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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16


odd sleeves are trimmed with the chif-
! fon. The skirt of charmeuse has an
unusual closing, beneath which one side
is draped. The opening at the foot
which results is filled with the chiffon.
A scarf effect of the same Grapes the
j skirt.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Akers and their
son left today for St. Paul, Minnesota,
and will spend six weeks in ST. Paul
and among the Minnesota lakes.
Miss Louise Mcclellan and her
nephew, Charles Gossett. left today for
Wahwahsoo Michigan, to spend about
three weeks at the Mcclellan summer
home.
The New Thought society will hold
it's regular Sunday services at three
o'clock Sunday afternoon at 1900
West Tenth avenue.
Miss Marjorie Petro will return
soon from Cawker City, where she is
visiting relatives. Her cousin, Miss
Elizabeth Mayer, will accompany her
home.
Mrs. Robert Meek. of Oklahoma
City, has been visiting her brother,
Mr.. G. Lawrence.
Mrs John F. Stanton and Miss Mil
dred Stanton returned today from
Kansas City.
Mrs. L. A. Stebbins, of Seattle,
Wash. is visiting Mrs. c. ]. Evans.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. King have gone
10 LOS Angeles TO make their nome.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Anderson and
their family left today for a motor
trip to Indianapolis and Chicago.
j Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Harper and
their daughter. Helen, of Van Buren,
street, will leave tonight for a two
weeks trip to Garnet, Kan, and to
Chicago and st. Louis.
Mrs. Frank E. Grote and her moth
er. Mrs; D. E. Scott, of 1909 Tyler
| tended visit in California.
Mr.. David Bowie has gone to Col
orado for a two weeks vacation.
Mrs. w. C. Tandy is i'll at st. Fran
els hospital, where she underwent an
| operation Friday.
Miss Helen Ingham and Miss Edith
Ingham have returned from st. Paul,
Mimi, where they visited relatives.
Miss Dorothy Hadley went to
Hutchinson today to visit her sister.
Mrs. G.. NJ. Gerow.
Miss Emily. Hardy. who has been
in Sioux Falls, s. D., the past few
weeks, has now gone to Mason, Iowa.
| to remain three weeks.
Miss Genevieve Iddings gave a
porch party Friday evening in honor
of her guest, Miss Eula Fleming, of
Lyndon Those who attended Were;
Wright. Miss Ethel Mayberry, Miss
Matte Bair. Miss Doras Wright, Miss
Marjorie Howe. Miss Marguerite
Stay, Miss Nina Bair, Miss IcIe
Wright, Miss Genevieve Iddings.
Mrs. c. NJ. Jackson and her chill
dren, Edgar and Muriel, of Kansas
City, Mo-, are the guests of Mrs.
Thomas Eaton, Mrs. Charles Eaton
and Mrs. Caroline Hercules. Miss
Emma Powell and Miss Blanche Pow
ell, of Kansas City. Kan, who have
been the guests of their aunts, Mrs.
! Thomas Eaton and Mrs. Charles
Eaton, the last ten days, returned
home today.
Mrs. D. F. clammer. who has been
| spending few weeks in Manitou
/ Pueblo, Denver and Colorado Springs
has returned home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16

ped cream. Pour this into mold, and
on top of it put the plain chocolate.
Serve with plain thin cream.
A very rich dessert is this, but it is
delicate enough if it is dished daintily:
Whip a pint of cream and when it is
stiff put it in a glass dish, or else put
a tablespoonful of it in each of thA
necessary number of small sherbet
cups. Whip the white of two eggs and
half cupful of raspberry jam stiff
and drop it in teaspoonfuls on the
cream-one or two teaspoonfuls to
each cup. Serve this dessert very cold.
The usual sort of floating island,
made of custard, can have islands of
cream, whipped stiff, instead of egg
white.
Many sorts of little tarts can be
made with whipped cream. One kind
calls for tarts of rich paste. nicely
baked, and filled with whipped cream.
with a dot of grape jelly in the CEN
ter of each. Another calls for tart
shells filled before they are baked with
orange marmalade, and then baked
When they are cold a spoonful of
whipped cream should be added to
each.-W Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16

ton-holes. Slashes are cut on either
side of the back and front and through
this a silk sash in Persian colors is
passed ana knotted on the left with
q single end. The skirt closing follows
the lines of the coat, the same lines
being repeated at the right of the back
and trimmed with buttons.
.. y =
Miss Mary Agnes Lapp, of Kansas
City, is giving a house party at her
home, and Miss Leita Coover, Miss
Grace Gaines and Miss Caroline Rip
ley have gone from Topeka to be her
guests.
4. I. F
Miss Jane Kingan gave a dinner Fri
day night for Miss Mary Love. of Hol-
ton. who is visiting Miss Mary Park
inson. Covers were laid for Miss Love,
Miss Parkinson. Miss Margaret Fuller.
Miss Edith Updegraff. and Miss Kim
gan
= + &.
Miss Lucille Baumg9rtner gave a
party Friday evening at her home in
Mulvane street. The rooms We're dec
GRATED with pink and white astors,
roses and ferns. Mrs. E. L. Stevens
and Mrs. Ella Smith assisted in receiv-
ing the guests, and Miss Ruth Baum
gartner and Mrs Mary Clark served
punch. The guests included: Miss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16
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AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS

ADVERTISING RATES The rate for
inserting w a. Ads in The Topeka stare
Journal IL ne cent a word each tnserGo
minimum 10 cents. by the week GEMS
word, minimum so cents.
.COCNT THE WORDS OF your 40 IT
cIuding four words for State Journal az
orsss when such address IS used; ccun.
eacn Initial" letter and each numnes W
Son plnat!on Of r1gures one WORD
CLOSING HOUR Want Ads 10 oe
classified properly n The Topeka Sta.9
Journal must re IN The State Jour2a,
cnice before o'clock. Want Ads receiveo
after the noon hour will be inserted unoer
the heading: TOO late to CLASSIFY. OF
7ex7 nay as desired.
OUT OF TOWN advertisements must =.
sccorUanied with cash or check In fuii
pavmeFt for the same. Note the forego,
Ing 'ns'r- .c~ions about counting the words
ana the rates per word for The Topeka
S---A-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16

its natural beauty, agree to refund your
money without argument: And in addition,
WILSON'S FRECKLE CREAM is a fine, fra
grant toilet cream Doesn't cause hair grow,
and does positively remove TAN and
FRECkLES. Try it at risk. Price Soc
sent by mail if desired Mammoth jars sl.00.
WILSON'S FAIR SKIN SOAP 25c. Wilson
Freckie Cream Co., Charleston, 5. C., makers.
For sale by T. V. Campbell, 704 Kan. ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16
/ axes Off FreckIes.
Removes Tan.

D>autify your complexion. Get
rid Of those freck1cs. You can
invest SOC in a jar of WILL
SONS FRECKLE CREAM
and they'll disappear. Severe
cases may require two jars
no more. We positively guar
aatee this, and if your COM
plexion isn't fully restored to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16
BUSINESS CHANCES.

DO YOU WANT 1T? Exclusive privilege
to conduct sale of ice cream, cool drinks.
Hamberger and popcorn, on camp meet
ing grounds; IL days of meeting. three
Sundays weather permitting, of large at
tendance &C cd money in the proposition
for the right man. No trifling. Must act
quick as this notice will appear but twice
Address I. n. Richardson, Delphos, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16

An engagement of uncommon in
terest to many Topeka people is that
of Mrs. Charles H. Samson and Dr.
George c. Pritchard. The marriage is
to take place the early part of october.
The engagement is one of the So
cially important affairs of the season,
as Mrs. Samson has made her home
I'm Topeka a long time, and is one of
the best liked women in town. Not
only is the announcement interesting
to society people, but to 1.-The other
half as we'll; for Mrs. Samson has
been active in philanthropic work and
has devoted herself in an able and
earnest way to the help of the unfor-
tunate. She is president of the U
and 1 club, an organization of prom1-
nent women who are associated in
charitable efforts, and she is identified
with the work of the Provident asso-
citation. Her home is 314 Topeka ave-
nue., and many of her friends are en-
tertained at delightful summer parties
at her ranch, some miles from Topeka
where there is a large, comfortable
bungalow for the use of the family,
and fishing and boating on the lake.
Mrs. Samson is a woman of much per-
sonal charm and attractiveness, and
her approaching marriage will enlist
the interest of her many friends here.
DR.. Pritchard also is quite well
known in Topeka. He is adding to
and remodeling his home at 917
Quincy street.
y
Miss Helen Cook entertained at
breakfast and card party this morning
at her home, 1917 Tyler street, COM
plimentary to Miss Pauline Paul of st.
Paul, Neb., who is her house guest.
Those who attended were: Miss Paul,
Miss Bertha Clay, Miss Fern Mold,
Miss Ruth Foster, Miss Blanche
Simons of Lawrence, Miss Katherine
Mcfarland. Miss Ruth Rooster, Miss
Jessie McCarter, Miss Emily Seery,
Miss Mildred Bowman, Miss Jane AL
exander, Miss Gladys Guild, Miss Flor
ence Bowman, Miss Mary Clark, Miss
Marguerite Thrapp and Miss Cook.
+ =
Topeka friends of Miss Marie ia
cobs of Cincinnati, o.. have recently
learned of her success as writer of
photoplays. Her name, as the author
of some of the most popular of the
comic motion picture shows, is now
known all over the country among
the people interested in that work.
A number of her stories have been on
the reels in Topeka, and more lately
she has had serious dramas accepted,
which have proven as successful as the
comedies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16
WANTED-MALE HELP.

MEN WANTED to learn barber trade.
few weeks completes a student best and
latesl methods used; positions secured;
commissions paid while learning tools
given absolutely free with the lowest tut
ton ever offered. Call write at once.
Topeka Barber College 327 Kansas avenue,
rFOneka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16
WANTED-SALESMEM.

Statesmen calling on mills, factories
and dealers to carry line paying I'M
usually good margin of profit. Lock Box
6, Station +. Cleveland. o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16

Attractive evening caps are made of
white tulle. They consist of a puffed
crown, edged with a box-plaited frilI
that turns smartly back from the face.
They are trimmed with pompons or stiff
tulle at the side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16
MANIFESTATIONS.

WANTED-Position as automobile driver
in private family; experience. Call
phone No. 1871 K-2.
WANTED-Position as stenographer and
clerk; can furnish typewriter and refer
ences. Phone S23 or 2957 XII.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16

pretty fashion has been revived for
children's summer frocks of thin ma
terial. This is the long-ended bow of
ribbon, fastened just below the left
shoulder. The ribbon, in soft shades of
blue or pink is made into a many
Topped rosette, quite in the old fashion
and from the rosette hang three or four
streamer ends The ribbon should not
be more than an inch or an inch and
a half wide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16

statesmen making small towns, whole
time side-line; should carry our fast
selling pocket side-line. Special sales plan
allowing return of unsold goods Makes
quick easy sales. $500 commission on
each order. Something entirely new.
Write for outfit today. Bird Mfg. Co,
POS Sigel St, Chicago. Ill.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in any line to
sell general trade in Kansas. Unexcelled
specially proposition. Commission con-
tract. $500 weekly for expenses. Con-
tinental Jewellery Co., 1888 Continental
Bldg, Cleveland Ohio.
Statesmen to sell new educational spec
ialty to boards of education. No prev
iouS experience necessary. Liberal pro-
position. Union School Furnishing COM
pany, 1924 w. Van Buren, ST.. Chicago, II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16

Miss Dorothy Wahle gave slumber
party Friday night for Miss Muriel
Hill and her guests, Miss Marie
Haynes and Miss Dorothy Parks of
Emporia. Miss Wahle gave a picnic
breakfast for her guests this morn
ing in Gage park.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16

LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN, BRAKEMEN,
wages about 500; experience unneces-
sary- Send age, stamp Railway, care
Io1rual
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16

White cotton crepe striped with color
is attractively made into cool blouses.
The stripes are in faded shades of red;
material is of the sheerest mesh
Washington Star
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-12-10

The silence was absolute; not even
the ticking Of q clock could be heard
After three minutes his head drew
ba6k with somewhat the movement OF
. turtles. his Jaws came together
and he deliberately scuffed one foot
along the polished floor. producing a
dull. indefinite sound that might mean
anything. Again the tense listening;
then. with 4 businesslike quietness
wholly free from sinking. he crossed
the hall and went swiftly up the great.
dim stairs.
The Whittimore Christmas presents,
still lurking in drawers and desks, Of
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-12-10

We b0t WIN = 0R1usoU 0UtP ~
War.
and 30 at last we came to England
and to Plymouth harbor. whence we
had set forth nearly a-year ago.
paid the captain OF the Spanish
frigate which had picked Us up with
an emerald Of great price. which he
was loath to accept, but which we
pressed upon him. We had little diff
nculty. through his kind Offices. In sell
money at Valparaiso. SO we expert
enced no difficulties which could be
avoided by the expenditure of money
upon the way.
I took my mistress to the house Of
the devoted Master Ficklin. who. with
that kindly woman. his sister. greeted
us as II we had risen from the dead.
and. greatly rejoicing in my lady's good
fortune. gave us the warmest Of wei
comes. There ! had what I expected
would be my last interview with her.
We had been thrown constantly to-
gether during the six months that had
elapsed between our great adventures
upon the Island Of the Stairs and our
arrival in England. We had discussed
everything else. think. but had said
naught Of my love. Indeed. each
league of sea over which we passed
on our way homeward seemed to re-
move her farther from me.
We were alone. Good Mistress Flick
Nm had given us her parlor for the aft
ernoon. took from my pockets the
canvas pouches filled with her treas
ure and laid them on the table.
These. Mistress Wilberforce." said
1, formally enough. although my heart
was beating rapidly. "are yours"
She waved her hand as II they were
Of small moment
1--WE have discussed that before" she
said. "What of yourselfT'
Last night" replied. II went down
on the docks. A company's ship sails
for India next week. They want a
chief mate. and II my references serve
they will engage me-"
"And you have these referencesr'
81 thought, madam. that your friends
in the city might give them to me
when they know"
"But / have no friends In the city,"
she said.
These" said l, pointing to the table.
"win buy them for you"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-12-10

"And So" she said, without looking
at me. land 80 1t is goodby. then. May
you be happy"
She extended her hand to me, and l
caught it. kissed 1t passionately, but
when ] made to let 1t 90 she would
not.
master Hampton" she said, looking
at me, her eyes brighter than the dia-
monds and bluer than the sapphire
upon the table. you are fool"
Fright well do l know that. mis-
tress." said l, striving to fetch a smile
to match her own.
And blind man as we'll"
Whereat l was a blind man indeed.
for my eyes misted up, but not with
the blood as In the battle. And l. as
strong and tough as a mountain oak,
was as like to faint as any lovesick
girl.
"John. John" came the sweetest
voice In the world to me through the
darkness, don't you see? Don't you
know that love you and you only.
that you have all my life. and that my
life. which is yours thousand times
ON sea and shore. u not worth living
without you?'
But your friends, your world" I
protested as she came nearer.
81 have no other friends, I want NO
other. and you are my world"
Well. 1t is not in me to resist after
that. and for the third time in my life
I held her in my arms, where since
that hour she has often been again.
and for the third time I drank the
sweetness Of her lips.
do you remember that night ON the
Rose OF Devon when first you kissed
mel" she asked. laughing.
If should kiss you million times.
sweetheart. as l mean to do" l an
swered boldly. ~ should not forget
single one OF them, much less that"
"And to punish You for your pre-
sumption. although my heart went out
to you. l confess. struck you; and to
teach You to he a dutiful husband. low
ing. devoted to me- she paused and
laughed again. 81 strike you once more"
Whereat she laid her hand once again.
but in tenderness. upon my cheek. fol-
lowing 1t with kiss.
have had his majesty's sword laid
upon my shoulder after I had led one
Of the kings ships to victory in the
French wars. and I am now. II you
please. Sir John Hampton. We live at
Wherefore Castle. and our children
play on the sward. but the royal nc
colade meant not 10 much to me as
that light blow upon my cheek with
which my dear mistress sealed our
plighted troth.
TIE END.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-12-10
New ve.rs In the Far East


In Japan the New Year II welcomed
with far more energy than in this
sountry. Let . mans energy be ever
70 defective. he il expected to rise at
.. m. and don new clothes to meet
he suspicious morning. Then. with
ais gala garments in due order. he
worships the gods. performs obefsance
% the spirits Of his ancestors, and
pays homage to all relations older
han himself. No ordinary viands are
consumed at breakfast The tea must
be made from water drawn from the
we'll as the first ray of the New Years
sun strikes 1t. On every table figures
red lacquer tray. covered with ever
green leaves, and supporting q rico
dumping. a lobster. oranges. persim-
mons. chestnuts. dried sardines and
herring root; all these dishes possess
ing an allegorical Specification. This
meal 10 the start of the festivities,
which are continued for 1e days, bust
ness being almost entirely suspended
for the first week Of the year.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-12-10

on the whole successfully. a burglar.
lie did not take from the poor; he
had never found that worth while.
His victims were always those who
could AFFORD to lose-and to have. 1t
cannot be claimed that he belonged
to the chivalric type that abandons
loot in order to save the baby. or
touched by feminine gentleness. re
turns gems by mail the next day. MOI
was he the burly ruffian for whom the
timid look nightly under the bed. A
little black grease, and he might
have passed for plumbers assistant
1t was not ignorance of the hours
kept by the rich that started him out
As early as ten o'clock that evening
Tom read the society columns to goot
purpose: he knew that II the Kilt
ridges were giving q Christmas Eve
ball. among those present would as
suredly be Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Whit
umore and their daughter. Miss Evan
geline Whittimore. who would proba
bly, be charming In rose chiffon ant
pearls. This meant that the. Whittt
more house would be empty Of thu
Whittimores that evening. A careful
inquiry into the ways Of the Whit
more servants suggested that most o
them would be on the moment the
carriage had left the door. 1t looked
such pleasant opening that Tom de
cided not to take . confederate with
him. but softly let himself in by
window In a Swallowed angle. selected
earlier in the day.
He found himself in . dining-room
dark except for the light in the hall
beyond. Riches glimmered dimly on
the sideboard. but Tom seldom both
cred with plate. Croasing the room
with the 99j.sIsss Agility Of . cat. ~
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-12-10
HRI6TMA0

aRI0TAA0 Eve
was always .
busy night for Mr..
Thomas Patter-
son. He had In
variably done the
biggest business
Of the year at
that time. except
for three success
sive Christmasss
spent under the
oonservative reg
ims Of the peni-
Tertiary.
Mr.. Patterson
was frankly. and
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-12-10
Ladies' Purse. From Fros skIn..

Ladies' Pursss From Frog et<lns.
Eighteen big mountain frogs have
been brought to this country from
the Philippines by Dr.. r. N. MoAlas-
ter. ships surGson on the Korea. He
will give them to the New York park
commission for propagation.
The mouse-colored skin. notified
with spots Of darker hue, may b
used for the manufacture Of women's
purses and chatelaine sacks, a. are
the hides Of crocodiles.
The frogs are delicate in spite Of
their size. and i've died On the voy-
age.
The dead frogs were In much d.
mand among women passengsrs, who
wanted to have purses made oat a
Tie sk1nA
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-12-10

fered an unusual
ly wide selection,
and Tom browsed
peacefully among
them for half an
hour. Then. add
ing 10 his pocket
collection Mis- 8
Evangeline's Jew
81 case and two
hundred dollars
from Mr.. Whit
more's desk. he
slipped down the
stairs again and
made the mistake
of pausing In the
dimly lighted
drawing-room to
see II he had
overlooked any
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-12-10

1 Will not, NO
said clearly. IF
he does that sort
Of thing"
"Exactly." ech-
oed Evangeline
proudly. I'VE will
wait till my faith
or comes homo,
and have It out
with him. Deteo-
tive. indeed!"
They sat down
on the couch and
glared at Tom. It
made him uneasy.
Locke here"
he began conf