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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-21

in dark green WOOL and the restful
color of the cloth and the satisfying
lines of the frames, go to the making
of an extremely handsome set OF furn-
iture. An arm chair is supposed to
have been a part of the set at one
time, but it has been lost-probably
chopped up for kindling in times when
it's value was not known-or rather,
when it had no greater value than its
combustible properties afforded. The
set was bought by the state with the
house. and how long before that 1t had
been in the attic, no one seems to
know Those who were here in the
early days when the Bennett house
was a marvel of elegance for the poor
white trash to stand off and gaze at
say that the family who occupied it
then had in their living room some old,
old, solid wood furniture-not near good
that this sitting room was a picture of
cozy comfort and substantial good
taste. The rest of the house was like
a great gorgeous hotel, and the old di-
lapidated, sagging, broken backed
She superintended the first house clean
ing she conducted in the executive
residence, are the ones that impaired
the home-like appearance to the one
family retreat. Their rescue from
Oblivion means that the little damask
and gilded pieces that have stood in the
drawing room of the Governors House
since it was bought by the state will
continue to be used in other rooms,
and at last, 1 suppose, be set aside to
await a resurrection of the fashion that
placed them there. However, these
modern pieces don't seem to survive
their decrepitude like the old articles
that are brought out in these later days
and sought, not only for the interest
of their associa tons, but their substan-
tial powers of long service.
This very charming frock of leaf
brown cloth and velvet is the simplest
imaginable in construction. its charm
lying in the beauty of it's coloring and
happy arrangement Of trimming. The
peasant blouse has a simple round neck,
finished by a band of Persian embroid
cry, similar bands finishing the sleeves
and mounting to the bust on either side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-21
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.

There's so much bad in the best of US
And so much good in the worst of US,
That it hardly behooves any of us
To criticize the rest of u.s."
You are all probably familiar with
the above. Almost everybody likes to
quote it once in a while, I find. But
the reason I recall it today is that
have a new version to present.
There's so much popularity in the
most sane of US
And so much sanity in the most Pc
culiar of US,
That it hardly behooves any Of us
To criticize the rest of u.s.
Now, I know that doesn't make at
all good meter, but it does seem to me
that it makes decidedly good sense
Lives there a man. however sane,
however practical, however hard on
other peoples peculiarities. who hasn't
a pet obsession of his own? I doubt
it.
One of the sanest men I know will
not allow gas to be used in his home
because he is afraid that some one will
not turn the cock off tight and the
family will be suffocated.
The gas pipes are in his apartment
and there is a most excellent gas
stove It would be an immense help
to his wife to be able to cook on this
in summer instead of having a hot coal
fire. but he simply will not hear OF it.
No use to tell him that with proper
care there is no danger in the use of
gas.
He has an obsession on this subject.
He can't be reasoned with.
And yet in other respects he is most
sane, level headed, and logical. And
when his next door neighbor, who has
an equally powerful obsession on the
subject of burglars. secures his doors
with two or three bolts and locks, and
installs an elaborate system of bur-
glar alarms this man laughs heartily
at him and calls it 'all tcmmyrot.
even as you and 1.
Another point of view on this sub
ject:
know another man who is insanely
timid in anything relating to fire. He
has a set of precautions with which he
goes through every night. He sets the
kerosene can outdoors He fastens up
all tie lambrequins on the mantels
over the heaters. He pours water on
the open fire and does several other
eohally absurd things.
The mans wife thinks she has the
most exasperating peculiarities in the
world to deal with She env1eS the
first mans wife because she knows
how sane he is on most subjects. She
doesn't know about the gas obsession-
Most of US think that those particu-
lar peculiarities with which the mem
| bers of our family worry US are quite
the most exasperating or earth. We
envy our neighbors who don't have
such things to put up with. It's only
because we don't know the inside of
their home lives. Like as not they
have something worse.
| Suppose the next time you feel in
clined to protest against the vagaries
of some member. of your family you
| think of this, and also reflect on the
possibility of YOUR having some OBJ
session which on account of your pro-
piquinity to it you don't recognize as
such.
TO prOteSt-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-21

13,961,560, although the number of
men eligible to vote were 3 millions
Could woman be more shiftless? Let
some great moral issue arise and wom-
an will be heard from-and on the
right side.
Or. Garvin, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Kansas City,
Kansas, said when he signed our pc
tition to the legislature, I sign not
because 1 believe it will bring the mil
lennium, but because it is just All
we ask is justice. Many women are
heavy taxpayers. They should have
voice in what the tax rate should
be, rather than leaving it to the for
eigners, who may dictate by their vote
what we should pay; when many of
these men can not speak a word of
English and do not own a foot of land.
"a woman must obey the laws
laws in which she has no voice in the
making. Here is fine opportunity
for the practical side of your square
DEAL which is nothing more or less
than the old fashioned Golden Rule.
which we learned at mothers knee.
Why not bring Kansas to the front on
this question? Washington swung into
line with a majority of 10000 Ger
tainly Kansas should not be at the
end of the procession
Mrs. Wallace believes the women
will win in the present fight.
But, if we don't" she declared
1--WE will never quit trying. We are
pretty well trained to reverses by this
time and a little set back in the pres
ent trial won't hurt very much.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-21
WOMEN WILL WIN.
Mrs. Sina I'll. Wallace Not Discouraged
Over Suffrage Situation.

Mrs Sina Hartzell Wallace is
soundly of the impression that the
Kansas woman is receiving all the
worst of it and that the square deaP'
is a Iopsided document and does not
answer the natural requirements. 1t is
Mrs Wallace who is leading the suf-
frage movement at the state mouse
and in the legislative halls. She firmly
believes that woman will come into
her natural rights, but she does not
want the change postponed
I'VE are weary of being sclassed with
lunatics, idiots, illiterates and GRIM
inals," declared the Kansas City wom-
an Usually we may choose our own
company, but in. this case we need the
aid of each member of the legislature
now in session. / wonder if our appeal
will be in vain ?"
Man has little latitude in which to
point with pride to his work with the
woman. If anything, she says, man
has overlooked many of his opportuni-
ties She offers to prove by figures
that he has overlooked his constitu-
tional privileges Of voting and declares
that the Kansas woman, who Is bound
by the laws, should snare IN their
making.
woman can't do worse with the
ballot than man." said Mrs. Wallace,
land we need the votes of good. in
telligent women added to the votes of
good intelligent men. For years girls
have outnumbered the boys in our
high schools. They tell me that wom-
en- will not vote. Yet, when You view
the victories that have been gained for
a higher civilization in the cities and
towns of our own state, gained through
the municipal suffrage of women, the
| position does not hold.
1.-THE presidential election of 1904
! shows that there was total vote OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-21

of the front. Directly in line with these
are two bands on the skirt which join,
just below the knee a slightly wider
band of velvet which is part of a wide
velvet border finishing the bottom of
the skirt. Girdle of velvet and hat Of
fur.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Hayslip enter
tanned at cards Friday evening for Mr.
and Mrs. Keechen of Denver. The other
guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles SEES
sions. Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Davis, Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Chase, Mr.. and Mrs
G. Miller. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Tucker,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ordan, Mrs. Maude
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Bragg, and Miss
Marie Cuthbert.
Mrs. John Thomas Price and Mrs.
Frank w. Daugherty, assisted by Mrs.
w. r. Stubs. Mrs T. f, Carver, Mrs.
will give a tea Thursday afternoon, Jan
uary 26. from 8 to o'clock at the Throop
hotel for the benefit of the First Pres
byterian Sunday school.
Representative A. P. Elder of OF
tawa will give line party at the
Grand tonight. His daughter, Miss
Laura Bee Elder, and Mr.. and Mrs.
VIII Kercher will be guests.
\
held reception Friday night for Mrs.
Lillian Mitchner, state president. and
twenty new members, at the home of
Mrs. G.. G. Reiniger. Notwithstanding
the Indictment weather, a large number
of people called. Addresses were
made by Mrs. Sena Hartzell Wallace,
national lecturer of the union; Miss
Laura Gregg. national lecturer for
the Suffrage association, and an excel
lent musical program was given by
Mrs. June Chapman and her son, Mr..
Perry Chapman, and Miss Mervin.
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The Music Study club will have an
evening meeting next Tuesday. Janu-
airy "a, at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
Harry Lyman. 1882 Polk street. for
the members and their husbands.
X *
The managers of the Midwinter ex-
hibition have set aside Thursday of
next week as federation or Club
day. and the Auditorium will be espe-
cially attractive on that day for the
J women of the clubs. The club wom-
en- Will be especially anxious to attend
the fair on that day, in acknowledge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-21

w. Epley, Mrs. E. E. Brookens, Mrs.
Ferris. Mrs. F. E.. Holyoke, Mrs. will
liam Grey. Miss Jessie Dean. Mrs.
Effie Hardy, Miss Jessie Beal, Miss
Mr.. and Mrs. George Metzger gave
dinner and line party at the Mid
winter exhibition Thursday evening
for their daughter, Adelaide, who will
be married to DR.. Samuel Hull next
Tuesday.
Colonel and Mrs. George w. yea1e
celebrated their fifty-fourth wedding
anniversary at their home on Fillmore
street Friday Afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Copeland, who
came last week FOR the Helianthus
dance, have returned to their home in
Kansas City.
Mrs. C. c. Goddard, who is staying
at the Gordon during the session of
the legislature, has gone to her home
in Leavenworth to be gone until the
middle of next week.
The Intern ediates of the First
Christian church had a party Friday
night in the church parlors. The com
pany included: Mrs. Merle Rucher,
Miss Violette Berridge, Miss Marjorie
Howe, Miss Nina Bair. Miss Hazel
Rucher, Miss Opal Grendier. Miss
Ruth Presenor, Miss I11Slra Trapp,
Miss Mona Parsons, Miss Thea Baker,
Miss Jean Robertson. Miss Mary
Mood Mr.. Harold Colvin, Mr.. Chester
Thomas, Mr.. Gerald Kenyon, Mr..
George Bailey, Mr.. Glenn willard, Mr..
Harry Yunkins, Mr.. Obad GODDARD, Mr.
Ralph O'Neil and Mr.. George Slocum.
The Ohio club was entertained at the
home of Mr.. w. H Bomgardner, 1895
Mu1vane street. on Wednesday evening
in honor of Mr.. Bomgardner's parents
from Cleveland, Ohio. A musical and
literary program was enjoyed h all
present. Father Bomgardner gave a
very entertaining talk on early pio-
neering in Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-21

deputy sheriff of Fayette county, Pa,
under her father, Sheriff Peter A.
Johns. Petite, dainty attractive and
refined, Miss Johns is thoroughly at
home in the ball room and the draw
ing ROOM, and her entrance, into the
sheriff's Office, where she donned an
officers. badge and accepted a blue
steel revolver, has created quite a
stir.
A deputy sheriff never gets a chance
to loaf on the job in Fayette county,
with its large foreign population and
complex industrial conditions, and
there are often more than 100 prison
ers in the county Jail. Deputy Miss
Johns assumes a difficult and trying
position, but her friends believe she
has courage, confidence and Judgment
to meet any emergency that may come
in the busy and stupendous life OF
preserving law and order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-21
RHEUMATISM
Remarkable Michigan External Rene
dy Which Is Curing Thousands
Sent TO TRY FRRE.
Just Mail NV Coupon

Don't take medicine to draw out
impurities but help Nature expel them
through the pores in her own simple
way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-21
Death in Roaring Fire

may not result from the work of fire
bugs, but often severe burns are caused
that make quick need for Bucklen's
Arnica Salve the quickest, surest cure
for burns, wounds, bruises, boils, sores.
1t soothes and heals. Drives off skin
eruptions ulcers or piles. Only &c at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-21

ment of the courtesy of the manage
ment in setting aside special time for
them.
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The Assembly club will give dance
Thursday night at the -Elks hall.
X K
This frock is moss green serge,
with trimmings of soutache in self
tone. The upper portion of the blouse
and sleeves are cut in one-close fit
ting and untrimmed, save for a mar
row band of soutache. The lower or
under blouse is trimmed by vertical
bands of the soutache. The high Cir
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
RAY PALMER CLUB ELECTS
DELEGATES TO FEDERATION

At the meeting of the Ray Palmer
Club, held yesterday at the home of
Mrs. Frank r. Smith, $50 Belleville
avenue, Mrs. Seth r.. Abrams, Mrs.
Beatrice Maybaum Stern and Mrs.
Henry Lowe were elected delegates to
the meeting of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs, to be held at Haddon-
field next Saturday. Mrs. Elwood
Leary and Mrs. Samuel White were
chosen as alternates.
"Moliere and His Plays was the sub
iect for discussion. Miss Harriet Net
Teton read a paper on "Moliere's Life
and Times" and members of the club
gave scenes from his plays, Love Is
the Doctor and THE Misanthrope.' y
Miss Jessie ID. Coe, chairman of the
day, discussed Richard Mansfield in
reference to Moliere's plays.
The musical program was furnished
by Mrs. Duncan, of Nutley. Her Sc
l%ections, given in French, included.
'Dost Thou Remember Me?" Godardj
Tell Me" Neyin; "Fathoms Deep May
Drift the Snow" Allison, and Medic"
Gounod.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
LEGS CRUSHED ON
ERRAND FOR CHUM
Was Carrying Books for Sick
Scho0lmate at Time of
Accident.

Doing a kind act for a sick noe
mate will probably cost 7-year-old John
Dougherty. of % Brill street. his life,
Even If he survives the terrible acct
dent, in which two of his legs We're
badly crushed yesterday afternoon by
a trolley car, he will go through life
manned and a cripple, for both of The
legs must be amputated.
John j. Lewis, of 391 South Eleventh
street, and Frank Lawrence, of 3l5
South Seventh street, the motorman
and conductor of the car, were ar
raigned in the Third precinct station
today. No action in the case will be
taken until the result of the boys in
juries is definitely determined.
John was carrying a pile of books be-
longin to his schoolmate, Eugene Len
non. of 81 Brill street. Eugene was abb
sent from st. Aloysius's Paroehial
School yesterday, and John was taking
the books home to him.
He ran in front of the trolley ear and
jumped back just too late to save him
self. Witnesses say the motorman was
not to blame. All of the wheels went
over his body before the car could be
stopped. DR.. William NJ. Goodman, of
rs Congress street, took the little fellow
to the hospital in his automobile. Mrs.
Katherine Dougherty, mother of the
boy, is a widow and has four other
children,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
DIVORCE GRANTED
THOUGH MASTER
IS OPPOSED To IT
Chancery Says Decker Didn't
Need to Try to Coax
Wife Back.

That Harry C. Decker, a clerk, of
Eighteenth street, East Orange, is en-
titled to a divorce, in spite of the opin-
ion of John A. Miller, as master IN
chancery, to the contrary. was decided
by vice-C Chancellor Howell today, on
an appeal referred to him.
Decker, who married Miss Leah
Snoddy in Poughkeepsie, n. Y, July
q, 1907, charged desertion. and his
story, as told at the ex parte hearing,
was that on December | of the same
hear his wife, who hailed from Mis-
souri,, left his home with his consent
to visit her relatives there, saying that
with the new year she would again
brighten the home with her return
He gave her the carfare. but two
months later was surprised to receive
q letter from her saying that she
would never come back.
Then he started the proceedings for
divorce through william E. Hampson.
but the referee decided that it was
the husbands duty to go after the
wife, to get her to come back. Mr..
Decker said that he sent letters to her,
but the referee held that that was not
enough. The appeal to Chancellor PIT
ney followed, and he assigned it's hear
ing on briefs to Vice-Chancellac
Howell. who said hat the wife's let
ter wal a declaration Of desertion and
that her subsequent attempt to get
her husbands address, to be used in
divorce proceedings which she said she
intended to institute, showed her dis
position.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
ANOTHER INCONSISTENCY
IN CIVIL SER---CE LAW.
Captains Are Eliqible for Deputy
Chief, Says Official.

The struggle for the position of dep
uty chief of the fire department, which
is now going on, has brought out an
other glaring eecentrieity of the Civil
| Service Commission. This is the fact
that a captain may be promoted to the
position of deputy chief, while his SUI
periors, the battalion chiefs, over which
he might be promoted, would become
his interiors. If this state of affairs
about in the local contest 1t is
believed serious friction between the
fire board and the Civil Service Com
mission will result, and the attorney
general will be appealed to.
Three battalion chiefs, Moore, Ne
Dermitt and Towey, have passed the
physical tests and are eligible to take
the mental examination. Colonel James
r. Millikin, local representative of the
Civil Service Commission, declares he
will throw open the examinations to
the captains if any of the three bat-
talon chiefs fail to pass the mental
examination.
Rule 10, of the commission, regard
ing promotion, will sustain the Fire
Commission. 1t requires thai to at
tain promotion a mar must nave
served the six months Immediately
preceding in a position of next lower
grade. This would bar the captains
from the position of deputy chief.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
VERDICT AGAINST
OWNER Of BOAT
FOR BOYS DEATH

BUFFALO. Oct. 2L-Charging COW
ardiee and criminal negligence against
Frederick h. Burnham, of New York
city. millionaire owner of the worlds
champion motor boat, Dixie ", JUS
tlce of the Peace Robert A. Toms. of
Kenmore, who presided at the inquest
into the death of Harold w. Bell. has
filed his verdict with the county clerk.
The 1S-year-old boy was killed when
the Dixie ". ran ashore among a
crow of people here during the inter-
lake championship on Labor Day.
Two of the Dixie's engineers-Charles
Nauber and Paul Gander-swore that
they received no signal from Burnham
when the Dixie ran off her course. 1t
is on that ground that the criminal
negligence allegation is based.
The charge OF eowardice is laid to
Burnham because OF the alleged fact
that he jumped overheard when he
saw the boat was likely to run into
the crowd.
He said at the time that he dropped
of when so close inshore that nothing
could be lone to prevent disaster. JUS
tee Toms finds that Burnham saved
himself the moment the boat ran wild
400 feet off shore.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
WAUGH GIRL ATTACK
REPEATED ON ANOTHER
AT VERY SAME SCENE.
Assailant Is Frightened Away
After Hitting Victim With
Blackjack.

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-In the same
vicinity that witnessed the recent at
tack on Miss Agnes Waugh an uniden-
tilted man last night attacked Miss
Beatrice Boldberg, of 1912 Fifty-eighth
street, Borough Park, Brooklyn. Miss
Goldberg, Is years old, is a stenogrGphe
employed in Manhattan.
On her way home from work she
alighted from a Bath Beach train at
New Utrecht avenue and Fifty-eighth
street. Between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth avenue on Fifty-eighth street, Is
a vacant lot, and when she reached its
centre a mar leaped from the shelter OF
a bush and struck her on the back of
the head with a blackjack. Just as she
was losing consciousness she heard the
sound of approaching feet.
With a renewed cry for aid she tore
weakly at the mans hands. He
dropped her and ran. pursued by sew
eral men, who had been attracted by
the girls cries.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
FOR WORK AT BRIDGE
is HELD UP BY HUDSON.

The Hudson delegation in the joint
free bridge committee of the Essex and
Hudson freeholders enlivened yester-
days meeting by holding up a bill for
planking the Essex approach to the
Bridge street bridge, although the Els
sex freeholders signed the bill as cor
rect Edward G. Levy, representing
Edward c. Levy & Co., contractors in
charge of the work. was present with
vouchers and time sheets to prove that
his bill was correct. Objection was
made by the Hudson f%reeholders
against the charge for labor at 65 cents
an hour. This is the regular charge, it
was explained, 80 cents going to the
men and the balance to the contractor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
REJECTED SUITOR JAILED
FOR POSTAL VIOLATION.
Says That He Is Bishop of
Gods Cathedral"

Awaiting a hearing next Friday aft
ernoon, Theodore Homer Geisel, "Bishop
of Gods Cathedral" according to his
own description, is in the county Jail
in default of $500 bail, charged with
violating the United States mail laws
by sending defamatory letters. When
a~rraigned before United States Com
missioner s. Howell Jones last night
the Bishop" had letters from several
prominent people, including Mayor Otto
II. Wittpenn. of Jersey City, and Con-
gresham Eugene +. Kinkead.
Federal Inspector Brigham and Mar
shall Louis c. Beekman caused GeisePs
arrest in Bernardsyille. The prisoner
confessed to sending 100 postcards
from the BaslSing Ridge postoffioe. One
of the cards was directed to the New
ark STAR, and another to another
local paper, but neither was delivered.
Most of the cards were held up after
their contents was discovered.
In his cell at the county Jail last
night the Bishop told the story of
Lis attempt to get married in Demands
VILE to Miss Anna Catherine Turner,
of Sioux City, Ia. The refusal of two
ministers to marry the pair and the ac-
cusations of another led to the break
ing of the engagement by Miss Turner,
and the letters were the result.
When arrested In the Stone House,
Bernardsville, Geisel was registered as
]. Dypeu, which is the name of "a
nephew.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
READY FOR TARGET TRIP.

At a meeting of the L. P. Lalor As
ISOLATION, at it's headquarters, IS
Bellevllle avenue, last night, arrange
ments for the twentieth annual target
excursion, on Thursday, November 2,
ut Lincoln Park, Paterson, were com
pleted and the following officers
chosen: William McMican, captain;
James D. Fitch, orderly sergeant; John
J.. Early, first lieutenant; Arthur
Flynn, second lieutenant; Edward
Kelly, third lieutenant; John Steele,
fourth lieutenant; Laurence G. A.
Lalor, fifth lieutenant; William Bro
dell. sixth lieutenant; William Grove,
seventh lieutenant. A meeting will be
held on Friday and Monday evening,
when hats and canes will be given out.