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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
Notes and Personal Mention.

Mr.. John Wood of Great Bend, Kan.
is visiting his daughter. Miss Elsie
Wood, at the Beta house. Washburn
Mr.. Hal Hotchkiss went to Kansas
City TODAY for a short visit.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
Presbyterian church will be pleased
to meet all friends of Mr.. Bob in the
church parlors next Tuesday night.
Mrs. S. C. LoZier has been i'll for the
past week at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. S. Pettyjohn.
Mr.. Clyde Duva1 of Ripon, Wis, ar
rived today to visit the w. w. Well
come family for a few days and will
then go on to California
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Jennings will
arrive this week to make their home
in Topeka.
Miss Florence Sheldon has returned
to Lawrence, after short visit in
Topeka.
Miss Dora Robb Young of Law
renee arrived today to be the guest of
Mrs. w. c. McDonough.
Mrs. H. NJ. Ives will entertain the
Taxi Art Embroidery club Thursday
afternoon at her home, 1349 Fillmore
street.
Mr.. Ivan Beeler and Miss Susie Yen
night at the Methodist parsonage. They
have gone to make their home at
Eads, Colo.
The Girls guild of the First Metho-
dist church met this afternoon with
Miss Minnie Pitcher, 300 Woodlawn
avenue.
Miss Nina Shepard and Miss Helen
Dwinnell returned home yesterday,
after a visit of a few days in Law
renee
Miss Lena Trip. who was the guest
of Mrs A. FL. Ellis. returned yester-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
Awaits Partu Actinn

ST. Paul, March 2.-Twenty-five hun
bred county option delegates met in a
convention in the auditorium today
and Governor Eberhardt in a brief
talk told them he would take no part
in the controversy growing out of coun-
ty option until his party in convention
had decided what its attitude towards
the question shall be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
HiIIsboro Defeats Florence.

Hillsboro, Kan, March 2.-Hillsboro
defeated Florence in a fast game of
basketball played here last night, win
ming by score of So to 20, clearly out
CHASING their opponents at every stage
of the game. This puts E1illsboro in
Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
L. M. PenweIl
Undertaken and Embalmer
SlI Quincy Street
Both Phones I9Z
Seine Again at Flood.

Paris, March 2.-The continued
rainfall has raised the level of the riv-
er Seine to 81 feet inches today, al
most equalling the flood maximum of
1882. The water is again pouring into
the mouths of the sewers The
weather, however, is gradually i'm
proving and the authorities believe
the river will not rise further.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

satin. the drapery held at the waist by
a topaz ornament The tucker was of
lace, as were the deep hounces on the
skirt. The lace contributed much to
the beauty of the gown, as it was
deep shade of ecru-creating an ex-
quisite color scheme-combined with
the yellow of the satin. The sleeve was
of ecru net, with rufdes of lace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Frank Warren, Mrs. ]. B. Heck, Mrs.
H. c. Horner, Mrs. I. H. Noble, Mrs.
George Dougherty, Mrs. B. w. Carter
and Mrs. Thomas Magill. Mrs. H. M.
Harris was the guest of the club.
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This drawing shows a quaint evening
gown which suggests very strongly the
days of huge panniers and quilted petit
coats. There is something very youth
full in this design, which the short skirt,
following the present fad for evening
frocks, accentuates. The main portion
of the frock was soft corn-colored
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Get our estimate on that LUMBER
bill. J. B. Whelan & Co.. E. Fourth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Time CIlanged-Don't Miss It.
Train 104. Union Pacific. leaves now
for Kansas City at 1:45 p. m, reach
ing there at 3:45.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

Mrs. NJ. F. Rigby, Mrs. w. o. Rig
by and Mrs. G. E. Rigby, will give a
luncheon Friday at one o'clock for
Mrs. Frank Strawn at the home of
Mrs. NJ. F. Rigby, 719 Harrison street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

her bridge club Monday afternoon at
her home, HOO Van Buren, street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

The Sonora club will meet tomor-
row afternoon with Mrs. G. I. Martin
1172 Clay street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02
EVENING CHAT
III RUTH CAMERON.

''Sleep, that knits up the ravelPd
sleeve of care,
The death of each days life, sore
Iabor's bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great natures
second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast"
-Shakespeare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

The ]. o. c. and Baraca classes of
the First Methodist church gave a
party for Miss Oris Johnson in cele-
bration of her birthday anniversary
Monday evening at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. L. A King, sol Fillmore
street. The guests were: Miss Maud
Marshall, Miss Zoe Hughes, Miss Rose
Lempenau, Miss Actea Kennedy, Miss
Marcia Moore, Miss Estella Ingham,
Miss Mildred Metzger, Miss Margaret
Mclaughlin, Miss Estella Anton, Miss
Cora Butler, Miss Clardce Butler, Miss
Flora Eagon, Miss Ella Bradshaw,
Miss Edith Atwood, Miss Louise Suess.
Miss Martha McPhillamey, Miss
Maude Riley, Miss Cora Flood. Miss
Elisha Stowe, Miss Angie Parker, Miss
Olive Price. Miss Florence Davis,
Miss Mary Martin, Miss Lillian Gaines,
Miss Charlotte Peirett, Mr.. and Mrs.
d. H. Brannaman. Mr.. John Hurst.
Mr. w. E. Riley, Mr.. F. w. Tichenor,
Mr.. Guy Nelson, Mr.. James Paterson,
Mr.. Carl Banta, Mr.. James Hustled,
Mr. Raymond Roller, Mr.. Louis Tom
Iinson, Mr.. Roland Gresser. Mr.. Eliza
Gibson, Mr.. B. F. Lempenau, Mr..
Wayne Montgomery. Mr.. Harry Clark
and Mr.. q. Parker
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

The Ladies Music club will give an
afternoon to the study of "Das Rein
gold next Wednesday at the home of
Mrs George Parkhurst, Ninth and
TYLER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

The next meeting of the Informal
Bridge club will be held Wednesday
night. March 9, with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Dickie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

The next meeting of the Duplicate
Whist club will be held Friday of next
week with Mrs E. S. Quinton-
New-York tribune., 1910-01-30

|'A1- philosopher Is dressed 10 be
w aag Tier skirts and her heels hinder
Aer and .r-, le- 10 stumble and fall If she
pls r. -- H-- .eil-. draperles and sashes
31E or The --1- into the very hands of her
and q - t9e- lose her footing It Is diff
p" 4eT &. -e -- Ir. owing 10 her manner
+ i c ae.. ...e- IN regard u feminine garb
PIE. -l-e .. .a- always been that woman.
@s design catch man vino. although bet
'-lel iYr speed. .s- for ages fallen into the nets.
mere s a. t...r whatever a. 10 the p~vchol-
I7S- There's. ea humor in -tE Les and fab
d. t1ere good and evil in certain colors,
e5 and meaning r lu-terful satin. undoubted
III aea. .-sge
-1e-. d .a.t. is most eloquent and filed
a-r II which the Tearers. choosing
al- 81 -es because they are becoming and
o. NOT ~2ir ~ comprehend There Is
de- -''7 hole ..-.iei unegnsciously and many
--iAtea-..s- and strangely disturbing;
.rr45 1e other hand the eve and brain are
..as '5s-L-- aoa.e lE q harmoniously planned
araq =" @1.a --r and texture and line seem
~ par ol the .ee4-e-.s r,ers.nalitv.
-@r -9'4sers have learned this secret and dress
"a saltullr l.5. -if,fon. and white mus
--t,,r. i-Senae and -rangles and satin for the
Aen. Rlrl their cr3wlike clothes, can
-r ana -Aeir professions char4crers, disposl-
essil. '7lesses while women may be read
=rgyr,. --i '12h their dress than their features.
F.1o lo,,. @75l ~ attack dre~- ~ a yanity DuI
% nd,-' -' ~ having learned rhar II may also
r''TT -3r good A ,ad man may 'e
New-York tribune., 1910-01-30
THE YOUNG LADY AND THE LYNX

A yer NungW decide "a ne ne SCI Of
L and e d ii o
How o aid he i saw h most L C "a un=m
Of D
nrt~tc Things SoIncong Who
yer saw N Animal with . N o Head n h "a
bowbnot and Cluster Tails the Side
AL-E n II u
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therefore part Of the Great Scheme.
We have long needed light this matter of fab
rs and their fashionng beyond that given US by the
fashion plates We require a logical understanding
Of the Hat Hvsteria and the Obsession OF the Ostrich
Feather from which every mothers daughter Of us
suffers more or less.
For wears we followed blindly wherever some Paris
celebrity chose 10 lead us with her rouged tngertlp
And here in America our craze for utility led Us few
wears back near perilously close tendency TO mas
ll;ne fashions Here was false note, for instance
which we struck so hard that It made dlscord
round the world.
Women abroad wore mannish gowns for occasions;
brt they never looked well in them lacking the
.;.,bt backs and sturdy shoulders Of the American,
f~ ,-hor7 they seemed designed by genius. 1t was
dbl .r-71or for the progressive business woman
80 he made her victorious advance sldeWlse into
,o,r,ercial life The English and the French women
i;1 vent back to their aces and chitton except
fnr walking and life in the open
E2,+ the trig practical beauty OF the tailored skirt
. tir+,yaist and the sailor hat appealed strongly
=. Ia. Yankee girl that it became her bane. 1t was
- st,,rre for every occasion, and visiting elegants
.,,a-l,ad that we resembled a uniformed army Of
,,.-.,,ar 90 alike was our street dressing
E,,e 10 this late day Of luxurious draperles there
80 +t,se who cannot understand the esthetlc obJec-
-. +r4 Is to any such general fashion III dress for
en And others tried to modify the severity OF
-, cet,,me for teas and dinners by affecting trans
,,rencies in the way Of 5odloes with headlights 81
.rl, and blue satin ribbon worn underneath as
+to,oh to call attention to their daring idea
-.s+fer coquettish nor artistic.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-30

The psychology of dress. once it is better under
stood, will forbid women to wear anything hard
ugly. such as leather resembling harness. buckles
likewise stiff shirts and collars which aborni
nation.
There may be doubt TO whether women
dressed be caught catch but there can be
no doubt that they built be draped in soft and
beautiful materials. Suffrage may arrive; but can
never change the formation of women. Gangs Of
tourists from the States going about in their bobby
skirts and riding stocks never understand how
they are misunderstood by foreign women. who
cannot fathom our businesslike desire for practical
economy in dress rather than beauty and the sex
note.
American women who live abroad qucLlz lose the
dsfgurng fashions. Well they look in sailor hats
they find this the chosen headgear of the girls
in London and even the chambermaids will not
wash bodices and collars cut ike men shirts
The one color line from head to heel is SO much
more graceful and inspiring that it is strange the
alertly intelligent American does cast
out the separate bodice except a travelling con
VenienCe at least a before-nOOn fashion.
When Fate brings a really cheap cab system it
will be interesting to note how the dress of
will improve. 1t must be remembered that Lon
don and Paris in all the foreign capitals a woman
need trail her skirts through the dust for any dis,
tance, because a shilling a franc and less will
her more than that sum IN the freshness and che O
her appearance.
But the American woman for years has had to
dress with the main idea Of how She would look sit
ting down in restaurant theater; for She has to
walk travel in street cars reach her destination
From head waist She has been gauzy and lacy; but,
owing the eXigences of muddy pavements and
crowded cars she bore full length dscord- she
a butterfly in rubber boots.
And her boots of late too much in evidence
for she has become extremist wearing the ankle
length skirt which could not be properly
after the luncheon hour at afternoon recep-
tions Excellent and healthful the fashion IS
for shopping travel and morning wear it is an
abonnation when carried to extremes a woman
wardrobe.
Dress should be symbolic and individual rather
than stylish" Present fashions give women op-
portunity for these virtues in their gowning. There
are subtle touches in dress which make some women
always lovely and appealing while Others continually
offend
There is not only the proper choice OF material,
color and line. the right getting into a gown, but
there is the wearing of it. Dress is art, and when
colleges take ii up shall have OF beauty
offset terrible tailor made age.
Chivalry will rise again at the call of chittons and
the He and She Problems that come up distress
ingy will become part of the swaddled past. When
absorb the and meanings OF our trock, ami
men who ask greater glory than for love Of u- to
New-York tribune., 1910-01-30

who could never be reached
through the churches. Then She
reforms him in captivity and he
finds his unsuspected soul.
Physicians also used to rant
against dressing but time has
proved that the healthiest. hap
piest. and most vital women are
fond Of dress and dressing As
power toward beauty dress IS
stronger to-day than ever before
in its history. Columbia Uni
verSirv has sent one OF its woman
professors abroad TO study the
science OF clothes in London and
Paris. previous 10 her taking a
chair as head Of the School of
Household Arts. Scholastic rec
ognitiOn has thus been accorded
TO clothes, long caviled at as
a pursuit Of the vain and the
sinful.
Girl, now being educated in
things relating to the wardrobe
that their grandmothers knew
practically nothing about, will
be able to prove that the lace
edge on a handkerchief is some
thing more than frivolity, being
a factor tending to Beauty and
New-York tribune., 1910-08-28
A QUEER SORT OF PLANT

IN the desert OF Sonora, Mexico, plant, called the
guareQui. which is said to excel the camel IN its
ability to husband its water supply
This plant a relative Of the squash and pumpkin,
and inhabIts locality wherein practically all rain
falls within a period OF six weeks. The base Of the
stem is swollen form a hard, woody structure, which
in time atains the size of large squash The gray Of
the sands Of Sonora is initiated IN the color of the
covering Of the mass, which presents the appearance of
a worn gray boulder projecting above the sand, and
the structure is almost hard stone.
1t IS really nothing more than vegetable reservoir
designed to hoard up the sCanty moisture and TO
erCisc due thrift doing out the precious fluid to its
advantage time OF need. In instance tins
stored mixture would be the precious thing earth
Il man beast; but natives say the liquid poison
Atcr the close Of the short ny season the Vnelke
stems IF the plant die down the small cots dry up, and
the plant in the form OF It's tubcr lies esCent the
burning sands throughout the long hot Gays Of nine
raness months With the return OF the rainy the
plant rp lIv reforms roots stems, leaves, and flowers
completes It's brief season Of activity and quickly
reapses into another long sleep under the cloudles sky
1t is always necessary that the plant be awakened
by the falling III fact by the Application OF mos-
turc IN any form This has been proved concusVcy by
the action Of specimen that placed IN one OF the
exhibited at the botanical garden IN Washington
The year following Its installation III 1900, and dnnu
ally then At the return OF the rainy season on ITS
native habitat this plant imnured without SOIL or mols
tuTe III ITS glass prison. has III some mysterious way
heard tn all Of Nature and responded by sending up Its
stems and forming It's leaves response TO the rhythm OF
It's being acquired IN the far away desert OF Sonora
In otl-r words. during its infancy and youth up to
1903 th plant bad lmuaf sufficient 4ter tocarry
d through five .uglea- .e seasons oI growth.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-28

TO be, especially if the night is cold It always when
these things must be done. And when you get to the
town, and piled and find another hotel just
Ike the you have LETT, and another Nan-st Just
ike that IN the last place, and theater ike the one
YOU played last one pea Is like another-about that
time you begin to wish you were back IL the department
store, selling anything.
But OF course the chorus girls life on the road is va
red Now and then she falls ILL., This varies the mo-
notony lot, as playing with ones temperature at
hundred and three degrees novelty. The illness,
however IS really one of the happest things OF girls
career IN one night stands, because then the charity OF
her sisters IN the chorus rlanifests itself.
have known chorus girls to take care Of others who
III with much love and devotion though they
had been their sisters giving up everything for
them. sitting up during the night when they could
scarcely keep their eyes open lending them their coats,
buying from their slender purses little delicaces and
paying for the necessary medicines. There is sister
hood among these girls that makes their lives less unen-
durable.
On these one night stands. too. chorus girls suffer
New-York tribune., 1910-08-28

tons OF importance IN 50 long
period as ten years, the showing is
insignificant, isn'tit?
No, stagestruck girls, shop or farm
girl or manicures, or mattresses, or
mothers girls, or whatever kind Of
girls you are, if YOU are looking for a
remunerative, easy, luxury proVld-
ing, hopeful occupation, do not
choose the chorus. But please do not
say that | warned you against 1t. |
don't. 1t would DO no good to do so.
m merely telling you about it, and
if | have failed TO paint the life IN
dark enough colors to deter you
forever from taking 1t up, hope that
you will each win crown OF cleo
tric lights and become a great star.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-28

out C[lS season
There are many other similar
cases to which | could aIlude.
where the unknown chorus girl
q one moment IS the prlma
donna Of the next. But i Is
luck, plain luck. Generally the
chorus girl with the good voice
goes through q whole season
without getting q chance TO
show L. and by that tine her
ambition IS 3 little wilted.
When i comes tine fOr the
New-York tribune., 1910-08-28

from not Delng able 10 nave the use OF
their trunks and what clothing they have
packed IN them. The management can
not be bothered with too much baggage
on these daily shifts Of base; 50 the
trunks are left in the last big city, and
viii be delivered only when another
weeks stand IS played. But Of course
one soon becomes accustomed to this
deprivation, and 1t IS wonderful what
one can set along without
By the time the season IS over and
the company has returned home, the
average girl who has gone into the chorus
with an idea that It Is a pleasan- eXperi-
ence and q delightful way to earn ones
living has had the idea pre- = well dis
sipated. She has saved EtL o. no
money, and must look for a sumlT an-
gagement to keep herself alive. s. S in
need 50 greatly that she viii acce1. al
most any engagement. Her wages a a
shopg-rl used TO continue all the yea
round. she remembers; but with the
New-York tribune., 1910-08-28

not play tle part. up sp0Ke IITtIe
Miss SandersOn, and was allowed
TO wear the prima donna S mantle
for the night. a wise manager who
saw the performance perceived the
possibilities in this little girl, and
by next season she was playing a
leading part.
Louise Cunning starring at the
head Of her own company, Sallie
Fisher, Irene Bentley, Adele
Ritchie, Hattie Williams, Bessie
Wvnn. Christie Mcdonald, Mar
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for granted that she could not
DO anything better.
I'm 50 d'scouraged- she
said. Il 60 an engagement,
with a show ii August, and
rehearsed. SIX weeks 1t was a
failure. and we closed after
three weeks. They gave me
another engagement. and l
relearsed four weeks. we
closed IN four. I've rehearsed
and opened with two more
shows since then. and here It
is summertime and I've had I'D
only fourteen weals' salary al
season. I'm rehea.sins with
another show for the summer
and nobody can tell now long
that VIII last. .,
Can YOU imagine any Bhl
working IN any other line oI
..--.r-,-7.y =, II under
New-York tribune., 1910-08-28

II par Thoroughly and + ! could have the chance"
Quick -- --- Mss Van Sr-,GG1ford's cIothes."
Tzs he --z--= z-cepcance OF the proposition. and
Mss B---
Size sang with It's rather difficult music, with
g-ezg success. = tact made such hit that the
p--z donna whose Illness continued finally resigned
:-o-- Tie c---- md Miss B-lce continued through
New-York tribune., 1910-08-28

over. there is one Of TWO thing TO
Company is gong to remain III the
which case YOU may ENJOY the nos
.re.=e the departure comes directly
II tins case YOU 20 q. the a.
get .r board rte tram. ~ travel
New-York tribune., 1910-08-28

Dl--z- Success - take 70 the road Cle I61l "OI n
C -le c-l-- -.-- lie begins The new chorus girl
6o= To- ---s. and when the Cal goes up on
ze board sage door and she reads that the com
New-York tribune., 1910-08-28

immediately struck
A one night stand
always looks leso-
rl-n spot but you
ri j. because you
al station just IN
hotel and snatch
Then you hurry 70
II dress IN a ul5eT-
] the rest oI the
.u. Il is generally
amp and horrible.
J. stand on chairs
slippers from the
.G BE- s0Iird IL less
The management
New-York tribune., 1910-08-28

chorus girl in an insignificant
company IN San Francisco. She
might have remained there in
definitely had not the late Au-
gustin DAILY happened in at the
theater where She was engaged.
He was a keen man, and on look
ing the chorus over this girl at
tracted his attention. He had her
come to see him, and she sang
for him. Then he engaged her
for Daly's Theater in New York,
and put her into the chorus of
The Geisha, - La POupee. "
and other musical comedies. All
the time DAILY was helping Miss
Gilman to study. and was en-
couraging her by letting her
understudy Virginia Earle, his
leading sOubrette. Finally it
Co-,,a NITc- C,T-,,g-,'r- +,--,, 90. -;
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such ronaonss Il is the peculiar 2se1naon OF ti
st'1S7' p 'I. -, +-7~t keeps the CIJrus girl gong.
Dy lo og5r IT ' 8of supPo- try to discourage the little
li g'-l , b The chorus must be recruited, and
ver often a does ae5sIs @ her pe[ %aG I5ro up to- it. anu Jump
ls - s',- p,ilJ +. many There Lotta Faust for
nca @o died recently after hyns [eafafa beara an tSa+ 5
vo position as oubrette 9eyfR R5yan ygI3 g1l[ @ore and %
Ali5- + 4l5l I tI tI1,75ing had gone into the chorus
lIls ., g ++1ntIgn from the start for she was e%
3 ss = 8 5 4s5 -5a s& s.@ & a@ 1918 n aas ss #5555 55@5 #
on S1 l s'f Fass a ETeyone reber I how how she & aas l
sae Ii With h sg Paas for l1aS aa a2a ,3 S. ''
on So meyer ae-l1- nv. The wife Of w. Ellis Coregt
.'..-..4 States Steel Corporation "--
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gl1erite Clark-these only few OF The leading mu
scal comedy singers Of oday who began the chorus
But YOU were to that hundred stars had been
added the stage armament from the chorus IN the
last ten years a the number IS not quite so large that
would scarcely fair percentage which to base the
statement that the chorus is the stepping stone to
elar honors. Every season there engaged in the
various musical companies probably five thousand
chorus girls If only hundred Of them to posi-