The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-20

English. There is a sabre which was
carried by one of the Kings in the
charge of the Light Brigade" and
there is an ancient flint-lock firing
piece which they will tell you one
of their ancestors wrested from a can
non as it was about to be captured
by the enemy in the first American
revolution. But the relics are only
the remnants of very excellent col
lection Many were lost or destroyed
in the flood of 1903. Before the flood
there were relics which T D. Max
well King had collected from almost
every seaport in the world. He had
visited these ports while q marine
But if one wishes to see a glow OF
enthusiasm for Z good work, all he
needs to do is to ask to be shown
some of the several first aid kits
which hang on the wall, ready to be
grasped instantly and hurried into use.
Some are the size of a suitcase Others
are smaller, and Miss King has one
so small that it goes readily into Il
handbag There are bandageS, gauZe
and a few medicines, and-this Sc
cret-there is also a tiny little flask,
holding a few thimblefuls of brandy.
This is Miss Kings street accident
kit
There have been many times when
some doctor working over the victim
of a street accident exclaimed, Has
anyone in the crowd some brandy
planned Miss King. Il have some
times carried it several months or even
a year without needing it, and then
again it has been used several times in
a month
Human Interest Stories
If one wishes to spend an evening
listening to stories of human interest
stories of temptations, of struggles
against sickness and poverty-of
deaths sudden and of deaths lingering
stories of hopes inspired by little
help blessed with the grace of giving,
and of some of these hopes being
realized while others were blasted
stories of little children who never
had their chance" but VINO were neIo
up until they could go the right way
aIone-stories of discouraged girls
and wild boys, some of whom turned
out right and some CT whom d1d not
stories of wrongs that never were
righted and of good deeds which were
such an evening, and most OF their
stories will be illustrated, for they
have big strong box damned full OF
photographs.
You would not believe by looking
at the woman in that picture" re-
marks Kilmaurs King, showing a
photograph. that she was only thirty
five years old when it was taken
Neither would you believe that at one
time she was considered the hand
soonest woman in Topeka, nor Would
YOU Judge by the surroundings that
she was the daughter of a wealthy
family"
The Kings had found this woman
after all the rest of the world mad
cast her out. That she had s1nned-
that disease and dissipation had done
their worst, made no difference to the
Kings The utter hopelessness OF the
case did not cause them to turn aside, /
nor shift responsibility. What APP
peaIed to them was that there was a
person needing help, so they gave 1t.
Then there are pictures of railroad
wreck in which sixteen persons were
killed The Kings with their first /
aid kits were the first to give succor- /
Rut while you are being shown the /
pictures and are listening to stories, !
there will be Interruptions. dog will
scratch at a door or whine at WIN
Let the poor dog in" visitor sug-
The dogl" exclaimed the three
Kings in unison and all with emphasis
on the
Then they explained that there was
no telling how many dogs might come
into the house, if permitted, for the
dogs of their neighborhoOd all know .
that they will receive kind treatment
and perhaus a .'hand-out" at the King
home, and the Kings suspect that
canine vagabondS, like the human
kind have put their mark of approval I
on the King door-post, and that the
sign is read.
The first aid kits of the Kings
are responsible for one mans living |
today. He attempted to rob a mail /
car in North Topeka and was shot by
4 policeman. The shooting took place
near the Page mill and T D. Maxwell
King. employed there, telephoned
home for help When Miss Kate
King and FSilmaurs King arrived they
found the man with a sheet spread
over him. and an officer was standing
guard waiting the arrival of the cor
0ner.
His Life Was Saved
The Kings discovered the man was
not dead An ugly wound was stopped
with cotton plugs to prevent further
loss of blood and the man was taken
10 a hospital The physician there
found nothing more needed TO be done.
The man lived
Where does the money come from
10 do the work you are dOing2" the !
.hree Kings were asked It was Miss
King who replied
Most of it comes from our own
pockets. but when your heart is in the
work, IL is easy TO find a way"
And what reward do the Kings re-
eeive2
Miss King hints at an answer. They
axe their pay in the good will of the
owly. Il have been in the bottoms
1t all times of day and night and
nave yet to encounter the first rough
less or ungentIeTnanliness I recall
going there one afternoon to a place
where a man had been cut in a fight
and was dying As came down a
stairs a Mexican stepped aside and
held his hat in his hand while I