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The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
CHINA,s FAMINE.

CabIegrams Of the other day de-
clared that millions of Chinese would
die of famine before the next harvest
in the Celestial Kingdom. There is no
reason to believe that this Is an exag-
Grafton. For many months the rest
of the world has been hearing from
time to time of the ravages that fam
inc and the bubonic plague have been
wreaking in the land of the yellow
man. 1t is as vast a. domain as it is
backward in the ways of modern civ
iIization News from its various CEN
ters travels slowly. The great bulk
of it's people exc out a rathet miserable
existence even in period of reason
able plenty They live from hand to
mouth, and their subsistence is always
meager. And when famine overtakes
such a people SO situated, it marches
on with a terrible tread unless suffi-
cient outside help is rendered to stem
it's tide.
That help has not been given. And
the report that millions of the Chinese
will die of starvation while they are
waiting for their always all too scanty
crops to ripen is we'll within the realm
of possibility. Perhaps It understates
the truth. if anything.
Why then, has the world stood idly
by instead of rushing relief to these
sore-afflicted fellow men and women
and little children who are even more
helpless? To be sure some succor has
been extended. Missionary societies in
this country, the Red Cross and many
generous individuals, have sent a ship
load or two of -four and other supplies
from ports along the Pacific coast.
The same has been done by those in
other countries who are always first to
help. But all that has been sent SO
far will be but as a drop in the bucket
to what is needed.
There seems to be no semblance of
organized effort in this or other coUn-
tries to continue sending such relief
or the necessary amount cf it. This is
story that has not been often told.
Whenever a disaster of any sort has
overwhelmed a people or even a small
portion of them, their brothers in the
rest of the world have always respond
ed nobly with aid. Had an earthquake
or terrific tidal wave wiped out one
of the more prominent of the cities
or seaports on the Chinese coast, that
would have been one of those unusual
catastrophes which would have imme-
diately attracted the attention of the
entire world. Help would have been
rushed to the stricken and the home
less from all quarters of the earth.
But is the march of famine any less
terrible? No death is so slow and
agonizing as that brought about by
starvation. No humans are rendered
so helpless as those caught in its
clutches A famine of monstrous pro-
portions Is parading through China
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
EFrom the Chicago News ]


And many man is his own floodoo.
A foolish woman and her money are
soon married.
A mans swelIed head is seldom due
to an enlarged brain.
If a man can't get elected to office
he tries to get appointed.
Only a smart woman knows when
it's up to her to act stupid.
The painter who is welded to his
art should be true to his colors.
When a mans red hair begins to
turn gray he is willing to let 1t go at
that.
Many a man has made a fool of
himself by trying to show people how
smart he is.
This is a free country, but no man
admires the freedom of people who
talk behind his back.
When you hear man say that he
has nothing to be thankful for, look
him over and you may see where he
is correct.
A political candidate says all he
asks is the confidence of the people,
That's all bunko man asks=he In
willing TO do the rest
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
THE Isle OF DREAMs.

island;
The waters rage and the winds bear
sudden terrors;
Winds and water grow calm at the
shores of the island.
Gray as glen ere the dawn, mysterious,
gray
Green terrible deeps in the waters and
on the winds,
Red flashes-but over the island all
things are gray.
Immortal sunset saddens, evermore
Under the dropping sky; but like song
Unbreathed. eternal dawn hovers on
heavens shore.
Flowers like dear remembered words are
And winds like dearer, deeper silence;
Old glances. of loved eyes are the blue
lakes there.
Only upon the secret island. the gray
Isle of Dreams.
Are beauty. freedom, peace; there only
divine content:
Life and Love fold their wings together
on the Isle of Dreams.
For you are always with me there. dear
heart;
Dreaming with you am isled in ecstasy:
4ou are the wondrous spirit of the Isle
of Dreams, dear heart.
-Shaemas OSheel, in the New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
QUAKER slEDTTArToNs.
[From the PhiIadelphia Record.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
Even ,ne sculptor doesn't always
cut much of q figure in society.
A winning smile isn't going to help
a fellow much in a poker game.
Never tell a woman she is dull. Just
for that she might cut you.
It is much easier to brag about our
ancestors than to do things ourselves.
The people who marry for excite
ment deserve all that's coming to
them.
The men with the reddest noses are
seldom the ones who are in the pink
of condition.
No. Maude, dear; there is no more
similarity between rooster and a
crocus than there is between crow
and a caucus.
Sunday School Teacher-"What
does the Bible mean by the place
where moth and rust do not cor
rupt?" Little Willie-"My mamma's
cedar chest, I guess"
Tommy's Mamma-"Willie Byjones
is a nice little boy to play marbles
with. isn't he? Tommy-"Yes.
ma'am'' Tommy's Mamma-''Then
why don't you play with him instead
of with all those rough boys from the
back street," Tommy-'I won all his
yesterday"
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
KANSAS COAAENT
POWER OF THE PRESS.


About so years ago an unknown auth
OF Wrote or the magic power of the
press. Even then it was said that
newspapers had become the great
erteo controlling power over the ma
tlon: said the writer: "Show us an
lntellgent family of boys and girls,
and we will show you a family where
newspapers and periodicals are plenty.
NOBODY who has been without these
private tutors can know their educat-
iuS power. Have you ever thought or
the 1nnumerable topics of discussion
Wnlch they suggest at the breakfast ta-
pie; the important public measures
with winch thus early our children. be-
come acquainted; great philanthropic
questions of the day, to which, uncon-
selously, and the general spirit Of in
telngence which is evoked by these
quiet visitors? Anything that makes
nome pleasant, cheerful and chatty,
Inlns the haunts of vice and the thou
SAND and one avenues of temptation.
should certainly be regarded when we
consider its influence on the minds
of the young, as a great social and
moral light"
There were great editors so years ago.
but in the light of the year 1911 there
were only few great newspapers. The
greatest metropolitan dailies of a half
century ago did not equal in circulation
and excellence of the leading daily pa
pers or Kansas of today. Where one
! thousand were issued then ten thou
sand are circulated now. And the
magic power Of the press of the old
en- time has developed into wonderful
force that gives thought, sentiment and
principle wings to fly and tongues to
speak ten times where they spoke but
once before.--Atchison Champion.
THE DUMP IN BUSINESS.
The influence of the Callahan Dump,
in the affairs Of Wichita seems to
have been more pronounced, the long
er 1T is investigated, than was at first
supposed. Its strength was in the men
it brought into it's power, to do its
bidding, and for it's protection. The
Callahan Dump almost prostrated one
city administration and 1t reached out
still farther. controlling affairs of bus
mess and Of one bank, for time. 1t
laid down the law. for years, but the
end came when publicity, that foe of
things that are not sound and true,
was turned in that direction.
The dump has brought nothing but a
black mark for Wichita. 1t was an
illegal partnership and the city which
permitted it to exist and formed a part
ner to its exacting demands, is the suf-
ferer
The Callahan Dump style of doing
business is passing out in all parts of
the country and it has seen its best
days in Wichita. 1t will smirch a lot
of characters before thought to be
above eproach.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

OF her! l want to tell you things. I
want little moment down on the
peach, all our own--come.'
She hesitated: then pinned on her
proad hat, and together they went
down the steps
The beach was dotted with bathers,
SO they skirted the edges of TIE crowd
until they came to a little pavilion that
overlooked the sea. A few gulls. pois-
ing on pointed wings showed dark
against sapphire sky Far away on
the horizon was trail Of smoke.
Her eyes followed it. Next week I
shall go that way she said.
60! Where?"
ITO Rome-to Paris-anywhere to
get away"
From me?" triunphantly. ''Oh, I
knew it, he caught at her fingers and
held them close. while from the third
one he slipped its encirling golden band.
"Oh," she tore herself from his grasp.
"how dare you? How dare your
Let me put another there
Her eyes were deep wells of tears.
She covered her face with her hands.
and when at last she looked up at him,
he saw sorrow of the wife who Is a
widow indeed.
II loved my husband"
He laid the ring upon her lap, and
stood irresolute, abashed by the dignity
of her grief.
L tnOuSnL-
You thought because I was gay and
young, and did not wear my heart upon
my sleeve that had forgotten. But"
and her eyes looked out across the sea,
Il shall never forget"
Then She smiled UP at him sadly. GO
back to her, Bobbie,'' she told him, "go
back to the right woman, and let her
make a man of you. She is sweet AMI
good, and she believes in you. And
after while you will want to live up to
her belief, and then you'll reach your
full stature. But II wouldn't believe
in you. because I don't love you. IL
loved my husband-I adored him.
Out of a breathless silence, he fall
tered, Forgive me-
She held out her hands to him. go
back to her, Bobbie," she said, again.
go back to her-and thank Cod"
He gripped her hands in his. you
you good woman he stammered.
Watching the scene from the tennis
courts, the two girls drew their own
conclusions.
IT told you her slippers spelled flirt,''
was Beatrice's ignorant summing up.
I-(Copyrighted, 1911, by Associated Lit
erary PresS.)
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Everyone ovcrestimates the value of
relics.
Find fault with yourself instead of
someone else.
If you just talk to be talking you
won't say much.
No one will appreciate your joke as
much as you will.
It is said of every smart child that
he is too bright for his age.
A small boy isn't generally consid-
cred cute unless he is mean.
The only way some men can attract
attention is by getting a queer hair
cut.
Considering the way he lives, a tramp
pays a pretty high price for leisure.
Just because you don't see 1t the
first time you look, is no reason 1t isn't
in the paper.
A woman's idea of Great Triumph
for her sex is when IN old bachelor
gets married.
It doesn't take a mechanical genius
to make an instrument Of torture out
of a musical instrument.
Although a good many people keep
cats, the sale cf mechanical mouse
traps is constantly increasing.
One Of the surprising things in this
world IS the number of errors some
persons can conGense in a single sem
tence.
1t SO often hannens that the man
who is least entitled to sympathy
from his wife, gets the most from that
source.
If a woman wears shoes smaller
than number three, you can learn tnat
fact by talking with her long enough.
You might also get along without
the kind of friend who objects to
having you remain neutral while he is
quarreling.
Older men are so forgetful they
would like to know why a young man
wants to shave before his beard be-
gins to grow.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
HUlNOR or THE DAY

Stubb-who is the getIeman with the
car protectors? Is he football player?
Penn-No; complaint clerk in the gas Of
fice.-Chicago Daily News.
1T am candidate for your hand" ''But
my parents have indorsed another young
man. "All right. I'll run as an in
surgent. ."-Washington Herald.
He-Why does the maid decline to clean
my coat with benzine? She-Since the
chauffeur Tilted her she can't stand the
smell of it.-Fliegende Blaetter.
"Was his auto going very fast?" your
honor it was going so fast that the bull
dog on the seat beside him looked like
a dachshound." Houston Post.
Bills-What did your wife say when you
stayed out late last night? Wills-I don't
know; she hasn't finished telling me yet
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Customer-Mr. Cutter, why is bacon so
high? Grocer-Because, a'am, the sup
ply is limited: there's only one kind of
iiiinal that grows it.-Cihcago Tribune.
City Girl-Oh. the darling little chickens,
Just out of their shellsl At what age are
they ready for market? Farmer-Any-
where up to eight years, lady.-New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Too many people place too much
reliance on hope.
X X
Anything that everybody agrees to
does not amount to much.
x X
Few men have any trouble easing
their consciences over the wrongs
they do.
x y
Not many jokes, or the things pass
ed out for them, are worth the laughs
they get.
If past performances happen to be
of the good variety, people think they
should be judged by them; but if not,
then they think they should be for
gotten.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
THE STATE APPROPRIATIONS.

| Much comment is being INDUCED in
these days over the aggregate of the
appropriations made by the 1egisla-
ture of 1911 for the ensuing biennial
period. It approximates $9,00O,000.
This is about $1,000. 900 larger than it
was two years ago. And while this
comparison might have a tendency to
suggest that the appropriations for the
coming biennium are excessive such is
far from being the fact. Indeed, the
last legislature will properly go down
in history as having been an economi-
cal one, in which painstakins care and
much labor were devoted to keep the
appropriations down to bedrock.
The whole fact of the matter is that
Kansas is growing, and wonderfully
fast So are all of its institutions, ed
ucational, charitable, eleemosynary.
penal and otherwise. Tt is ridiculous
to think that the expenses of conduct
ing these institutions developing them
along proper lines so that they can
meet the demands made upon them,
can he held down to the amounts
which have been adequate in the past.
If that were possible the state would
soon outgrow each and every agency
it needs for the conduct of its affairs,
ana the result would be chaotic. The
poor, the blind, the manned, the un-
fortunate insane. the criminals and all
classes of state charges could not be
taken care of as they should. The
magnificent state educational institu-
tions would wallow around in a decline
that would be pathetic.
Then, too. as the state grows in pop
ulation and develops in all other par
ticuIars, it's needs become greater in
variety of ways. State activities that
were not dreamed of a quarter of
century and less ago have to be un-
dertaken. These new state adventures
cost money. But they are necessary.
If they are conducted in the right way
their return will be ten-fold. They
will make life even more the worth
while living in Kansas.
Taking all these things into con-
sideration, it would have been unusual
if the appropriations for tn next two
years had not been larger than were
those of two years ago. Smaller ap-
propriations would have been nothing
more than a legislative announcement
that so far as the appropriating power
of the state was concerned, Kansas had
reached a point where its progress
was going to be halted. The state
might grow in population, its agricul-
tural pursuits might be extended, it's
manufacturing industries increased
but it was not proposed to keep the
state institutions and agencies Of all
sorts abreast Of the times. And for
how long would the population IN
crease, would it's agricultural achieve
ments become larger, would its I'M
portance as a manufacturing center
grow, If the state decided to deny fur
ther development of its institutions or
refused to extend the aid that it should
in all directions? To ask the question
is to answer 1t.
The state appropriations are con-
siderably larger than they were two
years ago. But the increase is needed.
And the increase sounds tho triumph
ant note that Kansas is marching on.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
FROM OTHER PENS
RENAISSANCE on oRAToRY.

Time was when in every southern
school, no matter how remote, the
scholars were taught the art of decla-
nation. We had great speakers in
those days. declaiming boys who grew
into splendid orators. 1t was said that
in the Army of Northern Virginia
there were hundreds and hundreds of
men who could have delivered i'm
promptu addresses of great eloquence
ON almost any subject In the days be-
fore the war we used to send to Wash
ington real orators, and they practical
ly ruled the country.
In the era of reconstruction, the art
of oratory necessarily fell into disuse.
We have paid for it over and over
again. Within the last 20 years, how
ever. there has been a notable adj
vance. The art of public speaking has
again come into its own, SO to say,
and our schools and colleges are giving
it the attention which is its due.
A cynic once remarked that orators
have always been their country's ruin.
That statement is not wholly incorrect.
In fact, the object of our present train
ing is to produce men who cannot only
speak well but can also think clearly.
An orator is a peril if he sways people
away from common sense, but there is
nothing incompatible in logic and ora
tory. The orator must be a man of
imagination, Of creative force. but
there is no reason why he should not
be a practical person at the same time.
Charleston News and Courier.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New york Press.l

IFrom the New York Press.1
Spending money is a habit even with
those who haven't 9ny.
1t costs heap to raise children. but
it seems to cost about as much not to.
There's a great deal more TO the
weather than a subject for polite con-
vcrsation when You are out in it and
it's stormy.
A woman doesn't think about wheth-
er clothes become her; her whole mind
is bent upon whether they are in FASH
iO.i, becoming or not.
VIXEN a man remembers he dida't pay
you back money you lent him and
comes to apologize for forgetting it, it's
a sign he's got nothing else for you.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
Derby Winner Must Die.

Many lovers of horses, to say Moth
ing of vast army of racing men,
sportsmen, and other race track fire.
quenters, probably will remember that
the great race horse Volodyovski won
the English Derby in 1901. The ami
NAL is still alive, but under sentence
of death. He is to be shot.
The sentence of death was pro-
nounced by woman, Lady Meux, who
died recently. Volodyovski belonged
t. her, and is at the horse breeding
establishment at Theobald park, the
historic residence at Waltham Cross
which Lady Meux bequeathed to Sir
Hedworth Lambton. BY the provisions
of her will the horse breeding estab-
1ishment at Theoba1d park is to be
maintained until Vo1odyovski has
reached an age when he can no longer
+. of service. Then the career of the
famous race horse is to be quickly
ended with a bullet through the brain.
This is to be done at Lady Meux's re-
quest, because she considered that to
shoot the animal would be preferable
to having it pass into other hands or
to suffer 1t to linger on when over
taken by old age.
Lady Meux also directed in her will
that all carriage horses and any dogs
unfit for use or of no value are to be
kept as pensioners or shot. For the
maintenance of her pet dogs, number
ing about a dozen, $1.25 each per
week is provided.-New York World
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

Is it not time that substantial help be
given?
The Chinese may be yellow. They
may be ignorant. But they are
humans. That most horrible of deaths.
starvation, threatens the lives of mill
lions of them. Are they not worthy of
help in their dire dilemma? Are they
not entitled to it? It will be to the
eternal shame of civilization if this
famine is not checked.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

E. T. Fairchild. state superintendent
of public instruction, says that no leg
islature passed so many good school
laws as did the one which has just
gone out of existence. It probably
won't be long before the people of the
whole state wake up to a realization
OF the fact that no legislature passed
so many good laws on all subjects.
And what abuse the legislators got
from almost all sides while the ses-
sion was in progress.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
The unusually large Z

The unusually large number of
women who have registered to vote in
the local municipal primaries and cleo
tion is all the more remarkable in
view Of the fact a woman has to con-
fess to be at least 21 years old before
ske is qualified to have her name
placed on the registration books.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

on the father and mother. It shows
the generosity of Topekans and their
willingness always to lend a helping
hand whenever the opportunity pre-
sents itself. A city with such people
is a good. place for any one to have
homo
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

Miss Sylvia Pankhurst. of England,
who has been styled as one of the
most militant suffragettes. did not
talk that way in her Topeka speech.
She insisted that it would be woman's
wit and not her violence which would
finally win out in this cause. This is
the course that the American women
have been pursuing and they have
made much greater headway than
have their sisters in the land of King
George and Premier Asquith.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

Men seem to be just about as free
to change their minds as are the wo-
men. The employees of the express
companies in and about New York
city have been in the habit during the
past couple of months of going on a
strike every week or ten days and then
declaring it off before it gets well un-
der Vay
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

So much attention has been attract
ed of late by the rebellion in Mexico
that scarcely a word is printed in the
newspapers about the revolutions in
South and Central American coun-
tries. This may be the means of
bringing those affairs to an end. It's
possible that not many of them would
be begun If it were not for the no
toriety that their ringleaders expected
to get out of them.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

A new law passed by the Nevada
legislature makes it more convenient
than ever for the prospective divor-
Gees who flock to that state. It pro-
vides that in maintaining the neces-
sary six months residence in the state,
those seeking divorces do not have to
stay there continuously during that
period. They can leave the state in
the interim in case of need.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

According to the Washington Star,
the most important and difficult prob
lem is to devise some method of elect
ing senators who will not prove un-
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

Representative Victor Murdoch pre-
diets that the next congress will be a
highly spectacular affair. If it is
more so than was the last two ses-
sicns of the Sixty-flrst congress it will
certainly have to go some.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

The harem skirt is an Improvement
on the hobble skirt. At least, so says
DR. Mary Walker. But then DIR. Mary
has worn trousers for so long that she
is hardly qualified to express an un-
prejudiced opinion on any kind of a
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21
popular.

Nobody had any idea there were so
many real sports in the capital city
of Kansas until wrestling exhibitions
began to draw large crowds here once
a week
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

The highest patriotism that has yet
been exhibited by man was that dis
played by a chef at a New York col
lege who refused to make orange sher-
bet as a dessert for the evening meal
at the institution on st. Patrick's day.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-21

Nothing quite so fine has happened
IN Topeka in long time as the eag-
erness with which the people Of this
city have rushed to the aid of that
little family of three who had been
cvertaken by dire poverty because of
illness which had laid a heavy hand