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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26

prominent theatrical people in New
York, and has the patronage of n
group of men and women, who are
trying to bring the stage in New York
up to a higher standard than the pres
ent organization of the theater has
given to it,
One of the young society matrons
has been selecting her husbands
clothes for him ever since she mar
ried him. She never buys the things
that he would have chosen if he had
been doing the shopping. In discuss
ing the incident of the purchase of a
new suit, with his father-in-law, the
young husband said: What q d
jay she must have taken me for,
judging by the opinion she has of the
clothes 1 would choose now if 1 did
my own buying"
A series of parties have been given
in the last two weeks at the Clyde
Miller home, in Buchanan street. Two
dinner parties last week, at which only
a small number of guests were enter
tanned, were nevertheless, delightful in
their appointments.
Mr.. and Mrs Miller will give din
ner-bridge party tonight for guests for
twelve tables. The Millers entertain
often. sometimes quietly and at times
more deliberately, but whether the af-
fairs are large or small, they are al
ways chara cterized by taste and
arrangements.
Mrs. Miller gave a buffet luncheon
Thursday from noon till o'clock, the
guests being invited in two groups, the
first arriving at 2 and the second at
1. A hundred and fifty guests at
tended.
Mrs. Miller stood in a little gold
parlOr to welcome the guests, and re-
ceiving with her was Miss Florence
Miller, a sister of Mr.. Miller's. and
keeping close to the hostess was a lit
tie unlimited guest, Marian Miller,
Mrs. Miller's small daughter. The
hostess was gowned in a pretty after
noon dress of checked chiffon in black
and white. The costume was made
with jacket and long tunic of the fig
ured material, with shirred vest and
skirt panel of grey chiffon. The gown
was made with a black girdle and a
wide band of black around the bot
tom of the skirt. Miss Miller wore
cream net and lace piped with narrow
folds of black tulle, and worn with a
black girdle.
The rooms were adorned with an
elaborate floral decoration. IN the
hall was a basket of old blue filled
with Easter lilies, purple, pink and
white hyacinths and yellow jonquils.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
WASHBURN PLAY REVIEW

AS an amateur performance the
Washburn College Dramatic club s
presentation of the Clyde Fitch play,
1.-The Stubbornness of Geraldine" at
the Grand theater Thursday night was
of the first order Indeed, had it been
any better it would not have been
amateur 1t was quite the best effort
the Washburn Dramatic club has Of
fered.
Upon Helen Guild, as Geraldine
Lang, rested most of the responsibility
and she proved it to nave been wisely
placed. She displayed genuine talent
in her acting and her hair of many
tints of auburn made her an attractive
stage heroine. She held the center of
the stage for the better part of three
hours without a slip or hesitation.
Ruth Foster, as vi Thompson !;
Grace Dana, in the character of Frau
lien Handt. Violet Crumbine, who
played the parts of Mrs Jars and Mrs
Mathewson; Erma Larrick. as Mrs.
breed; Ruth Rooster, as Mrs. Harry
X. Whimple; Irma Larrick, as Molly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26

Lansing, all played prominent parts in
a manner deserving special mention.
Donald Welty played probably the
most difficult part in the character of
Count Carlos Kinsey. His acting was
of such an order that sympathy for
his troubles prevailed over the comedy
of his ''splintered" English.
Frank Ripley, in the character of
Mr.. Wrighton, businessman. certain
~ left no openings for adverse criti-
cism-quite the reverse-and Homer
Cooling. as Lord Tillbury, an English
'simp," was quite the popular idea of
what a stage Englishman should be.
Sue Louise Bell. Miss Piney, victim
of seasickness, looked and played the
part.
The minor characters arose to all
the opportunities offered them and
the entire performance went off with
a smoothness, dispatch and technique
rejecting credit upon Miss Helen
Griffin, under whose direction the
play was given
A violin selection by Donald Welty
and music by the Blue Hungarian
band composed of Frank Ripley, Her
bert Heym, EWin Seeley and Willard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
Keep Your Lungs Strong

This advice is doubly important with
the knowledge that every three minutes
some one in the United States succurnbs
to consumption and many refuse to
realize they are afflicted until it is too late.
1t is after colds or sickness, from over
work, combining duties or when general
weakness exists that tt1bercular germs
thrive because the resistive powers of
the body are weakened.
Only with fresh air, sunshine and
abundant rich blood can one hope to
arrest their progress, and the conceu-
trated fats in Scott's Emulsion furnish
fuel for rich blood, and its rare nourish-
ment helps strengthen the lungs while
it builds up the forces.
If you work indoors, tire easily. feel
lanpuid or rundown SCOTS Emulsion is
the most strengthening food-medicine
known and is free from alcohol or stuPe-
fving drugs. Avoid substitutes.
is-a3 Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
SOCIETY.

Continued from preceding page)
The West Side Forestry club had a
meeting Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Thomas Page, in West
Sixth avenue.
Brock and Murdoch Pemberton,
two Kansas men, are making New
York notice them. They are ScOrin 2
some triumphs on the stage. The
young men have friends in Topeka
who keep an eye on what they are do
ing in the metropolis. The Emporia
Gazette says:
This week at the BandboX theater
in New York, Murdoch Pemberton is
presenting his first play. 1t is called
My Lady's Honor The BandboX
theater is maintained to present GER
tain high-class theatrical productions,
that are over the heads of the COM
mercial crowd that controls the the
atrical situation in New York. The
theater is supported by a number of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26

Troxell, were worked neatly into the
play.
The attendance was good and every
one seemed pleased.
The following clever students were
in the cast: Helen Guild. Ruth Fos-
ter, Mildred Gepheart. Grace Dana.
Erma Larrick, Violet Crumbine. Majel
Langhart. Mary Weightman, Louise
Bell, Ruth Rooster. Don Welty, HON.
err Cooling. Carl Linge. Frank Ripley.
Angelus Burch, Don Heath and Carl
Byers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
''HYPOCRITES."
ITO the Pure All Things Are Pure
To-day and Tomorrow.

Several Topeka people have advised
us that they witnessed .tHypocrites' in
New York and they proclaim it the
most wonderful production ever pro-
duced in this or any other country.
We have booked this production at the
Iris today and tomorrow at a very
great cost, but will exhibit it at regu-
lar Iris prices.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
Farmers Prize Contest Closing.

Medford, Wis, March 26.-Taylor
county farmers today had their inning
in the statewide farmers contest for
a prize of $500 for the best farm
manager, with profits, home life.
health of animals and maintenance of
soil fertility as the bases" upon
which points are scored. The contest
closes tomorrow at Grand Rapids and
prizes will be awarded soon to farm
ers of the % counties enlisted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26

Bank of Topeka
Has a savings department.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26

Crepe de Chimes,
Pongees, Tub Silks,
Nets, Chiffons, Or
candies, Voiles, in a
great variety of
styles and colors;
sizes Sc to 46, worth
$2.95 and $3.50.
Very special tomor-
row -. 1890.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-27
POLLING FIRST SPEAKER
FOR FLYING SQUADRON
Continued from page three.)

United Evangelical church for two
years. He is now presidents aSso-
ciate and national citizenship superin-
tendent of the United Society of
Christian Endeavor.
There is probably no man in the
country so intensely and universally
loved and respected by the Christian
young people as Daniel A. Polling.
Big in heart and ideals: in love with
life; gifted with rare ability; ION fire
for God and right" and able to stir
others with the same emotion; him
self every inch man, he has grip
ped the hearts of thousands of young
and old throughout the country and
given to them clearer and bigger Wis,
ion of true Christian citizenship.
A practical student of the liquor
problem and a fighter Of the traffic,
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-27

young man and young woman who
desires to obtain larger conception
of what is involved in Christian citi-
zenship should, at any sacrifice of
social pleasure, hear this speaker.
The second speaker of Sunday will
be the Rev. DR. Charles NJ Sheldon,
of Topeka, Kansas. DR.. Sheldon was
born at Wellsville. n. Y, in the year
1857 His father, Stewart Sheldon,
was a congregational minister, serv-
ing parishes in New York, Rhode
Island, Missouri, Michigan and Da-
kota. He spent his boyhood on a
farm in South Dakota. and graduated
from Phillips academy. Andover,
Mass, in 1879; from Brown Univer-
sity, Providence, Rhode Island, in
1888; and from Andover seminary
in 1856
lie was called to the pastorate of
the Congregational church, Water
bury, Vermont, in 1886, and from there
to the Central Congregational church,
Topeka, Kansas, in 1883, and is now
minister-at-large of this church, with
indefinite leave Of absence to lecture,
hold conferences, and assist church
federation and kindred causes.
DR.. Sheldon has achieved substan-
tial fame as an author His greatest
book, I'm His Steps" has made him
known the world over, this book hav-
ing been published in II different
languages. 1t has attained a circula
ton of many millions of copies in the
United States and Great Britain.
An earnest exponent of practical
and livable Christianity, DIR. Sheldon
has won his way into the hearts of
the people through his sermons and
his books, with his messages Of
brotherly love, righteous living and
true service.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-27

he knows the very heart of the anti
liquor conflict and strugrles-legisla-
tive, municipal and constitutional.
Mr.. Polling is the youngest man
ever candidate for governor OF ONO
He made in 1912, at the age of twenty
eight, the biggest campaign OF any
NJ the five candidates, reaching by
automobile Sc counties, and raised
the prohibition vote $50 per cent
Mr.. Polling is the secretary OF the
Flying Squadron of America and VIII
appear in the great campaign meet
ines with Drs. Sheridan and Sheldon
ON Young Peoples day, and every
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-27
CONNECTICUT PEOPLE WILL
PICNIC AT PONCE PARK

Tie Connecticut ASSOCIATION will
hold basket picnic and oyster roast
at Ponce Park next Wednesday, and
ior this purpose have chartered the
steamer Seminole, of the Nutting line,
to carry the party to Ponce Park.
All Connecticut people who desire to
enjoy this outing are requested to
register at John Kallgren's tailoring
establishment on Volusia avenue, to
assist in making the arrangements.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-27
Country Without Industries.

Greece is practically without indus
tries, and for this reason is largely
dependent upon the outside world for
all sorts Of manufactured products,
and In many lines Of agriculture, nota-
bly, cereals, the domestic production
is insufficient for home consumption.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-27
For Cramp In the Leo.

When the cramp comes on take a
good long string-a long garter will
do-wind it round the leg over the
place that is affected, and take the end
in each hand and give 1t sharp pull
one that will cause little pain. In.
stantly the cramp will depart, and the
sufferer can return to bed assured It
will not come on again that night.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-27
Not European Kind.

Wireless telegraphy travels at the
rate of $4,000 miles a second Given
fair start, it ought to keep ahead of
Dame Rumor.-Rochester Post-Ex-
press.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-08-28
Night Riders Placed on Trial.

Hartford. Ky.-The long struggle of
the authorities with lawlessness in
this portion of western Kentucky cul-
minated in the Ohio County Circuit
Court here. when more than three
score persons were placed on trial for
alleged participation in night-riding
outrages. When court adjourned two
men pleaded guilty, nine others were
on trial and fifty-three awaiting a
hearing. The two men who pleaded
guilty were sentenced to three years
each in the penitentiary.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-08-28

Ell Paso, Tex.-Villa forces number
ing nearly 10000 have inflicted a de-
cisive defeat on the Carranzistas
around Monterey, driving them from
Villa Garcia back to the Nuevo Leon
capital. The Carranzistas are report
ed to have lost more heavily in this
engagement than in any for several
months. over 1000 were killed, and
the Monterey hospitals are filled to
capacity with wounded. and private
homes have been Communicated for
the wounded.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-08-28
Asks Troops to RepeI Mexicans.

Laredo, Tex.-Sheriff Oscar Thomp-
son of Helbronville has requested Capt.
Ransom, commanding U. S. troops at
Harrington, to send soldiers into Jim
Hogg county, for protection against
rowing bands of Mexicans who, &C
cording to the sheriff, are stealing
horses and threatening citizens. There
are two bands of Mexicans, the sher-
iff says, one composed of four and
the other of sixteen members. with
which the small force OF deputy sher-
ifs cannot cope.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-08-28

1t is our purpose to supply Just that
need. 1t is particularly opportune
that our plans should mature just at
this time. The end of the war in Eu-
rope will call for a readjustment in
the relations of all the races of the
world. This REIMBURSEMENT will be
as necessary in America as else
where, and will peculiarly affect the
black race here.
1T may be that none now living
yill ever see the tide of immigration
that once flowed into this country
reach again the high-water mark CT
100000 year. The men withdrawn
from our industrial field will not re-
turn to it; they are being manned
and slaughtered by the millions.
Those who do survive will be required
during the next so years in rebuilding
Europe.
To-day our industries are hopeless
ly crippled by lack of laborers. With
out them there can be no expansion.
What then? The black man? Why
not? There are 100000 of him
in the United States. Heretofore he
has been ignored. rejected. Wherever
he turned seeking an honest livelihood
the doors of opportunity have been
slammed In his face, and today eco
Ionic conditions are subjecting him
to a pressure more severe than any
he has heretofore experienced. I'm
less that condition charg es, the Negro
in America is doomed to pauperism
and crime Through the cooperation
of broad-minded, clear-thinking men
and women OF both races, we hope to
relieve the pressure by altering the
condition
In taking over the plant of the
Philadelphia Evening Times, we have
succeeded in translating into terms
of actually the dream of thousands
of colored people who long ago
recognized the need of modern news
papers owned by members of the
race. yet realized the impossibility
of producing them without strictly
modern plant backed by sufficient
funds.
I'VE have the money, and in our
plant we have every labor-saving, cost
cutting device known to the modern
newspaper world, which includes two
condensed quadruple Hoe presses with
a combined capacity of $4,000 COM
plete newspapers per hour"
The Colorado statesman., 1915-08-28
DEATH RAINED ON CONSTANTL-
NOBLE BY RUSSIAN AIR
FLEETS RAID.
SERBIA TENDERS REPLY
5LAVS GIVE UP BIALYSTOk, BUT
STILL CONTINUE TO HOLD
GRODNO.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, Aug. 26.-Recent opera
lions on the Gallipoli peninsula have
enabled the British troops to extend
materially the area in their posses
sion and to connect their lines along
a front of more than twelve miles, &C
cording to an official statement. AT
the same time, bombardment of the
outskirts of Constantinople by Rus
sian aeroplane squadron, resulting in
the death or injury of forty-one per
sons, is announced in a dispatch from
Athens to the Central News.
According to these advices, the at
tack was made on the Asiatic suburbs
of Constantinople. A number of
bombs were dropped, throwing the
people into panic. Thirty Turks,
eight Greeks and three Armenians
were killed or wounded.
The British official report set at
rest rumors which have been in cir
culation for several days crediting
British troops either with having cut
off or outflanked the Turkish forces
opposed to them.
The report states that while the
ground gained is of great value, the
true objective has not been reached.
The report admits heavy British
losses, but adds that those of the
Turks must have been heavier.
Gen. Eichhorn, who captured Kovno.
i; advancing eastward, according to
Berlin, while progress is reported by
oh, Af
marching on Brest-Litovsk
The sailing trawler Young Frank OF
Lowestoft has been sunk by a sub.
marine. Its crew was landed.
The trawler Integrity of Lowestoft
has been sunk.
According to the London Times
Petrogradscorrespondent, the Russians
have already evacuated Bialystok, but
will continue to hold Grodno until the
bulk of the armies of the grand duke
have reached their appointed position
to the east of Villa.
Serbia's reply to the quadruple en-
tente note respecting concessions to
Bulgaria was handed to Baron Son
nino, Italian foreign minister
It. is known now that the note Of
tho allies, representing the joint views
of Great Britain, France and Russia
asked Serbia to grant Bulgaria that
part of Macedonia covered by the Ser
bo-Bulgarian treaty of 1912.
Should Serbia yield this, as the dip.
lomats now expect she will, it would
adjust the main territory in dispute
with the exception of small strip
running along the new line of adjust.
ment.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-08-28

The Prairie View summer school,
which is comprised of 470 attendants,
a majority of whom are teachers al
ready engaged in colored schools of
the cities and counties of the state
and who are here for further improve.
ment as a means of fitting themselves
for greater usefulness in the Negro
communities, is drawing to close.
Mrs. B. T. Foster of Limestone county
is supervisor of the colored schools
of the county under the Jeanes' fund,
and devotes her time to the introduce
ton and improvement of the indus
trial work in various colored schools
of the county. Through her influence
a considerable tract of land will be
devoted next year to school gardening
and farming in connection with one of
their larger rural schools. Mrs. Eos
ter is a graduate of Prairie View
school and is teacher of number
of years of successful experience. Mrs.
Kay of Harrisburg. Harris county, is
regarded as one of the best female
teachers among the Negroes of the
state. Her successful work led the
board of directors to make an addi-
ton costing $4,000 to her school at
Harrisburg, which is fitted with mod
The Colorado statesman., 1915-08-28
Pastors Murder MAY Link Woman

Gary, Ind.-Federal and state au,
thorities are endeavoring to estab-
fish motive for the murder of the
Rev. Edmund Kayser, pastor of st.
James Evangelical Lutheran church of
Tolleston, Ind, suburb of Gary, who
was shot and killed in his home by
several persons, who bound his body
with cord and left it in a nearby lot.
One theory advanced. by II. B. Sny-
der. postmaster of Tolleston, was that
1.-The preachers tragic end was the cul-
mination of a series of anonymous let
tiers which he had received, warning
him to cease his attentions to a mar
ried woman in Gary"
The Colorado statesman., 1915-08-28
Estates Paid ss41.oo Taxes.

Denver.-State Inheritance Tax Ap-
praiser Leslie E. Hubbard collected
taxes aggregating sS41 for estates
outside of Denver. From the estate of
John G. Bauer of Del Norte, appraised
at s47,443, the tax amounted to $3.50;
the estate of William o. Slattery of
Monte Vista, worth S1S,253, yielded
the state s120. and from the estate Of
Isaac N. Navers, appraised at s16,OS5,
the state realized 1874.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-08-28
Penitentiary Earns S2o2, $50.

Denver.-The annual report to the
governor of Warden Thomas ]. lyman
of the state penitentiary shows that
the institution during the last biennial
period did work worth $514,217.77,
while the appropriations for it, includ-
ing deficit of 1000, were s311 ,237.
In other words Colorado's penitentiary
during the last two years actually pro-
duced $2O2,9S0.77 more in value than
its cost of maintenance.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-08-28
Lower Rail Rates on Ore Ordered.

Denver.-The state public utilities
commission ordered the Colorado
Springs and Cripple Creek railroad to
put lower rates into effect for trans
portation of ore from mines to reduc.
tion works in the Cripple Creek dis
trict. For ore valued at 500 a ton or
over the new rates are to be 25c
ton less than the freight rates charged
for shipment of ores to Colorado City.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-08-28

A broad plan for cooperation among
four churches of Methodism having
Negro membership of 100000, was
made public in a deliverance to Meth
odists of the world The plan, If car
ried out by the Methodist general con-
ferences, was expected to pave the
way for final organic union of Negro
Methodists in America into one
church. 1t was agreed to by the COM
missioners of the Methodist Episcopal
(white), African Methodist Episcopal,
African Methodist Episcopal Zion and
Colored Methodist Episcopal churches
at a meeting held at Cincinnati Three
white bishops-Thirkield of New Or
leans; Henderson of Chattanooga, and
Nicely of Philadelphia participated in
the deliberations of the body. Nine
bishops from the three other churches
also were commissioners. The ar
engagements urge the adoption of a
common ritual hymnal. ritual and
catechism; the same standard in
course of study for the ministry,
standardizing of schools and colleges;
holding of inter-Methodist preachers
Institutes; Christian workers assem-
blies; united action on evangelism,
education, home and foreign missions
and division of mission territory to
stop waste.