The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-04

| Consequently before any excitement
/ had q chance to develop, the bull
1 tossed the toreador lightly over the
| fence and looked around for anyone
| else who chose to contest his cham
J pionship. or to think there was going
to be any cruelty to animals so
far as he was concerned.
/ We are getting back to the piotur-
! esue in crime. Before long. 1 have
/ little doubt, our bandits will wear
/ plumed hats and refuse to steal from
( the poor. At least that's what it
sounds like when we hear the story of
4 the lone robber, masked in white.
who held up a dinner party in one of
I our suburbs, the other night. The
raider. who appeared just as the roast
was comfortably being started upon,
so completely terrified the men and
women guests that he despoiled them
without being compelled to fire a shot,
SO that his dramatic performance was
I unmarried by any unpleasant blood
shed. He got $4,000 worth of jewels
4 and $3.50 in money from the hostess,
Mrs. Sarah II. Robertson, and a few
additional pearls and diamonds from
the guests, and got safely away in Il
high powered automobile, with his
mask still in place.
New York's transatlantic popula-
ton. by which is meant the thOuSands
who make their two or three trips an
nually to Europe, is taking great in
terest in the new steamship "COnte
Rosso'' of the Lloyd Sebaudo line,
which is now on it's maiden voyage
across the Atlantic to New York.
Spoken of in Scotland. where she was
built as 1.-The most luxurious liner
afIoat'' these veteran ocean travellers
are looking forward to visiting the
ship when she is opened to the public
at her Hudson river pier. Decorated
by the foremost italian artists at
cost of more than 100000. Colonel
DR. NJ Serrati promises that for beau
ty the Conte Rosso will be unsur-
passed by any ship visiting this port
In addition to the luxurious accom-
modations which includes an open
air dining room seating more than
five hundred. the safety appliances of
the ship are the most modern of any
installed on a transatlantic vessel.
More than the usual number OF life
boats are provided which may be
launched in pairs with absolute safety
and there is a motor flagship for the
life boat fleet which is equipped with
wireless capable of sending more than
fifty miles.
1t doesn't seem as tho the "nui-
sance value of a woman is polite
way to speak about her whatever
ones feelings might be, does it2 But
that was the phrase applied the other
day by Justice Mullan to Mrs. Edith
Kelly Gould the actress eX-wife of
Frank ]. Gould. who is featured in a
theatrical production here and is
using her spare moments in an effort (
to get her husbands Paris divorce
decree set aside. Il am convinced that
the plaintiff has realized that it is inn
possible for her to succeed in this &C
ton" said the judge, land that she is
hoping to coerce the defendant into
purchasing the nuisahce value she
possesses" To say the least, it is not
q complimentary phras.ng.
St. Simeon's Episcopal church
which was consecrated the other day.
is one of the most interesting of the
modern churches in the city in the
story of its construction 1t was
started as a mission twenty-one years
ago. and the first services were held
in stable. the altar standing where
the Manager had been. For many
years this stable served as the place OF
worship for the members, until in
1905. the construction of the new
building was begun 1t is now one
of the handsOmesC Gothic structures
in the northeastern section of the city
DIR. George Goubeaud. health board
veterinary in one borough of the city.
vice. 1t is a vivid orange coat of
paint for his auto Anyone seeing
the staid doctor on tour of his dis
trict would put him down for a circus
press-agent. or at the mildeSt. a sud
denly popular movie star. But his
reason for the conspicuous hue Is a
plain one of business People cant
50 they stop me on the street In
tbs way avoid the trouble Of being
called back to a section I have just