The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-21
A FRANK ADMISSION.

ny = uat oe men NV de void are me
An I helps 'em. if possible. out Nv de
But wen it comes down tn q o,,est,c,, ,v
I lays all my supmathies up on de shelf.
fpr uv all de fall guys wot's in trouble's
De guy dat I'm sorriest fer is Mesef. :.
kin feel fer de troubles NV friends an
But not half SO bad as I does fer me
p hates to see odder mugs short on DER
But to famish Meself is wot loins me
to groan:
guy wots in love, an don't seem to be
To de way dat feel wen I'm havin' an
An losin'. Meself. at de same kind Nv
game.
Wen some odder gieser makes barrels NV
I'm glad fer his sake as a Teller kin be-:
But say, it don't make me one-quarter as
AS it would if de same ting had hap
pened to me!
I'm proud Nv de things dat me friends do.
, a hull bloomin, lot, Of de things dat do: :
laughs at folks jokes. but laughs a lot
At de jokes wot makes all Meself-an'
OATS true!
Watts more. kin say dat likes Meself
Dan anyone else has met wild 50 far;
knows Meseif down to de last little
An l thinks I'm as good as de best Nv
dem are:
woiks fer Meself an I gives Meself
Fer bein' de best Nv me friends, old er
new.
I'm ss strong ,1 fer Meseif-an now dat I've
Say. Gull on de dead. amt it dat way
via you? Puck
Must Prove She Is Alive.
1t is not often that DIR. J. N. Hurry,
secretary of the state board Of health
Is requested to aid officially in love
affairs and matrimonial plans, but
just now two young lovers one on
the other side of the Atlantic, are
waiting anxiously for word from the
health boards secretary.
Miss Jennie Burner, of German
descent, whose home is at Anderson,
Is betrothed to a young man in the
fatherland, but before she can wed
Miss Burner must prove that she is
alive. AS far as the records Of
Indiana are concerned, Miss Burner
never was born, and it is impossible
in Germany for one to wed who was
never officially born.
Miss Burners friends have written
to her telling her that she must
bring legal transcript of her birth
record. The young woman wishes to
go to Germany soon. so she has APP
pealed to DIR. E. M. Conrad, the
health officer Of Madison county, to
aid her in Strengthening out the rec
ord of her birth. DR.. Conrad in turn
has appealed to DR.. Hurry, and Dr.
Hurry is sorely perplexed.
NOW here's a young woman who
wishes to get married. said DIR.
Hurry, as he scattered papers topsy-
turvy over his desk and in other ways
showed that he was severely agitated
But how's she going to get married
when she can't prove that she is
alive. have no record of her birth
here. She was born in 1878, and that
was before this department began
keeping birth records. You see, the
laws Of Germany are strict. For a
importance of keeping birth records
She may be able to get an affidavit
as to her birth. The laws of Ger
many may admit that, but I am not
sure"
DR.. Hurry says the case of the Ger
man girl is only one of the many
illustrations of the Importance Of
keeping accurate birth and death
records indianapolis News.
line Retired Club"
The Retired Club of Washington
yearly gains and yearly loses members
It's membership is in the hundreds at
least, and it holds meetings at any
time and at any place that may be
convenient. two members CONSTITUTING
quorum for the transaction Of BUSH
ness.
The name of this club cannot be
found in fha In
nor are It's members listed under the
head Of organizations but it is
marked day when one does not happen
upon gatherings Of the members ready
to transact business in the Hobbies of
the hotels or in the corridors of the
capitol
Washington draws to itself many of
the retired ones of the country. Living
here are scores of retired army and
navy officers, retired doctors, retired
lawyers. retired clergymen, and last,
but not by any manner Of means least,
retired officeholders. To a great extent
they live in the past and talk in the
past, but no one should think for a
that because of this the men,
bers Of the Retired Club are not in
touch with the things of the present.
The latest addition to the member
ship of the Retired Club is William E.
Chandler. one-time senator Of the
United States, secretary Of the navy,
and only recently a member of the
Spanish claims commission.
There are octogenarians and not a
few nonogenarians in the membership
Of the Retired club. Brigadier General
Daniel H Rucker, U. S. A., Phil Sherf-
dams father-in-law Is a member. The
general was born ninety-six years ago
last Tuesday, and he has been in the
army, for he is still in 1t, for seventy
five years He is hale in mind and
body today. So much for the army
life. He is one Of the most picturesque
members Of the Retired club.
Chandler, Call, Blair and scores of
others in the club membership are but
mere youths when one begins age COM
parsons. There are men in Washing
ton who were in politics and in office
before Chandler had reached the school
age. Three or four OF them may meet
ana then YOU will hear a hot discussion