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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
CURFEw OUGHT TO RING.

Topeka's chief of police. Mr.. Eaton, is
to be congratulated for having arrived
lat a determination to enforce strictly
the local cridance which prohibits chill
dren of tender years, boys and girls
alike, from wandering around on the
streets, unattended by their elders, af-
ter 8 o'clock at night. There is only
one possible criticism in the premises
and that is that there has even been
anything but disposition on the part
of the police to enforce this regulation
t. the letter.
If there is one thing that is inimical
to the welfare of youngsters in their
early teens 1t is the parading Of streets
at night. 1t has been the ruin of
many of them, boys as well as girls.
Except in the case of a few incorrigi-
bles-and they are better off in reform
schools than they are at their homes
for they would not as a rule develop
uncomfortable tendencies if they had
been brought up properly-it is the care
lessness of parents which is to be
blamed for the waywardness Of their
children. Young girls and boys would
not galhvant on the streets at night if
their parents DID not permit them to
do so, and altogether too many par
ents are decidedly derelict in their duty
70 their offspring and society in this
-e gard.
And not the least essential feature OF
the crusade which Mr.. Eaton Is to wage
in this particular Is the fact that he
intends to make the parents bear the
brunt of the punishment for the vio-
| lations of this "curfew'' ordinance by
their children. Provision is made in
| ic for the arrest and filming Of parents
who permit their children to pass their
evenings on the streets. This is just
as it should be. Perhaps, when a few
fathers and mothers have been hauled
to the police station in the black maria
| and fined for not looking after their
childrea as they should the effect will
be exceedingly salutary.
The punishment which can be inf1ict-
&C on erring parents is not heavy under
the city ordinance, but if it is not suf-
fcient to bring them to time there is a
state law covering practically the same
subject which is under the administra-
ton of the probate judge. sitting in his
capacity as a Juvenile court, and which
is more stringent in the way of penal
ties This law can be invoked in ag-
gravated and extreme case and 1t
should be by all means. Some folks
will probably argue that 'curfew' reg
iElations are unnecessarily severe
pieces of paternalism and not within
the scope of public endeavor. Such peo-
rle are really misguided. AS matter
of fact an inestimable favor is being
lextended to youngsters by their being
kept off the streets. They and some OF
their parents may not realize this, but
lit is a fact, nonetheless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
PEARY KEEPS AT TT.

Pursuing his picayune tactics
which have made him the most un-
popular and least respected of the ex-
plorers of all time who have accom-
plished anything great, Robert E.
Peary promptly denounces the story
of Knud Rasmussen, the Danish ex-
plorer, who is satisfied that DR.. Cook
discovered the North Pole. as some
thing of fabrication.
Rasmussen, who has been in polar
regions for some time, wrote letter
to his wife in which he announced
that he had talked to the members of
the Eskimo tribe to which belong the
two heroes who went with DR.. Cook
to the North Pole, and that he is con-
WINGED that DIR. Cooks story of his
memorable accomplishment is the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth.
Before any one has had good
chance to digest the Rasmussen story
Mr.. Peary enters the arena with his
vicious "'Tain't So" He says that it
was impossible for Rasmussen to
have seen any of DR.. Cooks Eskimo
companions and that therefore any
statement he may make is without
authority. Rasmussen admits that he
did not see the two men who made
the final dash with DR.. Cook but that
he did see the others of DIR. Cooks
party and the members of their tribe
to whom the story of the Cook trip
was a familiar thing. He saw them
all and talked with them before he
had heard the details of DIR. Cooks
journey as the latter has published it.
What he learned from them is sub
stantially the tale that DIR. Cook has
told
But Mr.. Peary says IL was impos-
sib1e for Rasmussen to have seen
these Eskimos. How does he know
this? is he in wireless communica-
ton with the frozen north? Hardly.
Peary has no more authority for such
a statement than man would have
who had passed all his life in the re-
gions of the equator. OF course, no
one expected Mr.. Peary to be pleased
with the Rasmussen story. 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Rasmussen
got his facts from the very Eskimos
whom Mr.. Peary alleges told him that
DR.. Cook did not get near the pole.
If Peary said anything about the Ras-
mussen story he would have to deny
it or else-confess himself to be a prac-
titioner of falsehoods. But what little
cause he has left would have been
'-~ttered. no doubt. if he had kept still
Peary is a great explorer but he has
succeeded once more in making a sor-
ry spectacle of himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record

IErOm the HulldQSiplld ASSCoA0-J
1t isn't only the infant Jokes that are
cribbed.
After all, it is better to ride q hobby
than nightmare.
When a boy says he feels sick on a
holiday he really is.
Some people are pound foolish without
even being penny wise.
Time is money, but you can't always
make your creditors believe 1t.
The fellow who can't take care of the
pennies can't take care of himself
Perhaps the fatted carr was killed be-
cause the Prodigal Son liked chicken
salad.
The joy of getting what we want is al
ways counterbalanced by the regret that
we didn't ask for more.
After a girl has saved a few hundred
dollars she always has an idea some fell
low is trying to marry her for her
money.
SILENCE is golden quoted the Wise
Guy. Yes. especially when you can't
think of a good answer" added the Sim
pie Mug.
Scribbler-"The pen is mightier than the
sword" Scrawler-tThar may be, but ]
know a little typewriter who is perfectly
killing"
Mrs Flatdweller-"Just think of it.
Some miscreant tried to start fire in
our apartment house last night" Mr..
Fiatdweller-''Well, I'll bet it wasn't the
1anitor.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
THE vIRIL1TY OF THE BIBLE.

"Our Bible was not intended pri-
marily to be intoned in cathedral ser
vice or languidly perused in a ladies'
boudoir. 1t was meant to grapple
with the conscience of the world, to
have dominion over the earth and sub
due it, writes President Faunce of
Brown university in Van Norden's
magazine for November. "It has
tanned the ferocity of Goth and Van
dal, has softened the hard hatreds OF
Viking and Norman, has rebuked the
secret vices of the Latins, has scared
and shamed the languorous indulgence
Of the Orient. It has reused the Ger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25

mans to defy the chief powers of the
hierarchy, and the English to believe
that resistance to tyrants is the SER
vice of God. And to do this it has
needed a rugged vocabulary. a rhetoric
| that can stab and burn, an imagery
that can harrow up the soul with
terror, and a prophetic power that can
descend as veritable hammer OF
God upon the head of hypocrite and
| usurper and simoniac. The hyper
sensitive and dapper critics who now
find the Bible too earnest to be pal
atable, and too frank to be in good
form, forget that their fathers would
have never left the worship of Odin
and Thor, and the delights of piracy
and bloodshed. had 1t not been for the
sledge hammer blows dealt by the
Bible to those sins which have espe-
cially beset our Anglo-Saxon blood. We
had better expurgate some newspaper
reports of proceedings in the court
room before we attempt to improve
the Scripture!
Moreover, who is to undertake the
task of expurgation? Shall it be the
Society for the Prevention Of Crime.
or the Women's Christian Temper
dACo OHiOn. Sudl we nave d l0lAoi GU
expurgations undertaken by hundred
different men? 1t is obvious that the
portions to be excised are not only in
the Old Testament. but in the New
Testament also. Is st. Paul's instruc-
ton to take a little wine to remain
Is his declaration that 1T is better not
to marry to stay? Moreover. should
not something be done to reconcile
Paul and James by 'toning down one
or the other in his description of faith
and works? And If we tone them
down, who will then believe their
words?
"Will one expurgation do for all ma
tons? In the United States we should
certainly omit the prohibition Of mar
riage with a deceased wife's sister; but
this passage seems peculiarly dear to
English moralists. Will the proposed
pruning suffice for several genera
tons? How often must we expurgate
in order to keep our Bible up to date
We are landed in tissue of absurdi-
ties and impossibilities. We do not
want a Bible modernized and miti-
gated, diluted and sterilized. We want
it In full rugged virility, with all its
unshorn strength. with its brutal re-
Dukes of brutality, and its stout blows
at stout-hearted and defiant sin. An
eviscerated Bible is lifeless cadaver."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrorn the Chicago News.]

TFrom the Chicago News1
Half the kissing done in the world is
pleasureless duty.
A woman seldom has any use for man
she is unable to use.
All organs have stops-with the excep-
ton of feminine organs OF speech
Lots wife probably turned around to
see what another woman had on.
Many a man who tries to pose as lion
wouldn't even make a good rabbit.
1t takes more than decollete gown to
cover the average woman with confusion
Some people do not try to reach the
top because they consider the bottom
safer.
What a girl likes Adopt q picnic is the
good time she might have II she WASH
so jealous.
Marriage may not bring man wisdom,
but it enables him to acquire lot OF ex-
perience.
A woman seems to think her husband
is to blame for everything-or If he isn't
he ought to be.
If visitors knew what their hosts say OF
them after they are gone they would
never do it again.
When you hear man say that money
will do anything it's safe bet that he
can't show more than 20 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
JAYHAWKER JOTS

| There is so much enthusiasm over
the proposed shirt factory at lola
| that the business men promise to help
the industry along by. buying and
News which is given to the gentle art
| of slamming.
1--WE know boy in this town"
writes Louis Valentine in the Clay
Center Times. "who has only ordi-
nary ability but who is getting there
because just as soon as school is out
| he hustles out for a job in the coun-
| try, or anywhere where the wages are
good, and stays with the job until
school starts again. He saves his
| money, also. That boy will be some
where when his smart acquaintance
are still living off the old man."
A telegraph operator from Scio, O.,
with his wife and two sons, rode to
Stafford on an employees railroad pass.
The pass was good to Denver, but the
father and mother decided to remain
at Stafford ard allowed the two boys to
take the pass and go on to Denver. The
other day the family boarded the train
at Stafford for the return trip to Ohio
but when the conductor received the
pass he took 1t up and demanded cash
fares When the demand was refused
he put the family off at Hutchinson.
The Stafford Courier says that when
the conductors report was received this
exclamation followed: "On the way back
| from Denver the boys in an excess OF
misguided generosity, permitted another
rarty to ride in the pass. The pass was
made out to W. F. Mcmillan, wife and
two sons. and the third party, of course
| rode as the head of the family. 1t just
Sc happened that when the family got
on the train for the return trip home
| thew fell in with the same conductor
| \ it'll whom the boys had ridden on thefr
return from Denver. That astute Off
cial was quick to recognize the differ
| ence in the appearance Of the man
who presented the pass and the one
! who had ridden on 1t before, and the
| iic was up right there. Without any
argument he lifted the pass and de-
manded fare. 1t was an expensive bit
/ of indiscretion on the part of the boys
as in the light OF the facts there was
nothing doing in the way of a renewal
of the pass
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.J

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
No one is ever satisfied with the
table" at boarding house.
The bravest man in the world does
rot dare say he dislikes flowers.
A small oversight by your neighbor
seems like great crime to you.
You can't have your own way but
perhaps your own way wouldn't be any
better.
The neighbors are mad at a woman
about half the time because she doesn't
beat her children more.
An Atchison woman weighs $50
pounds, but is so sensitive about her
weight that we do not dare say any
tEing about it,
when I expect Justice, 1 am usually
cross because I don't get it. But when
am able to accept the doctrine that 1t
better NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Irvine.
No matter how clever or how good
a manager a woman may be the ciev-
crest of them never took a dress to a
oressmaker. and planned to have 1t
cost $40 and got it home without its
costing at least $50.
Two Atchison friends. known as Bill
and Sam, have quarreled. and are not
speaking now. The other day we said
to Sam: What Is the trouble?" sam
replied: he overloaded me- Don't
your friends overload you?
When a person buys an expensive
present for bride, he is sure to send
Ii, to her early. If a cheap present is
given. it is sent near the last, when
quantities of presents are arriving, and
the recipient is so excited she hardly
notices.
II You make a blunder, people will
Icing remember it. Church White saws
that 40 years ago, an Atchison man
desired to say thing was UNIQUE
end said it was "unyqu." Mr. white
has always remembered the storv enS
often tells 1t.
The Ladies' Home Journal has a de-
partment called The Ideas of a plain
Country Woman" and what Question
do you thing the Plain Country Wo-
man says she is asked oftenest by wo-
men: Shall continue to live with NV
husband when I love another man"
Did you ever?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Just keep a-smiling and the world
will take on a much better look.
\
If a crowd of women did not all talk
at the same time they never would get
through. >. ~
Apparently woman's hat has to be
really hideous these days to be beauti-
full in her eyes.
Exquisite beauty of face counts Tor
nothing with person If he or she has
big mouth, talkatively speaking.
= =
knowledge may be power but at the
same time a man who has nothing but
learning ought to be a trifle reluctant
about going up against a prize fighter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
a PRAYER no AzRAEu.

Because thy face is more compassionate
Than Gods own angel Pity. he who
stands
Above the world with healing in his
hands,
Early and late,
Therefore I dare to ask q little thing.
Though unto thee no man is small or
The funniest beggar. the anointed king
OF one estate,
Yet, OH how often, often on thy breast
The little children rest,
Feeling thy somber arms about them
As twilight folds a rose.
So. even this little prayer dare bring
Unto thy plying.
pray thee find me not my hour to go
Closed within any dwelling men have
Those four poor walls where I may
crouch afraid
AS from foe;
The free winds drift and blow,
Between the green and gold Of earth and
sun,
I would not quite forget in some new
birth
The Joy of this my earth,
Nor lose what time look on Paradise,
The vision in my eyes
OF green boughs swaying in singing
wind.
Oh, AzraeI. be kindi
-Theodosia Garrison in Ainslie's Maya
zine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
vivarium for Princeton.

The development of Princeton uni
versity along scientific lines has receiv-
ed fresh impetus by the completion
OF plans and the breaking of ground for
a new vivarium. which will be the first
Of it's kind in the country.
The building will fill a long-felt want
Of the biological department for a suit
able place to study animal life in ali
its forms, the particular aim being to
make possible a study of the habits of
many amphibious animals, about which
there has been little accurate scientific
knowledge
A botanical garden will be laid out
in connection with the vivarium, and
the plans also provide for a greenhouse.
which will be used for the propagation
of rare and delicate plants. The new
biological laboratory will be ready for
occupancy this week. This building
marks a distinct advance in modern
Laboratory construction and ranks with
the Palmer physical laboratory as one
of the finest buildings Of its kind IN
the ceuntry.-Princeton dispatch to
New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
one thing is certain. Til

one thing is certain. The hook
worms. which have taken up their
abode with the students of the Uni
versity of Georgia and developed Ia
ziness among them to an unusual de-
gree, will soon have to move on. 1t
has been discovered that they are the
real cause for the poor showing
which has been made this season by
the institutions football team Any
thing that interferes with a college
football team must and Will be eradi-
Gated regardless Of the stern measures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25

According to the second installment
of the story of his African trip which
appears in the current issue of Scrib-
ner's Colonel Roosevelt gets along IA
mously with the Beers he comes
across as soon as he informs them
that he, too, is of Dutch ancestry. and
after he sings for their edihcation and
delectation a Dutch lullaby which has
been handed down by word of mouth
in the Roosevelt family from genera
ton to generation. And this, by the
way. is all the Dutch the great man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
HUA0R OF THE Day

Yes. IT must be terrible thing to go
must 4, f. Tsmsms sa,d Wi. Ss rsssoreS to you
cut on when I was a baby, an it won't
come within couple Of feet of de- ground
wen it's restored. "-Milwaukee Journal
Country Boarding House Keeper-what
time did We wish to be called, Mr.. Five
BIB. sK.-Jes So Wake me at ha-past
I. viii We. an n be sure to have ys up
in good season.-Puck.
He-Does Miss Jumper ever make a
desr yes Shes i fageafng al the n ts
Baltimore American.
TT must be fine to be. under contract
.And &c have ali the other maya Zines
ThinS N t for 81 so
printed refusal siip."-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journa1.
Inspector Ito young countryman who as
police force)-You1i have a lot Of night
(breaking in).-That'm be ali right. Sir. His
e oa nshts until &c ssts Used 70 I'm
London Scraps.
get the cobwebs out Of of me b Brain. YOU 30
know. Polly-Tried a vacuum cleaner?-
why are you CRYING. johnny we
was playing train and I was the engine
"Yes?' AND pa coined in and switched
You haven't had time TO make any
friends? Then you have lived in vaini"
so@e G paS 9oe cIafsa feader
81 Hardapple-My Oldest boy is gettin'
literary. He's goin' ter write fer the mag
azines: Bige Blacksmith-He'n probably
git 'em If he sends the subscription in
advance.-chicago Daily News.
IT think I must be going. remarked
do not appear to me to be going" de-
elared the young lady. after Inspecting
stationary. "-Louisville courier-Journai
bo15s ssstles II new
unpacked now except the things we really
need Detroit Free Press.
Mother-Where is Mr. Asher? I thought
you were going to play something for him.
Daughter-Ah. the wretchl AS was put
ting the children and the dog out of the
Blaetter.
Curate Ito Mrs. Bulge. who has adj
vanced crockery for a local tea)-I trust.
Mrs. Bulge. everything has returned safe-
barring one spoon as come back short
Punch.
Mathews-They say your grandfather
was very successful as an explorer
Traveler-Yes, he was. Nearly everybody
used to believe him.-Chicago News
The Man-Do you think you could learn
to love me, darling? The Darling-I don't
know; / might. learned Greek when I
was girl.-Illustrated Bits.
Nora-Did Mr. Smith say to you as 1
entered the room last night: rs that the
beautiful Miss Watson?" Cora-Yes. dear.
with the accent on the that. Louis
Times .la
Romeo was swearing by the moon. TOO
inconstant, murmured Juliet; at has
man in it" Chagrined, he switched to
Halley'S comet instead.-New York Sun.
Which side are you on in this Peary.
taken sides as yet Better take sides.
If you don't you'll have to listen to the
arguments of both ns."-Louisville
Courier-Journa1.
"Politeness costs nothing" said the man
who quotes proverbs. You are wrong
again." answered Mr.. Sirius Barker. you
have evidently not figured how much 1t
costs to persuade New York walter to
look pleasant and say thank you -
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHEuoR.
IFrom the New York Press.J

EFrom the New York Press.J
The devil knew his business when he
invented politics.
We have ideals so that other people
can wonder why we don't try to live
up to them.
What convinces q woman she has a
Erudge against another Is not to be
able to decide what it is
A man lies to his wife about how 1T
tie ne PAID LOT horse; and she lies to
her friends about how much il was
The week after man starts his wife
to cutting down the house expenses on
the little things. he wants a big dinner
with champagne for eight or ten
friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25

Trade developments during the
past week, as reported by CONNER
cial and financial reviews, were de-
cidedly favorable. Nothing Is pros
pering these days quite so much as
prosperity. And still, there are few
pessimists abroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25

No less an authority on all things
under the sun than William f. Cur
tbs of the Chicago Tribune says that
farmers, because of their great pros
nerity. are perfectly justified in buy
ing automobiles. If he had arrived at
the reverse conclusion it is reasonable
to suppose that all of the farmers in
the land who own motor cars wouid
have disposed of them Immediately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25
FROM OTHER PENS
CANADIAN NAVAL PLAN


That advocates of a Canadian navy
have been conducting thorough and
resourcefu1 campaign is shown by the
announcement that one OF the great
est individual shipbuilders in the
world, with vast yards at Belfast, Ire
land, is to establish itself at a Cana
dian port. 1t is evident that this
move never would have been under
taken had not the Dominion govern
ment given assurance of naval con-
struction to the firm in question. and
the indications at Ottawa are that Par
Lament is to be urged at its next ses-
sion to start the Canadian navy off
with a preliminary appropriation of
$20.000,000
This ambitious project of our neigh
Dor need arouse no apprehension
among timid New Eng1anders or
along the Pacific coast. Canada is too
greatly interested in seducing Ameri-
can tourists into its summer lands and
American settlers into its agricultural
territory to waste any time in foolish
dreams of naval competition with the
United States. She has ALWAYS the
British nav at her back. and she Is
merely DESTROYS of augmenting that
navy as far as her resources Will per-
nit. 1t Is largely q case of helping
mother Canada is intensely loyal to
the British government. and realizes
that a few modern warships flying the
flag under Canadian auspices. in both
the Atlantic and the Pacific. will have
standing moral effect and be a
ready asset in time of need.-Omaha
Rec
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-25

The fire insurance companies were
simply delighted with the new Kan
sas law which permitted them to
readjust their rates by raising most
of them until they discovered that the
law also gave the state superin-
tendent of insurance the power to re-
duce rates under certain circum-
stances. Now, it's horse of another