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The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

Max Figman, who has made many
friends in Topeka during the past two
seasons by his admirable performance
of 1.-THE Man on the Box returns to
comedy "The Substitute by Beulah NJ
Dix and Evelyn G. Sutherland, authors
of that unique play ''The Road to Yes
terday."
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

officials today appealed to the daugh-
ters to reconsider their former action
and locate the monument to Captain
Wtrz at that place. A site for the
shaft was offered and assurance given
that the people of Andersonville will
welcome the erection there.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
At the Novelty,

The Worlds Comedy Four, the male
quartette at the Novelty theater, made
a great hit with the audiences last
night and at each performance had to
respond to half a dozen encores. This
is one of the best singing organizations
that has been seen at the Novelty this
season. The bill is one of merit from
the entertainment standpoint.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

A PSYCHE Circle is to be organized
following the lecture of Rev A T.
Osbron at the First Methodist church,
Friday night. Ministers doctors,
nurses, slum workers. teachers, par
ents and others should join this circle.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
Land Speculation Wrecks a Bank.

Baldwin, Wis. March 1.-THE State
Bank of Baldwin is in the hands of
the state banking commissioner. Un-
fortunate speculation in western and
southern land is the assigned cause.
The bank has a capital stock of $4,000
and deposits of $216.000
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
AMUSEME ENTS.
At the Grand.

The Reddick company will close it's
engagement at the Grand tonight with
the play "A Pink Mask"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

1.-THE New Psychology is to be dis
cussed at the First Methodist church,
Friday night, by Rev. A. A. Osbron of
Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

Tell your carpenter to see J. Thomas
Lumber Co., for Lumber and Portland
Cement, the Dewey, none better.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11

After the lecture at the First
Methodist church on Friday night.
Rev A. T. Osbron will organize a class
for the study of metaphysics.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

The big erin hats, turned up at the
side and trimmed with feathers, prom
Use to be the ultra-smart millinery
style for the summer, both in the
black and the pure white.
Ideal summer hats are made of
linen or Shantung silk to match the
gowns with which they will be worn.
The favorite shapes are those which
have fairly high crowns and wide,
shady brims, lined underneath with
some contrasting tint and draped with
a soft silk scarf, patterned with
Paisley colorings.
More of what are known as made
hats" are being worn this season than
for several years past. These are not
confined to the dressy type, but round
hats of the street and tailor made
variety are fashioned Of straw braid,
sewed on a wire frame. While they
are much heavier than the woven
straws worn at present, they are more
apt to keep their shape.
The round crowned, dropping
brimmed mushroom hat of the babies
grown to more imposing size Is one
of the most popular shapes for the
girls from to 10 and varies in
width and angle of brim and in trim
ming. Many of the play hats in this
shape have only a ribbon band and
huttering ends for trimming, but
others are more deliberately trimmed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
Health and Beauty Hints.

Deep breathing has much TO do
with having a good figure. If the
chest is fiat and contracted, as must
be if the lungs are not filled, woman
cannot make a good appearance.
The temperature of a heated bed
cooled if sheets are wrung out of wa
ter and hung between two windows.
The evaporation will cause the tenn
perature to fall several degrees.
Headache caused by fatigue or eye
strain can often be quickly cured if
a wet cloth is lightly sprinkled with
spirits of menthol and bound around
the head. Lie down in a dark room
and inhale the fumes. 1t brings re-
lief almost instantly.
To make cucumber cold cream take
juice of pressed cucumbers, one-half
pint: deodorized alcohol, one and
one half ounces; sweet almond oil,
three and one-half ounces; shaping
Z, am, one dram, and blanched al.
monds. one and three-quarter drains
Scented milk for the skin is recon-.
mended by those who study beauty
scientifically The milk must be
boiled and then a few drops of violet
water added The fluid must be
rubbed into face, neck and arms thor
oughly and permitted to dry. Then
the rubbing must be renewed To
steam the face with hot milk makes
1t soft and white as an infants.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
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The next time baby screams with
collie instead Of dosing it with sooth-
ing syrups or old nurse remedies. such
as catnip tea and other decoctions to
which our grandmothers pinned their
faith, try what hot water slipped
from a spoon or taken through bot
tie will do to relieve the pain. The
water should be fresh and boiled, but
not boiling. Care must be taken that
it is not hot enough to burn the deli
cate tongue and gums. This will usu-
ally give relief and can be repeated
frequently with no danger to the
child.
For drainer and holder of nursing
bottles tack stick of round wood
the size of lead pensil, about eight
inches long, with four inches protrud-
ing in a perpendicular position above
the top of the wainscoting above the
sink: then when bottle is washed turn
upside down over the stick and leave
to drain until ready for use again. If
no wood above the sink tack a piece
of wood FIVE inches long, two inches
wide and two inches thick on the
wall and the round stick on that
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
HygIenic Dresa.

On the subject of hygienic attire for
women, there has always been a great
deal OF honest nonsense talked and
much misspent trouble taken for the
reason that a great number of people
have the type of mind that irresistibly
associates the ugly with the healthy
and the nauSe0us with the wholesome
Just as they think medicine cannot
be efficacious unless it is thick and
black and nasty, so they think wome n
cannot breathe and prosper unless
they look like bale of hay with the
middle hoop cut; and in pursuance of
this conviction they refuse many of
the alterations of life, among which
sugar-coated pills and well-made cor
sets should take high rank.
When looking at the portraits of
the Spanish school of which Velasquez
is master, one is constantly struck by
the way the women seem to be con-
fined in some barbaric instrument of
torture, so fiat are their chests and so
narrow and tiny the uncomfortable
looking drawn-down waist Surely no
material less rigid than wood could
be trusted to produce this invariable
effect in women of all ages and de-
gree. Now turn from these women Of
medieval days to a modern picture
gallery, and observe the freedom, the
individuality. the graceful ease which.
for the most part, the woman of to-
day permits herself. and is permitted
to contrast her with the woman of the
by modern sanctions. Indeed, it is
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
M0< ana MHCxe<
R|!m@er@

Morning robes and teagowns are ap-
pearing without sleeves, except as
they are made of contrasting material.
Foulards are made in such attract
i've designs this season that they can
be used effectively in detached pieces.
Girdles will emphasize many gowns
The underarm seams are high and
give smartness to the close-fitting
sleeve
Net is not used so much now as
sheer batiste, finest tucked organdie
and thin lawn, combined with fine
Cluny or Irish lace.
A few years ago the little girl was
dressed with numerous ruffies and so
full were the skirts that child dress
ed with all of the numerous ruffies
looked for all the world like fancy
ruffled pen wiper The dresses to-day
are much straighter and the ruffies
are not so full.
A pretty bordered foulard seen re-
Gently had a coarse-ribbed surface
with a pattern of small groups of tiny
dots on an ivory ground and straight
border of black on white, with touches
of heron blue rhododendron purple,
jade green and brownish purple, the
effect being like that of broad band
of embroidery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

Il have the man who came for my
trunk to thank for one thing" said a
woman; hereafter l think closing my
trunk will have less terror for me.
You See, always seem to have it so
crowded that it requires the COM
bined weight of several members of
the household to close that cover.
Well, the other day, when it was time
to lake my trunk to the station, there
we were, three of us, trying to get
that trunk closed and locked. Finally.
In sheer despair, l looked at the man
who was. patiently waiting and in a
most appealing way, invited him to
sit down upon that trunk to see If he
could close it. Did he do as l sug-
gested? No-something better. He
calmly lifted up the top of the trunk,
took out the top tray and fitted it in
the top of the cover: presto, that cover
with the top tray inside, went down
as nicely as could be. am not try
ing to explain why it did. but / know
that 1t did. And like missionary, ]
am passing the idea along"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
TO FACE A CHILDLESS WORLD.

WoefuI Prophecy BASED on statis-
tics Made by College Professor.
As though we lad not already enough
worriment, lodging automobiles and
taking orders from the cook, we are
now told that a hundred and fifty
years hence there will be no more chill
dren. Viewed from either pole Of the
situation, this is indeed woeful
prophecy. IL you are q lover OF chill
dren, it makes your Blood run cold to
realize that they are so soon to be
added to the schedule of extinct ami
mails, along with the dodo and the
saber-toothed tiger; while If you belong
to the opposite class, 1t is equally dis
tressing to know that this promised
millennium Is SO far remote that you
will not be here 10 enjoy the day
when Angora cats and bull pups shall
hold undisputed place as household
pets.
However, It's useless to bewail the
oracle of statistics. A learned college
professor has computed the rate at
which human births are declining, says
Clifford Howard in Lipplncott's, and
when he announces that they will come
to an end during the next century and
a half we have no alternative but to
accept his dictum. 1t is not a guess
it is q mathematical certainty. To be
sure, he might have kept this dismal
prediction TO himself, but tbs one Of
the moral duties of a statistician To
temper the present joys Of life With
melancholy auguries. The horrors of
the future are calculated with the
same precision as eclipses Of the moon.
Every twelfth marriage results In a
divorce; and yours may be the twelfth.
Once a week, with clock-like regular
ity, some one Is murdered In New
York, and every ten hours somebody
is attacked, every forty-eight minutes
building catches fire, every seven
minutes there is a funeral, and every
three minutes somebody Is arrested ;
so that If you can remain In New
York for a month without getting INTO
trouble you are to be congratulated.
But even in your own village home
you are not out of danger: !: Every
two minutes somebody in the United
States Is killed by tuberculosis; and
if that fails to daunt you, then you
must know that every minute of the
day four and a half persons are tag
ged by the undertaken; and If you are
not one Of the four you may be the
half.
No prophet who conjures with sta
tistics has ever yet predicted any
thing pleasant. IT'S just as well, per-
haps, that this is so; for. as Father
Gregory once remarked, 'Peradventure
this world here is made troublesome
way and forget whittier we are go.
ing" At all events, we may not plan
ahead for a picnic without remember
| ing that the day Is coming when
| there will be no water on earth, and
our yuletide levity is checked by the
knowledge that hundred years from
| now there will be no more Christmas
| trees; also, no more coal. Indeed
whichever way we turn, the future Is
| black with calamity. There will be
no more lumber, no more fuel, nc
more teeth, and now, latest on the list
| no more children. And If our de
scendants manage to survive these sub
fractions it will be merely to look for.
ward to the time when a slowly cool.
| Ing sun will put the iceman and all his
/ cousins out of business
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
Wisdom and Innocence.

Some women have singularly airy
Ideas about banking accounts. There
are even mature danes who do not
know how to write a check. This
failure to comprehend business is es-
sentially old fashioned. The typical
man of old prided himself on not al
lowing his wife any knowledge of af-
fairs, so that. when he died she was
confronted with a sea of complications
which she did not know how to
navigate. or else two unfortunate
trustees were tackled on to the help
less ship in the guise of pilots and
told to steer it into the port of safe
ty.
Yet the situation, If absurd. was
illogical, for you can not reasonably
insist on your wife and daughter hav-
ing at once the innocence of the dove
and the wisdom of a serpent. Women
should be allowed some knowledge of
family business, or they should not
be blamed when things go wrong.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
Half an hour later, Stewart, resoiutsiy

Half an hour later, Stewart, resolutsiy
pacing the wet decks In a chill drizzls.
saw Miss Thorne's mackintoshed form
emerge from the companionway and come
towards him.
This was the first time that she had
seemed in any way to seek his society,
and he instinctively felt that there was
something new in the wind before he
heard her say Il must speak to YOU
well, there Is certainly ample room
for any conversation" he answered, with
a glance around the deck, deserted save
by the oilskin-clad figures of the watch.
But 1 think you would find 1t more
salubrious If you were to come for a
constitutional Take my arm"
There was enough motion on to make
walking bit difficult, but she answered
shortly: Thanks; 1 prefer walking
walking alone"
"As you please" he agreed, with his
usual imperturbability then wheeling,
so as to pace the deck beside her, "Yor
don't mind my pipe? Thanks. Well.
now tell me what is the latest excite
ment.
Under his GOODNESS the impulsiveness OF
her manner was gone.
Ito be continued.)
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

woman who has learned to walk grace
fully finds a reaction on her nervous
system. A new calmness and self-con-
troll show in her manner and face, and
even more in her voice, for those deli
cate muscles which we call the vocal
chords vibrate in harmony with the
movement of the individual. And, free
from self-consciousness, the graceful
woman expresses her best self, for her
every motion suggests dignity, kind
ness, reserve power, sympathy, and
that most charming of all womanly
attributes, graciousness.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

A tablet has lately been placed in
st. Helen's, Bishopgate, England, in
memory of an old nurse, thirty-nine
years in the service of the Wigram
household.
A savingsbank account, with An
opening deposit of 1 mark, is present
ed by the municipality to every baby
In Schoeneberg, the aristocratic sub
urb of Berlin.
Mrs. Frank Fl. Snow, widow of the
late chancellor of Kansas State Uni
yersity, has been granted a pension of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
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1875 annually during her life from the
Carnegie foundation.
Unusual are some of the French
cheviots which show the Holman stripe
effect.
Miss Paulina Roach, Is years old, OF
Carthage, Mo-, who graduated from
the high school there, has a rec.
ord of having never been absent or
tardy during a school attendance OF
twelve years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gerberding is presi
dent of the Woman's League of Jus
tice in San Francisco, with 1000 mem
bers. and she says women are to take
an active part in the political cam
paign in that State.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
A Mem Landlord.

Mrs. Upton Ito lady caller)-I Dc
think we've got the meanest, most pc
nurious and grasping old Shylock Of 6
landlord that ever lived.
Caller-Why do you remain here
then? Why not try some other place
If you don't like the landlord?
Mrs. Uptom-That's just it! He's
that mean he won't let us get fan
enough behind with the rent so it 1!
not really any object to us to move
Pick-Me-Up.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
Complexion Soar.

One of the best cleansers for the
skin and excellent for pimples and
blackheads is green soap. This has
been long recognized as a healing
should be. Occasionally women com.
plain that the soap makes them worse
The reason is that they use it too Wig.
,rously. Delicate, sensitive skin should
never have green soap put on it full
strength. 1t should be diluted with
not water and not used every day
Experiment until the soap lather does
not make the skin feel drawn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
Ring informant

Rings should be chosen with dis
cretion," says a woman who has made
a study of the subject. Few women
for instance, can wear large soil
taire diamond ring, which requires as
a background the whitest of dimpled
hands. The antique, old Venetian and
marquise rings look best on thin
hands with bony fingers. the sunker
places below the enlarged knuckles
requiring to be filed out with ring:
of snowy type"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

not necessary to contrast her with the
woman of the middle ages. She is so
much more comfortable and sensible
in her dress than was her grand
mother or even her mother.
So much has been done of late years
to improve the corset that its reproach
as menace to health has, in fact. been
wiped out. The best corsets no longer
interfere with the breathing apparatus
and many modern corsets leave the
diaphragm free and support and re
strain as they should. With their
help and provided that skirts are not
too heavy and dragging from the hips,
women are often better off with cor
sets than without them.-Youth's
Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
An Execution.

mo matter what kind Of business
you are engaged in you don't want any
croakers around you," remarked the
optimist
There are exceptions, my friend,
laughed the tall stranger. ''Now, the
more croakers l have In my business
the more l make"
That's queer. What is your bust
ness, anyway"
"Why, I run a frog farm"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

A big, strong man is much afraid
OF shrinking, timid little maid;
While the Dreadnought type of girl will
fail
Nine times in ten to make his quail.
What gain do damsels hope to score
BY being Dreadnoughts more and
more?
-Pucl<
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

Cholly-The dentist told me 1 had
a large cavity that needed filling.
Ethel-Did he recommend any spe-
cial course Of study?-London Public
Opinion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

1t is rumored that long coats may
have their popularity challenged in the
near future by the Russian blouse, for
signs are not lacking that this old ia.
vorite is again to be brought forward.
Examples of it have already been seen
in broderie Anglaise lace and EN-.
broidered crepe de chine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

Ultra, but good looking, Is this
gown of white wolfe, embroidered in
red and blue cotton in design as
shown in model Wolfe covered but
tons are profusely used, and the
sleeves and blouse are OF silk batiste
and lace
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
RIacked Hia Gnme.

Olive-Did he steal kiss from
you?
Ella-He tried to, but
Olive-Well?
Eliza fair exchange is no robbery
you know.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
Falling Hair.

If you have dark hair and it seems
to be coming out, cut off slice OF
lemon and rub it in your scalp; ii
will stop that trouble promptly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
WouId Bore Them,

Bink-Our ancestors showed their
spunk by throwing the black and green
teas overheard.
Wink-Hm. guess If they were liv-
ing now they would throw the pink
teas overheard.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
To Court Sleep.

When once in bed lie fiat on the
back with arms outstretched straight
down at either side. Then inhale anG
exhale long, deep breaths.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

After stitching down seam press
with a hot iron, and If no seam board
is at hand it is useful to know that
a rolling pin, wrapped in clean cloth
will answer the purpose equally as
we'll.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
Value of m Good Walk.

A woman who walks well is more
helpful member of society because she
has better health says the Delineator
She is alert and alive, and finds all
the world interesting. Then, too, the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
No Wonder.

Bess-Yes, their marriage was a fail.
ure.
Nell wonder why?
Bessie handled all the assets and
she all the liabilities. | hear.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
One ReuueSt.

Mediums there any question you
would like to ask your first wife?
Sitter-Yes; would like to ask her
to give my second wife her recipe for
mince- meat.-Answers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
Good Washing Fluid.

For to make a good washing fluid,
mix one box of lye, one and one-half
gallons water, l ounce liquid ammo.
MIA. one tablespoonful of salts of Ia.
tar
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
Stellar Research.

Student Of Astronomy have dis
covered a new star, professor.
Professor-What's she playing In,
my boyfSHarvard Lanlpoon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

A woman should rise only when an.
other woman is introduced to her, but
never when a man is being presented.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
Only Woman Voter.

The widow Taft" an ancestress OF
the President, was the only woman in
Massachusetts allowed to vote in col
onial days.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19
Are Women FraiI

Fashion may be running women's fig
ures, as Sculptor Gaines says, but
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

The Worth of Woman.
Whatever the wage of the world may
be
At the close of the toiling day,
For a task too slight for the world to
see,
AS it measures mems work for pay
He is rich in the tribute of rarer lands
That reckon worlds wage above
In the touch of a woman who under
stands
In the thought of woman's love.
Charlotte Louise Rudyard.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-19

Whatever the wage of the world m
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
Chimes. Worship ef Ancestors.

The one spiritual force that dom
mates every class of society in Chi
ma is ancestor worship. In the Chi
nese religion there is no other that
can take It's place for a moment. A
man may or may not worship idols.
He may express his utter skeptic-
ism about them or profess belief in
them. No one cares what lie
thinks. Let him. however, neglect
tie worship Of the dead and he is
looked upon and pointed to with
the bitterest scorn both By his own
relations and by his neighbors. Tho
worst taunt that the heather can
hurl against the Christian, and the
one that stings him most, is the
sneering statement that he has no
ncestors.-New York Tribune.