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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-26
WOULD PAY DAMAGES.
X, II. & p. Railroad Begins Action
Against Itself Today.

A railroad wants damages assessed
against it and will this evening by its
attorneys present the case to the Kan
sas railroad board. This exceptional
railroad is the contem plated Kiowa,
Hardtner & Pacific. The hear
ing today is supplemental to one a
month ago, when the road asked leave
to cross the Santa F'e tracks at Kiowa,
Barrier county. The application was
heard and the right granted But the
railroad forgot something. 1t must
cross the Santa Fe to get to the Mis-
souri, Pacific. with which it is to con-
meet FOR eastern traffic. The attorneys
foresaw in that some trouble with the
Santa Fe, but forgot to give that road
any damages. Now they want to be
allowed to pay for the crossing in
order to forestalI any allegation on the
part of the Santa Fe that they had
crossed illegally by not paying such
damage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-26
HER CONSCIENCE DID 1T.
Mrs. Herricl1 Driven Insane Because of
Her Sins.

Despite her insanity which is declar-
ed to be real by two physicians, Mrs.
lea May HerriCk knew her name and
also knew that she was subject to pun
ishmen1 for living with J. W. Garland
and going as Mrs. Garland. This be-
came evident in her hearing for in
sanity this morning. She will be ia
ken to the hospital for the insane at
once
Believing her neighbors to be Indians
and fearing for her life. Mrs. Garland
Herrick or Herrick- Garland as the Cd Sc
may be, has caused no end of trouble
in Seabrook lately. For the last two
days she has almost driven the police
and Sheriff's force wild with exa ggera-
ted tales of doings in Seabrook. OF
course the reports were made from her
imagination.
Mrs. Herrick formerly resided in
BelleVille and her husband. it is alleg-
ed by her, was extremely unkind. So
unkind did he eventually become that
she left him. Later she kept a small
boarding house on the North side and
about a year ago moved to Seabrook
with Garland. She was known by the
name of Garland and in reporting her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-26
BIG Time AT HAYS.
Joint Celebration of odd Fellows
Draws an Immense Crowd.

Hays, Kan, April 26.-The ninety
first anniversary of the Odd Fellows
society was celebrated here today by
a union of the Golden Belt societies
holding a joint celebration here. The
city was the most deliberately decorated
ever in it's history, and the band well
coined the visitors at the train.
.WaKeeney and Ellis sent large dele
cations from the west while a special
train from BrookVil1e and towns west
brought over five hundred visitors.
After registering all who wished were
given auto rides around the city,
At 1 o'clock the parade marched
through the principal streets to the
Normal auditorium where appropriate
exercises were held At o'clock an
Odd Fellows and Rebekah banquet was
held in the hall. In the evening initia-
ton of officers by both lodges took
place and a general reunion closed the
program
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-26
New York Money Market

New York. April ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS on
call firm. 23sG3 per cent; ruling rate per
cent, closing bid 27s per cent, offered at
per cent. Time loans. firm; go days 315
to 3S4 per cent. and 80 days So a per cent;
six months. 46l41z per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 4246 as
per cent.
Sterling exchange strong with actual
business in bankers bills at 81 81. 35lI4 "a. As
for 60 day bills and at 81. 81 80 for demand ;
commercial bills $4.S3a4@4S4A
SILVER-Bar silver, 532zc; Mexican dol
lars, 44c.
BONDS-Governmen bonds, firm; rail-
road bonds, easy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-26

the woman has become insane over
worry because of her alleged relations
with Garland, and the fear that her
husband would find her out. Even after
she was found insane she asked Under
sheriff Bayless if he thought anyone
would try to arrest her for miscon-
duct with Garland She declared at
that time she had not lived with Gar
land as his wife but had merely board
ed him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-26
Contracts for New Boilers.

In contemplation of a series of re-
placements of heating plants in state
award the first contract for a new
type of boilers May Bird. The new
type of boilers are the semi-water
tube or marine type of boilers The
first go to the state hospital at Osa-
watomie and are of $50 horse power
each. The new type is considered to
be a saving device although the orig
inal cost is higher than old styles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-26
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Simply fill out free coupon below and
mail today Save yourself from the
surgeons knife and its torture. the
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-26
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs. Parthena Ma
hony, who died yesterday, will be held
at 2:30 o'clock Thursday from the Third
Presbyterian church and interment will
be in the Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-26
Cotton Market.

New York, April 26-COTTON-Spot
closed quiet; middling uplands, SIS. IS
middling gulf, $3.50. Sales, 5,655 bales
Galveston, Texas, April 26.-COTTON-
Market higher, Il u-16c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-26

Washington, April Ex-senator
Beveridge, Ind, is receiving congratu
lations upon the arrival of an infant
daughter at his home today.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
SILK KimOnOs for Summer Wear

7V PLAIN silk or crepe kimono can be
~ made doubly attractive by fastening
it at the throat and about the waist
with wide Powered ribbon. About three
quarters of yard at each side will make
long enough ends for pretty bow knot al
the throat, while about three yards VIII
be needed to encircle the waist and tie IN
front with short sash ends.
For a loose negligee Il kimono style of
wrapper is altogether the most comforta-
BILE and is still the favorite for bedroom
use. Kimonos can now be bought In every
material from inexpensive cotton crepe to
the most costly embroidered Japanese
silks. For summer china silk kimonos
are extremely pretty, and the washable
silks also are good for this purpose. If
one is fortunate in finding o remnant 1t is
possible to make a silk kimono for few
dollars which will be useful for many
months. It Is all straight sewing and
easily cut out with a paper pattern.
Cashmere is a nice weight also for all
seasons, and often wrapper of ma
terial somewhat warmer than silk is nee
essary even in midsummer. Albatross
also washes well, and in the light shades
of pink and blue is extremely pretty. For
travelling it is advisable TO have reaiiy
warm wrapper of flannel or eiderdown
and especially on an ocean trip really
heavy wrapper is essential. Except IN the
really southern parts of Spain and Italy
the evenings are seldom as hot in Europe
"a, eOnfbarD ri
of the United States, and the thin emma
silk negligees, unless lined with albatross
or soft flannel, are by no means sufficient
Extremely pretty bed jackets can be
made from two silk scarfs Joined down
the centre of the back and the ends m
ished with n sewing silk fringe. Ends OF
ribbon tied in bow knots at each side form
armholes, and the jacket is fastened II
front by the same means.
Bed jackets and dressing Jackets oi
embroidered handkerchief linen are the
prettiest of all for summer use, and many
girls are now making two or three oi
these little jackets for themselves instead
of working upon lingerie shirt waists
Once embroidered there is nothing easier
to make up with the aid of paper pat
tern than dressing jacket. The material
itself costs very little, and even the lace
edging can probably be bought for a
small amount on a bargain table. II
never pays, however, to economize toe
much on lace, for coarse lace not only
wears out quickly, but it also spoils the
effect of the daintiest hand embroidery.
Knitted kimono jackets Of softest WOO
are extremely pretty this year and de
lightful to wear when there is a little
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27

carved first, then made up at an expert
cabinet makers Such chest of fairly
ornate design will cost in the neighbor-
hood of $780, but it is worth it, for the
work has quality of virility and strength
such as one sees in Robins sculptures.
Plenty of the girls, in fact do their own
carving and 60 to this man for instruction,
and there is something in the sentiment
of carving ones own casson or trousseau
chest which appeals to the romantic side
of girls nature.
To carve chest is not difficult, and the
wood sculptor who teaches society girls
goes so far as to say that a beginner can
! do a chest quite as well as seemingly
simple article. One wants TO aim at
broad lights and sharp shadows and the
depths should be rough and choppy to be
effective. 30 that, taking a Morse design,
for example, even though the work of the
beginner be crude, it is hound to be
effective. One society woman who is fond
of carving has made no less than six of
these chests as gifts for youthful brides
this spring, and each one she has indus
triously carved herself in some rick med
iaeval design. One was done in Eliz-
abethan Renaissance. in Gothic pattern,
another copied from an old Italian Golfer
decorated in Roman ornamentation or
scrolls and dragons, while the remaining
number were modelled after those of
ancient Norway and Sweden and revel in
eccentric sea monsters, gnomes and
dragons.
Most of the chests found in the shops
to-day are of the seventeenth century
period, for it was at that time that they
became so nopular. In fact. they were
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27

letter, implying that one Is on it's way.
A package has the same significance. A
bit of money is there to indicate great
wealth, while a horseshoe denotes that
luck rather than money will dominate
the future. And alas there is also the
cat, companion of the spinster. A slipper
foretells an adventure, and a small sword
cries danger, beware These signs, i'll
fact, so cleverly line the teacup that the
fortune teller's art is facilitated greatly
After the tea is drunk the cup should be
turned upside down to drain on the
saucer. Then it should be whirled around
three times to the left while the wish is
held firmly in mind and, at length, it
should be presented to the girl who takes
the responsibility of reading its contents.
Under no circumstances should the one
who drank its beverage attempt to DRY
into its mystery. At the occult moment,
however, the cup speaks for itself On
whichever emblem the tea leaves rest the
fortune teller sees the happenings of the
future.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
'Rnd of Chest Hand Carved in Oak

are seen it is pretty truthful indication
of the age of the article.
As a rule the early Italian chests showed
great wealth and richness as we'll as
great variety of carving. Many of them,
too, we're inlaid with marqueterie, and
Roman design common to the period of
the Italian Renaissance was a series or
graceful scrolls ending in rosettes, grifons,
dragons and the like. Another feature of
chests of this period which was most
noticeable was four leaved flower, which
was often set at the interstices of the lines
of Gothic tracery, and thumb carving
which, to use domestic symbol, resembled
the thumbed edges of freshly made pie
was a comparatively cheap ornamentation
in use before 1900, and it is not infre-
quenuy seen on cheap machine made ar
ticles to-day.
Taken altogether, one of the most popu-
lar styles of chests both In the eyes or
the antique lover and for reproduction by
the hand carver of to-day is that of the
Elizabethan period, in which paneIling
ornamented with Gothic designs forms
the decoration. 1t is not only effective
and some good specimens of real antiques
can be found in this style-but in addition
it is not as a rule frightfully expen-
sive, a specimen in good condition cost
ing about SO. When heraldic devices
are sometimes added to the style-and
this, by the way, offers a splendid oppor-
tunity for applying ones coat of arms or
crest in illumination-the effect is very
stunning.
In buying a chest for brides outfit
one might just as we'll take the time to
look for an old a tn nurclarn of fha
department stores, for while most of the
large shops carry a small line of these
chests they are for the most part of red
cedar, either brass or copper bound, and
intended for household linen alone. They
run in price from $25 up.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27

chill in the air. One exceptionally at
tractive knitted jacket consisted of two
separate parts of equal size, the outer
part white and the inner jacket pink. Sc
loosely knitted was the wool that the
jacket was decided pink, and while un-
usually light in weight was delightfully."-
warm at the same time. Now that
sweaters are expected to fit so perfectly
and be as long as a good sized ulster
many girls have given up trying to knit
them for themselves and are turning their
attention to the smaller garments. The
woollen bed jackets make nice summer
work, as the stitch goes quickly and there
is little fit OF shaping to bother with.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
TALKS BY THE
GRANDMOTHER

almost every summer cottage has al
upper porch which may easily be trans
formed into an open afr bedroom, but il
such a sleeping place is not available
then the several windows of the ordinary
chamber should be kept half raised
throughout the night, so that the oxygen
may be as pure as though one were sleep
ing in the open. 1t is wonderful tonic
Cor the complexion--one of those work
while-you-sleep recipes which appeal sc
strongly to the indolent.
After all, you intend to ride this morn
ing" repeated the April Grandmother
and quickly touched the bell summoning
the butler. "That's right. Stay out unit
midday" adding half aloud as her grand
daughter left the room, "for any amoun
of fresh air is needed to wash the cob
webs from the brain Of a supersensitivt
young girl"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
TEACUPS THAT TELL FORTUNES.

t often seems as if neither seers nor
prophets were more eager to peer into
the future than young girls. This is
quite natural since life lies before them
and the inherent curiosity accredited to
women piques them to wish to know what
is going to happen as time advances.
The fortune telling teacup is quite new
and presented as an aid to insight into
the future. Undoubtedly it will be the
cup most generally chosen to give away
for engagement tokens, and also the one
to be seen most frequently at veranda
parties, where young girls meet to chat
and to drink tea in the afternoon.
The outside of this knowing little cup
Is in no way remarkable. 1t may be deco
rated in almost any style. The saucer is
also conventional and made to match the
outside of the cup. But within the cup
where the tea leaves cling and linger there
is told another story. There distinctly i'm
printed on a white ground are various
little emblems. One is a ring, which
means a speedy engagement; another is
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
COAT SWEATERS.

IN DELIGHTFULLY."- smart are the
new coat sweaters, and so wonder
fully are they woven that they add
no more to the width of the waist line
or hips than perfectly fitting tailor
jacket Fastening in front or a little to
one side with good sized loops and but
tons large enough to manipulate comfort
IDLY, unlike the old horror of the sweater
or jersey which had to be pulled on over
the mead, the sweater Of the present is
easy TO put on, and when it is on looks
as neat and trim as possible.
The new sweaters are to be had in
wide. variety of models, from the mex
pensiye machine made hip length REFER
coat which reaches below the knees, fits
in slightly at the waist line, and while
really warm is of so fine wool and so
close stitch that it is not at all heavy in
weight.
The smartest sweaters are all of course
hand knitted, and i'll the stitch there is as
great a difference as in the machine weav-
ing. Nor are these sweaters at all diff
cult to make if one is at all adept at knit
ting. For small payment a book of full
directions will be sent from any EN-.
broidery store where the necessary wool
is purchased, so that with little difficulty
a girl can make her own sweater 10
measurement. As it is so much longer
than her old sweater, this one win take
longer TO make, but it is all straight knit.
ting with little If any fitting. Collar aud
cuffs Of pretty shade of blue or = deli
cate coral pink will be sure to be most
becoming and will give a certain little dis
tinctiveness to the coat.
Dark sweaters with white collar and
cuffs are more useful perhaps than the
white, but never so attractive nor so
popular.
A long coat sweater takes the place Of
any other outdoor wrap or ulster, and by
many is preferred to the heavier white
blanket coats, Certainly a long knitted
jacket looks extremely we'll with a white
duck tennis suit.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27
JAPANESE NAPKINS.

Y /OUNG girls who are up to date in
Y their ideas should not overlook the
advisability of keeping on hand sup
ply of Japanese napkins, for their uses as
labor savers are many, and also as pre-
servators Of the family health.
DuriAg the summer months young girls
especially are great instigators of picnics.
Then the pile of Japanese napkins should
be quickly sought for cleanly and dainty
bits of paper in which to wrap up sand
wiches, cakes, pie and all the good things
that help to make picnic jolly, When
they have performed their service they
can be thrown away, not being sufficiently
valuable to carry home and to burden the
family wash tub.
Not only at picnics, but at veranda tea
sprees after tennis and at informal lunch
cons at home should japanese napkins be
employed instead of fine linen. The mod
ern young girl has begun to feel keenly
that it is a necessity to adopt every pos
sible means to save labor, and to this end
she uses as freely as she can the little
napkins from the land of the rising sun.
The most pronounced present use OF
these articles is in cases of illness, espe'
cially those that can be transmitted from
one member of the family to another.
Rneumonla, tonSllIlS, CuDerculoslS anu
even the ordinary cold are now looked
on as evils from which girls as well as all
other sane mortals should protect them
selves by every known device.
To use the handkerchiefs belonging ia
the regular wardrobe during the time of q
severe cold and then to put them in with
the wash on Monday is to expose the fam
lily, and particularly the laundress, to the
same discomforting malady. In serious
cases of illness, pneumonia among them
lit is truly lamentable fact that hand
kerchiefs napkins and towels are often
used for the relief of the invalid which
afterward are cleaned in the laundry.
The use of the Japanese napkins, OF
handkerchiefs, as they may then be called
does away with this too frequent mode
of spreading contagion. They serve the
invalid as well as linen. and when they
are no longer required they should be
burned
The very smooth sorts are chosen for
use in sickness, while those of crinkled
crepeike surfaces are preferred when at.
Effectiveness alone is desired. At most they
cost about fifty cents thousand.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27

GIT AXE a series of air baths," ad-
vised the April Grandmother after
she had listened patiently to her
second granddaughter's doleful tale of
woe. "They are the best thing. in the
world for a morbid condition of. mind
Why not begin at once by going for a
long ride?' she suggested. This morning
the skies are a bit gray and the wind
from the east, but the bracing air will
prove splendid mind tonic and
Showery" she exclaimed in response to
demur from her languid young descend
ant. Suppose you are overtaken by a
shower? Surely little rain water at
this mild season of the yeaf cannot pos
sibly work harm to any healthy girl who
is suitably dressed for ridingl Anyhow
the wind is likely to have SHIFTED, the
skies to have cleared and the sun to be
shining brightly long before noon, by
which time l trust you will begin to
realize that there is still some joy to be
extracted from the world, even If one is
nearly sixteen winters old and convinced
that life is a melodrama instead of the
comedy which many persons of sixty
summers consider it.
"If you really are afraid of showers
some girls shrink from rain as do cats
from water" conceded the April Grand
mother, 'you can get beneficial air bath
by standing by an open window and let
ting the wind rufle your hair, blow into
your face and upon your throat and arms,
meanwhile taking deep, long sustained
draughts of pure oxygen into your lungs,
Or you can walk up and down the veranda
for ten minutes at time at intervals
during the day, being careful to keep go
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27

n NE scheme of the fake antique
I dealer is in trying to pass off a
machine made chest for a hand
carved one, and the effect obtained by a
clever sculptor giving extra touches with
his hand tools after the parts have been
cut by machine is one somewhat diff
cult to detect Nails and screws, not to
mention glue, doubtless will also be found
to be incorporated in the modern article
supposed to be all hand made.
1t is we'll to know all these points, be-
cause it guards one against frauds, and
nowadays, where antique pieces are
turned out by the carload, with all the
earmarks of age, even to the worm
holes, one cannot have too keen an eye.
The old Saxon chests were usually made
of cypress, and later oak took its place,
but to-day both oak and. mahogany are
used almost exclusively, for these woods
are not beautiful in grain and color, but
lend themselves readily and effectively
to hand carving
Frequently woman exhibits with great
pride chest on which an incised date is
cut. Now, it isn't always well to place
too much reliance on this alleged earmark
of age, for it is quite possible for an un-
scrupulous dealer to carve any date he
sees fit, so this is by no means an in
fallible sign. but when the raised figures
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-27

ing at brisk pace, wearing high topped
boots to keep the feet warm, but going
without a hat, as the head is always the
better for being kept cool and uncovered
whenever the conventionalities permit.
ITO be forced to endure the society of a
person who cannot see things from our
own viewpoint is worse than having no
mpanionship whatever" admitted the
April Grandmother, accurately translat-
ing the frown which distigured her grand
daughters brow, "but there are many de-
ightful walks which girl may quite
safely take alone, and no one will criti-
else her for playing solitaire golf. Fol
lowing ball over an eighteen hole course
affords considerable exercise and, Incl
dentally, blows large quantity of oxy-
gen into the lungs.