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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-26
THE HOUSEHOLD
Fixing the Color.
Edited by ANNE RITTENuoUsE

With warm days and the increased
use of ginghams and other colored
cotton goods comes the necessity of
coping with the problem of seeing that
these pretty colored cotton fabrics are
washed without being bleached. Dyes
are better than they were year ago.
Our American dyers have really
shown wonderful skill in devising
fast" colors without German aid still,
one cannot expect fine colors to re-
main if they are not given special at
tention. The whole washing process
must be different in washing colored
clothes from that employed with
white clothes. 1t is a good idea to
save few pieces from the making of
a colored cotton frock, or to snip a
little piece from a seam if the frocks
are bought ready made, and then,
after the first laundering and on re-
peated launderings, you will be able
to tell quite definitely whether or not
the Iaundress is bleaching the color.
often the change takes place gradu-
allv. and it is not till the frocks have
been washed four or five times that
we realize that a radical change has
occurred.
If YOU observe that there is change
of this sort. then it really behooves
YOU to give the laundress few kindly
Suggestions; that is, if you don't want
the rest of your summer frocks
bleached in a like manner. Some
on the least provocation. For that rea-
son it is not fair to judge the laundress
till YOU have tried a sample of the ma
terial yourself. Wash it out in your
washbasin with soap and lukewarm
water. If the color runs. then you
may know that it will run in the laun-
dry.
One of the best mixtures to use to
set coIors in wash fabrics is gallon
of water to which has been added half
a cup of vinegar. Two cups of salt
may be used instead of the cup of
vinegar or either one tablespoon of
sugar of lead or one tablespoon of
alum. Tho the use of salt is simple,
it is not so good as the others. The
sugar of lead is excellent. but as it is
poisonous one must use it cautiously
Colored goods should be soaked for
a few minutes in such a mixture be-
fore they are washed. They should
then be washed in water that is not
extremely hot. Only mild soap should
be used and of course no kind of
washing soda should be used. nor
should the goods be boiled. In drying
bright or direct sunlight should not
be used; the goods should be dried
| rapidly, but in the shade.
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cause it would escape the attention
OF the public otherwise. All things
which are intended to focus attention
must be exaggerated. The most bizarre
and eccentric movements in art and in
it's subsidiary branches, are blazoned
upon the mind thru shrewd purpose,
and when the public has finally caught
the intention, the blaze dies away, the
eccentricity rounds itself out into con-
ventional curves and lines, and we
swallow whole and easily digest some
thing that was considered appalling
when first presented to us.
The tendency to wear a skirt with
bodice or jacket that has little In com
mon with it beyond the artistic desire
of the Wearer to melt the two into an
entire costume, has become sufficient
~ marked during the last three
months to keep the public from undue
surprise at this new fashion. We do
not at the present moment see any,
thing especially startling in a terra
Gotta bodice with champagne colored
skirt, altho a year ago we would nave
called it a patchwork quilt.
The contrast between the two gar
ments is not only carried out in terra
Gotta and champagne or black, but II
is used in kings blue and munitions
gray. It is also worked out in artii-
lery red and navy blue.
An American designer has created
an exceedingly good gown which has
a round, short bodice of terra Gotta
taffeta heavily quilted, with long. Di-
rectoire tails to the hem of the skirt;
the latter is knife pleated, of black
Georgette.
A French gown, which is more dar-
ing than the American one, and which
was made for gay afternoon and in
formal evening wear. has terra Gotta
taffeta bodice embroidered in gold in
front, and a skirt of champagne satin
with arabesque of gold below the
waist.
The sketch shows this gown. Mark
the bodice well, because it not only is
the first fashion in Paris but is Of
fered on every side in America.
1t is as primitive as a Tanagra toga,
The short sleeves have been intro
duced in both countries at time when
long kid gloves are hard to get and
priced beyond the average purse. 1t
may be that long lace mits will be
substituted. If they come in, it will
be true to history, for they were worn
on the arms in those old days when
this short afternoon sleeve was consid-
cred the correct thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-26
THERE WAS A DAY
NOT LONG AGO
When Few WomcI Used Face Pow
dCrS, Creams or Cosmetics.

Now. almost every woman uses
them-and without concealment. 1t is
conceded that she has the right to re-
tain her youthful look as long as she
can. For this reason, man. women of
unquestioned refinement now use O.
ban Hair Color Restorer to retain the
youthful beauty of their hair. If your
hair is gray. : reaked with gray or
faded. you. too. can bring back all its
natural color with this simple, harm
less preparation
Q-ban is not dye. You can prove
this by trying it on your combings.
ID jes will color them but q ban leaves
them unchanged 1t is a wonderful
and delightful toilet requisite which
keeps the hair glossy anc youthful.
Does not stain he scalp, or wash or
rub off, and does not interfere with
washing or waving the hair Removes
ndruff and keeps the scalp healthy.
Easily applied.
Sold by all good druggist every
where on MonoyBack Guarantee.
Price 75c.-Advertisement.
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New York.-It may not sound well
to speak of terra Gotta bodies with
broad panels at back, dropped over
champagne-colo satin skirts, or
quilted terra Gotta bodices dropped
over knife-pleated black Georgette
skirts, but such is the way of fashion.
One designed makes a tight bodice
with a long panel at the back of dark
blue crepe de chine and drops it over
a gold skirt draped with black net and
lace. Can caprice go further than
that?
However, one caprice does not prove
Il fashion, but a half dozen of them
show that we are in for a new move
ment in clothes. Now, there have been
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w A m T S
AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS

ADVERTISING RATES: The rate for
inserting Want Ads in The Topeka State
journal is / cent a word each insertion,
minimum 10 cents; by the week cents a
word, minimum so cents.
COUNT THE WORDS of your ad includ-
ing four words for State Journal address.
When address is used count each initial
letter and each number or combination of
figures as word.
CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads to be CLASH
fled properly must be in The State Journal
office before Il 20 O'Clock. Want Ads re-
serted under the head: TOO Late to
Classify"
accompanied with cash check in full
payment Of the same. Note the foregoing
instructions about counting the words and
the rate per word for The Topeka State
Journal
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Dinner down with bodice of terra Gotta
taffeta embroidered in gold and
skirt of champagne satin. The bod
ice is short. with long panels at
back, which are caught to the skirt
at each side.
a half dozen of these immature bod
ices with long black panels. mounted
over separate skirts, and we who are
interested in dress must therefore OBJ
serve well the tendency toward a start
ling new fashion.
Caprice Becomes Conventional
1t is not necessary to insist upon it's
being startling: it happens to have that
quality at the present moment be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-26
LABOR IDLE IN SOUTH
Illinois Central Official Estimates 1t
at 10 Per Cent of Supply.

Chicago, April 26.-Vice President
T. ]. Foley of the Illinois Central es-
Inmates 10 per cent of the labor sup
Div of the south is idle at this time.
He makes the estimate in q letter ad-
dressed to all agents of the line made
public today. His observations were
the fruit of a trip of inspection along
the line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-26
ARCHBISHOP NOT ILL
Long Journey From Florida Merely
FatiSucd Archbishop Ireland.

st. Paul Mimi, April 26--Arch-
bishop ireland is at work daily in his
study his secretary, Rev THOMAS f.
Welch. stated today in denying rumors
that the prelate had suffered a re-
lapse.
THE archbishop is merely fatigued
by a long journey from Florida" said
the secretary. He is better now than
when he arrived two weeks ago His
condition is no more serious than it
has been for months.
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Observation-Disclosures

CASH FOR OLD FALSE TEETH, Don't
matter If broken. 1 pay e to SIS per set,
also cash for OLD gold, silver, platinum,
dental gold and old gold jewelry. Will
goods ten days for sender's approval Of
my price. Mail to L. Maser. FOOT S. 9th ST.,
Phila., Pa.
CASH FOR SCHOOL BOOKS, Harvard
Classics, Britannica, Law Books. Pen
dry's, lis West Sixth.
1852 HASTY AUTO EXPRESS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-26
FARMER KILLS WIFE
And Fatally Wounds 13-year-old Son
Then Escapes.
Rochester MINI.

Rochester, Mimi, April 26.-
Thomas F. Armstrong, a prosperous
farmer living six miles south of this
city, shot and instantly killed his wife
and fatally wounded his 13-year- old
stepson, at their home early today
Armstrong escaped. The local COM
pany of home guards is searching the
woods near here for Armstrong
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-26
Earthquake Dries Up Wells?

Aurora, Mo-. April 26.-WeIls which
formerly held forty feet of water were
dry thruout the northern part of Barry
county today. The earthquake in CAL
ifornia was believed by some to have
caused the sudden recession of the wa
ter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-26
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

W. NJ. Blelock to J. D. Quaney, lots
46 and 4S Eighth ave. see rec So, $50
J. H Passman to G. J. Scheier, 8. Il
also Sc. Z HOP. ............... 16, 900
r. f. Hammett and wife to B. A. Sal y
yer and others, lot 10 N. Kansas
ave-, Barrett's add.
a65-7-e wabash ave- Morris add. ~. 1850
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WANTED-MALE HELP

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for Topeka capable
of job work, 5T1a cents per hours section
help; married couple, teamwork, $50 mo.
and furnished: laborers to ship out, store
room work. railroads; fry cooks; walters;
laborers to ship to Wyoming. Furman's
Labor Agency 1O6 West Sth
CARPENTERS and laborers wanted, steady
work, good wages. Call at timekeeper's
office, Stock Yards Co. 10th and Genessee
St. Kansas City, Mo.
WANTED-Married man to do farm work
A NJ. Pitney, Belville, Kan, r. D. No l.
wANTED-Blacksmith first class. Capt.
tai Iron Works. Topeka. Kan.
COLORED BOY with wheel $50 Kansas
ave. Chas. McClintock.
KITCHEN MAN or boy wanted Tone
KATE, ia West Sth.
BARBER WANTED at New England Bldg
DRIVERS at once, 205 West 9Th.
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IMPROVES
Hopes for Recovery Now. Due to His
Rugged Vitality.

Atchison, Kan, April 26.-B. p
Waggener's condition is showing a
marked improvement, there are now
hopes for his recovery. His physi-
clans say his rugged vitality has as
serted itself with such vigor that he
has a fifty-fifty chance of pulling thru.
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|B(Er DRESS
~ NDNHl 81 Hr~@e Rttterhouse


A New Style of Costume Is to Com
bine a Short, ColOred Blouse Hav-
ing a Long Panel at Back With a
Narrow Skirt in a Strongly Oppos-
ing Color and Fabric.
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To Quit Studying German.

Garnet, Kan, April 26.-The study
of German in the high school here
will be discontinued after this year, it
was announced today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-26
MALE AND FEMALE

LADIES OR GENTLEMEN wanted to sell
article needed in every home, store and
office. Quick sales, good profits to agents
No experience needed. Call :25 New Eng.
land Building Saturday afternoon.
WANTED Immediately. names men women
wishing to become government clerks
800 month a32 d. this office.
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A. A. RODGERS

305 LAWRENCE-6 rooms, partly modern,
partly furnished or unfurnished in good
condition. Garden planted. Phone 22S9
Blue.
124 TAYLOR ST, rooms, completely
modern, including sleeping porch, newly
papered; fine condition.
GOOD Broom cottage within easy walking
distance of Santa Fe shops. Della Hut
son, Columbian Bldg. Phone AS.
FOR RENT-Fine modern rooming house
good for two families. Phone 2525 Red.
FIVE-ROOM partly modern house. S13
month. 1160 Grand ave. Phone 4S9
400 SHAWNEE near Willow Park, 6 rooms
gas and water 4779 Black,
FOR RENT-5-room house, 1104 East sth
st.. SO.
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FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

IL -,
large lots, rich Kaw Valley bottom on
South side above overflow, room house,
cement cellar, cement furnace room, fur
mace. large screened back porch, electric
lights, newly papered, in excellent condi-
ton, big barn with hay NOV, rat proof
chicken house with fenced run, sc bearing
fruit trees, ground fenced and cross fenced,
vegetable cave 8 blocks from good car line
1 block from macadam road, close to grad
ed country school and high school, an ideal
country home. Price 5000; small cash
payment; very desirable terms.
SMAWNEE INWESrMENT CO.
534 Kansas Ave. Phone $3.50.
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BUSINESS CHANCES

FOR SALE-Rooming house of IL rooms,
well furnished, one block off Kan. ave.
from bank low rent. Price S225 cash. A. L.
Furman, Topeka, Kan, LOG West Sth.
FOR SALE-Complete set of restaurant
outfit ready to move. Price $3.50 cash. A.
4. Furman Topeka Kan. 1O6 West Sth.
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FOR RENT-HOUSI )
HOUSES FOR RENT

Branner, No. $40, 6 rooms. elect. l., gas
and city water. Observation-Disclosures. 81.
Jackson. No. 1905. rooms, elect. l., gas
an. and city wat ter ;; /:
Fillmore, No. 721, s rooms, str. modern
and garage &C
Buchanan No. Gle broom cottage. 49,. IL
Topeka No. 70S rooms, modern .... -
W. 10Th, No. 915 rooms modern Il
Clay. No. 1915, rooms, str. modern and
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LOST AND FOUND

brown travelling bag containing a smaller
ladies' handbag with two pair spectacles
Return to Mrs. FL. G. Bond, Rossvile, Kan.
Reward.
LOST-A Waterman's fountain pen be-
tween Lincoln school and 9th and Jeffer-
son, or between 9th and 10th on Madison.
Phone 1924 Red.
$50 SCOTTISH RITE PIN-Valued as
keepsake, lost at library or between 9th
and avenue or on Quincy. Reward. Phone
51S2 J.
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Mayors Office. 81
Topeka, Kansas. -
Anrfl 81 1918

April 70, 1918. rfl%
Mayors office. -
Topeka. Kansas. 49,
April % 1915.
NOTICE ftf-
There will be special meeting Of the
Board of Commissioners of the City of
Topeka, Kansas. at IL 100 o'clock n m.
Thursday, May 2, 1918. for the purpose OF
hearing any and all complaints that NAV
be made to the validity and fairness OF
the valuation placed by the appraisers, as
per their report. On file in the office Of
the City Clerk of said City. on all lote~s
parcels and pieces of ground liable for cost
of improving by
Grading, Curbing and Paving that por-
ton of Lawrence Street lying between the
north line of Fourth Street and the north
line of Third Street:
Grading, Curbing and Paving Alleys be-
tween Kansas Avenue and Quincy Street
and Ninth Street and Tenth Avenue: 80
Grading and Paving the Alley between
Topeka Avenue and Tyler Street and Sec
ond Street and Third Street;
Also the Guttering and Repairing of Te-
peka Avenue from the south line of -Four
tenth Street to the north line of Eucifd
Avenue,
All in the City of Topeka. Shawnee Coun-..
ty, Kansas.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. / have bere-s
unto set my hand aud caused the seal OF
the City of Topeka, Kansas to be attached
this 18th day of April 1918 -
fSeal.l JAY Il. HOUSE. Mayor
Attest: ETA NJ CoVELL City Clerk
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PICTURE FRAMING.

FRAMING regildng, mat making, mount
ing done by j. D. Sullivan, 122-12; w. 18th.
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CALL FOR BIDS.
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received by the City of Oakland-
Kansas, until May LIST for the construction
of all cement sidewalks and street and allay
crossings to be constructed during the year
1918 Specifications may be seen at the
office of the mayor, city clerk and Council
man Ensign. The city reserves the right Ia
reject any and all bids.
H. H. LEPPER. City ClerExs.
First published in The Topeka Sta64
Journal, April 81, 1915
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SERVICES OFFERED
LEGAL,

Published in The Topeka State Journal.
April &c, 1918. ffi@
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CALL FOR BIDS.

| First published in The Topeka State Jour-
nal April "a, 1851 -
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TIoN OF BUSINESS COLLEGE FOR a
PERMIT TO CANVASS IN THE STATE
Topeka. Kansas. April %. 1918.
:. Notice is hereby given that the People
has made application to me for a permit<k1
canvass in the State of Kansas for Dc
purpose of selling tuition in advance and
from students before their registration az
the business college herein named.
s satisfactory pToof Is furnished thsr
furnish such course Of instruction ass
advertises or that the moral surroundings
of the institution are not good. that tbs
premises are kept in unhealthy condf-
ton. that the agents of said institution
use INSTRUMENTATION or Fraudulent meth
DDS in securing contracrs, notes. or cash
from prospective students. in such case q
permit will not be granted to such business
State Superintendent of Public Instructfcal
'f'fa' p Journal Apr. Is Is. is SeeNa S's
In the District Court Of the United statsr
District Of Kansas, First Division.
United States Of America. Libelant
seventy.five Cases, More or Less of 81.
Called Apple Butter, Defendant.
CITATION
Under and in pursuance of an Order and
titled cause, | did, on the 18th day %
April. 1918. seize the following product. to-
wit: Seventy-five cases of so-called appIo
butter on the premises of the Lux Mer. Co..
a Corporation, of Topeka. Kansas, consign3
ed by VIM. C. Lunt, Of Kansas City, ME-
souri,, to Lux Mer Co. Corporation o.
Topeka, Kansas. aud transported in inter-
state commerce from Kansas City. Missouri
to Topeka. Kansas. via the Missouri Pacific
Railway and connecting lines. it being
claimed and alleged by the nbelant tHk3
said product was and is misbranded asa
adulterated within the meaning Of the
1906 as amended by the Act approved
March 3. 1913. and said product is now. IN
my possession: and ] do hereby give NOTES
generally. and to The Lux Mer. Co.. cof-
poration. Of Topeka. Kansas. in particular.
and to all persons having or pretending to
have any right. title or interest In or to
said product. to appear and make answer
in said court at the City of Topeka. in ss54
days from and after the date OF this notice.
Ii the same be a court day. else on the
next day thereafter sheE and there to maxi
known their claims and allegations il said
matter
Dated this 18th day of April, 1918 az
Topeka, Kansas. in said Division and Dfa-
trict. Z
o. T. WOOD :
United States Marshall
By c. Il. DRAKE, Deputy. -
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Items for this column may be left
at Petro's drug store, or phone
Eleanor Kimball after p. M: other
hours phone $3.50.
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FOR sALE-MOTORCYCLEs

FOR SALE-Indian side car. blocks we
of Arlington Heights store on West ct
f. Ennis.
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cOBS, so CTS. LOAD

FOR sALE.MsCELLANEOUs
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Cook Dried Fruit Proper Way.

Unless dried food is prepared in a
palatable fashion, families will tire Of
it and it will be wasted. This will
react unfavorably on the gardens for
next year and on the drying campaign.
The main difference between dried
and fresh food lies in the proportion
of water they contain. Therefore the
first step in preparation is to put back
water about equal in amount to that
lost during drying.
One reason why dried foods have
been unpopular is that they so often
have been undersoaked and over
cooked. When the time of soaking is
long, and that of cooking short, the
flavor will be more like that of fresh
food.
Shape and texture must be con-
sidered, the more solid the article the
longer the time required for drying,
and hence the longer the period of
soaking required. After washing,
such foods should be put into three or
four times their bulk of water and
left covered in cool place from three
to forty-eight hours, according to their
substance. Should any indication Of
fermentation appear, they must be
scalded at once. Otherwise leave them
until they regain their original size
or lose most of the wrinkles i'm the
surface; then the time of cooking will
be but little longer than that needed
by the same fruit or vegetable fresh
from the garden.
The water in which fruits have
soaked should be used to cook the
food. In case of high-havored fruits,
like the apricot. more water may be
used for cooking and that in which 1t
soaked will serve to give flavor to
tasteless apples or gelatin dessert
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National Kitchens.

The British bureau of Information
says 100000 portions of food are sold
each day in the 623 national kitchens
and restaurants which have been es-
tablished in London and the English
country. All these institutions are Of
recent development - the communal
kitchen being unknown before the war.
and British housewives are greatly APP
preciative of the saving of labor and
economy of fuel which results when
meals are purchased at the state kitch-
ems. The coming winter, 1t Is sur
missed will see large increase in their
number, nearly 200 new schemes hav-
ing been submitted for approval re-
Gently.
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DEED OF SHAME RECALLED
Handsome Soldier Felt That He Had
One Broken Heart to His Credit
or Discredit

She was an incorrigible flirt, and
she was married. Therefore she deem
ed it quite safe to say pretty things
to the handsome captain by her side.
~ suppose" she remarked, you've
broken many woman's hearth
"Only one" replied he. "And that
was many, many years ago"
She scented romance
'Do tell me about it !" she persisted.
swell, then, several years ago / had
occasion to journey up North. My only
companion in the railway compart-
ment was very pretty girl. We rode
on for many hours together and no
one else entered the carriage"
Eyes, yes?" she interrupted eagerly.
81 never said word to her, or gave
her the slightest opportunity to say
anything to me."-London Answers.