 'ama-
teur maGaziniet" published by Miss
Mary Hampstead of Topeka is out
There is considerable merit in the lit
tic publication, the editor and contribu-
tors of which are practically unknown
to the local 'literati." Miss Hampstead
Miss Juliet Smith and Mr.. George
Brenker are the principal contribu-
tors.
r. -
There was an old-fashioned Sunday
school story theory that beauty and
good clothes spoiled a woman and that
they were not accompanied by pretty
ways" A Topeka woman who is gen
avg V n h1aT~
disproves this notion. Although she is
regarded by many people as the most
beautiful woman IN town, she has a
daughter in high school Moreover she
is useful, Industrious and capable. She
is a notable housekeeper. makes many
of her own clothes, (and she is always
exceedingly we'll dressed) finds time
to read German and Latin with her
daughter.
One sees lots of weak inefficient
looking people loafing around a public
library. Failure IS written all over
them. and they are the last people a
judge Of human nature would choose
for an important task. And yet many
people imagine that they are superior
because they are great readers. Lots
of time is wasted reading trash and
there are many people who should quit
reading and begin thinking and work
Ing. Time was, when books were rarer
and better. that the reader was usually
scholarly in his tastes and acquired
real mental discipline from his reading.
But in these days of the literary de-
LUCE when so much utter rot is pub
lished, nearly every one reads not wise
ly but too much. A liberal education
is still to be had from good books
carefully read and digested, but to con-
sumo large quantities of new novels
will improve nobody intellectually. Lii
brary loafing is one of the most dan
gerous of habits. Love of reading is
not necessarily a profitable inclination.
1t depends upon what you read and
how. Generally speaking the boy or
girl who doesn't like reading stands
better show for usefulness and success
than the young person with his nose
always in q. book, especially If it is a
story book.
X y
A pretty model for that most fasci-
mating of garments. the negligee, is re-
produced. This may prove a timely
hint to many coming brides who WI h
this article in their trousseaux to be
nodish and attractive. This may be
developed in the thin silks or in some
Of the lighter wooden materials, such
as cashmere or albatross. The grace
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