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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
ONE METHOD or TEACHING.

Burke was high temper. generous
kind very symaphic. He had a great
desire to people as the high classes of
English people lived Careless about
his debts. Read a great deal and was
versed on all subjects. Died July Z,
1897 at his home.''
Except for a detail. to be men
toned later, the above is the last para
graph of a 'test' of a Topeka high
school pupil after the mistakes in it
were supposed to have been indicated
and it had been graded by the teacher
and returned by that functionary to
the pupil The detail not appearing is
a caret which the teacher had marked
in the third line between the words
ito" and people" to point out that
some word OF phrases had been omit
ted, obviously through carelessness
That was the only mark made in the
paragraph by the teacher to call the
pupils attention to any mistakes,
either in spelling, punctuation, con-
struction and the like. So the pupil
would be quite justified, inasmuch as
the paragraph had passed muster with
the teacher. except for the omission,
in believing that it was correct as to
its details. And that pupil might be
pardoned for going on through life
using high temper" for thigh tenn
pered" disregarding the simplest
rules of punctuation and capitaIiza-
ton; spelling sympathetic ..syma-
phic." and taking all the other liber-
ties with the rules and customs for
handling language that are indicated
in the paragraph as originally written
by the pupil and as returned by the
teacher.
This is mute but pretty conclusive
evidence that the charges are we'll
founded which insist that some of the
systems of teaching in the high school
are superficial to degree; that the
teachers do not take the trouble to
explain the mistakes that the pupils
make; that they just give out the
lessons for preparation after school
hours; hear recitations in them: mark
mistakes on number papers and in
other tests and let it go at that In
the specific instance given here the
teacher did not even take the trouble
to mark the most glazing of errors. |
20 charge that this particular teacher
is so inefficient and unIettered that he
or she could not recognize the errors
as such would be ridiculous. The
teacher was either careless in the
work of marking the paper or has a |
wrong idea of the provinces of a |
teacher. Either of these latter reasons, |
though, is sufficient to make this
teacher an undesirable member of the
FACULTY of any school. What an in |
justice it is to pupils for teachers to |
return test papers to them with |
errors uncorrected. How are they to |
know of their mistakes and have an |
opportunity to learn how to guard |
against similar ones in the future if |
their teachers won't even take the |
trouble to point out the mistakes? A
school system built on any such prin-
ciples is little better than no school
system at all. and change is soreIy |
needed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

batting had it been handy She was
the girl of the other auto-the girl VINO
lad looked her thanks-Miss kitty<
Waldron!
Mr. GilIett tried to say things, and
Miss Waldron did likewise, and the
sister sat there and wondered IL both
OF them had toothache. And when they
got back at last and Mr.. Gillett assisted
Miss Waldron up the steps of the ver-
anda she turned to him to say:
Sir, have you any explanations to
make?"
II have, and will call this evening to
make them
The explanations must have proven
satisfactory. as an auto ride became a
thing of daily occurrence thereafter.
and the season had not yet closed when
Miss Gillett put her arms around her
brothers neck and murmured:
''Oh, Phil, I'm so glad-so gladi
just hoped you two would take each
other, and now you have!"-(Copy-
righted. 1910. by Associated Literary
Press.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
HYHAWKER JOTS

young man in Pratt was arrested
for playing poker some years ago. Re
Gently he applied for Job in another
city which he was competent to fill.
His poker record blocked his way as
the employer had heard of his arrest
and remembered it.-Salina Journal.
Some skunk has been sneaking
around on the west side over beyond
Quality Hill, and peeping in at the
windows Sunday night he frightened
lady who phoned for help. He will
look in at the wrong window one OF
these nights, says the Pratt Union.
Thursday night at the opera house,
reports the Pratt Union, there was but
one person in the gallery and that was
a. lone negro. After the entertainment
he came down and addressed Manager
Gregory thus: Say, does I owe you
all anything extra for all that box I
had up there?"
A new society in town, says the Atch-
ison Globe, is called the Snorters, and,
as may be readily guessed, it is made
up of indignant women. and, as all
women are indignant most of the time,
many belong. i arose at that morn
ing" said a farmers wife, whose turn
it was to snort at a recent session, "aud
MIXED five COWS. Then got the break
fast for seven in the family, stopped the
hogs, did big days washing, cooked
dinner and supper, washed dishes three
times, stopped the hogs, and MIXED the
cows a second time. That evening the
preacher called, and my husband in
telling of his ideal woman, said she was
of the Clinging Vine sort!' Here she
snorted SO that for a time her remarks
were unintelligible. What 1 want 10
know she declared at last in indigna-
ton, sis this: Can woman slop the
hogs and be the clinging vine sort of
woman at the same timer" The presi-
dent made an attempt to secure a vote
on the question but the women all over
the house were snorting in such fierce
indignation that she could not make
herselft heard. and the meeting dis
banded in confusion. However, it seems
to be the general verdict that woman
to be Of the clinging vine sort must
ard and have no household cares.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the Chicago News.l

lFrOm the chicago NeWS-J
Most store teeth look too natural
The man who respects the law need
not fear it.
A woman's idea of truthful man is
one who f1atters her.
The small streams that feed a river
make its mouth water.
Some peoples only aim in life Is to
look for larger target.
One clock on shelf is worth more
than a dozen on stocking.
A man isn't necessarily narrow-mfrG-
ed because he lives in a fiat.
Fate seems to have an ingrowing
srudge against the innocent bystander
Just about the time a man reaches
the age of discretion people begin to
call him grandpa.
Lots of men who imagine they could
navigate the ship of state couldn't even
steer a canal boat
BY the time the average man gets
through loving himself he has no time
for loving his neighbors.
A shrewd man calls your attention
to the silver lining of the cloud-then
proceeds to borrow your umbrella.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
STEEL AND WALL STREET.

Inasmuch as the activity in the iron
and steel trade has rightly come to be
considered s. rejecting pretty closely
the conditions maintaining in respect
to the genera! prosperity of the coun-
try. an analysis of present conditions
in the steel Industry and especially as
it is affected BY the present disquietude
in Wall street. should be interesting.
An authoritative one is found in an
editorial in the current issue of the
Iron Trade Review as follows:
1.-THE fit of the blues under which
Wall street has been laboring in the
past few weeks is naturally regarded
as worthy of close attention by all
branches of the steel trade. Through
long experience the trade is convinced
that Wall street reflects with more or
less accuracy the business situation
That is true in a measure, but it is a
fact that in certain important respects
the steel industry is less dependent
upon the conditions which Wall street
reflects than ever before. In the first
place Wall street reflects conditions as
to railroad financing. for instance, in
the particular that the more active
railroads are in creating additional
liens on the properties the greater are
the advances In the stocks which rep
resent a more or less remote interest
in those properties. 1t is obvious, how
ever, that never has the steel trade
been so little dependent upon the rail-
roads for business as has been the case
in the past wear or two In 1908, there
was no railroad business at all. and the
steel industry still managed to turn a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Glohe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Is anyone abused more than the man
who delivers for a laundry?
Some men seem to have natural
aptitude for seconding the motion.
Somehow. one never finds any fault
with the misspelling in a good cooks
cookbook.
After a man has known a few jealous
women, he doesn't marvel much at the
cleverness of Sherlock Holmes or Old
Sleuth.
So far, we have seen the shirtwaist
worn upon every occasion except a
corpse at funeral, or a bride at her
wedding.
When a woman finds there is sun
slime in an evangehst's smile. and
pathos il his voice, she settle down to
the comfortable conviction that here is
a man who WILL save the world.
When a man is real young, there
world that he regrets the loss of the
little time he has to devote to sleep;
but, in time, he learns that sleep is
about as interesting as the rest of 1t,
and more satisfactory.
Before the daughter in the family is
10, she wonders how it happened that
Father got into the family; Because
of the sympathy between father and
son which originated when they found
themselves under the thumb together.
this question never enters the head of
a boy.
No man has ever asked more women
to marry him than he has wives, and no
woman was ever asked to be married
more times than she has married This
idea of a woman giving the impression
that she has received an offer of mar
riage with every dish of ice cream she
was ever treated to, is the worst kind
of summer girl nonsense, and sensible
women should quit it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
THE COST OF wooING.

I met lover signing,
HIS checks were wan and pale:
he wept: ''Of grief I'm dying;
MY arts have no avail.
L WOO a lovely maiden,
But my poor heart must break
MY rival calls there, laden
With gifts of sirloin steak.
I've taken her to dances.
I've spent my cash for shows,
I've tried to help my chances
GalnSt when would propose.
I've fed her pounds of candy
From most expensive shops
My rival jestS will handy
And brings a dozen chopsl
We sent her heaps of roses
And violets galore
Expensive? Holy Moses
4 nearly bought the store.
My rival. rich as Croesus
And homely as a ghost,
Is now the one that pleaSes-
He sent a fourth roast!
20, sir, crave your pity,
A stranger though you be,
Yet know that in this city
None is SO sad as me.
Cor, /, to be grammatic),
I've drunk woe to the dregs.
My rival, bold, emphatic,
Said: Here's a dozen eggsi'
My petty gifts she flouted,
My plea she laughed to Scorn.
I'm baffied and I'm routed
l wish 1 were not born
And while words on leaving
Were throbbing in my ears,
He gave himself to grieving
And drowned within his tears.
Chicago Posi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
QUAKER MEDTTATIoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The way of the transgressor is GER
tainly hard on the rest of Us.
Some people are just about as i'm
portant as freckle on the face of ma
ture.
Before you try to make a guest feel
at home be sure he wants to feel tina.
way.
When it comes to talking. a small
woman has her obese sister beaten to
q Jelly
Almost any man can make an ass of
himself without grand transforrna-
ton scene.
Many a big man has just as small
thoughts as the elephant whose mind
is conferred on a peanut.
A Manayunk spinster signs herself
]. Mould and then wonders why peonia
don't think she's young.
Blobbs-'Longbow says he spends oil
his time between Phi1adelphia ard
Paris" Slobbs-"Yes. he lives in e.sro-
den."
Cynicus-"When a man gets all ~.
money he needs there's only one t,,ine
he wants" Sillicus-"And that ;~3s.
Cynicus-"More money
Nell--"I suppose Miss ANTIQUE al
ways looks under the bed before sho
retires?" Belle-"Under the befI9 VIII,
she actually takes up the rug HS'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

According to the commercial and
financial reviews for the past week, the
business conditions throughout the
country are normal for this time of
year This does not apply to the con-
ditions in Wall street, of course, where
a weak and irregular market is fur
nishing all kinds of food for pessimis-
tic predictions that financial panic
is on the way. But the people through
out the country generally do not pay
as much attention to the conditions on
Wall street as they used to. Wall
street is a good deal of a "bcgie man. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

well, I guess, maybe it's because
he's so brilliant. He has such a great
future, I'm sure" This is the answer
given by Miss Alexander. the fiancee
Of T. Roosevelt, jr., in response to a
query as to why she loved him. 1t is
also the first tntimation most folks
have had that carpet weaving is much
of field for the exercise of brilliant
attachments, or that the greatness of
A carpet weaver's future amounted to
anything other than the size of bank
roll he is able to accumulate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
KANSAS COMMENT
OUR GRAND Old flag.

some human nanny goat IN New
ofk mas commenced legal proceed
ing IN the courts of that state to pun.
ish Robert E. Peary for dissertation
OF the United States flag because he
CUT a strip out of flag, and left II
at the North Pole. replacing the strip
OF nag with strip of white cloth.
The flag with the strip of white
cloth through the center became known
as the North Pole flag and this New
ork nlnny wanted to have Peary sent
to jail for using his North Pole nag.
If there is any law on the statute
looks which will punish Peary for such
an act. it indicates that this country
IS reaching a state of imbecility from
which there is slight hope of recovery
No one can surpass the Journal IN
loyalty to the stars and stripes ana
in condemnation of any act which really
is disco 1rteous to that noble emblem
of liberty.
But it is the spirit of the thing that
counts.
A thousand things might be done to
the stars and stripes which would not
be dissertation, and yet any one OF
those things. done with a spirit OF mai
ice and contempt, might be sufficient 10
justify life sentence to prison.
There is a whole lot of this tax
about Dissertation of the flag" which
is pure buncomb, froth and piff1e. 1t
is worked off on the public by rabble-
rousers and spellbinders. simply as an
appeal to emotion. People who snrleK
so much at alleged dissertations or
the flag are usually the last ones who
will step up to the front when real
sacrifice. indicating 22-ksrat loyalty to
the flag, IS demanded.-Salina Journal.
THE COST OF LIVING.
Whatever may be responsible for the
constant increase in the cost of living,
it is bound to result in more economical
buying. All but the excessively rich
feel day by day greater necessity Tor
making every dollar of expenditure do
dollars worth of work by purchasing
in the most advantageous market. the
advertisements in the daily newspapers
contribute perhaps more than any other
factor to keep outgo within the bounds
of income. They represent in most
cases the greatest value for the least
intimidation of the cost Of selling.
which is usually an important fraction
of the price paid by the consumer I'M
PEELED by an unwonted thrift bred of
the economic changes of the times,
more people are reading and acting
upon the suggestions of newspaper adj
vertisers now than ever before.-Wich-
tia Beacon.
RAILROAD VERSUS FARMERS.
For some years the Union Pacific has
been having the Kaw bottom farmers
for a strip on right of way 400 feet
wide, claiming that under terms Of
their land grant they We're entitled to
that amount of land. The land under
contention is of the most valuable in
the state and the farmers who are af-
fected by the company's contention
have been considerably alarmed. The
company has been successful in estab-
fishing it's contention in the lower
courts in a number Of cases brought
but when the United States supreme
court decided one of the cases a few
days ago it was in favor of the farmers.
The victory means considerable to the
potato growers of the south part of
the county.-McLouth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
JOURNAL ENTRIES

To laugh at adversely is a help to
overcome it. -
x y
The easiest way is generally the most
expensive.
Even after they know they're wrong
some men go ahead.
Y X y
Nothing is so satisfying to age as to
get a smile on youth.
y = y
There'ts an excuse for every I'M
toward happening but few of them are
worth anything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

If much "spring practice" counts for
anything, the New York National
league team ought to walk away with
the next pennant- Its members have
already started for the sunny south
to get the kinks out of their muscles
and their eyes on the bail. But there
will be Chicago and Pittsburg and a
few other teams to contend with when
they get home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

This is the open season for chinch
bugs and the best time Of the year to
hunt them with effectiveness. If the
people Of the state would go after
them in the same vigorous way that
the helpful quail are pursued, it would
not be long before the fields of Kan
eas and the chinch bugs would be as
strangers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

That a homes mot merely four
square walls has been demonstrated
again by the state supreme court. 1t
has ruled, and quite properly. too, that
Q dugout, a cave or any old thing
which may be used for residential pur-
hoses is a dwelling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

The condition of the city's water is
now more mysterious than ever. 1t
has taken on a milky hue. When 1t
was merely muddy the people knew
they had dirt to deal with. But now
they know not what is in the water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

Congressman Phil Campbell asserts
that high prices go hand in hand with
high wages. 1t is the experience OF
good many people. though, that hlgh
wages do not go hand in hand with
bfph Drices
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

Prof Paul Shorey of the Univer-
sity of Chicago told the high school
pupils the other day that the current
jokes in ancient Greece were identi-
cal with the best ones of today. All
of which goes to substantiate the con-
tention that there is nothing quite so
antinne as a good Joke
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

1t is frequently the case that the
punishment does not fit the crime and
that certainly applies to the Kansas
storekeeper who was fined only $40 for
selling a dozen eggs for 40 cents
eleven of which were bad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

DR.. Jean NJ. Charcot. the French ex-
plorer. insists that he discovered a
quantity of new land in Antarctic re-
Eions. That's what DIR. Cook reported
of his explorations in Arctic regions.
Peary and the rest of them will prob
ably shout at DR. Charcot, "You'n have
IN show rs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

lFrom the New York Press.1
Bad traits are learned trying to teach
It seems as natural to be vvrora
argument as to think you are right ai
A man doesn't mind telling the go.
very much when it doesn't make e uen
difference. any
1t never rains but the hoo..,
shines. ootoiack
the score. sou pay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

My. but isn't it great to be an
American citizen? Emperor Bill of
Germany has made it known that his
plans for the entertainment of Colo
mel Roosevelt when he arrives in Ger
many will await the pleasure of the
former president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15
FUTT LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the run Gay
telegraph report OF that great news OF
aanization for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication In Topeka. - -
The news is received in The stare Jour-
nose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

The bill in congress which seeks to
compel common carriers to pay COM
pensation on a fixed basis to injured
employees is looked upon in many
quarters, particularly the railroad
world, as being something of radi-
cal suggestion. But similar laws have
been in effect in England and Ger
many for many years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

The Republicans of Ohio nave peeh
most successful in holding a unlhca-
tom meeting. Such thing VIII prop
ably happen in Kansas when the mil
lennium arrives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-15

John T. Stubs. father of Governor
Stubs. declares that "Ross" was STUB
born when he was a boy. Now, VINO
would have thought it?