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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-18
Notes and Personal Mention.

Notes and Personal Mention
Mr.. and Mrs. Kale Jones of Kansas
City are guests of their mother, Mrs.
c. w. Jewell for two weeks.
Mrs. Frank Ryan of Claremore,
Okla, is visiting Mrs. w. ]. Lewis on
Tyler street.
Mr. and Mrs. George w. Greenwood
and their son, Mr.. A w. Greenwood,
and their grandchildren. Octavia
O'Neil and Robert Merrick, are ex-
pected home the middle of the week
from a motor trip to Colorado.
Mrs. G. L. Kerley, who has been the
guest of her mother. Mrs. Frank Man
speaker, for two weeks, will leave
next week to join DIR. Kerley, who
has been made first lieutenant in the
hospital corps stationed at Fort Clark.
Texas.
Miss Bliss Laungsbelly of McAles-
ter, Okla, will arrive in few days
en- route to her home from California,
to visit Miss Helen Whitfield
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Lewis have left
overland for Wichita, where they will
spend two weeks.
Mrs. Bell Swan and her daughter,
Miss Wilma Swan, will leave Tuesday
for a short stay in Chicago.
Miss Ruth Wheeler, general secre-
tary of the ST. Joe Y. w. C. A, is
spending the weekend as the guest of
Miss 'Allena Grafton at the Y. w. c. A
Roxy Vancil went to Junction City to-
day to spend the weekend with Mrs.
Hattie Crawford.
Mr. A p McKown of the Pelletier
Stores company has gone to New York
on business.
Mr.. lief Felix has returned from
Colorado. Mrs. Felix and their sons
will return the first of the month.
Miss Bernice Johnson of Atchison
is visiting Mrs Frank Griggs.
Miss Ida Ravens. Miss Mary Win
CERT, Miss Ellen Foberg and Mrs.
ton of the Pelletier Stores company,
are in New York.
Capt Jerome tombstone, who has
been the guest of his sister. Mrs. Rich
ard Hayden. has gone to st. Louis to
visit his brother.
Mr.. Clarkson Millspaugh left
Thursday for a visit to friends and
relatives in Columbus. Ohio.
Mrs. A. NJ Harlan, of Manhattan,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H
Welty
Mrs. w. c. Carney, who has been
visiting Mrs. j. S. Sproat and the H
o. Carney family, has gone to Cali
fornia for a visit to her son. Mr.. Ed
Carney.
Mrs A. E. Sweet and her three
children, of Denver, formerly Of To-
peka, are spending some time in Cali
fornia and have an apartment at Long
Beac CHI.
Mr. Paul Mowers leaves next week
for Fort Sheridan. ILL.,, to attend the
officers training school
Mr.. w. c. Thompson has returned
from Bay View, Mich, where he has
been for about two weeks Mrs,
Thompson and Miss Ruth Thompson
will remain in Bay iVew the rest of
the summer.
/ Mrs. F. A. Rooster and Miss Ruth
Rooster will return soon from Boston.
! ing the Harvard summer school.
Mr. William Macferran expects to
resume his work in the University of
Pennsylvania this fall He will leave
| Topeka about September 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed c. Mclaughlin
| left today, in their car, for Texas.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Myers will
have as Sunday dinner guests Mr. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-18
Phones-From $50 m. D. $500; other hours

Mr.. and Mrs. David Mulvane are
entertaining at dinner this evening at
the Country club. Covers are laid for
Mr.. and Mrs. b. F.. Akers, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. B. Merriam, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Freeman, Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Nichols,
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Hal. Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Wear, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. George Craw-
ford. Governor Arthur Capper and
Mr.. and Mrs Mulvane.
y X x
Miss nellie Kouns and Miss Sarah
Kouns are guests of honor at a dinner
party given this evening at the Coun-
try club by Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Cope
land. Covers will be laid for Miss
Kouns. Miss Sarah Kouns, Miss Hazel
Charles Kouns, Mr.. Stanley Copeland
and Mr.. and Mrs. Copeland.
X
Reservations for smaller dinner par
ties have been made for this evening
at the Country club. Among them is
a party of six which Mr.. and Mrs. A.
A GODDARD are giving for their son,
Mr.. Valentine GODDARD and his bride,
who are guests in the GODDARD home;
Mr.. and Mrs. n. V. Wood are having
six guests and others having made
reservations are Judge Robert M.
Yates. Mr.. and Mrs. William Biby,
Mr. Marshall Crawford and MIR.
George Snyder.
x X X
Miss AlIena Grafton, the new gem
eral secretary of the Young Woman S
Christian association, arrived in To-
peka Tuesday to take up her work.
She is a gra duate of Kansas uniVer-
sity in the class of 1911. and has
done graduate work in the University
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-18

rived safely in Honolulu. Until a few
weeks ago Mrs. Whitcomb was Miss
Margaret Settler, of Hol4 IN, Kan. Mr..
Whitcomb is the son of Judge and
Ms. George H, Whitcomb.
Miss Ava Sells gave a dinner party
last evening at her home in Maple
Hill in compliment to Mr.. Franklin
Adams, also of Maple Hill, who leaves
soon for the officers training camp
at Fort Sheridan. Chicago. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Shoemaker motored to
Maple Hill for the party
X X X
Mrs. B. H. Pugh, who was called
to Seattle, Wash, by the serious ILL
ness of her mother, Mrs. r. B. WEIGH,
her mother for home. She expects
to arrive in Topeka Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Welch has been with another
daughter, Mrs. r. H. Bollard, in
Seattle.
Y X n
|, A library of about one hundred vol
umes has been put in the rest room
of Crosby Brothers store by the Child
Conservation league. These books are
for the use of members of the club
problems and are on the care of the
baby, sex hygiene, adolescence,
health. domestic science. child train
ing, eugenics and psychology. These
volumes try to answer every problem
a woman can have on the care of her
family and her home.
The founding of this library was
the idea of Mrs. Fred Hale former
president of the club. who is leaving
to make her home elsewhere. These
volumes were gotten together in vari-
Gus ways. The club had day when
the members contributed books, they
sold baby stamps during baby week
and used the money to add to their
collection, and Mrs. w. e. Mcdonald.
who is a very capable book reviewer.
got a large per cent of this library
/ for her reviews.
| The Child Conservation league of To-
peka is the only club in the state hav-
ing a mothers training library. The
state travelling library is to have forty
volumes on subjects pertaining to
has been asked to select these editions
Mrs w. E. Mcdonald is librarian
and will be at Crosby Brothers rest
room on Mondays and Thursdays,
when club members may take out
books. Mr.. Crosby has donated the
use of the rest room and the bookcase
to the club.
Said the fond uncle to his small
niece who was visiting here and who
had attended the birthday party of a
little friend without any member of
the family's knowing that the party
was In celebration of the child's
birthday. Didn't you take any pres
ent to the party?"
She-"Yes, 1 took the present 1 do
at Sunday school I say present at
Sunday school,"
I
Mrs. D. NJ. Cain and her sister, Mrs.
H. e. Muchnic, are entertaining Mrs.
c. B. Reed, of Topeka, and Mrs.
Reeds daughter. Mrs oliver Ladd.
whose husband. an officer in the
United States army. is stationed at
Manila. They will remain over Sun
day.-Atchison Globe.
X x
Mr.. Charles Corners and Mr.. Ray
mond Beers will give a subscription
dance Friday night, August "a, at KEEL
lam hall. The guests will be the
Washburn and high school crowds
Ray Halls orchestra will furnish the
music.
X x x
Miss Jessie Jones, formerly of To-
peka is here for two weeks. visiting
her sister Mrs. Charles Whitmer. Miss
Jones is playing in the movies. She
is to be leading lady for the Superior
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-18
Dear Friend


SO Don to Suppose at the appointed
line a arldnd's-the knop-
Whle
Chocolate Sundde. Rexou Buffet
and delight you. Please don't disnppo me-
Faithfully Yours
odherne.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-18

Miss Jessie Jones, formerly of To-
peka is here for two weeks. visiting
her sister Mrs. Charles Whitmer. Miss
Jones is playing in the movies. She
is to be leading lady for the Superior
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-18

Mr. Charles Corners and Mr.. Ray
mond Beers will give a subscription
dance Friday night, August "a, at KEEL
lam hall. The guests will be the
Washburn and high school crowds.
Ray Halls orchestra will furnish the
music.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-18

Mrs. D. NJ. Cain and her sister, Mrs.
H. e. Muchnic, are entertaining Mrs.
c. B. Reed. of Topeka, and Mrs.
Reeds daughter, Mrs oliver Ladd,
whose husband. an officer in the
United States army. is stationed at
Manila. They will remain over Sun
day.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-18

ply She will give a series of meet
ings during the week, the announce
ment of which will be made later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-18

Mrs C. w. Schwartz and her daugh-
ter. jeanette entertained the follow
ing girls and their teacher at a slum-
Der party last night and a breakfast
this morning at their home on West
Tenth street: Miss CASTOR Washburn,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18

not going to tell me you've found 0us
your father is on boarur'
'sHow in the name Of wonder did you
guess?"
ST didn't guess-T Knew" the Dragon
retorted, sententiously. II know every
thing, including my own mind my mid
die name is Omniscience. Remember
that, next time you try to keep Amelia
Beggarstaff in the dark. You're Lydia
Craven, and your fathers Thaddeus
Craven-Tad Craven to me and"
"You know him? You know my ia
ther, Mrs. Beggarstaff? You dearl"
With a grim smile, the Dowager
Dragon submitted to spontaneous en-
brace, then gently Tended off the agi-
tated girl. "There!" she growled with
an attempt at acerbity not wholly sue
cessful. "Save your kisses for your
dadl dare say you've played the
deuce with my complexion, and as for
my wig" (this while readjusting that
disarranged adornment> IF you can't
keep your own hair oa for joy, you
might at least be good enough to let
mine roost where it belongs"
"But-I don't care!" Lydia retorted
with gay defiance. You know my ia
Their, and I've perfect right to kiss
you for that, if want to. Tell me how
long you have known him, and how
long you've known was his daughter,
and what made you begin to suspect,
and"
"In PHYS namew the Dowager Ora
gon interrupted, covering her ears.
zone question at time. Be still, and
I'll tell you"
But here, to her open relief, the
stewardess knocked and entered, with
the effect Of rendering Lydia obriyious
to all else.
"Yes, Winant? You've found him7
Where"
zone of the stewards tells me, miss,
'e's just seen Mr.. Craven abaft the
deck ouse on the main deck, astern."
'Thank you so much, Winant. Good
by, Mrs. Beggarstaff !"
Snatching up wrap and scarf, Lydia
was off in breath.
Those she left behind eyed one an
other oddly-the Dowager Dragon with
twinkling look of inquiry: the stew
ardess with discreetly frightened lips
and half-lowered lids that, limiting at
mysteries unutterable, were a plain
| provocation to any competent cate
chist.
And the face Of Mrs. Beggarstaff
grew bright with the light of battle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
u. S. PUTS BAN ON EXPORTS
Presidents Order Prevents Any Ship
ments Except Under Federal
License.

Washington, July 9.-President Will
son issued proclamation prohibiting
all exports of foodstuffs and war ma
terials except under special license.
In giving out the proclamation, the
president made the following state
Ilent:
''In controlling by license the export
of certain indispensable commodities
from the United States, the govern
ment has first and chiefly in view the
amelioration of the food conditions
which have arisen or are likely to arise
in our own country before new crops
are harvested.
"Not only is the conservation OF our
prime food and fodder supplies mat
ter which vitality concerns or Swn peo-
pie, but the retention of an adequate
supply OF raw materials is essential to
our program of military and naval con-
structiOn and ehe continuance of our
necessary domestic activities. We
shall, therefore, similarly safeguard all
our fundamental supplies.
SIT is obviously the duty of the
United States in liberating any surplus
products over and above our own do
nestle needs, to consider first the ne
cessities of all the nations engaged in
war against the central empires"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
WAR GREAT LEvELER OF MEN
Dancer and Athlete, Patrician and
Plebeian Are Equally Valiant
When Gail to Arms Comes.

I asked the president of an impor-
tant college what type of student has
responded most quickly to the war
drum, writes Girard in the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
''The surprising thing" said he, us
that there is no class in this response.
At our college the boy who is regarded
as the best dancer was among the very
first to volunteer. AS many glee club
fellows as football men are going to
the front. Athletes are no more eager
to face the cannon than are our bright
est students"
War, like death, levels up and down..
Those aristocrats and high-bred gentle
men, George Washington and Marquis
De Lafayette, starved quite as well at
Valley Forge as did the frontiersmen
from interior Pennsylvania.
Meade, the cultured patrician, stood
the gait OF battle as well as but no
better than did Sheridan, the plebeian.
Marshal Murat, son of tavern
keeper, became a king, and Marshal
Ney, son of a cooper, later grew into
a prince, and both were as valiant
upon many bloody battlefield as
were the sons Of emperors and cars.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
TREASURE IN ROYAL VAULTS
Vast Accumulation Of Jewels, Armor
Furniture and Works of Art Stored
in British Palace.

Special precautions are taken al
Buckingham palace during renOvations
for guarding the treasure vaults. These
are three In number, and their contents
are of great value, comprising the
vast accumulation of jewels, armor,
statuary, pictures, furniture, etc. which
have come into the possession of the
royal family through various channels
during the last two centuries, and fol
which no accommodation can be found
In the state apartments of the royal
residences.
Two of the vaults are of great size,
the largest measuring 800 feet by 26C
feet. These are used for the storage OF
furniture, pictures, etc. The third vault,
much smaller and steel lined through.
out, is the jewel room, the contents OF
which may be termed priceless. OF
gold ornaments alone there are over
5000, weighing considerably over a
ton in all, and many individual items
would fetch thousands of pounds in the
open market.
Most of these treasures came to
Queen Victoria as gifts from other
sovereigns. Every object in this vault
Is catalogued. and the whole collection
is checked once a year under the SUI
pervision of the keeper of the priyy
purse.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18

ly radiance, and she stopped short. In
no other public part Of the vessel could
one-or two-have found greater
privacy.
Two, at least, seemed to have
thought Of that. In that fan-Shaped
space behind the deckhouse, close by
the singing meter Of the log, Craven
stood with Mrs. Merrilees in his arms.
Wholly unaware that they were not
alone, these two chung to each other,
lips sealing lips in the ecstasy Of long
and passionate embrace, moveless save
as they yielded to the motion Of the
ship.
Lydia stood rooted in incredulous
embarrassment. In that pitiless wash
of naked moonlight she could not fail
to recognize the woman. She was Mrs.
Merrilees beyond question, gowned pre-
cisely as she had been that first night
out, forever to be figure of radiant
loneliness in the galleries Of Lydia's
memory.
But that the other, her lover, could
be Thaddeus Craven-impossible A
passing likeness to his sturdy but
graceful figure-deceiving eyes too
eager to recognize beloved parent: 1t
could be nothing more than that. I'M
possible that he, her father, could be
the lover of a woman but little older
than herself!
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
Artificial Sunshine.

Among the efforts being made by
England to get better crops, on account
Of the threatened food crisis, one OF
the most interesting is an experiment
In growing cereals and other field crops
with the aid of artificial sunshine,
provided by overhead electric current.
This experiment, under the supervision
of V. III. Blackman, professor of plant
physiology and pathology at South
Kensington, is being carried out at
Huntington court farm, near Hereford.
The purpose of the experiments is TO
continue on a large scale work done
during the last few years near Dunn
fries, where in 1915 an increase OF
about 80 per cent in grain and 80 per
cent in straw was obtained on a crop
of oats.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
W. N. u, MILWAUKEE, NO. 2s--1e17.
ENEMIES COME WITH SUCCESS
One Will Not Seem Right to Any II
He Does Not Seem Wrong to
Many, Declares Writer.

You don't make a real success with
out making real enemies. You cannot
hold a strong position without strong
opposition. You won't seem right to
any if you don't seem wrong to many,
says the Labor Chronicle.
A useful life can't be entirely peace
full and carefree.
You must do your duty as you see
It.
Every earnest man in every genera
ton has paid the price of individuality.
You can't dodge.
The greater you are the greater the
penalty of your progress. The farther
you go, the wider your range, the more
you increase the points of contact with
which you must reckon, and, there
fore, you multiply your battles against
misconception and SANDER and envy
and malice.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
New Artificial Food Products.

The Germans now add ammonia to
the waste liquors Of breweries or SUI
gar factories, and produce food pro-
tein directly with the aid of yeast.
REPORTS also come on high authority
that in Germany artificially digested
wood fiber is being used in stock
feeding. Wood is chemically closely
related to starch and sugars, and the
making of sugar out Of cellulose h' >
been done experimentally in the laDof>'
atory for a generation. 1t was only
a question of getting the process cheap
enough to be practical, and we VINO
would scott at 'bread from sawdust
may be regarded by our children as
old fogies, akin to those who refuseo
to believe in airplanes and wireless
acknowledgement Culture.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
A Case for the OcuIist.

The oldest inhabitant OF Little
Cockleton possesses telescope which
We never used.
"Why don't you make use of 1t
sometimes, James?" neighbor asked.
sIt used to be good H." James said,
sorrowfully, shut it's broke now"
''BrokenY" the neighbor asked.
tHow's thatY'
"Well," James replied, sit was such
\ good n that I could see the old
church steeple five miles away quite
plain, but Joseph, the scoundrel, got
The lend of it and tried to make out
the steeple of the Methody chapel,
more'n ten miles away. He tried ana
tried, and couldn't, so that he strained
my glass, and it's never been right
since. Drat Joseph. News.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
INITIAL ORDERS ISSUED
TO ALL REGISTERED MEN
Males Subject to Draft Law Must Be
Ready to Appear Before Exenp-
ton Boards-No Date Named.

Washington, July 9.-The govern
ment's draft machinery has been put
in full motion. Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder distributed a circular
calling upon all registrants for the
CONSUMPTION army to be ready to be
examined,
By a device similar to the jury
wheel, registration cards in red ink
are to be drawn in every county or
city Jurisdiction. Then the numbers,
in the order in which they have been
drawn, will be published in all news
papers and posted in every local board.
The names of registrants exempted or
discharged will be subsequently posted.
Those claiming exemption for agri-
cultural or industrial work, will have
five days after the posting in which to
file their claims. Ten days will be
given for appeals.
1t Is made plain in the circular that
those selected will not necessarily be
summoned Immediately. Nor is the
date for the drawing specified. The
government expects, however, to have
OOU,OUO men III lrdluluS CduupS ny oCP
TENDER 1.
Washington, July lizard and fast
lines are being drawn by the army au-
thorities to cut down the number OF
exemptions under the draft and to per-
NIT no man to. escape military service
until his right to exemption shall have
been established by indisputable proof.
The burden of proof will be upon
the man who pleads exemption. In
every case In which exemption is
granted by local boards the govern
ment will take an appeal, and the man
who, because of a dependent wife or
mother or because he is needed in in
dustry, has been let off by the lower
board, will have to prove that ne
should not be drafted anyway.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
Deceptive but Effective.

Tobias Knowal peeped through the
window of his office, then tiptoeing to
his desk, put flannel bandage around
his neck, put his arm in sling, ran
his hands through his hair, and limped
to the door.
"Mr. Knowal?" inquired the caller.
"Yes," groaned Knowal. what can
I do for your"
"You appear to be far from well"
said the caller.
appear to be-" exclaimed KnOwal.
"Do you think I'm doing this for fun1
But what can do for your
"Oh-er-I won't trouble you now"
said the caller, hurriedly. ANY time
will do" And he departed.
tits some trouble" murmured
Knowal, pulling off his bandages. "But
it's really the quickest way to get rid
of these life insurance agents. That
one won't trouble me again, anyhow"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
Terrible.

sMy dear, you mustn't let anybody
read that letter from Cousin George at
the front. I'm surprised that he'd
write such things"
"What's the matter with his let
ter? It's mighty interesting"
"Some parts Of it are, but his con-
LESSONS of his disgraceful conduct
are dreadful. I wouldn't for the world
have anyone know of his doings."
81 don't get you at all"
"You don't? Didn't you read tnat
part of his letter where he says ne
was out with a British tank last night
and they rolled all over the placer
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
100000 U. S. SHIP SUNK
Steamer kansan Sunk by Submarine
Off France-Four of Crew
Are Missing.

Washington, July Estate depart
ment dispatches announcing the de-
str1lction of the Kansan off the coast
of France by a German submarine,
said that four members of the crew
were missing, but all the armed naval
guard was safe All of those on board
were reported landed except the fol-
lowing four members of the crew, who
are considered lost:
First Assistant Engineer ]. E. Muir
phv. American; A. Aguirre, English;
A. P. Kua of Honolulu and c. Hanan
of Singapore.
The Kansan was valued at S3,OoO,-
600 and was of 1913 tons gross. Ii
carried a cargo Of flour and food
stuffs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
Some (srlevancel

The railroad official invited the stern
citizen to communicate his troubles.
II want you to give ORDERS" de-
manded the visitor, that the engineer
of the express which passes through
Elm Grove at about II :55 be res
trained from blowing his whistle on
Sunday mornings"
Impossible! !" exploded the official.
"What prompts you to make such a
ridiculous request?"
"Wen, you see," explained the citi.
zen in an undertone, "our pastor
breaches until he hears the whistle
blow, and that COMPOUNDED express
was twenty minutes late last Sunday"
Lamb.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
CHAPTER Nv.

Lydia stepped over the high sill Of
a doorway to open air upon the main
deck abaft the superstructure and
gained the shadow of the deckhouse
wherein the rudder engine clanked and
groaned. When she came to the open
space between the deckhouse and the
taffrail the moon slipped from behind
cloud, drenching the ship with ghost