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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-24

or to have inherited, something of a
history.
1t comes from the farm of Harry
Vose, a Rhode Island farmer who,
every Thanksgiving for the last thirty
five years, has sent a specially selected
turkey to the president of the day.
Eight presidents in turn have pro-
nounced the birds beyond reproach,
and it is from the distinguished line
that has satisfied the appetites of fam
lily after family of chief executives that
the presidential bird of today has
sprung.
In one respect this will be an unusual
Thanksgiving day at the White House
Instead of being given over completely
to rest and relaxation it will be mark
ed by a certain degree of excitement
and hurry in preparation for the pres1-
dents trip to the west; for he starts on
Thanksgiving night for st. Louis,
where he will visit the fair. Kermit
is the only exile from the family circle
to be welcomed home. He is away at
school. In other years Theodore, Jr.,
the eldest son, also has had to make
the trip home from school. but this fall
he has been in Washington, owing to
i'll health. Miss Alice Roosevelt also
is spending most of her time at the
White House, while the younger chill
dren-Ethel, Archie and Quentin-at-
tend school in or near Washington.
The unwritten laws regarding the OBJ
servance of Sunday are followed on
Thanksgiving in the White House OIL
never are closed from years end to
years end, only such employees are on
duty as are deemed absolutely necessary.
At IL Mr.. Roosevelt goes to the Grace
Dutch Reformed church, whittier he
usually is accompanied by one or more
of his children, while Mrs. Roosevelt
and Miss Alice attend the service in old
ST. Johns Episcopal church, church
nearly as old as the capital itself and
long known as the Church of the Pres
idents, from the fact that every presi-
dent from Madison to Lincoln worship
ped there.
The president usually walks to Grace
church, distance of little more than half
a mile. The building always is crowded on
Thanksgiving day, for on that day more
than any other is the president certain to
At 1 O'Clock the members of the Roose-
welt family, and perhaps a few intimate
friends, sit down to luncheon in the fam
lily dining room. The meal takes an hour
or more and is followed by one of those
long horseback rides in the country of
which Mr.. Roosevelt is so conSpicuously
fond. He may, as on many of his daily
excursions, be followed only by the army
such holiday rides it is usually regular
family cavalcade that sets out from the
M r f and SG MISS A Ahe ali gong
out for the gallop. 1t brings them home
happy and hungry for the great event of
the day.
This is the Thanksgiving dinner, which
is served at o'clock. Though half
dozen relatives and friends usually are
present in addition to the eight members
served in the cozy family dining room
rather than in the large hall. which is
used only for the large state banquets of
official life: and whereas these are pro-
vided almost entirely by professional ca
terers, the Thanksgiving dinner is left in
who for years has been cook to the
Roosevelt family.
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"BUsTER" BROWN,

other pitcher had ever done. There
have been pitchers who have pitched
two games in a day. but they were no
good the next day McGinnity was just
as fresh and lively the next day.
81 believe McGinnity could pitch
thirty straight innings without rest or
relief" said Manager John McGraw in
speaking of his star twirler.
How do l do it? Well, I'm a pitch
er. That's my business. I've made a
study of it a good many years, and now
/ think 1 know something about it, al
though I am learning more every min
ute"
That was the answer Iron Man" Joe
McGinnity gave to the question of how
it is that he wins so many games for
the Giants.
McGinnity has developed a new vari-
alton of the outshoot, which has been
termed the "crossfre" curve. Joe, it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-24
A BANKING ACCOUNT.

"And not a bad will neither" said
one of the poor relatives emphatically.
HE did the right thing in the end
agreed a poorer relative.
Seems a pity he wasn't spared to
see just one more October" said one
of the poorest relatives. by rights
he ought to be here now to see how
grateful we are and what a fuss We've
made Of him this day. But s'pose,
resignedly, that was almost too much
to expect"
"He's gone said some one, giving
a more cheerful tone to the converse
ton, hes gone the way We've all got
to go. And it's to be hoped we shall
all be as we'll prepared" The others
gave a sympathetic chord. more
over encouraged by this decorous
applause, 1--WE can look upon him as
a shining"
"Bah!" interjected a relative in the
corner The others, astonished, beg
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TONIGHT

have been this that put it into his mind.
He came to me near the Law Courts at
Westminster, looking very cheerful
Would you be surprised to hear he
said, that I'm thinking about getting
married?'
g L shouldn't be surprise to hear That
you thought about getting married.
replied, but should be very much as
tcnished if you went and got married.
Often done by Others he said.
Eyes said, but not by you. Have
you considered the question of ex-
pense?' :
She tells me that it's as cheap to-
keep two as it is to keep one
Figure it out for yourself I said,
and see.'
HE told me afterward that he felt very
much obliged indeed; added in his grudS-
ing way it was the only warning L had
value. AS fact hadn't intended it for
warning; 1 simply meant it for chaff,
misery enough a bachelor; what he
would have been as a married man does
he could now that early marriages
were a mistake, and said that his view
arrived at the age of 80 or 40, a time at
which youthful sentiment was disappear
ing and clear, sound views began to assert
their sway He worked harder than ever
after this, and when he was asked out or
any one suggested a days rest or a few
hours diversion he always answered that
by abstaining now he would enjoy the lux
uries of life all the more when he did set
tie down to them. At the age of 40 | gave
was perfectly impossible for one to look
about for suitable wife with the queen s
jubilee going on. When l spoke to him
again he answered in sharp way, ask
ing me why 1 didn't get married myself;
why 1 didn't mind my own business; also
said that no woman was likely to marry
him now unless on account of his money.
He talked for a long time about seeing
the world. 1t ended in talk. He narrowed
it down and down from trip to China
to a weekend at Boulogne, and then he
backed out of it by deciding that his
principles would not allow him to go
through the experiences of a continental
Sunday. When he did eventually retire
from business he sat down to draw
checks on the bank where he had invested
all his happiness.
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JAYHAWKER JOTS.

Are you thankful?
Salina was quiet in October. The po-
lice, court only turned in $3.50.
The popular time for getting drunk az
Augusta by mutual consent mas Deeh
made Saturday night.
Mr.. Short, Santa Fe cashier at Great
Bend. left town suddenly, but not shy'
as his name would indicate
Here's the limit A citizen of LIE Roy
was arrested on election night ana nneo
SO for cheering for his candidate
! FL Dorado contemplates building an
electric light plant and waterWorks
and the burden is almost more than sne
can bear.
A gang of Italian section hands at
Olpe get two gunny sacks OF Dreao
daily from Kansas City. They Will eat
no other.
The latest fad at Ell Dorado is the
removal of fences about the city homes.
It's so much better for wandering cows
and horses.
An economical Atchison woman found
a IS bill at the Worlds fair. AS she
went on a pass her expenses Weren I
worth mentioning.
The Brown County World thinks Ed
Howe is stubborn. The World should
| know: it had a little experience with
him at Atchison once.
While it isn't mentioned of course
the ministerial campaign against SIN
in Topeka includes Sunday theaters as
we'll as Sunday football
A Newton dog accidentally locked in
china shop did many dollars worth
of damage The owner admits he was
glad it wasn't Taurus.
lola football rooters were firm in the
faith that their team could wallop Cha-
mute. Their misplaced confidence cost
them about 81, 800 in bets.
Wichita people are curious. One cit1-
zen has filed complaint in court simply
because another chooses to fill his bed
room full of bullets every night.
The lola papers are full of a severe
fight in a saloon. Consult the map and
you will find lola located in one of the
most prosperous counties of ''prohibi-
ton Kansas.
Being a Kansas farmer these days
with eggs worth 25 cents a dozen and
turkeys 20 cents a pound is a snap.
Muscotah rural route man has just or
dered a $4,000 automobile.
For two weeks a Chicago professor
told Wichita merchants-at so much
per-how to collect bad debts Then
one dark night he slid down the fire
escape and the hotel proprietor is won
dering why he didn't take lesson or
w
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ouAKER REFLECTIONS.
IFrom the Philadelphia Recol

From the Philadelphia RecordJ
Don't cry over spilled milk or money
that is loaned.
Any man is apt to hug delusion if it
wears petticoats.
The matchmaker may pay his bills, but
he lives on tick.
Some men must get tight before they
can let themselves loose.
The miner knows more about ores than
he does about rowing boat.
A woman may ask If her hat is on
straight, but never her complexion.
The fellow who parts his hair in the
middle isn't necessarily well balanced.
When the furnace goes out man may
be excused for getting hot about it.
The chronic borrower would rather
touch a mans >pocketbook than his heart
The coal man sends out bills, in spite
of the fact that he gives his coal weigh
Nell-"Your friend the poet says he is
a dreamer" Belle-"He reminds me more
of a nightmare"
Mrs Buggins-'tA woman is always
more resourcefuI than a man" Mr.. Bug
gins-''Yes. man has to get his clothes
made to fit his shape, but a woman can
get her shape made to fit her Clothes.
There was once a young lady named SUIT
ton,
Who was known far and wide as a glut-
ton.
In dress that was tight
She dined out one night,
And she ate till she burst every button.
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Now he said to me- now am going
to enjoy myself
g How did you-?'
I am going to enjoy myself, he re-
peated determinedIy. I've been working
hard all my life, and deserve to enjoy
myself. Some of you have mixed your
fun with your duty; I've saved all mine
up. Here is where L get the laugh on
you
:. But how do you mean to set about
it?' 1 asked.
20 An easy matter he replied.
ANY use offering a word of advice?'
" Not in the least he said. I've been
planning for TINS ever since L was porn
checks came back He had put it off too
long. The bank was shut It's a bank
that goes in for early closing, and our
friend was a great deal too late"
The relatives sorted themselves and
prepared to give respectful adieu. The
poorest lifted hats; the others shook
hands The parties backed away.
But say what you like" remarked the
poorest relative, "a shining example,
From The Taller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-24
GLOBE SIGHTS.

From the AtchiSOn Globe
1t is q smart woman who can handle
a lot of boarders.
If a doctor can't cure himself what
must he think his patients are thinking?
A woman can always put her hand some
where about her clothing and pull out
pin.
How would you like to be a turkey
with your feet tied and have a drunken
man throw dice for you2
the average woman thinks she is drawer
than her husband because she is the first
to hear a noise in the night
It is usually found when man shaves
of his mouStache that his wife has all
ways protested against his doing it,
Every little while you rua across a man
who admits that his wife is the head of
the house, and who let's hST earn the liv-
ing. too.
The tougher a young man is the more
he tries TO make people think that he has
been deeply wronged in some love affair
A boy is old enough to be welcome in
the neighbor girls parlor long before his
sister thinks he is old enough to sit in
the parlor at home.
A woman never quite RECEIVERS from her
indignation at those other women who
embroidered cushions, etc. for her hus-
band years before she ever saw him.
Had the old fashioned children acted
like the present generation there would
have been no children: their parents
would have beaten them to death
This is the season when a girl will de-
eide to give Pa a pair of socks, and will
spend days and nights embroiderine some
senseless silk thing for a young man TO
keep his hand4xerchiefs in
suade man to put off till after the first
of the year the purchase of an overcOat
the Christmas bills will come in then ana
put the purchase off another year
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ged his pardon. and by way of ex-
PLANTATION he repeated the contemptu-
Gus word. They waited respectfully,
for he was not only a bachelor, but
comparatively speaking, a prosperous
man; slightly nettled at the present
moment by the circumstances that the
only legacy bequeathed to him con-
sisted of a christening mug bearing
the date of 1S47.
$50 far he said, speaking in a
truculent tone which limited that I'M
less he were listened to attentively he
would stop, $50 far from our friend
being an example my contention is
that he ought to be a warming"
They coughed deferentially.
81 am not about to make statements
which I can't prove; if necessary I'm
prepared to swear to what I say on
any book that you like to bring before
me. I knew him closely; 1 knew him
well. He was one of those extraordi-
nary people who think they are always
right, and a harder man to persuade
that he was fool 1 seldom, if ever,
met. The word obstinate doesn't half
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will be remembered, was also the first
man to develop the "raise" ball effec-
lively.
In describing his much talked of
"crossfire" curve McGinnity recently
spoke as follows:
81 practiced the 'crossfire' for sew
eraI months. I believed that it would
fool place hitters who want to send
ball into right field, and I guessed
right.
81 step away over to the right of the
pitchers box to deliver this ball, keep
ing one foot on the rubber. Next I de-
liver the ball to the batsman with
wide out curve. When it reaches the
plate it appears almost as though the
third baseman had thrown the ball.
ct is nearly impossible for man to
turn that ball into a safe hit into right
field. AS rule, he will bang it along
the third base line. 1 never pitch a
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

lFrOm the chicago NeWSJ
After putting your best foot forward
get there with both feet
In the bright lexicon of the hustler there
is such word as enough
An old bachelor says an optimist is a.
married man who is glad of it.
Most of our time is spent in getting
used to the things we didn't expect.
A wise physician sometimes fiatters
man by telling him he has brain fag-
Many a woman who can converse in
five languages is unable to shut up in
one.
If wives would continue to be sweet
hearts lots of husbands would cease to
pay their club dues.
An honest miller separates the wheat
from the chaff-and converts the latter in
to breakfast food.
Many a man talks back to his wife for
the purpose of anordIng her the pleasure
of getting in the last word.
A coIored philosopher says there is less
luck in rabbits foot than there is in
chickens CONFRONTING the rest of the
fowl is attached.
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New York, Nov. 24.-Driven to des-
peration by the plight of his wife, who,
he had told his fellow passengers, is
under arrest at Hamburg, charged
with child murder, Dernetei Boni, a
steerage passenger, jumped overheard
from the steamer Graf Waldersee and
was drowned. The suicide was re-
ported when the steamer arrived here
today from Hamburg. The officers of
the Graf Waldersee said that Boni
appeared greatly distressed when he
boarded the steamer, and drank
heavily. Last Tuesday he jumped
overheard, and although the steamer
was put about and a boat was sent in
search of the man he was not found.
Boni was an Austrian, about 36 years
of age
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PRESIDENTS TURKEY.
How Henry Vose, Rhode Island
Farmer, Furnishes 1t.

Washington, Nov. 24.-Thanksgiv-
ing day has been treated with
special observance in the Roose-
welt family. 1t is a festival which
is religiously marked by a re-
union of the entire family and the
fact that the president has just re-
newed his lease of the White House
on terms which prove a personal pop
ularity throughout the nation such as
no other president ever has surpassed
doubtless will give him and his as
hearty cause for rejoicing as any citi-
zen of the republic. The Thanksgiv-
ing turkey for the Roosevelt table has
been selected, and, in spite of its young
and tender years, may be said to have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-24

Mr.. Thomas W. Lawson appears to be
made of the right kind of stuff. This
def to the Standard Oil magnates is a
gem: Bring them along and I will be
prepared to give battle, giving no odds
and asking none. I have been telling
a few raw truths and in this age of
dollars no man will be allowed to dis
tribute truths about finance without
paying the price. My truths are big
ones, and I suppose the price will be
equally big but the American people
may rest assured that, whatever the
price I will pay it and not ask any
sympathy for doing so, and they can
rest easy about another fact: 1 will
make those who have been plundering
the people during the past ten years
pay a price to which mine will appear
like a tight shoe compared with the in
Quisitorial racks Of the dark ages. Let
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-24
Tron Man" Joe McGinnity.

Iron Man" Joe McGInnIty.
Iron Man" McGinnity is the name
of one individual for whom baseball
enthusiasts all over the land have a
great deal of admiration. He is the
New York Giants crack pitcher, and
that he is entitled to that distinction
is borne out by the great record he has
made this season. Early in the cam
paign he pitched thirteen games with
out a single defeat.
The Iron Man. secured his sobri-
quet through his stamina. On three
occasions last season he pitched two
games each day for the Giants and won
every game. That was something no
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-24

While optimism usually runs riot in
the football world at this time, there is
reason to believe. that the large teams
will be stronger than in years past.
The coaches and captains have been
scouting industriously for promising
recruits, and their labors seem to have
borne fruit.
Coach Hurry Up Yost of the strong
University of Michigan aggregation
states that he will surely duplicate and
may possibly improve on the speedy
eleven that won against all the other
teams of the middle west last season.
Yost is known as a man who inva-
riably delivers the goods, and his pre-
diction has caused his immediate rivals
to sit up and take notice. Coach Lonny
Stagg of the University of Chicago is
equally enthusiastic.
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RERNHARDTs DEATHS.

Sarah Bernhard does not need to
sleep in a coffin to familiarizo herself
with death In her stage career her
deaths by self administered poison to-
tai up to nearly 10000, she has jumped
into the river more than 1000 times.
she has sent more than 5000 bullets
into her head from revolvers and near
ly the same number of daggers into
her not remarkably stout body.
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Bill MorIey's Warning.

In the east, Coach Bill Morley of Co
lumbia announces that at. last the blue
and white will be worn by a team that
will take rank with Yale, Harvard and
Princeton. 81 have a bunch that is
very heavy and al the same time fast"
says Morley. Look out for the loco
motive when we pull the throttle wide
open"
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New Styles of Play.

NEW SIJiGS OF RAY
Coaches and captains have been
busy for a month developing new styles
of play that will conform to the
changes in the rules. Direct mass
plays will have to be abandoned to a
great extent. Legislation has been
shaped toward this end for two or
three years, and by a gradual process
a reformation has been brought about
that would have created an uproar if
forced on the players in a single sea-
son. The foxy rules committee has
jollied the players along from year to
year until now the rank and file are
accepting gracefully what they stoutly
refused to consider in 1900 and 1901.
The title of the rules committee should
be changed to that of 1.-The intercolle-
giate board of kid gloved diplomacy"
OF course as long as football is play
ed coaches, realizing the value of COM
bined weight. will evolve mass plays of
some description. This year, as fewer
men are allowed on the line al the time
of the snap back, the men bunch them
selves the moment the ball is put in
play. This maneuver is subject to end
less variations and enables mass plays
to be formed with slight delay. For
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-24
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY.
The Worlds Fair Line.

Seven daily trains between Kansas
City and st. Louis which leave Kan
sas City 6:55, 500, 1910 &. m. and
1:1O, 9:15, 1900 p. m. and 1905 mid
night.
Ask for your ticket via this line
from Kansas City. If you miss one
train, you will not have long to wait
for another.
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the American people make no mistake
Twelve o'clock is just being struck at
the While You Wait Factory Where
Multimillionaires Have Been Turned
Out From The Raw Material, and I'M
less 1 miss my guess it will take more
courts than there are in America TO
drown the ominous sound of that high
pOOr, hell -
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There is no reason why Topeka peo-
pie should not patronize football games
at Washburn There are people who go
to Kansas City, pay $3.50 to see an in
ferior game and never bat an eye. Still
they would object to paying 81 at home
70 see a good game
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Red Men. Notice.

All members of Wampanoa tribe
No. 93 I. o. r. NJ. are requested to
meet at the wigwam at 1 o'clock, No
yember IS, prompt. to attend the fu-
neral of J. A. Brinker- All Red Men
invited
q KAISER. c. of r.
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Lieutenant Burbank is to be allowed
to hear the testimony of his Filipino
wife. He will probably hear some
things that have a familiar sound.
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Chairman Stubs says he doesn't
want to be appointed to anything by
Governor Hoch. Strange man this Mr..
Stubs. but he win bear watching.
Some of these days Senator Burton's
toga will probably be lying around
1oOSR
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ball but what the neIders know what
is coming. Therefore they have a good
chance of being in the place to which
the ball is struck"
HARRY GRANT.
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Bonner Springs wants to keep its gas
at home. This thriving little village is
in 10 danger just now of having it's gas
supply confiscated.
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merly they were formed in the actual
lineup, starting with such terrific force
that severe injuries frequently result
ed. This year serious accidents should
be fewer than ever.