The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
ON THE NORTH SIDE
Mrs. Jacob Brown, Pioneer,
Victim of Pneumonia.
Died i'm Atchison While Visiting
a Daughter.
LIVED HERE 30 YEARS.
The Body viii Be Brought to
Topeka.
LIVED HERE 80 YEARS
Charitable People Find a Sad
Case Of DestitutiOn.

Case Of DestitutiOn.
/ Mrs. Jacob Brown, the wife of
Jacob Brown, of 140S Quincy street,
carrier on rural route No. 4. died of
pneumonia about O'Clock this morn
ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Arthur Jacquays, in Atchison, ac-
/ cording to word received here today.
She went to Atchison for a visit with
her daughter and was taken sick
there week ago Sunday.
She was IT years old. She has
| lived III the vicinity of North Topeka
for about thirty years. She was the
widow Of Joe Maze, an old settler of
| North Topeka. Her first husband
| died in 1898. She was married to
| Mr.. Brown about three years ago.
| Mrs Brown was born in Indiana,
! December 2, 1882. She was married
to Mr. Maze in that state. From
Kansas and settled on a farm jus -
north of Topeka in the early days
Later they moved to North Topeka
| She was a member of the Methodist
church and was one of the most re-
spected women of the neighborhood.
She leaves three sons, c. c. Maze
of 1892 Quincy street, Louis Maze of
the South Side, and Frank Maze of
Atchison.
c. C. Maze and Mr.. Brown have
gone to Atchison to make arrange
ments for the funeral. The body will
be brought to Topeka.
Please Mister will you give me a
nickel to help me get some money to
have my blind eye fxed?'' This is the
plea that little ragged Bonnie" Smith,
the 6-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs w.
Smith of 1O17 North Quincy street,
q II
the street. His left eye seems to have
been hurt and indications are that the
sight in that eye has been partially
az not totally, destroyed. Mrs. Smith
says that the trouble was caused by the
boy catching cold when he was years
old. She also teHs how a nail was ac-
cidentally run in the same eye. In ad-
dition to this story of hard luck she
tells that she and her husband are not
we'll, that he suffers with heart trouble
and that she isn't very strong. Mr..
Smith is day laborer. Mrs. Smith
says she is willing for any one to help
the boy. The appearance of the home
indicates destitute circumstances. The
Provident Association officials have
been notified of the case and have ia
ken it in charge. The officials of the
association are trying to arrange with
the parents to have the boys eye ex-
amined by a skilled occulist. They say
that if the parents consent, the occulist
will do his best to resore the sight to
the eye and it will be done without
cost to the father or mother. However
they also say that in many cases like
this, the parents take advantage of
their unfortunate children and make
professional beggers out of them. A
child like the Smith boy is often used
to appeal to the sympathy of the pub
lie, although this may not be true in
this particular case. The Smiths have
lived in Topeka off and on for about
ten years. During this time they have
in Z
City. There are two children in the
family, Bonnie" and another boy
Ernest, who is years old. A nurse of
the Provident Association in accord
ed at the house Tuesday to take the
boy to the occuIist but found no one
at home. The nurse intends to make
another attempt to have the boy see an
have lived in the L. P. Stalk property
for about year. The place has all
the appearance that the tenants are in
the direst poverty. Very little furni-
ture is in the house. There is scarcely
any carpet on the floor. Mrs. Smith
says they were given the house with
out rent if they would look after the
Stalk house next door. That house is
vacant and the Smiths are supposed to
see that no window lights are broken
by the small boys of the neighborhood.
I would be glad if every case like the
Smith affair was reported to u.s." said
MIS- (ndS. b. lnOInaS To-Day, VINO is
in charge of the Proyident Association
nursery. Under such circumstances
We are glad to do all We can, especial
~ for children, whose parents are shift
less and will not do anything for them
some times, the parents say
that they are too proud to accept help
or charity when they simply wish to
make professional beggars out of their
children because their unfortunate con-
dition appeals to the sympathy of the
public and they can get money the more
easily on that account
1t all happened at North Topeka
boarding house because one of the
boarders had tried the application of |
porous plaster to his chest for his
cold and his roommate. who is short |
sighted, attempted to take it off
The man with cold had tried every |
the faith cure, but with no avail The |
cold refused to be coaxed out of his |
system. Finally he applied a porous |
plaster. 1t was his first experience
with this old fashioned remedy. SO he |
was unprepared for its drawing and
also adhesive qualities.
The first few days after the plaster |
was applied all went well and the cold |
gradually left the man. His voice had |
been as hoarse as the proverbial !
ravens croak. but under the potent in |
fuenee of the plaster as the cold be- |
gan to vanish, his voice regained its |
normal tone.
However. as the cold approached the
vanishing point, the plaster began to /
draw like team of dray horses. For |
awhile the sufferer stood the agony
with the endurance and stoicisn of a |
martyr. He thought that the more
pain the less cold