The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-28
KANSAS CONNENT
THE CROOKED COURSE.


Kansas hotel men are extremely
busy these days circulating literature
descriptive of smooth swindier who
mas beaten many of them. and for
whose capture they offer a reward.
The hotel mel of this country have
some sort of an organization for their
own protection, and when one of them
Is beaten out OF board or lodging bills,
the news is passed along; the deadbeat
is piacklisted, and sooner or later
usually sooner-he is rounded I'D and
cast into dungeon. His punishment
is usually severe. for courts and juries
have little sympathy for cattle OF that
sort
notwithstanding the vigilant organi-
cation of the hotel men, and the hostile
attitude of the courts, the hotel beat
Is numerous and enterprising. The
Anti-Horsethief association has dis
couraged the profession of horsesteal-
ing in the west. but horses are still
stolen.
The description of the hotel beat
who is badly wanted is interesting. He
Is pictured as a singularly engaging
man. He IS handsome, well dressed,
agreeable, and he always makes a
fine impression. He is marvellous
talker, and has the bearing of a pros
porous broker or banker. In view of
all this it IS not surprising that hotel
AifCA CdSISQ Ills WOTlHioSS Checks, or
loaned him money when he asked
for it.
Again the old question comes up:
Why does man with such advant-
ages-a man who makes a fine i'm
preston upon people who are always
the crooked course? With his impos-
ing appearance and gift of tongue he
might have his pockets full of honest
ly earned money, and the hotel men,
instead of offering rewards for his
capture, would be competing blithely
for his trade
OF course he will be gathered in
before long, and his arrest means a
long term in Jail, or in the peniten-
tiary, and he knows it. Then why?
chase that appeals so strongly to such
man. He surely realizes that honest
money is gained more easily than dis
honest money, and that retribution for
crookedness is sure. It is said by
naturalists that an old fox, which has
been hunted many times, is happiest
when the hounds are after it, and will
go out of its way to start hunt. 1t
must be that the gifted crook has SIM
liar feelings and instincts. Dodging
the law is at least as exciting as fox
hunting.-Emporia Gazette.
ONE MEAL A DAY.
A Texas man has succeeded in at
tracing some attention by announcing
that he will eat but one meal a day for
the next twelve months. But don't
let that worry you. He will not starve,
and his stomach, liver and other di-
gestive machinery are apt to pull
through greatly strengthened by the
rest. Of course you think one meal a
day would never do for you, you work
SO hard. Fooc furnishes the fuel for
the body. and you need enough. but
the danger of not getting it, even at
prevailing high prices. is less than that
you will eat too much. Thousands of
people have benefited their health by
adopting a two meal a day plan, in
stead of the customary three. They
have gained weight, health and
strength; possibly they have gained a
little on their grocery bill. It is not
improbable, therefore, that men like
this Texan may be found who would
do still better On one meal a day. But
this much is certain: When work piles
up on you mo1e than you can possibly
do, it gets on your nerves, and you
fail to do any of it as 1t should be
done. The stomach behaves in a SINH
lar manner, and good many more
stomachs than men are threatened
with overwork. There may be some
thing in this enc meal a day plan for
you.-Atchison Globe.