The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-04
KANSAS COMAENT

MOTHER GENERALLY KNOWS.
In MS address last night at the
opera mouse. Bishop Lillis took occa-
SION with entire propriety to pro-
nounce anathema against the divorce
evil winch Is growing in this country.
Wnat ne said along that line was
sensible, timely and should sink into
not go far enough; he did not get down
70 the real root of the divorce evil.
divorces are caused by foolish mar
riages and foolish marriages are
caused In most cases by the folly Of
chlioren, and young people in general,
deciding the most important question
IN their lives, without consulting their
parents. Generally speaking, mother
knows" And her advice is worth
needing. Mother, of course, Is a per-
son OF wisdom. and father is an oracle.
But when father and mother agree
that young man won't do or that a
young woman is too swift for their
son-father and mother are giving
their best Judgment and it deserves
honest consideration.
Marriages that end in divorce begin
in folly, and-mother knows it. She
has seen the world, and she knows
and father is not to be shifted at.
Father and mother desire only happi-
ness for their children. Father and
mother have everything at stake;
their happiness is bound up in the
happiness of the children. The .di-
vorce breaks fathers and mothers
hearts, and when they say mo" it Is
only because they know. There is no
danger of Europeanizfng our mar
riages by taking father and mother
into the compact. They know, and If
their knowledge is used, many tears
and heartaches are saved and much
disgrace is prevented.
Teach children to honor their faith
ers and mothers and they will honor
the state, the church and their God.
Filial duty is too often neglected in
relations of life. and twists them
Gazette.
OUR IMPORTANCE.
The east used to cling to the fallacy
that 1T was Independent of everything
and everybody. Now, however, it has
been compelled to turn to Kansas oc-
casionally for loan, a fact which
will increase it's estimate of
our Importance in many directions.
That this is logically to be the result
is made clear by a perusal of the fol-
lowing paragraph from the Buffalo
Commercial: kansas is having a
great deal to say about who shall be
on the Republican ticket;
after an interview with the president
yesterday a Kansas senator declared
that his state will send a strong
delegation for Taft.
Times.
THE DINING ROOM GIRL.
1.-THE prettiest thing in the world"
writes a man to this office. sis a din
ing room girl This calls to mind the
remark of an Atchison hotel man that
every worthy girl in his dining room
finally married some one of the board
ers. Boarders are always fond of a
modest, well-behaved girl who treats
them well. but they despise those who
are too "free." This may sound like
a queer statement, for men are a hard
lot, and are believed to admire free"
girls but our authority says they soon
get over it.-Atchison Globe.
NEED NOT WORRY.
AS Kansas is out of debt. doesn't
owe anything to anybody, has gobs Of
money in the banks while watering in
things to sell that the east has got to
have. or go hungry, there Is no need
of worrying about anything. In the
meantime, if the suckers who buy rob-
Der trust stocks. and the officers of
the busted trusts are out of grub and
want work, Kansas has some fine jobs
of corn husking, cattle feeding, pot
wrestling biscuit shooting and the like
out of work.-El Dorado Repub-
lican. --
A WARNING.
ton holds it's annual meeting in To-
peka, November IA and Is, when the
women of the state will again pro-
claim their rights. Let the law maxi
ers take notice and get on the safe
side of the Observation-Disclosures Ar
COSY.
Conner DAVIES BET.
An automobile in New York in which
4 banker was taking a million dollars
IN greenbackS from Wall street to a
bank on which a run was being made,
brake down and failed to make the
trip. If ever we get million dollars
into our old family surrey We'll bet we
can get away with 1t safely.-Concordia
Kansan.
FRON OTHER PENS
OUGHT TO FEEL AT HOME.
From Cincinnati to Germany will not
be such violent change for Mick
should he accept that Ber-
in job.-Atlanta Georgian.
MEDICINE WAS EFFECTIVE
DR.. Cortelyou will soon have his Wall |
street patients convalescing.-St. Louis |
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A CONTRADICTION.
Big Bill Taft is a standing contra |
fiction of the laws of perspective. The |
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