The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-14

SO much as the weight Of straw on
the little fairy no matter what her Of
Tense might be. So when she INDUCES
in swear words her mother Furnishes her
by sending her to solitary confinement
in a small room on the top floor of their
home. So partial is the lass to harsh
words that she spends many a weary
hour in this room with only her
thoughts for companions. She was being
punished for one of her lapses from
polite language not long ago, when the
minister made his parochiai call. After
conVersing q while with the mother the
clergyman asked for Fluff.
She IS upstairs IN disgrace, answer
ed the mother, and then proceeded to
tell the minister Of F'luff's terrible fall
ing. He insisted on seeing the child
and although Fluff had not served l-,r
hours imprisonment she was called
mien when she shook hands with the
divine and she seated herself in a low
rocker with a proud bearing and gave
her cute little head rather saucy toss
as she settled back in the chair.
My dear child began the minister
in that laborious way which all of his
kind have in opening conversation,
how are you feeling2"
Pretty well, 1 thank you" replied
Fluff
And where have you been?" was
the next question.
Upstairs" was the short and rather
sharp reply.
And what doing2"
Thinking"
About what, my dear?''N
tOh. most everything"
Nov, dearie,' went on the clergy
man as he did not seem to make much
Roadway with direct questions, some
one has told me that my dear little girl
uses naughty words and it IS awful
wicked to do q thing like that"
Who told you2" said Fluff, bristling
UP a bit.
a little bird, replied the minister.
We'll, III just bet" replied Fluff, 1t
was one Of those -- sparrows," and
the conversation was abruptly closed
while Fluff's mother hurried her to the
prison above.
According to C. K. Holiday a firm in
Kansas City, No. is prepared to equip
houses and business establishments
with system of pipes through which
win be pumped liquid air or some other
wonderfully cool element or mixture. so
that one who has the equipment can
have his house or office just as cool as
he pleaSes, no matter how warm the
weather is outside. by merely turning
on a stop cock and letting the cooling
mixture circulate through the house.
That's a great scheme" commented
Mr.. Holiday. Il guess I'll run up and
see the company and get them to put
in plant in Topeka. Think of the pos
1tylltttCo Gl the scheme anu Inc AAONEt
ways in which It could be used. Take
the love lorn girl whose sweetheart has
thrown her over and who wants to shut
fle of the mortal coil She could go to
her room, turn on the cooling plant and
keep it running until she froze to death.
What delightful way for one burning
with remorse to commit suicide. Great
scheme, isn't it,
number of men passed a couple of
congenial hours recently in recalling
episodes of their school and college days.
Most OF the stories told are worth re-
peating but one Of them IS particularly
good because 1t tells OF the predIcament
in which an old professor was placed.
This Dedagogue was q teacher of Latin
and Greek and had been going through
the same routine for years and years
and was naturally q bit Of a bear in the
handling of his pupils At the time Of
this incident he was teaching in large
preparatory school and in addition to
his Latin and Creek classes he had the
senior class N English composition.