The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-28

The loving hand that now doth blind
Thine eyes must lift and let thee fly.
AS tenderly the palm is pressed,
And oh. how hard Ger the hills
A cold wind comes in from that breast
That little, breathing, tender breast,
-Reneath the mothers loving hand;
Yet must she heed the swelling crest;
Her fingers strain beneath those wings
mat beat so Justify to be free;
4 distant sp py across Mnsn the he s sea
An, bird, be pftiful and pause
ne Ere quite into Gods man you grow.
Her hands are empty as you go.
Caroline Wood Morrison in Lippincott.s
Mind Test for Monkeys.
The experiments which began a
year ago with Prof. Melvin Hag-
gerty's study of monkey psy-
chology" in the monkey house at the
Bronx park zoo have been carried on
by several of the keepers who took
up the work where Mr.. Haggerty left
on, and they say. that some interest
ing results have been achieved in the
last few weeks. James Riley, one OF
the keepers. who presides< over the
big family of primates in captivity
there, says he is going to write a
ters will probably be written by
Fred Engleholm, another keeper
who has taken leading part in the
experiments with the monkeys
Badly, small black chimpanzee,
was chosen as the most intelligent OF
all the monkeys at the zoo. Fuzzy
Williams. another chimpanzee, was
also picked as a likely subject for
experiment, and so were two of the
ringtails, Mickey and Quickstep Slim.
safe with a combination lock- There
were only eight letters to the COM
bination and it was not difficult to
open it, provided the letter was
known. After a few weeks of in
struction Riley says that both of the
the safe quite readily. Always they
found something nice in store for
them-a banana, an apple. or some
other fruit which monkeys like.
This experiment, however, was
along the general line which had
and Engelholm say they decided to
try to teach the monkeys the sig
nificance of certain acts and sounds.
They got a small dinner bell. which
rang when a small button on top
was pressed. They began by press
ing this bell every time they fed the
monkeys. After a few days they put
the bell on little shelf in Badly
cage. At first the chimpanzee in
sisted on ringing the bell almost con-
SCdnLly. But a rev SLABS Oh tie
hands broke him of this. The keep
ers taught Badly to ring the bell
whenever he saw them coming with
food. It required more than
months training to accomplish this
But the keepers had plenty of time
and patience.-New York Times.
Americas Throne Room.
The cabinet room in the White House
is Americas nearest approach to a
throne room. 1t is about the size OF
the dining room in an average country
house of the colonial style. 1t is al
most severely simple. The coloring Is
olive green and white-white woodwork
with olive green burlap on the walls
The chairs of the president and his
nine cabinet ministers. which surround
the long mahogany table in the center
leather. The presidents differs from
the others only in that the back is q
trif1e higher. On a. small metal plate
on the back of each chair is the title
of the holder and the date of his ac-
cession, but not his name. On one side
Of the cabinet table is a fireplace, with
a very high mantlepiece over 1t. Or
the other is a capacious leather-cov-
cred divan. At one end of the table
are the sliding doors leading to the
presidents private office. at the other
three large French windows, looking
out across the White House grounds
toward Pennsylvania avenue. There are
leather-covered armchairs in the cor
ners The room is practically without
decoration. A room more completely
would be difficult to imagine.-Circle
Magazine.
sBanzai'' From Early Ages.
1t is not infrequent to find men
specializing as to the origin of the
~
lieve that a general impression classes
this excellent ejaculation among the
inventions of modern japan. Quite
recently, indeed, we heard a learned
Japanese declare that the late Prof
Toyama was the originator of the
"hurrah." But the truth is that ban
zai" belongs to a very much remoter
date History shows that 1t was used
certainly as long ago as the year 4S6
A. D., and probably it was not an in
novation even then. In the "Chron-
icles of Japan work published in
the year $40 A. DIT is related that,
in the spring Of 4s6 A. D.. the En-
peror Woke, remembered by poster
ity as "Kenzo, Tenno." repaired to
there held revel by 1.-The winding
streams" His guests were concourse
of ministers and of high officials
known at that epoch under the titles
of Omi Muraji. and Miyakko. When
the feast was at its height the guests.
we read, raised repeated cries of
banzai." 1t may fairly be assumed
that this formula of graduation did
not originate then. but at any rate
its undoubted use in japan more than
fourteen centuries ago deprives any
Meiji savant of the credit of having
invented it.-Japan Mail.
c4-.+,l,;no a JolSe Too Far.
Once there was a country boy who
came to the city to forge his way in
the world.
He secured a posiEen in a whole
sale grocery, working conscientiously
and faithfully. By stint and sacrifice
he saved a nice portion or his earn
inrs until at the end of two years he
had about 5000 in the bank to his
credit.
Coincident with this date chronicled