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FOOTBALL. TODAY.

At Cambridge-First period: Har-
ward O: Michigan O.
At Cambridge-Forst half: Har-
ward I; Michigan 0.
At Ithaca-Score second period:
Cornell IA: Holy Cross 3.
At New Haven, Conn.-Score end Sec
ond period: Yale S5; Colgate 0.
At Colby-Decatur County Highs 8
Thomas County 0.
At Madison-First quarter. Chi
cago O; Wisconsin 0.
At Princeton-End second period
williams Z; Princeton 0.
At Minneapolis-First period: Min
nesota 0: .Ilinoia q %.sss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-31
FORMAL PROTEST.
Washington Asks England to ExplaiE
About the KrOOnland.

Washington. Oct. 31.-Formal pro-
test to the British government against
the detention of the American copper
laden steamer Kroonland at Gibraltar
was made today by the state depart
ment through Ambassador Page at
London.
The British authorities were asked
to explain why the vessel has not
either been released or sent to a prize
court. The protest also stated that
from information this government has,
there seems no warrant for further
detention of the ship, which is bound
to Italy and Greece. 1t is probable
that q protest against the detention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-31

RETREAT OF the GERMANS

Paris, Oct. 31.-Unofficial announce
ment was made today that the govern
ment will return to Paris from Bor-
deaux on November 80 and the par
lament will meet on December Is to
pass emergency laws.
Little by little Paris seems to be re-
turning to more normal conditions.
The shops in the Avenue de L'Opera
which had their doors locked and the
windows whitewashed have now been
reopened. Each cay another restau-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-31
WILL CLOSE UP
OFFICE TONIGHT
End of State Campaign Head
quarters in Topeka.
One of Most Bitter Fights in
Kansas History.
EXPECT 4 VOTE OF 100000
OF This Number 100000 VIII
Be Males, Is Guess.
Interest Centers Around Can.
didacy for Governor.

Kansas will next Tuesday render her
verdict in one of the most bitter OF
year campaigns ever waged in the
state. Not until Monday night, how
ever, will the voice OF the campaign
orator be stilled. Tonight the stenog-
raphers in the state headquarters will
stop and the last and final word to the
precinct workers will be in the mails
before Sunday morning Everyone
claims a victory. Yet the tense quiet
that has characterized the campaign
has puzzled the wise politician and to-
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|R0OSEvELT'S
WAR VIEWS
The Fifth Article In q Remark.
able Series.
Peace Must Bring Justice, Not
Injustice.
HOW GOOD PEOPLE Are MISLE 60
What Any Scheme to- Prevent
War Must Assure.
Must Back Right With Might to
Uphold Doctrine.

Come, Peace! not like a mourner bowed
For honor lost and dear ones wasted.
But proud. to meet q people proud,
With eyes that tell o. triumph tasted!
Come. with ham gripping on the hflt,
An step that proves ye victory's
daughter!
Longin' for you. our sperits wilt
Like shipwrecked mems rafs for
water.
Come, while our country feels the lift
OF great instinct shouting "Forwards!'
An knows that freedom amt gift
That tarries long in hans Of towards!
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Illinois and Minnesota.

Minneapolis, Oct. 31.-With % players
here and every one in perfect physical
condition. according to Coach Zuppke
the Illinois football men are hopeful
of defeating the University of Minne-
sofa eleven this afternoon. II they do
it will be her first victory over the
Gophers since DR.. Williams became
coach in 1900, according to the univer-
sity records here. The local athletes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-31

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Sunday: not much
change in temperature. 4a. ass,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-31

are making no boastful assertions, how.
ever but their friends insist the team
has so far this season not shown its
utmost ability.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-31
Paris, Oct M--The war bill which
Europe is meeting daily IL now figured
IN as follows:

The French appropriation is from
official figures as announced by NJ.
Ribot, minister of France: the English
estimate by the London Statist: the
German total from IAN authoritative
source in a Geneva paper; and the
other sums from various conservative
estimates which have appeared in one
place or another. The item various"
represents the probable expense to
which Servia, Belgium, and the neu-
trail countries OF Switzerland, Italy.
Rumania. Turkey. Greece, Holland and
Denmark have been put.
The vast total does not include the
destruction Of property where fighting
is taking place, nor the well-nigh in
calculable losses to Europe of 70 OO0, 900
men under arms being taken from pro-
duction. There are no indications in
France that exhaustion has set in, but
1t is evident that the accumulated
treasure of even the richest country
on the continent Is being poured out
at a rate that adds 500, ,0OO. 900 a month
to the national debt.
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1t Is understood that t1Be Cnite,
States has been asked to take owe
the affairs of the legations Of the Il
lies In COnstantfnOf1e.
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Reports of . naval battle between
the Turkish and Russian fleets were
received in Rome today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-31

The French government Will return
to Paris November 80 and parliament
will meet December IS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-31

The Germans have 1t last been de-
feated in the north and are withdraw
ing their forces from tho coast line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-31

England and France have made n
plain that n Turkey declares war on
Russia IL means . conflict with the II.
lies.
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The Island Of Saseno has lbeen oc-
cupied by the Italians.
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There is only the slightest hope that
Turkey will be kept out of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-31

England Is in readiness to prevent
an invasion Of Egypt by the Turks.
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fContinued on Pag0 TWo.I
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CONTINUED on Page Ski
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The German losses In the recent
llghting have been en0rmous-fax
greater In proportion than any pre-
vfous battle Of the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
ET7OUETTEiS TOES

lation twenty-five button gloves cost
from So 10 $40, while the shoes ara
worth s25. Almost every detail Of the
dress is laid down by law and custom
and cannot be departed from by a
hairs breadth. The court bodice must
he well off the shoulders and
three white plumes must be worn in
the hair. and the train Of the gown
must. be at least four yards long.
Preliminary to the introduction. there
Is not only the task Of going TO the
dresgnaker, which Is a heavy one, but
also the necessary lessons from the
professor of department" who teaches
the debutante how to manage her train
skilfully and how TO keep her balance
ON the slippery floor.
when the great day comes, the as
pirant is driven to Buckingham and
aliehts at tn main entrance. There
she is conducted into a side room to
be inspected by the Royal Dressers,"
whose business it is to make certain
that her costume is according TO regu-
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an / GO" JONES SEES QUEEN
VICTORIA.

Nothing like the first of these two in
cidents has happened since the early
days of Queen Victoria, when a gentle
man called "In / Go" Jones succeeded
in entering the residence of the Queen
and proclaiming his love for her. "In
/ Go" Jones won his name from the
facility with which he gained entrance
10 the palace and gave utterance TO his
passion. He was arrested with all due
observance of ceremony; but in the
present case, according to one version,
the gentleman who broke into the
Kings household was chased along a
corridor by a page in pink pajamas.
The pages shrieks quickly summoned
one Of the two red-apparelled, pussy
footed night watchmen in slippers of
felt. and the prisoner was hustled off
with scant Formally.
How he succeeded in entering at all,
much less remaining within the palace,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

with, for the King. on entering tho
room ana coming before the King, the
name Of the debutante is shouted out,
as is that of the noblewoman who pre-
sents her. courtesies are then gona
through with and the ceremony is over.
But in spite of the barriers about tAe
royal personages OF the present day.
there is no objection to their engagins
directly or indirectly in business. Ac-
cording to a recent writer King George
Of England Is the only one of the royal
coterie who does not work for his Nv
ing, directly or indirectly. King Peter
OF Servia is said TO represent well
known French automobile In Belgrade
The Gear Of Russia has such an ex'
traordinary fondness for the Mereedes
that he has been suspected Of having
financial interest In the works at Cam
staff. The King OF Wurtemburg owns
two big hotels at AK and Marienbad.
Alphonso Of Spain does not hesitate
to push his own special make OF cis-
arctic; Kaiser Wilhelm is In command
OF a cafe at Potsdam and a pottery
works at Cadinen, while Nicholas OF
Montenegro owns the hotel and the
-. a. g..
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lation in every respect. After that she
mounts the grand staircase and about
half way up meets Queens page VINO
takes from her a pink card and also
gives a sharp glance at her attire 10
make sure that the Royal Dressers
have not overlooked any minor details.
With other debutantes she is then
herded into room that is divided
from the other apartments by velvet
ropes. AS the crowd in the room ahead
is emptied the ropes are let down AMI
there is a general rush forward Tie
palace is then the scene of a mele
among the socially ambitious, and
brilliantly dressed young ladies, be
jewelIed and plumed, jostle each othec
like the crowd OF "A double header.
each desiring to be first at the fatal
door that leads to the throne room.
When approaching the door. an Off
Ger whispers in the debutante's ear The
number of courtesies that must &c
given when she finds herself before the
Presence. a courtesy must be made
for every member Of the royal family
who is there. Before the Queen rctir,s
the hands OF the royal pair must ue
kissed. II the Queen has gone TO bed
the kissing ceremony can be dispensed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
SOME REAL INFANT PRODUCES

is laid upon the Skowhegan infant
recall Mozart, who was a harpsichord
player at three, a composer Of merit at
four, a concert player at five and at
seven a singer and performer on the
harpsichord, organ and violin. Good
old Handel too, at seven was playing
the clavichord, the organ, the violin
and the oboe, and before he was ten
was composing motel every week and
an occasional trio for two oboes and a
bass. Schumann was a composer be-
fore he was seven, and Mendelssohn
played in public at nine.
For sheer precocity, however, two Of
the Wesleys perhaps lead the list.
Charles Wesley was a serious student
of music and a good performer at four
years old. Samuel Wesley at three
was a competent organ player, with
especial gifts for improvisation; at
four years old he memorized the entire
oratorio OF Samson" and at eight he
himself composed an oratorio.
y If, therefore. the Pride OF Skowhe-
gan at five years can do no more than
to repeat the songs which he hears
others sing, he must be accounted little
better than Stand Patter. To be a
really, truly Progressive he should by
this time have composed ar least two
musical comedies containing topical
songs and some tango or hesitation
pieces.
Smith, who lives on the next street.
relates that his eldest at the age Of
four months two weeks and three DAYS
distinctly and without prompting enun-
ciated "Ah goo!"
Something Of a prodigy on other
lines, too, was Jonathan Edwards. who
at ten years wrote treatise on The
Immateriality Of the Soul" and two
years later sent to a European cor
respondent a scholarly essay on The
Wondrous Way of the Working Of
Spiders"
And then there was The Luck of
Roaring Camp"-but that is another
story
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is one of the marvels Of the age, for
Buckingham is as closely guarded as
the court of the Car Of Russia. Not
only are there the numerous we'll paid
household officials. but both soldiers
and policemen are on the qui vive to
prevent any such occurrences as the
one that recently took place. Besides
the two watchmen in felt slippers al
ready referred TO, there are ten house
hold police on night duty whose beats
re laid out for them as in any police
recinct -Four soldiers stand guard all
night in the main entrance hall, sem
jiies are posted at every entrance, and
military guard under the command
II a captain or lieutenant tramps
through the corridors and about the
premises at stated intervals. The duty
Of all these officials is 10 guard against
possible assassins, as well as the luna
ties and cranks that call at the palace
constantly. one OF these, who SAID
HAT she was a Spiritualist. recently
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
FORMAL PRESENTATION AT THE
ENGLISH COURT.

When a girl is presented at the Eng
lish Court at the present time a large
amount Of formality has to be gone
through. The ceremony differs but IT.
tie from that of the former regime. the
Queen Mother being a most formal
woman in all respects. One Harriet
Peabody has described her presentation
to Edward and Alexandra with the pre-
liminary statement that she wanted 70
go through with 1t because it sets the
social seal on girl and throws open
doors that otherwise are rigidly closed,
and which no money will open"
For court presentation. according 70
this damsel, simple court dress de-.
signed by Paquin costs from $500 TO
$40 A debutante's bouquet may in
cirdc S10p worth Of crchids tho -o...,-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

most circumspect I'm their demeanOr
They must not steal, nor tell lies, nor
laugh immoderately, nor talk in loud
voice, nor be greedy at table, nor blow
their noses on the cloth. Before enter
ing a room where they are not ex-
pected they must give a gentle cough,
and in all ways cultivate courtly and
discreet behaviour"
Etiquette has varied throughout the
centuries. The manners at Eliza
bethan banquets would hardly pass to-
day, and even the manners of later
time are scarcely formal now. From
an etiquette manual Of the Seven
teenth Century there has been quoted:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
THEY ARE WELL FED
AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN

do it herself. The Page Of the Back
stairs was called in 10 put on the
Queens shoes. When the Queen dined
in public, the Page reached the glass
TO the Bedchamber Woman end she to
the Lady in Waiting. The Bedchamber
Woman brought tho chocolate and gave
ii without kneeling."
A narrator in Chambers Journal
says that in the French Court, WHEN
ever a monarch dressed, the Grand
Chamberlain presented him with his
dressing gown; the First Valet de
Chambre guided the royal right erm
into the sleeve Of the royal shirt; the
First Valet of the Wardrobe did the
same for the left arm; another valet
tied the Kings left garter and his
majesty was allowed to fasten the right
garter with his own hand. Then the
Master of the Wardrobe encireled the
Kings neck with a crayat and the
"Cravateer" tied IT, I'm the Qugcn's
apartment ne s''~--'nt RAM IN. EStbc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

Philip Baratier, the German savant
mastered German. French, Latin and
Greek at five, and added Hebrew at
eight. Nobody knows when Thomas
Lawrence learned to read and draw
but at four years old he used TO enter
tain callers with long quotations from
classic poets or, if they preferred, he
would draw their portraits, and at ten
years he was a leading professional
portrait painter to the nobility and
gentry.
Then there's Jones, Of the Com
muters' Club, who was telling US the
other morning that his first-born, aged
eleven months, distinctly-Swat! Biff!
Bang!
Cowley was another precocious
youth, who learned to read at two or
three and was the author Of an epical
romance before he was nine. GOrdoni
wrote a comedy before he was eight,
and at about the same age Elizabeth
Barrett was reading Homer IN the orig
inal. Beaumont wrote tragedies at
twelve. AS for De Beauchateau, before
he was ten years old he ranked among
the foremost French poets Of his day
and was the literary lion Of the court
Of Louis XIV.
Precocity among artists has been so
common as almost TO be the rule. Be-
sides Lawrence. already mentioned,
there was George Morland, who at four
was exhibiting sketches at the Society
of Artists; there was Landseer, who
drew well at five, and there was Ca
nova, who before he was nine was
carving affairs out of Carrara marble.
There have been mathematical and
scientific prodigies, too. Isaac New
ton before he was fairly in his teens
was constructing windmllls and water
clocks and invented an automobile
Truman Henry Stafford too, was a
mathematical genius almost in his
cradle, and before he was nine years
old he had prepared an almanac. him.
self working out all the Astronomical
details.
Seeing, however the emphasis which
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((TAcKs on the Kings throne and
dynamite beneath"


dynamite beneath"
This has been the slogan Of
the English "Furies." and throughout
the length and breadth of the land the
undiscovered fiippers OF duchesses ana
marchionesses are waving frantically
for help. The suffragettes have done
more than cut up the masterpieces In
the art galleries; they have infringed
upon court etiquette. and when q hor-
rihed Parliament was IN conference
they buttered the sacred stone OF Scone
with dynamite or nitroglycerine. The
Lord Chamberlain of the Household
was greatly distressed, and so was the
Lord Steward, for they feared that the
next outrage would be nearer home.
The Mistress Of the Robes rang for her
smelling salts. The captain OF the
Honorable Corps Of Gentlemen at Arms
conferred with the captain of the Yeo-
men Of the Guard about installing
burglar alarms, while the Royal Barge
master alone rejOiced. because the King
has never owned a barge and the suf-
ragettes can't scuttle it.
Americans Cwho climb down coal holes
to get a view whenever an earl carries
off another heiress) look on with SUI
perior smiles and hope the fracas will
continue 1t is a pleasant overture TO
a days work TO read at breakfast Of
how one Harry Pike" after tearing
his trousers on the spikes Of the royal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
WHEN THE QUEEN WASHED HER
HANDS,

when the queen washed her hands, -
we learn, 1.-The Page Of the Back
stairs brought and set down upon the
side table the basin and ever; then The
Bedchamber Woman set 1t before he
Queen and knelt on the other side Of
the table, the Bedchamber Lady only
looking on. The Bedchamber Woman
poured the water out of the ever upon
the Queens hands.
THE Bedchamber Woman pulled on
the Queens gloves when she could not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

suck no bones, at least in such
wise that one may hear it; take them
not in the two hands, but with enc
solely and properly. Gnaw them not,
nor tear the flesh with thy teeth"
Nor were the manners in letter writ
ing what they are. We have it from
Thomas Dew that the Duke of Buck
ingham in writing to James the First,
subscribes himself your slave and
dog" while the queen, in writing to
Buckingham to intercede for Sir
Walter Raleigh, addressed him as MY
kind dog" and the Kings nickname
for the grave and dignified Cecil was
MY little beagle"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

~dERE really doesn't seem to be
sufficient reason for the good peo-
pie Of Skowhegan, Maine, to
worry and develop wrinkles just be-
cause they have an infant prodigy
among them. Especially since he isn't
a native Of their euphcniously named
place but halls from Boston. Indeed,
in view Of such origin there might be
cause for wonder IL he wasn't prog
eny of learning" as Mrs. Malaprop
had Il 1t is, no doubt, a little out Of
the ordinary for a boy TO read at two
and one-half years, and TO memorize
Grays FL gy' and eXpound Levitt
Gus at Eve Nor, happily. is it given
To every youngster at the latter age
Immediately 10 repeat the words and
sins the tune Of every song he hears;
+, - we're, we should invoke the mem
DRY Of King Herod But in no respect
is this Boston Skowhegan phenomenon
unique.
We could cite the case Of an estim-
dlle Etllitilllls uuhHONn ~ ldiIltB WIZ
learned to read before he was two
years old, and who before he was three
committed 10 memory and recited flu
eutly both Grays "Elegy' and Ma
caulays "Horatius at the Bridge" and
as his parents were discreet people
, the neighbors permitted them to raise
him. But there are others, who are
known to fame, who considerably sur
pass the precocity which agitates
Skowbegen.
Thus there was Torquato Tasso, who
began 10 talk at six months and who
had international renOwn as a writer
before he was eight Thomas Chatter
ton learned to read from a black letter
Bible before he was four years old; at
eight he would read and write original
compositions all day; at eleven he con-
tributed to periodicals and wrote the
dUologue Of 'Elinour and Juga." and at
less than eighteen he died with a name
among the literary giants of his time,
Thomas Young, the British scientist,
was a fluent reader OF standard works
before ne was two years old. ard John
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

First Woman Of the Bedchamber lOos-
ened the Queens hair, the First Maid
Of Honor combed it. The First Maid
in Waiting nut on the Queens shoes
and stockings, but the Queen herself
tied both Of her garters The First
Maid in Waiting handed the petticoa-
to the First Woman Of the Bedchan-
Der, who put it on the Queen"
Some Of the early French Queens
were most punctilious about the be-
havior of their ladies in waiting. A
code of behavior was at one time for
INFLATED whi,n ran something as fol-
lows:
THE ladies OF the court must be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
LADY LUcVs MENU IN THE TIME
OF HENRY VIII.

But they are we'll fed and always
have been. The menu of "our right
dear and well-beloved Lady Lucy in
the time OF Henry the Eighth" is
quoted by Thoms as including two and
a half gallons of'ale per diem and half
a gallon of wine. The menu was:
First every morning at breakfast
one chine of beef at our kitchen, one
chete loaf, and one manchet at our
pantry bar, and a gallon of ale at our
buttery bar.
Item at dinner, piece of beef, a
stroke of roast and a reward, at our
said kitchen, a cast of chete bread at
our pantry bar and a gallon of ale at
our buttery bar.
Item, at afternoon, a manchet Of
bread at our pantry bar and a gallon
Of ale at our buttery bar.
Item at supper, a mess of porridge,
a piece Of mutton, and a reward at our
said kitchen, a cast of chete bread at
our pantry bar and a gallon of ale at
our buttery bar.
Item at after supper, a chete loaf
and a manchet at our pantry bar and
half a gallon of wine at our cellar
bar"
Those were the days when the many
official ladies that attended on the
Queen had something to do for a liv-
ing.