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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-21
b. MAY MANTON

Little girls are sure to need practical
aprons, tor there will be times when they
will wish to indulge in occupations that
mean soil and frocks must be protected.
This one can be made absolutely plain
and serviceable, with long sleeves and
pockets. or more elaborate and dainty
by being cut with square neck and made
without sleeves and without the pockets,
For the former treatment, the
ginghams and percaIes make Sc the
best materials, but for the sleeveless
model, any dainty apron material such
as crossbarred plain or embroidered
muslin is liked. There are only
three pieces, plain trent and plain
backs, and the long sleeves are
gathered at the shoulders and again at
the wrists, For the cooking school or for
any similar occasion, the apron shown on
the figure is really perfect. The sleeveless
apron with square neck Is dainty and
charming for school and other occasions.
For the IL year size will be required AZ
yds. OF material az in. wide, g yds. 40,
with " yd. AZ, for collar and trimming.
The pattern No. 1894 is cut in sizes
from 8 to II years. 1t will be mailed to
any address by the Fashion Department
OF this paper, on receipt OF ten cents.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-21

Miller. Nora Ice Antrim. Frances
Pinckney, Lamont Bryan. Eugene
Ldetr'ch, Alma Cannon. Charlotte
Purcell, Ellinor Knox. John paven-
port, John GaGewo 4 Es''"a hr'N Wal
lace, william Talley. Virginia Terrell.
Frank HJhAuH. tHe .l4s1.a Napurton
and cfher7
On Wednesday April 2t, at =.
M, Miss farke Patton. one of Rich
mond's b%st dancers, has arranged the
afternoon program. Miss Patton will
next winter, conduct large dancing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-21


Gordon McCabe, on last Tuesday after
noon.
Miss Isabel w. Fuller and Miss Mar
garet Edge. students of Nassar COL
lege, Poughkeepsie, New York will
arrive here Saturday, March u. to be
the guests during the Easter holi-
days of Miss Ful1ers parents, Mr. and
Mrs, Edward r. Fuller. at Murphy
Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Davenport are
spending some time in Atlantic City
Mrs. John Kerr Branch lis in New
York for short stay.
Miss Eliza beth Mebane TAYLOR. who
has been in the South for some time,
Is now the guest Of relatives in Jack
sonviile. and will return to this city
early in April.
Mrs. Spencer L. Carter has re-
turned to her home at Ruxten Md ,
a utter "a short visit To her parents
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Atkinson. on
West Franklin street.
President F. w. Boatwright Of
Richmond College. after spending sew
erai days at his country home in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-21

sister, Miss Gillie Cary, to Colonel W.
Gordon McCabe, on last Tuesday after
noon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-21

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-21

Mrs Fstcl'a Highland. OF riarks
burg. w Nn., is the guest of Mrs
MFR" 9 Valentine, of 91S West Frank
lin Street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Bud, a dreamer, who is seldom busy,
and Business Man, who IS seldom
idle, went walking the other morning.
It was just after daylight on one of
those crisp mornings of this week,
/ just about the time flash or purple
fire was beginning to blaze on the
/ eastern horizon Someway-neither
knew how-their feer took them to
Tecumseh, where Or a little hilIock
they paused and looked at the river.
The Business Man. who had only
Just been persuaded to leave his bed,
began to grumble and picture his lot
in life as being relatively cheerful as
that of child wife among the Hindus
You say romance is dead" the
Dreamer began. Perhaps shouldn't
have brought you You say I prom
tsed to show you something and all
I've shown you is few hills, the river
there and a stretch of road"
They were standing now almost at
the bank of the river. Suddenly a
bird gushed forth u wondrous liquid
song. Clouds began to float across
them the following earth lay IN con-
formation of the Land of Promise
that God had given His people
The Business Man grumbled again
about the mOnotony of Topeka while
the Dreamer smiled and sighed.
This rock upon which your hand
Is lying was once the council rock Of
Tecumseh," said the Dreamer. About
you lies the SOIL upon WHICH IOr-
bears bore hardShips that you and I
might suffer the monotony of civiliza-
ton 1t was here that the first seed
of what gradually spread over the
country and grew into a great Civil
war was dropped Kansas was the
home of the free state government
Here men were fighting the Civil war
ten years before it began in the east,
for Kansas had not four years of war,
but fifteen, including its border wars.
1t was when white men settled in this
vicinity that the American Indian be-
gan to realize the extent of his en-
croachment upon his domain. Can't
you look over across the river. with
half closed eyes, and see an old In
dian standing on the tip of the bluff
there looking at a little white settle /
ment on this side2 Look"
The Business Man looked, but he
was not convinced
Il don't see the good in all this /
foOlishness,'' he observed
But L has much to do with the |
lesson of our walk" replied Bud.
Every inch our fathers won in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

from the other store. Competition is
the base of the whole thing.
History of Art
Window decorating started with the
Romans who used to have open ex-
hibits and kept slaves in front of the
shops to call attention to the wares.
The slaves did a good deal of fighting
among themselves, hence the term cut
throat competition
Modern decorating started when
merchants used cheesecIoth puffs and
frills to attract attention to the win
dows. 1t was overworked and the
friIls attracted more attention than
did the goods One merchant discov-
cred that some mechanical novelty
pleased the public and straightway
then windows were flooded with
freaks of mechanism to draw trade.
Again the same thing happened and
the crowd would stop only to see the
antics of some machine
Watch the Background.
The acme of decorating today is
to make a background which will be
harmonious in color and line with the
exhibit and back it up as do the blends
of color in an oil painting. The focus
of the eye is not to be on the design
but on the object for sale Trimmers
agree that the height of art was
achieved when the jeweler placed the
diamond ring on a black velvet back
ground where only the gIittering
facets of the jewel would reflect
light
Please Eye and Hold Interest.
The future of decorating appears
to Lie along natural lines. The idea
is that only nature is perfectly nat
uraB and the closer the approach to
the forest bower the better the effect
The fact still remains that the prime
object is to attract and please the
eye with beauty and hold the interest
by the variety and arrangement of the
goods. Every window should be diff
rerent so as to create the same effect
as a long string of different pictures.
While it takes a week to set up the
decorations with men working day
and night, half day will be enough
for them to all be removed in. The
stores make a habit of borrowing diff
-erent articles of each other for their
shows and these are returned. The
pictures and paintings are DESTROYED
f home made and the remainder of
he trim is stored and later re-
worked or sold to merchants in
smaller towns. The trimmer has to |
De a genius at utilizing the waste !
Much of the pretty part of the decora-
ions such as leaves and flowers are I
iold to people giving social entertain |
nents.
The bugaboo of the window trim
ner is the dear old public While the
alaries are large if he is successful
md artistic, when the public ceases
o become interested he must change
lis ways or lose his job.
And most of them change their
Ways.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

the schools the first chance at the
water. The highest attendance for
the month Of October so far has been
93- There is an average of about 20
Tor the entire year and the high
water mark was reached last July
when Isl people spIashed the emerald
waters of the pool to a foam
In the mems classes 80 per cent can
SWIM With the boys only a bare so
per cent can keep their heads above
water and the association has a man
watching all the time to rescue the
perishing.
1t is boy swimmer who holds the
association record for a squirt across
the pool from a standing start Charles
kouns. 907 Topeka avenue. He has
made the so feet in SIX seconds. a
mark far above the average
The Y. NJ c. A pool is kept at
temperature of 70 and is ~ feet at
the deepest point 1t is 20 by so feet
and holds 10000 gallons of water.
Director Knapp is planning to work
up large class of boys for instruc-
ton in swimming during the winter
months
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Roads congress with 1900 delegates
to Topeka
1s09-DeIegate to first Congress
American Good Road Builders. Seattle.
Wash
190e-DeIegate to National Good
Roads convention. Baltimore and
Washington
1910-DeIegate to National Good
Roads association, Niagara Falls
1910-DeIegate to Good Roads con
vention, Oklahoma City
I9I0-DeIegate to Good Roads con-
ventiou, St Louis.
19I1-De1egate to Good Roads con-
vention,. Chicago.
1912-Delegate to Good Roads con-
vention. Boise, Idaho.
Mr. McAfee was president of the
first Shawnee County Good Roads as
ISOLATION and he was one of the iea9-
ers in securing the passage of the
wide tire" ordinance through the city
council And, to bring his good roads
record up to date, Mr.. McAfee is
president of the Gage Park Improve
ment association which has succeed
ed in arranging for the paving of West
Tenth street for a distance of two
miles west of the city limits. This
work will be done next spring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
SERBIA OR SERVIA?
American Name Objected to by Balkan
Nation

When the Russians changed the
name of the city of St. Petersburg to
Petrograd. it was a surprise to Amer
leans that St Petersburg was not q
Russian name
Another name that has been bother
ing the average Topeka newspaper
reader is Serbia When he was in
the grade school the Biographies al
ways stated that Servia was small
inland state in the Balkan peninsula"
Now some newspapers and the news
gathering associations call that fden-
teal territory Serbia"
The why of it is that the war dis
patches printed in this country come
largely from Paris In French Servia
is Ia Scribe" The Servians call their
country '-Srbija-
In English alone is the country
called Servia says the Encyclopedia
Britannica, and the Serbs resent it as
it suggests the derivation of that
name from the Latin --servus'. a slave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Little Girl Pleads for Freedom of
Mother Who Stole Food.

With her mother in the state peui-
tertiary at Lansing for stealing food
a little 10 year old girl has written
a pitiful appeal to Mrs. J. NJ Miller
of Council Grove, a member of the
state board of corrections The little
girls wants her mother released. This
story was told by Mrs. Miller at the
First District Federation of Women's
Clubs at Valley Falls.
The 10 year old girl is the oldest of
epfstIe to Mrs Miller She told m q
simple, pathetic way. her story Her
younger sister was in q hospital with
a spine that will never set well The
year old baby is i'll and all are in
need of clothing, food and warmth as
the winter is coming on. The father
of the family is a habituaI drunkarS1
Mrs Miller told the federation that
she investigated the case. She called
on the mother at Lansing From her
she learned the details Of her arrest
and subsequent imprisonme Mt
The woman's story was sad enough
Her life had been a hard one she
said, and made even more SO because
the money she earned for whisky. One
day she followed him to the Joint
where he bought his booze and she
could not resist making scene
After breaking up some joint furniture
she was arrested and in Kansas
county was sentenced to serve a faI
term
When she was released from iaiI
she was again uolested by her huS-
band and his craving for drink The
children were in need of food-they
were starving.
It just had to get them grub" she
told Mrs Miller. "and I stole food I'd
do il again before I'd let them starve
to death before my eyes,
Did you steal anything eIsee'' Mrs
MILLER Queried
mo, Just stole grub
Mrs MilIer'S story made many
women weep at the federation meet
ng and an effort will undoubtedly he
made by some of them to help iron out
he miseries of this unfortunate fam
ly-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
The Topeka Business Man
and the Dreamer

/ IlEht to force the red man hack was
/ salted with their bones and every
/ time you forget it you lose mental
stature
Another thing: in that little stone
mouse over there lives Mrs. Julia Ann
St1nscn, the little woman, who really
IS the mother of Kansas. She helped
our first governor escape mob of
men that would have killed him She
has seen a great state grow from a
wilderness to q garden in a life that
is yet unended-
The hill we stand upon now once
was as parreE as the face of a sea
worn rock Its soil was sterile less
than sixty years ago. That train over
there running like a shuttle of COM
merce to weave our story into the web
of this nations history, some day
viii run without smoke pouring from
its chimneys-"
It's all up to the fellow who sees
the plan first" said the Business Man
He'll get the money"
He'll get the money! He'll get the
money! repeated the Dreamer
Must l force my perspective down
your throat?
cover there lies Topeka, its parks
and its lawns and all of its artificial
beauty that, constructed by the inge-
nuity of man, blends sc well with the
natural beauty. of the landscape Did
these men who built this city and
nourished it in n bitter fight that
these men who worked hard and
spent lavishly to make this city smile
like a garden, do it believing that
their sons-you are one of them
would grow into men who forgot aes-
thetic beauty in the strife for the dol
Iar2
Think of the sentiment No Tax
alton without Representations This
Country Cannot Exist Half Slave and
Half Free Remember the Maine;'
Peace at Any Price Mere words
No. sentiment! Sentiment has built
this nation, this state and this city
and without sentiment it cannot exist
as it is You have it, but you do not
recognize IT You complained a while
ago about the monorony of Topeka.
You have no cause. Topeka is the
greatest city in the world That's
what you should believe. 1t certainly
has all of the natural advantages
Now go home and say to yourself
about fifty times, I may be ashamed
for Topeka sometimes but never of
her. Then see how you feel"
By this time they mad reached the |
road upon which they started. The |
Dreamer spoke again
This road" he said, ''is sentiment /
It's civic sentiment 1t exempIifies the 1
faith of Topekans in their city. When
ever you're weary come down here 1
and reaffirm your faith in America, /
n Kansas and in Topeka
BY the time they had reached the
street car the Dreamer had won his
argument
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
HE never CANTELL
Modern Window Trimmer Must
Be Prepared for Demands.
Topeka Expert Tells of Efforts
to Please shoppers
MAINTAINS A WORK SHOP
Carpenters Tools and Artists
Brush Must Harmonic.
Behind the Scenes" With a
Man We Hear Little About.

You can't tell a day before whether
you will have to fill a window with
baby bearcats or rebuild the Rheims
cathedral in miniature if you are a
window trimmer" said F. c. Bond.
trimmer for the Mills Stores company.
when asked about the fall display be-
ing made at the store.
The leaves used came from Ger
many, where they were treated with a
preservative and shipped to America
before the war There are several big
stores in Chicago which make a spe-
cialty of furnishing freaks and decor
lions for stores all over America
A visit to the trim room of the
Mills company reminds the visitor of
behind the scenes of a theater. Half
finished pictures stand around dauby
and incomplete, there are many dis
play pieces of furniture in the process
of being refinished to particular dis
play, and the trimmer has a complete
set of carpenters tools and water
color paints.
The paintings and sketches are
canvas and are sketched on and filled
in with water color some weeks be-
fore using. Mr.. Bond is getting his
turkeys and sheaves of
grain ready now on the frames.
Has to Be an Artist.
TT took me some time to get the
drawing part down pat" he said II
had to graduate from the Omaha
School of Arts and the Kansas City
Fine Arts school before I had the
of it.
IT picked up my ideas from looking
magazines and at photo
graphs Often get the drawing used
in the window from a combination of
pictures The trimmer has the priv
lege to plagi arize every idea. he sees
provided that he doesn't steal from
some local window or from the stock
magazine sent out TO window trim
ners- That would be dragging the
noble art in the dirt
Colors Must HarmOnize-
One of the troubles of the trimmer
s to get his windows to have a differ
.nt individuality and yet harmonic
With the decorative scheme of the
whole store. He must watch his ex-
oense account and keep a finger on /
he pulse OF the public to see whether /
hey like it, If they do not appreciate |
lis efforts in one line that line must /
.hange. for the sole object of window /
decorating is to entice customers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

One of these pioneer missionaries in
the good roads movement was Henry
w McAfee, proprietor Of Prospect
Farm. two miles west of Topeka, on
the Sixth street road
When there was but little interest
IN road improvements Mr. McAfee was
advocating better roads and he was
attending good ROADS meetings in all
parts of the country and studying the
methods of road building best adapt
ed TO Shawnee county.
And this good roads worker made
his efforts felt for he was a. leader in
the organization of the Kansas Good
Roads association and he brought the
National Good Roads congress and
1900 delegates to Topeka
Mr. McAfee knows about had roads
as well as good roads, He is a born
JayhawSer. having first seen the light
at Valley Falls, Jefferson county, in
1857. His father, the late Rev. J. r.
McAfee, moved his family to Topeka
in 1864 and IN the later 70s Henry
McAfee moved to Prospect Farm on
the Sixth street road just west of Gage
park. When he moved to the big farm
he began to give attention to road
problems, for in the early days before
there was much road Improvement the
Sixth street road was not the highway
it is today. Then the hills were steep
er, the road was not well drained the
small creeks were not properly
bridged and in rainy seasons the team
ing between the farm and the city was
a task even with the big C1ydesdales
that pulled the Prospect Farm wagons
In the early days McAfee not only paid
his poll tax but he was ever ready
with his teams 10 help in road work
At Many Conventions
Time and again Mr.. McAfee has
been appointed a delegate to good
roads meetings The appointments
did not carry with them a sum for
expenses, but gave Mr. McAfee the
right TO attend. pay his own expenses
and represent the city, county or
state But being a delegate to these
good roads conventions gave him OPP
pOrtunity to study the best methods
of road building and that chance was
what attracted this Shawnee county
farmer.
Conventions He Attended
Here are some of the good roads |
conventions to which Mr.. McAfee has /
been a delegate and some of the
good roads work he has done
190S-At the ST Louis worlds fair
McAfee was one of the eight kansans
to organize the Kansas Good Roads
association
1909. 1910, 191I-President Kansas 4
Good Roads asSOcia ton
1912, 1913-Vics president Kansas
Good RoadS association
1910. 1911 - Secretary National
Good Roads association
1s1O-Brought the National Good
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

This is story that attempts to por-
tray the hidden romance that lies about
US Bud-of course that isn't his real
name-is a widely known Topekan-
Some folks are unkind enough to say he
Is most widely known as Il Ioafer- But
Bud has eyes that see, eyes that see
the bits of color that are hidden in
every crack and crevice and which pass
unnOticed in the rush of the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
THEY DON'T CARE
Cold Weather Doesn't Block the
Swimming Game.
Topeka Youngsters Leave the
Kaw for Y. III. C.. A. Pool.

That the small boy of Topeka is not
losing his interest in swimming when
the nipping air puts an end to all Kaw
river escapades, is the opinion of R. N.
Knapp, director Of athletics at the
Y NJ c. A.
The boys classes at the 7. NJ c. A
pool are not full but the pool is most
of the day The start of school tenn
porariIy upset the routine Of swirns
for Topeka's small boydom but the
classes have been organized to give
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
TO PROTECT CATHOLICS
Monsignor Russell Talks Over Meri-
can Situation With Lansing.

Washington, Oct 16.-Monsfznor
RusseH, who accompanied Cardinal
gibbons on his recent visit at the
White House, renewed with Secretary
Lansing today his discussion of the
protection of Catholics in Mexico.
which he had begun with Secretary
Bryan
Some time ago the case of a num-
Der or Catholic nuns and priests or
dered deported from Vera Cruz was
!ald before the state department by
Mgr. Russell
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

A new Philippine health law Great
ing a service similar in organization
to that the States Public service went
into effect July l. The administra-
ton of the health laws of the respec-
tive provinces and medical, surgical
and sanitary work of a public nature
VIII be under the supervision of the
new body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
A HIGHWAY GOD
APOSTLE OF
GOOD ROADS
Henry McAfee a Pioneer in
Highway Improvement.
Has Been Doing Missionary
Work for Many Years.
GIVES HIS TIME and MONEY
Has Attended All Important
Conventions in County.
Organizer of the Kansas Good
Roads Association.
Has Been Doing MissiOnarl
Work for Many Years.
GIVES HIS TIME and MONEY
SUNDAY.

Years ago when good roads were
first thought of there were a few ener-
getic advocates who worked for, talked
for and gave their time and money
to spread the gospel of better high
ways They were the missionaries in
the movement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Ants have the faculty OF crossing
water by means Of the surface tension
of the liquid. but they resort to it only
under great pressure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

The United States holds property in
the City of New York valued at $e6,-
$4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Committee of prominent Democrats
meets to discuss ways and means for
their next state banquet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

But what's the use2 Those are
matters for the commission to decide.
All else is speculation The civil SER
vice is the states new and latest fad
and the stenographer who cannot
arise to the occasion, should look else
where for a job
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

from the other store Competition is
the base of the whole thing.