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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

and use no soap. This is excellent also
for washing windows, although a lit
tie more kerosene should be used for
glass.
A bottle of household ammonia is a
great help In every kitchen. A tea
spoonful or two of ammonia in the wa
ter in which dish towels are rinsed
will keep them clean and wholesome.
If dingy carpet is rubbed with a
cloth moistened in ammonia it will
look brighter.
Dip the ha1rbrushes UP and down in
tepid water to which a tablespoonful
of ammonia has been added to clean
them properly. A few drops of am
mon1a in greasy pans will remove the
grease. Ammonia and boiling water
to flush q sink or drainpfpe will cut
any grease that is cloggtng the pipe.
If you put some ammonia in the boiler
in which white clothes are boiled it
will make them whittier.
A woman who used to keep goldfish
and has thought better Of it has utiliz-
ed her glass bowl and the pretty shells
and stones at the bottom Of It in a
most attractive way. Over the top Of
the bowl she has put a coarse meshed
netting and fastened it around the edge
with piece Of narrow green ribbon
Through this mesh she puts flowers.
nasturttums or sweet peas. and their
slender stems showing through the wa
ter in the bowl are almost as pretty
as the flowers themselves. If larger
stems are used she has to cut holes in
the netting.
The big glass bowl with the shells
and stones in the bottom, combined
with the garden flowers, Is q charming
decoration for the table, and now that
the towering season is most over ferns
and green vines would be lovely used
in the same way. Silver netting SINH
lar to that used on expensive glass
flower holders may be bought separate
~ for this purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

embroidered with colored silk and
metal thread in an oriental design.
This collar comes in two shapes, one
the regulation Dutch model and an
other with an extension at each front
end like an attached tab. The colors
of this collar are rich enough to justify
its use on a blouse or costume of black
or colored satin or velvet.
Often a collar of this kind is intro
duced into a waist in yoke style and
closed at the back. A similar collar
can be cut into cuffs to match, and you
have a smart trimming for your frock.
It's an idea well worth trying, es-
pecially if you have a last years waist
that needs a little new touch.
Among the expensive articles of
neckwear are collars in Dutch cut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
ROdin on Feminine Beauty

Think of the heartburnings that will
cease and leave sweet peace in their
place when the woman who weighs 800
pounds can proudly bedeck herself and
go forth, knowing that she is every
whit as charming as the woman with
a twenty-five inch waist!
The only trouble will be in getting
the men to accept this doctrine. Men
have a ridiculous prediction for
cherry lips and a stagelike carriage.
All literature proves this. from Homer
to the records of the latest divorce
suit. The masculine mind will have to
be changed considerably before man
will die for a woman with pale eyes
and No. foot as ardently and joy
ously as for the other kind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

sity, and so on down the scale of colors.
As result smart women never con-
slider their wardrobes complete with
out set of ermine, chinchilla and sa-
bic, white fox and skunk, moleskin and
black fox, in order that one of the sets
may be worn with any color scheme.
There is an erroneous impression
that silver fox is more valuable than
black Indeed, the natural black fox
is really regarded as the prerogativa
of those endowed with the riches Of
Croesus. A characteristic detail of the
latest fur fashions is the reversing Of
the natural flow of the fur, producing
Greek key oblique and vertical de-
signs. This idea is seen on stoles
searfs, muffs and coats Fisher tails
are used for the adornment of nInsh
and seal coats. They are arranged fo
form founces. revers and ours In
fact, the coats are reminiscent Of +to,-a
worn by the leaders of fashion o,,sro
ter Of a century ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

to allow the head to pass through. The
snap fasteners at the lower edge OF the
bag make changing of the diaper a
comfortable operation. And there is
no pulling of the little arms in and out
Of sleeves to make baby cross and in
some instances to hurt the tiny mus
cles very seriously. OF course 1t gives
the mother idea Jolt to dispense with
the sweet little slips, handmade and
embroidered, but what she loses in ar
t1stic beauty her baby gains in health
and strength.
The custom of announcing baby's ar
rival is steadily increasing in this
country, and q very original touch
was given an announcement sent out
not long ago by a well known Berlin
musician when his wife presented him
with son and heir. The announce
ment took the form Of four bars of
music inscribed on a card. The proud
parents musical friends at once rec
ognized that they were from 1.-THE Mes
siah" and that the words fitting them
were Unto US child is born; unto us
a son is given"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

made up of hand wrought gold links
cut in tiny flower or leaf shapes or in
conventional ones all Joined by tiny
links. The collars of this variety are
rich in appearance and high in cost.
Being made of tiny bits of metal, they
are supple and lie as fiat as the filmiest
lace or lingerie collars.
It's the small things of the wardrobe
the bags, the dainty neck fxings, the
new belts and odd touches here and
there-which make the fashionable
girl of today so attractive. It is only
the girl or woman without that most
feminine Of traits, an Unborn knack of
giving "a touch here and a nip there
who is turning to the extremes of the
style to announce her "up-to- date
ness" CATHERINE TALBOT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
ABOUT
THE HOUSE
Al

WHAT to do with accommodating
postcards as they arrive is a
question with most people. Albums
multiply and take room, and loose
cards kept in boxes or baskets are al
ways out Of the order which the occa-
sion requires when they are to be
shown One woman has found some
stiff paper envelopes with bellows but
tons and tape for fasteners and is US
Ing a series of them for various kinds
OF cards. The envelopes she keeps in
one side of a big desk, and when for
any reason q card is wanted 1t can be
found instanter, because it is among
cards of its own kind. Those that be-
long to entire trips that she herself
has taken or that friends have been
on are together and are ready if COM
pany is interested in the places visited
The envelopes are kept by stat1oners,
but II the exact size is not to be found
they may be made to order at small
cost. These envelopes, which are IA
miliar to business and professional Of
fees, are useful in more ways than
one. They make excellent files for
pictures, clippings and even for pat
terms and odds and ends for the sew
ing room All the different threads
and silks used in embroidery and fancy
work may be kept in this way, so that
a hand may be laid upon them In a
second and upon pieces of silk and ma
terials for fancy work or for dolls
clothes-anything at all that is not too
large for the envelopes. A drawer into
which the envelopes just fit standing
in rows is a convenience when they
are needed in a hurry. They should be
carefully labeled If the label is done
with pencil 1t can be changed.
y y
A perforated rubber mat is an almost
essential thing when the drain board
of the sink is porcelain. It saves many
an ugly chip on the fine china.
y =
To clean paint or white woodwork
put tablespoonful OF kerosene oil in
two-thirds of a pail Of warm water
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
THE REVOLVING TOOTHBRUSH
NOW

Life is being made so easy by the
aid of mechanical devices for saving
hand labor that after awhile we shall
all grow fat from Incidence. Now
comes a device to do away with the
irksome task of brushing the teeth.
The new toothbrush, instead of a
broadened out end filed with bristles.
which must be polished across the
teeth with strenuous arm strokes,
is provided with a revolving brush
made Of an oriental fiber which ma
tives of the far eastern countries use
on the teeth. With this ingenious tool
one brushes the teeth as thoroughly
and easily as one marks out patterns
in tissue paper with one of the re-
volving markers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

Of makeup" on the face of the user.
The woman with a high color too Of
ten chooses a pink powder with the
idea that it tones better with her nat
ura1 complexion. But this is a mis-
take. The woman with bright color
should use either white or cream pow
der, according to the tone of her skin.
If she be a blond she should use white;
If a brunette cream powder will suit
her best.
Here is good recipe for a reliable
face powder: Talcum powder. twenty
grains; lycopodium powder, twenty
grains; powdered tannin, five grains;
scent with violets to taste. About
eight or ten drops will be sufficient
with the above formula.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

There are but few dressing tables
upon which a box of powder, with its
accompanying puff or piece of channels,
is not to be found, and, whatever may
be said about the abuse of powder, the
benefits derived from it's use cannot be
denied.
Powder, like most other things, can
be abused. but the average complexion
is decidedly improved by a dash of
good powder in a tint which suits the
natural coloring.
To apply powder scientifically so that
it's use may not be too apparent and yet
sufficiently to improve the tone of the
surface of the skin it should be ap-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

square or rounded ends, according to
the length. The serrated or saw tooth
outline is attractive in jabots of all
lengths, as it assists In carrying out
the long lines now necessary to the
modish figure.
Fashion still mods her head in ap-
prUvel Of low neck styles, and this
winter the mondaines who have pretty
threats win affect the new large. round
collar-that is, the collar that is deep
in the back and rounded in outline.
These collars are worn in both lin
gerie and chiffon effects. A dainty ex-
ample is seen among the neckwear IL
Illustrations, and the sailor collar, too.
is variant OF the usual pattern. Both
neck effects are of handkerchief linen,
hand embroidered and edged with a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
LEARN BEFORE YOU MARRY

"Oh, any one can keep house! shall
soon pick 1t up after I'm married, {"
said the engaged girl scornfully.
And perhaps it's true that one can,
after a fashion. But q woman must
have brains TO keep house well, to plan
out the meals so that they may be
nourishing and still economical, to
keep the house fresh looking and in
spick and span condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
The Vogue of
Pekinese Velvet

WE have gone velvet mad this sea-
son, and not only are the plain
coIors used, but there are charming ef-
fects in stripes, the most approved be-
ing the Pekinese hairline designs.
Perfectly stunning is the calling suit
pictured, of fine black and white
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

turn it carefully on to a hot dish, ana
if liked some more pineapple cubes can
be just heated through in a little OF TINS
strip and poured round as a garnisn'
Remember that steamed puoolns
should be served as soon as possipie
after it is dished up.
BAKED MARMALADE PUDDING
Two ounces of breadcrumbs' one
ounce of powdered sugar, half an ounce
of butter, two eggs. half pint OF mix
and narmalade are used for this
Put the sugar and butter in basin
and beat them until they look ike
whipped cream, then add the yolks
one by one. beating them in we'll Next
add the crumbs and milk and lastly
the stif1y beaten whites Of the eggs.
Well butter pie dish, put in 1t
LAYER of the mixture, then a layer OF
marmalade, next more mixture, and so
on until all is used. The last layer
should be of the mixture. Put the
dish in a moderate oven and bake for
about three quarters of an hour.
This pudding is delicious either hot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
SIMPLE MENU FOR CHRISTMAS.

Chicken and Clam Broth.
Celery. Olives.
Roasted Turkey, Giblet Sauce.
Cranberry Sauce.
Oysters Scalloped in Ramekins.
Mashed Potatoes.
Spinach Souffie.
Candied Sweet Potatoes. Il
Mince Pie.
Vanilla Ice Cream.
Nuts. Apples. Grapes.
Coffee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

the latest Partisan neckweaF is going
to make you change your mind about
this colored idea in regard to collars
and jabots and the like. At least 1t
ought to have this effect, for the new
things are the daintiest models we have
seen for many a moon. There are
lovely jabots Of fine linen and baby
Irish lace with graduated dots en-
broidered in rose pink or old bIue-Just
the thing to wear with a coat suit that
tones with the color In the emhroid-
cry. And let me say in passing that
the latest jabots are more or less nat
in effect, ending in sharp points or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26


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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

YOU'VE never liked ooIored
neclzwear1 Yes, I know the
old objection, ''it's too much
like pink tablecIotlaS," But
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

A perforated rubber mat is an almost
essential thing when the drain board
Of the sink is porcelain. It saves many
an ugly chip on the fine china.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24
HOW CHILDREN WERE TAUGHT
TO PROTECT THE FLOWERS

The flower garden in front of the
Anne Wallace branch of the Carnegie
library, on Luckie street has excited
the wonder and admiration of every
passer-by: and we'll may 1t, since for
it's size there is none more beautiful
in Atlanta. Thereby hangs a tale, as
the saying goes.
1t is a tale of how Miss Henrietta
Masseling, story-teller at the Carnegie
and the Anna Wallace libraries, with
rare skill and insight into the devious
phases of child nature, checked the de-
structive inclinations of her story-tell-
ing class and by organizing Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Flow
ers" easily enlisted their enthusiastic
cooperation in protecting and beautify-
ing what formerly they had gleefully
gathered to make bouquets.
MISS WEBSTER DESPAIRED.
Early in the flower-blooming season
Miss Harriet Webster. the librarian, con-
tempIated the outlook with despair.
The children would pull the flowers in
spite Of everything she did. She tried
her best to teach them that the love-
ly roses and violets, and various other
blossoms we're made to grow and flour
ish on the stem. But the kids" couldn't
quite see 1t that way. They loved the
them pinned on their cute little dress
yokes or coat Iapels, to fondle and
smell and kiss. -..'.. f...#
So Miss Webster put II up to Miss
Masseling; and for a week or so the
latter tried variations of the usual tao
tics. She might as we'll have tried to
interest the children in the fourth d.
mension. They simply knew that when
flowers attained full bloom they should
be gathered and taken away.
Then Miss Masseling conceived tn =
idea Of IS. P. C. F."
ACTED LIKE MAGIC. --..
1t acted like magic. The story-tell
ing cless became charter members Ell
masse. and the few absentees Joined the
very next time the class met.
One of the first privileges accorded
to the members was allowing each to
bring a favorite flower and plant it In
selected spot. Which pleased the
youngsters immensely, and all brought
cuttings. That was the proverbial
entering wedge" The rest was easy.
In a trice the library flower yard be-
came the constant care and joy of every
childish heart.
So that now there is nothing in the
whole world that would induce a sim
gle member of the story telling class
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24

Dear Miss Thomas: Thanks for giving US
the Household page. l would like to see you
face TO face and have talk with you.
Please help me TO find the address Of Miss
Julie Hamilton Tucker. She is an cd teacher
Of mine, and can truthfuly say she was the
best teacher I ever went TO. When / went TO
school never got tired; ] always lOnged TO see
her sweet face every morning and could not get
TO Piedmont institute quick enough. Every
scholar dearly loved her. and long to see my
dear teacher once more. She taught part OF
our classes, but freshman, sohhmore, junior
and senior she would take II time about with
US and would take us for flower hunts.
was in the sub fresh. and she said she would
make little difference with Us. Although she
did &c in such a way that all love her to the
very depths OF their hearts. The little sub
fresh's time came at last. We went for a
flower hunt and found all kinds Of ferns and
one kind which very pretty. We took
our little knick -knacks. which consisted Of little
cakes. crackers. pickles, oranges etc. We took
cups along. which drank water from, and
had our fun. Miss Tucker set the table under
a pretty oak tree. which was near Signal noun
tain about two and half miles from our dear
old school and then we ate dinner, which we
enjoyed most heartily.
Can you CINE you would enjoy trip like
this Miss Thomas and Householders?
Do any Of the readers remember this7 Will
expecf an answer from some one.
Success 20 Miss Thomas.
BEATRICE.
pockuarf c.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24

LEwISBURG, Va, May A.-After
two days of argument the general as
sembly of the Southern Presbyterian
church today agreed upon a thorough
reorganization of the church work, de-
signed to put it on a business basis.
The recommendation of the special COM
mittee on coordination was adopted
with slight amendments.
The great changes are grouped under
three heads These are the consolida-
ton of executive committees, or boards,
which carry on the work of the church
the conversion of the standing commit
tee of the church, on systematic benev-
olence into a permanent committee with
enlarged powers and a new system OF
gathering funds for assembly work.
Hereafter the executive committees
will be those on foreign missions, home
missions. ministerial education and re-
lief, and publication and Sabbath
schools By this arrangement the ex-
ecutive committee on colored work and
on schools and colleges were dissolved
and put under home missionsfan minis
terial education and relief, respectively.
In addition, the orphanage home at
Fredericksburg, Va, was placed under
the control of the committee on minis
terial education and relief.
In regard to collections, the churches
are urged to adopt the so-called budget
system. Until that is done the churches
will take up only eight collections a year
for assembly work instead of nineteen.
The secretaries of the various execu-
tive committees Will be retained In one
capacity or another In charge OF their
respective departments.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24
What Ma Said

eyes it's like letter from home, and l
am always glad to get it. but the way them
folks preach In the Household is sight. You
see, | like preaching"
Didn't you mean t0say preachers?" ask
ed.
mo. you scamp" answered Ma. land don I
you put in when ! am talking. AS was
saying. like preaching. especially an allday
preaching, such used to have when
was girl. hut there's something else in life
besides preaching. The letters this week are
all filled up with little sermOnettes. Now. a
sermonette reminds me OF cigarette. and I'm
here 10 tell YOU that I'm not any kind Of a
friend to a cigarette. asa that Roy there can
testify" said Ma, as she pointed her finger at
me.
Yes, Ma, I. can say that you are nd friend
to the cigarette-my back gives testimony to
that. Whew. IL is itching now But Ma, you We
been preaching at me and Pa these many years,
specially Pa
Now, young man. l don't intend to allow
you TO cast your insinuations at me. All
my life I've been working for the interest OF
your pa, and II he had taken my advice he
would have been far better off today. There
is no doing anything with you men, and IT
grieves my heart to YOU follow in the foot
steps OF your pa. I've done my best by you,
which is all any poor soul can do"
dinner"
no. didn't, and I'll not give you any at
supper either"
And with that Nc switched herself away like
whirlwind when 1t suddenly darts aside from
the road il travelling.
Ma, who is travelling for her health had Just
been reading late copy Of The Journal, and
the letters In the Household put her to going
l trust Of You will take offense. for Ma
well Pa and / don't pay any attention TO her.
EUGENE EDWARDS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24
That April Snow

Dear Household: ] heartily agree with Hen
rietta on compulsory education / believe that
all children should be forced to go to school
because there are many children just like
was and such they can't see the need Of
Z an education until II is too late.
Of the question. They say, II didn't get an
education. and II / can live without II they
can To be sure. l didn't get an education
for the very reason I wouldn't take II, and
INV parents did not make go. SO that is
the reason I see the need OF compulsory edu-
cation.
/ feel like I would be out OF my place start
ing to the polls to vote. Say girls how would
yOu feel II your sweetheart were TO say 70
YOU ''Who are you for. Brown Smith p
Perhaps you would say, I'm for Brown" and
he would say, "All right, I'll go with you 10
the polls" Or. perhaps he might be Smith
man. and would say. Now, that's a silly
idea Won have" and very likely IT would cause
trouble between you two.
trying TO discuss question that she doesn't know
anything about"
lust on the day ! was twenty three.
Old Mother Earth was a sight to see
The snow drifting from left 10 right,
All Nature clothed in robe Of white.
The Ieaves were green.
As You have seen.
On April the twenty-fifth
NBut the trees. IL were. had load TO liTt
There was breaking and creakng in the for
est that day.
Until the snow all melted away.
Then Nature smiled once again.
For the grass was green where the snow had
lain.
THROUGH troubles and treasures. wherever l go
shall sin remember that April snow
MORAN a.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24
PRESBYTERIANS
AGREE ON REORGANIZATION

LEWISBURG, W. Va, May 21.-Al-
though the election of permanent clerk
was postponed the assembly did not find
time enough in the morning session to
dispose of any feature of the co-ordina-
ton report. The relation of the church
to the negroes Of the south was the
stumbling block. 1t was proposed to
make colored evangeIfzation depart
ment under home missions. instead of al
lowing it to remain under an independ>
ent committee Before the storm Of
debate broke over this question, DR..
Bachman, moderator of the assembly
and chairman of the co-ordination COM
mittee, was called on for an address.
He told of the business ability Of the
laity and of the experience OF the
preachers on the committee.
CONSOLIDATION FAVORED.
Consolidation is in the air, Faid he.
"and we want to do the LoT2S work In
a good manner"
Dr. Boggs, of Atlanta, advocated the
consolidation recommendation, urging
particularly that it would not injure coll
cred work, which he favored. II believe
that the wrath of God will be turned
loose on our people who let human feel
ings hinder the advancement of the king
dom of God among the negroes" he said.
To the surprise of many, DIR. James G..
Snedecor. secretary Of the colored work,
announced he had been converted TO the
consolidation plan. He said it was in
line with the new movement Of having
white men in charge of work among the
colored people.
ST often brag of the good work of my
colored evangelists," said he, but al
ways have a prayer to God in my heart
that 1 am telling the truth"