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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Dear Niece Joan:-And so my lit
tie girl has decided that she wants
to earn her bread and butter and a
little cake to go with it instead of hav-
ing father supply it to her.
Now, Joan. if you hadn't as house
wifely a little sister as ever took real
pleasure in making beds and doing
| dishes I'd do my best to discourage
you. Right off the reel I'd say, why
not stay at home and help your moth
er?''
You see, I've seen so many girls in
the business world who would be
| and be much better off if they would
stay right at home and help their
mothers and save the cost of SER
want.
The wages and board of maid and
what she wastes. I've been told by
good authorities, amount to eight or
ten dollars and sometimes more, and
there are good many thousand bust
ness girls who don't bring in any more
| than that.
OF course, part of the trouble with
| that idea is that the girl who stays at
home is seldom given any regular
wages. When she wants anything, if
| he feels like it, father gives her the
| ing of independence that a girl who
gets a nice fat little envelope every
Saturday noon enjoys.
They had some talk in the papers
movement to have men pay their
wives regular salaries. 1 don't believe
| that would be possible because to pay
| a good many married women that I
know half they earn as cook, house
maid, waitress, seamstress, trained
| nurse and in half dozen other ca
! pacities, their husbands would have to
turn over their whole salary and then
some.
But do wish that fathers would get
the habit of paying the girl who stays
at home and helps her mother, as
regular wage as he would the maid
whose place she takes.
I think it would keep a good many
girls out of the business world who
don't belong there.
Well, niece, that's quite far afield
from what 1 started to say which was
that as long as you had sister who
and who could help your mother all
that was necessary. 1 wouldn't forbid
the banns with your new sweetheart-
a business career.
Will 1 write you some advice from
my store of experience?
What ridiculous request, niece.
What is the one thing that every
body likes to give and nobody wants
| to receive?
You know. perfectly that you'd have
arms out of commission to keep me
from deluging you with it.
And that wouldn't do any good be-
cause then ia take, take to debating n,u g., -
fatter me and I'm glad of it, Joan. A
good brain and a fund of common
sense are the first requisites for bus
| mess success but the third is being
able to manage people and I'm glad
you evidently have that ability even
IL you do use it on,
| Your Gullible Old Aunt.
p. Son second thought I think
I'll place the ability to manage peo-
| pie second.
| P, p S-Or maybe first.
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HE INFLUENCED LEGISLATION.
Discharged Government Official Made
President of Postal Organization.

Chicago, Sept. S.-Oscar E. Nelson.
of Chicago, discharged from the gov
eminent service, July IS on the ground
that he indirectly Influenced legislation
in favor of the postoffice clerks, was
yesterday elected president of the Ma
tional Federation of Postoffice clerks.
The specific charges on which Nelson
was dismissed from the service were the
placing on the bulletin boards in four
divisions of the Chicago postoffice a cir
cular letter showing that the legisla-
tive committee of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor was trying to secure leg
islation favorable to postoff1ce en-
ployees; introducing resolutions in the
Chicago Federation of Labor protesting
against the overtime being worked by
the clerks in the postoffice and of in
subordination in giving to Chicago
newspapers information relative to in
sanitary conditions in the federal build
ing.
The department at Washington in
notifying POSTMASTER Campbell of Chi
cago to remove Nelson, the first assist
ant postmaster general said:
THE department deems that his re-
tention would be a detriment to the
service"
The next convention will be held at
Des Moines, Iowa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

l. Feakins, of Omaha, have returned
to their homes after visit to Mr.. and
Mrs Jason M. Hill, of Westlawn.
Mr. Joseph v. Boyle of Monongahela,
Pa is visiting his. cousin, Mr.. w. D.
Ross
Miss Phil Reed has gone to Emporia
to enter the state normal school.
Mrs A. W. Bronson and Mr.. Olcott
Bronson returned home today from CAL
1fornla after an absence of a few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Schan and their
family have returned from a trip to
Salt Lake City.
Mrs. ]. T. Botkin will leave about
the 18th of September to spend two
months in Indianapolis. Ind.
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the streets out of the city by the way
of North Topeka and on to Valley
Falls.
Those who testified today in behalf
of the state were:
Mrs. Ora Thompson, Mrs. Frank
Burghart, Ben Judkins. DIR. H. H.
Keith, Sheriff Norton, Will Hutton,
Mrs. e. F. Stanley and Miss Kate
Thompson, all of Topeka.
Clarence Bellnap, who is sick in
hospital at Battle Creek, Mich, was
unable to be at the court room. His
testimony taken at the preliminary
hearing in Topeka about a year ago
was read by Mrs. w. Z. Atchison and
introduced as evidence.
The opening statement on the part
of the defense will be given before the
jury the first thing tomorrow morning.
The attorneys for Gentry. Crane &
WOODBURY. of Holton, and State Aud
itor James M. Nation of Erie are con-
fident of clearing their man.
The court room was crowded all day
today. The interest in the case is
growing and although the sensational
evidence in connection with the birth
of the child which came out last spring
will not come out this time. the people
are intensely interested in the pro-
ceedings.
The jury was completed at 10 o'clock
this morning.
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STATE WINDS UP.
Evidence of Prosecution in Gen
try Case Completed.
Practically the Same as Used
Against Tillotson.
BELLNAP NOT THERE.
Man Knocked Down With Re-
vOlver Is in Hospital.
Defense Will Begin Introduction
Defense Will Begin Introduction
of Evidence Tomorrow.

Holton, Sept. SIN a. quick and tell
ing days session of court, County At
torney Schenck of Topeka brought the
states evidence to a close this evening,
N the case of state VS.. Joseph N. Ger
try on the famous incubator baby trial.
Practically the same evidence as in
troduced last spring when Captain F.
H. Tillotson was convicted on this
same kidnapping charge, was brought
out today by the Shawnee county at
torney in behalf of the state and every
event in connection with Gentry's part
in the kidnapping of Marian Bleakley
from the home of Charlotte Bleakley in
Topeka, was detailed.
In bringing the evidence to a close
today, County Attorney Schenck be-
iieves that he has case against Gen.
try that cannot be punctured.
From what was given by the state
witnesses this morning. the story of
the kidnapping of Maria Bleakley would
be in short as follows:
Saturday morning, August %, an I'M
known woman knocked at the door of
the Bleakley home in Topeka Mrs.
Ora Thompson, mother of Mrs. Bleak
ley, was in the kitchen; Clarence Bell
nap, cousin of Mrs. Bleakley, was IN
the living room with Marian Bleakley,
the incubator baby.
When the door was unlocked the wo-
man stepped sin. She asked for the
lady of the house and then man who
has been described as Gentry rushed
through the door and started for the
little girl Mrs. Thompson and Bellnap
interfered. A struggle followed in
which Bellnap was struck over the
head with the handle of a revolver. He
was knocked unconscious.
Mrs Thompson grabbed the child
and started up the stairs with it. She
Claims that Gentry took the child from
her and running to the door he met an
other man, the two running across the
back yard with the child in their arms.
A buggy was waiting in an alley at the
rear Of the house. Gentry jumped in,
grabbed the lines and an escape to a
waiting motor car near st. Francis
hospital was made.
Then the child was carried through
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WILL ATTEND AERO MEET
j. A. Drexel and Henry Weyman at
Belmont Park.

New York Sept. S.-Two prominent
American aviators. ]. Armstrong
Drexel and Henry Weyman. both of
whom are now in Europe, have given
notice to the committee in charge of
the international flying meet that they
will be on hand to compete in prac-
ticaIly all the programmed events.
The meet is to be held at Belmont
park next month.
weyman, during the last year, has
been making excellent records in vari-
Gus parts of Europe. His most not
able feat thus far was his attempt yes
terday to win the $4,000 Michelin
prize offered for a fight from Paris to
the Puy-De-Dome. distance of ESQ
miles. in six hours. He failed by a
narrow margin on account of fog and
bad weather. Weyman expects to come
to America some time during the pres
ent month and will be at Belmont park
with his machine some time before the
opening of the meeting.
| Drexel who was a star performer al
| the Lanark meeting in Scotland and
who until recently held the worlds al
| titude record, will also come to this
country some time during the present
month He will use a Bleriot mono
plane.
other new entrants to the interna-
| tional meet are Wilfred A. Dunn OF
London, who will use Teller mono
plane; Adolph Warchalowski, an Aus
| TRAN who recently made fight over
| the imperial castle of Luxembourg;
Karl Illner, a pupil of Henry Farmen
and Alec Ogilvie, selected as the third
British representative in England's in
ternational team with James Radley
and Claude Grahame-White.
John B. Moissant, the former Chi
cagoan, who this week completed his
flight from Paris to London. will be q
competitor for the international prizes
! If he is able to get a suitable aeroplane
| in time.
He expects to secure a 100-horse-
power Bleriot in which Leblanc recent
| ly made SO miles an hour. In an in
terview cabled to this side, Moissant
| explains that re does not want to fly
| in his own country until he is certain
| that he can make a good showing
The aeroplane on which he made his
Paris-London fight is pretty badly
damaged and it will take some time
to repair it, besides which he does moi
think it powerful enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS
Do Not Endanger Life When a Topeka
Citizen Shows You the Cure.

Whv will people continue to suffer
the agonies of kidney complaint, back
ache, urinary disorders, Iameness,
headaches, languor, why allow them
selves to become chronic invalids,
when a certain cure is offered them?
Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy to
use, because it gives to the kidneys the
help they need to perform their work.
If you have any, even one, of the
symptoms of kidney diseases. cure
yourself now, before diabetes. dropsy,
or Bright's disease sets in. Read this
Topeka testimony:
D. T. Taylor, 432 East Seventeenth
street, Topeka, Kan, says: Several
years ago 1 publicly recommended
Doan's Kidney Pills and at this time
1 can speak more highly of them than
1 did at that time. 1 have procured
Doan's Kidney Pills at Rowley's drug
store and whenever I have taken them,
they have given me prompt relief
from backache and other troubles
caused by my kidneys. You are well
come to use my endorsement in any
way you see fit
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
| States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
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NEW DEPARTURE

After two months of remarkable
sales. Geo. w. Stansfield. the enter
prising druggist, says that his plan of
selling at half price the regular 5O-cent
size of Dr. Howard's specific for the
cure of constipation and dyspepsia,
and guaranteeing to refund the money
if it does not cure. has been the great
est success he has e-er known.
He has sold hundred of bottles of
the sDecific: and as yet has not had
one returned. although he stands ready
at any time to refund the money
should any customer be dissatisfied.
Anyone suffering with dyspepsia,
constipation, liver troubles, headaches,
dizziness, coated tongues. or the gem
eral tired feeling, caused by inactive
liver and bowels or disordered diges-
ton, should take advantage of Geo. w.
Stansfield's new departure.
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sNUFFED OUT HIS LIFE.
Shooting of Chinaman in Chinatown
Causes Stampede.

San Francisco. Sept. S.-Two shots
fired in quick succession snuffed out
the life of a Chinese and caused a near
panic last night in Chinatown's Orien-
thai theater, the audience of which was
made up largely of Americans and
tourists
Lew Sing Chow. a memberao of the
On Yick Tong, was the victim of the
assassin's pistol.
To mistaken identity Lew Sing Chow
forfeited his life for the police are posi-
tive that the slayer was of the Suey
Sing clan, and believed Lew Sing Chow
was a hated Hop Sing.
A stampede by the audience was stop
ped by switching on the lights.
Police ran toward the theater and
caught two suspects, Len Tong who
was sarrying fully loaded revolver, and
Pay Sing. who had no weapon. The
pair were locked up for investigation.
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Mrs. w. E. Cooper will be the guest
of honor at an informal thimble party
Saturday afternoon which Mrs. t. J.
Kimbrough will give at her home on
erly of Nashville, Tenn, and was re-
Gently married to DIR. W. E. Cooper,
lieutenant surgeon Of the United States
army, who has been stationed at Fort
Riley and has lately been transferred
to Fort Russell, Wyo. Mrs. Cooper Will
spend a week or more visiting Mrs.
Kimbrough before joining her husband
at Fort Russell. Mrs. Cooper is
young bride, and the guests that have
been asked to meet her next Saturday
will be limited to a number of Mrs.
Kimbrough's girl friends.
X
Mrs. ]. T. Daniels has asked guests
for a thimbe party Friday afternoon
for Mrs. T. F. Hand and her daughters,
Elizabeth and Kathleen, of New York
city, who are visiting Mrs. Hands sis
ter, Mrs. H L. Shirer.
tt following guests attended an in
formal dinner given at the Country
club Wednesday evening by Mr..
Charles Guibor: Mr.. and Mrs. Monte
Rerbst Mr.. Roy Thompson and Mr..
Joe Wilson.
The Wednesday evening dances at
the Country club have been discontin-
Ced. The Saturday night dances will
continue the rest of this month at least.
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A half dozen young ladies of Fort
Riley daughters of army officers, will
arrive Tuesday. and Miss Mildred Full
err will join them here. The girls will
go from here to st. Louis and will en-
ter school at Maryville at the opening
of the fall term.
Is
Miss Fac Payne and DR.. A. c. Zim-
norman, both of Perry, Kan, were
married Wednesday evening at s
o'clock at the home of Rev. and Mrs.
David Shut, 707 Lane street; the Rev.
Mr.. Shut performing the ceremony.
The bride. who is an attractive and
charming girl, is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Payne of Perry. She
has frequently visited in Topeka and
has many friends here. DR.. thinner
man is a leading physician of Jefferson
county, and is also well acquainted IN
Topeka. Although the wedding was
quiet, DR.. and Mrs. Zimmerman's. de-
parture on their honeymoon trip was
properly riced and labeled by their To-
peka friends.
y \ y
News has been received of the we'd
ding of Miss Lillian Parfitt, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Parfitt, and
Mr.. Harold Carson of San Bernardino
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Notes and Personal Mention.

NOuCS anu Il CESOAltA N1Ou1OH.
Mrs. w. S. McClintock will return
next week from a trip to Yellowstone
park.
Lieutenant Commander Frederick
SAWYER of the United States navy is
the guest of his sister. Mrs. E. E.
Ames, Potwin Place.
Mrs. w. E. Cooper of Fort Riley is
the guest of Mrs. T. J. Kimbrough for
a week or ten days.
Miss Helen Ames and Miss Julia
Ames will attend Smith college this
year and will leave about Septem-
Der IT.
Miss Edna Gafford will go to Man
haitian to attend the State Agricultural
college this fall
Mr.. Ray Woolverton is visiting for
week in Chicago. He will also spend
some time i'll Buffalo and Towanda,
N. Y. before his return to the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. from which
he will graduate next June.
The Shawnee County W. c. T. U.
convention will be held at the First
Methodist church Friday, September 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Corbett are
the parents Of a daughter, born Sep
TENDER 2.
Mrs. May Blinn and her daughters,
Bernice and Margaret, are guests of
Mrs. Harry Stubbins.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. e Newman of
Buchanan street are the parents of a
son. born Tuesday, September g.
Miss Clara Carr and Miss Jessie
Carr arrived today from Colorado, to
be guests of Miss Bernice Fuller.
Mrs. c. R. Whitman of Kansas City
will arrive the latter part of the week
to be the guest of Mrs. H. B. Hoge-
| boom.
Miss Gladys Gardner of Chanute is
visiting Mrs. Will Laughlin.
Miss Helen Ames will go to Law
! renee Saturday and will attend the
| rushing" parties next week that will
be given by the sorority girls of the
university.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A Beck and their
| daughters have returned from Chicago
| where they spent the summer.
Miss May Kelly. of Kansas City, is
| the guest of her grandmother, Mrs. H
| H. B. Kelly.
| Mr.. Thomas ]. Brennan, who spent
his vacation in Topeka, has returned tc
st. Mary's college, St. Marys, Kan.
| where he will graduate next spring.
| Mrs. Addison Eby and Mrs. John Eby
have gone for an extended trip through
| Pennsylvania.
| Miss Gladys Coulter, of Chanute. is
| the guest Of Mrs. William Laughlin.
Miss Rachel Phillips, who has beer
| the guest of Miss Ra Hotchkiss return
| ed today to her home in Kansas City
Miss Katherine Clough is spending e
few days visiting friends in Leaven-
| worth.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Feakins and theil
son, of Chicago. and Mr.. and Mrs. F
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Went west With Huntington.

Santa Monica, Cal, Sept. Sab
bot Robinson, a .'forty-niner." who
came to California via the Isthmus of
Panama, on the same ship which
brought Coils P. Huntington, is dead
here, aged SO. A strong friendship
sprang up between the two men on
the voyage, and when Mr.. Huntington
opened his store In Sacramento-his
first business venture on the coast
Mr.. Robinson entered his employ.
later becoming his private secretary
when he became a railroad magnate.
Mr.. Robinson lived in retirement here
for many years
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Registration at Washburn College

Saturday, September 10, has been
set aside for advance registration To-
peka students who wish to register
early will please apply at Carnegie Ii
brary on that day. Regular registra-
ton will be on Tuesday and Wednes-
day. September Is and IA. College
students will register at the library,
academy students at the chapel and
fine arts students at Boswell hall.
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The hat is of blue silk, nearly hidden
by uncurled ostrich feathers in black.
Mrs. May Blinn, Miss Bernice Rlinn
and Miss Margaret Blinn of Excelsior
Springs, Mo-, were guests of honor a.
a line party to the Majestic theatsr
Wednesday night, given by Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Stubbins.
Miss Ethelyn Harrison will give a
musicale and tea Friday afternoon at
her home on West Tenth avenue Miss
Harrison will give the piano numbers,
and Miss Bernice Fuller will sing, ac-
companied by Mrs. Robert Carver
The following note on dress is from
copy of the Maryland Journal. the
original of which was printed August
20, 1873. and the ideas of "a Lover
of Nature" as the writer signs him
self, in those days would scarcely
change at all. after more than 100
years: THAT plain dress is the best
ornament of a beautiful woman, L had
lately most convincing proof. The
neatness of a daughter of that reli-
gious sect called Quakers, in one of
the public walks, caught my eye
never was innocence and elegance
more sweetly portrayed. But when ]
had an opportunity of behoIding her
face M establishment and delight were
inexpressible. Her complexion was
x,
and lips such as Reynolds only could
imagine. I contemplated her person
with pleasure till then unknown, and
should have pronounced her the most
finished work of heaven, but that it
! occurred to me that many of my fair
! countrywomen appeared inferior to
her from only not being satisfied with
what heaven had made them-tortur-
| ed hair, superfuity of ribands, idle
| jems, etc, etc, were, though meant for
co \ Dc
| advantages to them, by preventing the
eye from judging rightly of their
charms. or indeed beholding them
| through the happiest of all mediums
the medium of simplicity. In fact, ]
| am convinced that some deity in his
wrath suffered them to be betrayed
into this dressing folly, from which ]
| most heartily wish that some sensible
mortal would endeavor to reclaim
them"
A reception was held Wednesday
evening at the Y. NJ. c. A. for the
secretaries, some of whom have recent
| ly been married. The honored guests
| Mr. and Mrs. John Dadisman. Mr.. and
| Mrs. George Hoyes, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos
Prout and Mr.. Harry Heinzman. Tht
committee who had charge of arrange
Kimbrough. Mr.. William B. Collinson
Mr.. George McDermott. Mr.. Rober
Tasker. Mr.. Ed O'Donovan and DR.. w
W. Yates. Punch was served by Mis-
Gertrude Clevenger. Miss Josephin,
Lynch, Miss Helen Mitchell, Miss Lu
cile Lynch. Miss Leila Moore and Mis-
June Mitchell.
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The marriage of Miss Carrie Pau
and Mr. Charles Ost was solemnizet
! Wednesday evening at the brides hom
in Pauline. by the Rev. ]. A Rem
| wick of the First United Presbyterian
church of Topeka. The ceremony wa
witnessed by about fifty guests. TIL
bride and bridegroom were unattend
, ed, and Miss Name Paul played tn
Mendelssohn wedding march. Ate
the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Ost left 70
short trip. and upon their return
they will make their home in Topeka
, at their apartments at 107 Yves
Twelfth street.
Miss Josephine Lynch, assisted b
! Miss Leila Moore, entertained her Sun
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Art Exhibit at Washburn.

The directors of Washburn college
invite the public of Topeka to inspect
collection of the art work of Prof
Max Hagendorn, the newly elected
director of the art school at Washburn.
at Boswell hall September 7-21. 1910
at to II a. m. and at .. m.
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A PERFECT FORM

No woman need use artificial devices in
order to acquire a perfect form. Modern
chemistry has perfected a harmless rem
edy that fills out shrunken, hollow parts
Of the body. and in a reasonably short
remedy is known as Willard White Com
pany's Vaucaire Galega Tablets, the pre-
paration that is praised by high authori-
ties in health and beauty culture and
many thousands of women who have sue
cessfully used 1t. If taken as directed,
splendid results will follow. This pre-
peration is put UP in dainty tablet form.
easy to take; they do not upset the stom-
ach or cause any bad effects. They are
guaranteed by the Willard White Com
pany to comply with the National Food
and Drug Law.
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TO OPEN SUNDAY.
American Ladies Band Will Give
Concert at Fair Grounds.
Concert Singers to Be Heard
With Organization.
EXHIBITS ARRIVING.
Many Of Them Are Already on
the Ground.
Care will Be Taken to Protect
Show Goods.

Announcement was made today by
the state fair management to the effect
that the American Ladies' Concert
band will open their concert of sacred
music on the exposition grounds
promptly at 8 o'clock Sunday after-
noon.
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Cal. The wedding took place Tuesday
lily have been spending the summer
with relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Carson
left Immediately for tour of the Pa
cific coast, and will be at home after
October 15 in San Bernardino, Cal.
=
This is a coat suit of heavy dark
blue serge. This material, and espe-
cially this color. never seems to lose
it's popularity for making into suits
of this style. This has the cutaway
coat with plain back. 1t closes with two
large buttons and has wide, square