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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-30
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the Columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
March 80. 1896.


There will be special meeting Of the
Commercial club tomorrow evening when
the auditorium question will be discussed
and some definite action propab1y taken.
The official call reads that the meeting Is
for the purpose of hearing the report of
the committee to Lelect quarters for the
club. j. II. Durham. who is chairman of
the committee, will make a report of the
committee in favor of making reorgan-
ization of the Commercial club with shares
of LOCO each, each member required to
take at least one share. The committee
thinks that fifty men can be induced to
Join the Commercial club and take stock.
and with this fund of $4,000 an auditorium
capable of seating at least 5000 people Will
be built. In the auditorium will be the
permanent quarters of the Topeka Com
mercial club.
Miss Lulu Cope is visiting Mrs. >. P.
Tanner at Denver. rt@
Miss Amelia Garvey, Miss RossingtoA and
Miss Alice Rossington will go to Colorado
Springs where Miss Rossington will be
bridesmaid. April 10. at the marriage of
Miss Eliza Tucker to Mr.. Hiram Waddel.
The Homeopathic night school held its
annual celebration at the office of its presi-
dent, DIR. L. A. Ryder in North Topeka,
last evening. There were speeches and re-
freshment. About forty persons were pres
ent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-30
Now Is the Time to
Buy Your
Lawn Mower

We are offering special prices to-
morrow on a few left overs from
last years stock. We have a small
number of these machines which
we can sell at lower prices than We
are getting for this years machines.
: We are offering special prices on
three makes of these high grade.
self sharpening and ball bearing
machines.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-09-30

Some years ago there wnS nrsi
broached tho question ~ using con
crete for shipbulldlng. and since that
time there have been many success
fui and practical applications ~ this
idea. Indeed. the inventor Gabcllinl
has succeeded In inducing the Italian
government 20 adopt Il for certain
purposes connected with the navy
These boats have double skins ant
water.tiEht compartments. and, being
craft ~ about 100 tons each, are able
o. withstand shocks by collision 10 d
surprising extent. Their draft IN little
more than that OF wooden vessels oi
the same size, A special advantage
is that they neither rot nor rust and
they are easily kept clean. Many
canal barges ~ the same material arr
In use In Italy; and concrete has beer
found particularly well adapted fol
the constructing docks ana casslona
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-09-30
Jersey Jumpers and
Jackets

A Pongee Waist and a Jersey Jump
er is the dress simple for women's wear.
The Waists are $3.50 to $6. so, the Jump
ers $500 and $10.50. And the materials
are woven for winter wear, are warm
and good wearing.
You will see a Jumper Dress on
every other woman in the City before the
style will pass. 1t has to be, the style is
so simple, SO easily made and so practical.
For ourselves we should like to be
encouraged to buy more of the ready-to-
wear lines. Our overhead expense is
nothing as compared with the stores in
the city selling that line. We can make
you most favorable prices. Connection
can be made with New York buying or
ganizations that get us the prices of the
larger concerns.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-09-30
DISCOVERED USE OF MIRRORS
plnsr Finds That Monday FIlrtatlons
Are orestly Aided by Properly
Placed Reheetors.


II know why they All the walls Of
tksse restaurants full OF mirrors" said
sidney.
$50 DO l." soid his friend Aleck.
"For the same reason they put chew
Ing gum bores in the subway station.
Sos the Happers can Ak their hair II
any part OF their ears should be show.
Ing.
mot So" returned Sidney. "wntch
me-"
They entered q white porcelain res
tsurant, the walls Of which were lined
with mirrors that opened 10 the view
q lengthy, interminable line Of reflect.
ID restaurants.
They were seated few minutes,
and Aleck observed that Sidney was
smiling cordially into spnce. There
was no one near by except flapper
with an expressive back. the back be.
ing toward Aleck and Sidney.
'You act like iunatlc IN the MAX.
ing" said Aleck. "what nre you grin.
ming at In that iced cantaloupe sign
forr'
I'm not I'm looking at the peach.
Amt she a bear1"
Then Aleck, gazing In the direction
he saw Sld's eyes were bent, looked
In the mirror and was confronted by
the gsEe Of the nnppcr with the OK.
pressiys back. lie saw thnt she hnd
an expressive face. She was return.
ing sid's grin with nm extra measure
"Many friendships been mndo
through q restaurant looking glass"
observed Sid. "You don't mind eat.
ing alone. do you, Alecki Excuse me-"
New York Sun.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-09-30
fI.h chok.d Wat.r Main.

James Liltleneld OF Dover. n. H.,
blamed the decreased pressure IN the
water main 90 the drought, but dis.
covered tho real reason when the hose
with which he was watering his lawn
began 20 squirt little nshes. The
strainers over the outlets IN the res
sryoir had disappeared. allowing the
nnny creatures the freedom of th.
cttH
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-09-30
Popular House Gowns

We are showing something new for
afternoon at home-wear dresses. They
are made of popular colors Of Jap Crepe,
are trimmed and embroidered in most at
tractive style, the price does not exceed
your means. -Four to Six dollars. And
we have the Crepe in yardage and If you
are handy with the needle you can make
it yourself, but it takes the specialist to
give II tone and this you see in our ready
made garment.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-09-30
COatings

Do you know that with the aid of a
Butterick Pattern and the New Deltor you
can make your winter coatl Do you
know we have the beautiful Bolivia and
Thibet Cloth and other weaves for that
purposel
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-09-30
Skirt Goods

And do you know you can get right
here at your own home store some very
beautiful new patterns for skirtsi Some
Of the stylish stripes and they are wide.
The yardage for a skirt will not break
you up. The finish for this material Is
equal to many Of the so per yard cloths.
Ours sells for $3.50 SIS and $3.50 per
yard and il Is wide.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-09-30
Rain Capes and
Umbrellas

The Umbrella and Rain Cape season
Is here, prices will not be less this year
than we have made them right now.
Your girls and boys should be we'll
protected from the elements II you would
avoid the Doctor.
Umbrellas $50 to $3.50. From
the ordinary plain handle to the fanciest
styles.
The Washington times., 1921-09-18
MOST EXTENSIVE DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT i'm WORLD is

the statements OF interested parties
are much more acrimonious than
they are In a court Of domestic re-
lations. Not restrained by being
sworn to tell the truth, and not sub
ject to having their testimony
shaken by cross-examination as Is
done In court, there is almost no
limit to which mothers-in-law and
other relatives Of wives who claim
their husbands deserted them with
out cause and Of husbands who
claimed their wives had been guilty
Of misconduct, will not go.
Some of the cases are exceedingly
pathetic while others are humorous.
An example of the former is that
Of a blind soldier who was married
to woman who misrepresented
herself to him as being much
younger than she was in fact, and
told him all sorts Of tales about her
owning property. She told him she
was an interior decorator, artist,
music teacher, wireless telegrapher,
and, affecting to be engrossed in
soldiers welfare. induced him to
marry her under the pretext that
she wanted to take care Of him.
She took what money the soldier
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

had and then filed a claim for com.
pulsory allotment and family allow
ance. Exemption was granted.
CLAIMED WIFE WAS DEAD.
An instance Of the latter was the
case Of a colored soldier who made
affidavit that his wife was dead.
During the period Of his service.
however, they maintained a close
correspondence and she constantly
sent him good things to eat. Upon
learning her rights to compel her
husband to support her while in
the military service the wife filed
an application for Government fam.
lily allowance and compulsory allot-
ment from her husband, submitting
in support Of her claim letters she
received from her husband.
Many of his letters were written
in verse and in one of these letters
he wrote her a poem" entitled
Home" the closing line Of which
read: Just kindly remember. wher-
ever you roam, that Shakespeare
was right, there's no place like
home" The wife received her allot.
ment.
Another instance Is that OF y man
who enlisted e single, leaving
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

the claimants or beneficiaries feel
called upon to file. In view of the
fact that the work that was formerly
handled by the War Risk Bureau,
the Public Health Service and the
Federal Board for Vocational Train.
ing are all consolidated in the
United States Veterans Bureau, the
legal department has become the
largest depository Of real human APP
peals, genuine sob stories and the
tales OF gay Lotharios who donned
uniforms to escape pressing and un-
pleasant domestic relations.
FRIENDS OF FAMILIES.
The legal department Is not only
the friend of the soldier, but the
friend of the soldiers wife and FAM
ily-and heirs and assigns, as has
been stated. And the legal depart.
ment has been called upon to solve
some very queer and some unusually
complicated domestic problems.
The procedure Is much more in
formal than that in a court of do
nestle relations, as 1t is impossible
to get evidence in these thousands
of cases scattered all over the
United States except by correspond
enGe. and because Of the informality
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

tain rights and also conferred on
their dependents, heirs and assigns
certain benefits.
At least half a dozen agencies Of
the Government pondered and red
taped and Investigated the various
classes Of claims that were filed
under the insurance act. And up to
the present time these different and
widely diverse agencies have con-
tinued to handle these cases, MAX
ing for delay. misunderstanding
and considerable profanity and hard
feelings.
All that IL now passed. The do
nestle relations department Of the
well-known United States will now
function as one unit. In other
words. without any sort OF holland
maria" assistance Uncle Sam has
decided to work out his war risk
troubles on a budget system, and the
business of handling all these cases
has been turned over to the United
States Veterans Bureau.
And the legal department Of this
bureau has taken over the care OF
every type Of complaint. exemption
claim, or any other sort Of action
which the Government or any OF
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

UNCLE SAM. well known and in
ternationally heralded hurani-
tartan, awakened to the fact
that the sisters and cousins and
.unts. as well as the wives, fathers,
y,others, ETC., of his disabled SOL
d,ers. have sources Of considerable
vorriment. has just established what
4, In effect the most extensive do
mestic relations court in the world.
It's home is In Washington.
It's potential customers are the
relations, more or less domestic. of
the wounded and disabled soldiers
under the War Risk Bureaus keep
ing as well as the beneficiaries Of
soldiers who gave their lives to
their country on the battlefield or
died during the time they were
wearing their country's uniform.
MATTER OF CONCERN.
The domestic relations OF the gel.
liant men who entered the service OF
the country have been q matter Of
considerable interest TO the authori-
ties ever since the United States
entered the great war. The enact.
n,ent OF the war risk insurance law
nave the men In the service GER
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

the wife that she herself was guilty
OF, for he signed himself "Judice."
He made the allotment.
In another case the woman wrote
Mr.. Wood Road" Wilson. She told
the President that she was expecting
and wanted him to take out just
what money he needed for his trou.
hle. Exemption was granted in that
case. In answer 10 the bureaus IN.
quiry as to what is the present or.
ganiEation OF the soldier, n wife
answered Baptist" Neither OF the
parties, however. appeared to BE-
very religious from subsequent evi.
dence submitted. A witness argu.
ing in behalf of soldiers clam for
exemption insisted that the 'the
quality of mercy Is not strange"
Shakespeare did say something like
this.
Another phase Of the work Of the
department lies in impressing on pri-
vate firms and corporations that
there is no particular reason why
they should not pay for careless.
ness or negligence when Il happens
that man In one OF Uncle Sans
uniforms suffers thereby. For In.
The Washington times., 1921-09-18
Chicago Aldermen to t.
Have Shower Baths

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE srtv-
ings Of four years on the part Of
Chicago ? .dermen is to be rewarded.
The ~ 4ermen at last are to be en-
able : to take q bath.
In the days before the war, Chi
Cages aldermen began q movement
to have shower baths installed in
the city hall building. making 1t
possible for the fathers Of the city
to refresh themselves after q stormy
and heated session Of the council.
But the war came and with It the
vision Of baths vanished, for the
time at least. '.
A few days ago plumbers went to
work in the aldermen's locker room,
and II was formally announced that
the dreamed-of shower, baths are
soon to be q reality.
The Washington times., 1921-09-18
Prince of Wales Calls
Cheerfulness q Duty
LONDON, SEPT. Is.

LONDON, SEPT. 10.
TN q recent address to the London
Chamber Of Commerce. the
Prince Of Wales declared that
"cheerfulness ia q national duty"
His slogan might not 30 inapt for
Americans. The heir TO the British
throne, whose tour Of the United
States won him many friends be-
cause Of his democratic attitude,
sounded other keynotes Of interest
to American business men. -
For q moment. I know that
business depression II hanging over
u.s." said the Prince. but am dar-
ing to hope that experts already can
detect riffs in the clouds. ! shall
always remember the unquenehable
cheerfulness which carried Us
through the war.
Perhaps the reminder TO give to
day is that we are really q people
of great sense, and common sense,
think. implies q frank recognition
Of facts, q spirit Of give and take,
and making the best Of things"
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

stance there is the, case Of the Off
Ger Of the army who was killed by
the falling Of a canopy over a side
walk in front of one OF New York's
theaters. The legal department in
stituted action against the owners
of the theater as representatives Of
the officers widow and collected .
good round sum.
TAKES CARE OF ACE.
In another case, which happened
in France, an officer was killed in
an automobile accident on the
streets of Paris. The legal depart
ment sued the owner Of the automo.
bile In the French courts and Sc
cured q verdict which resulted In the
sum OF 600 francs being paid the
widow OF the officer in cash and q
further decree allowing her 5000
francs per year for the remainder
OF her life.
Claims against railroads. steam
ship lines, etc, are made by the
legal department and settlements In
amounts all the way from 500 TO
$50 600 have been obtained.
The h 'ad Of the legal bureau is
Charles GAMER. general counsel
and s,pc ri assistant 90 the attorney
general - The United States. He
has a staff OF expert attorneys ana
assistants.
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

prayer. Alfred Robauit owned the
sketch for this picture, and also
another one in which the compost
ton was changed from st. Jerome
to THE Wood Gatherers.'
Corot made several sketches for
this picture and, In the last trans.
formation Of the motive he changed
the principal figure and added other
figures. The studies show the tran
sition to an enlargement OF the final
painting. Corot signed the picture
In bed a few days before his death,
in 1875"
PAINTING FIRST SHOWN
IN PARIS IN 1876. ~.
The painting became the property
of q Mr.. Breysse. 1t was exhibited
at the Paris Salon in 1876. and was
sold at the Faure sale April 20, 1878.
1t appeared at The Corcoran Gal
lery in 1886. It measures forty.five
by sixty five inches. It hangs in q
room with other pictures Of the
French School, but 1t dominates the
group as the center picture on the
wall.
Many who see II speak Of our
American Inness. and It Is true that
e. y1aft 90 ~ On
bisen painters at Fontainebleau,
showed a new influence In his style.
In another room at the Corcoran q
Corot landscape and an Inness hang
side by side. and may DO compared.
The great Inness Sunset In the
Woods" belongs to the Corcoran.
while in the National Gallery the
equally important Inness. Sept
ember Afternoon" and several others
of his landscapes. may be studied.
At some future date the Inness
pictures may be as valuable COM
mercially as the Corot, which Is
worth today probably IN the neigh
borhood Of $4,000. though when
purchased for the Corcorau 1t cost
only q tenth Of that sum.
Blu one mustn't Judge q picture
by tho price 1t would demand at an
auction SALE" says c. Powell Min
nigerode, Director Of the Corcoran
Gallery. Pictures should be enjoyed
and valued for their beauty. and
each individual will have q different
preference in the choice Of his fav-
orite."
yet works Of art are worth COM
mercially whatever one may set for
them. only unfortunately the poor
artist seldom receives the high fig
ure later paid. But now we are told
to believe that our Government viii
soon encourage Art like any other
public work, as foreign countries
have so long fostered it, for Art is
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

wife and some step-children. After
many months of service the wife
made claim for compulsory allot-
ment and family allowance. The
soldiers commanding officer advised
soldier that II would be neces.
sary that he make up all back al.
lotments and remain in the service
until they were paid, soldier to re-
ceive no pay during this periol. The
soldier Immediately got bus:' and
wrote his wife, begging her to re-
lease him. From subsequent let.
ters written by him to her II II
evident that she did not concur in
the arrangement.
QUOTED THE SCRIPTURES.
He called her by the name %
Naomi, a pet name which he invent
ed for the occasion and tried his
best to work on her feelings. In
conclusion he told her that she DE
traid" him and sold him for thirty
pieces of silver" His knowledge OF
the Scriptures would seem to be-
somewhat faulty, however, as in
conclusion he unconsciously at.
tributed to himself the very evils
which he had hoped to pursuade
The Washington times., 1921-09-18
Mental Cures Stir
Dispute of M. DIS.
I'm British Isles
LONDON, Sept. II.

LONDON, Sept. II.
ONLY q few years ago any British
doctor who profesed faith In
mental cures was labeled "charia-
tan" or "quack." Today q violent
controversy il raging in the medical
press, with some Of Britain's leading
physicians announcing that not only
nerve trouble. but even pneumonia
benefit by mind treatment" auto
suggestion and hypnotism. ..
The row started at the annual
meeting Of the British Medical As
ISOLATION. A large part Of the as
sociation's time was devoted to do
batting the value of mental cures. ana
the discussion 10 continuing in the
press.
Prof. Robertson. of Edinburgh. .
well-known physician. declared that
wounds could not only be cured BY
mere suggestions, but could be In.
flicted in the same way. He assert-
ed that he knew Of ono case where
blisters were raised on a mans body
simply by telling him he was being
scared with the iron.
II am not urging that We abandon
the use Of medicine" said Prof.
Robertson, but doctors should learn
that there Is something besides
pills. In their mental cures they
could throw many q bottle Of medi-
cine into the sea-" 80.
DIR. Barnard Hollander, who advs-
Gated successfully the use OF hypno-
tism and auto-suggestion in curing
cases Of shell shock and nervousness
during the war, said that the drink
and drug habits yielded easily to psy-
chic healing.
The Washington times., 1921-09-18
Can't Find Anyone to
Rum For Town Mayor

PENNINGTON. w. Va. Sept.
17.-H. L. Morgan has resigned as
mayor here and cannot be induced
to serve until a successor is named.
The town council IL in a quandry.
for 1t cannot find anybody who will
have the job.
The town government is running
along after a fashion without head.
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

great sweetness and softness about
his painting. One never forgets the
impression received from 1t.
In the Brera, in Milan, one may
compare Leonardo and Luini, the
former in the fresco of the Saviour's
head for 1.-THE Last Supper" (gen-
orally attributed to Leonardo), and
the latter in another Madonna and
Child" and a relationship in their
styles may be observed.
Luini was born about 1460 in one
Of those Swiss Italian lake districts.
the town Of Luino, Lago Maggiore.
A visit there Is never forgotten, for
the whole atmosphere is a harmony
Of warmth and color and one who
has had even a glimse Of the region
in a hasty European trip always
feels again that quality In Luini's
Madonna and Child" in the Nation
al Gallery.
NEW YORK'S PICTURES
NOT AS INTERESTING.
The value Of this large picture,
fifty-six inches high and forty-nine
wide. painted on wood, a genuine
primitive? Oh, 1t Is impossible to
set price on 1t.
Hundreds Of thousands would not
be too much to pay for such q work.
The most costly picture In the Met
ropolitan In New York is not half
so interesting from some points of
view, that Van Dyke Stuart por-
trait for which $4,000 was paid.
There are in various galleries and
private collections throughout the
United States a few Luini pictures
one or two other Madonnas by him.
but none Of them, so far as seen,
has seemed so interesting In COM
position as ours in Washington,
with the Child just escaping from
the Mothers arms, taking the first
steps. beginning that long journey
to the Cross. which she already
dimly feels In her gently anxiety
Tor Him.
Pilgrims may well journey from
all over the land to see in our Ma
tional Gallery this wonderful MA
donna" by Luini, painted no doubt
four years ago, for the uncertain
date Of Luini's death is placed at
about 1886.
Is our Luini a genuine original,
or In by chance a copy?
That question DIR. William H.
Holmes, director Of the National
Gallery Of Art, is unable to answer
positively, but he explains that
there is almost every reason to be-
lieve this to be an original Luini.
1t is painted on wood, rich har-
mony of color, and we know that a
copy Of even a little later time
would be on canvas.
See the Raphael Holy Family"
a loan In the same room, though not
belonging like the Luini to the Har.
riet Lane Johnston collection, the
nucleus about which has grown the
entire National Gallery of Art. The
Raphael, though very beautiful and
having some actual character of
the original. is proved by internal
evidence too detailed to be con-
sidered now, to be an early copy Of