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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13
Oysters. Kalamazoo style

Drain a quart of oysters. Melt two
tablespoonfuls of butter. Strain the
gravy and pour over the meat Bake
in a hot oven until brown
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Doctors Wife

There is something better than
stopping to count 10 when you are
angry: cound a hundred.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

Do not hunt for temptation just for
the sake of wrestling with It,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13
Soap-Making on the Farm

Washington Family Makes Sufficient Soap Butcherng Time
Last for Year and Only Toilet Soap Is Purchased
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

"Bliggins seems quite cheerful about
his divorce. He says he has gotten
even for some of the trouble he has
had
But his wife got alimony."
yes; but he got her to accept the
family motor car as part payment"
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10

The Prudential Trust company will
lean money on city property.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10

dian picture. "Hopi Legend" There
will be q laugh producing comedy.
Fool and His Money"
At tho Best
The feature ut the Best theater IL .
problem play in three parts. The
Vengeance of the Just The settings
are unusually elaborate. J. Warren
kerrigan II the leading character in
The Badge Of Honor" Agood COM
edy IL the Keystone farce, Billy
Dodge's Bills" The great Paul J.
Rainey African hunt pictures will be
shown Monday ana Tuesday In three
reels. This Is said to be a $26O,OOO
production Rainey found q pool
where all. the animals. in q certain
district came to drink. He put. his
camera man behind some brush, and
photographed the beasts OF the for
est az they came to drink. A contin-
uous performance win be given. from
II o'clock in the morning until II
o'clock at night Monday and Tuesday.
Each day a special school children's
matinee will take place from 4:15 to
6:15 o'clock.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10

him to do many things that he would
the mental suggestions given HIM
Cannon declares that Mrs. Gordon
some years ago had him unlawfully i'm
carcerAted in the Hillside asylum, near
this city. where he was kept "a days,
and that since he obtained his release
he has been made sick or well, lame or
halt at will by the defendant.
This mystic influence which she
wields over him. Cannon declares, has
incapacitated him from following his
usual vocation Of bricklayer, for he be-
comes suddenly weak or lame In his
arms or back. and Is frequently com.
PEELED to quit work in the middle of .
job, because the woman exercises her
psychic control as the mood seixeS her.
and he is unable to do anything when
the spell is on him.-Scranton (Pa.)
dispatch to the Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10


q. J. Bolotte. Mrs. Lulu McCorkell,
Leila Hubbard. Bertha Hubbard.
Christina Overman, Flora StrAtmyer,
o. Hogbin. Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.. An
drews, Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Smith,
Lucille Armstrong. Ernest Nedman,
Edna Ross and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Moore.
Richard Behee Of Kansas City IL
spending q short time In North To-
peka on business.
william Orr of Summerfield Is
spending q short time in North To-
peka visiting relatives.
@. s. Cunningham has returned
home from Leavenworth where he
spent short time visiting his sister.
r. M Rocky Of Silver Lake has re-
turned to his home after a short buai-
ness trip to the North side.
Fred Priddy Of Kilmer 10 spending
a short time in North Topeka ON busi-
ness
A. NJ. Petro. druggist-Adv.
F. Ernest Wendell has returned to his
home in Elmont after a business trir
to the North side.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10
IRIS THEATER PROGRAM


The beautiful story with the interest
ing scenes of old England. the careful
impersonation Of the famous characters
of the novel, the earnestness with
which the players enter into the plot
make this picture one Of unusual In
terest to anyone whether familiar with
the book or not.
Monday and Tuesday Kinemacolor
comes again, the feature being '"The
Romance Of Prince Romano The
fashion reel deals with children's ap-
parel. The program Is completed with
q roaring comedy, "Too Many Maids. !"
There are two reels Of the fun. In all
dve reels Of Kinemacolor are scheduled
for tho weeks entertainment.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10
TRAPS BR0lDWlY F[lRT.
Young Woman Scrolls Calmly VIII
Man Until J1hcy Meet Policeman

.'I'd been waiting for this. chance for
weeks, and when. it came I grabbed 1t. =
Thus Miss Antoinette Rochte began
her explanation OF the way she trap
ped benjamin. p. Conn. who is a civil
engineer and lives with his wife in
boarding house. He was hailed into the
Yorkville court by Miss Rochte as
masher.
Il was walking south en- Broadway -
Miss Roclfte continued. "when this man
came up from behind as 1 was passing
the Knickerbocker theater.
+ Good afternoon he said. without
removing his hat.
II kept still and walked faster.
Z ,sorne, afteruoon.s was his next con-
II kept moving.
5: ! gnat 1ae.kss you go SO fastr he
]. I'm n ! hurry q set where I'm go
tnGss T replied. 49,;
He never had an idea Of my inten-
tions until we had covered five blocks
together, and he was following me
across the street at Herald square
policeman and had him arrested
In court Mr.. Comm admitted having
addressed the young woman.
"I did 20, though, only when she en-
couraged me with a pretty smile." ex-
planned the civil engineer. when
spoke to her she did not reply. and .
little farther on again addressed her.
Then she called q policeman. was
never more surprised In my life.''
Mr.. Coffin must appear in the York
Vile court with q bondsman who will
guarantee his good behavior during the
three months parole meted out by
MAGISTRATE Harris He was also ssf7n1er
printed."-NeW York American
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10

Family washing &c lb. up. Phone
1853. Topeka Laundry Co.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10
SENDS RADIUM ABROAD.
Bureau Deczies Depletion Of Deposits
I'm This Country.

In q report issued recently by the
United States bureau OF mines on
uranium, radium and vanadium, the
statement il made that the deposits
Of radium-bearing minerals In tho
United States are being depleted rap
idly by wasteful exploitation. chiefly
for the benefit OF foreign markets.
Charles l. Parsons, chief Of the d.
vision Of mineral technology OF the
bureau, says there was shipped to Eu-
rope in 1912 sarnotite ores from Col
orado and Utah carrying 8.6 grams OF
radium chloride, valued commercial
ly At $4,000 . gram. or $792.0O0. He
adds that in this time only one Amer
lean company has been interested In
the making Of radium. and that its
product but recently has been offered
for sale.
Although at $50 milligram for
radium chloride" said Mr.. Parsons,
''the total value Of the radium shipped
in 1912 amounts only to 1892, 900, and
the mining and separation OF the ore
can accordingly be considered only ~
one of our smaller industries. the fact
should be noted that Of this amount
eign hands and opened to foreign
medicine and science opportunities in
this most promising field that have
been denied to our own people except
by purchasing the manufactured ra-
dunn compounds at an almost prohib-
tive price.
France. Austria. England and Ger
many have their radium institutes fos-
tered by their governments or by
philanthropic foundations. But to the
present time comparatively little has
been done in the hospitals and labor
atories Of this country.
THE uranium deposits Of Colorado
and Utah are being rapidly depleted
for foreign exploitation. and it would
seem to be q patriotic duty to develop
an industry that will retain the ra-
dunn in America"
The report just issued by the bu-
reau describes the carnottte deposits
Of Colorado and Utah a. the most i'm
portAnt radium bearing deposits
known in the world. The fnvestigas-
dons. which were made by DIR. r. b.
Moore, physical chemist, and K. L
Kithil. mineral technologist Of the
Denver. Col, laboratory Of the bureau,
had for their purpose the stopping
OF the waste OF large quantities Of ma
tsrial In mining the rare-metal oree
Of the West--Washineton Post
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10
NOVELTY, next WEEK
Former Topeka FAvorites Among Con-
tents Of . Good Bill.

The vaudeville for. the first three
days at the Novelty beginning Monday
matinee includes several well known
acts. Frankel IL a clay modeler. with
q series Of grotesQue figures He IL
considered one of Americas best.
smith 4 Pullman bill themselves as
extra clever dancer. They make many
quick changes. Campbell 4 Yates pre-
sent q unique playlet entitled 1.-TWO
Hundred Miles From Broadway
Briant 4 Mack have a novelty COM.
edy talking and singing act. Before
the Battle" Topeka people will re-
member this clever pair as being with
the stock company at the Majestic last
season. Leroy q. Briant is a comedian
with the company and Miss Mack the
soubrette. They have been in vaude-
VILE since their leaving Topeka and
have made wonderful strides in this
field. The Cromwells will close the bill
with q whirlwind conglomeration Of
Juggling novelties. The last half Of the
week will bes given to Eddy Denoyer
and Rose DAME In late musical tab
loid. I'm Wrong" These stars are both
clever and the farce they present was
written tor fun.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10
CONTROLS BY TELEPlTHY,
Man Says Woman Can Make Him Sick,
Lame, or Well at VIII.

Claiming that she completely domi-
mates him. and has. for a number Of
years. by means of mental telepathy
and psychology. Thomas F. Cannon of
Rochester, N. Y, commenced an ac-
tion in the United States court here
against Mrs. Margaret Gordon Of this
city for damages the sum Of $50, 600.
Cannon in his bill recites a story of
alleged control over his every action
by the woman in the case, dating back
number OF years, and claims that
she controls his every action and move
ment, by means Of suggestion leading
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10

~ state Journal Ada for Resulfa.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10

The program at the Crystal theAter
consists OF q two-reel Bison drama.
The Gamblers Oath" "a Wife's De-
ceit." Rex drama, and q comic pic
turo entitled. ''She Should Worry"
with an excellent scenic picture taken
IN France thrown In ON this reel a. q
Joker. Tho program Monday and
Tuesday Is expected to be an excep-
t1onaIly interesting one. The feature
win be. Governors veto.s = two-reel
Gclatr picture. There win bo an IN
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10

she-"And they've nioiknAmed that slm-
pleton Louis the Fourteenth'r' Ho-.sYaa:
IT'S this way: He gets invited to lots Of
affairs where otherwise there would b
but thirteen guoo1o."-Puok.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05
BY Prof, David Edgar Rice, Phi. D.
the Distinguished Psychologist.
THE public has been treated to
such an extraordinary outpour-

THE public has been treated to
such an extraordinary outpour-
ing OF love letters in recent
court cases that 1T becomes a proper
function OF psychology 10 elucidate
as we'll as it can the nature OF these
phenomena
A hard-headed business man writes
raving nonsense. in his love letters.
A professor of moral philosophy tells
outrageous lies. The wife or a, cler-
gyman, accustomed TO the severest
moral discipline, uses the most un-
bridled erotic language A great
singer. noted for the Inconsistency OF
his affections. declares that he Is
ever the same"
What is the meaning OF these let
tiers? What is the meaning of love
letters, anyway? The science of psy.
chology will explain to us that such
cpistles necessarily defy all the rules
OF reason. True passion is an ele-
mental instinct thar when aroused
6upersedes all the restraints of rea.
son. The love letter does not need
sto have meaning. 1t is simply an
expression of unreasoning love. The
lover is more likely than not to lie,
because he is released from the con-
troll of all the higher mental centres,
including that which ordinarily re.
strains him from lying. But he will
not tell mean or calculating lie
at is only in a few of the highest
natures that the extreme OF passion
can be combined with perfect mental
self-control, as in the case Of the
Brownfngs.
i, While universal experience con.
firms the statement OF well-known
author that love is the greatest
thing in the world" it is equally true
that in love and its manifestations,
as in many other things, there Is only
a step from the sublime to the ridicu-
lous. All the world, it has been said,
loves a lover, but large part of the
world, none the less, stands quite
ready to howl in derision, if not in
contempt, if some mischance hap
pens to expose to public gaze the
surging emotions OF his enraptured
soul.
The love letter Of everyday life. in
the cold light of reason, takes first
rank as the most absurd and ridicu-
lous product OF the human magma
ton.
If any one is not convinced on ttfis
point let him perUse a few of the
illusions that have recently found
their way into the public prints. a
few specimens of which are given
herewith.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

The following rather tame exam.
pies, written by blond and pretty"
maiden to her married lover, are
typical emanations of the smoky
ookums" species Of brain, which,
utterly lacking In imagination, is con-
fined to range of ideas and express
sions that is really pathetic:
doll Baby: The only thing miss
ing IS you. ] have wished for you
more than once. If I was to speak
from der heart out I would go on
telling you how much l wish you
were here"
Dear Leo" says a second letter,
don't you think I am a very good
doll baby to think OF you so much
Saturday and Sunday shall expect
SO much mail from you that it will
take me two or three hours to read
1t. It's time for my beddie, SO good
night. be good boy, and don't forget
your sweetheart"
The frequent recurrence of baby
talk and the use of diminutive terms
OF endearment, especially on the part
of women, are the most distinctive
characteristics of the feryent love
letter. The woman who recently
sued the great Caruso for breach Of
promise asserted that he was always
baby" to her, and in support of her
assertion she offered many letters and
postcards purporting to have been
written by the great tenor, in which
he thus described himself.
This tendency is easily accounted
for when We recall the intensity of
the maternal instinct, which Is
stronger and more important than
the sex instinct in securing the per-
petuation of the species.s The wo-
mans strongest love is that which
she shows toward her own offspring,
and, conversely, that which she holds
most dear she likes to regard from
the maternal point of view. Little
wonder. then, that the man who has
won her affection, no matter what
his age or size may be, becomes for
her baby"
Exhibit No. 2" is on an entirely
different plane, SO far as literary
style and the play of imagination
are concerned. The author. formerly
the wife of the Rev. Cranston Bren.
ton, distinguished Episcopal cler.
gyman of Yonkers, had entered into
a mystic marriage" with Frederick
Ernest Holman, literary man of
some prominence, without taking the
precaution to secure a separation
from her legal husband The letter
is in the form Of an allegory, and
was to be opened by her lover on
specified night 1t runs as follows:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

grew bold. Sombre men grew gay.
Brave men grew Drawer. Talent
grew to genius. Genius grew to in
spiration. The time for unmasking
came and all the guests had taken
off their masks-save three. Anger
tore the mask from Passion and,
10! there stood Purity Turning in
his wrath, Anger stripped the mask
from the other masked guest, who
had come as Innocence and there
stood Ignorance A dozen hands
rushed out and tore the mask from
Anger and there stood Jealousy
Eros watched and smiled"
Equally devoted in spirit and rap
turous in expression, the letters of
Mr.. William Rapp, former husband
of Madame Schumann-Heink, to his
"charmer," Mrs. Katherine Dean.
show us how, by judicious selection
and handling, the more common
place vocabulary of everyday life
may be pressed into the service of
the heart. Mr.. Rapp assures his Gin
spiration girl" his darling wonder
girl and his zone best bet" that
every fibre Of his being impels him
to her" and that he is intoxicated
with the delicious incense of her
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Painting by Lunalc Which Has ALI the Meaningless but
Highly Imaginative characteristics of a Letter

son is TO say in reality that he is
suffering from form of madness
Not long ago a Judge in a court of
law went SO far as to say in all
seriousness that man couiG not be
held strictly accountable for his
statements made under the influence
of love
Why is it that the rapturous
lover, however well balanced he
may show himself to be in the or
binary situations of life, SO often
throws prudence and propriety to
the winds and INDUCES in conduct
which to his fellow men seems so
utterly absurd?
The explanation, from psychology
ical point of view, is to be found in
thesfact that in the situation we are
discussing we have to do with a
real conflict between natural and
impulsive expression of individual
personality on the one hand and the
conventions of society on the other.
Next to the instinct of self-preser.
walton, the strongest impulse Of the
human organism is that Of ardent
love. This is nothing more than a
biological necessity, in order to in
sure the perpetuation of the species.
AS compared with this impulse. con-
siderations of honor, honesty, pru-
dence and propriety. however highly
they may be priced from an ethical
point of view, are Of only secondary
importance. They represent a much
later development in the psychic
life of the race and of the individual
as well. For ordinary situations
they are usually strong enough to
exercise a controlling influence over
conduct. They sit as judges over the
varied impulses of the heart, rein.
forcing the good and suppressing the
unworthy.
But when the supreme crisis Of a
life comes in the form OF love,
as 1t comes but once to many
an individual. these weak arbiters
of conduct lose their power, and the
torrent Of emotion sweeps away all
obstructing barriers.
They are, in fact, short-circuited
by the paramount emotion. A man
or woman violently in love has lost
~, @ba CO. rn-o,ny 1r>ot rlrJtatp
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

garment" He is SO proud of her
that he would like TO take her to
Fifth avenue and For1y-second street
at p. m. and raise her on his
shoulders and shout out. See what
] have!'"
Lack of space forbids the further
multiplying Of examples. Enough
have already been given to demon
strate the truth that love letters re-
semble nothing quite SO much as the,
rawlings of disordered brain. They
fairly seethe with silly exaggera-
tions, perjuries, outlandish epithets,
baby prattle and barbarous figures
of speech.
To say that man under the in
fuence of strong love passion is
released from the restraints of rea-
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are stronger or weaker than those
CeQtreS TINT tend q ixal, HIT

are stronger or weaker than those
centres that tend to inhibit it.
Keepingsin mind this conception
or the nature of the mental process
That takes place when man Is la
boring under the stress of strong
emotion, we must agree that Shake
speare formulated a perfectly sound
psychology of love when he said that
love is blind, and lovers cannot see
the pretty follies that themselves
commit" 1t is in reality case of
mental blindness. The lover does
not choose to make himself absurd.
He does not weigh the satisfaction
that comes with full expression of
his love against the shame that re.
suits from exposing his heart to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05
New. Ways by Which Laundries Ruin Your Clothes

GERMAN hospital superintendent has been max.
~ making interesting study of laundries which
4 = throws light ON the ways clothes
often ruined by careless or inadequate methods.
One of the most common causes OF damage to cloth.
ing the of insufficienty soft
water Another frequent is false economy in the
soap BY sparing the soap the material washed
almost invariably the risk of being spoiled in
greater less degree
We are too prone to look upon soap merely
chemical means of removing dirt, whereas in these
days, when comparatively heavy-working rinsing and
nangling machinery used, good soap is invalu-
able mechanical lubricant in preventing damage to
the linen by amelorating the action OF the rollers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

Il long SO for you that I am half
afraid to see you. long SO to give
myself to you-to be all yours at
last. that | hardly dare think OF our
green woods. Tonight, then, you are
mine, and mine alone.
Once upon time Eros gave a
masked ball and invited the emo
tons. They came In costume-cos-
tune intended 10 conceal the iden-
tity of each. To harp and flute they
danced They quaffed the wine Of
life and their merry feast chased
the flying hours
Eros watched and smiled.
"He knew
Deeper they drank Wilder grew
the dance. Tongues too reserved
were loosened. Maidens demure
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

In minds endowed with memory
and the power of reflection such in
hibiting influences are to be found
in unhappy results of earlier ex-
periences. In this way there are
gradually built up centres of inhibi-
ton. as they are called. When we
reason" out that given act is
dishonest, OF improper or imprudent.
it simply means that we permit the
idea of q previous unhappy expert
ence in connection with the given
act to occupy the consciousness to
the exclusion of the impulse itself
The doing OF the act or the refrain
ing from 1t then rests wholly on the
question OF whether the brain CEN
tres which originate the impulses
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

This lubricating action however, only be fully
secured when soft is employed; with hard waters
large amount of soap is wasted. The public in
eral have conception of what this waste really
is it easy express it in figures. But the expert
ments have shown that part of lime in 100000 parts
of water sixteen times the amount OF nee
essary in soft water containing no lime.
Electric bleaching is another method which does
serious harm to collars linens. Experiments show
that 1t deteriorates the fabrics fully fifty per cent.
Soaps containing relatively low percentage of fat
and alkaline soap powders also responsible for a
great deal of damage When chemical disinfectans
used the damage from this is much greater al
though not apparent at first
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

control of the higher centres OF
thought. Lovers must be liars.
To put the same facts in a purely
physiological form. we may say that
the great substramn of mental life
in man. in common with the lower
forms OF animal life. consists of a
great array OF inherited tendencies
to action in the form of what are
commonly known as instincts. Given
a certain stimulus to the nervous
organism, and it's appropriate re.
action follows as inevitably as
night follows day. The only thing
can possibly prevent such re- i
suit is the existence OF II
different impulse, prompting + n
10 action OF a different liz