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some jars for water and several cocoanut
ladies' Most of the people use neither
knives nor forks.
The staple food of the Burmese is rice,
which is boiled or steamed. and eaten
with fish paste and peppers. Nothing is
drunk with the meals. and after them
only water. But few Of the Burmese eat
meat. for it is contrary to the Buddhist
religion to consume anything that has
life, the chief exception being fish, which
is eaten fresh, dried and also when rot
ted by burying it in the sand. favor
lite dish is a fish curry with rice. The
family usually sit around the rice dish
each having a little bowl for curry and a
larger one for rice. Every one helps him.
self taking from the rice platter as much
as he can squeeze In his hands. He con-
veys the food to his mouth in his hands.
At the close OF the meal every one is
expected to wash his own dishes and each
goes to the water jar to rinse out his
mouth The meals are moro like picnfcs
than anything else.
Until the English came to Burma only
the fewest OF the women could read and
write. There are not many who can do
SO now. The government has established
schools for girls in the large towns, but
in the villages they seldom exist, and
the monks cannot teach the girls as they
do boys. According to the laws OF the
buQQnlSt r6lg1On. every OOy IIiuSt go IutO
a monastery. He usually does so at the
age Of eight or nine years. and he there
learns to read and write. There are very
few nunneries in the country, and the
girls have nowhere else to go. Their
mothers are ignorant. and therefore 1t Is
the exception to find a native girl out
side the cities who Is able to read.
The British officials are trying to
remedy this, and there are now some
thing like seventy thousand girls in the
government schools, although only one
in every eleven girls of school age is be-
ing educated, and only about one thou
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~TAKING HABIT"
y Renard.
he the Paris

by the "old man." as he is called by his
many students.
A masterful piece of realistic work is
the Taking the Habit" by Rene Renard.
The young bride of the church is descend
ing the stairs on the way to the altar,
passing the nuns drawn up in line
along the WALL The perfection of the
drawing Of these figures, the perspective
and the wonderful light effects go to-
gether to make this picture the best of
It's kind that will be seen this year. Re-
nard is also a colorist, and has the
French knowledge Of dramatic effect to
an extreme degree.
There will be the usual amount Of con-
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dresses his figures in the costumes of
our times. yet gives to them an ease
and grace Of attitude, mysterious some
thing that is strangely fascinating. No
artist now before the public surpasses
him In decorative quality. or in the COM
btnation Of harmonious colors. This year
he will exhibit a decorative panel entitled
La Collation." and two portraits, one OF
a man and one of woman. Jean-Paul
Laurens will exhibit the decoration he Is
making for Baltimore, u s. A.. entitled
THE Surrender Of CORVALLIS to Wash
ington." At the time of writing this is
yet unfinished. 1t is a colossal work and
speaks well for the power still possessed
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conceivable kind Of conveyance: small
often men are harnessed to them. At
their side is often the anxious artist.
who walks near the precious burden.
fearful OF accident Cabs and auto
mobiles are in great demand: canvases
protrude from windows and doors. hid
Ing all view OF the happy artist, and
some cab drivers have become so ex-
pert that they can drive with one hand
while protecting a whole group of can
vases with the other.
Although the painters are far more
numerous than the sculptors, neverthe-
less these latter artists also form q
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The Picture Is a

little army of "toiling dreamers," and
as their material is so very expensive,
their influence, too. is decidedly felt
in business circles.
We In Paris speak of the salon; yet
there are really two salons-three. II
we count the exposition Of the indie
pendent Artists, who have no jury to
examine their work, as they have de-
cided in looking over the history OF
past juries that so many masterpieces
were rejected that they had better do
away with jury altogether. The re-
suit of this experience after ten years
wish, AS any one can gain admittaaoe
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THE Beautiful Merchants
i of the Bazaars and How
They Are Dressed-A Typi-
cal Belle Who Sold Silk
Ear Plugs and Womahhood
Customs of Love and Mar
riage-Divorce or How to
Get Rid of a Husband
Female Education Girls
Named for the Days of the
Week Land of Easy
Housekeeping, Etc.
Copyright 1910. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
Special Correspondence of The Star.
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MANDAIAY.
ONE with me to
the bazaars and
have q look at the
girls. We are in
the old capital Of
B u r m a walking
through immense
buildings filled with
stalls, in which
hundreds OF laugh
ing women are sit
ting upon plat
forms with goods
Il -~IltvN -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-24

o THOSE who do
not know the ar
tistic life of Paris
the meaning of
the salon, its i'm
portance and far
reaching influence
II is difficult to ap-
preciate how great
a landmark in the
year IT Is. The real
season" in this big
CITY begins with tho
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piled around them Here is one selling
silks She has the most delicate pinks,
blues. yellows and green's. all striped
with some other gay color. They are
intended for skirts, and will be wrapped
tight around the person and fastened
with a knot at the waist See. girl
has come up and is making purchase.
The fair merchant takes a cigar as big
as my wrist out of her mouth and lays
it aside while she measures the goods
with a yardstick A half dozen girls
are sitting on their heels nearby watch
ing the sale. Their backs are turned, and
observe their silk skirts glued
to their plump bodies. The Burmese
maid wears neither corset nor hustle.
The skirt falls straight to the feet. In
closing the legs SO that they look ike
double pipes wrapped in silk. The upper
part of the body is clad in jacket and
shawl.
Now look at the ears of those girls.
They are shaped like beautiful shells, ex-
cept at the lobes. which are elongated
and plugged with cylinders OF gold, Sill
yer or amber. They are bare-headed. and
their long black locks are done up In
q knot on the crown. Every girl wears
two or more bracelets, and Glamono
ring sparkles on the hand of the mer-
chant as she measures the cloth.
=
Now turn about and look through the
bazaars There are thousands Of women
buying and selling. and hundreds of ped
Alers moving about with trays on their
heads. Here comes one with fresh fruits.
She has bowl of cocoanuts and bana-
mas and cries out her wares as she goes
Behind her is a flower peddler, and FUR
Their on are maidens with vegetables, hsh,
fruit and all sorts of things The hsh
woman is selling a trout from which she
has chopped OFF the head. The fish bleeds
as she handles it. She has plugs in her
ears and her lips are wrapped around
mighty cigar at which she puffs as she
weighs out the fish.
We go to the street of the tai
lors Here girls are sewing on ma
chimes worked by hand They will
make you a dress while you wait We
stop before a pretty silk seller. and buy
a yellow striped skirt to send home The
girl sits on her feet, her little brown toes
peeping out Of the pink skirt which is
wrapped tightly about her. She looks
innocent and l feel safe in making the
purchase at her own price. She offers me
a Whit from her cigar as l handle the
goods, and upon my refusing gives 1t to
her sister and then comes down to busi-
ness. She pulls out one piece of bright
silk after another and explains the good
points Of each, laughing and chatting the
while. In the end / find I have paid
was so charming 1t was worth twice the
money.
This girl was one of the bellies OF the
bazaar and typical Of the fair maidens
OF Burma. She was as straight as post
and as plump as partridge, and her rich
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Copyright. 1910 by Frank G. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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to work a certain time for his wife.
I understand that there are many love
matches In Burma, and that where par
ents object the young people elope and
go off to themselves. There are few
marriages for money.
The marriage is a civil ceremony and
it has nothing to do with religion. 1t Is
a social and business partnership rather
than a moral contract, and many mar
riages are entered into without any cere-
mony at all. Among some people the
wedding is kept secret for time. for
the young couple do not like to he stared
at nor have stones thrown on their house
roofs. as is sometimes the custom. A
girl does not change her name when she
marries. and there is nothing about hel
She wears no marriage ring. and she still
as I have said. keeps her own property
She can act for herself in a business
way and she frequently acts for her hus-
row money and make any kind OF ar
rangements as to buying or selling.
With all this the women do not mix
in public affairs. They make no fuss
about their rights. and the Burmese suf-
fragette is yet unborn. Such girls as
have seen are modest and ladylike They
are self-respecting, but not Independent
nor forward.
4
The rights Of a woman after her mar
riage are we'll protected. The women are
the chief workers and money makers
and a woman can hold property distinc,
from her husband. She manages her owr
money. and has an equal right with her
husband in all that they make together
during their married life. She has a right
to her own earnings and II divorced she
takes back all the money she has brought
into the family and half of what has
been accumulated since the wedding.
As to divorces, these are not difficult
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
BADDERs GOT THE CANDY.
An Investigation of Theater Vending
Machines Brings Results.

The secretary of the Commercial club
is in receipt of a box of sweets from
New York candy company.
There has been complaint on every
hand on account of the fact that
many & nickel has been dropped into
the local theater candy vending ma
chimes without producing the desired
sweets. Some interesting facts were
revealed when as a result of a COM
nunfcat1on on the part of Badders to
the local theater management, an in
spection Of the machines was made re-
Gently by district representative of
the New York Coin Operating Machine
company, the firm which operates the
machines. AS a consequence of the
above investigation the gift of box
of candy was made as above stated.
An inspection of the machines in the
Majestic theater on Saturday morning
brought to light % pennies, 4 cigar
checks, 2 Canadian coins. three or four
foreign coins. and half dozen slick
nickels. This explains why some Of
the theater-goers have had difficulty
in getting returns for coin dropped in
the slot. The machines would not
work in some instances on account of
the fact that they were clogged with
coins other than nickels. and in a few
cases where smooth coins were used.
This investigation shows that there
are a lot of people who want some
thing for nothing and in order to get it
make an effort to cheat the company
which operates the candy vending ma
chimes out of the regulation price Of the
goods. It Is presumed that in most
instances of attempted fraud on a small
scale 1t was the work of youngsters
who had not as yet arrived at their
years of discretion.
The local management has a supply
of candy on hand at the box offices
and if a patron fails to get his box of
candy after putting a nickel in the
slot he is asked to make known the
seat check.
Here is IT, letter written by Geo. S.
Ba6ders, which was the cause of an in
spector coming to Topeka:
IT wish to compliment you on the
high grade of attractions you have
been giving at the Majestic theater
during the last few months. I have
would patronize good wholesome plays
should they know that this class of
plays were what they might expect
week after week and 1 believe that
am voicing the sentiment of hundreds
If not thousands of your patrons, when
I say that North Brothers Stock COM
papy and their attractions are very
greatly appreciated.
II wish to mention another matter
! that has not SO particularly pleased me
! and that is your unreliable candy
boxes. I suppose during the last three
months have put in as many as x
/ nickels into these machines without
| getting reSults-that is candy. OF late
| it has got to be a joke with persons
| do not work. OF course 1 take it good
naturally but there may be some o.
your patrons who do not. 1 give yoJ
| this just for information"
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PHlPPSES MAKE UP.
The Reunited Family Will Take a
Trip to Europe.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 31.-A reconcil-
iation has been effected between Law
renee c. Phipps and his beautiful d.
vorced wife, Genevieve Chandler
Phipps, according to friends here.
Mrs. Phipps has reached the Hotel
Schenley from Denver with her two
children, Helen and Dorothy.
A letter from Mr.. Phipps a few days
ago said: with my family 1 expect
to sail from New York for Europe in
very few days. to be gone at least
until July
Mrs. Phipps refused to say anything
about the reported reconciliation, but
she had a long distance telephone con-
versation with someone in New York.
where Mr.. Phipps is supposed to be.
The reconciliation will be placed to
the credit of Mr.. Phipps' millionaire
uncle, Henry Phipps, who. since the
separation of the couple several years
ago and the kidnapping by Lawrence
Phipps of his children from the Hotel
Majestic in New York, has striven to
have the young folks make up "for the
children's sake"
Since the divorce Phipps and his
wife have been living in Denver with
the width of the city separating their
fine homes and the children dividing
their time between father and mother
Mrs. Phipps is Kansas girl,
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HOW TO FIX IT
Former City Engineer Rogers on
Water Plant Break.
Topeka. Kan, Jan. 81. 1910

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 81, 1910.
To the Editor of the State journal;
have heard such universally favor
able comment on your editorial in
Saturdays edition on the status of our
present water supply that am
prompted to suggest a remedy for i'm
mediate relief. I realize that the mem
bers of our board of water commits
sioners were chosen for their recog-
nized sterling worth and serve the
city for practically no remuneration
and the present fine financial condition
of this department rebounds greatly
to their credit, but it is hardly to be
expected thar they could furnish the
technical knowledge and experience to
meet emergencies that ordinarily re-
quire the services of a specialist
few days time and a compare
lively small expense should suffice to
install a system of cofferdams of sheet
piling or other suitable materials about
the broken supply pipes and by the
aid of pumps the interior could be
kept sufficiently clear to enable the
mechanics to make the necessary re-
pairs.
To prevent recurrence of our pres
ent deplorable plight the present sup
ply should be augmented by the in
stallation of a separate and distinct
new system, either from a settling
reservoir or another point system in
addition to what we nov. have, but the
paramount issue at present is to give
heed to the popular clamor for prompt
and efficient action to give US pure
water. JOHN P. ROGERS,
Ex-City Engineer.
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GLEASON TO SEE JEFFRIES.
Then He Says He VIII Fix Up Trouble
With Richard.

San Francisco. Jan. 21.-Jaek Gleason
leaves today FOR a conference in Seat
tie, with James j. Jeffries, which may
settle the long drawn out controversy
between the two promoters as to where
the fight is to be held. Gleason has no
we'll defined idea as to what will actual
Iy be accomplished.
at don't know as I expect Jeffries to
decide in favor of San Francisco after
this conference said Gleason. Il don't
know that I would care to force the
matter TO that extent. What I want to
do is to have a talk with Jeffries and
Berger and find out what they have
learned from Tex Rickard and what he
proposes to do.
'HThen 1 want to make an appoint
ment for Richard to meet me some
where and talk it over. Probably Reno
ould be a good meeting place, and
very likely about next Friday would
be the time. Then If Richard insists
on Salt Lake City I will make him a
proposition to take over the fight my
self.
81 will be prepared Immediately to
post the $4,000 forfeit. so that Richard
can have his money back, and I will
make arrangements to hold the bout
in or near San Francisco. If can't
get a permit in San Francisco there is
no question but that the bout can be
held in Alameda county"
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will put a joint here for you to pat
ronize. Sow your wild oats. We like
you just the same, but when you
break one of the hundreds of laws on
our statute books we will make a
criminal of you and send you to the
penitentiary.
why there are three or four boys
who have been inmates of the peni-
tentiary-my boys I call them-sitting
here in the audience. I would not
point them out for anything for So
ciety would Immediately condemn the
criminal and condone the crime.
Let me say this. men: One-half of
the men in the penitentiary could
have been saved if some manly hand
had touched the shoulder of the boy
and said stop We have but little
idea of what the city owes to society
and we do not know what the duty
of the church is to society, but we do
know our duty as individuals to our
neighbors.
mo other force will ever bring
about the avangelization of mankind
except that of Christian faith towards
manhood and womanhood, and that
will never come about until each of
US will do our part"
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GIVES UP YANIA YAN1A GIRL.
John Cudahy. Jr., Sent to Country to
Forget Bessie Clifford.

Chicago, Jan. 31.-Wearied in body
and mind by strenuous labors on the
Pacific CONSTITUTING ranches and
dining actresses-John Cudahy, jr., has
gone to the country to rest He got
home yesterday morning. had a talk
with his father and mother. and was
bundled right out to the farm. In pas
toral surroundings where are neither
real estate operators nor enterprising
press agents and where bills for food
and lodging have been paid in advance
he will recuperate for two weeks.
BY the time the enforced sojourn in
a rural neighborhood comes to an end
relatives of the young man hope he
will have forgotten Bessie Clifford and
that the newspapers will have ceased
to link their names.
Because there really wasn't anything
to the story of his infatuation for the
comic opera star. He told his mother
so before he started for Seclusion and
the farm. and Mrs. Cudahy explained
things for him after he had gone. 1t
is true that he met her at dinner in
Redlands, Cal, and persuaded his
hostess to shift his seat so he could be
nearer the girl. Then he followed the
company to other places and gave din
ner after dinner for Bessie But as for
infatuation, that's all foolishness.
Young Cudahy ran up a bill of
81 LOO at the Casa Iona hotel in Red
lands and when he ordered the hotel
clerk to send 1t to his father in Chi
cago Mr.. Cudahy sent it back unpaid.
Mr.. Cudahy said he did it to teach the
boy a lesson.
An uncle in Redlands was appealed
to for assistance in a situation that
promised a little embarrassment and
things were Strengthened out, but not
before an irate hosiery proprietor
had tipped off the story of dinners for
the "Yama Yama" girl.
! Cudahy, ST., and. Cudahy, jr.. had a
conference over these bills and about
the ranch that the young man went
west to purchase and nearly forgot
| but Mr.. Cudahy refused to discuss it.
Let the boy rest" he said.
Bessie Clifford was seen in Topeka
with ''The Three Twins" on January
%. She was the Molly Sommers OF
the production, or the ''Yama Yama'
| girl.
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Worthy of
Confidence
An Offer Backed by One of
Our Most Reputable
Concerns

We pay for all the medicine used
during the trial, if our remedy fails
to completely relieve you of consti-
patton. We take all the risk. You
are not obligated to us in any way
whatever, if you accept our offer.
That's mighty broad statement, but
we mean every word of it. Could any
thing be more fair for you?
A most scientific, common-sense
treatment is Rexall Orderlies, which
are eaten like candy. Their active
principle is a recent scientific discovery
that is odorless, colorless and taste
less: very pronounced. gentle and
pleasant in action, and particularly
agreeable in every way. This ingre-
dent does not cause diarrhoea,
nausea, fatulence, gripping or any in
conveniences whatever. Rexall Order
lies are particularly good for children,
aged and delicate persons.
If you suffer from chronic or hab-
itual constipation, or the associate OF
dependent chronic ailments, we urge
you to try Rexall Orderlies at our
risk. Remember you can get them
in Topeka only at our store. ~ tab
lets 10 cents; SO tablets 25 cents
The Rexall Store The Rosser Drug
Co., 523 Kansas Ave.
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NO REASON FOR IT.
When Topeka Citizens Show the Ger
tain Way Out.

There can be no just reason why
any reader of this will continue to
suffer the fortunes of an aching back,
the annoyance of urinary disorders,
the dangers of diabetes of any kidney
ills when relief is so near at hand and
the most positive proof given that
they can be cured. Read what To-
peka citizen says:
L. M. Carter, sos Clay street, To-
peka, Kan, says: IT have used Doan's
kidney Pills off and on for several
years and 1 do not think there is a
better kidney remedy in existence. 1
suffered severely from a weak back
and intense pains across my kidneys,
always worse when 1 caught cold.
The passages of the kidney secretions
were irregular, causing me much an
noyance. Doan's Kidney Pills, pro-
cured at Rowley's Drug Store,
promptly relieved me and have used
them off and on since then with the
same good results"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cnts. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
NV York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
aad take no other.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
At the Grand


The Prince of Tonight" which will
be seen at the Grand on Thursday,
Feb. g. is by Adams, Hough and How
ard, the trio whose names are linked
with such successes as "A Stubborn
Cinderella" THE Goddess of Liberty
and "A Flirting Princess The book
is exceptionally clever, dealing with the
mysterious efforts of the blooming GEN.
fury plant, and gives opportunity for
some transformations, groupings and
stage pictures which promise to be a
revelation.
That delightful little fairyesque fam
tasy 1.-THE Gingerbread Man" is under
lined for a visit to this city on Friday,
February 4, where it will no doubt
please the theatergoers, perhaps better
than anything of this class. There are
number of excellent people in the
cast Such comedians as Ross Snow
and William Cameron are an indorse-
ment of quality.
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Had Thirty-Eight Rosaries.

New York, January 31.-Thirty-eight
rosaries. some of them valued at more
than 500 each, were found in the pock-
cts of George Johnson 63 years old. and
white haired, who is under arrest here.
Pawn tickets and other evidence led the
police to question the manner in which
Johnson came into possession of his
treasures. He is held under heavy bail
pending Investigation