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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-02

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The Civil Service Commission OF the City
of Topeka will hold its regular meeting at
the City Hall, Tuesday, April o. 1918, at
o'clock p IN
Any one interested in said meeting is
requested to be present at above mentioned
time. Il. L. THOMAS, Chairman.
Leo Won Langen. Secretary.
First published in The Topeka State
sJournal, April /, 1851
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FOR SALE

go a. good wheat land, 8 miles south of
Sharon Springs, Wallace Co., Kan. Phone
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Chauncey NJ. Depew says that America
Hs the worlds melting pot is a failure"
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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
COBS, so CTS. LOAD


COBS. so CTS. LOAD
GOLDEN BELT ELEVATOR,
S47 NORTH MONROE.
COW-Fine Jersey, for sale, also canopy
top spring wagon. moving machine,
double harness, combination drill, tested
seed corn, 80 day white. Call at 1927 Har-
rison st. Phone 4319 White.
FOR SALE-One wagon, John Deere, 31axS
inch, almost new; one set of work har,
ness, one buggy. 223 Van Buren, ST. Call
at the barn. Alfred NyQuist.
FOR SALE-$10O Duntley. Electric Vacuum
cleaner with all appliances, only used a
few times, in splendid condition, for sou
Inquire 723 Clay st.
WANTED-watch repairing. Main spring.
75c; cleaned, 75c. All work guaranteed
Armstrong Jewe.ry Co, 429 Kansas Ave.
CASH FOR SCHOOL BOOKS, s. so fiction,
25c, War maps, Zoe up. We sell all books
Pendry's, lis West Sixth.
FOR SALE@Lumber at Golden Belt eleva-
tor, North Topeka.
FOUR MATCHING coops for sale 1856
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IQ(|7' DRESS
| " .Nl NklB l 1,11Le Rite n house


The French Frocks Show an Unusual
Method of Drapery at the Ankle
Line, in Order to IrregulariZe the
Hem and Display the Ankles.
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LOST AND FOUND

LOST-Between Laurent on Kansas ave.
and Dibble's South side store, large tar
paulin. Return to the Topeka Package Co.
LOST-Pin with large opal setting. Call
1895 Black, evenings. Reward.
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WANTED-SALESMEN

Statesmen wANTED-Large publishing
house has an unusually attractive pro-
position to offer hustlers with sales ability.
sions. Automobiles furnished men who
make good. Write for details. Address
Sales Manager Box 1116I Kansas CITY, No.
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stories and basement, electric elevator
Good terms to right party. Phone 543 af-
ter p.
WALL PAPER STORE WANTED
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ton for wall paper and paint store. We
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April 2, 1918.
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North Side NeUs

Items for this column may be le1t
at Petro's drug store, or phone
Eles.Io- KimbaIl after p m; other
hours phone $3.50.
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FOR RENT-MISCELLA
HOOVER electric suction sweeper, $3.50
efficient. Paul Younger, 2460 White.
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WANTED-TO RENT
WANTED-TO BUY


CASH FOR FALSE TEETH-Don't matter
if broken. We pay high as $3.50 per
set. also CASH for old gold, silver, plati-
mum, dental gold. old gold jewelry. We
will send CASH by return mail Win hold
goods for one week for sender's approval
of our offer. Mail to Berner's False Teeth
Speciality, % Third Street, Troy, n. Y.
old motor cars by the oldest and most
reliable dealers. Hyal Bros, PIG n. Kan.
Ave, Phone 266 Orders called for.
WANTED TO buy your cottonwood, elm
maple. blackberry and sycamore logs
Kaw Package Mfg. Co.. Topeka. Kansas.
WANT TO buy all kinds Of Runner ducks.
Write me your best price. Emma Ahl-
stedt, Roxbury. Kan
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irst published N The Topeka State
Journal, March %, 1851
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06

rainy day and let them dress in the
frocks they like best, SO that they
Will have pleasant associations to
counterfeit the unpleasant features OF
those occasions.
So II the French woman has to look
forward to the danger and discomfort
OF going into a gloomy. damp cellar
when there is an air raid she fortifies
herself with a bewitching raid cos
tune, which perhaps she has put to-
gether with the aid of a clever seam
stress for a few francs. She has
special little charms to wear-not that
/, she believes in their efficacy but they
| add piquancy to the event and some
how rob 1t of its depressing nature
and she has special bags and chains
| and gloves and wells for these occa-
sions that really do help her to keep
up her spirits. And OF course II was
a pleasure to be on short sugar ra-
ton when one could, carry a mere
soupcon Of sugar around in a charm
Ing little enamelled box.
We are not quite so clever at this
sort Of thing as the French. but we
are better at 1t than the English, who
apparently feel that there is lack Of
dignity or an element of frivolity in
making the occasions OF wartime ne
cessity an excuse foe indulging ones
taste for self-adornment. II Is all a
matter Of temperament-there Is much
to admire in both. But II We find that
We can go through hardships of war
time better by the method Of the
French women. then, by all means,
let's do 1t that way.
And 80 II We must walk on Sunday
let's indulge ourselves to the extent of
getting few accessories and making
Ia real party out OF the occasion,
Every woman--or almost every wom-
an-hankers after a walking stick.
Sometimes a strained ankle comes al
most as a pleasure to the young girl
who feels that because OF it she can
brandish a smart looking walking
stick.
There Is something Enthusiastically
swagger about it, and though the
swagger stick itself is not In high IA
vor in the army the girl who affects
military accessories finds an attraction
In carrying one. But a real full length
walking stick is Of actual assistance
for the woman who takes long Sunday
walks, and now she has a good excuse
to get one. Some OF the smartest
canes are finished with colored cords at
the top that can be slipped over the
wrist.
The prediction is made that the Gus
tom OF walking on Sunday will bring
into demand many so-called walking
suits. Perhaps II will have the effect
OF keeping short skirts in vogue a little
longer In suits designed for outdoor
wear. Perhaps 1t will hasten the re-
turn OF the slit, which surely makes a
skirt more comfortable for pedestrian
ism than one that is not so blessed.
The prediction also is that the
vogue for walking will bring about a
demand for more smart neck Access
sories, because the woman who walks
feels the need or having a very trim,
neat mack arrangement. Whether
this will mean a revival OF interest in
1abots and stocks 1t is hard to say,
though this type OF neck fixing always
does look well with the more or less
severc'v ts''ored WALKING su,t.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06
T T was the foresighted housewife

L was the Ioreslghted housewife
who secured her quota of pre-
serving sugar, bought fruit while
1t was plentiful and stocked her store
closets with variety of canned fruits,
jams, jellies and preserves. But II
takes a clever woman to use such
things without making the members
of her family ever wish that she hadn t
been quite so patriotic. IL you serve
plain canned peaches and preserved
Strawberries many nights for dessert
there will be a rebellion sooner or
later. Here are some suggestions for
providing a variety OF dishes:
Preserved Plum Pie-For this rich
thick plum preserves are best, but
canned plums, freed from their pits
and with a good deal of the juice
drained off or boiled down. will answer.
1t Is one crust pie and the first
thing to do is to line a small deep
pie tin with good crust. Then turn
into it mixture made of the follow
ing ingredients:
Two eggs, half cupful Of preserved
plums, little lemon Juice If desired,
a tablespoonful Of wheat flour with
|
and large tablespoon OF butter
creamed with a third of a cup of
| sugar. Less sugar will be needed IL
the preserves are very rich. Mix all
we'll and turn into the crust and bake
in a fairly slow oven for a half hour,
| or until the crust is done through.
II you use a glass pie plate you can
always tell readily whether the under
crust Of your pies is done through.
Jelly Fritters-Jelly. especially cur
rant Jelly. can be used to advantage to
make this inexpensive dessert which
| calls for no sugar. Take slices OF
bread, preferably not too fresh, and
cut into neat squares or rounds all
OF the same size. Spread with jelly
or jam, press into sandwiches. dip in
| fritter batter and fry in deep fat.
Jam Pudding-Any berry jam will
| answer for this recipe. Cream three
quarters OF a cup OF butter with a
scant half cup of sugar; add two or
three beaten eggs, three tablespoons
| OF sour cream, a cupfui of jam and
! one and half cups of -four that has
been sifted with a scant half TEASPOON
OF soda. Bake in a buttered baking
dish. Rye and wheat flour mixed may
be used.
Jam Puffs-This is a good war time
recipe. for It calls for two cups Of
stale bread crumbs. Soak them in a
cup of hot milk. add four eggs beaten
separately and a pinch Of soda dis
solved in little hot water. Make a
batter of this and fill buttered muffin
| tins half full with It, Bake in a
quick oven. Take out the puffs, cut
in two,and fill with any desired kind
of jam, marmalade, jelly or conserve,
and put tho puffs together again.
II frozen dishes tempt you there
ara all sorts Of interesting desserts TO
be made from canned fruits. Per-
haps the simplest way is to drain of
the fruit juice from canned fruit and
add to it an equal quantity of cream
or cream and rich milk and freeze
that, saving the fruit for some other
dessert
Another kind OF ice cream is made
10y pressing the fruit through a vege-
table press or colander and adding IL
to the juice and cream. 1t is a good
idea to taste the mixture, for If the
juice is especially sweet YOU may be
able TO add more milk and cream and
"'uI how" y Fveet enough.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06
WAY TO USE OLD WOOL.

I you have any old wool that could
be used for knitting socks-you
can provide some by ripping ont
an old sweater-make yourself a pai,
Of heavy stockings for this winter,
Make them the same as you would
soldiers socks only with full length
legs and smaller feet. They may serve
YOU in good stead this winter when
duty or patriotism calls you outdoors
on stormy or cold days. The new
coats are going to be short and va
must manage to keep our ankles com,
portable by warmer skirts or hosiery.
Get a rainy day waterproof hat
You'll be out in all sorts OF weather
IL You are one Of those who have
needed the country's call and hays
gone into some wartime Industry. 4
waterproof hat will save your other
hat or hats.
If you can't afford a waterproof
coat invest in one of the less eXpenI
sive waterproof capes. Not the oil.
skin sort--for those are very ey.
pensive-but the kind made of rub.
Der and woven goods that can 20
had for as low figure as 1915.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06

SO far the buying OF French gown.
has not begun. They have Just star,et,
to make their appearance from be'
lated shipments. But as far as IN.
American fashions have run, and n.
far as the season has settled itse,s
down into a broad highway on vhich
We Will tread. the colors that will win
out are midnight blue. deep Bur.
gundy, tobacco brown and a si,yerv
light blue.
BY the way. there is a remarkable
new gown in this silvery blue. II rsed
to be called lake blue, and II NAV sim
go by that name, for it has a peculiar
simmer OF white over II like surfsc.
water or moonlight. It is worth do.
scribing in detail because 1t is new
and alluring.
The gown Is a mermaid frock and
all the material used Is crinkled into
a machine pleating that is finer than
anything we have ever known. Ii isa
one piece frock with skirt that cling,
to the hips, goes in at the ankles and
knees, then spreads out into a lt,ls
froth over the feet which is kicked
aside as the wearer walks. There is A
round bodice with a round decolletacs
and two very fiat pieces that extend
below the girdle on the hips. The
sleeves are like fms. very short and
pointed at the back.
"A woman with yellow hair could
wear this frock and pass for a mer-
maid. The gown is of so supple and
transparent a texture that when il il
in the hand It shrinks into nothing
ness like a balloon with the air ou,
OF It.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06
Ways to Use
Canned Goods Well

A very inexpensive dessert can 10
made from fruit by simply freezing il
into a sherbet. The fruit Juice a 'ors
can be used or the Juice with the fruit
pressed through n colander. The adj
dition OF lemon Juice usually adds zcs.
to such fruits as peaches and pears.
The addition of little gelatlne soaked
In water makes the sherbet frothy and
| smooth,
| There Is hardly kind of canned or
preserved fruit that will not lend irset
10 good pie. One of the best sor.
what one might rather call a nt,ss
tart This calls for a single baked 10
crust
The fruit. preferably canned pea,'es
| should be drained, and just before
serving placed on the crust and topped
with stiff1y beaten whipped cream. To
save sugar a very little of the frat
syrup can be mixed with the cream %
give 1t needed sweetening. In place
OF the cream n meringue. may hc made
or the whites Of eggs and placed N
top OF the fruit on the pie crust ard
placed in the open for a few minutes
just before serving.
Americans do not often thirl; ~
omelettes as desserts, but they really
are delicious, for fruit omelelro AN
be served as tho main course FOR a
light luncheon when there is to ln 10
additional sweet Make IN ome,e,,s
as usual and just before folding spread
with jam. jelly or canned or preserved
fruit that has been drained and cat 10
IN small pieces. So-called peach -
plum butter is especially good in this
dessert.
Jelly roll is a favorte dessert with
many persons. but other preparations
can be used in place OF Jelly. Jam or
conserve Is just as good, and drained
canned fruit that has been cut up or
mashed will answer.
A nat plain cake should be made
and then Just before serving it should
be spread with the fruit and rolled.
Or easier still It should be cut into
three equal pieces. the fruit spread on
TWO or the pieces and then the thres
placed together with the fruit between
them. A little powdered sugar may be
sprinkled on the top layer.
Jellies Of all sorts can be made with
lruit juice drained from canned fruit
One simply dissolves granulated gcla-
tine In the boiling fruit Juice as FOR
fresh fruit Jelly. Sometimes u IS
interesting to line the Jelly mould
with bits OF oranges or bananas "
maraschino cherries or halves Of hard
grapes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06

found their eyes closing involuntarily
at the sight OF gown with fringe.
The same is true of the narrow, &C
Gordon pleated skirt. 1t is strange
that this fashion did not burst into
full bloom when 1t was advanced last
February. A New York designer put
out many suits with this skirt which
chung to the figure as though we were
back in the days Of That's of Alex
andria.
But the mass did not take it up.
Then, all of a sudden, on the first of
September, up sprang this accordion
pleated skirt, usually black. with a
tunic Instead of a redingote over it.
The original model carried a redin-
cote, you may remember.
The most daring exhibition OF this
skirt was made in a white suit OF
which the short tunic was broadcloth
and the long. tubular skirt crepe de
chine worn over white silk tights
The fact that the woman who wore
1t was as conspicuous as a fire or
parade Of soldiers seemed to have
no effect on her composure. II this
Is to be one Of the new styles It is
quite well for us to shake ourselves
and recall that We are not back in
the days OF the Directoire and that
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06

has been predicted that rather fancier
hats Will be worn by many women be-
cause they will promenade in the
parks or on the boulevards. where the
appearance Of the hat will be more inn
portant than when whizzing along in a
motor car. Moreover though a hat
that stays on will be required there
will be no reason why rather elaborate
trimming cannot be used. trimming
that might be ruined in motoring.
With some women the fad for
walking will bring about a demand
for the type Of hats we sometimes
call English walking hats. Only they
will be far more becoming and smart
than those hats used to be. One does
not have to dress like an Alpine
mountain climber simply because one
wishes to tramp af1eld on Sunday
afternoon.
There is no doubt that the extern
sive ownership Of motors was one of
the things responsible for the vogue
for French ,heeled, narrow pointed
shoes. And now with no motor car
to depend on on Sunday we will soon
feel the need for walking shoes built
for service.
The French woman always mini
mics the discomfort Of various war
time sacrifices that she is called upon
to make by endowing herself with a
dozen or SO little accessories especially
suited for the new conditions. She
follows the same device that we do
with our children. II they have to
take a bitter tonic we buy them a
gayly colored glass and give them an
incentive in taking 1t; or We save
their most interesting games for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06

or the skirt. 1t did not come in a
! night; but then revolutions do not
come overnight either. IL one studies
history with attention to fact. this
department. the probability of long
skirts becoming the chief American
iashion was prophesied fully year
ago, and every week since then there
mas been an expression of opinion TO
strengthen the belief that such was to
be the prevailing mode.
The very smart dressmakers have
encouraged this fashion by trying To
persuade their patrons to take skirts
that were not cut according to the
chorus girl idea That we had ceased
10 be a nation Of dancers wearing
hoopskirts, was the argument used
and we had become a nation of work
ers. Although a few Of the most an
thoritative designers had been able IN
make their patrons wear these insten
sweeping skirts since last January,
still, the fashion did not make much
progress until midsummer.
During July, at such places as New
port and Bar Harbor and at the Long
Island races and charity affairs. where
most of the new fashions are launched
by those who defy the commonplace.
there was a noticeable return to long
skirts. '"s
Inc majority laughed at the idea
III any one with a belief in the passinp
OF the short skirt fashion stated that
peiief among women who were NOT
paying much attention to the smart
set' the EXPLANATIONS of dissent ran
ell the way from disbelief to defiance
snort skirts, women said, were what
they wanted and what they would
wear. The question is how long thew
will be worn. 'e'
Medimvalism Stfll Rampant.
The first delightful conviction tbat
comes to the mind of the woman ,ooI,,
ing 1or autumn clothes this month
tne unchanged silhouette. She will
Jet tne long and the short skirt prob
lem lie 1allow for a while, although
IN DONG this, she will make a mis-
take, for, IL most Of the feminine
world wears its skirts long by Thanks
giving. the women who sit in outer
darkness will wall and gnash their
teeth. They can put a hem on anv
sKirt' It Is true. and this NAV be- a
compromise between an old and a neu
fashion which will Of necessity no
adopted over the land.
1t is. however. the continuance Of
the straight line that pleases women
Here and there 1t is broken into hits
by clever designers who wish to insist
upon what is called the tonneau
silhouette or the draped skirt. but
these are details.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06
M1ERCA MAKES MORE CHANGES In STYLES THAN DOES p

The fact Of main importance is that
even in the tonneau skirt or one ar
ranged after the fashion of the tight,
pull back drapery Of more than three
decades ago. the waistline is big. the
ankle line is slim and the pencil out
line from head to heels remains. Even
IL the skirt takes on a barrel bulge.
which is the plain English for the
1upe tonneau. It is not so decided that
1t spells an almost straight line: and
when skirt Is draped upward and
backward it is done in a subtle and
slender manner that does not interfere
with the flatness and straightness Of a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06
Struggle Begun of Long and Short
Skirts, With Street Suits TAX
ing the Medium Path

TIME great offensive in fashions
which the world has been
awaiting with anxious uncer-
tainty did not take place.
The silhouette remains practically
the same for autumn as it has been
for two years. There is enough in the
fashions, however, to keep the public
guessing and put 1t on the defensive.
Things are not exactly as they were,
although the fundamentals remain the
same.
The interesting development of the
output Of apparel for autumn is the
fact that America makes a more def
mite change than does Paris. She
advocates the frock with the instep
length skirt. She even lowers the hem
Of tailored suits for the street.
Paris does nothing Of the kind. She
takes advantage of the fact that the
Government demands the use Of less
wool in clothes and cuts her skirts to
such length that 1t Is improbable an
American woman would wear them,
unless she was In uniform. driving an
automobile or doing other active
work.
France, as was said before, put out
these short skirts with the plea that
they were in accordance with the
needs Of the Government and that
they were suggested by the short
skirts worn by American women In
war service abroad: but those were
uniforms that the American women
wore. The French mind may not have
grasped that we're not all in uniform
over here and that those who do wear
the regulation service costume have
many other clothes in their wardrobe
to which they resort as soon as their
war service hours are over.
We have worn atrociously short
skirts, and even in the most polite
circles, where one expected conserva-
tisn, there have been unduly scant
clothes worn on the plea that they
were comfortable. One cared very lit
tie about it when the wearers were
fiappers. as the English put 1t. but
when they were women with gray hair
whose figures had matronly curves
and whose faces the lines that grand
mothers often get, these very short
skirts we're more than grotesque; they
were in bad taste.
A Good Fight Is On.
So, summing it all up, it appears
that really stiff fight is on in this
country as to which length of skirt
will be adopted-the French or the
American. .-#.
It is not a revolution. this lowering