The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

| 10 move within his little sphere,
Leaving pure name to be known, or
This is a true mans lot.
lean.
Half Billion in Candy.
The American woman is known for
| her sweet tooth Neither in London,
candy eaten during the matinee per-
formances N the theaters, nor are the
| connections made to serve the purpose
pose of informal gifts to girls SO
| much as here. But it is rather sur
prising to learn from a member of the
breed of indefatigable statisticians
that the people of the United States
spend little less than s50o,oo0.OOO a
year on candy, and. of course. the
greater amount of that is spent by
or for women. Dentistry items are
not included in the tables compiled
by the statisticians- For several years
that the United States consumed as
much candy as all the rest of the
world put together; but since 1907
| the candy appetite has grown to such
an extent that the United States now
accounts for just two-thirds of the
candy output Of the civilized world.
1t is not generally known, however,
that immigrants are the greatest con-
sumers of candy in America In New
York fully one-half of the city's candy
bill is said to be paid by the men,
women and children of the tenement
house districts, and that becomes all
the more significant when the differ
ence in prices between the Grand
street and the Broadway stores is TAX
en- into consideration. Physicians
who are aware of this almost inordi-
nate appetite for sweets among the
poorer class say New York has ev-
cry reason to congratulate itself that
it has brought only good instead of
evil results. Not mary years ago
most of the candy sold, especially in
the smaller stores, was almost pois-
onously impure injurious acids and
dyes being used in the manufacture.
Medical men say that IL candy of that
quality. had been eater in the guam
titles that candy is eaten today it
would have had a terrible effect on
the health OF the generation now APP
preaching maturity. Today, however,
it is reasonably safe to buy candy any
where, and its consumption is especial
~ advocated in temperance circles as
minimizing the likelihood of the
growth of taste for drink.-New
York Press.
Remington and the Running Horse.
1t was Frederic Remington's draw
ing of the cow pony in motion that
first brought him to fame as an artist
of original genius. Before him running
tended before and behind. The snap
shot camera. then new invention,
gave Remington new idea of how a
horse handles its legs.
He began to depict running horses
with legs at the oldest imaginable an
gles-with all wour feet huddled close
up against the boldly. with one foot
lightly touching. the ground and the
one leg straight and one doubled up. It
was a novelty in art. -sA
This seemed at first almost ridic-
ulous. But it is the way a horse real
Iry ON Tr1cr ton Lao h 1ac
son from the snapshot camera. And
into the strangely contorted, almost
weird, horses of his pictures he threw
such an idea of wind, impetuous speed
as horses of the old artistic convention
never knew.
In the artistic history of the West,
both in sculpture and painting. Rem
ington's niche is assured. But in his
treatment of the running horses he
stands at the beginning of a new
epoch. His snapshot method came to
remain. The old convention is gone.
No artist now would think of por-
Remington way. The influence OIL
Rening ton's revolt Is in all the art of
the day. 1t is as obvious in the news
paper cartoon as in the most ambitious |
canvases.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Capable Suffragettes.
1t is just possible that if political |
ginning in this country, without the |
long and bitter struggle for it, we |
might have priced it less keenly. So |
all the more for the effort, when it !
comes-and it is SO right that it must |
come-suffrag will be held a dearer |
privilege and more sacred possession |
by the women of America than it /
ever has been, or ever can be, by the |
men, born to the purple. 1t is because
the women of America are loyal and |
patriotic citizens; because they know
the necessity of having good men in
office: because they want good schools
and the children protected from ev-
cry evil that they may become good
citizens in the future; because they be-
lieve that they can do infinitely more
toward attaining these things if they
husbands and brothers, with the
same interests and hopes. that they are
asking to be treated like reasonable
human beings and given the ballot.
No one claims that all women are
conscientious or that their
judgment would never be at fault.
Neither do think that all women
would be benefited by the privilege
Of the ballot. I do not think that all
should have a vote. Yet they do have
It, to the exclusion of women; a great
of whom are thoroughly
worthy and capable.-Rosamon Lee
wife of Senator Suther-
and, in North American Review.
A Japanese Financier.
1t is something to be able to say
that your father financed a nation
a war. Mrs. Shunzo Ia
kaki. who recently arrived here with