The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02

thought of them since, a1tho she says
that being a poor woman, she ala
think her trip was little more ex-
pensive than it should have BEEN But
/ this is certainly an opportune time TO
find money while the family is chang
ing its place of residence. Was there
ever a woman who even cleared out
a dresser drawer without wishing that
she might find some long lost change?
And I'm sure that there never was
one who while moving into a new
home didn't feel the need of finding
some
F. Judg, John Stelk of the court of do
nestle relations in his report of his
work in that capacity in Chicago made
| a bold commentary upon birth con-
! troll an. attack upon organized
cha rity and a realistic portrayal of the
causes which bring young girls and
wives into his court.
He proclaimed the right of the poor
! overwhelmed mother to guard
against another mouth to feed" by
the possession of the same knowledge
| that is given out every day to her
sisters IN the higher walks of life"
II do not hesitate to say" he stat
ed, that it is a thing of sheer bru-
tally 20 compel a physically deb1n-
tated wife to further burden herself
ana society with defective offspring
aside from the almost criminal short
upon the latter.
IT am of the opinion that some day
the entire question will be considered
by the federal government"
Judge Stelk then scored young wo-
men social workers who had come
face to face with abject poverty and
have found their delicate senses too
| shocked to permit any other emotion
than feeling of hopeless horror.
OF the younger offenders who found
Uav into his court the Judge
said:
'Extravag ance is to be blamed.
Boys and girls are led to believe they
are entitled to wear outrageously
dresses have become gowns. With
the boys they are beIted gents en-
riching the cigaret trust.
"Of the many war Victims he said,
''the most pitiable is the girl the SOL
der lett behind without wedding
ring AMI with baby to support. So
fa~ as I~know, the government has
done nothing to solve this problem
THE LETTER OF A DEBUTANTE.
Dear S. R.: Aren't the new spring
styles Just adorable? We have been
trying on hats and suits for the last
few DAYS and some of the girls have
already decided exactly what they are
going to wear when they step out"
with their best beaux. that is, those
! WI ose pest friends and fiances nave
not gone to war, on the first warm
Sunday. Sometimes it seems almost
wicked to think about clothes during
this time, but why shouldn't those OF
Us who can't go to war and be heroes
try to look we'll enough so that We
won't emphasize the gloominess OF the
times in our appearances?
But speaking of clothes-did you
see that good looking leather coat
worn on the street this week by one
| of the well-known women of the
town? It was trimmed around the
bottom with fur and had a huge fur
collar. The woman who wore it has
a great deal of style and showed it
off to the proper advantage.
There are great many of the So
ciety and college girls taking short
| hand tins winter. Margaret Ray has
finished her course and has a posi-
ton. Among those down at shortha nd
school now are Ruth Foster, Isabel
Stewart, Mrs. Terrence Ewart, Helen
Crawford, Emily Seary, Ruth Rooster,
Ann West and Helen Reinbach.
Some one, we suppose it must have
been some Crouch among the COL
lese men. got out a small pamphlet
| known around the sorority houses as
tn, yellow journal few days ago.
| In the small paper almost all the
sorority girls in school are roasted and
some of them disgracefully so. 1t says
> that there are only two sensible girls
III the cOIleSe, one d freshman ana the
| other a senior. We wonder if these
two sensible girls are the two attract
i've sisters. one of whom is a senior
and the other freshman 1t singles
out the prettieSt and most popular
girls in school and roasts them in a
way which is more crude than clever.
! The cd fashioned statement that a
woman can't keep a secret has been
proven false. A certain pretty young
society matron carried a secret in
which half the town would have been
interested for six weeks, and not even
limited i, to living soul Oh, yes, the
secret came out, but it was not thru
her. With proves that at least some
w men can keep secrets, sometimes
Didn't the women do executions IIv