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The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04
OKLAHOMA FARM LOANS.

Adverse newspaper criticisms have
evoked from Governor Haskell, of Ok
lahoma, a spirited defense of that
states policy of making loans on farm
mortgages, which he says has been in
successful operation for two years and
has given the utmost satisfaction.
Loans never exceeding half the value
of improved farm lands. exclusive of
improvements, are made to those who
depend upon their farm products for
family support. They average less
than $1,000 each. and there is a maxi
mum limit of $4,000. The state has
thus far loaned more than 100000.
and the aggregate interest payments
in default at any time have never
amounted to $4,000. Private money
lenders are not all enthusiastic about
the scheme. which has reduced the
general interest rate on farm mort
cages from 8 per cent. to 6. At the
same time the state receives at least
per cent more than it could obtain
on good bonds.-Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many people are like roosters. They
crow a lot without much cause.
n X
Some men have an idea that nobody's
time is valuable except their own.
X X =
The girls who don't believe in early
marriages are generally those of ma
ture years.
y X
After all, the old jokes are the good
jokes or they would not be kept in cir
culation so long
A broken matrimonial engagement
may cause a few heartaches, but the
chances are it would have caused more
If it had been kept.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

From the Atch1Son GloDe.J
No man can say at his home all Of
the things he says down town.
This is a glorious country, for there
is always something in 1t to complain
about.
Very few of US are so repentant that
we will promise to be good without
putting an 'if'' to it.
One of our special friends spends
most of his time in coaxing US to keep
news items out of the paper.
People make entirely too much of
college boy pranks. All the good ones
are invented; they never really hap
pened.
There is nothing in this power of
suggestion. If there was, there would
not be so many wives wearing last
years hats. nor would there be so
many Spins.
The man who begins by telling you
how absolutely fair and impartial you
are. is probably figuring on flattering
you so you will give him the best of
the decision.
man does love an appreciative
woman, and bv that he means wom-
an who will glow and smile for week
because her husband tells her she
makes good gravy.
An Atchison girl who is to be mar
ried shortly. will be compelled to buy
another outfit: her friends have looked
at her clothes and picked them over so
much, that they are worn out.
A bride attracts terrible lot of
attention considering that she is moth
ing more nor less than bunch OF
hopes dressed up and on the way to be
swallowed up in disappointment.
Formerly the Town Drunkard was
content if we permitted him to weep
on our shoulder. as he told of his un-
usual ability, which was not appre-
ciated in Atchison. but lately he is ex-
pecting us to endorse his checks.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04
POINTED I.AkAGkArHs.
IFrom the Chicago News

From the Chicago NeWs.J
A smile that won't come off soon be-
comes monotOnous.
Those who are untrue to themselves
are false to others.
Some men put on hotel airs on a
boarding house salary.
The success of a scheme depends
largely upon the man behind it.
The man who bets on the wrong
horse is apt to have a race prejudice.
The more women really know about
men the less they have to say on the
subject.
The automobile may be good
thing, but if never strikes a pedes-
trian that way.
AS a mule is compelled to listen to
his own voice. we don't blame him for
being q chronic kicker. 5
Truth is said to be stranger than
fiction, yet it is only in fiction they get
married and live happily ever after.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04
NEW ROAD TO DISCOVERY.

The destruction of the buildings
on the aviation field at Chalons was a
hard blow to the French aeroplane
men. But the windstorm would have
done as much injury to any group
of buildings as fragile as those used by
the airship experimenters. The loss
was an accidental one. anu not one
to which aeroplaning is inherently
liable. On the other hand the deaths
of several aeroDlane men while max
ing flights this year have told their
own story as to the inherent dangers
of flying in the machines at present
constructed.
DR.. Siegert's plan for an exploration
of the Desert of Sahara by an aero
plane assisted by automobiles is proof,
however, that the aeroplane is more
than a toy. It offers a new road to
discovery. 1t will have to be perfected
and its range of action increased; but
travelling through the air will unlock
many mysteries of geography. Land
travel is possible, theoretically, almost
everywhere in the world but the ex-
penses of expeditions often make them
impracticable. The cost of this Sahara
expedition is estimated at 100000,
which Is remarkably small considering
what is aimed at.-Buffalo Express.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

presidents son had enjoyed the oppor-
tunity of sort of squarfng things by
helping to duck some other fellow. Sure
ly, Charlie Taft, as well as any other
boy, is entitled to square DEAL But
perhaps some people insist on treating
the son like others do his father.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

That grave injustice was done to
John P. Rogers when he was ousted
from the city engineers Office on
charges that his estimates for the paw
ing work on West Sixth avenue were
so faulty that the contractors were able
TO mulct the city and the property own
ers, is now apparent The report of
an expert who was employed to check
over these estimates and the work en-
tirely exonerates Mr.. Rogers of having
made anything like serious blunders in
them
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
LFrom the New York Press.1

lFrom the New York Press.1
Nobody can appreciate how much ne
wants thing till he can't get it.
A man wants to buy his ticket for
heaven with lots Of stop-over privil-
eyes.
What seems particularly to please a
crowd anywhere is what a lot of idiots
1t can be.
When anybody is beholden to one
person he IS just as likely as not 20
show it to another.
Ideals must spring from reason; they
may be championed with the sword;
they can be enshrined only in the heart.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

It's q trife strange that Emporia, of
ali the places in Kansas, should sue
cumb to a wind storm. More wind is
developed there than in any other To-
cality in the state.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

Probably that SCOOP of the Washing
ton Post in relating that Mr.. Roosevelt
has written to President Taft endorsing
his administration and declaring that
he will not be candidate for any Office
is explained by the fact that a former
Topeka newspaper reporter is now
working on the Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

There has been a most material drop
IN the cost of living in and around
Brooklyn, N. Y. The Black Handlers
there are now demanding, under the
usual penalty of death if the demands
are not met, the payment of only SO
by their intended victims. This also
makes IT evident that lives are not ac-
counted of much value in the sleeping
quarters OF New York.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

Everything seems to be gravitating
towards Topeka. The latest movement
in this direction concerns the establish
ment of the state Sunday school head
quarters here
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

Mrs. Howard Gould was outraged
when the court allowed her only $4,000
a year alimony. She could not figure
it out how she was going to exist on
any such meager sum. And now she
has given a valuable 1.40O acre farm
in Virginia for the purposes of a free
industrial school for girls.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

EDWARD Payson Weston has succeeded
in crossing the continent again on foot.
This time he negotiated the long journey
in II days. Presumably he will soon
start on a return trip on a 20 day
schedule in order to keep his muscles
from stiffening up.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

Clifford Pinchot has scored again on
Mr.. Ballinger. The biggest tree in the
Sequoia grove in Marin county. Cal,
has been formally dedicated to the one
time chief forester.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

Senator George Hodges. of Oiathe, is
making it more apparent each day that
he is the John Quincy Adams of Kansas
politics. Although being most promi-
nently mentioned as a candidate for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination
he refuses to make any kind of a per-
sonal effort to secure the honor. He is
putting in practice his belief that the
Office should seek the man.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

An injustice has been done to Char
lie Taft. He was ducked in a muddy
brook by some of his playfellows at the
boys school he is attending at Water
town, Conn. This resulted in the fac
ulty of the school placing such kind of
sport under the ban. They should not
have made such a decision until the
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

Merited rewards in all human activi-
ties come along with unerring GER
tainty. That's why Bahe P. Waggener
of Atchison, mas been promoted to the
general solicitorship of the Missouri
Pacific for its important lines in Kan
sas, Nebraska and Colorado.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

1t is to be sincerely hoped that the
regents of the University of Copenhagen
do not ask Colonel Roosevelt for the
proofs of some of his hunting expert
ences in Africa
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

Evidently. Mr.. Dick Hopkins, of Gar
den City, one of candidates for the
Republican nomination for lieutenant
governor. has a sweet tooth. He has
started on the trail of the sugar trust
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

New York city must be quite as big
a place as its friends claim. Uncle Joe
Cannon passed several hours there the
other day without being noticed.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

Fame is, indeed. a tickle thing. The
late Lottie Collins acquired consider
able OF IL by singing TIA Ra Ra Boom
de Ave"
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

From all over Kansas, thanks are go
ing UP these days to old Mr.. Jupiter
Ptuvius for his recent visit. 1t is to
be hoped that he comes again before
long
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson
is, no doubt, in high fettle these days.
Twenty companies of coast artillery, U.
S. A, are soon to be stationed in the
Philippines
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

The only Real Red Hot Sport who
has visited Topeka recently, is board
ing at the county Jail. But if he is
really a r. H. S. he ought to be glad
he is in JAIL instead of running loose
on the gay and giddy streets of To-
pella.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

From the odor which attends cer-
tain Topeka man, there arises a grow
ing suspicion that he carries the left
hind foot Of a "Welch rabbit in his
pocket.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04


zone hundred bones," did Hizzoner
roar,
AS the Masher made his plea;
And really ought to soak you more
Or suspend you from a tree.
So take my advice. and on this cue
You may safely bet your stack:
A girl, perchance, may rubber at you
BUT YOU MUSTN'T RUB 'ER
BACKr'
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04
KANSAS CONNENT
WRINKLES

| Wrinkles and Their Cause" is the
heading on beauty hint" that is
| going the rounds of the newspapers.
! Wrinkles are caused by tired mus
| cles, says the writer. "They are
more easily prevented than cured. To
remain wrinkleless woman must pass
placld existence free from emotion" "
This advice is directed to girls and
young women. 1t is to be hoped that
none Will accept it for it offers a
| mighty poor bargain.
suppose a girl should determine to
remain WrinkleleSS'' what price must
she pay?
AS a daughter she must not share
the cares and burdens OF the house
hold with her mother-because she
would tire her muscles
She must not let her heart clutch
with agony of love and fear as her tiny
brother lies stricken with some baby
disease
She must not worry over her fathers
railing strength nor permit herself to
feel grief at his bier
She must not let her heart open out
IN ecstatic response to the lovers first
wooing.
AS bride she must not pucker her
pretty brows over the problem of plac-
ing the furniture and hanging the
plctures-for pretty FUCKERS are the
seed of wrinkles.
AS mother-oh. no; she must
never be mother if she would live the
placid existence recommended.
AS an aunt she must not exert her
self for the children about her knees.
AS an old woman she must not listen
TO the joys and sorrows of the young
nor worry her mind in giving them
comfort, aid. advice and sympathy:
NO, indeed! Starting from her
earliest girlhood she must be placid.
That is. she must shun shock of great
joys and avoid her share of the
worlds sorrows.
She must live each day in and for
herself alone. Her one thought must
be to keep her mind as placid as
castor oil and her heart as cool as a
rutabaga.
And thus will wrinkleless face be
achieved.
And, having lived a loveless, useless,
aimless. friendless, childless. husband
less (for the man to whom she was wed
would never have been q husband,)
wrinkleless life. she would be ready to
be laid away, unmourned and un-
missed.
And as the friends of the rest of the
family filed by, the best they could
say would be How calm she looks"
Girls, if you are going in for the
wrinkleless life, remember that your
great exemplars will be the oyster and
the cabbage.-Wichita Beacon.
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RATHER REMARKABLE
1t seems remarkable that in Kansas
only AZ per cent of the school children
are in the rural schools. Kansas owes
her great wealth and prosperity very
largely to her farms and it was gener-
ally supposed that by far the greatest
proportion of her population dwelt in
the country. 1t may be that the
present census will have some sur
prises in store for US and will show
a pronounced movement from the
farms to the towns. So far as we can
see in Lawrence. the farmers who
move to town are the ones who have
made a success in the country, have
educated their children in the country
schools and have moved to town to
get away from the chores and work
of the farm.-I aWrenca Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

YES sighed Filling Fuller, 'It was
love at first sight, But you didn't
marry herr" asked the sympathetic
listener. Nav" responded Filling. Il
took another look"
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

Lottie Collins is dead. AS a music
hall artist, il was Lottie Collins who
made "Ta-ra-ra-boom-d famous.
Aside from that Lottie was all right.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04
BACK!

After careful deliberation. the school
board has decided that the charges
made against superintendent White
more were almost an insult" Having
made this weighty decision, the defense
rests
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04
HANDS OFF,

Those big ones: The fisherman usual,
ly tells more of them than he catches.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

c. B. Hoffman is spoken of as a rich
socialist" 1t was our idea that So
cialist was one who believed in an
equal division.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

1t is claimed that little men lose their
tempers more readily than do large
men. The fact remains. however, that
it is a whole lot safer for the large
man to lose his temper.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

The evidence in a recent breach-of-
promise suit was unfit for publication
And as there is no Hoist paper in
this village the populace missed some
h1dly decomposed, details of the affair.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

A majority of the women would not
need any other grounds for divorce, if
they would just show their husbands
to the court.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04
Sunfower Siftings.

HE SHOULD NAME IT AERO
PLANE"
John Daniel is flying high-he has a
new ball-faced horse.-Toronto Repub-
lican.
POSSIBLY TWO THINKS.
What do you think of a minister of
the gospel who smokes an old clay
pipe, chews Horseshoe" through the
week, and stands in the pulpit on Sun
days and breaches Cleanliness" who
buys several suits of clothes on tick"
robs the parsonage of it's furniture,
then takes hike Burdett has a think
coming.-Burdett correspondent, Larn-
ed Tiller and Toiler.
WARNED IN TIME.
M NJ. Minear has been losing chop
feed from his bin and he is laying for
the fellow who has been doing the
pilfering. He will get about 80 days
if the judge catches him.-Canton Pilot.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

Misery loves company-but the COM
pany doesn't enjoy it much.
The Topeka state journal., 1910-05-04

George-Do you think that I'm good
enough for you, darling? Darling-No,
George; but you're too good for any other
girl-Illustrated Bits.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-01
Argument of a,MIIe. Modi,te."

The action occurs IN Paris during the
present time. Fiji IS a salesgirl IN the
millinery shop Of Nine. Ceciue. and be-
cause OF her attractive qualities and
ability 10 make sales is valuable to the
proprietress. For fear OF losing Fiji. the
madame endeavprs 70 arrange a mar
riase with her son CASTOR, a young ar
list, whose greatest proficiency is
spending his mothers money. FIJI loves
Capt. Etienne de Bouvray, however, and
refuses the match Etienne asks her 70
marry him, but owing 10 the objections
OF HIS uncle, Count de St Mar, Fiji re-
fuses to do so until these objections are
raised. She leaves the millinery shop. and
with the help Of Hiram Bent an AmerI-
can millionaire, who becomes interested
I'm her. goes 10 London, where she be-
comes a great singer. She returns n year
later. and Bent arranges for her 10 sing
al a charity bazaar given by the count
He recognizes her and Immediately or
ders her 10 leave, but Etiennes sister
Marie Eouise and Bent persuade her 70
disguise herself and remain in order 70
meet Etienne. This she does. after which
they announce her as Nine BeIlini. n
singer whom the count had procured AZ
a large expense When he is presented
70 her and realizes that he has been
defeated, he gladly welcomes her as his
niece and is forced 10 beg her forgive
ness.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-01
To Auction sonrf Pins.

Charles Burnham is sponsor OF novel
scheme to delight the matinee girls at
the coming Actors Fund Fair. He has
persuaded score or more OF the matinee
idols TO purchase several scarf pins ex-
pressly for the bazaar and wear each
OF them one week. Each actor has also
promised to auction OF his pins 10 his
admirers.
A number are having pins OF quaint
design made, and there Is keen rivalry
among them 10 see who will get the
highest prices.
Among those who have entered into
this plan 10 swell the receipts Of the
fair are; John Drew. Henry Miller. Fran
els Wilson, william Feversham. James
K. Hackett. William Collier, II. B..
Warner, Robert Edeson, Robert Lorraine,
Cyril Scott. De Wolf Hopper. Frank
Worthing. Chas. Richmond. Edmund
Breese. Eddie Foy. Donald Brian. John
Barrymore. Melville Ellis. Forbes Robert
son. George Arliss. William H Crane.
Kyrle Bellew. ]. B. Dodson, Arnold Daily.
William Hodge, and Chauncey Olcott.
Book of Poems for Fair.
Fifty Of tho best known poets in the
country are contributing verses 20 a book
called The Thesp!ans," which will BIO
published for sale at the coming Actors
Fund Fair, II will be noteworthy, as
each poet has chosen some object con-
nected with the theater. It VIII also DO
the first book TO contain the work OF all
the contemporaneous American poets.
Among the prominent contributors are
William Vaughn Moody. Bliss Carmen.
Richard lie Gallenne. Charles Hanson
Towne. George Sylvester Viereck. jose
phine Preston Peobody James Open
helm, George AIDE, and Wallace Irwin.
Fully a score have dedicated a lyric
TO some favorite actress. others sang
OF chorus girls. Shakespeare. plays. the
orchestra. the raising OF the curtain.
one humorist even had fun with the
programme and one wit the opera
glasses.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-01

Jefferson de Angels engagement at the
Murat Theater in Indianapolis was ex-
tended day, owing TO good business.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-01
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
New National-aEI oapltnn.D

sousas eel Captain is the opera to be
presented at the New National next
week by the Aborns as the second In the
limited season An excellent cast, fully
worthy Of the favorite opera, has been
chosen, and the production will be beau
tifully staged. Eel Captain" was first
produced by the De Wolf Hopper Com
pany. and the score IS full of swing and
dash. from the stirring "El Captain
March," TO THE Typical Tune OF Zanzi-
bar" the comedians patter sons. There
is every reason for the belief that the
revival Of this famous Sousa opera will
prove TO be full OF novelty and interest
10 current theater-goers.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-01
Chase's-PoIite Vaudeville.

Chase's seasons sun is setting, and
next week is the last but one OF the pop
ular and prosperous l909-1o period Of polite
vaudeville. AS usual the weeks toward
the close are marked by extraordinary
bills, intended TO demonstrate the man
agcments appreciation OF public favor,
and the programme designed for next
week is manifesty one long 20 be re-
membered. as the leading foreign offering
VIII be the Willy Painter Company, IN
THE Limit" The added attraction will
DO Bert Kalmer and Jessie Brown. in
their latest sprightly characteristic songs
and dances Third in rank will be Eugene
and Willie Howard, as "The Hebrew Mes
senger Boy and the Thespian." Irene
Roman, 'the girl from the Golden Gate"
Bob Quinlan and Keller Mack. Anna and
Lillian DOherty. Vittorio and Giorgetto
are announced for the week
The Washington herald., 1910-05-01

HippodrOm- Attractions Engaged.
In addition 70 the wonderful pageants.
gorgeous spectacles, and grand ballots
now In the course OF preparation the
American Hippodrome Company received
this week a partial list Of acts engaged
in Europe and this country for the Amer
lean League Park, which they have
leased for outdoor amusements at night.
Among The European acts are the Lu-
nette Sisters, known as the Whirling
Geisha Girls; the Hassan Ben Askiddfdan
family Of acrobats; Sheldon, perhaps the
most famous high diver in tho world.
who. from a height OF 1GO feet on a YER
teal ladder, performs diving and other
feats that not only amaze, but thrill; the
Johnstons. famous hoop rollers and hoop
jugglers; Creatore and Forada, who cause
every audience 90 hold its breath while
doing stunts on the high wire, $50 feet
above the heads OF the spectators: the
Merle family Of acrobats. who are easily
at the head OF this class OF entertainers.
and the Ellis troupe, which includes
comedy bicyclists. jugglers. clowns. ne
gro impersOnators. &C, who 1uggle BIZ
cycles and other heavy Rppurtenances
with the greatest ease.
Other acts that are now being placed
under contract by the European and
American agents OF the American Hip
podrome Company are a wonderful eIe-
plant who walks tight rope. and while
doing so performs amazing tricks; q covy
Of trained comedy cockatoos; trained
seals. whose wonderful performances
seem beyond belief, and also acrobatic
bears in a remarkable exhibition. Many
other famous acts viii be engaged from
day 10 day until the opening in June.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-01

"Graustark." dramatized from the novel
or George Barr McCutcheon, will be pre-
sented at the Academy next week. George
D. Baker, who adapted the book for stage
purposes. has followed the text closely
and built a play that IS realistic and
interesting from the moment the cur
tain rises on the two Americans at the
Continental Hotel until It falls on the
two lovers seated on the throne In each
others arms
The marked originality in the construc-
ton OF "Graustark" is Its chief charm
New methods are employed in building
the situations. and the dialogue bristles
with bright lines and witty repartee. The
play is exquisitely mounted and intro
duces a number of novel scenes and
electrical effects. MacGregor as Princess
Yetive, Maurice Z. Brierre. r.. as Gren-
fall Lorry and j. H. Lewis as Baron
Dangloss head the cast