The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-23

gasped, -Four" But then that's more
| than the limit. She had broken even
| that. The limit set by the United
| States is twice. All after two are re-
corded under the column, habits
| Nothing Like That in Old Country.
Another little lady called at a white
and yellow painted house on the west
side. Within the room a laborer sat.
His was a reproduction of Ole Swan
sons face and as he chewed his Sven
sky snuff he spat into the fire. Halo,
wot bane yu doan harp" 81 came to
take your census-to find out who lives
here and where you came from" oval,
they nevar come lax dat in uld contry.
Yu yust gat out"
Only a little trouble is reported from
the homes of foreigners, however. Some
one is sneezing hard to get down the
names of the inhabitants of Little Rus
STA. but there is no complaint.
Several complaints have come from
the negro settlements. For instance,
one of the male enumerators was seen
to leap an eight foot back fence and
duck behind a chicken house across
the alley. When approached he ad-
mitted his identity and first said he
had been chased by hippo. Help
from the central Office, however, dis
covered that a woman of chocolate
hue had become enraged at the queS-
ton, Are you a full bic oded negro?''
''Its none of your business, and no
business of any government, what color
am, she nau GXeCuL0Q III DOln Sp6GCn
and action. She later begged to have
her name recorded with the heaviest
black mark 20 be had But what's the
use to worry? Should the name be
Stowe Jones and the weight be $500
pounds. the sphynx is not so silent as
the census man.
Woman a Schemer.
1t remained for a woman to form
scheme to make census taking pay
IT, n IN fI1n g
known she olunges at the bargain
counter. But here is the money maker
which failed, however. The regula-
tions provide that the census taker re-
ceive 10 cents for every barn in his
district in which a domestic animal is
kept. The woman iE question went
"barn hunting" through her district.
Her record showed more barns than a
dozen others. The chief clerk looked
in establishment. Then discovered no
unusual amount of stock. The woman
had overlooked the occupied by
stock clause and had developed an
affection for harms only.
But there: When is a chicken a
chicken? And the answer. When he
or she lives il town. That beats. ''Why
does a hen walk across the street %
jokes. But t needs an explanation
and the explanation is authorized by
the United States. 1t follows: In the
country the chickens are listed with
the QUIET dIllLIldlS III the CCA-
sus sheets but in the city they are
passed up entirely.
In Sober Condition.
Neither is there any marathon after
-by-nightS'' in Topeka in spite of
the Billiard election. Everybody will
be found in his home in a sober con-
dition-that is everybo dy except hotel
guests. One night Is set apart for the
census at the hotels. Then, the pro-
prietors will be given census blanks for
each guest who will fill the slip and
send it sealed to the supervision.
Bob" Randolph, the only one Of the
alleged kidno Ders of Marian Bleakley
who can not give bond, and who ask
ed to be taken to Holton, will be count
ed there although the enumerator
there says he Belongs here. Randolph
county Jail. In view of that fact, and
that the jail has but one room, it ought
to be easy FOR the enumerator to
count him right there. Bob's home is
said to be in Kansas City.
The troubles of the census taker-
and the joys-fall both to the men and
the women. Shawnee county has Al
men and 15 women waiting upon citi-
zens under the direction of Reece Van
Zant, supervisor of the First district of
Kansas. The last congress appropri-
ated SIS, 100000 for the work, being
done all over the land. There is
date for the completion-30 days in
the country and 5 in towns. Results
will come from Washington probably
in July. But they can never tell the
history of the getting-if they only
could!