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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-18

I ing simple questions from which he
| ascertain the state of their brains. He
has made many significant discoveries;
a six-year-old child whose hearing is
defective is placed in the four-year-old
class. After examining one likely
| youngster, Professor Trettien remark
| ed: May make financier when he's
grown; but 1 wouldn't trust him with
my daughter" AS it happened, the
| boy, had an uncle who had kicked his
| wife to death, and several deserted
female relatives.
Astonishing replies resulted from the
curt inquiry: What is a 'mama?"
! All but two of the tots calmly re-
sponded. "A mama is to cook"
Not so the minister's son. "A mama
is to make you good,'' was his gloomy
contribution to science
But one tot wagged his head wisely,
"A mama is to love- said he.
Last week the children had an anus
ing experience. When they were clay
modelling in the yard, a man passed by
with small person in skirts
Wont you let your little girl come
in and play with us?' was Miss Nc
KEGS hospitable invitation.
Certainly, madam" replied the
gentleman, eyes twinkling; and forth
with presented Mademoiselle Coretta,
aged twenty-one, the midget from the
novelty Ineatre.
Visits to Farm.
Miss Mckee believes in teaching the
little folks simple facts about nature
Two or three times year they journey
to the SaddelmIer farm, pet the animals
and study simplified botany. They al
ready recognize the commoner birds
and blossoms. One chap is intensely
interested. and has a garden of his
own. PLANT everything he confded to
Miss Mckee, Cnct 1 planted a pebble
in a glass of water, and oh my! it
growed into a great, bit stoner
Il try to make them love dumb ami
mails, explained Miss Mckee, "the
trouble is that I can't teach them TO
be kind. and then refuse them the
great kindness of bringing their pets
to school. Dogs, puppies, and kittens
come to the kindergarten-and once a
fat little 'possum emerged from the
depths of Eddie's coat pocket
Four of the children lost their moth
ers when the smallpox ravaged tho
East side. Their greatest joy is the
kindergarten. When it was first es-
tablished. the numbers who applied
could not be accommodated, but now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-18
BoWsER's BIRTHDAY.
Mrs. Bowser shouldn't Have Mention
ed His Age.

Mr.. Bowser had been keeping tab on
the event.
He knew to an hour when his birth
day was due.
There was his mothers Bible, and
there was his own. Both had the date
of his birth in bold characters and
there was no getting away from them.
Samuel Bowser would be "a years old
when that birthday was ushered in, but
he had made up his mind not to own
it, even to himself. He would say moth
ing whatever about it to Mrs. Bowser,
and she might not give it a thought
After dinner, when the fatal day had
arrived, Mr.. Bowser thought he would
take a walk. Then he changed his mind
and sat on the front steps and smoked.
Then he entered the house and picked
up his evening paper to read little.
Mrs. Bowser had Loticed his nervous
ness and presently asked:
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Topeka from ST. Joseph where she had
been teaching the children from the
stock yards for several years. Every
one is interested in her work, her most
loyal supporters being the children's
mothers. at whose petition the kinder
garten was organized; they have pre-
scented a sliding board to the kinder
garten, and each Christmas they bake
cakes and decorate a most gorgeous
tree. Miss Mckee is assisted by Miss
Ethel Everingham and Miss Alice An
drews; Miss Alice is a most enter
tanning teacher, and no one plays the
piano quite as well as Miss EffeP'
does.
At nine o'clock each morning the
wide sunny room is filed with grinning,
rosy youngsters, surprisingly well
dressed. Thirty or forty is the usual
attendance-''More at Christmas says
Miss Mckee.
After greeting each other in a song
the children dance through their games
with much spirit. Little Boy Blue" is
apparently the favorite.
Il wanna lie Lii Boy Blue" calls
Eddie.
Il wanna be Lii Cow implores John,
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the establishment stands on q syste-
matte basis.
THE best thing about the kindergar-
ten" said Miss Mckee, lis that it car
ries out the fundamental idea of mod
ern education. 1t does not make a
child obey blindly, but gives him
motive for what he does If 1 ask
Harold to count his blocks, he knows
am not trying to see how far he can
count, but simply want to ascertain If
ne has his share of the playthings;
and he is mighty anxious to have his
snare. In this way they learn to count
unconsciously
Then the new sights they see, and
the new words they hear cannot HELM
but widen their vocabularies. The pic
lures they draw do not make them ar
lists, but cultivate their powers of OBJ
servat1on to surprising extent. If the
children do not come to the kindergar-
ten, two of the best, the most impress
sionable years of their lives are prac-
tlcally thrown away.
Discipline That Counts.
"Of course they are disciplined, too,
in a roundabout way. They love the
work, and if they do not cooperate
with us. they are deprived of coming;
that is sufficient. And it demonstrates
one of the theories of life-that the
person who does not help others, cuts
himself out in the end"
Thus the children enter the grade
schools not as uncouth little animals,
but as thinking little men and women,
mentally trained.
There are three other grades in the
Lake street school, and under the guild
ance of Miss Ethel Mccartney, the new
principal, they will all give a May
tete the latter part of the month. In
all probability most of the interest will
center about the kindergarten.
No one could be a more perfect teach
er than Miss Mckee. Although she
possesses a gentle dignity, her winning
sympathy is so genuine that the young
sters feel she is one of them. To all
appearances she enjoys the rollicking
games as much as they; the most serl-
Gus thing in the world is a broken
block or a ragged finger. The tot who
skipped like butterfly is no more fun
of the poetry of motion than she. And
that the kiddies of the East side real
ize their good luck in having a Miss
Mckee is quite apparent.
To see the wonders she has accom-
plished is to understand Kate Douglas
Virgins exclamation, why should
one ever want to be an angel when
one could be kindergartenerl' To visit
the kindergarten is like slipping be-
tween the pages of Miss Virgins The
Story of Patsy" A. L. H
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women what Mrs. Pinkham's medicines
have done for me and give you permits
sion to publish this letter for the good Of
others. - Mrs. HULDA ERICKSON, sos
Maysville Avenue, GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
More Proof.
Burlington, Iowa." For years suf-
fered great deal from female troubles.
had awful pains and felt sick nearly all
the time. saw Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound advertised and
heard that it had helped other suffering
women SO 1 felt sure it would do me
good. Sure enough it did. The first
bottle helped me and now l am a strong
and well woman. would not be with
out it in the house. Mrs. ANNA HIG-
GINS, 1125 Agency St., Burlington, Iowa.
There need be no doubt about the
ability of this grand old remedy, made
from the roots and herbs of our fields, to
remedy woman's diseases. We possess
volumes of proof of this fact, enough
to convince the most skepticaL WIZ
don't you try it?
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growing old 2"

growing old?"
/ UNI
And that time is flying right
| along?'
in the papers,
MY hair is turning gray, and ii
you were not bald-headed you'd be as
gray as a rat
Isn't it about time your mother
| showed up again. he asked.
II hate to see US growing old, but
it's the law of nature and we can't
| stop it,
Has the cook done any more kick
| ing about her wages?"
The cook is all right, and though
could look five years younger by using
peroxide I'm not going to do it. like
to see a wife look about her husband s
age"
Il wish this COMPOUNDED presidential
row was over" he said, as he yawned
and started to get up.
DO you know" said Mrs. Bowser.
| as she pushed him back-''do you know
| that you are "a years old today?''
| 1t had come. and could no longer be
| lodged Mr.. Bowser must meet the
issue like a man.
How in thunder did you get that
into your head" he demanded, as he
flushed LID.
why you don't figure that you are
20, do you?"
NO, nor a hundred!'
"You are just "a, and not day
older
You mean 4s.''
It wish it were only 4S, but
woman, you are making big mis-
time it must follow that this is my
48th year. You can't jump a man
ahead six years in one. can your
''Why-why it's in both the Bibles
What of that? There are lots of
things in the Bible that you are not
expected to take literally
But the date of your birth is in
your mothers hand
And can't a mother be mistaken ?''
mot six years.
Not six years."
Right here is where Mrs. Bowser
ought to have switched off and given
Mr.. Bowser a clear track to be 4S
years old, or any other old age, but
she muddled things by saying:
But what of it, if you are an old
man? There must be old men in the
world. We can't kill them off, can
we?''
Then a man of 4S has one foot in
the grave, eh ~ he demanded.
But you see you are 81, and"
And L look to be a thousand"
''Of course not, but I've been told
that both of us look our ages-54 and
ST."
And 1 was told only three days
ago that 1 didn't look a day over
38."
why, Mr.. Bowser,"
why, about WHAT"
well, let's not dispute any more"
she said, realizing her mistake when
too late.
But this thing has got to be set
tied before we drop it," he exclaimed.
I'm either 4S or 54. I either look to
be SO or a hundred"
well, say you look to be 49,
But that won't do. I'll go over
and see the druggist. If he says I
look to be ga then I'll be 81 and be
hanged to it,
Mrs. Bowser tried to stop him, but
he was determined on the point and
made Decline for the drug store.
Look here" he said when he had
entered, chow old should you say Mrs
Bowser wasp
'sUm! She may be so, but taking
her by her looks I should say she was
less than 40"
And in my case?'
The druggist squinted at him for a
long minute and then said:
"Bowser, you will never see 70
again, but you don't look it within a
year,"
Mr.. Bowser jumped two feet high
and called the man of drugs a horse
thief and as he left the store a tramp
came along and struck him for
nickel. He ran that tramp almost
two miles before he quit the trail, and
was in bed and asleep. as he hoped
she would copyrighted, 1912, by
Associated Literary Press.)
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the things which bear on the beauti-
full, the contented and the virtuous. 1t
is an attractive holiday addition to
GLORIOUS Mother" Dear Old Father
and Things Beautiful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-18
WOMAN DIZZY
PARTLY NUMB
Doctors Did Her No Good
Testifies How She Was
Helped by Lydia E. Pink
hams Compound.
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. -"Last fall had fe.
male weakness very bad, and was ner-

vous and run down.
/ was dizzy and had
numb feelings and
my eyes ached. I
took doctors medi-
cines but they did
me no good, so / de-
cided to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. / did
so, and now / feel
stronger and better.
/ have told other
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Or. PierCe'S FaVOrite Prescription

Is the best of all medicines for the of diseases
disorders and weaknesses peculiar women.
only preparation of its kind devised by regularly
ated physicsn-an experienced and skilled specialist
the diseases of
1t is safe medicine in condition of the system
THE ONE REMEDY which contains no alcohol
and injurious habit-fOrming drugs which
craving for such stnulants.
TEE ONE REMEDY good that its makers
are afraid print its every Ingredient ON
each outside bottle wrapper and attest to the
truthfuIness of the under oath.
1t is sold by medicine dealers everywhere, and any
Get Don't take substitute of unknown composition
No counterfeit is good the gen
who says something else is just good Dr. Perce's
trying deceive you for his selfish benefit SUI
trusted He is erAine with your most priceless
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is a powerful portrayal of remarkable
achievement inspired by the work of
Senator LaFollette and carried through
during the last ten years by the neefl
whom he brought into the state house
when he left Wisconsin to enter the
United States senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-18
Helps a Judge in BAD Fir.

Justice Eli Cherry, of ellis Mills, Tenn.
was plainly worried. A bad sore on his
leg had baffled several doctors and long
resisted all remedies Il thought At was
a cancer" he wrote. AT last i used
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. and was COM
pletely cured" Cures burns, boils. ulcers,
cuts, bruises and piles. rs cents at Camp
bell DruE Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-18
WORK OF LOVE
kindergarten That Is Credit to
the City.
Part of Topeka Public School
System.
MISS M'KEE A SUCCESS
How She Wins the Hearts of
Her Little Pupils.
Children Taught Simple Facts
About Nature.

On Lake street, between Eighth and
Tenth avenues, is the city kindergarten,
ruled by Miss Lulu Mckee, one of the
most delightful friends a child ever
had. Four years ago she returned to
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-20
Wells ARE MANY AND VARIED
Woman May Have Her Choice Of I'm.
mense Variety and Style This
Happy Season.

The woman who dotes on shopping
is sure to be allured to the veil coun.
ter. When the most strenuous shop
per can think Of nothing else to buy,
there is always the veil The maybe
effects In wells are the leaders today.
They are not new, but they are be-
coming. There is something soften
ing In these wells of black and white
They may be white, with a faint trac-
cry of design in a black thread, or
they may be black with the design
sketched in with a white thread. The
former, however, are, as a rule, more
becoming than the latter.
The woman on a hunt for q motor
veil will find a magnificent one of
chiffon which is arranged to cling to
the brim of the hat by the elastic on
the shirring at, the top. The plated
frill at the bottom of the veil acts
as a pretty plated collar around the
neck. These wells come in all colors
and are really quite "dressy" For
the motorist who likes to see through
her veil there is a veil of chiffon con.
sistency with a window of fancy mesh
set in right over the eye space They
are much more becoming than the veil
with isinglass openings; in fact. they
are very fetching,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-20
OTHERS KNOW US TOO WELL
Easy to Deceive Ourselves, but the
Rect Of the World ls Generally
Too Wise.

Senator Pomefene has a happy
knack OF driving home a statement
with an epigram.
At a luncheon Senator Pomerene
described a would.be lltterateur.
Thanks to whisky and strong
cigars" he said, "the poor fellow has
failed TO make good. He earns a pre-.
carious living by newspaper work.
but though he is so now, none OF the
wondrous novels and thrilling stories
that he used TO pirate about have ap.
peared.
And yet in his shabby apartment.
over a bottle Of cheap liquor and
box Of cheap cigars, he will boast by
the houT-poor, gray. wrlnkled duifer
of his unfinished MSS. oh. they
will appear yet Yes, he win yet n
lumine the world with the light OF hls
genius" 4
Senator Pomerene sighed and con
cluded:
"Ah. II we could deceive others as
easily as we deceive ourselves. what
regulations we'd all have, to be surel"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-20
BRIDES TABLE LINEN
BEST PLAN FOR ESTABLISHING
AND REGULATING SUPPLY.
Expense May Be Very Msasurably De
creased by Care and Attention, as
Needs Of Growing Family
Must Be Satisfied.

A bride In modest circumstances
will find four tablecloths an ample
supply at the start. A good plan is to
add one tablecloth and one-half or one
whole dozen OF napkins according to
the number In the family each year.
In this way the supply OF table linen
Is kept up. When the family is small
the tablecloth measuring two yards
square is correct. The two and one
half yards by two yards cloth is SUI.
fciently large for a table seating six
to eight persons.
The damask that comes by the
yard. two yards wide, at one dollar a
yard, Is very fair quality for every
day use. The bordered cloth, two
yards square, will probably cost $3.50,
the linen about the same grade as the
yard goods.
Napkins costing from two TO three
dollars a dozen will match these
cloths. At the first price the napkins
will measure 20 inches square. These
are intended for breakfast and sup
per. Dinner napkins will measure 27
inches, and very fair quality may be
bought for a quarter apiece. OF
course, "a set of cloth and napkins
may be added and held in reserve for
use when company is being enter.
tanned. Very often this set comes in
the form of a wedding present, but
four tablecloths and three dozen nap
kins will be enough for small fam.
lily.
In choosing table linen large de,
signs should be avoided There Is
nothing more satisfactory In the long
run than the dot design showing a
handsome border. If carefully darned
as soon as signs of wear appear the
pattern can be followed 30 the mend
ing will be invisible.
The linen must bear the initials OF
| your maiden name.
These are embroidered in white, the
letters about two inches high, across
one corner three inches or so above
the hem.
The napkins are marked In the
same way, the size of the letters being
reduced proportionately.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-20
IN HUES OF THE RAINBOW
Never Were Ribbons So VarI-coIoTee
as Is the Fancy at This
Special Time.

Never were ribbons so beautiful.
That sounds trite enough, but 1t is
true. They are simply marvellous.
The picot edges are in varied effects,
and in different shades combine beau
tifully. MORE ribbons are extremely
fashionable this season, and will be
much used for trimming gowns. Some
Of them are bordered with velvet, and
there are attractive MORE ribbons
bordered with a narrow cord of gold
Chiffon velvet ribbons are also in great
demand for trimmings. They come in
the most exquisite shades and are
used with brocade, often to accentu-
ate one of the colors in the design.
All the red shades, from vivid pink to
the darkest wine color, are used in
the brocaded ribbons. Indian red, OK
blood red, the extraordinarily star
Ting shade called primrose" the soft
and becoming fuchsia, American beau
ty, coral and all the red shades. Am
Der ribbons, in line with the present
craze for amber, are seen in great
variety of design and many shades of
the color, and all the shades of brown
are more In evidence than they have
been for several years,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-20
PLAN CENSORSHIP OF DANCES
Committee on Amusement for Work
ing Girls Maps Out Campaign for
New York 1900"

New York.-Censorship of the SO.
ciety dances that take place at Sher-
RVS and Delmonico's and other public
places affected by the wealthier class
is an essential part of the winters pro
gram outlined at meeting of the com
mittee on amusement resources of
working girls at 81 Madison avenue.
The committee stands back of the
license bureau, which has the support
of Mrs. Charles H. Israels and her as
sociates in the demand for a $4,000
increase in the budget 1t is the OBJ
ject Of the committee to secure an
elastic list of inspectors, including
both those under civil service require.
ments, and those who are not. This
is done to insure the getting of evil
dence by person not recognized by
the frequenters Of a hall
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-20
CIRCUSES SNUB TOPEKA, KAN,
No intimatlon That Even One-Rine
Show VIII Be There During
Season.

Topeka, Kan.-Is Topeka to be dc
priyed Of one its ancient pastimes this
year? Indications point that way for
not a single circus-not even a one
ring animal show-has yet signifed
its intention of playing the town.
Present conditions are almost with
out precedent and those who have fol.
lowed the circases for the past score
of years-especially the man who al
ways took sonny for sonnys sake-are
at a loss to understand the snub the
town is getting.
Roy Crawford. manager Of several
Topeka theaters, who generally knows
before anyone else in town just when
the circus would be here, said he had
not yet any intimation OF one Of the
animal shows coming.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-20
POOR John NEATLY CAUGHT
cleverly contrlved Trap That Led to
tho Downfall Of one Forget.
ful Husband.

lie had returned home in the eve
ming tired and ready for q restful hour
or two.
John, my love" said his little wife
sweeily, did you post that letter l
gave you this morning?"
Yes, my pet" said John, hiding his
conscience-strickon face behind the
newspaper.
Well what is your answer" stil
more sweetly
"Wh-what is what?' gasped John.
What Is your answer, dear?" said
his little wife, clearly. THAT letter
was addressed to you"
Addressed to me?" exclaimed John.
Il didn't notice H."
And then, like foolish man. he
fell into the trap and produced the
letter from his pocket to see. The
envelope was not addressed to him;
but a long and severe lecture was
shortly after.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-20
BOY HELD IN VAULT
CHILD DIDN'T KNOW FATHER
Friends Had to Convince Daughter
Before She Would Go to L. A. Mel
son Of Flat Creek, Mo.

Petersburg, Ind A. Nelson Of
Flat Creek, Mo, who left here IL years
ago without means, after separating
from his wife, who kept their two
year-old daughter returned to this city
the other day to become reunited with
his family. His wife died a number
of years ago and the daughter was
placed in the care of the matron Of the
orphans home, who, in turn, placed
her In the care of John Stradtner,
prosperous farmer in Madison town
ship. He cared for the child as one
OF his family.
Nelson begged that his daughter be
restored to him, as he was able to pro-
vide TO- her, having made a small
fortune in the zinc mines Of Missouri.
Tho girl, who had not seen her IA
Their since she was two years cid, had
no recollection of him, but old friends
convinced her that the stranger was
her parent, and they left for Flat
Creek, where they will live.