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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20
WEAR PURPbe

vwN HERE is a perfect inundation of
purple. 1t promises to be the
most sought after color of the
coming season.
If you would be in first fashion the
color must figure somewhere in your
costume, even if it be but a touch,
a piping or bit of velvet at the top
of the collar.
1t is very trying color for most
people to attempt to wear, but that
makes no difference. Fashion die
tates purple, and purple it mus, be.
There are certain shades Of this
rich color that can be worn by al
most everybody; when choosing a hat
or frock of the royal tone be careful
that it is a shade that at least does
not make you look like a fright.
Avoid purple with much blue in it;
those shades that are mingled with
red are far more likely to be becom-
ing to the average woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20

cts, also edged with lace and trimmed
with little bows of pink ribbon.
OF sheer white nainsook, cut in
slightly rounded shape and having
a bib edged with lace. The apron
itself is edged with lace and inset
with one row of valenciennes inser-
ton.
A dainty pointed shape, with a
broad hem applied with beading and
a pocket trimmed with beading. This
of very sheer lawn.
Another has a broad hem applied
to a rounded piece of Town with a
single row of lace insertion.
Satin ribbon is inserted between
the hem and body of another pointed
shape, and a small pocket is trimmed
with the delicate colored ribbons.
Very fine embroidery on swiss used
as an insertion trims a dainty en-
broidery apron. The edge and the
pocket are trimmed with lace all the
way round.
Valenciennes edging and insertion
are employed as trimming on pretty
model with scaHoped edges. Small
bows of ribbon are caught at the
point of each scallop.
Two rows OF cluny insertion trim
a little rounded apron that is Dor
dered with a wide hem of plain swiss.
Cluny insertion and edging trim
another dainty model that has a
small spray of flowers embroidered
at the point Of each side.
Dotted swiss and allover embroid-
cred swiss edged with lace go to make
up two lovely models that are de-
/ signed for fancy embroidery aprons
Real cluny lace edge and insertion
trim dainty apron of lawn that is
hand embroidered with small flowers
and coinspots.
Irish lace is used with good effect
on another model. This is also
trimmed with sprays of embroidered
flowers and has a little pocket or
one 81 lie that is edged with lace.
The ways are many and the ma
terial inexpensive; a yard of lawn, {
few yards Of lace, needle and thread
are all that is needed to fashion any
one of these attractive aprons thai
will serve in many ways.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20
DAINTY
APRONS
Are Very Easily
Made
BIZ EDNA EGAN.
rERY inexpensive aprons are m

VERY inexpensive aprons are made
" of lawn, swiss, muslin and
bingham. For the kitchen let
the apron be of checked bingham,
made amply full and wide, either
with or without a bib, and tying in
the back with neatly hemmed strings.
Big pockets on each side are a
convenience, and those with a high
bib having straps over the shoulders
keep the dress underneath quite
clean. An apron of fine white lawn
is cut with a slight point in front,
edged with embroidery, and has a
small pocket on one side that is form
ed by applying a piece of embroidery
as a patch.
cut in points or with rounded edge
and trimmed with a narrow lace
edging.
For the waitress make an apron
of lawn, having two rows of Insertion
each side of the front and finished
with a deep hem. Cut the apron about
Is inches long.
A maids apron is made one yard
long, is finished with a deep hem and
has narrow bib of embroidery, with
straps across the shoulders and long
broad strings.
Another type has narrow lapels
stitched to the shoulder straps.
Nurses aprons are made long and
quite plain, having long strings and
being finished with a deep hem.
In the realm of fancy aprons the
variety is almost endless, for here
one may use ones own discretion and
taste regarding shape and trimming
Let me give you a short description
of some of the favorites. A short
rounded apron of fine white swiss
lace edged. having two shaped peck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20

Place crocheted articles to M
washed in a pillow case and lie m
the top. Immerse in a good tenid
soap solution and squeeze and presa
with the hands. When the water no.
comes discolored use a fresh solution
and finally rinse in three clear waters
Of the same temperature. Squeeze
out as much water as possible and
hang up to dry, leaving it in the Dill
low case Washed in this way it will
look like new.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20
Worth Knowing.

Pare potatoes and cover with cold
water for an hour before cooking,
and they will be less liable to turn
after they are boiled.
A tablespoonful of vinegar added
to a quart of lamp oil will destroy the
unpleasant odor if it is not caused
by a burner in need of a thorough
cleaning.
When boiling old potatoes, which
are apt to go to a very dark color, put
a tablespoonful of milk into the wa
ter in which they are boiled and you
will find they will be beautifully
white when cooked.
New walking shoes are sometimes
inclined to slip at the heels and a
nasty blister is the result. A simple
preventive is to rub the inside of the
shoes with a little soap at the heel
before putting them on.
A quick method of making bread
crumbs is to put the crumbs from a
stale tin loaf into a muslin bag, tie
at the top and rub it gently with both
hands for a few minutes The bread
will then be fine enough for any pur-
pose.
One often hears complaints that
the boiler rusts and ironmoIds the
clothes. To prevent this, IS soon as
the boiler is emptied rub well over
with soap. This will not only pre-
vent rust, it will also help to make
suds for the next boiling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20
Wash Brooms and Brushes.

Household brooms and brushes last
much longer If cared for and washed
regularly. They should never be al
lowed to rest on the brush end. Long
handled ones should be hung IN bv
the heads and short ones propped M
right on a shelf or hung by a loop OF
tWine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20

If you have a fern that does not
grow fast enough try putting the pot
in hot water-not boiling, but too
hot to bear the hand. This is espe-
cially good for the beautiful large
fern that resembles the wild fern
that grows on some shady hillside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20

Should the oven get too hot while
baking put a cup of cold water in
rather than leave the door open. In
baking delicate cakes in a gas stove
it is nearly always desirable to keen
a small dish of water in the oven.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20

OUCH a stunning variety of suits
are here for our delectationi Let
- me describe some to you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20

Pare potatoes and cover with cold
water for an hour before cooking,
and they will be less liable to turn
after they are boiled.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-22
THE STEAM BOILER
(By Howard l.. Ranp.)

The steam roller is a political trac-
minority into majority. 1t is never
steamed up unless somebody is short
few votes of controlling the convention
when it is brought out and run over
the southern delegates in reckless and
fatal manner. This device is compare
lively new. 1t was invented in 1908 by
Postmaster General Hitchcock, who ran
all four wheels over Joe Canon's boom
and tlattened out several other worthy
citizens who were hugging the ground
with one ear. The first type of steam
roller was crude affair, but the 1912
model comes fully equipped, including
a piledriver attachment guaranteed 10
produce committee on credentials
which will seat anybody who does not
harbor any insurgent microbes. There
are several forms of steam roller, but
undoubtedly the most effective is that
constructed for the use of the national
committee. This machine is noiseless
in operation and is generally steered by
some ripe mathematician, who subtracts
sufficient number of contested dele
gates to make sure that the voice of the
people will be heard at roll call If
anybody objects to the grand total, ne
is conciliated with a copy of the cam
paign text book and some timely re
marks about Abraham Lincoln and the
full dinner pail. This year there are
two determined and well-Iubricatei
steam rollers in operation, each of
which has spikes in its shoes. When
they meet in convention assembled
somebody is going to be sorry that he
fOrsook the hazelbrush and got out
where people could ventilate his pas;
life. If a candidate who has been run
down by a steam roller regains his
breath in time to cry "fraud' in
bright birthstone accents. he can retire
to another hall and run on an independ.
ent ticket. This is dangerous pro
cedure, however. as the November eiec-
tions are liable to be purified by sew
eral first-class funerals
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-22
ARTFUL LITTLE BOY

Papa" said George, "it worries
me awful to think how much trouble
give mamma.'
''She hasn't complained.''
Ono, she IS very patient. But she
often sends me to the shops for things
and they are good way off and
know she gets cross waiting when she s
in hurry
''Not often, L fancy
''Oh, she S nearly always in hurry
She gets everything all ready for bak.
ing and finds at the last minute she
hasn't any yeast, or she gets a pud
ding mixed and finds she hasn't any
nutmeg or something; and then she s
in an awful stew, cause the oven is all
ready, and maybe visitors are coming,
and 1 can't rum very long distance,
you know; and l feel awful sorry for
poor mamma.''
Humph! Well, what can you do
about it?'
81 was thinking you might. get me
bicycle. .''IPearson Weekly.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-22

luxury and abundance of wealth on one
side, want, poverty and dsstitution on
the other? Does it not vt TIMES seem
As if the world were subject to an IN
sxorabls. cruel law of the survival
of the strongest? Does not might
make right, rather than right make
might? Is not truth forever on the
scaffold and wrong forever on the
thropey
After all is ours not = goddess world,
a chaotic nglomeration, the result of
blind evolution or accident? And
again intellectual doubts arise. If there
is God from whence came He, what
is His origin? And so we are tempted
to doubt the future, the existence of
heaven, the truth of this Bible. But
when we stand in the presence of un-
belief the question arises, Lord, to
whom and to what, if not to Thee and
thy religion, shall we go?'
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-22
A COMMON SENSE IDEA

Speaking of common sense. DIR.
Faulkner, head of the Vineland IN. J.)
hospital, told the following story:
a mysterious building had been
erected on the outskirts of a small
town. 1t was shrouded in mystery. All
that was known about it was that it
was a chemical laboratory An old
farmer driving past the place after
work had been started and seeing n
man in the doorway, called to him.
"What be ye doin' in this place 20
"We are searching for a universal
solvent, something that will dissolve all
things said the chemist
"What good will that be2"
Imagine, sir! 1t will dissolve all
things. If we want a solution of iron.
glass, gold, anything, all that we have
to do is to drop it in this solution.'.
"Fine,' said the farmer. "Fine!
What be ye goin' to keep it imp
Everybody's Magazine. -.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-22
ENDS HUNT FOR RICH GIRL

Often the hunt for rich wife ends
uses Electric Bitters. Her strong
nerves tell in bright brain and even
temper. Her peach-blo complexion
and ruby lips result from her pure
blood; her bright eyes from restful
sleep; her elastic step from firm, free
muscles, all telling of the health and
strength Electric Bitters gives wo-
man, and the freedom from indigestion,
backache, headache, fainting and dizzy
spells they promote. Everywhere they
are woman S favorite remedy. If weak
or aling try them. soc at all drug
gists'.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-22
CONFIRMED PROOF
Residents of Glenwood Cannot Doubt
What Has Been Twice Proved

In gratitude for complete relief from
aches and pains of bad backs-from dis
tressing kidney ills-thousands have
publicly recommended Doan's Kidney
Pills. Residents of this vicinity who So
testified years ago, now say their cures
were permanent. This testimony dou-
bly, proves the worth of Doan s Kidney
Pills to Glenwood Springs kidney suf
ferers.
Mrs. Mary j. Boland, $40 E. Fifth
street, Leadville, Colo, says: "My
opinion of Doan' s Kidney Pills as was
publicly expressed by me in November,
1906, remains unchanged. l know they
are valuable remedy and consequently
| do not hesitate to recommend them
to other kidney sufferers. From ex-
perience l have learned that Doan s
Kidney Pills never fail to bring
prompt and thorough relief from back
aches and other kidney disorders. ]
procured my first supply of this remedy
two and a half years ago and the cure
it effected at that time has been uer-
manent.'
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-22
GOOD ROADS PROVERBS

If you want to know if good roads
are good thing, ask a horse.
Good roads promote prosperity; bad
roads provoke profanity.
If the roads around town are bad
1t might AS well be on an island.
In considering roads remember that
there are few towns that look so good
to the farmer that he will kill a horse
to get there
Ill fares the town to fastening ills a
prey where teams turn out to 90 some
better way.
was 1t In your township that the
ignoramus pulled the sod into the mid
die of the road?
Good roads will increase health, hap.
piness, education, religion and morality.
Good roads will decrease profanity.
encouragement, back taxes, sheriff
sales, sour grapes and grouches.
Improved roads are good trade
mark for any community.
Good roads invoke blessing upon
any people who build them.
Good roads will keep people in the
country and will bring the city folk
out for fresh air.
Did you ever hear this? "The roads
We're so bad that the only way he
could get to town was by telephone. -
Kansas Industrialist.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-22
oLENwooD PROPERTY TO TRADE

Parties having Garfield coun nty
ranches to dispose of who will take
as payment desirable Genwood pro-
perty will do well to make their wants
known to me as 1 have few trades
of that kind in view.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-15


=: =. NURSE OUR IDEAS ABOUT GOVERNMENT?
There's awfuly iresome thing about all politicians
they're all busy teaching the people what the people ought to
..-.r. 80.
Take the presidential candidates you like and they're
all the from Wilson and LaFoette down Harmon and
Taft They're all spending their time and their energy telling
what reforms ought what reforms ought not to
:. j
Who in thunder gave Harmon Taft any of the whole
bunch the right to tell us what we want
We know blame well what q -
We know that things changed that neither
daughters sisters girl will have to work hours
day department So week. and things
changed that neither brothers, Amer
lean citizen will have work the steel mills twelve hours day
for days in the week $1,000 week.
We don't know whether it legal law changing
these things To tell the truth we're auly for book
laws regulating the hours of labor
But we've asked the department monaes change
these conditions Of their free will and they haven't done
by goly something thal change conditions, and
we'd the people have control of THEIR
SO THEY can change conditions
And wedon whoop whether the lawyers say its
stituional not. We want it.
We don't know much about tariff revision either 1t takes
lifetime understand the tariff and we've been busy
bread and butter give all time to the tariff.
But do know that heard that the for the
that needed infant industries like steel and
oil and wool. .-..
And by golIy, if the tariff protecting these infants
the tariff off the books right And don't
whether it's wiped off in legal manner
We don't know awful lot about the scientific end Of the trust
The Washington times., 1912-06-14

The main trouble experienced by
women who are real swimmers, and
do not go t. the peaches to sit about
ON the sands, Is the necessity of get
ting son'c sort of material for a suit
that does not bind or chafc the skin
when tho body Is in motion In the
water. Tie old-fashioned serge AMI
satine that even now many suits are
made from, is pra actically useless. and
for salt water bathing is impossible
for the rubbing of the wet serge on the
fender parts of the arm soon cuts the
skin. II suit can be made to 1T
tight enough to the figure, without
restricting the movement and play Of
the muscles, the suit will not rub.
FLANNEL is one of the best materials for
.hathing suits but IS a trifle bulky,
and shriuks out of shape in a short
time, and the dressier suits. made Of
flimsy cloths. will not stand any too
mneh wettinS. either by fresh or salt
, water \ late material that has been
4 put on the market. called Bathing
Suit Satin is Il go between. that fills
and practical suits. This materi al is
: for sale in several out-of. town stores,
and will soon be had by home estab-
1ishments. 1t comes in all hdes. from
black to brilliant purple, and may also
be used satisfactorily for water-proofs.
- So much beading is being used now
: In all kinds of clothing that a con-
venient ribbon holder and plenty Of
: ribbon runners OF different sizes are
absolute necessities for completing the
$ toilet. At a department store on r
stree:, near Eleventh. directly oppo-
: Site the front door, the Shopper saw
: yesterday ribbon runners in sterling
: silver in little silk cases. that would
: nc an attractive adornment for any
! dressing table. There are four run
= ners in each one, all hand"chascd. and
: of different sizes, from half.inc IN wild 2
to small baby ribbon. The case is OF
The Washington times., 1912-06-14
Eye-Grafting Success;
Man Now Able to See

PHILADELPHIA, June 14--Biind for
seven years, his case given up as hope
less, Owen Harris, a maclitnist, Is at
the Medico Chirurgical Hospital today
with his sight restored by one of the
most daring operations ever attempted
the removal Of the tissues from the
eye of another man aid grating them
on the eve OF Harris.
Harris lost the sight Of both eyes in
a bareback from a furnace. DR.. L l..
Webster Fox, eye specialist of the hos
pital, believed there was some hope for
him. When a patient came to the hos
pital with an eye so badly injured that
II had to be removed Harris was sum-
mLned. He was placed on the operat.
Ing table. The eye was taken from the
injured man. the eyeball was striped
OF the desired tissues, and these were
placed over the sighIess orbs of Harris
Harris was kept In a dark room for
eight days Then the bandagc was re-
moved, and he could see little. He ID
now awaiting the arrival of another pa
tient who must lose an eye. When this
patient arrives DIR. Fox will perform All
operation upon Harris second eye.
The Washington times., 1912-06-14
FOR LITTLE FOLK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
The Sandman's Stories
THE GOLDEN SHIELD.

that you are faithful to the trust" And
with blowing of bugles and banners
waving " the sun, the party rode away
through the forest.
Hugo heard that Sir Ronald's castle
had no men to defend Il, so the wicked
Knight set out at once with a band OF
rough men to attack It, BY mornlng
their tents surrounded the castle gar
den. Then Hugo sent word to the
knights wife, Lady Alice, that she
must give up the castle or send the fol-
lowing morning some one to meet him
In hand-to-hand fight. with his cap
in hand Cedric spoke to the weeping
woman. TtN
my lady," he said. "sir Ronald left
you and his home in my care-I will de-
fend you with my life"
against a strong, wicked man ike Sir
Hugo" cried Lady Alice. II will take
the golden shield and my little lance
and do my duty. Perhaps a kind fate
may bring me the victory" returned
The next morning Sir Hugo rode tout
in full silver armor on'a prancing black
horse, thinking there would be no one
to meet him; Before the huge iron gate
he stood and called on the Lady Alice to
give up the keys of the castle or send
forth some one to meet him in a fight.
Suddenly the gate swung open and forth
darted a milk-white steed on which sat
a
right hand was a small lance, and on his
left arm the golden shield, with it's face
downward. The wicked knight laughed
loudly at the sight. Then he dashed to-
ward Cedric. Now the sun was shining
full in the lads face, SO he waited TIL
the knight was almost on him and he
saw a heavy battle-axe being aimed al
his head Then he lifted the shield sc
that the sun shone full upon 1t and re.
fiected the light back into Hugo's eyes
Blinded by the dazzling light. Hugo shut
his eyes. and the weight OF the axe
swung him to one side as he threw out
his arm. But as the knight few by
Cedric thrust the point of his lance into
an opening in Hugos armor. and the
knight fell to the ground lifeless.
Just then, there was the blast of g
hundred trumpets, and over the hills
came a cavalcade of soldiers--it was
Sir Ronald returning victorious from
the war. 1t was but the work OF a
few moments for them to defeat the
men who had followed the wicked
knight g =. . r' w..
So brave Cedric was made mem
ber of Sir Ronald's family, and when
he was grown and became knight
himself he was known as the knight
of the Golden Shield
Tomorrow, ."The Witch's Broth"
The Washington times., 1912-06-14
FOR TIMES WOMEN WHO WANT TO KNOW
What Is Seen in The Shops
BY THE SHOPPER.

green and red moire silk. and the
prices are 81 and sl.56.
Wicker lamps for the summer home
are seen everywhere and should prove
popular, for they hold forth the induce
ment of no brass to polish, no. china
body to wash, nor even shade to
bother about. for this, too. Is of wick
er. with a cretonne lining that may be
taken out and laundered. These lamps
colored in tints to match the furniture
Although many of them are made for
electrical attachments. others may be
found that are made to be fitted on
gas fixtures. On F street, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, at a
for sale at all prices and In variety
of shades, shapes and sizes.
The ever-increasing demand for white
footwear. which becomes greater with
every hot day. is being met by the deal
ers with special inducements in the
shoe line. A store on F. street, be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, recently purchased several
large sample lots of womens high
grade white shoes at big discounts, and
is therefore able to offer them at prices
greatly reduced. There, are twenty-six
and duck Of the best qualities. High
button. low colonial styles. four-button
low shoes, and pumps are among the
styles represented. A. white buckskin
pump Is marked $2.75, and duck pump.
with heavy turn sole and white heel. IL
skin shoes are s295. and the same thing
in duck is marked S2.65.
The Washington times., 1912-06-14

The marriage Of Miss Mabel c. Flood
and James M. Swain will take place to-
morrow afternoon at 2, o'clock at the
parsonage Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church In Tenleytown. D. c., the rector
of the church.. the Rev. A. F., Poore
officiating.
The Washington times., 1912-06-14
Yacht of Magnate
Seized by Sheriff

NEW YORK, June lit was learned
yesterday that Sheriff Charles B. Law.
of Brooklyn. seized the $4,000 yacht
Yacona, belonging to Henry Clay
Pierce. the st. Louis oil man. Wednes-
day night, In the Erie Basin, where she
was located after a search which began
last February.
At that time Pierce was sued by
Alice G. Rycroft, widow of Charles W.
Rycroft, drygoods merchant, for the
conversion to his account of securities
in her account with Post & Flagg, New
York bankers. After many adjourn
ments had been secured by Pierce, he
failed to appear at the trial. and Mrs.
Rycroft was awarded a verdict OF $171,-
1896 in default. by Supreme Court JUS
tice Erlanger. She at once obtained an
order against the yacht.
A stay has been obtained by j. M.
Marshall, on behalf OF Pierce. II will
be argued this morning before Justice
Kelly, in the supreme court, Brooklyn.