The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-14
FROM OTHER PENS
ON P. FOR RUSSIA {"

Woman as an expert go-between
mediating between statesmen and at
fecting international affairs, has fig
ured less prominently in British and
American national and racial develop
ment than in some of the countries
of Europe and Asia. There is no COM
parison, for instance, between Eng
lish and French political evolution in
the number and value of contribu-
tions that women have made. both in
shaping history and in recording it's
secret springs. The Ang1o-Saxon, less
than the Latin or the Slav. turns to
more Secretive and devious ShapingS
of policies that affect international
affairs. Students of the relations be-
tween Great Britain and Russia will
recall the residence in London during
the seventies of Nine. Novikoff, who
endeavored to modify the strained
relations between the two powers by
her policy of intercourse with respon-
Gladstone. The announcement that
Mr.. W. T. Stead has edited and will
shortly publish the letters and re-
miniscences of this I'M. P. of Russia
pique the curiosity of those who are
anticipating valuable sidelights on Mr.
Gladstone's career.-Boston Herald.
ADVANTAGE OF THE RED HEAD.
An eastern editor is wasting time and
need no pity. OF course, they don't.
Men admire their hair and women envy
it. The blonde and the brunette have
a bit the better of the fiame-colored
girl in a variety of colors they can use.
There the superiority ends, for, given
the proper hue, the one that sets off
her crown of red to the best advantage,
the bricktop has her sisters beaten to
a frazzle'' in the Rooseveltian language.
An artistic red-headed girl is the most
striking and impressive picture that
femininity makes.
It's the boy with the carroty locks
who deserves sympathy and doesn't
get it, Red hair usually goes with a
sensitive disposition, and the horrors
of the life that a bricktop leads at
school and play need a Dante of child
hood to set forth. He is the target of
all the wit and satire the schoolboy
joke. Even sympathetic girls get Ro-
man amphitheater crust over their kind
hearts. If they don't indulge in these
scarifying personalities, they laugh at
them.-CIeveland Leader
SIMPLER METHODS NEEDED.
There ought to be ballot reform in
this country that will mean a simpler
and more convenient system of voting.
The present way is too cum ersome
and nerVe-Wearing Besides. it fosters
mistakes and fraud. The claim that
the secrecy of the ballot is inviolate Is
a grim joke. Partisan workers are so
expert in ballot manipulation that they
seldom fail to recognize the political
color of a ballot before it is deposited
in the box. Busy men frequently re-
frain from voting simply because TO
vote means annoyance and a consider
able loss Of time When a reputable
citizen thus stays away from the poll
ing place there is grave danger that
"foater' will be called to cast the bal |
lot that should be honestly polled.
Where there is much scratching of
this is becoming more and |
more the rule-the work of counting |
them is extremely tedious In fact |
there is very little in recommendation |
of the present balloting system. The :
whole scheme of registration and vot- |
ing needs a thorough revision-Kansas |
Civ Journal