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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Do you ever make single basis snap
judgments?
Maybe, before you mentally answer,
you would like to have me give you
vague idea OF what it means.
Well, I'll tell you. It means this:
mo, 1 don't like him. He wears
suspenders and L never in this world
could like man who wore suspen-
ders.''
We'll, he certainly must be a piker
| for fair. He smokes a cigar with the
band on
why, my dear, he's impossible. I
saw him the other day in an elevator
and he kept his hat on
.Oh. no, he can't really be anybody
at all. Why his cards were printed"
My dear, no one could possibly like
him. He uses a toothpick!"
Perhaps you don't recognize any of
your particular prejudices in those.
but surely you recognize the general
| tone.
And don't you think such judgments
/ are very unjust?
! Little things. to be sure, show a
persons lack of breeding. but 1 don't
think the lack of any one point in
breeding justifies the wholesale con-
domination that we often give it.
| Straws show which way the wind
blows, but if one straw points east
while all the rest point north, that
doesn't show the wind is east even if
the east pointing straw does happen
to be a particularly large one from
your point of view.
One of the very finest women !
know, brilliant and talented, and thor
oughly a lady in every sense of the
| word, does not keep her nails in good
| order.
| Nice looking nails are the hall
mark of a well-bred woman, and yet
1 certainly do net think anyone would
be justified in saying this woman was
not a lady and a very high bred lady
| az that.
Now, don't think am attempting to
| justify carelessness about ones nails
| or the public use of the toothpick, or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19
HERMANN EXPLAINS WHY.
Transforming Tours an Injustice to
Players Left at Home.

Cincinnati, Sept. 19.-President Herr
mann of the Cincinnati baseball club
and chairman of the national commits
sion, has issued a duplicate of let
ter he wrote to Business Manager
Frank Bancroft concerning the play
ing of Transforming" tours. He says
it has long been the practice of major
league clubs to pick out about IA or
10 players and go on short tours af-
ter the season is ended in order to add
to the finances of the players.
Hermann points out the injustice of
this practice to those players who are
not invited to go, and then tells Ban
croft that if the Cincinnati club wishes
to go on any trips Of this kind it will
have to take all the players and divide
the money received among them all.
He says by those transforming tours
the minor league owners have been
drawn into trouble with their patrons
caused by the advertisements that such
and such a club would play in that city
with all its famous stars, and the club
then playing the games without several
of it's better known players.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19
AS Still WELL SEES IT.
He Claims Share of General Prosperity
for the Railroads.

New York. Sept. ia. E. StiIwelI.
president of the Kansas City, Mexico &
orient railway, in an interview here
makes a plea for the railroads of the
IN states and a square deal' on
the rate question.
we need business man at the head
of the government of this progressive
republic" Mr.. Stilwell said. Mr. Taft
is a splendid gentleman with a fine
judicial mind, but his experiences with
law books could not have been such as
10 give him correct understanding Of
the Industrial needs of the United
states Only an organiZer-a so-called
captain of industry-represente by
such types as the late Marshall Field.
George NJ. Pullman Henry WeSting-
house or Andrew Carnegie, in my opin-
ion, would have the business judgment
to guide the country clear of the finan-
cial disturbances which are a constant
menace to our growth.
I will admit that state laws enable
the state railroad commissions to re-
duce railroad rates and take from cap
ital, which is tied down and cannot get
away, just earnings. But while we are
considering the so-called swollen values
of the railroads, look on the other side
of the fence.
Land values in Kansas have in
creased in the last ten years by leaps
and bounds due In & large measure to
the great railroad systems. Kansas has
52,4S0,000 acres of land. There is 40
doubt that 1t has increased in value SIS
an acre on an average. but call the in
crease so an acre; this is an s1vance
in land values in ten years of 1924. $780,
600.
rs this swollen value?''
IF it is fair for the farmer to have
earnings On these increased values, it Is
certainly fair for the railroads also 20
have at least the same rate for freight
per mile per ton that they had ten
years ago. when corn was half the
value that it is now.
1T seems only fair that the railroads
should want to share in this increased
prosperity. And why not? Is not capi-
tai in railroads entitled to share in tho
prosperity as well as capital invested
in lands?
IT predict that if you attempt to
| thwart these laws of just compensation
for all alike you will see conditions
arise that will put land values back
and reduce prosperity in every state"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19
where DID He GET IT?
The Question Rhode Island Voters Are
Asking Aldrich.

Providence. r. l., Sept Ex-senator
Nelson W. Aldrich's wealth will be one
of the topics discussed in the coming
campaign in Rhode Island. He is many
times a millionaire and has become rich
While in the public service. Voters in
both parties want to know how he got
his money. He will be called upon to
explain. even though he may be
through with politics. Should he again
declare his candidacy for the senate,
the pressure for an answer will be still
stronger.
When he entered the senate in 1881
his fortune was about 100000. Now it
is between 10 and Is million. In re-
cent years his annual OUTLAWS are be-
lieved to have been as much as the
sum total of his salary for 80 years
and more in congress. Besides the ex-
pense of rearing a large family, which
would have consumed mis- stated in
come, he has maintained SumptuouS
establishment at Warwick Neck, where
the force at work on the grounds has
been at times $50 men. He has kept in
commission every season a fine steam
yacht. His yearly expenses are esti
mated at $3.50 000
The ground for the demand to ex-
plain his wealth has been that a pub
lie servant is accountable for the ac-
QUESTION of money by means that APP
gained legitimately, Mr.. Aldrich, ac-
cording to this view, can have no good
reason for not setting himself right by
a frank statement. On the other hand,
If they represent payment, directly or
indirectly for conspicuous service for
a long period for trusts and paid inter-
ests the public is entitled to know it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19
TOURING The JAILS.
Party Of Foreigners Leave New York
for the West.

New York. Sept. ia party of
distinguished foreigners, delegates to
the International Prison congress in
Washington in October, have just left
New York for the west. on a tour of
inspection which will be concluded in
time to insure their return to the
capital for the sessions of the con-
gress. The party includes Andre Dan
joy and Abraham Schramek, inspec-
tors of French prisons; Amedee Con-
stantia, inspector general on the staff
of the French minister of the interior !;
Hugh Consti, an Italian Official and
others.
The delegates go first to Elmira,
thence they will go to Geneva and Au-
burn, N. Y. From there they will go
to Buffalo and Chicago, reaching the
latter city on Friday morning. Next
Sunday they will be in Indianapolis
and the tour will end at Louisville
whence they will go to Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19
drews' parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles

& Srsws' parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Miss Dolly curtis has returned from
trip abroad and will remain in To-
peka till the first of November, when
she will go to Washington, D. c.. for
the winter
Mrs. Herbert Armstrong has re-
turned from Texas where she spent the
latter part of the summer with Mr..
Armstrong.
Mrs. John Movers and Miss Polly
Mowers have returned fro mthe north
ern lakes where they spent the past
month Mr.. Paul Mowers has gone to
Notre Dame, Indiana. where he will
enter his. second year at the univer-
sity.
Mrs. Malcolm Garrard and her
daughter have returned to Kansas City
after a visit to Mrs. S. c. Garrard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lehman of Chi
cago are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.
Koontz.
Miss Dorothy Gleed has returned
from Lafayette. Ind, where she visited
Mrs. William Crockett.
Mrs. A. A. Hurd is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Della Moreland, of Oklahoma
City.
Mr.. and Mrs T. " Campbell have
gone for weeks trip to Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Colonel w. G. Byron of Minneapolis,
Mimi, spent Sunday with Mr.. John
Newell.
Mr.. w. A. Rannells of st. Louis is
the guest of DR.. c. E. Hu1ett.
Mr. T. F. Doran has gone for a trip
of three weeks to New York, Baltimore
and other eastern cities.
The A. T. Daniles family have moved
from their home at Twenty-first and
Topeka avenue, to 1917 Topeka ave-
nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Jewell left Sun
day for an automobile trip. They will
go first to Denver and Colorado
Springs, and then to Texas, where they
will stay ali winter. making their
headquarters at San Antonio.
Miss Diberta Dibert of Los Angeles,
Cal, who is here to attend Washburn
college, will spend a few days this
week with her cousin. Miss Helen
Knox.
Mrs. Maloney and Miss Grace Ma
loney of Memphis, Tenn, are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Dreyer.
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Cfunuiuo STif in 81 NOveI Material
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19

Mrs. George Crawford entertained
the Summer Bridge club today at the
Topeka club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19
any of the other foibles that I have
mentioned.

any of the other foibles that 1 have
mentioned.
/ am not.
1 am simply trying to show that no
one offense of that sort is sufficient to
form the basis of a judgment.
Such judgments are a reflection on
those who make them rather than on
those who arc judged.
In a book of memoirs that was pub
lished recently a great lady tells of
how Disraeli proposed to her and what
do you think was her chief impression
of him-that he was impossible be-
cause he had such a bad breath.
Now, of course. it was very much TO
Disraelfs discredit that he should so
offend good taste, but listen to the
commentators opinion of the two
the judge and the condemned:
There is realism for you. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19
A PERFECT FORM

No woman need use artificial devices in
order to acquire q perfect form. Modern
chemistry has perfected a harmless rem
edy that fills out shrunken, hollow parts
OF the body. and in a reasonably short
remedy Is known as Willard White Com
panys Vaucaire Galega Tablets, the pre-
paration that is praised by high authori-
ties in health and beauty culture and
many thousands of women who have sue
cessfully used 1t. If taken as directed,
splendid results will follow. This pre-
paration is put up in dainty tablet form,
easy to take: they do not upset the stom-
ach or cause any bad effects: They are
pany TO comply with the National Food
and Drug Law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19

man who made an ancient queen into
an Empress, who subdued and led the
ancient aristocracy of England, climb
ing from Jewish home and law
yer's office to the premiership of the
greatest of empires-there he stands
before US; belittled, shamed and made
almost sordid and abhorrent by his
cruel and undazzled female observer,
as simply a man with foul breath. It
is a stupendous picture of hin-AND
OF HER"
Which goes to show how single snap
judgments are apt to impress those
who hear them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19

A shade which would be blue if it
were not green and would be green
if it were not suggestive of blue, is
developed in this fetching suit of ra-
tine the new roughly surfaced mater
ial which seems destined to have great
vogue during the ensuing six months.
The narrow skirt shows the inverted
plat effect forming four panels which
in turn are banded with a bias piece
of the same fabric. The diagonally
closing jacket, while loosely fitting, ac-
curately defines the figure; the sleeves
show the oblong, inlaid cuff, and the
shawl collar is embellished with the
Egyptian embroidery which has recent
" been introduced. Changeable green
blue velvet Grapes the crown of the
newest shape in fiat turbans, which has
a fur bordered brim relieved by a pair
of white dove wings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-19

After all the man who narries takes
a chance Judging from the records of
the divorce courts some II them don't
even get a ce."-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1910-02-16
WILL THERE BE WAR.

Judge Howard, editor of the Tele.
gram, believes that within ten years
"the United States will own all the
territory from our present northern
boundry to the Panama canal" This
is the first time the Telegram has
indirectly expressed the belief that the
republican party will continue in
power for at least . decade. As the
democratic party has frequently de.
clared against what it terms imperial.
ism," or expansion" such thing as
war with Mexico and the extension of
the southern boundry line to Panama,
would not be possible under demo.
cratic rule, it is up to the republican
party to make good Judge Howard's
prediction. But possibly Judge How
ard has planned for q reversal of the
present policy Of the democratic party
on the question Of imperialism. The
editor of the Telegram enjoys the con-
fidence of Mr.. Bryan; he is in close
touch with him on all the burning
questions of the day, and if Mr.. Bryan
shalldecide to repudiate his past cord
on the question Of expansion, his party
Will follow him and reverse itself as it
has on other policies the party once
advocated but now denounce.
Thomas Jefferson, the alleged foun-
der of the democratic party, according
to Mr.. Bryan, was the first great ex-
pansionist of the imperialistic type.
He enlarged the area of the country
by purchasing the French possessions
west of the Mississippi. Later on. in
1876, a democratic administration
waged war Of conquest against Mex
leo for the purpose Of acquiring more
territory to strengthen the power of the
democratic slave holding states of the
south. 1t was not until Hawaii asked
to be annexed to the United States
that the democratic party declared
against what it termed imperialism"
If the democratic party has not resolv-
ed, in the mind of Mr.. Bryan, to en-
brace the idea of imperialism, then
Judge Howard is sincere in his pre-
diction that the republican party will
continue to guide the destinies Of this
nation for at least ten years longer.
The Columbus journal., 1910-02-16
Or. JOHNSON.

He Never Said . Word About Taking .
Walk Down Fleet Street.
The wit and wisdom Of that great
man DR.. johnson were Of the sledge-
hammer order and invariably preceded
by "sir." so that It Is comparatively
easy for any one who has acquired the
trick to invent n retort or remark in
the JOhnsonian style. One of the most
effective Of these pseudo sayings Of
the doctor Is. And now, sir" said
DR.. johnson. I'VE will take q walk
down Fleet street." There can be but
little doubt that DR.. Johnson did make
this remark, for he was always walk
ing down Fleet street. but 1t Is not
recorded that he did so. The saying Is
due to George Augustus Sala. who
when the magazine Temple Bar was
being started by Mr.. Maxwell imag-
ined q quotation from Boswell as a
motto for the venture. The thing was
intended as q joke, but for q long
while It was absolutely believed to be
q quotation from Boswell, and per
haps there are still some who would
say unhesitatingly that DR.. johnson
did say the words. 50 seemingly au-
thentic are they. However. Sala him
self always acknowledged that he in
vented the phrase and added that to
the best Of his knowledge and belief
DR.. johnson had never said q word
about taking a walk down Fleet
street. There are other legends about
Johnson. however. which 1t Is not 50
easy to kill.-LOnd0n Globe.
The Columbus journal., 1910-02-16

The trOtting horse Is infinitely more
practical and useful, speaking on
broad lines. than the thoroughbred"
said q well known horse breeder. to u
Washington Herald reporter. "A thor
Oughbred has the speed for burst Of
time. but when 1t comes to do hard
work every day. day after day AMI
all the year around. It cannot COM
pete with the trotting horse. The thor
oughbred Is rattle Drained, has NO
sense. Is beyond all control 1t doesn't
know when to stop or what to do In
q race; 1t simply runs until 1t cannot
run any longer. whereas the trOtting
horse Is under the control Of its driver
from start to finish and Obeys orders
at any time. The Thoroughbred natu-
rally exceeds the trotter In burst Of
speed, but in the long run 1t cannot
compete. As q general proposition. 1t
Is accepted among hOrsemen that the
trotting horse Is superior to the thor
oughbred for general purposes"
The Columbus journal., 1910-02-16

State Senator Aldrich is the only
republican who has announced his
desire to head the republican ticket for
governor. Unless others enter the
field, the primary law, as amended by
the democratic legislature, will prove
a source of irritation TO the democrats.
1t will give republicans an opportu.
nifty to assist in nominating the weak
est democratic candidate at the prima-
ries to oppose the republican nominee.
The Columbus journal., 1910-02-16
Salt ~ q Medicine.

have in the past seven or eight
years found the advantage Of putting
q little salt In all the water drink.
also put q little salt. with sugar and
milk. in every cup Of tea. coffee or co.
Goa I use.
I have been q resident In the trop-
les for over forty years and except
for q sprained ankle have not had &C.
casion to call In q doctor or to take
any medicine In the last thirty years.
I believe every ones health In the
tropics would be very much better II
he used more salt find the benefit
Of drinking q tumbler Of cold water
with q little salt In 1t every morning
on rising at about 5 O'Clock. before
my bath or cup Of cocoa. which I
usually take between $50 and G.
If people could be induced to try the
easy and cheap method Of taking lit
tie common salt with the water they
drink they would In the generality Of
cases find that they would seldom re-
Quire other medicine.-F. N. Burn In
Chambers Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1910-02-16
THE MAN WON.

1t is too bad the men do Lot read
the magazine stories; as every, nine
men out of ten are henpecked, they
would greatly enjoy story in the
current number of Harper's Monthly.
A woman dies leaving a diary, in
which she says that her life might
have been a very happy one had she
only had money to spend. But that
she and her husband were in moderate
circumstances, and she could not
carry out her ideas of giving to the
poor and spending money on herself
and her friends. Her grown children
came across the diary and gave it to
their father to read. He seemed to
enjoy it. The man had the reputation
in town of being terribly henpecked.
Friends of the family told instances
of how his wife crushed him when he
tried to tell something; Of how scorn-
fully she looked at him when he took
part in the conversation, but thought
that he appreciated having SO capable
and fine a vernon for a wife and was
willing to be henpecked by her.
Several months after the death of
his wife the little henpecked man is
stricken with fatal illness, and call
ed his children to him, and told them
they would be surprised to know he
was leaving them large fortune. He
said he had been successful everything
he had done in a business way, but
had taken the greatest pains that their
mother should not know it.
He said, "You children probably
thought l meekly submitted to her
arrogant manner with me, and her
constant squelching; did not. al
ways resented her manner towards
me, but it was no use to say so to her.
She would have managed to get the
best of me, but" he concluded, "all
the time I was getting even; she long.
ed for the joys that money could give;
/ could have given her those joys
easily; l had the money, but she did
not know it. She snubbed me in nv
own house, and everyone in town
knew she did. They probably have
laughed over my position in my own
home many times. Well, it is my
turn to laugh; am rich man, and
my wife never knew it. I have out.
lived her. What ducks and brakes
she would have made of this fortune
had she known of it, or had she out
lived me-"
And then the poor old henpecked
husband die6.-Atchison Globe.
The Columbus journal., 1910-02-16

main in session and cease not their
labors. He sustained his point, and
some Of his more easy going colleagues
were obliged to return to the senate
chamber on Saturday and grind away
on the work before them. Considers
ton of the postal savings bill is pro.
crossing and wise ones say it is bound
to pass.
Senator Hale, by the way, has oppo-
sition. 1t comes after Q service Of IS
or more years in congress. Some say
it is because his Maine constituents
think that one member Of the Hale
family IN Washington at a time is
enough, and that a father and three
sons holding public Office at the same
time is too much. The facts are one
son Of Senator Hale has a department
position here; one is . district Judge
in Maine, and third is now q candi-
date for congress. The lone at time"
idea in Maine may cause Senator Hale
considerable trouble.
Those familiar with Senator Hale's
career, however, and who are acquaint-
ed with politics in Maine, declare that
while Senator Hale will need to plan
q campaign, his return is unquestioned.
Maine has got the habit and will
return him. Of course they may not
send the son to the lower house. But
New England well appreciates the
value to its interests of . man with .
long career in Washington. They do
not sacrifice their home interests by
passing the Office around to aspiring
individuals. They have caught the
idea and tenaciously hold it, that the
man ON the job knows what new man
must take years to learn. Senator
Hale own succ .ssion is fairly assured
because of this sentiment.
The Columbus journal., 1910-02-16
FARMERS MAKE HIGH PRICES.

FARMERS MAKE HIGH PRICES.
An Omaha banker says that the
farmers in the West are holding their
corn for better prices. A Lincoln
(Neb. grain man reported that at one
of bis country elevators he offered two
farmers So cents for corn and they re.
piled that they would bring in 10000
bushels when the price got up to 81.
We do not blame the farmers; they
are entitled to all they can get for
their produce. But what becomes of
the story in the undertaking papers
that the high prices of farm products
are caused by combinations of whole
salers and retailers and that the farm
ers do not get any benefit? Tell that
to the marines, but not to the farmers.
-Leslie's Weekly.
The Columbus journal., 1910-02-16
NOTICE.

DiOuysiOus kersch and Kate Eisenshimmel,
descendants, will take notice that ON the nth day
or February. 1910 Michael Zuerline. plaintiff
herein, fled his petition in the District Court ,f
Platte county. Nebraska against said defend
ANITA. the object and prayer Of which IL To quiet
PLAINTIFF title to Lot number Twelve I'D and
ths, Fast Half Of Lot number Eleven IN, in
Block number Three 30 in Fe<laiersOn's Addition
to the Village Of Humphrey. Nebraska, as
AGAINST any claim Of the defendants therein
thereto, anu plaintiff prsys for decree quisii ing
his title tn said property against any elaine
Of said defendants and barrina said defendants
from any right, title interest therein. and for
such other ami further relief as may seem TAI the
Court just and equitable.
You are required t. answer said petition
before the nth day If March. 1910.
~ MICHAEL ZUERIINE, Plaintiff.