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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14
FRON OTHER PENS
THE FAMILY BALLOT.

A bill will be introduced in the Wis
cousin legislature making 1t possible
for the wife of man to cast his ballot.
if he is prevented by business or by
sickness from approaching the polls
The wife will arm herself with the
document which proves her proxy pow
ers, will be admitted to the polling
booth and will cast the family ballot
for those candidates agreed upon In the
family council.
1t is a natural, but a remarkable in
novation. The truth of the matter is
that the ballot in America is family
ballot, even those voters who think
thew are rendering independent judg-
ment at the polls are, in reality, If un-
consciously, voting as the family mind
has determined.
Such a performance will familiarize
women with political processes, and
prepare them for their own enfran-
chisement. But it will also persuade
them, it must be believed, of the
greater blessing of the family ballot,
and win them to work for this, instead
of for any further extension of the in
dividual ballot as 1T now stands.-St.
Paul DISPATCH.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

dear, but I'll make good. I'm get
| ting three thousand a year now, ana
making stray punches on the side. AS
the Coalition grows, / will grow, too.
If you can just be patient, and do as
you please with your own fortune. ]
will climb up beside you soon, in the
money line
my fortune7 I have no fortune.
Steve Rosamond's hands grew
chilled in his strong. close clasp.
What do you mean?'
Mrs. Ted told me you were heiress
to Heaven knows how much real gilt
ter" Steve explained. laboriously.
i've hated your money ever since I
heard of it, but it had TO go with you.
and 1 couldn't afford to wait. I want
ed you. don't you know. grille? You
don't blame me, do you?''
"And you haven't any fortune
and tender.
lessly. TITS coming"
Neither have !. dear" she told him,
happily Mrs. Ted just made it all
up SO we would marry. She evidently
thought you were the millionaire kid,
and I've been miserably playing the
part OF the beggar maid to my king.
Isis 1t nice little shack, Steve.
wnere We're going to, way up in the
mountains?"
Steve thought for a minute, and
pulled out a time table.
1t is he said, finally, emphatical-
ly, land we're going to it now. Wen
get off this train at New Rochelle.
catch an express back, and go straight
for Charlton Peak, Nevada, as fast as
western limited will take us. don't
like being patronized and petted, do
you, Lady,"
Rosamond flashed back a smile, in
her old, happy way
I may not be an heiress, Steve -
she said, half seriously. But I'm a
splendid cook"
You won't have to cook. keep a
heather Chinee.'"
At the New Rochelle station, a wire
went back to Mrs. Ted:
Don't worry about us. Going West.
Have one thousand in cash in the
whole world between U.S.
THE HAPPY PAIR"
Copyrighted 1910 by Associated
Literary PreSs.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14
HUMOR OF THE Day

Suitor-Sir, wish to marry your daueh-
ter! Pater-Take my advice, boy-don't
suitorEB-but why? Pater-Tve just found
What makes you suspect it? PaterVSbe
says she wants to marry you.-Cleveland
Leader.
Mrs. BaclSbay-why are you leaving us.
Bridget? Boston Cook-Me reasons are
Else Chance at the joys % s of l SIme Wab
yez"-Harper's Bazaar.
is al Tun so1q the RSSffe az wfs
doc" answered Jones. "our neighbors do
a lot of talking."-Buffalo Express,
II can't see why you think Bjinks is a
I TeatI,,.. interesting ni,a man than Kbinks.
but BJinks doesn't take SO much time
about h."-Cleveland Leader.
scribbler-.T understand your wife ia
of great value to you in your work: 4
h issd no idea she was literary" scrawier-
Record. pA--0
Mr.. Whacken, who persisted in his mis-
sionary labors, was one of the tenderest
OF men: Yes I understand, the South
tured, were unanimously of the same opin-
ion."-Baltimore American.
Mrs Neighbors-.eraev tell me vo,,- GOV,
Is in the college. football eleven?" Mrs.
Malaprop-'Yes, indeedr' Mrs Neighbors
do you know what position he piays?S
Mrs. Malaprop-"I amt sure but think
he's one of the drawbacks. ''-Chicaao
News.
~ never give aims to a stranger said
oid Shyster to poor Irishwomar ssShure
thin, your honor will never relieve az,
angel" was the reply.-Judge.
Mr. Flubb-This affair is horribly dun
l guess III go home. Miss C1ip-Thaf
would remove some of the duliness. Nj
Flubb.-Boston Transcript.
Joshua chuckIed "I never let the s,,,
go down on my anger" he cried. Here
with he held 1t up till he finished fhe
Walloping.-New York Sun.
What put you in this asylum % ssDrfnlr.
ing lot of different kinds of booze. WIN
are you here?' ssDrfnllfne a LOT az inj1tfssIny
ent kinds. "-Cleveland Leader
True Optimism.-OId Smoker-After all
the best pipe is clay pipe When yoiii
drop it you never have to pick it VI, =
Figaro ~
Sailors Yarn.-Sailor-Just at that
moment my father received a bullet fbet
cut of both arms and legs and threw hin
INTO the sea Fortunately he knew how
to swim-Rire. ~"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14
Comradeshtp and Marriage.

The freedom of compantonshfp uer-
mltted to young persons of opposite sex
before marriage in this country. as
contrasted with the extreme aloofness
enforced by custom In Europe. has
often called forth comment from visit
Ing foreigners. A corollary fact has,
however, escaped general observation.
This is the lack OF real comradeship
between most husbands and wives in
this country. American married couples
often lead separate and distinct lives
AS rule they cultivate less intimacy
Of daily relationship than is customary
in English households. One is tempted
to offer the flippant observation that
they exhaust the pleasures of comrade-
ship before marriage, and naturally
drift apart later.
But the real reason lies deeper. 1t is
twofold. On the other hand, the alb
sorption of the American man in bust
ness leaves him little time for the
pleasures of simple domesticity. And
on the other hand the addiction of the
American woman to ultra-nuraI pur-
su1ts-charities, social, culture, and
what-not-takes her out of the house
and ex.austs her energies in a multi
plicity of vanities. Whatever may be
the explanation, the fact Itself is pat
ent. 1t Is forcefully stated by an
anonymous writer in the London
and English girls:
Women are considered by the Amer
lean man as race apart, who must
be placed upon q pedestal and pro-
pitiated by much attention and many
offerings. In q sense the cflivalric in
sttnct is almost too deeply implanted
in the American man, and in many of
his ideas concerning women he is, al
though he would be Mortified to be told
so, curious1y medieval And here again
af fh0ea IN
of cleavage which divide the American
ideals for womanhood from the Eng
lish- In England, before marriage, the
man and the girl see comparatively
little of each other, but after marriage
the common life Is a, necessity. and the
woman must be prepared to study his
interests and to make them more or
less her own. In America, before mar
riage, the man and the girl are excel
lent friends and comrades, enjoying
much freedom in their intercourse:
after marrige the two seem to lead
separate lives. The man is wholly
wrapped up in his business, and the
woman, when her work in the house is
over, devotes most of her energies TO
the pursuit of social pleasures. In
fact, they cannot really be said to lead
common life. The idea of
marriage settlements or a definite al
lowance is abhorrent to the American
mind; and yet when all is said and
done, the American woman, with all
her independence, is the most depend
emf of women; for is not he who holds
the purse-strings after all the real
master? 1t is more than prob
able that the large number of divorces
in American are due to the unconscious
desire on the part Of the woman to find
a real partner and comrade in life in
stead of the mere financial agent that
the average American man Is content
ed to be."-Kansas City Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago. News.J


Why should not baker be college bred
Cheap man and cheap automobiles make
the most noise.
What most of us want is more friends
and less need of them.
Instead of talking some men would
rather get married and listen.
The girl who hesitates may be lost in
thought about her wedding dress.
A thousand dollars given to charity will
not counterbalance Decent theft.
After learning a profession many a
youth discovers that he should have learn
ed a trade.
It's a poor rule that won't work both
ways but there are a lot of rules that
refuse to work at all.
Some mothers are so boastful they man.
age to act uppish over the way their chill
dren have the measles.
And many a man who claims to have
been driven to drink trotted up to the
trough of his own accord
Another heroine has been discovered in
Kansas. A girl refused to marry and
bring q son-in-law home for her poor old
father TO support.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

One good laugh provokes another. So
get busy.
= y
From the results they achieve, some
doctors seem merely to practice medi-
cine.
Many fishing and hunting trips only
result in a lot of conversation after
wards.
Some people are kinder to dumb ami
mails than they are to their human
friends and acqua1ntances.
The more a man knows the easier II
is for him to realize how little he act
ually does know.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Kaiser Wilhelm is out with unstinted
praise for American miIlionaires for
The part they have played in advancing
education. Maybe his exalted majesty,
self-confessed ruler by divine right, ct
cetera, also has the idea that several
OF the German institutions of learning
could use little tainted" money quite
haud{ly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14
REFLECTIONS OF A.BAcHELoR.
[From the New York Press.1

From the new 1ork HreSS.1
Ideas are mostly silly and ideals are all
pathetic
It's all down hill to the wedding altar,
and all up ever after.
The only real luck in four-leaf clovers
is that they are not poisonous mush-
rooms.
The road by which you get out of debt
is a hundred times as long as the one by
which you get in.
There is nothing that can give people
more happiness than to talk about their
maladies they think they have but
haven't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Those folk who put up an excellent
argument to the effect that morals can
not be legislated into people. will have
little respect for the efficacy of the in
junction that has been issued by an
Oregon court directing the city Of Sc
attic to behave itself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

lowed, no doubt, by another increase In
the price of milk. The folderols Of
Twentieth century science are exceed
ingly expensive to the poor, old con-
crnrr,nrn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Evidence is accommodating each day
that the Democrats of Massachusetts,
are of the real old-fashioned kind
After ten days of wrang1ing their lead
ers are unable to agree on a harmony
candidate for governor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

The demands of the postal mail clerks
that they be provided with steel mail
cars to work in or, If wooden cars are
used, that they be further removed from
the engines, would appear to be reason
able Under present conditions, the
mail cars, after the engines. appear to
bear the brunt of most wrecks and
smash-ups. and the mail clerks call
ing is a particularly hazardous one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Columbus Day, the anniversary of
the discovery Of America, which falls
on October II, is now celebrated as a
public holiday in eleven states It
won't be long now before some of the
states have quite as many holidays as
have the Latin-American countries,
and some of those in Europe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

As a matter of fact it was quite
thoughtful Of that local policeman who
is alleged to have been drunk while on
duty recently to take a nap in the
City park. There have been occasions
when drunken Topeka policemen have
made a noise like running amuck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

In view of the controversy which is
raging over the location of the Worlds
Panama exposition to be held in 1915,
It is not likely when they meet. that
the governor OF Louisiana will speak in
the same vein to the governor of Cali
6ornia as did the governor of North
Carolina to the governor of South Caro-
lfno
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Righteous indignation at the supreme
court Of the United States is now in
order. A report from Washington has
it that the important trust cases be-
fore the court will wait for a ''fuIl''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Nicaragua's new constitution grants
the people of that land few liberties
This is something unusual for a Cen
trail or South American republic Here
tofore, most Of them have been repub-
lies merely in name, and the rights and
privileges accorded to the common peo-
pie have not been any more extensive
than those which are enjoyed by the
serfs of Russia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

DR.. Babb, Topeka's milk inspector,
assisted by an expert in the premises.
has discovered that much of the milk
sold in the city is infested with bac-
terra to exceed the limit in good milk.
Rules and regulations will probably be
Forthcoming for the elimination Of this
GEplug bacteria. And this win be fol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

The nuns and monks of the old world
are having a hard time these days
Those driven out of Portugal who have
sought refuge in Spain are being po-
litely requested to move on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Noting that Colonel Roosevelt says
he has been dragged into politics, the
Philadelphia Record asks: Ever see
a cat dragged toward a saucer Of
cream 2"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is a member of the
SS5soclated Press ana reeves the tulI gay IA.
gantzation 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, 1910-10-14

Interurban lines for this section Of
the state are reported to be a near
prospect. But they do not include the
Topeka Southwestern. What's become
of that proposition, anyhow?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Margaret Ellington has been no more
successful in her new play Until Eter-
nifty" than she apparently was at darn
ing socks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

And E1ihu Root thinks Mr. Stimson
has only fighting chance of being
elected governor of New York This
Is treason indeed and in high places.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Kansas can now claim a hunting
record. Two of her sons were shot and
severely wounded by the single dis
charge OF one fowling piece.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

There will be general agreement with
Nine. CavalierFs opinion of herself that
she's "loony"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

There is always hope for the poor
boob whose rich relative takes up aero
planning as fad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Some people really vote as they pray
and-just about as often.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Jones'" said the physician. '.vor,r vyifs
is all run down. mot at all Surprised.
doc, answered Jones, "our neighbors do
lot OF talking. Buffalo Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

II can't see why you think Bjinks is a
more interesting man than Kbinks.
Neither one ever talks sense That's trIje
but BJinks doesn't take SO much time
about H.'-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

The Laymen's Missionary fellows
have decided that they can evangelize
the world during this generation. Such
being the case, Leaven'worth may ex-
pect to be evangelical during the first
year of the next generation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

A young lady from Sicily is after
Hon. Caruso, of Grand Opera ana
monkey-house fame. Sicily, be 1t re-
membered. Is the place where the
largest lemons come from.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Better late than never" is responsi
BILE for more failures than any othe
moss grown, moth-eaten gag In genera
circulation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Mrs Backbay-Why are you leaving us.
B s,r1S Boston Cook-Me reasons are
else a chance at the joys of living with
yez."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

ter! Pater-Take my advice, boyNdo1;t
sultorEB-but why? Pater-Tve just found
signs or insanity on her. Suitor-Heavens-
what makes you suspect it? Pater-She
says she wants to marry you.-Cleveland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

If you are decent to a man, he rap
idly acquires the idea that he is really
deserving of that kind of treatment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Scribbler-'T understand your wife ia
OF great value to you in your work; I
mad no idea she was literary" Scrawler-
She isn't but she never attempts to
straighten out my desk. "-Philadelphia
Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

This department is rather short to-
day, but such as it is. there will be no
objection on the part of the readers,
and the editor hadn't ought to care.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

NEWSPAPER DEFINITION: Syn
onym: a word to be used in place #
another word when you don't know
how to spell the other"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

The doctors who attended Mayor
Gaynor have sent in a bill for 1884, OoO.
They really deserve a good zee loI
failure to operate on the mayor, but IL
appears TO a casual observer that $S4,-
600 is little high, even for an impor-
tant commission like that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Joshua chuckIed IT never let the CIV,
go down on my anger" he cried. Here.
with he held 1t up till he finished ~
walloping.-New York Sun o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

True Optimism.-Old Smoker-After al,
the best pipe is a clay pipe. When vSoI
drop 1t you never have to pick it up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Mr.. Whacken, who persisted in his mis-
5lonary labors, was one of the tenderest
OF men,. Yes. understand the South
American cannibals, among who he ven
tured, were unanimously of the same opin-
ion. '-Baltimore American -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

What put you in this asylum? s' ssT)rin1,
Ing lot of different kinds of booze. VIII
are you here? Drinking a lot of indiffer.
ent kinds."-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

A Sailors Yarn.-Sailor-Just at tha,
moment my father received a bullet thai
cut on both arms and legs and threw him
to swim.-Rire. ~"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

A woman seldom has time to be
thankful for what she has. because It
keeps her so busy regretting what she
hasn't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

Mr. Flubb-This affair is horribly DUH
l guess I'll go home Miss Clip-Thaf
would remove some of the duliness Nj
Flubb.-Boston Transcript -A>A'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

az never give aims to a stranger s.td
old Shyster to a poor Irishwomafi. sShure
thin, your honor will never relieve an,
angel" was the reply.-Judge, q"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

About a year ago Mr.. Taft was eat
| ing possum The anti-Taft gang would
| have us believe that he is observing
the anniversary of>the event by eating
/ crow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14

What part of town is this?" asked
one Of the Delegates last night about
the worst part" replied the courteous
policeman. QUESTION: What was the
Delegate doing there?
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1910-05-07
WOmen's Club Notes

The business meeting Of the club
was he'd Monday afternoon May End
at the L.C.H. The attendance was
not so large yet the wotk report ed
+ ,r the month by each chairman was
very encouraging The amount dona-
led by The churches this month as
follows :-Union Baptist Church ~ 81:
ST J, Inns A M.F, $500 st. Paula M.
e s27s Pleasant Grove Baptist 50 90
from Union Baptist church in Alton
through Mrs. K Monroe 81 90 total
$l3 35. The Home BOARD wishes to
thank all the churches. also members
Of the woman's club The amount
turned over to L. G. H. Board from
other sources on Tuesday. through the
White entertainment April slh at
Zion Baptist Church So. Fr m K. of
P. Annual Sermon 81 so BY pennies
from Mrs. J. Dnncan ST.. Is. From
Mr.. u, cabbell 81. Total turned over
from all sources to l. G. Home $3.50
May 9th the Mothers Section will
give a Floral Carnival under the Mis-.
sionary Society of the New Hope
Baptist Church. crner g. h and Miller
streets. The boys and girls will be
adorned in flowers and a floral pro
gram will be rendered, Chairman,
Mrs Hattie Glen, Chairman of Pro-
gram, Mrs R. Hunter. The Home
Culture Section will meet at Mrs.
Lenora Reeds, N. 18th St, Monday
May Sth at 2:30.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1910-05-07
Society and Local

The entertainment given at Ma
sonic Hall on last Thursday evening.
April 18th under the auspices of the
Home Culture Section of Woman
Club was largely attended and neat
little sum cleared. A part OF this
sum is to assist in paying on an out
standing bill for the Home. The
chairman of the section wishes to
thank the public and the committee
on program for their attendance and
service rendered TO make this a sue
cess
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1910-05-07

Help boost the Y. NJ G. A,
Mrs. Smalley is yet indisposed.
Mr.. Leon Stevenson was visitor
at Peoria Sunday.
church tomorrow afternoon at n p. m.
The residence of Mr.. S. j Williams
Sr 18th ST has been beautiful paint
ed.
Rev. J. M. Smalley has organized
a splendid Sunday School at Buffalo,
Iii.
Mr.. Lewis Virgins has sold part
Of the Leland Hotel Farm for Park
place.
Mr.. T. w. Warrick has purchased
very desirable residence on 5. 10th
Street.
Why can't we have respectable
Base Ball team among the colored
people?
Attend the program to be given
at Grace M. E. Church Lext Thurs
day See program,
Rev. j. M. Smalley attended the
Ministerial Associations Banquet at
Champaign last Monday.
Mr., Frank Coleman one of our mail
carriers, is erecting modern room
house at 18TH and South Grand Ave.
On Sunday evening at Union Bap-
tist church very interesting pro-
gram will be rendered In observance
Of Mothers day which every body has
been asked to observe and celebrate.
All mothers are asked to wear a
white flower in their hair
The w. w. S. G. of the Union
Baptist church was largely attended
on last Thursday. They met in the
lecture room OF the church The
ladies are to have a sOciable on Nav
18th at the church to help raise money
to pay on the carpet f3r the church
Come out and help them.