The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-19


bad company and going the downward
way. She had been home but Few
days before and had borrowed 50 OF
her father saying she would come back
to Topeka. get her trunk and return
home But she did not return The
officer gave me the letter and told me
| to look after the girl. I found her and
tod her Of the trouble she would get
into and that some night she would
be brought into Jail. If she continued
her present course and remained in the
company she was IN She said she
had a good mother. told her she
should go home to her parents; that
ner mother was the best friend she
could have. She promised to do So
In few days her father came for her
and she went home with him.
The Woes OF Whisky.
Il received letter from Mrs. --
North Topeka, asking if 1 could as
She said she was a stranger in the
city and would take any kind of work
she could do She wanted to be at
home nights as she has two little girls
She said she had her room rent to pay
and must have work.
She wanted to have a talk with me.
L called to see her. She came here
from Canton. O., few weeks ago. Her
husband was very heavy drinker and
she worked for eight years to make a
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husband. He was taken to a work
house and given a cure, but when he
came out he soon drifted back to the
saloons for his drinks. 1t was to the
saloons the first thing in the morning
and again to the saloons the last thing
at night.
'She secured a divorce and then he
threatened to kill the family and
prowled around the home at night in
drunken frenzy. The nights became
( terror tO the mother and children He
was again locked up in the work-house
for three months. When released he
repeated the same performance. She
said he had been a fine looking man
and was kind before he became slave
to drink. Her brother urged her to
come to Topeka with the two little
girls. he keeping the older one.
She left quietly in the night without
word to any of her friends, many of
whom had been very kind to her. Her
brother alone knew of her plans, as she
wished to keep her husband from
knowing here whereabouts because she
feared him. Ohio has a mothers pen
sion law but under their law the wife
must be divorced three years in order
to receive a pension. She did not wish
to live in fear for three years, so she
came to Topeka where she expects to
get work, housework. washing, ironing,
mending. plain sewing or anything she
can do to support the two little girls.
| She has written her brother that To-
peka is a grand place-no saloons to
be seen, or fumes Of liquor smell. Can
ton had $50 saloons and she said she
could smell the fumes of liquor con-
stantly along business streets. She has
a cousin living here. I reported her sit
uation to the Provident association and
the Y. w. c. A. She and the children
live in one small room which she keeps
neat and clean. She is refined, intelli-
gent and fairly educated
| Arv~i<~otos nrz- c,,S%
Mrs. had a suit cleaned at
-. She said the suit was brought
back in bad shape; that in cleaning
it the lining was torn to pieces and
| that the cleaner refused to make the
suit good and acted in a hateful way,
but finally decided to put the lining in.
If she furnished the goods. The clean
err insisted that the damage was not
his fault but the fault of the goods.
She asked me what to advise. I told
her it would be better to arbitrate than
to take the case to law. She followed
my advice and the trouble was fixed
up
Young Man Has Girls Ring.
"A young man had a ring belonging
to the daughter Of Mrs He re-
fused to give it up. 1t was an ex-
pensive ring and the mother wished
it returned to the daughter. She did
not want the boy arrested and wished
no publicity over the affair. The boy
had gone to Concordia. I told them
that when en- ne came anne to town would
if things could not be adjusted. They
were to let me know when I might
see him. I have not yet been called.
At the Dance Halls.
visited the Ben Hur dancing club
on East Eighth avenue, conducted by
Mr.. Holt. 1t was my first visit this
season. Perhaps my appearance at
Iv-of tnr LOTT
The manager politely welcomed me and
then clapping his hands to get the at
tention of the dancers. said: L want
to Introduce you to Miss Corning. She
is not intruding. She has been invited
here
THE dancers were equal to the occa-
sion They smiled politely and gave
dance was well conducted
The dance in North Topeka is out Of
commission. There was trouble in the
one day the wife Quietly left home with
out word, leaving the children with the
father Mrs L would not talk about
the trouble. She simply said too much
whisky made the men unbearable. The
Oldest girl Is geepng house for the faith
er and taxing an, care OF three children tn, The
to be with her and that her mother is a
ard that the girls will be with their
mother. where they should be. On ac-
count of this trouble but few dances have
teen held. I attended three of the dances
!, There was trouble and the behavior
was very good. There are young people
at the dances who really want to do right.
but every once in while bunch of bad
men and women get in and together with
a little whisky make trouble I have
been successful in influencing several of
, the girls to leave the dance and go to
dances where there are better influences.
! succeeded in getting one out OF town
girl to return home to her parents
III i'm
There was trouble at the boarding
house at ECO Crane street the other night.