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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record. n
An all round sport should be a nanv-
sided man.
The only mark of esteem some .peonIe
appreciate is the dollar mark.
Even the fellow who invents an egg
Deater dreams of being a world beater.
Some men are always on the offensive
and others always on the fence.
Casey 'Phwat's q. garage2~ Reilly
sure its wan @ thin horseless livery
When poverty comes in at the door
love looks around for a fellow with n
flying macine.
A girl generally gives a fellow the glad
hand if he says anything about an en-
gagement ring.
The fellow who occupies the aisle
seat in theatre seems to think he
owns the whole row.
The theory that discretion is the bet
;ef part Of valor is comforting 10
the chicken-hearted.
At a certain age a woman begins r..
worry for fear she won't get married
and man for fear he will.
"A man never knows what he can
do till he tries" remarked the yvfs..
Guy Yes; and then he's often sor,.,-
he found out added the Simple Mug
Sunday School Teach er-"And +,
these celestial realms time viii he ~
more Tommy Tuffnut=eGeei No
celestial realms fur mine v-s-,+ -
know when it's dinner time
Blobbs-s'Did you ever row..
waiter for lack of attention p, 9,Sn,S,. q
- Once" obbs-'fVVhaf ~, 80
outcome of it," Clobbs-ssrT-i,s-9 .., ~
patrons of the place made nm a ,3, 49,
ana presented me with a medal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
ARorT PROsECI-TIONs

The Kansas City Globe makes con
siderable fuss because Governor Hoch
is trying to enforce prohibition in KAN
sas City, Kan, but is not making any
efforts along that line in other towns
that are notorious for their joints It
makes the plea that the business in
terests" of Kansas City demand open
saloons and that the governor ought
not to interfere. particularly as there
is nothing doing in law enforcement in
other large towns. What the business
interests want or do not want should
not enter into the case, and Governor
Hoch is right in trying to enforce the
law in Kansas City. Kan, and in try
ing to make other officials do their
sworn duty. The point is good. how
ever. that Kansas City should not be
picked out alone for trouble. Law is
law, and one law is the same as an
other. and all should be enforced in
one place as Wen as in another. Wich-
tia and Leavenworth should be made
to stop licensing joints as well as Kan
sas City. Tom Kelly should be prose
cuted as well as the Jointists. c. c.
Coleman should do his duty or resign
as well as Mayor Rose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe

TF'rom the Atchison Globe
Some people do not consider they are
showing you due friendliness unless
they tell you their troubles.
"She is about as attractive. said an
Atchison man in speaking of young
lady, "as a cold buckwheat cake.
The average Widows love affairs are
Cupid's dull reading, and a widower's
love affaires are Cupid's funny papers.
Your friends say that you speculate,
and those who like you less, say that
you gamble. There is reall-- no diff
ference.
We wonder that some sculptor doesn't
immortalize The Married Man, and pic
ture him as he really is: With his wife
sitting on his lid.
Every bride thinks that if it were
not for her husbands clothes. her we'd
ding would not have a single fo@+'-re
like any other wedding.
What a man longs for in writing a
letter is a handwriting that viii be
perfectly plain to the one receiving it,
and unintelligible if it should fall into
others hands.
It is a great blow to a nice country
woman who has always lived in her own
big home, when one of her daughters
maTries, moves to a city, and lives in
a sixth of a house called a fiat"
When the sound of his daughters
laugh comes up from the paTlor. her
father, instead of rejoicing that she is
having a good time, wonders what that
fool young man has said that could
make anyone laugh.
We have noticed that Mother always
makes the soup, and if Daughter helps
at all. it is in making some sort of
stuff that looks like soapsuds and smells
like toilet soap, that is brought in for
dessert.
When there is a light moving around
in the house along toward morning. its
route can be traced direct to the clock.
sigh because it is not nearer morning
and time to get up, goes to bed. The
one who carries the light is ALWAYS ret
ting along in years; The young don [
care what time it is Time Is the last
thing that enters into their calcula-
tions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
JOURNAL ENTRIES

We neglected to look at the bulletin
ms us morning, so we are not sure
Whether this is the day Doc Newman
is an the race for auditor or whether
ne IS sprinting along by himself just
outside the track.
The east had a hot wave Sunday.
Where, We would like to know, was
wee President Fairbanks?
AS we understand it. it is as dan
gefous Tor a high school sophomore to
pant the street yellow. as it is for an
Ordinary individual to get out and
paint the town red.
nevertheless and notwithstanding
me tact that former Patrol Driver
White VIII not be prosecuted, this de-
paftment can not pass any resolutions
OF communication concerning his con-
duct on the night that he wasn't guilty
as charged.
Everybody is acquainted with the
n 5sh mar and the campaign liar Well.
Iopeka is developing a new species of
preVaricator-the gas liar. Wherever
you see two or three men gathered to-
gether these days. you may be sure
that one OF them is Dragging about his
gas burner and telling how much heat
ne gets out of little gas. There is as
great temptation to lie about the
amount of gas you don't burn as there
IS 10 lie about the fish that lust got
away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

our legislation a word that has grown
up in the street. We do not know
what he means. .
Grating" Senator Marks replied,
us akin to skinning. Under the ordi-
nary aeceptation of the term to which
we were formerly accustomed this was
the process of taking skin from the
body of one person and fixing i upon
that of another. But now under pres
ent conditions of mingled high life
and high finance the word has re-
ceived the well defined meaning of
taking money unlawfully from the
eoHers of corporation and attach
grating"
The bill was referred to the COM
mittee on codes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
THE POINT OF VIEW AGAIN.


As has been remarked in these col
umns before. there is a great deal in
the point of view. The remark is called
forth at this time by the fact that
Chicago minister has been greatly
shocked by the appearance of some
Chicago society women at a charity
entertainment. call a .tcribside kirmess-
The minister, who is the Reverend Dr.
Sydney Strong, pastor Of the Oak Park
Second Congregational church. was SO
scandaIized that he Hkened the good
Chicago ladies, who took the parts they
did in the entertainment for sweet
charitys sake" to the savages Of South
Africa.
There were several things about this
exhibition that moved me-" said DR..
Strong, Il observed it was carried on
by couple of hundred people who, by
all the rules of the world. are the
leaders The women who took mart
are the product of our best institutions
Bryn Mawr Vassar and the like-and
their relatives are powers in the COM
mereial world.
They gave an exhibition of them
selves, open to the public, and for 81
up any one could go in and witness the
performance. The feature that at first
aroused me was the irony of the spec
tacle of a company of women banding
themselves together in a fcribside' So
ciety-women who come from the class
that keeps as far from the cribside as
possible-women whose class. which is
called society, is by sins of omission
doing a thousand fold more for the in
jury of the innocents than they will
be able to atone for by charity to the
homeless.
L saw young women attending the
frappe table attired in such a way that
a similar attire in saloon in South
State street would provoke a raid by the
police.
Il am not judging the hearts. To me
IT is pitiable. I think of them as I would
Of the poor heather Zulus in their paint
and powder and paste-ungraceful and
sadly hideous-living on husks fit only
for swine.
The half naked. painted, sensualized
Chicago woman is full sister to the be-
nighted woman of South Africa-there
are one in that to both a life of the
senses is ALL
DR.. Strong may be right from his
point OF view, and there doubtless be
many who would agree with him. For
AlSldilCGs the inmates OF a turkish
harem, who never go forth upon the
streets except with faces completely
covered. would doubtless be even more
scandaHzed by the actions and costumes
of these good Chicago women than even
DR.. Strong was. Custom has a great
deal to do with costume-as we'll as
time and place.
Custom. like charity, covers a multi
tude of what otherwise might be sins.
1t would scarcely do, for instance, for
some of TOpeka's ladies to appear on
Kansas avenue in the costumes they
would wear at a bathing resort. An
actress who would do her shopping in
some Of the costumes which are consid-
cred perfectly proper on the stage.
would be escorted to the police station.
So what appeared terribly shocking
to the Chicago pastor may have been
considered perfectly proper to the wo-
men whom he criticised, but neverthe-
less there is food for thought in his
criticism. It is well enough to consider
how ones acts viii appear to others.
and to avoid even the appearance of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
a Memory for Faces.

Six-year- Marie was minister's
daughter, and Christmas. 1903, found
half a dozen dolls under a Christmas
tree There they stood during Christ
mas week, when, realizing that six or
seven dolls. in addition to other toys,
were too much of a good thing, moth
err. who had the look-ahead tempera-
ment, resolved to kidnap one of the
family and put it by for next year.
To all appearances the scheme was
carried out successfully, as no in
quiries were made. so on Christmas.
1904. the last years doll reappeared
under the new tree. Next morning
Marie, accompanied by the usual
number Of grown ups, was taken to
view the tree. Fixing her eyes on the
absentee and holding her dimpled chin
with chubby hand, after a period of
deep thought she remarked in a puz-
zled tone: Where the dickens have 1
seen that face before 2''-New York
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
PECULIAR.

Both Grimes and Kelly are making
strenuous efforts at an explanation and
have, it appears, been able in way TO
account for most of the shortages. One
thing. however. is peculiar that for the
one year which the report covers Ct the
D. H Heflebowera administration there
is no shortage. HeHsbower was a
PopuIist and recognized as an honess
man. Now. then, if HefebOwer could
handle the state funds without a short
age under the same system Of book
keeping as that used by Kelly and
Grimes what is there to be eXpiained?-
Lindsborg News. .i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
SOME COMMENT.

There is talk that some of the Bal
ley politicians purpose helping send
Curtis to the United States senate in
return for the help of the Curtis crowd
for congressman from the First dis
trict. The chances are there is moth
ing in it. Bailey has never yet asked
for a leftover dish and his past ex-
periences have taught him that neither
ayers can be depended upon. Still,
with Long the senior senator and Bal
ley in the house. the latter's friends
would be in position to be well taken
care of.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHET -
[From the New York Prsss

from The New York Pregs1
A good many people think If Il
paid p3ta than to be
It's funny how man never b,,
of on so many business trims 0vbs - 70 20 50
are no horse races. there
~ would be lots more useful If in.,-s
or trying to reform politics mar i 1900 -
begin on their own ha bits would
W N,Ilsa you give a woman your seat :,
s'r ts,,, ear she Is always suspicious Won ~
How many people VINO
great speakers at annual ban61sa+sO near
90 II II Were cold water anairs9 'eia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
KANSAS cOAAENT


Republican newspapers owe it to
their party to challenge and denOunce
the misconduct of those members of
their party who gain Office and abuse
the trust. Nothing is to be gained by
eoncealing wrong and condoning Of
fetal shortcomings. It is much bet
ter to work for a Democrat than re-
elect an unfaithful Republican This
is now the popular belief and it is
right. The people have already SUI
fered too much for following bnndly
the lead of politicians who insist that
the ticket must be voted-right or
wrong Wellington News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
ARE THEY SURE FROM
ATIGGOITR .

Ben Stewart and Bill Reese of Mis-
souri,, were in town today and have
settled the apple crop for next year
the way it is always settled in January.
Big crop. They have been through
their orchards and find that the warm
weather has not swelled the buds and
the trees are fine, as they always are
in January. Both men agree that the
severe weather last January Slapped
the vitality of the trees, and this mild
winter is just what is needed to make
the apple crop of 1906 a record
er.-LeavenWorth Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

The New York Geological society
IS waging war on the automatic gun.
in the interest of the preservation of
birds 1t alleges that no true sports
man ever uses this gun. but that it is
made for market hunters and pot
hunters. A circular issued by the So
eiety says $4,000 of these guns have
been manufactured or imported into
the United states, and the wholesale
slaughter Of birds is feared as a re-
suit. The society is asking the state
legislatures to prohibit the use of the
guns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
EROM OTHER PENS
PATTIsON's OPPORTUNITY.

Il
Governor Pattison of Ohio stands in
a peculiarly fortunate position for a
states executive. He stands abso-
luteIy alone, as far as his political OBJ
legations go, yet in the midst of d
throng when support for his measures
is required. At least, so it appears at
the opening of his administration.
Governor Pattison is the fruit of a
great independent overturn, or rather
it should be said that the present
situation, dominated by Pattison, is
such fruit. His victory was over
whelming and nonpartisan. He can
not afford to truckle to any faction or
party: better than that, he will not
need to nor even be tempted to. He
has free hands to give the state of
Ohio a thoroughly unbiased and
worthy administration. 1t will be q
good thing for Ohio if he does this, of
course. It will be good for the rest
of the country. for the example set.
And it will be a good thing for Pat
tison Is he large enough man to take
advantage of the special opportunities
that are before him? He has grave
responsibilities, but they are in them
selves d part of his opportunities. His
career in the governors chair will be
watched with interest by all the coun-
try. by politicians and reformers alike.
Boston Advertiser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

The Lawrence Journal has the right
idea when it says: "It is not the bust
ness Of the accountants to discover
what became of the missing money.
it is their business to find the short
age Then the governor begins to act.
If the money has been stolen there is
a remedy, and if it can be accounted
for that too is easily done"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

The capture and speedy sentence to
the penfentiary Of the negro who came
So near looting the Merchants National
bank is another bright ostrich plume in
The cap of Topeka officers. Within
tuenty-four hours after the cuIprit was
caught he had been sentenced 10 the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

At the time of the biggest thefts in
the state treasury. Tom Kelly was
handling the money. while Frank
Grimes was buster than a gas meter
electing Burton to the United States
senate. Who got the money To
peka Journal
That's easy: A. r. Brown, of course.
-Concordia Blade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

When Senator Marks introduced a
bill to prevent graft" in the insur-
ance and railroad companies and
other corporations, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Bruce and the senate leaders.
says the Albany Journal, were in
doubt as to which committee it should
be referred.
'The trouble is Senator Bracket
said. the senator is Incorporating in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

How grieved some of these profes-
sional craftsmen will be when they
hear how easily an amateur got into
the vault of the Merchants National.
where $17S.000 reposed just inside the
safe! A professional with the aid of
little nitroglycerine would have had
that S17S,000 in twenty minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

Kansas sincerely hopes that Herbert
Hadley may be able to come to To-
peka next week and speak at the
Kansas Day banquet but we would
not have him quit the trail of the
Standard Oil company for that pur-
pose, particularly if the trail should be
real hot inst then.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

Still it is difficult to see what less
harmful method Of getting iii of their
class enthusiasm the High school sophie
mOres could have adopted than painting
the asphalt paveme1t-provided of
course, they paid for the paint 1t GER
tainly did not injure the asphalt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

.penitentiary. A few more instances of
such quick work viii discourage Grimm
ais from working their trade in Topeka
except. Of course. those who prey on
the state school fund
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
FORCE OF HABIT.

Just as everybody was getting ex-
cited about the wife of Sir Gilbert
Parker having been robbed of $4,000
worth of jewels the word comes that
she was formerly an actress and prob
ably these jewel robberies are just a
matter of habit with Hutchinson
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

An exchange notes that the French
with all their excitability, can elect a
president with less disturbance than is
experienced i'm eleeting a mayor Of
New York city. But mayor of New
York city is of considerable more i'm
portance than French president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

The Parsons sun takes this view of
it. "In reply to the demand of the
Topeka State Journal as to Who got
the money! both Grimes and Kelly
are trying to prove an aHbi. with this
difference, that Grimes is ready to pay
back into the treasury all that he
-7Fd,,st e~ot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

Prof H. F. Roberts. Of the Kansas
agricultural college experiment sta
ton, warns the farmers of Kansas to
watch out for adulterated seeds. He
finds that the authorizations are most
marked i'm the case of alfalfa and the
commercial forage grasses. $50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news Or
ganization for exclusive evening pupn-
cation.
The state Journal receives for exclusive
publication the leased wire report OF the
Publishers Press for the edition for sun
oav morning.
The news is received in the State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

1t appears that if France wishes to
go ahead and spank Castro we won't
object I'm fact we might even hold
Frances coat if it were necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
..BrSINEssv MEN.

The petition to have the governor let
the joints alone in Kansas City, Kan,
was promptly signed by 1865 business
men. They call jointists business men
in that city.-Lawrence Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

A clergyman was visiting an old man
who had recently lost his wife, a great
talker. and was sympathizing with him.
MY Door old man. said he. 7 feel so
sorry for YOU you must be very lonely"
After a few minutes the old man looked
up and said. Yes, master, yes. tbs lone
some. then with great emphasis but
It's quiet. The Bystanae1.
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Square Trunks in Vogue.

The current popular demand for
square top trunks owes its origin to
Thespian preference. When this shape
was first introduced, the only market
worth while was found among the the
atricaI folk A metropolitan manufac-
turer is authority for the statement that
round topped trunks are today being
relegated to the bargain sales.
Everybody seems to want this square
style of lid now said the manufacturer.
mo, I don't suppose it's because the
square effect bears the actor indorse-
ment The widespread call is most like
~ owing to the fact that the capacity of
the square trunk Is greater notwith-
standing that the cubic measurement of
the round make may be larger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

Dominion of Canada last year was
estimated" at a hundred million
bushels, and of course an estimate is
invariably high. In other words, Can
ada probably raised about as much
wheat as Kansas does some years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

Another idiot appears to be trying to
see how near he can come to breaking
his neck and keep it intact He rode a
mile i'm an automobile yesterday in a
fraction over thirty-two seconds, or at
the rate Of nearly 11s miles an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24

Topeka will show the delegates to
the semicentenniaI convention a good
time whether they wish it or not. To-
peka just cant help it this time.
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no ONE WHO SMILED.

You gave me but a passing glance,
And smiling. hurried on your way
1 pause to bless the happy chance
That made me better all that day
Where others grinlly hurried BY,
You smiled as one whose heart "aA
light
And caused me to forget that
Had room within my heart for spite.
I know not whether you may fare.
Nor what your dearest hope may PEE
But may your path lead far from care
And to some glorious destiny.
For joy had set your eyes aglow e,
And you were smiling when we metz q
You made the morning bright, and so
Have left me deeply in your debt
s. z. kiseF.