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The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

basket supper was served on the lawn
under the elm trees to sixty or sew
enty guests AS darkness came on, an
electric button was pressed, illuminat-
ing an arch over the walk and forming
the word Ohio" After supper. the
rain made it necessary for the guests
to go indoors. where a short program
was rendered, followed by a social
hour.
Mrs. Henri Strawn will give a party
Friday for Miss May Margaret Per
kins of Tennessee, who is the guest of
Miss Leah Bailey.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Miss Alice Lal1in has gone to Bridge
port, Conn, to visit her sister. Mrs.
John Pullman. Miss Lakin and Mrs
Pullman expect to take a voyage to the
Bermuda Islands to spend a few weeks,
and Miss Lakin will return to Topeka
in the early autumn.
The A. A Scott family have returned
from Centennial, wy, and Denver. Col,
where they spent the past few weeks.
Miss Mary Buckles, of Kansas City,
will arrive tonight to be the guest of
Miss Gertrude Clevenger. and will re-
main until after the Clevenger- Fuller
ton wedding.
Mrs. ". R. stubbs spent Wednesday
and today in Topeka at the Governors s
House.
Miss Margaret Fowler. of Kansas
Fowler. this week
Miss Mary Elizabeth Lewis, of KAN
sas City, is a guest this week of Miss
Dorothy Petit, 1900 West Sixth ave-
nue..
| Mr.. Mark Tulley, state treasurer, and
his family, have come to Topeka. to
make their home They formerly lived
in Independence
Miss Katherine McCarter went to
Clay Center Wednesday, where she will
visit Miss Dora Ryan and Mss LenOrc
Ryan.
Professor and Mrs. D. l. McEachron
are the parents Of a daughter born
Saturday, July 29. They have named
her Jean.
Mrs. L. S. Ferry has gone to Chicago
to spend a few weeks visiting relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank D. Merriam left
Wednesday for HarbOr Beach, Mich,
to remain the rest of this month.
Miss Helen Amos is the guest of Miss
Margaret Haynes, of Emporia.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Williams, and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. R. P. Wadleigh and little
visiting at the J. w. Sidwell home. on
their return from an extended visit
in Ohio and Illinois Mrs. Williams is
Mrs. SidwelPs sister
Miss Margaret Goodrich will leave
Friday for Boulder, Col, and will join
party of friends who are camping in
THE Alps
avenue will leave Friday, August 4, for
a trip to Chicago and the lakes.
! Miss Bess McAdams has returned tic
/ her home in Indiana, after a visit to
/ her cousin, Miss Leah Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. R D. Blaine have gone
for a trip to Canada, Boston, New York
and Washington.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Do you ever listen to your own
voice?
If you don't, please leF me suggest
it as a valuable little experiment to
make occasionally.
What would you think of a girl
or a woman either for that matter
who never looked in the glass? But
of their lives hold up the mirror of
self-inspection to their --olcesl
The girl who spends an hour or two
daily before her mirror amounting her
face with lotions and creams and
powders and solicitously squirting at
it from this angle and that, probably
doesn't think of giving ten minutes a
year to inspecting and attempting to
improve that other great tool of her
personality, her voice.
Gladstone once said, "Ninety-nine
above mediocrity because the training
of the voice is entirely neglected and
considered of no importance.
That is a sentence which not only
the man who wants to rise above
mediocrity, but also the man or Wom-
an who wants to be a pleasing and at
tractive friend, will do well to con-
slider
The voice is a wonderful instrument.
By the person who knows how to play
more than one or two monotonous
notes upon it, it can be made a verit-
able Hamelin piper's pipe to charm
people into doing what he wants them
Our late Iamented o. Henry has a
witty little story about two men, one
of whom was, to use his own express
sion, "a gargoyle with a silver tongue .
and the other-to quote again. "a
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of all of them, but 1 haven't got a set
of a single one. You see, I haven't time
to read everything that those top
notchers wrote, and so it seems to me
that it's better to read the best of all
of them than all of some and none of
the rest. They can't any of them be
at their best all the time, and why
shouldn't I take the cream of each?
And the same way with buying. ]
can't afford all of all the authors that
I like. 1 can't afford all of Thackeray's s
and all of Jane Austin. so it seems to
me it's better instead of getting a set
of Thackeray and letting Jane go alto
gether, or vice versa, to get Vanity
Fair and 'PendenniS' and The Vir-
ginians' of Thackeray's 3 nd Sense and
Sensibility' and Pride and Prejudice
and Mansfield Park of Jane Austin s,
because those are my favorites.
Il might want to look up something
in one of the other books, you say ?
/ OF course, might, but if I do, I go to
the public library. I haven't the
means to build up reference library
so 1 don't try to.
How can I afford to have all the
| books I want? I can't. But I can
/ afford to have all need. Ever since
I've had any salary at all I've put aside
| three dollars a month for books, and
can just about keep up with myself on
/ that Do you know what I mean? ]
! can just buy all the solid reading car
I AAAc144C5C III tAc1i l1AOllllts ao66 LuOSe IHI6e
| books on the table-there's Dickens
| Nicholas Nickleby'-I haven't read
anything of Dickens for a long time
and volume of StevensOn's letters and
a new book about a method for in.
creasing the efficiency of the workman
During the rush season of our busines.
| got a little bit behind myself, ant
those books are waiting for me to reaG
them before they go onto my shelves
Yes, Miss Cameron, it isn't a yer,
big library, but I certainly do have
sort of proud and friendly feeling foI
it which I think some of those folk
that have the big ones DON'T
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

Mr. and Mrs. Walter johnson have
returned to their home in Wichita
aIIer spending two weeks here visiting
relaIlVes and friends.
Mrs. w. H. Scrivner and children ara
expected to return this week from
Glen Elder, Kansas, where they have
spent several weeks visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Hamilton
Mrs. w. J. Haggard of 42O caarr,.r
avenue entertained the Ladies' A Ia co.
clety of the Christian church al ber.
nome Wednesday afternoon.
WlnIred Haggard has returned from
Llme visiting his brother Mr.. lanes
Haggard, and family.
The Ladies' Aid society and the
no aIoIne Missionary society OF the Sew
combined meeting "Wednesday affer-
noon in the church
Mr.. and Mrs. L. V. Harper have
gone 13iI to Melvern, Kansas, where they
snd spSnu f,0ia.ez Two weeks visiting relatives
1nu trends. They will also visit in
Empor1a with relatives for stoyf
Tune before returning home.
Miss Grace Stevenson of Monrca
Svstta ssrSet mas returned from a two weeks
Visit with friends in Kansas CITY.
Mrs. G. o. Hawkins win 20 soon 10
Lepo, on account of the serious illness
OF her sister, Mrs. Anna Soetebier.
Mrs. h Eichar and Esther and two
grandSonS OF Grafton street have re-
turned from Eskridge where thev
spent month with her SON.
Mrs CHARLES Hoyt and daughter
AIeen OF 169 Logan street have zone
to Dexter, called by the serious iIi1ar-
of her brother. -
Mrs. A. J. Sandefer and dau9htar
Gertrude OF 512 Leland street left to-
cay Tor Carton, Mo-, to spend three
weeks with relatives and friends.
Mr. George Robinson of McAIester
OKLA, is here making a short visif
with his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. s.
Brentnall, of 5O4 Leland street rr5,,i. -.
on his way to Colorado, where he viii
spend his annual vacation.
| E. B. Moncreiff of 632 Madison.
street has gone to Kansas CITY to re-
main permanently.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

ringer for Hermes, but with a voice
that sounded like a leak dripping in
tin dishpan at the head of the bed
when you want to go to Sleep" These
two men went after the same women.
The "gargoyle with the silver voice"
got her.
Like many of o. Hnery's tales. this
one has a suggestion az well as
bushel of laughter.
OF course we can't all have silver
tongues, but we can have pleasant and
well mOdulated voices. And the first
step to this end is to listen to them.
don't mean to sit down and talk so
as to hear our own voices. We would
mt really get any idea of them that
way. The way to hear ones voice as
it naturally is, is to suddenly listen to
it in the midst Of a conversation and
compare it with other peoples.
Do we speak too loud?
Do We talk always in one voice or
two monotonous keys and thus lose the
music of voice change?
Do we talk too rapidly?
Do we pitch our voices from our
heads or throats instead of from the
diaphragm, as we really should?
These are some questions for US to
ask ourselves in front of the mirror of
voice inspection.
And. 1 trust. to answer by an effort
at Improvement
I want to tell you something about
a library which a friend of mine poSZ
sesses.
1t is not large Iibrary-is contained,
in fact, in three medium sized book
cases.
It is not rich library. It has nc
rare editions or bibliomaniac's treas
ures.
And yet I consider it a rather unusual
library.
In this way-no, I'll let my friend
tell you about it himself.
mo, Miss Cameron, this isn't very
large library, but I'll tell you why Tn
sort Of proud of it. Every book behind
those glass doors, except the eneyclo-
pedias and the book of quotations and
the dictionary, has been read from COW
er to cover. Yes. Miss Cameron, read
every book thoroughly before I put it
there. That's my rule. 1 don't buy
my books by the yard and get my
pleasure looking at the titles through
the glass doors, the way some ricl
folks and some others that 1 know do
You see except for the Shakespeare
end the encyclopedias and the Emerson
Il have to have all of him because he's
my best book friend-I haven't q single
set of books. I don't believe in sets
There's some people take a heap o.
satisfaction in saying. I've got d Sc
of Kipling, and a set of Thackeray and
set of George Eliot, and a set O
| Stevenson
well me-Tve got what like bes
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

Items Ger the Oakland column may ~
@e'eboOneo TO Ind. phone 17sl1
Miss Grace Dillon is improviu~ after
Delng quite sick for the past three
weeks with an attack Of tonsflitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Thomas have re-
turned to their home in Ottawa after
spending week here visiting relatives
and friends
Miss Ats Mitchell is improving after
spending two weeks in a hospital In
KANSAS City She is expected to re :
turn home soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Miller have re-
turned to their home in Alta vista.
Kan, after spending a week mere visit
ing her brother.
Miss Louise Porter is improving after
being quite sick for the past week with
an attack of the grip
Mrs. Joe Thomas and Mrs. Frank
Lane have returned to their homes N
Lawrence after spending two weeks
here visiting relatives and friends
Mrs. Albert Young and son Harold
have returned to their home in Big
Springs after spending several days
Clark.
Mr.. Everett Kemp spent Wednesday
in Kansas City on a business trip.
Mrs. W. F. Schoor OF Newton, Kan,
is expected to STRIVE here Friday TO
make an extended visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. N. Gregory.
Miss Louise DonnaIy spent the day
Wednesday in Oakland the guest 0f
Mr. and Mrs. f. Reynolds.
Mr.. Merton Conn is improving after
| SUFFERING for the past two weeks with
an attack of erysipelas in his face
For lumber and building material.
builders hardware. paint, oils, glass,
etc call either phone SIS. J. B.
| Whelan & Co.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03
Porcelain Tub for Porkers.

Caldwell. n. J., Aug. 3.-Frederick
Heller, a local politician and stock
raiser, has just installed in the rear of
his home a bath tub which is to be
used exclusively for the cleanliness
and comfort of two prize winning
black Berkshire pigs. Twice daily the
tub is filed with fresh water and then
follows a fight between the young
porkers for the privilege of the first
bath.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03
Hoolkworm Fatality at Utica.

Utica, n. Y. Aug. S.-Mrs. Albert
Hall, 35 years old, is dead here Ct
hookworm disease. This is said to be
the first death from this cause ever
recorded in central New York Mrs.
Hall contracted the disease in Manila.
where she was a school teacher prior
to her marriage
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03
To Reopen Silver Mine.

Newburyport. Mass, August 3.=The
Chapman silver mine, located in the
town of Newbury, will soon show
signs of activity, according to a report
made public today. After remaining
dormant for nearly a score of years. II
was stated that a western mining
syndicate. following careful assays, has
decided to sink a shaft at once and
commence mining the silver ore.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

Neat as a pin and daintily fresh
and charming after a Tubing are the
sturdy frocks of Scotch gingham which
will wash and wear through several
seasons if allowance is made for the
necessary letting down - This little
play frock of checked gingham in
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

care, it will greatly enhance the be
comingneSs of the hat There is con-
siderable of the eccentric practiced
with these facings,a "a smart combination
being a hat all white, straw as we'll
as trimming, with a lining against the
face of navy blue. Navy blue silk re-
Vers then trim the coat of the severe
ly simple linen jacket with which this
hat is worn.
1.-The lingerie hats of this midsum
mer differ slightly from the models of
a few years black in that they are
made on foundations of straw instead
of simply with a wire frame and
foundation of lawn. The outer cover
ing is usually of white batiste or
French muslin edged and incrusted
with lace. The straw shape under
meath is of a delicate cool tone of
pink blue, mauve or green. A cluster
of flowers of correct tone or a large
chou of ribbon placed with either high
or fat effect against the crown, makes
of this hat a more elaborate affair than
the old lingerie bonnet, nor is there
any style of hat more charming for
summer.
"Often the facing is of straw, the
same kind as that forming the top of
the hat, but quite frequently a colored
silk is utilized, and here the clever
amateur milIiner has unrivaIed play
for an exhibition of her talent. A
cheap hat can be imme ediately changed
in character by a simple addition of
some pretty flowers and a velvet or
taffeta lining against the face. Leg
horn is the straw most in favor at the
moment"
novel trimming of ribbon is shown
in the sketch Of this airy summer
frock of batiste. The material is dain-
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03
Tramps Murder Ranchman.

Libby, Mont. Aug. 3.-Joseph Coch-
IeVsky, ST., an aged rancher residing
six miles east of Libby, was brutally
murdered by two tramps The muir
derers used a. pick axe, badly mutilat-
ing the body. Cochlevsky had invited
the men to dinner and they attacked
him Immediately upon entering the
house. So far they have not been ar
rested.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

London. Aug. 3.-One of the first
official acts of the Prince of Wales is
his trip to the great German naval
review at Swinemunde August 80. He
will be accompanied or his trip by
his mother, Queen Mary of England
and his sister, Princess Mary.
This act doubtless fo~eshadows
naval career for the future English
ruler similar to the training received
by his father. While in Germany he
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03
A King who Left Home

set the world to talking, but Paul
Mathulka, OF Buffalo, N Y, says he al
ways KEEPS AT HOME the King of
all Laxatives-Dr. Kings New Life Pills
and that they're a blessing to all his fam
liy Cure constipation, headache, 4ndiges-
ton, dyspepsia. Only 25c at Campbell
Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

tily figured in blue. There is a band
of fine lace at the neck and below this
a similar band of eyelet embroidery.
The kimona sleeves are held below the
elbow by a band of lace. The skirt
has a slight fullness at the waist, the
line of which is slightly high. The
chief charm and novelty of the model
however, is the putting of pale blue
satin ribbon in the shade Of the gown
which is placed around the waist and
heads the shaped fiounce of eyelet
embroidery which finishes the skirt.
The marriage of Miss Madge Harvey
Davis of Indianapolis and Mr.. Leon j.
Van Laeys of Topeka took place Tues
day, August 1, in Indianapolis. They
have gone for trip to Chicago and
the great lakes. They will make their
home in Topeka at 1887 Buchanan
street.
=
The Q. L. 1. Z. girls had thimble
party Tuesday afternoon at the home
of Miss Julia Ames in Potwin.
y
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. W.
Bomgardner, 1895 Mulvane street, was
open Wednesday evening for the en-
tertainment of the Ohio club. A
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

cream and tan pattern is simply made
with a skirt laid in shallow pleats at
the top and a peasant bodice cut
obliquely so that the stripes in the
gingham produce a trimming effect.
inexpensive eyelet embroidery is used
effectively as a trimming and fiat
brown buttons add a finishing touch.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

''With a lingerie gown, lawn and
lace hats of sheerest texture, are once
again fashionable says Harper's
Bazaar, while with the linen and
gingham frOcks there are wide brirn-
med leghorns and paIe-colored straws
that are fascinating. A fad of the
season is to have every hat faced with
a color, and if this color is chosen with
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

=
Miss Mary Moore, whose engage
ment to Mr.. Roland Perkins, has been
announced, and whose wedding VIII be
an important social event of the sum
mer, will be the guest of honor at
luncheon which Mrs. Fred Davis viii
give Friday afternoon. Covers viii be
laid for Miss Moore, Mrs. Fred Gil
1espie. Mrs. Monte Kistler, Mrs. Rob
ert Carver, Miss Frances Connell Miss
Dorothy Wilson. Miss Edna Herbst
and Mrs. Davis.
Miss Gertrude Clevonger. whose
marriage to Mr.. Robert Fullerton will
take place Wednesday August 16. is
the inspiration of some social affairs
to be given this week and next. Mrs
John Sargent will have a luncheon
Friday noon for the Clevenger family
and their out of town guests, and Mrs.
n NJ. Rice will have a family dinner
Friday evening Miss JOY Paxton has
asked guests for a luncheon Saturday
in honor of Miss Clevenger. and Mrs
n. 3. Campbell Will give a dinner sat
urday night for her.
The Lambda Alpha lambda Soror-
fly national conelave wills be held this
year in Denver, Colo. a special car,
with mem bers from St Joseph and
Springfield Mo. will go through To
peka Tuesday, August s, and Miss
Dorothy Scott and Miss Gladys Scott
will join the party, and go to Denver
to attend the convention.
=
An impressive little foulard frock
appears in the accompanying draw
ing. This is made up with ribbon and
lace medallions as the sole trimming.
The ribbon is in the deepest shade of
the material. which is a moss green
figured in paler green and white. The
upper portion of the bodice. which is
folded in surplice fashion. is bcrGered
by the ribbon. The yoke which con-
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

A new and select organization
among women on the West side is
known among the male members of
their families as ''The Knockers
Club" No one but an able and en-
thusiastic gossip has q chance of be-
ing admitted to membership. Il must
go and call on Mrs. So and So" re-
marked one of the members to her
husband the other day, and he ouer-
led: 'Why?" We'll" was the reply.
"our club is running out of material
to make its meetings interesting" An
announcement of the officers of this
club will be made in the near future.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03
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o1labr&. MaNd

Items for the East Topeka coIumn mar
Ns teleDhoned to Ind. phone 17Ez1
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03
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Items Ger the Oakland column may bA
1eAeIaoned to Ind phone 17Sl1
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Lulu Healy and
Mr.. Harrison Fogwell of Los Angeles,
Cal, the wedding to take place August
81. Miss Healy formerly lived in To-
peka. Mr.. Fogwell is sales engineer
for the Westinghouse Electrical com
pany. At home after October 1 in
Los Angeles.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

ffnues across the shoulders is of ecru
lace and the same lace in medallion
form is set into the skirt. The latter
has a new bottom trimming consisting
of numbers of tUclSs Of medium width
wit thout spacing between and IS tucked
nearly to the knee.
A young woman going home from
town yesterday afternoon found her
self in the embarrassing predicament
that results from a broken hose sup
porter and falling stocking. At every
step the stocking, aided and abetted
by the clinging supporter. went creep
ing. creeping silently" toward the top
of the low shoe. The supporter buckle
cleaned white in the sunlight, and it
was a long cry between the hem OF
the short walking skirt and the TOP
of the small pumps. II desperation
the poor young woman approached
the kitchen door of a "cCmfy,' coy,
inviting red brick cottage, and as il
was near the dinner hour, of course
she reasoned, some woman would be
at work there. But luck was against
her, and her timid knock was answer
ed by a tall. good looking man, who
politely inquired her erraad. Not quite
knowing what to say. and wondering
why on earth men couldn't I stay where
they belonged, she asked to see the
woman of the house. However, the
woman of the house was not to be
seen, for she was taking a bath, but
the man of the house would be pleased
to deliver any message she cared tC
leave Assuring him that she had nc
message to leave but would call again
she beat a confused retreat like the
hungry tramp who asked for bread
and was given a stone. But here hel
luck turned. and as she reached the
sidewalk again, to resume her painful
journey, a woman she knew came by
in a carriage and gave her a lift
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

A novel trimming of ribbon is shown
in the sketch Of this airy summer
frock of batiste. The material is dain-
The Monroe journal., 1911-04-04
A Witness Who Ought to Know

Notwithstanding the fact that the
Senate Of the United States said by
a vote Of six majority that Mr. Lori
mer Of Illinois was entitled to his
seat in the Senate, a committee from
that body is investigating the charges
Of bribery in the Senator's election,
One witness put upon the stand was
Mr. II. IL. kohlsaat publisher Of the
Chiesgo Reeord.llerald. This wit
ness said that he knew Of one hun
dred thousand dollars that had been
used in the election Of Lorrimer.
Mr. kohlsaat ought to know some
thing about what was going on, as
he has long been high up in Repub-
liean counsels. lie, next to Mark
Hanna, was most responsible for the
nomination OF William Mckinley
These and one or two other gentle
men acquainted with politics held
the wayering Republicans to a dec
laration for the gold standard in
1896, when most Of the prominent
politicians in the party, including
Mr. Mckinley himself, had made val
liant records as advocates Of silver.
Bur Mr., Lorrimer himself said in
his speech that there had been nc
corruption in his behalf
How wonderful the simple faith
Of the Democratic Senator's who ac-
ceptad his word for it and voted
accordingly