The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
FRON OTHER PENS
UNBENDING HIS DIGNITY.

D111ND1-NG HIS DIGNITY,
II Dr. Eliot is correctly quoted in
advocating suicide as the only a1terna-
i've for the hoDelessly enfeebIed man.
the world that SO long looked I'D to
nus judgment and honored his con-
servatlsm as the president of Harvard
~ ~ Isl Ieel pang of disappointment:
II ne is not correctly quoted he should
rose no time in rushing to his own de-
tehse and saving himself from the con-
tumely that followed DIR. OsIer to Eu-
rope.
Euthenasia will do as a hobby for
some men. but not those who have
enjoyed the distinction of DR.. Eliot as
one OF the molders of national Thought
ana II he is to hold the esteem he has
gained through long years of strong
Ieauershlp ne VIII have to redeem him
sen from this departure Such a NH
Iosophy might thrive in a country
Where optimism did not abound as if
ooes IN America. but it will never do
well here
Here the best thought of the day is
d deatb 10 new ways not of meeting
death, but Of combating diseases
state and national government are en-
gagged with private enterprise in a war
Iare against ailments heretofore re-
garded as 1ncurable and arc meeting
with astounding success. Men are
looking up, not down. They are fol-
lowing life, not death. They are gain
ing courage in combat, not WASTING II
IN submission. Strength not weak
ness is wanted today.-Omaha Bee
HATS AND THINGS
In the Cercle at AK les Rains 49,,
nave lately instituted a new plan for
apat1ng the big hat nuisance. women
VINO persist in wearing their big hats
a. a. litatlneeS must sit on one side of
1ile mousse aVec chapeaux'' sit to the
right; sans chapeaux' to the left to
seems a good idea, and thew saw -
works well. How the men are ne
ca we have not learned. Doubtless
e9 se NAN would prefer to sit on the
sans chapeaux' side.
One thing is certain. New ,,7eoS,ro-
are needed all over that part of the
world customarily called civilized 70
abate the big hat nuisance. The snrine
hats favored by women who want to
90 laSn1onable, are nuisances
everywhere. They fairly block the
streets, and they greatly Increase the
dlscomforts of travel in public con-
veyances.
Has it generally been noted that the
spring styles in feminine attire are
more extravagant and unsightly than
| ever? What are we coming to? Shall
we never see again a comely woman
| neatly and sensibly dressed? There is
| a KIND OF pseudo-antique bonnet some
| OF the girls favor which is well cal
culated to make the prettiest one look
a veritable fright. It must be true
| that the girls are not thinking of
marriage as much as they used. The
sight of them out of doors in their
! new spring toys effectively turns the
| thoughts of young men away from
matrimony, even in the spring-New
| York Times
| SEALS AND THE JAPANESE.
| There has been so much vexation
over the question of the seals in the
northern Pacific during the past 40
] years that not many people would Sc
| riously regret the utter destruction of
| the creatures, which the secretary of
| commerce and labor is now authorized
to order whenever he shall see fit. The
| lease of the Pribilov Islands to the
| Alaska Commercial company ceased
on the first of MAJ and as it is not to
/ be renewed, the seals are now the prop
erty of the United States, as long as
they remain within three miles OF
| their breeding grounds But they
| have a habit of swimming much
| farther than that in their search for
food. and the news is sent out from
| Washington that Japan is sending a
large fleet of sealing schooners to Be-
| ring sea this year. a most modern
/ feet, equipped with motor boats and
| all facilities to take the animals. Not
| being bound by any treaty, Japan
may send her craft to the three-miIe
| limit about the islands, while the Ca
madam, Russian and American fleets
may approach no nearer than &C
miles. Of course this state of things
cannot continue, and if Secretary
| Knox shall fail in his attempts tic
reach some agreement with the JAP
anese government the United States
may as well slaughter the seals and
have the benefit of the revenue from
them, as to leave them to be slaugh-
tered by the Japanese with their mod
ern and approved devices for killing
the seals in the open sea.-Manches-
tier Union.