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The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

hut don't blame me II you don't like
it,"
Accordingly. few moment later
We stood at the roped-off entrance
TO the restaurant which I desired IN
visit. II was not q very large place,
and apparently already many OF the
tables were reserved. The head
waiter was glancing down the Ions
list IN his hand to zee II there were
any places left for the applicants
who stood Ave or six deep against
the velvet encased rope across the
door My husband made his way
quietly to the front Of this little
group and stood there. Almost at
once the head waiter saw HIM.
"Ah. MIR. Alberti," he said and to
my surprise. "YOur table Is here.
You can have Il. The same old
place"
And Immediately we were admit
ted as though We were honored
guests. For an instant the realiza'
tion OF what must be the truth be-
hind the headwniter's words flashed
sharply and unpleasantly through
my mind. Evidently my husband
had freauented this place before
our marriage: the very place he had
but just described as "tawdry and
unft for a decent woman" Then l
drew myself up sharply. ! reminded
my self that I knew. or guessed, all
that my husbands life had been be-
fore the days OF our love for each
other. and that II was folly any
longer 10 resent such things.
BY the time We had seated our.
selves and ordered had completely
regained my composure. do not
think Andre had been able even to
notice its momentary loss. And I
saw. too. that he looked relieved.
He knew ! was no longer silly
girl, and that ! must have realized
from the walters greeting that
these haunts were not new to him.
He. was grateful TO me for not com.
mentlng upon IL. He leaned toward
me 10 say something pleasant just
as man and girl passed our table
on their way down the aisle TO their
own. was not looking at them.
and so the girls swif. little action
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
By Ethel
Lloyd
Patterson

ider. was still very much In
love With MY husband. When he
acted as though he were In love
with me, the happiness In my hear;
could not but shine from NV eyes
and dye my checks a warm, soft
red. loves own color
Between my happiness In Andres
mood and his apparent Joy in my
appearance. there was not a rift In
our lutte until after the theater. IL
was then that I turned to my hus.
band with a suggestion about where
We should 40 for supper. There
was notoriously gay place OF which
had often heard. but in which
had never been. AS a girl had
thought little about II. nor had 7
had any great curiosity 10 visit Il.
But now suddenly, perhaps because
OF my own abnormal merrtment, I
thought that should like To see
such a place for once In way.
Also, was / not with ny husband
amply protected by his presence,
And, II did not like II could we
not leave' Why should not this
whim OF mine be gratifed? But
Andre apparently was not anxious
10 have me so.
Beth he protested. why In the
world should YOU want TO see such
place? Nothing but a lot OF fat
wine agents. sitting around popping
their eyes at tired-looking women
with paint all over their faces. The
girls are not pretty; and I can as
sure you the men are not hand
some. Anyway. the place doesn't
begin TO be really alive until or ?
O'Clock In the morning; and don't
let's stop out so long"
But. Andre" | begged. scarcely
a day passes that you don't see
something about that place in the
newspapers; and I've never been In
II. And please, want 10 go, You
said We should do anything want
ed tonight"
Il did" agreed my husband. But
I'm only warning you you won't like
il when you get there. It's tawdry
and cheap. and IL leaves d nasty
taste in your mouth. And anyway"
the unfailiug masculine argument.
Il don't want you associated with
women of that kind"
"Oh. fddlesticks. | rejoined In
elegantly. who Is going to asso-
ciate with them. We're not going
10 ask them home with us. are We?
And il my reputation won't stand
for my sitting down In the same
restaurant with few women OF
any kind. and with my own hus-
band. II seems 10 me I'm In a more
precarious way than thought"
"All right" sighed Andre re.
signedly. "If you must, YOU must
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
Beth; The Girl
"Who Went Right"
No. -"Old Top"

when q girl can laugh at the man
she loves, her infatuation for him is
no longer utterly blind.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

"Margie. Margie. can you come
over a minute? am in awful trou-
ple."
Before could ask what was the
matter Mollie rang on. and called
up the garage, ordered the car. and
in a few minutes was over there.
Mollie met me with tearstained
face.
What Is the matter, dear! ask
ed. "You look as though II were
something perfectly terrible"
1T Is terrible" she said. "Ive
lost my wonderful black pearl en-
-gagement ring"
"Oh. my dear girl. you will find 1t
somewhere. Surely you could not
have lost 1t. When did you have 1t
last?-
well, you see. Margie, cannot
tell whether | left il In the toilet
room of the - restaurant, %
whether ! left it In our own bath
room when I washed my hands be
fore going to bed
"If you left 1t in your own bath
room II would be there"
"Oh, can't tell that. for there
have been Ave or six workmen in
there this morning. You know the
pearl is almost priceless. 1t Is one
of the few registered jewels in this
country. II has been in Chad's fam
lily ever since II was given to one
Of his women ancestors who was be-
loved by q French king. told Chad
not 10 give II to me, that was sure
would lose 1t. and here I have
gone and done just that thing
'T was not keen on having a pearl
for my engagement ring. anyway.
for you know they say that pearls
mean tears. But Chad was so happy
to give II to me, said Tt had never
bean worn by any woman unless a
mans great love went with the gift.
Then he confded TO me that his first
wife had never worn II: that for
the reason she did not like pearls
and as the ring had been worn by
his mother. he simply could not give
II to a woman who would not partic-
ulariy care for II.
After that, Margie. could not
tell him that was superstitious
about pearls. could I? The ring was
beautiful, and I am afraid / was
very proud TO be wearing so many
thousand dollars on my hand-but
nov It's gone. and while I know that
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
The Confessions of a Wife


Chad won't say much he will be
broken-hearted."
Can't you think Of some way TO
find it,"
I'VE can advertise. but am afraid
that Chad will see the advertise
ment"
why, Mollie, aren't you going to
tell him."
Not right away
But you must, dear
why must To-
Because IL is the right thing to
do"
Now look here. Margie. right here
is the point where you and | differ.
l don't think | am doing anything
wrong by not telling Chad a disa-
greeabIe thing until have to do so.
am sure he would keep IL from
me. DO you know, think the wo-
man who tells is fool"
''Tells-tells WHAT"
"Telis anything-oh. don't look so
shocked. am just as sure. Margie
Waverly, as | am sure that have
lost my pearl engagement ring, that
you have something on your mind
this very moment that you are not
telling"
know ] colored. but | thought IL
best to ''lie little"
You remember. little book, in
Madame Butterfly where the little
Jap girl says, 1T Is better TO lie a
little than TO be unhappy much"
should be more unhappy than
Mollie IL she knew that ! had lost
something more valuable than her
pearl ring, and so until someone
else tells her she will never know
that I am almost sure that Dick
does not love me any more. notwith-
standing his protestation to Jim.
Wouldn't IL be beautiful life w
nobody ever made anyone else un-
happy and we were all always able
to keep our pearls beyond price?
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

w XermlAs strssburg will re
l5om vassar. Saturday, for the
~ H. Marie BahI will return home
10y fsem Ely Court school. To
- tAe holidays with her parents,
R end Mrs. George l.. BAIL.
m Marsarst Benson. of Passaic.
~ r. Miss Frlnces Brainard, OF
1looburgh. and Miss Carolyn Wal
1Gs. of Toledo, arrived Saturday
I ~ The guests Of Miss Agnes An
Taylor.
1Ce and Mrs. William Binney. OF
Sov11ence, r. l.. will arrive next
oot to spend the holidays with
0t1t daughter. Mrs. Barnes New
y Ma Elizabeth Muir gave a very
nGntnt dinner. Wednesday even
ns prsseding the Newberry cotil-
1n1 Two long tables were brilliant
|1DoE miniature choke-cherry trees
unshadsd candles.
{<t, o.
[j1ko Newberry Rainbow cotillion,
pua - honor OF Miss Helen JOY.
- Aelightful affair. The figures
80 1oot novel and attractive. and
y fAvcrs beautiful. Miss Helen
6R and Mr. Stewart Pittman led. as
p ~ Phslps Newberry and Miss
t1Dtins vsu Husar.
o.
~ boll which Mr.. and Mrs. Muir
~. sales had arranged for the
1i1no nf their daughter. Miss
AGois a. Dec. 20. win be post
nS1 - sccount Of her Illness I'm
af1or ~ holidayss
~ ~ q their charity fund, the
01ouf unlra Of the First Universal
Sxrch wfll hold q sale Of home
- Goods, candies and fancy
= ouitable for Christmas, Satur-
nekarpoon, Dec. lS. In the church
oa Cass and Forest-aves.
11 E1sanor Haxxard Peocock
oaMsned from Port Huron.
~ shA war the guest Of Mrs.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

When q girl can laugh at the man
she loves. her infatuation for him is
no longer utterly blind.
vas delighted nj the thought OF
going out 10 q real party with my
husband. Not since the days OF
our counting. months before. had
We been to q theater or to supper
together. Apparently, in the early
stages or our love. Andre had been
glad to do anything which pleased
me: to AFFORD me any gaiety for
which might long. But once | was
his wife. his ideas about what ]
could or could not do. what | might
or might not see. became more
strict. Half Latin as he was. this
was inevitably q Characteristic OF
his. Wholly American As was, II
was dificuft for me TO understand
him
However. for the moment I could
dismiss my problem My husband
and had had a misunderstanding
because I had wanted to 60 TO
tea to dance with other men With
out him. had dened him and gone.
And subsequently found that in
this one case. at least. he had been
right Scarcely had my tea party
commenced when one OF my part
ners had referred to my husband
in light aud humorous way which
had displeased me. mad at once
left him. Then I had returned 10
Andre and admitted my fault. So
gracious and kind had heen my hus-
bands understanding OF the situa-
ton that now II seemed as though
every cloud had rolled awav from
our horizon. Surely no coldness
such as that could occur between
us again, Ny eyes filed with
warm. happy tears at the thought
OF the perfect understanding which
would exist from now on between
my husband and myself.
"Of course" told myself. two
young people cannot marry as quick
ly and more or less at haphazard
rs did Andre and I without some
misunderstandings at first"
But now IL was clearing away.
The future dawned bright as a
spring morning. And all evening
long. through dinner al the smart
restaurant TO which NV husband
took me: through the play which
subsequently we went TO see. Andre
was at his liveliest and best. The
gown I wore was ''the prettiest and
most becoming" he ever had seer
upon me. He declared he thought
was little plumper. and that IL
was most becoming" And how
we'll arranged my hair. Indeed.
he would have had me believe, In
his enthusiasm. that made every
other woman about me look plain
and tawdry.
Well" at nv protest he would
admit that II might not be classical.
ly beautiful. but I had charm; and
a loveliness OF line, and perfection
OF coloring that could not but be
completely satisfying TO an artist
Indeed. so grateful was this fiat
terry TO me that | dare say before
long II did begin TO act as a beau
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

1l Elsanor Hazard Peocock
33oaMsned from Port Huron.
~ sh4 war the guest Of Mrs.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

4ooh the pliiow 10. .ae baby's
- - esnArally as elaborate
1CD purSe can afford or ones
- makA. u u well for the
~ oemtoet - b certain the
- tho pillow u left unadorn-
1n1 the lace and embroidery
- y the edge and the corn
- oae Illustrated 10 . particu-
u6o1 model TO copy, a. the Gen.
II hi clear and the only trim
I1oD are the two triangles Of lace
|(1 - the corners and the two sim
IN 1Deays Of embroidery in the op-
1to coruers. The top Of the pil-
~ = cut four inches wider than
o under part and has IN edginE
y vtAe valsnciennes lace sewed fat
0nl f. The lace insertion set IN
= pGlow itself matches the edging
y rolled In. The pillow is
~ q the finest handkerchief lin
~ QVeP pink. The embroidery de-
A = done In eyelct and satin
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

and words came like bolt from
the blue. She dipped my husband
lightly on the cheek as she passed
him.
"Hsllo. old top" she said. you've
not been on the tiles for months, !,
Where have you been!"
She passed on before Andre could
answer. leaving behind her whin
OF oversweet. stale perfume.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
Population Falls on

In spite OF the Increase In build
ing operation In walkerville. the an
nual report Of the assessor shows
decrease In the population Of 1866
Tn 1914 the population was 4,72l.
The decrease is laid to the fact that
many men have enlisted.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

crville 10 join the ranks. The cam
paign for recruits will be continued
until next Tuesday. Sunday night
there will be mass meeting In the
Windsor Athletic club. Hon. w. J.
Hanna, provincial secretary for On
tario. win be the principal speaker.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

Most of the worlds sources OF
tin ore are either stationary or re-
ceding in output. Bolivia. OF all
countries. alone gives promise OF
permanence and future growth.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

Government experts estimate that
OF the 2s,o0o. .o0O.horsepower. which
II Is possible to develop hydroelec-
tricaily IN the United States. 10000
o00-horsepower lies west OF the
Rockies.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
TWenty join Ranks

Following a drive" by the Ninety.
ninth battalion, Wednesday night. a
squad Of recruiting officers induced
20 young men In Windsor and Walk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27

1.-The period of discovery. Miss Lucy
Kingman will have charge Of tina
scene.
Scene will show an Indian rnan
looking toward the east for The COM
ing of the white men, and this will he
followed by a file OF Indians moving
off to the west to make way for the
incoming settlers. Miss Clara Francis
will be in charge of the two Indian
scenes.
Throughout the pageant It is the
purpose TO keep the display strictly
historical The Rotary club has charge
of the pageant that shows the Indian
period. 1t is their intention to bring
Indians, either from the Pottawato-
mics or from Haskell, and the Fedora
ton committee counts on borrowing
the Rotary clubs Indians.
The next stage Of the territory s
progress will be represented by a
prairie schooner, bringing family OF
settlers. There will be the necessary
para phernalia, not yet entirely arrang-
ed for. The committee hopes to be
able to have n yoke of oxen TO haul
the schooner. The pageant will go on
to show the emigrants leaving their
wagons to make their homes on the
prairie. This division of the commit
tees work will be in charge of Mrs.
DeWitte c. Nellis, who was born in
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A number of the prominent organi
cations of the town are interested in
assisting in the great Kansas pageant
to be given on Washpurn college ca m
puS the ninth of June. Among the
people responsible for the success OF
a part of the pageant are the mem ber5
of the Topeka Federation of Women.
through committee appointed to
make arrangements for a section of
the display. Mrs. Jonathan Thomas
is chairman of that committee, and
Mrs. Bennett r. Wheeler is vice chair
man.
The Federation is to be in charge
of the pagean. for the period extend
ing from the time of the first DerHla-
nent white settlements to the adniiS-
sion of Kansas as state in 1861; that
is the free Soil' or territorial period.
The committee has divided their part
of the pageant into ten scenes, the
opening one to be the reading of t,u-
gene Fields poem, '"Tuizero," which
tells of the coming of the Spanjards in
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return home with them next week for
a fortnight's visit. Mr.. Hetherington
will join his wife in Newton Saturday.
Lease expires, closing out sale of
china and glassware. Prices reduced
on entire stock. SIS Kansas Ave. NC
Clintock' S.-Adv-
Mrs. Arthur Nusbaum of Parsons,
Kan, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Samuels.
Miss Katherine Zook of Fort Scott.
who has been teaching at Frank
fort, is visiting at the home of Arthur
Hudson, 1885 Garfield avenue.
Miss Edith Maxwell has returned to
her home in Elmhurst after a most
Kan She will teach at Mcpherson
next year and will attend summer
school for specially work at Manhat-
tan in July and August. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. A Max
we'll.
Mrs Brinton Woodward of Law
renee returned home today. She came
to Topeka to attend the Smith-Love-
guest of Mrs. Otis Allen. She attend
ed the wedding of Miss Helen Smith
and DR.. Forrest Loveland last night
Cut flowers at Hubbard's.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs H. E. Ray are spend
ing a few days in Chicago. They will
return Friday.
Miss Mabel Coe, who taught in the
Bonner Springs high school this year,
mas returned nome lot tne summer
She will spend the weekend in Man
haitian with Miss Merle Beeman, at
the Lambda Lambda sorority house.
Mr.. Theodore Post, who has been
teaching in Frankfort, Kan, has re-
turned to his home in Topeka
Grand concert by local artists for
the benefit of the Church of the Holy
Name, given under the direction OF
Mr.. Herman Springer, Friday evening,
May 80, Hip theater. tickets Csc
Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell, who
are on a trip to California, are ex-
pected to return home next week.
Mrs j. T. Strong of Pensington-
Kan. is visiting her sister, Mrs D. 5
Meyers of 1894 Clay street. Mrs.
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waNTED-FEMALE HELP.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. dining room and
lunch counter girls, good wages, steady
work, in many towns; women cooks; house
girls; chambermaids; women for farm
house; men cooks, camp cooks. man and
wife cooks; hotel cooks; married couples,
farms: single farm hands; night clerk;
hotel and restaurants for sale Furman
Employment Office. S11 Kansas ave.
ANTED-ReIiabIe white woman for
general house work. 1925 Topeka ave.
Phone 1896.
WANTED-2 lady canvassers specials.
c. F. Adams Co, sol f. 10th. Tel. 1888.
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WANTED-AGENTS.

WANTED-3 live agents, an exceptions
proposition to hustlers. Phone 1888. c
F. Adams Co., sol f. 10th st.
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AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS

ADVERTISING RATES: The rate for
inserting Want Ads in The Topeka state
Journal is one cent word each insertion.
minimum 10 cents; by the week cents
word. minimum 80 cents
COUNT THE WORDS of your Ad- IN
Guiding four words for State Journal 40.
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each initial letter and each nu@oer VI
OUT OF TOWN advertisements must ne
accompanied with cash Or check IN Inii
payment for the same. Note the foreg0-
ing instructions about counting the words
and The rates per word tor The Topeka
State Journal
CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads to be
classified properly in The State Journal
office before IL AS o'clock. Want Ads re-
ce1ved after that hour will be inserted un,
Ger the heading: ITO Late to Classify.
ore next day an desired.
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Meyers has been seriously ill but is
improving
The ]. o. D. club will be entertained
Friday afternoon by Miss Grace
Forbes, at her home in Monroe street.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. DeGarmo have
gone to Lawrence to attend the Elks'
h
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Notice 70 Turner's.

eral of our member, Mr.. Frederick
VAIL, which will be held Friday after
noon, May %, $3.50 o'clock, from his
home, $40 Buchanan street
Adv. FRED KLINGE, Sec.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs B. c. Jinkens of ST Louis, Mo-,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. John r.
Mulvane.
Mrs D. A. Ellsworth returned this
afternoon from Emporia and Cedar
Point, where she spent the past two
weeks visiting friends.
Miss Mary E. Delhav of Leaven-
worth is visiting her nephew, Mr.. Ed
ward D. Osborn, and Mrs. George w.
Veale of S21 Fillmore street.
Big clearance sale of millinery, III
Guiding a splendid line of mid-sum-
mer dress hats. also sport hats. motor
caps and special new line of motor
wells. Courtneys, sos Kansas avenue.
upstairs.-Adv.
Mrs. George B. Hetherington and
her daughter, Miss Dorothy Hether-
ington. will go to Newton Friday to
visit Mrs A B. Conrad In Newton
they will meet Mrs Hetherington's
sister, Mrs A. c. Hoaglan, and her
son. Arthur. of Hutchinson, who will
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED your moving, packing and stor-
ing pianSS moying and paGklng Rrns
Phone 696 c. c. Booher Moving and Stor-
age Co. % East Fourth.
clothing, shoes, hats and overcoats.
Drop card or call 1915 E. Scrinopski i:
Som iOS Kansas ave.
WE PAY the highest cash price for cast
off clothing, Shoes hats a1d overcoats.
Drop us a card call Gordon Bros loan
office, 400 Kansas ave. Phone 1919.
GOOD milk cows fat cattle and veal calves.
w. c. A. Letzow. Tel. 257.
WANTED-Your rugs and carpets to
weave. LOOT Arch st. Phone 1862 White.
WEAVING. CARPETS, rugs. etc. Good
work 221 Lake. Phone 2644 White.
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British Honduras is now in COM
munication with the rest of the world.
A wireless station has been established
at Belize.
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

PIANO and strfnged lessons of As mil
utes Soc at pupils home. Phone IS;
Black, mornings. Mrs. c. NJ. Smiles.
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WANTED-MALE HELP.

BARBER WANTED-First class barber
wanted; out of town job S15 guarantee :;
good from SIS to S25 per week. See Bundy
at Cozy, 502 Kansas ave-, or write JACK
Jordan, Glasco. Kan.
WANTED-An experienced deliveryman.
Apply Dibble Grocery Co., South side
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Sample Sport Hat

"a Gage Sample Line
midsummer and early fl
and being samples no tv
Lisere Braids, Fe1ts, F
Corduroy, Soft Hemp, S
Lisere braid combinatio
for motoring, golf, trav
Priced at 75c up.
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WANTED-SALESNiEN.


WANTED-Traveling statesmen to repre-
sent us in Kansas and adjoining terri
tory. Liberal commissions. Popular line.
Chicago Trunk & Bag Co. 115 So.
Dearborn ST., Chicago, III.
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LOST AND FOUND.
LOST-Glasses with chain and hairpfn at
tached i'll case Leave at State Journal
office or phone 2704 Red.
LOST-Small gold pin with pearls
Phone 3460. Reward.
Sharp County record., 1915-08-27
The Clerk Guaranteed II

"A customer came into my store
the other day and said to one Of my
clerks, have you anything that will
cure diarrhoeaY and my clerk went
and got him bottle Of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, and said to him, II this
does not cure you, | will not charge
you a cent for 1t. So he took II
home and came back in a day or
two and said he was cured" writes
j. H. Berry g. Co., Salt Creek, Va.
Obtainable everywhere.