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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

In his speech at New Haven the
other night. Colonel Roosevelt confined
his remarks to retterations of the
broad political doctrines to which he
gave expression last summer while
he was in the west He casually re-
marked that he was glad TO make
in Connecticut just such a speech as
he had made in the West. And there
wasn't anything to prevent him MAX
ing just that kind of a speech in
Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New
York during the recent political cam
paign-except, of course, that such a
speech would not have been good pol
itics in those localities at that time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

last week in this county, and he man
aged to see a good deal of Beth Scott
between meetings. They avoided
politics. but found many other sub
the same books and admired the same
plays. There were so many things
to discuss that Coombs took to run
ming over to the home OF Miss Scott's
uncle, where she was visiting, morn
lngs or afternoons or evenings
whenever the hard worked party mo-
tor car could be spared, and he had an
hour to himself.
Election day came. and Coombs
was beaten. He made good run,
expected, for Frank Scott was de-
servedly strong.
Coombs, somehow, did not mind
the defeat; there was no sting in it.
Demottville gforified in his good show
ing. and received him almost as a
hero when he came home. He be-
came. almost in night, prominent
citizen. In two weeks his law BUSH
ness doubled. He had arrived
Miss Scott was going home, and
Coombs had come to say goodbye.
Likewise he planned, as he had been
planning for a month, to say some
thing else. But it was hard to get it
out; Beth was so unconscious of
what was going on beneath the sur
face of his mind.
At last he plucked up courage to
speak
Ever since that night at the Bris-
tow. school I've been wondering how
you'd like Demottville.''
tits a pretty little city, isn't it?"
she asked with interest.
eyes 4. have little home
there, surrounded by fifty year old
naples. There's a fireplace in the
living room, and deep padded leath-
er chair that like to draw up before
the fire. That chair would hold two
just as easily as-as an automobile
seat"
"Oh,'' breathed Beth Scott, compre-
hendingly.
But there's no use talking about
it, I suppose went on Coombs, visit
fully. your father has won, and
you are going back to Washington,
the most wonderful city in the coun-
try. That's the only reason I'm sor-
~ I lost. If I'd been successful,
| there'd have been something to offer
you"
do you think" said the girl soft
ly, that would make any differ
ence, if one cared? And I've seen
Washington. But I've never seen De-
mottvi1le and-and that chairl"
| When the next session of congress
| opened Frank Scott was hailed as a
| Napoleon of politics by his col
| leagues. They had tried many times
to retain the magic letters IN. c.
after their names. But to marry ones
daughter to ones most dangerous OPP
ponent-that was more than schem-
ing; it was genius.-Copyrighte 1910
by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A vain woman is quite bad enough
but a vain man is worse.
n y y
The friend who never has a favor to
ask is, indeed, rara avis in ferris.
X \ y
The man who keeps just a little bit
ahead of his daily tasks has the more
satisfa Glory time of it.
X * y
Some people are apparently never con-
tent unless they are afflicted with an
ailment of some kind which they can
talk about.
y X
There would be a lot more misery in
the world if persons also had eyes in
the backs of their heads. So many
kind friends have such habit of
making faces when one is looking the
other way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

commodities, use cheaper grades OF ma
terial. She explains how we are today
obtaining poorer quality in our $3.50
SHOES and how cotton is displaclng poor
wool, and how there is a general adult
teration of goods. Continuing, she says:
The primary trouble here is, OF
course, that we have in this country
no standards for textiles. What we need
Is pure textile law similar to our pure
food law. England has law which is
aimed at Misrepresentation of textiles
We must insist on something of the
kind in this country. 1t should be made
a misdemeanor to misrepresent goods as
1t is to adulterate baking powder or use
false weights. Personally, am of the
opinion that there is a valuable work
for the women's club of the country.
Women are necessarily more concerned
in this matter than anybody else. Trey
are the buyers. They should know. The
study and analysis of cloth is not diff
cult, and it is entertaining. 1t is adj
mirably adapted for club work. If wo-
men everywhere would take up the
matter, make a campaign for the stand
ardizing of all kinds of goods, they
would do the industries Of this coun-
try magnificent service. As things
are now the wooden and worsted indus
tries are debasing themselves by their
struggles to produce goods which Will
look well, but which have not the value
they pretend to have To force cloth
makers 10 give QuduIy Is DIS pdtI1OtiC
a service as anybody could undertake
at the moment-and as humane a one;
for this burden of adulterated cloth lies
on the poor mans back, where all the
burdens of greed and lying and trick
cry ultimately fall. To lift these bur-
dens and distribute them among all the
people according to their strength to
bear them-is not this the real task of
all honest men and women at this mo-
ment ?'-American Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

From the Chicago NeNs.I
Most wives are advocates of homo
rule.
The stationer keeps a diary all the
year-if he can't sell it.
If a man insists that he is just as
good as any other, he isn't
And whatsoever man seweth, that
will he also find it easy to rip.
The man who is unable to hold his
own during courtship deserves SYM
pathy.
No. Cordelia, a man doesn't neces-
sarily use cuss words when he takes
the oath Of office
Perhaps man is justified in spend
ing a dollar to save a dime-just once,
for the experience
Half dozen women can talk at the
same time, and each thinks her train
of thought has the exclusive right Of
way.
Figures may not lie, but they won't
convince a boy that summer vacation
days are longer than winter days at
school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.

l.
The real policeman is Public Opinion
Which is poorest. Hunting, or fish
ing?
everyone is
No man on earth ever won a bet and
kept still about it.
I. woman who cries a great deal is
usually a great kisser-
Don't ever think people don't notice:
they always do.
ITS tolerable easy to make claims"
said Missourian recently.
When a man worries a great deal.
he says he is overworked.
Everyone has reason to be ashamed
about something.
There is usually more talk than
money in a politicians barrel"
Arbitration is splendid thing, but it
never touches the hen strike.
There are people who, resenting the
good times of others, start talk.
Encourage the useful man, instead of
the idle Schemers and trouble-makers.
When a man wears his watch chain
on both sides of his vest, look out for
him.
Every year the farmers expect thirty
bushels Of wheat per acre, and get
fifteen.
A girl doesn't love every man she
is willing to go to a dollar-and-a-hals
show with.
Women never forgive a man who
does not get married, or give Christ
mas presents.
At every picnic, every guest secretly
believes that every other guest didn't
bring her share.
There is something awfully hard TO
resist about a pretty girl with money
in her own name.
The people who are not in society.
have more fun making fun of society
than those who are in.
When a woman is in love with a
man, the man soons shows it by the
way he imposes on her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
What a WaIrus Eats.

Rainwhit, the big walrus presented 10
the Bronx park zoo by Harry Whitney
and Paul Rainey about a month ago,
is worrying DIR. w. Reed Blair, the zoo
doctor, by its prodigious appetite. The
animal, which is regarded as the flnest
of IFS species in captivity, is fed once a
day. and its meal is 400 clans and 20
Goldfish. 1t takes two men two hours
to prepare this meal for Rainwh1t. as
the ia stidious animal insists on having
the fish skinned and the CLAIMS, of
course. removed from the shells. He
has gained % pounds on this fare since
coming to the zoo a little more than
q month ago The zoo authorities are
beginning to wonder how long the sup
ply of CLANS and fish is going to last
at this rate of consumption.
nusk OK which was presented to
the zoo at the same time Rainwhit ar
rived. and by the same donors. died
Yesterday from an attack OF acute an
digestion. The climate didn't agree
with the young OK, and he got lone
some. DR.. Blair said.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

The real value of platform pledges
on the part of political parties will
undoubtedly be demonstrated in an il
luminative fashion during the coming
session of the Kansas legislature.
Both the Democratic and the Repub-
lican parties went before the people
with distinct and emphatic pledges to
enact legislation of the initiative and
referendum type. There is already
talk, however, among the legislators
elect that such legislation will have
pretty hard shedding. And it wouldn't
be at all surprising if many and var
led legislators insisted that they are
not bound by pledges in state plat
forms. Each of them, you know, had
a particular platform of his own on
which he asked. for the support of his
constituents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

some of our readers NAV consider
us derelict in duty because we neglect
~ ~ print more about the approach of
Christmas. To them we would say
that the advertisers will not permit
tnem TO forget the approach of that
important event.
Not all Of the citizens of this city
complain OF poor gas service in cold
weather. This is because some of them
sun burn the sootful but honest and
reliable COAL.
me ignorance of woman is but a
small matter when compared with the
ignorance of man. One of the latter
recently overheard his wife describing
a dress that had piping around the
sleeves and yoke" He butted in long
enough to ask whether it was piped
for gas or water
|. What, by the way, is the difference
petWeen suffragette and suffragist?
me office boy ventures the guess that
the suffragette is an imported article.
while the suffragist is domestic.
The failure of the Chicago police to
pot an occasional hoId-up man is cas-
lily explained. After they get through
potting striking perspiration shop vic
tihs. they are out of ammunition.
SOLD?
me Auctloneer stands up and yells
HIS wares from early morn till night
And when an article he sells
unto some simp-unlucky wight
He slams it down. with manner bold
And loudly doth he holler, SOLID!
And back behind the maddened mob
OF bargain hunters on the buzz.
L stand anu contemplate the job
OF trimming boobs that spieler does:
And when he hollers "SOLD!' L know
He means the customer below
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

Those Sherlock Ho1meses of science,
the seisnographs, have recently re-
corded nine earthquake shocks of con-
siderable intensity. And as is usually
the case these shocks appear to have
occurred in localities which are at the
bottom of the sea, SO there is no way
of disputing the alleged cleverness of
these wonderful instruments. Mar
velous, marvellous, they are, as old Doc
Watson would say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press. ]

IF'rom the New York Press.J
Good luck is merely escaping bad
luck.
Most people spend their time either
eating or talking about it,
The Lord must take care of good
women, fer certainly men don't.
The crafty thing for a man to IL
would be to convince his wife he Iovasl
her so much he hadn't any left for her
relatives.
It's worth thinking about how ma
man can be at first with a girl foy
refusing to marry him and how gratis.
full to her afterward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

roses. the beauties of life bloom along
the way. No, indeedl The demand
in the present era for college presi-
dents runs in the direction of fnan-
c1ers of the get-rich-quick type. A col
lege needs the money. Its president
is supposed to get it. AS a matter of
fact, such job might very well be
delegated to professional fiscal
agent, or small committee of the di-
rectors charged with the conduct of a
college.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
caurino TI,eir Social status.

Every tradesman has his own way
of gauging the social standing of his
customers. Take expressmen.
1.-THE indignities 1 have suffered at
,Innrintable.'' said a woman. Every
suggestion I dared to offer was an
swered with a Huh" or maybe not an
swered at all, and my trunks were
smashed beyond recognition But when
I moved back to town this fall L was
cheered by all the Difference that could
have been accorded to a queen. The
trunk dealer told me why. I had had
New York and my own initials paint
ed my trunks. That. in the express
mans eye, is a badge of aristocracy.
An unmarked trunk indicates an in
significant stay-at-home, who has no
right to expect respect, but initials sig
nifty a Travelled person of the world,
and expressmen render due homage"
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
HUMOR OF THE Day

Ct0TSy HldH-1IIu YOUR InOLIer try TO
fnculcate lessons of thrift? Chicago
Show Girl--Indeed she did. Many's
the time she said to me when 1 was a
child; Maggie. never live beyond your
aliInony. Life.
Riley-How about that gold mine you
bought stock in last year? Smiley
Why, we've called. it "The Bulldog"
heard Of Riley (puzzled)-Bravest :?
Smiley-Sure, There isn't a yellow
streak anywhere in iti-Puck
Hewitt-Does the climate agree with
your wife? Jewett-That's more than I'd
expect of any climate.-Smart Set.
No Tire -Friend-when
you run over a dog in country road.
what do you do? Motorist-Thanl
heaven that it wasn't a porcupine.-
Exchange.
Circus Man (hunting for a stray ele
ant)-Have you seen a strange ami
NAL around here? Irishman-Begorra
OF hev that. There was an injinrub-
Der bull around here pulling carrots
wild its taili-Tit Bits
your husband will soon be conva-
lescent." "Convalescenti Oh, doctor.
can't you give him some medicine to
cure that ?"-F1iegende Blaetter.
Guide-Down there through the
clouds you can just see Italy Tourist
THAT Italy? Why, always thought
it was in the shape of boot.-Journal
Amusant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

Jack Johnson may be said to have
reached the shady side of Easy street
A French sporting club has agreed to
hand over to him $4,000 If he Will
meet the winner of the Langford-
Jeannete fight which Is scheduled to
take place in France during February.
Jack is to get this money whether he
wins loses or draws.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

1t sappears that the day of the good,
old-fashioned college president IS of
the past. There does not seem to be
any place nowadays at the head of an
institution Of learning, especially
among the smaller colleges, for a gen
tleman of. wide learning and high
scholastic attachments, man who
may be wonderfully equipped to guide
young men and women into the paths
thai tia sunshine strikes, where the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

Senator Depew has introduced bill
TO raise the salaries of all classes OF
federal judges, from the chief justice
of the supreme court down. But there
has been no indication recently of any
reluctance on the part of any man to
accept a place on the federal bench
at the present rate of pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

It is not so very many years ago
that Maud S. startled the world of
horsemen by trotting mile in ZOOS.
Now there are no less than fifty-seven
horses in this country in the 2:1O
trotting class. Most of the heats in
the races in this class are trotted in
9-O2 or better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great nsws or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication IN Topeka
The news Is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

At Aberdeen, S. D., woman 81
years of age, died after a fast of over
two months. She refused to eat, be-
lieving that fasting would improve her
health. but smoked her pipe twice a
day as usual. We do not print the
lady's name here, but you will find it in
the next anti-tobacco bulletin under
the head: Another Victim of To-
bacco."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

Red Cross Christmas seals are SELL
ing fast but this fact ought not to in
f1uence any one into thinking that it
might be useless for him to go after
any because they might all be gone.
There is a big supply of them, and
each one purchased means another
nail for the coffin that is being built
for the funeral of the Great White
Plague.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
For a .IPure Textile Law"

In the course of her article on 1.-THE
Mysteries and Cruelties of the Tariff, .
Miss Ida NJ. TarbeH explains how May
manufacturers. rather than raise the
price of their goods in conformity with
the duties on wool, hides. and other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

Evidently Doc Wiley is an excellent
judge of other things besides mi
crobes. His intended is described as
being tall and fair, with fine eyes and
charming manners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

More evidence comes to the front
that there is no significance in names.
That Polish wrestler, Zbyszko. whose
name suggests nothing more stable
than a breakfast food, is about the
strongest man in his line of business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

Although Andrew Carnegie has al
ready given away SITS, 100000 he still
has a tremendous task ahead Of him
in this direction if he is going to make
good his expressed intention to die a
nnnr man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

If there happen to be any quail left
in Kansas they can now go their way
in peace. What a shame it is that
there's an annual slaughter of these
birds which are SO valuable to the
farmers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
KANSAS COMNENT
EVERY MAN 10 HIS TRADE.


The story is told of Tolstoi bestowing
pair of boots he made with his own
hdnuS upon one of the countless tramps
VINO got everything they could out IF
the count AS soon as the tramp WAS
wen out of sight of Krasnaya PoIyana
he threw the boots away. He was seen
a s.,l.o taken to task for this and replied:
me count likes to make boots and
eve them away, but every tramp in
I.ussia Knows that you can't walk in
eLeIn. Ihls is supported by another
story OF an American admirer of the
count, who asked a peasant of the
Iiels nDornood If the count made good
ooots. they are perfectly worthless"
was the reply Probably the world
mouio get along better if the cobbler
seuGk TO ms last and the literary man
10 MS pen. Brook Farm was estab-
ilsneo by victims of the common de-
fusion that intellectual workers ought
10 De workers with their hands After
trying the experiment for some time
Hawthorne said it did not improve his
literary work to spend a part of each
day "as chambermaid to a cow
Howard Courant.
CUTTING THE COST OF LIVING.
a big grocer has decided to reduce
the cost OF living 20 per cent without
waiting for the government to. revise
the tarin or bust the trusts. This is
now ne does it: Sells only on a cash
oaslS. thus saving the annual expense
OF $4,000 for collecting and bookkeep-
ing. customers who want to maintain
running account deposit cash and are
eredlted per cent interest on the un-
USED balances He abolishes all free
delivery, charging per cent on ali
goods sent to the customers house. AS
ne formerly figured 20 per cent as cost
OF delivery, the customer is ahead to
the tune of Is per cent. He slashed 20
C6nf he ,ra
the day that this system was put into
practice. A saving of one-fifth of the
grocery bills of the nation would add
very materially to the comfort of life
IN millions of homes. Anyhow, you
DON'T have to wait for congress to act
before you can try this way of reduc-
ing the cost of living.-Hiawathe
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
ANSWERING THE EMPEROR.

If Emperor William will persist in
making foolish speeches about the
divine right of kings and the principles
of absolutism, he must expect, not
merely to be answered, but to be an
swered in a manner that will promote
the growth of the Socialist party in
Germany. That party had 720,03S
members at the close of the fiscal year
in July. 1910. according to Ste tistics
reported to the German Socialist con-
gress. It's membership has very nearly
doubled since 1906. When a move
ment distinctly and avowedly anti
monarchical is making such rapid
Roadway as that, the emperor can not
afford to give it unnecessary provoca-
ton.
The Socialists have decidedly the
better of the argument in the inter
pellation on the emperor's speech that
is now under discussion in the reichs-
tag. The contention that if the en-
peror insists on talking he must not
prosecute others for replying appeals
to the human sense of fairness.-Buf-
falo EXPRESS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

May Yohe, the repeater, has just
taken her fifth husband. One of May s
earliest investments was Lord Hope,
owner of the famous Hope diamond.
She wore the un1ucky gem on several
occasions. Maybe that is what gave
the Hope diamond a bad name. At
any rate, she has never been able to
contract q matrimonial alliance that
would stick any length of time, and
she has graduated from the halls of
English royalty to a Seattle boarding
house in II years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

The city commissioners are still try
ing to decide upon good place to
winter the buffalo. They are divided
between Cages park and Garfield
park. The buffalo have decided upon
Pontiac, Mich, and seem to have both
the controlling vote and the veto
power.