The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-23

| A Household Necessity.
No household is complete without
pet grandfather. especially if there is
a baby to be ruined and an air of
cheerfulness to be kept up.
Secure for your purposes grand
father with a lack of morals. jovial
disposition and about a million dol
lars. Let him roam at large wherever
he will.
1t does not matter much whether he
is grandfather on your wife's side or
on yours. If he is on your wffe's side
you will secretly dislike him; if he is
on your side, she will. But you will
both let him be on account of the mill
lion.
Never permit grandpa to be out of
the nursery when baby is in it. Then,
when anything is broken you can
blame him. and rpull his Leg for
new one.
Babies and grandpas always go well
together. They are both the same age.
1t is we'll to bear this, in mind. Keep
a savings bank for both of them. And
leave them both IN charge of grandpa
When they are full. carefully remove
the interiors and begin all over again.
1t is not necessary to provide more
than one grandpa, no matter how
many children you may have. Two
grandpas in one house often lead to
an internecinc war.
When you go out with your wife,
always leave grandpa In. charge of the
baby. 1t is not necessary to tell him
to mind. He will, anyway, as mat
ter of course.
When one baby outgrows grandpa,
secure another imme diately. Remem-
Der that grandpa must be amused and
that ne is amply able to pay for it.
Tom Mason in the May Delineator.
On Her Gnard.
There are still a few honest men
left In the world said James ]. Hill,
the noted flnancier, at banquet in
New York. SIT is well to be cautious,
but we should not suspect everybody.
II we are too suspicious, we make
ourselves absurd.
81 worked in st. Paul in my youth,
and they still tell there about an old
farmer and his wife who started for
st. Paul on a visit. Before the couple
set off, they were cautioned repeatedly
by their friends to beware of the St.
Paul sharpers. They replied that they
would keep their eyes open. And
they started on their journey with
nervous determination to look out for
sharpers and confidence men.
well, on the way, the old farmer
got off at a junction to buy some
lunch, and the train went off without
him. It was terrible mishap The
last he saw of his wife, she was cram
ing out of the car window. shouting
something reproachful at him which
he couldn't hear on account of the
noise of the train. It happened that
later. The old farmer boarded the
express, and beat his wife to st. Paul
by nearly an hour. He was waiting
for her at the station when she ar
rived. He ran up to her and seized
"well, Jane he said, I'm glad to
see We again. I thought we was sep
arated for good
from him indignantly.
No, We don't, Mr.. Sharper she
cried. I left my husband at the juno
ton. Don't be comm any of yer con-
fdence tricks on me, or I'll call a po-
liceman.'
Terraces.
Terraces may be desirable for two
reasons-to hold a very steep slope
or to afford an architectural base to
a building. It is rarely necessary to
make a terrace in a lawn. Even If
the lawn is very steep it is better to
make a gradual slope than to cut the
area in two with terrace The ter
hard to make and to keep in order, |
the grass is difficult to cut with a lawn
and unless the sod is very |
dense, the part tends to wash off with |
the rains and the foot to fill in.
Nature does not have abrupt banks |
unless they are made of rock. If it is |
necessary to terrace a lawn to hold it |
the terrace would better be at one side |
case it is possible to obtain a good |
breadth of lawn. If the terrace is at |
the other side of the lawn next the |
street perpendicular, masonry retain |
the inner side. it may be placed close I
to the building and made to appear as !
part of the architecture, practically the |
base of the building.
If this is done there should be q /
balustrade around the edge of the ter |
race, if possible, to give it an ARCHITECT |
tural air, and the descent from the ter
race to the lawn should be made by /
means of steps.
Terraces look best near buildings
with many strong horizontal lines
They do not lend themselves SO well to
buildings In the Gothic style. The gem
eral tendency is to make too many ter
races. The cases are relatively few in
which they may not be dispensed with
Cinderella in the Suburbs.
The teacher had been reading the
story of Cinderella to her class of
and was now going over
the story again with them to fix it in
their minds. Among other questions
which she asked them was why it was
necessary for Cinderella to leave every
night early enough to be home by 12j
o'clock
From various members of the class
she elected most of the reasons which
are implied in the story, until finally all
silent.
isn't there any other reason?" she
asked. Cant any of you think of AMI
other?"
Up shot Larry's soiled, chubby paw,
In frantic eagerness to indicate his
knowledge.
That's good. Larry. What is the
reason?"
.She had to ketch the last car piped
Larry-Pacif1c Monthly.
Twins Galore All in One Dey.
Because its employees were frequently
late a large London house decently or
dered that the tardy ones should write