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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05
Miss Louise +. Shield Advocates
an Entirely New Set.
Substitute Life Savers for Life
Takers, She Says.
RACE RATHER THAN NATION
Should Command the Service
of the Individual.
Fight Disease, Flood and Fire
Instead of Men.

Miss Louise F. Shield, formerly OF
New York and now of Topeka, in
speaking before the elementary Schooi
at the First Presbyterian church this
morning on STORY Telling for the Pro-
motion of Peace" stated that hereto
fore many of the heroes presented 70
the boys and girls between 10 ana =
years of age have been soldiers, out
that what we need now is to nave
stories which will make boys and girls
aspire to serve their country and the
world through brave deeds in saving
life rather than in destroying It,
1--WE should give an outlet for ngnt-
ing blood by suggesting combat with
the foes of mankind" suggested the
speaker, the race rather than the IN
dividual or nation, such as frontier
wilderness. wild beasts, disease, flood,
fire, earthquake, unsan1tary conditloHs
and defective classes in society,"
The meeting opened with a confer
ence for county elementary Superln-
tendents led by Mrs. s. A: Chappeil.
Mrs. Roxana Preuszner, veteran IN
Sunday school work. spoke on the
Elementary Worker Trained. Mrs.
Ralph Cav gave a demonstration on
graded missionary lessons. Miss Meme
Brockway spoke on The Story's Gil
max.
The Adult School.
The second meeting of the adult
school was held this morning at the
First NJ E. church. The principal
number on the program was series
of talks under the general head,
adult Organization" The church was
crowded and the Sunday school room
was opened to accommodate the audi
ence.
The program started at o'clock
with conference of county secondary
superintendents- Adult. Organiza-
ton" included For Bible Study" c.
H Nichols, secretary Oklahoma Sun
day School association; For Evangel-
ISM by G. G.. Wallace, vice president
of the International association; For
Community Service" by Herman Bow
mar, secretary of the Missouri associa-
ton.
THE Rural Church, a discussion,
was led by Fred Z. Gates, state rural
worker, assisted by Prof. Walter Burr
and others. An address by Frank L.
Brown on, 1.-The Superintendent and
His School," was the last number on
the program.
At the teen age school held this
morning at the First Congregational
church the crowd was so large that
some were not a BILE to gain entrance
to the body of the church. They were
forced to remain in the entrance way
in order to hear the speakers.
A conference ef-county superin-
ed by the morning fellowship hour.
DIR. H. E. Tralle and Prof w. S. At
hearn spoke on characteristics of the
Later Adolescent Period" A chorus
from Powhattan demonstrated
school Spirit" Prof H. Augustine
Smith lectured on Teaching Morals
and Religion Through Music" His lee
ture was demonstrated by singing.
Missionary Education of Teen Age
Boys and Girls" was the subject of
discussion by Herman Bowman Prof.
w. E. Rafferty, and others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05
Ex-Police Chief. Under Fire, First
Choice for Mayor.

Los Angeles. May 5.-Encouraged
by what he considered was an over
whelming verdict given him by the
people in the municipal primary
Charles E. Sebastian. first choice can
didate for mayor, was ready to APP
pear in court today to resume the
stand in his own defense against the
charge that he and Mrs. Stella Pratt
contributed to the delinquency of
Edith Serkin. Mrs. Pratt's half sister.
Whether the trial would be re-
sumed, however, depended on the con-
dition of the juror whose illness was
one of the causes of the postponeme nt
yesterday. Sebastian himself was i'll
from the effects of his experience
Monday night, when two shots were
fired at him through a window of his
home, but he appeared to be fully re-
covered today.
Sebastian apparently viii be OPP
posed for mayor by Frederick Whit
fen, president of the city council
Early returns today gave Whiffen a
slight lead over Robert NJ. Allen for
second place on the ticket. Both
Whiffen and Allen were beaten by Sc
bastian by a to 1 vote.
China yearly imports more than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05
JITNEY TAX is UPHELD
Texas Appeals Court Sustains Motor
car Regulation Law.

Austin. May 5.-The constitutional
ity of the Fort Worth ordinance regu-
lating the operation of motor cars
which carry passenger for a five cent
criminal appeals in a ~est case APP
pealed from Tarrant county. This de-
cision affects operators of passenger
carrying automobiles in all parts of
the state.
The court overruled the contention
of the plaintiff that the $40 assessed
against each operator of the so-called
'.jitney" was an occupation tax and
unconstitutional The decision de-
clared it to be license fee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05
BAT THE RAT
Join the Clean-Up Club and XIII of
+4,a 49,.

Join the Cleanup Club and XIII Off
the Rats.
Boards of health everywhere are trying to
extrerminate rats. because of their menace
to health and destruction of property. But
without waiting for the health authorities
to do the work for you. do your duty and
use the only effective weapon in the war
on rats. Stearns Electric Paste. Get two
ounce box from your druggist for twenty
five cents and in one night it should kill
off all the rats aud mice in your home,
barn or garage
Remember above all that killing u rat now
is as effective as killing dozen a couple
of months later. Use Stearns Electric
Paste now and prevent further breeding
Directions in fifteen languages in every
package.-Ady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05
HAD NARROW ESCAPE
Lawyer Threatened to Have Young
Lady DisrObe in Court Room.

Chicago, ILL.,. May 5.-Judge Prindi-
willie escaped seeing a young woman
clad only in garters and slippers cavort
about his court and fined Grace Glib
son. an actress, and a stage manager,
Peter Tatage, $25 for staging such a
performance.
cit wasn't Tatge's fault" argued his
lawyer. why, suppose she were to
disrobe right here
Let her try it and see"
She did not try it. The 135 MEM
bers of the Monotype club arrested at
the performance were released.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05
Bryan's Brother Mayor.

Eyes. sir, I came upon a huge bear
track and spent all of three hours
trailing the beast to where he was
lurking in his den in the rocks And
then WHAT" Then ! spent five min
utes getting home.'-Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05

SCeSSeS on breast
and back. Firs st
symptoms at the
age of 10. Our
10 al physicians
all said nothing
would cure him,
unless a trip by
W a gon to tn e
mountains of Col
Orado MIGHT do If
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05
TESTIMONY OF KANSAS
FOLKS SPEAKS VOLUMES,

Cherryva1e, Kans.-rMy son, Grover
Cleveland Brock, was afflicted with abb
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05
NEBRASKA ELECTIONS.
Omaha Returns Old Commissioners;
Bryan's Brother May Be Mayor.

Omaha, Neb., May Five of the
present commissioners, Dahlman,
Hummel, Kugel, Butler and Withheld,
were reelected in the municipal cleo
ton here Tuesday. John c. Drexel
and Walter S. Jardiene were chosen
as the other commissioners. J. F..
Hummel, park commissioner, polled
the highest number of votes It is
generally conceded that Mayor j. G..
Dahlman will again be chosen mayor.
Bryan's Brother Mayor.
Lincoln, Neb., May 5.-Charles w.
Bryan, brother of William J. Bryan.
secretary of state, was elected one of
the five city commissioners of Lincoln
and will probably be the next mayor
With returns nearly complete he has
a lead of 700 votes over Frank c. Zeh-
rung, the present mayor Three of the
old commissioners - George Dayton
william Schroeder and T. K Hensley
reelected The fifth is John
Wright, a new man. The five COM
nissioncrs designate the mayor and
all are und erstood to be for Mr.. Bry-
an.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05

China yearly imports more than
100000 worth of window glass
Evening star., 1915-12-29
Two Winter Pictures.

Another Holland picture has been
contributed by Miss Grace McKinstry
of Minnesota picture painted at
Laren-Mauves and Kever's home
some years ago.
Two Interesting winter pictures. both
water colors, come from Woodstock.
N. Y. and. are the work of John F.
Carlson, director Of the New York Art
Students League summer school which
is there among the Catskills. OF these.
through a snow-covered meadow be-
yond which are some buildings of SIM
pie interesting character is most pleas
ing, having not only good composition
but excellent wintry effect. A winter
picture by w. B. Fuller Is also well
deserving of note, as is likewise a
snow-covered landscape pictured by Mr..
Churbuch of Massachusetts,.
Three striking and interesting pic
lures are contributed by Charles W.
Hudson of Boston. who has made a
speciality of pine trees. Two of these
flank Mr.. Harrison's picture of boats;
the third holds it's own quite inde-
pendently on the semi-circular wall to
the right. This is picture Of pines
and Mount Washington and is very
rich in color and decorative in effect.
Donna Shuster, Minnesota artist,
who has been spending much time re-
Gently In California, sends a water
color OF the Horticultural building at
the Panama Pacific exposition which is
very vigorous and ably handled.
Miss Adele Williams of Baltimore
shows three or four very attractive
water colors. among which is one of
boats In a harbor painted with refine
ment and evincing keen artistic per-
ception.
Evening star., 1915-12-29
Edgar Nye's Landscapes.

Edgar Nye sends three large land
scapes, all of which have certain color
full quality and decorative feeling. Miss
Elisabeth Spalding of Denver is rep
resented by two excellent outdoor pic
lures. both showing broad vistas-one
OF which, by the way, is a view from
or in the neighborhood of Mt. WASH
ington--a view which has likewise
been painted by Miss Sawtelle.
From NJ. W. Zimmerman of Phila-
delphia has come a very attractive city
nocturne. Miss Munroe, Mr.. Fitzpat-
rick, Mr.. Weller, Miss Muhlhefer and
others make interesting contributions.
A group of etchings and a group OF
miniatures are special features of this
exhibition and lend to it additional in
terest These will be separately con-
sidered at later time.
The exhibition will be open to the
public Friday, December 81, and will
continue until January 20.
LEILA MECHLIN
Evening star., 1915-12-29

} The father of these little boys
writes: II have a son five years old
who had bad cold and it left him
with cough, and the doctor told me
{ that the cold left him with lung
\ trouble. A friend told me to try
Father Johns, and l did. and that is
seven weeks ago and the cough has
I left him and he is getting fat. !
write this letter to help some other
little one that is sick like my son
was" (Signed) Edward Sipe, 3035
Weikel street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Father Johns Medicine is safe for
(all the family. because it does not
contain alcohol or dangerous drugs,
but is all pure and wholesome nour-
ishment.
Evening star., 1915-12-29
Dry Color and Vigorous Lines.

Felicie Waldo Howell of Washington
and Jane Peterson of New York send
work which in character is very sim
liar. They both allow the gray paper
upon which they work to serve as a
large factor in their compositions and
employ dry color and vigorous lines
effectively. In both instances the re-
suits are decidedly engaging-spright mt
ly. picturesque and convincing. MISS
Howell shows. among other things'
a picture of Broad street, Philade1phla,
which is particularly skillful in treat
ment-a real portrait of place oThe
majority of her other contributions are
pictures of Edgartown, Marthas V1ne-
yard, where she spent the summer.
Some very interesting architectural
themes done in colored crayons on col
ored paper are contributed by Miss l..
which perhaps is the facade of a house
in Tours, beautifully designed and very
well rendered--the house of LHerm1tte.
The modern Dutch are the great ex-
ponents of our time, or that or our
parents of water colors-none have
better understood both its possibilities
Water Color Club is fortunate in hav-
ing secured through Mr.. Gruppe the
loan of a water color by Hans Won
Bartels-a picture of sailing boat
making it's way along the dyke"
which is painted in the inimitable
Dutch manner. Mr.. Gruppe. himself,
has contributed two paintings-one a
scene in Holland, just a little remi-
niscent of Mauve, and the other a
Dutch interior showing a peasant man
and wife sitting down at table,
theme such as the greatest painters of
the modern Dutch school loved.
Evening star., 1915-12-29
Miss Jackson's Group.

Miss Lesley jackson contributes a
group of water colors which is most
notable. There are six or seven in all.
painted from time to time during her
recent trip around the world. A garden
in Honolulu marks perhaps tho first
stopping place. then there are japanese
temples and landscapes marking a sec
ond stage. with later a glimpse of
India. These are all fresh. vigorous
bits of painting done with assurance
is more. an intimacy which instantly
puts the observer on a basis of IA
millar knowledge. The places do not
seem foreign nor strange as do many
sympathetic interpreters, but merely
different and very Internationally
alluring. They lend charm to the ex-
hibition and must be counted one of
its features.
Lucien Powell is represented by a
Venice and one of a waterfall in our
own nearby country all colorful, deco
rative and very characteristic. The
waterfall was painted In the autumn.
and the brilliant foliage of the woods
through which II dashes suggests the
weavinRs of an oriental rug.
Mrs. Leisenring has sent pastels rather
than water colors. and shows two por-
trdltS, one OF a little DOy WIN Plump
rosy cheeks and short brown hair, and
the other of a young girl in white dress
and hat, seated against the light in a
sunny window. The latter Is an am
bilious subject very skillfully handled
The effect of light and atmosphere Is
excellent. and the treatment of the
whites in gown and hat are subtle and
most successful.
Very Few Figure Studies.
There are not many portraits or fig
ure studies in this exhibition. Miss
Bertha Noyes sends a girl in a red car
which is moderately convincing, but by
no means as engaging as a study OF
cosmos seen against yellow back
ground, which she also contributes
william ]. Whittemore of New York
distinguished painter Of portraits In
all mediums, contributes a very pleas
ing picture of a little girl dressed ur
in a quaint old rose -colored gown
which will doubtless attract much at.
tention and call forth many favorable
comments.
Miss Hattie e. Burdette shows a por.
trait of herself painted primarily be-
scheme. and picture OF three figures
out-of-doors, with a green landscape
background as setting.
Miss Clara Saunders exhibits a por.
trait of a young girl. about life e-size
and nearly half-length. which shows
many excellent passages in its brush
Evening star., 1915-12-29
work and skillful manipulation of flow
ing color. -.
Hilda Belchers' Prize Painting.

d1lda Belchers' Prize Patnt1ng.
Hilda Belchers, who is perhaps one
Of the ablest water colorists we have
today. shows the painting which won
her prize recently in one of the
prominent New York exhibitions
decorative portrait of a little girl.
brilliantly colorful. amazingly daring
and unconventional and at the same
full. and also a little picture of a
"Four-Year DID," in yellow frock,
broadly washed in. yet full of char
|acter.
Alice Schille of Cincinnati is anoth-
er who has won much distinction as a
water colorist and is especially well
represented in this exhibition. Miss
Schille was always Independent and
recently she has to an extent allied
herself with the modernists. mother
and child in this exhibition IS IN her
earlier style and shows the. use OF
Broad washes of transparent color
Two other contributions are IN quite
best results obtainable-or, at least.
that. have been obtained through this
eccentric manner. One is an East Side
street in New York, PATCHWORK OF
color, applied in spots of even size
like 50 many tiny pebbles in a mosaic
The other shows group on PARK
bench on a foggy evening. Again the
color is laid on in patches no two or
which come quite together mosaic
as before, but different. That they are
effective at distance none can deny
but they are not more effective. thah
pictures painted in the old method, SO
what is the use? And at close range
they are extremely puzzling. Clever
enough, to be sure-but not beautiful
not really fne-just amusing.
Evening star., 1915-12-29
Pastel Gets Place Of Honor.

To a pastel rather than water color
the place of honor In this exhibition
has been given. This is by Birge Har-
rison-a past master in this art. 1t
is lovely theme, a group of sailing
boats on quiet sea. drifting in the
mist of half light marking the pass
ing of night into day or day into
night. 1t is a tranquil subject. full of
sentiment and real beauty, and rem
dered with subtlety and sympathy
picture which goes to show that
screaming color is not needful for ef-
feet nor by any means omnipresent in
nature.
Mr.. Harrison has also contributed a
second picture--a nocturne of New York
-5th avenue on rainy night with the
street lamps aglow like fairy Jack
o'-lanterns and the lighted windows
twinkling as SO many stars reflected
on the shimmering, mirrorlike sur
face of the asphalt street-a wonder
more wonderful than on such night
as Mr.. Harrison has depicted.
The place of honor on the nat wall
of the new gallery has been allotted
most reasonably to water color by
William H. Holmes, the president of
the club, and a strikingly fine example
it is of his work-a picture of noun
tain tops bedecked with clouds and
topped by a superb sky. 1t is a big
subject and 1t Is handled in big way.
None would mistake this for anything
as an oil and no less impressive. The
coloring is very rich, the technique
mastery, the effect both toneful and
atmospheric
Evening star., 1915-12-29
Difficulties of Water Coloring.

AS a medium water colors are pecu-
liarly charming, their very limita tions
enhancing the value of the result. But
to employ this medium well is by no
means chlds play nor the work of
a novice, and those who forget this are
apt to come to grief. Sargent and
Winslow Homer are both to be reck-
oned among the great water colorists
of the world, and their works in this
medium are the highly priced posses
sions of both private collectors and
public museums. That a water color
can, as a rule, be bought >1t a much
less price than an oil painting should
not be considered indication of lack of
merit. but rather credited as a virtue.
inasmuch as such works thus come
within the range of the modest COL
lector-the man or woman of mod
crate means. Exhibitions such as this
are, of course, open to all, and an enor-
nous amount of pleasure can be had
in visiting them, but such pleasure is
rs nothing in comparison to that of
actual personal possession-the pur-
chase of a work of art.
There are many pictures in this ex-
hibition set forth by the Washington
Water Color Club which would make
enviable Observation-Disclosures with
pictorial quality which have been rem
dered with both skill and art. And
there are many sorts and kinds, for
this is an age of variety and but few
painters employ the same methods of
expression or pursue the same ideals.
And, what is more. the spirit of expert
is abroad. Many are no
longer content to follow old paths, but
must seek new ways with the result
that there is no chance for stagnation.
Evening star., 1915-12-29
WATER-COL0R CLUB
| EXHIBIT NOW READY
Will Be Opened Formally at the
CorCoran Art Gallery
Tomorrow.
AVERAGE OF PICTURES
is PARTICULARLY HIGH
Collection Equals Standard Of New
York and Philadelphia Clubs
Best Displays.

The Washington Water Color Clubs
twentieth annual exhibition opens to-
morrow in the Corcoran Gallery of Art
with a private view from 10 to 4
o'clock, and a reception from to II
o'clock
This exhibition. which is one of the
regular events of the season, is set
forth in the new gallery wherein the
portrait exhibition was recently shown.
Because of the size of the exhibits the
great advantage of the new gallery
over the old Hemicycle is most patiently
shown, and not for years has the
Water Color Club made a more attrac-
tive display.
Contrary to expectation. a great many
of the exhibits have come from out
of town and some of the foremost of
cotemporary water colorists are rep
resented. Indeed. though less COM
prehensve, this exhibition averag
about as high as the exhibitions of
the New York and Philadelphia Water
Color clubs held earlier in the season
in their respective cities.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07
Missouri.

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SzOo. other bargains. Box 435-V. Garth
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07
106 McCague Bldg.
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One OF the best, high. slightly loca-
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Owner on premises, will show you
through. Call Walnut ll31s
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07
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Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07

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Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07
NOTICE.

Read carefully.
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crossrfenced with woven wire all till
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good cistern and well at house; all nee
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$50 A. ~ miles from Salem High school
900 A. cultivated. balance timber, all till
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Small house and other outbuildinEa
Splendid graded roads on two sides.
Price only sS5 per acre. This Is one OF
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Virgin pine and oak timber; 90 per cent
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Current river runs through this tract af-
fording one OF the finest water power
propositions In the state. Price IS per
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40 acres fins oak timber: 200 bearing
apple trees: 3A miles TO Salem. y mile
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Owner is old and wishes TO retire. VIII
make very easy terms or take part pay
ment In Omaha income property II in
Prugh, who lives down there and has
personally inspected all of this land.
W. 8. FRANK.
aOi Neville Block.
Omaha. Neb.'
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07
REAL EsTATE-sUBURBAN
Dundee.
DUNDEE HOME.

BENSON lots. close In. near school; easy
terms. Phone owner. Benson 337 w.