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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-23

General Ainsworth, adjutart general
of the United States Army, spent the
weekend here with his wife at the
Hotel Strand. Mrs. AinsWOTJh is spend
ing a few weeks here as the guest of
General and Mrs. Haywood, of Wash
ingtOn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-23

Col. Gilbert II. Reynolds, Of Rochester,
who organized Battery l., of the First
New York Light Artillery, which went
10 the front in '61 and covered itself
with glory. has been spending a few
days i'm the city Colonel Reynolds is
brother of Gen. John A Reynolds.
who was a member OF General Sher-
mans staff.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-23

Major and Mrs. J. W. Long. OF Wash
ington, are spending the summer al the
Hotel Netherland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-23

Miss Weir, Of Manassas. Is visiting
friends on Seminary Hill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-23

Baron z. Il. King. who is well known
IN the society circles Of New York, is
spending some time at the shore. He
is visitor at the Hotel Shelburne.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-23

Several Of the large, ornamental cleo
troliers which are to beautify and illum-
mate Atlantic avenue have been placed
In position. one at the corner of Ten
nessee avenue has been painted up and
the fittings installed and the current OF
electricity turned on as a sample Of
what the others win look Ike. 1t will
be quite an Improvement over the old
style Of lighting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-23

The Sons of St George will hold their
annual convention in this city on Sep
TENDER and g. They will hold their
business meetings in odd Fellows Hail.
and will establish their headquarters
at one of the beach front hotels.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16
WHEN WOMEN REALLY sHoNE.

Women, generally, will probably be
interested to know that woman's role in
affairs paleozoic was a great one and
the inventions and work of the sex
completely oyershadowed the mere bat
Ting power of the men. At least. a
Mrs. Corinne S. Brown so dissertated
at women's club meeting in Chicago
recently. And of course the lady's
word will have to be taken for it, If for
no other than diplomatic reasons, be-
cause experience has taught that it is
not well to dispute the assertions of
one of the fair sex, and particularly If
she halls from Chicago.
But in all likelihood the men will be
perfectly willing to admit these declar-
ations and rather feel glad, for the
sake of their male ancestors of prehis-
toric times, that things were this way
for those were times that were par
ticularly hard. especially during the
Stone age, to live and die in. And evil
IDENTIFY the men of those times were
perfectly agreeable to let the women
take the lead in all artistic and inven-
tive things and do the work.
For on consultation with the diction-
ary that great first aid to the orthog
raphically injured, so to speak, it is as
certained that affairs ''paleozoic'' per-
tain to the older division of geological
time during which life is known to
have existed, including the Silurian,
Devonian and Carboniferous ages.
Surely these were the times which
called on the men to use all their bat
ting powers to keep not the wolf from
the door, but the dinosaurs, the
dinotheriums, the mastodons and other
things of wondrous size and anything
but pleasing ways, from the door yards.
No wonder they were well content TO
let the women dabbIe with the arts and
sciences for after a few roundups with
the beasts of the fields, ct cetera, they
certainly had no time to devote to any,
thing but rest.
So there will be no disposition. as
suredly, on the part of the men to wax
envious over the brilliant intellectual
achievements of the fair ones of the
days so long gone by. Nor should any,
one fail to join Mrs. Brown in her
eulogy to them and particularly to that
one of them, who according to Mrs.
egg shell of her period as a
receptacle for liquids. This was surely
a most momentous feat. but then again
it was mighty nice that there were
birds around of sufficient size to lay
eggs, the shells of which were large
and hard enough to use for liquid re-
ceptacles. If a fellow had a coop of
these feathered things today there
would be a chance for him to make /
big saving in his crockery bills
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16
TRY III. BY ALL MEANS.

Every possible energy should be de-
voted by those back of the movement
to get the petitions circulated and ac-
complish the other necessary prelim-
mary work in order that the people
of this city can have an opportunity
of voicing their sentiments as to
whether or not it would be a good
plan for Topeka to try the commits
sion plan of government. If haste is
made now in regard to all of the pre-
Iiminary details an election can be
called by Mayor Green for the i'm
mediate future and in time so that, in
case the voters of the city decided to
give the commission scheme a trial,
the change in the government can be
made next spring when the commits
sioners to run the affairs of the city
would be voted for in place of the
usual spring election to fill the pres
ent city offices.
Surely there can be no good reason
why Topekans should not try the
commission form of government
which has been conducted with such
success by several of the most wide
awake cities in the country and with
particularly unusual success by
Leayenworth under the same provi-
sions of law which would govern in
the case of Topeka. There is only one
source of opposition to the commits
sion plan of governm in any COM
munity where it is suggested and that
is from the dyed-in-the-wooI politi-
clans. the politicians of the peanut
caliber who thrive in a variety of
small ways by participating in the
government of the city according to
the system which now prevails in To-
peka and in a good many other cities
of the country. Fortunately for To-
peka. there are not many politicians
of that sort within her confines. There
used to be a lot of them but their
pickings have been so lean of late
years as to not have been very profit
able and most of them have given up
politics of this sort and have been
compelled to go to work for a living.
Countless arguments may be pre-
sented in favor of the commission
plan of government and doubtless
most Topekans are familiar with
them, as the newspapers have paid a
good deal of attention to them in
times past and have presented nu-
merous articles on how this method
of government has worked with such
good results in the other places where
it has been tried. But the chief ar
gument in favor of the proposition is
that under the commission plan the
administration of the a-Sairs of a COM
munity are centrali:IC in the hands
of a few men who are absolutely re-
sponsible for the proper administra-
ton of the branches of government
under them. Therefore the various
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16

position in which he was placed and
the unusual conditions surrounding
him, he was a rather remarkable
man. If he had enjoyed full sway,
the chances are that China today
would be quite as far on the road of
progressiveness as is her neighbor
Japan. Handicapped as he was, he
instituted many reforms in China
which have proved of material benefit
to the people of that densely ignorant
land. 1t is to be hoped that his sue
cessors will prove more potent than
he to extend these reforms and start
China on the way to. it's proper place
among the nations of the earth. But
the chances are that regardless of
their desires in the premises they
will not be able to do much until
that remarkable and wondrous
woman, the Empress Dowager, has
passed away.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16

phases of a city's affairs are quickly
responsive to such demands and nee
essities as are continually arising.
With a form of government such as
Topeka is now. struggling along under
these conditions do not prevail to any
degree whatsoever. Responsibility
for the several branches of govern,
ment is divided among a number Of
officials and the city council. Not one
of them can go ahead and do any
thing without the consent sor super
vision of the other. There is always
a wide divergence of views as to how
things should be done with the result
that there is always a great delay in
cident to the authorities getting to-
gether through compromises and de-
Gliding on the way that these things
shall be done. This is nothing in the
way of a reflection on the character
or honesty of purpose of any of the
men who are now part of the ~city's
government or who have been con-
nected with it during the past few
years. 1t is but natural result
where so many men are given a voice
one way or the other in the ordering
of city's affairs. Few will be found
to argue, if they are honest in ex-
pressing their convictions, that con-
ditions such as now exist are favor
able for an economical, prompt and
efficient administration of the city
government. On the other hand
where a few men are given the power
to govern a city and are made actual
ly and wholly responsible for the con-
duct of the city departments under
them they are in a position to handle
the matters which are brought before
them with the utmost dispatch and
are able by applying just common
ordinary business principles to the af-
fairs in their control to discharge
them with great adequacy and eff
cheney
Topekans, one and all, should well
come the opportunity to register their
views on the question of trying the
commission form of government here
and in declaring themselves to be in
favor of it. 1t will not be a difficult
task to find worthy and able candf-
dates for the commissionership to be
filled. There are many available men
for these places in the city and
among those who are now in city Of
ficial positions of one sort and the
other
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16
po1NrEp PARAGRAPHs.
[From the Chicago News.l

IFrom the Chicago News1
Offensive wives make defensive hus-
bands.
It's the worst kind of luck when you
have that kind.
But few men who say nothing nave
the woodsawiIg habit.
Everybody knows that "a pusy ypOoS
has a nose for scandal.
At the age of 80 a girl begins. 10
realize. that she misses the Mrs.
man either makes more OF less
money than he says he makes.
Regrets for the past seldom Keep
woman from accepting the present
Put a man under the Xray machlne
If you would find out what Is IN hlHl'
Rather than stand up for their prln-
ciples some men sit down ana let hlOh-
ey talk. .,.,....
In after years a man has a mighty
door opinion OF a young man VINO hKes
to dance.
our idea of a real genius Is one who
-invents a way to make a good living
for his family
Some men look for Work with ABOUT
as much enthusiasm as they would look
for a case of smallpox.
It's almost as hard for rich man to
enter the Kingdom of heaven as il is
for a poor man to break into the Uni
ted States senate.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

If the actual truth were told about
many persons it would sound a good
deal like real slander.
\ x
Many of the things that kind friends
pass around to smoke have all the out
ward characteristics of cigars.
x X
Most women do not get well ac-
quafnted with their husbands until the
first time after their marriage that they
ask for money.
n X
Any number of persons who exc out
a living by writing will probably agree
that an excellent definition of "penury''
is 1.-The wages of the pen
X
AS soon as aeroplanes and dirigible
balloons get into common use it will be
perfectly proper for a fellow to ask a
girl to fly with him.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16
JAYHAWKER JOTS

Among the youngsters who congre-
gated around the Great Bend postoff1ce
the other day, were three males whose
ages were II, 81 and sc years
Good hunting story from the Atchison
Globe: AN Atchison young man went
out to Hawthorne the other day and
killed 80 rabbits. He stood on one log
and killed eleven. as they were chased
"Ain't 1t awful. fellers! Just think,
two more years of bitters." This was
the comment of man to a crowd in
Chanute when the election returns
came in showing the election of can
didate for probate judge who is known
to insist on an honest enforcement of
the prohibitory law.
From the Ell Dorado Republican: "A
candidates wife tells US that although
her husband was beaten she is glad
that he was a candidate as he learn
ed to do good many polite things
While chasing over the county hunting
for votes. When he now comes home
she says he smiles divinely at his wife,
kisses the baby while handing out a lot
of candy and things to the children.
His running for office has made a diff
ferent man of him."
pretty Atchison girl, says the Globe
who is very naughty and cold, is just
about mortified to death. She has a
new pair of patent leather shoes, and
one of them hurts her terribly, and so
this morning she slipped on an old yell
hurt, to wear around the house. Dur
ing the morning she went down town,
and when she got back home she found
that she had been all over town, wear
ing one shiny black shoe and one old
yellow one.
My friend, don't waste any of your
years in a vain attempt to make
silk purse out of a sows ear. 1t can't
be done. 1t has been tried through
all the centuries since Caesars vain
attempt with Brutus. When you run
across a sow's ear the thing to do with
it is to drop it. Toss it out into the
street. When you have a fellow on
your hands who shows that he's a sows
ear, the thing to do is to- drop him.
Don't waste your precious time in try
ing to make something out of him. 1t
is all right to talk about the seventy
times seven, but it won't work wher
you are in the business of making sill.
purses. When a man is bred wrong
and refuses to hide it, he is a sows
ear. Shun him. More money is thrown
to the four winds in this country every
year in trying to make silk purses out
of sow's ears than in any other pur-
suit. Fathers and mothers have been
at it ever since they had offspring. They
will continue to do it until the crack
of doom's day, but it will never change
the axiom of the great bard of Avon
you can't make a silk purse out of
Sow'S ear.'-Bert Walker.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16

Matte actually has beer writing letters.
to him?''
A gleam of comprehension came into
Mrs. Carman's kindly eyes. She knew
ing, and she could guess the rest Here
might be an opportunity to make
things come out all right.
Il suppose that Matte admired his
appearance" she suggested gently
Young girls very frequently do fall in
love with fine physique, and 1 recall
that the driver is very athletic. If you
had not interfered with Gene and
she"
Miss Jeanette grasped her arm. TITS
not too Iate,'' she declared. Tell your
son that will make any apology he de-
mands. Perhaps if they see more of
each other, Matte will forget this mad
infatuation."
II am quite sure that she WILL" de-
clared Mrs. Carman, comfortingly. "G
will speak to Gene and ask him for
your sake to try and regain Mattie's
love"
Miss Jeanette gave her rescuer n
grateful glance, and the little woman
withdrew to sit patiently on the front
step to warn Matte when she should
return. There Gene found her when h.
came out to go to work and he listen
ed, in great amusement, while his
mother explained the situation.
"Of the two evils, you are the less"
she reminded smilingly. IF Matte
will only play her part well, and con-
sent to gradually forget her milkman,
you have won"
81 don't like being the lesser of Miss
Jeanette's two evils,'' declared Gene
happily as he bent to kiss his mothers
wrinkled cheek, but to save Matte
from her milkman. I am willing to. be
even that, dear. ar."-(Copyrighted, 1908
by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Pres

There is no cure like a sinecure.
Borrowell-"I lost an umbrella to-
day. Harduppe-"Geei Whose was
it?'
Heaven would be overcrowded if we
could all be taken at our own valua-
ton.
A widower always makes the best
husband because he knows what to ex-
pect.
Wealth may not bring happiness, but
most of us are willing to take a chance
with it.
A sign in a downtown garage reads.
mo Smoking Aloud Why should a
man wish. to smoke aloud?
Hoax-''What business is Scrubbs
in?" Joax-'He's dyer" Hoax
well, he looks like a dead one"
Muggins-'I have had nothing but.
bad luck since I married. and yet my
wife is a Jewell Buggins-"An opal,
perhaps"
Experience is, the best teacher"
quoted the wise Guy. True assented
the Simple Mug, "and yet some men
commit bigamy."
Wigwag-"I am always up with the
lark" Guzzler-"Speaking of birds, l
always take a swallow before breakfast
myself
Elderly Gentleman-'Ah, my little
man Going to school, eh? And what
do you like most about schools" Lit
tie Man-'aThe days when there ain
none.''
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

CFrom the Atchison Globe.1
1t is usually a great big man who
insults you.
Better to live alone than to live with
the devil.
No man seems to be willing to COM
promise before the fight.
Every time we look into a cuspidor
we feel ashamed of the men.
The hound seems to be a country
dog; you seldom see one in town.
Boys don't like a cry baby. And
men don't like a cry baby. either.
Atchison men, when they return
from fishing trip, never count cat
fish.
Every woman who does the house
work knows what 1t is to exceed the
speed limit.
Give a woman a rocking chair and
a handkerchief, and she is prepared to
cry with the whole world.
The swagger Of a pretty girl is very
often like the swagger of fighter
who thinks he can whip anybody.
As soon as yellow shoes stop
squeaking, they begin. to look as
though Noah had worn them in the
ark
Another thing to the credit of
Mother Dear: 1t never takes her more
than five minutes to do" her hair.
We wonder how 1t feels to be a
grandfather And we wonder how 1t
feels to have your son-in-law live at
your house.
"The men," you will always hear
some women say, in every crowd, are
ali alike" And this is not intended
as a compliment, either.
We have finally learned that rail-
road train never leaves before the ap-
pointed time but we still think that
a circus procession may possibly ap-
near before noon.
When a farmer talks about a town
man. he uses the words Outrageous"
lrascality." and sharper" a great
manv times. Town people have
hard time proving to their country
friends that they are honest.
If a woman will keep her hats long
enough, they will come back into
styIe. An Atchison woman is wearing
a hat that is fifteen years old, and the
other women think it is New Crea-
ton. And she goes with the Very Best
People too.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16

Taking from the rich and giving to
the poor is an excellent theory to
which attention has been called by
the Methodist bishops in session here
as one of the foundations for their
missionary work But there is a
great difficulty in the accomplish
ment of this task because it is gen
orally so hard to take or pry anything
from the rich unless a theft is COM
mitted and then the prison doors
yawn for one.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16
HUMOR OF THE Day

Cobble-You certainly have a good cook
BY the way where do you get your serV-
ants? Stone-From our neighbors. When
We hear of a good one among them we
But. my dear fellow. is that honorableI'
''Why not? Can you develop a sense OF
honor with poor digestion?'-Ldfe.
Tourist-What's that crowd down at the
courthouse? Native-OhI they're tryin'
the case o. Sam Johnson. sub. Tourist
Sam Johnson! Why, that was the man
that was lynched yesterday, wasn't itg
Native-Yaas. sub: but today some of the
boys got to feelin' curious to know
whethah he was innocent or guilty, suh-
The Catholic Standard and Times.
Miss Allalone the self-reliant spinster,
had been doing her own marketing in an
AUTOMOBILES "Loidy," said the dirty-faced
that was hanging over the side, yer
souawker's out o. order. 1t won't honk.
Chicago News.
Hes quite classical scholar. isn't
he?" We'll: : he's el backward in reading reading
he was particularly good at that" SO
he is. but that's the way you have TO
read Hebrew.'-The Catholic Standard
and Times.
But. surely" protested the lately de-
parted Boston girl. you're not going to
take me to the-er-infernal region?'
only for a few seconds replied the at
iittie."LThe Catholic Standard and Times.
Young Mani should like to. ask you
for the hand of your daughter sir.
Moo. sir. Father-Don't drink, smoke or
gamble? Young Man-Indeed not, sir.
Father-Tm sorry. my boy, but you and
my girl would never agree You see sne s
a thorough society girl-Young's Maya
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16

Herr Won Buelow, chancellor of the
German empire, proposes to "cau
down" Kaiser Wilhelm for the indis-
criminate manner in which he airs his
views to the public. Most assuredly
is the chancellor a brave man. He
may get all of a slap on the wrist for
his effrontery. Surely times have
come to a pretty pass when ruler,
by divine right. cannot speak his
mind. But it is really terrible to
contemplate what would happen in
this country if the secretary of state.
for instance, should have the
temerity to tell the present president
where to draw the line when it came
to a public expression of his views on
things.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16

Who would have thought it pos
sible? A winery running in full blast
in Shawnee county and in Rossville at
that. But then it is now a thing of
the past because of the activities of
John Wilkerson, the sheriff and John
Schenck, the county attorney. Viola
tors of the law in these parts will be
sure to receive a visit from these eff
ficient officials if they only wait and
keep up their practices for any con-
tinued time. And, generally, they
don't have to wait very long, either.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.l

IFrOm the New YORK Press.
very honorable thing about poll
tics is not to be in it.
A woman can remember a compli-
ment man paid her years after she
has forgotten his name.
When a woman shows her greatest
fortitude is in believing all a man
brags about himself when she know it
isn't true.
Nature doesn't permit babies to talk
under year so they can learn all the
queer kinds of language women use to
them
A womn's idea of excitement is
wondering if her husband will be rich
enough on her birthday after next to
give her pearl necklace.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16
ATITTIMN-


few dead leaves in the dripping caves,
And a few brown blades of grass;
A frosty bite in the air. tonight,
To show that summers pass;
What boots it. dear. though the time is
near
When the still snow spreads the earth? !?
Is love such a thing that another spring
Cannot bring it again to birth?
A few dead boughs. and a few dead vows,
And kiss forgotten thrice;
And cutting word like a flaming sword
That shuts us from paradise.
Shall it end tonight ere the ground is
white,
And drearily walls the wind?
Can love once more be sweet as before
Ere the summer when young Love
sinned?
A few dull fears and few sharp tears
That dry as they leave your eyes;
A weary sigh for the days gone by
AS we look at the clouding skies,
And another tune and another June
Is a piece of the poignant past
We could bear this cross did we know
the loss
If this one would be the last
Cleveland Leader
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-16

Much good should come of the con-
ference which is to be called by Gov
ernor Hoch for the discussion of
plans for the waging of a systematic
campaign in this state against
tuberculosis, ''the great white
plague" Its spread throughout the
country is actually alarming and has
awakened physicians and public
health authorities to the realization
that it must be effectively fought if it
is not to sap up the very life blood of
the nation. And Kansas, progressive
in all things, should be one of the
leaders in the crusade against the dire
disease. The coming conference
ought to put her we'll on the way to
that position.