The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-22
ERON OTHER PENS
THE RIGHT OF sEARcH

Every woman has a right to search
the pockets of her husband, If she
mas one. and this right has been vim
dicated time and time again bv the
common laws courts. so we are told.
Some ladies press their husbands
trousers, and if they have a right to
90 that certainly, they likewise have
a right to know what is in those trous-
ers, wherefor the man with loose
change. In his pockets is In the posi-
ton OF offering it to his wife, who
Is quite within her rights if she takes
However we cannot refrain from
protesting against the advertising of
certain woman's bank in Chicago,
which has issued circular in which
the following statement occurs:
"One of the wornan's methods Of saw
ing is to search her husbands pockets
while he glumbers. All the loose
change she finds she deposits in our
A bank that will advise its clients
to do things like that might think it
a good scheme also to use questionable
methods in the disposal of the deposits
in its possession. The point is, how
ever, that the women are not finding
very much loose change in their hus-
bands pockets for the very simple
reason that after the average husband
gets though paying for his wife's hats
about all he has left is his promissory
note In the hands of a money lender.
and anything that rattles in his pock-
cts is more likely to be keys than
money.-Charleston News and Courier
PEACE AND DISARMAMENT.
II any man living can bring dis
armament near, ex-President Roose-
welt can. The one obstacle to a nau-
tual international agreement to check
the growth of naval ornaments is
Ka1ser Wilhelm and the militarist
FORCES he represents. 1t is one of the
open secrets of international relations
that the Kaiser and Colonel Roosevelt
enjoy a mutual admiration, if any
Washington, when both were rulers.
This took shape in an active CORES
pondence and in much mutual action,
in which, as in Ambassador Hills Sc
lection, the president refused to be
always guided by the kaiser.
This did not in the least diminish
Kaiser Wilheln's respect and admira-
ton for Theodore Roosevelt, and his
, policy in securing peace between ia
pan and Russia and in beginning the
second Hague conference, If it did not
, wholly win the kaiser'S approval. had
his deep respect. But for President
and influence at Berlin. the second
Hague conference would have ended
in the first step toward permanent
international court-instead of one
organized for each case-and only
President RooseVelt'S vigorous action
won the English government to con-
Sentfng to the change creating per-
manent court for admiralty cases on
captures in war on lines which Ber-
lin would accept.-Philadelp Press.
CONFINEMENT IN THE NAVY.
It is a wise and beneficial step
which the naval authorities have TAX
en- in the recent amendment of regula-
tions pertaining to the administration
of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
These changes relieve the command
er-in-chief of the fleet of details which
hitherto have taken up his time and
attention, so that he may have oppor-
tunity for the more important func-
tions of his office. More than that,
they give to division commanders the
authority with which they may very
properly be intrusted. This increases in
dividua1 responsibility in a direction
helpful in the training OF subordinates
in habits of se1f-reliance. An inpor-
tant feature of the now scheme
IS the provision for divisional cruising
in foreign waters in three months of
every year. the cruise to be so planned
that attractive ports will be visited.
There is every reason to believe that
these foreign cruises will do much to
promote the contentment and interest
interfering with the serious work of
training the divisions and the fleet to
the highest practicable efficiency. The
department recognizes the principle
that contentn:ent goes hand in hand
with efficiency, and believes that the
best results may be obtained by max
ing the work of the fleet as pleasant
and as interesting as .possible.--Vash-
ington Herati.