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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
STUDYING SCHOOL CHILDREN

So characteristic of the present year
are school inquiries that 1911 is certain
to 80 down in history as marking a
change in the attitude of American
educators toward their working ma
terial-their pupils and their publics,
writes William H. Allen III the Survey
The nearly 29,000OO0 children registered
this fall If public, parochial, and pri-
vate schools will be studied, understood
and helped as never before.
Montciair, n. j., a city of 100000 has
just published the important results Of
a four days study by Prof. Paul H.
Hanus. The National Bureau OF Ed
ucation has made public the results Of
a months study of Baltmores schools
by DR.. Elmer E. Brown, former United
states commissioner of education, Prof.
Elwood P. Cubberley and Calvin N.
Kendall.
Special reports on Investigations of
The business management of the Cleve-
land and St. Louis schools will soon be
published. State Commissioner How
ell Cheney, a manufacturer profiting
from efficiency tests, has set the ma
chirery of number of Connecticut
cities toward seIf-analysis and has pub
lished some valuable bulletins. This
~ los tiA 81 Ai
the insurgent-s National Educa-
ton : siation at San Francisco, and
it appropriated no less than $4,000 for
several school inquiries
The iayman who has not tried to
learn which children fail of promotion
will be surprised when told that in all
probability his school superintendent
has no idea what proportion of the
children in each grade are not promo
ted and the probable reasons If you
viii look at your school report, you will
probably find that the total number of
children on the rolls during the year is
put in one column, and the total not
promoted, if given at all, in another,
and that is all you are told. The study
of retardation which is now sweeping
the country finds out the total number
of possibilities of promotion after sub
tracing the deaths, removals from the
city, etc. " men, in this manner, the
nonpromotions are obtained. investiga-
tors try to learn the relation of physi
cal defects to nonpromotions, how
many children are over age for their
class or under age, how many have
failed once only or twice or more than
twice, a I'd perhaps III what subjects and
with what teachers failures are high
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

my sleep. and that the college chap
don't She says that snoring IS vul-
gar. More desperation.
This book will be found on my per-
son. Let it be my excuse for what L
am abuot to do Amelia, let he con-
science be thy punishment
With the ending of the record jim
blew out the candle, hung up the lam
tern and sat down on a bag Of feed
and was silent.
Jim, did you mean to shoot me ~
asked Mr.. Davis.
YES, meant to blow you all to bits!
Just wait heres till I come back
from the house.
He went to his chamber, packed his
things, wrote a short note to the farm
er as to where to send the wages due
him and got back to the barn without
being seen. Jim hadn't moved off the
bag.
other entered
Yes"
Did you bid Amelia Goodbye"
mo-
Didn't give her hand one long,
last squeeze ?"
Il didn't even see her"
And you won't come back or
write?'
Neither
''Then-then-' said Jim as he
rose and advanced-'then--
And he kissed the college chap on
the cheek and the other felt. as he
headed away in the darkness, that the
hired mans eyes were wet with tears
-(Copyright, 1911, by Associated Lit
erary 'Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News-l
Much of the good advice handed you
won't hold water
Being willing helps some. but it is get
ting busy that counts.
No doubt there are cheerful givers-but
did you ever see one2
A woman's love letter is two-thirds
imagination and one-third hysteria.
In order to live man must work
even if he only works somebody else
Necessity is the mother Of invention
and matrimony is the mother of conten-
ton.
It takes a diplomatic liar to make peo-
pie sit around with open mouths when
he talks.
You can please almost any mother by
praising her children and roasting those
of her neighbor.
It sometimes happens that love is salts
fled with a cottage-located at a fashion
able summer resort.
Every married woman is satisfied that
she could name the crankiest man in the
world if called upon to do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
LOUGHAREEN1A.

Loughareema, Loughareerna,
Lies so high among the heather,
little Tough. dark Tough.
The watherS black and deep
Ould heronS go a-fishing there,
And saygulls altogether
Float around the one green island
And the fairy Tough asleep.
Ioughareema, Ioughareema,
When the sun goes down at seven,
When the hills are dark and airy,
tbs a curlew whistles sweet;
Then something rustles all the reeds
That stand so thick and even,
a little wave runs up the shore,
And fees as If on feet.
MORA O'Neill, in the Living Age
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
EY The WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

according to Virginia state laws, re
porters will not be permitted to view
the last commissions of Hon Beautle.
In other words, local newspapers will
not be permitted to print the last
chapter of the Beattie case, and out
side reporters will be compelled to fake
the death scene. The laws of Virginia,
on TINS subject, are an injustice to the
local papers; they are prohibited from
printing details, and as the great, good,
rational public demands all that IS
morbid, the million-and-sOme- odd in
habitantS of Virginia will pass up the
home papers and read the imported
fakes in New York and Cincinnati pa
pers, knowing, the while, that not one
reporter, of any paper, was on the JOB.
A red-hot dispatch from New York
gives minute details of the sad acct
dent to J. Pierp Morgan; it seems that
While acting in his favorite capacity
a collector of connie stumbled over
ed the contents of the contribution
plate. The reporter, no doubt, hurdled
half a dozen pews in getting out and
acquainting the public with the de
tails-and he was justified. 1t was
worth top head and cable tolls to
Europe-aS the first instance on record
wherein ]. Pierp ever dropped legal
tender after getting his hands en- it.
One may observe, from morning adj
vertisements, that the corner of Eighth
and Jackson street is the headquar-
tiers of the king of Topeka AND,
comma, it is generally understood that
an attempt will be made to locate the
Gear of Kansas" at the same address.
The Topeka preacher who got space
near pure reading matter by appear
ing in the pulpit clad in overalls and
jumper, has started something. We
may confidently look for a number of
preachers to appear in 'rompers,
Buster Browns" or kimonas next
Sunday.
Notice to theater-goers When you
so to the barefoot show, it is not nee
essary to grab a program; you can spot
Gertie aoffman with ease. Rules for
picking her out of the cast: She is the
one with the fewest; being the Star. she
Will not permit any other member of
her company to out-strip her.
To the football query: whats the
matter with Kansas would venture;
there seems to be too blamed many Ole
on the Nebraska.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

casper Robing, farmer. Ct Ricb
iield, miles from Bloomfield. n. +
S.ccl9ehtdlly shot himself in the Ieff
henQ and at the same time lrflio,5 .
mink which had been hiding in p iar,s
tutt of grass near by sea- %
Fer 1me time Mr.. Robling has hoo,
inss ~ cnlckens, ana discovered the
ing vengeance on everything and sg@,
tnihg as ne left the coop. he sniei =
neignbor's dog crossing a field adiot."
s sltsvt illS yaru. He got his shotgun ano
PED en- some underbrush. ami as he f iP
the gun was discharged aud sew
S s..e entered his hand. As he arose - -.
- 49, nc saw lying in front of him,
Ie re aud portion of The csr,' me
OF MS prize rooster.-Rloonrfiei 5 n -
olspatch to Chicago Inter-Ocean. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
KANSAS COMNENT


= -
The parent who gives TO a child too
many commands coupled with threats
that are not executed, soon teaches the
child that the commands need not be re-
garded nor the threats feared.
The same principle applies to states
ana their Lawmakers. New laws and
changes in laws enacted faster than the
people are ready to receive. obey and
execute these laws teach the people Of
that state lawlessness, and a disregard
regarded and disobeyed. why not any or
all of them? Individual will supersedes
statutory enactment as the rule of action.
Two weeks ago the Burlingame Chron-
icle gave a list Of more than twenty KAN
sas laws, some of them good ones. which
are without force or effect because the
people do not obey them. and no one
thinks of enforcing them And the Chron-
icle only told half the stOry-there are
scores of others.
Senator Curtis IN his recent speech at
Eldorado. on this line. cited the Kansas
law forbidding under penalty any farmer
to permit the Russian thistle TO grow
upon his land or in the road in front OF
his land Farmers in western Kansas are
cultvatinE Russian thistles In open def
ance Of this law, having found that they
make excellent hay IL cut before the
prickly sDines harden.
The point we wish to emphasize IS this.
1t is high time public sentiment I'm Kansas
was shifting from the making of many
new laws, to the repeal of bad and usc-
less laws, the simplification of good laws
and respectful obedience to all laws
Douglass Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
PROOFS AND ms COMET.

1IkO0lNS AND HIS COMET.
Brooks comet ought to have "A guardian.
1T goes rampsing and trapsing around
over the sky in the small hours OF the
the realm with his debts paid 10 SCOTS
hither also thither. in the long watches
and is unstable.
Comets didn't formerly do that way.
Time was, when the United States had
one of these heavenly visitors, Il was
slow and polSy as "A y. NJ. G.. a. chess
game. The naked eye couldn't see any
movement whatever.
New Brooks comet is here and there
and almost anywhere that you don't cN-
pect 1t should settle down and behave.
spot and can be depended upon TO be
there when you look But the Brooks
brand forgets it's duties and goes sSylark-
ing around. up and down the milky way.
flirting with Venus and making Jupiter
SO jealous he wants to fight Mars And
the veriest newcomer in the heavens
knows he would have to take the count
Of ten if he did that
II is just "a few mornings ago that this
comet was foolng around in The rlddy
glow of the morning sun. III that IS all
lowed there won't be enough left Of % to
talk about. 1t has swished around so
much recently that it has "a split tail and
anyone that knows anything about them
is aware that it isn't good for "a comet to
go into the cold Of winter nights with its
caudal appendage fractured.
Il Mr.. Brooks has any influence ha
should see to IL that his namesake is
looked after little and, II IL is going to
stay out late at nights. IL should be made
to get in an hour or so. anyway. before
the sun comes uD--Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NOALL.

When the ducks fly south is Harry
North?
(Say, Mr.. Leader! A little of that
Liza crossing the ice music, if you
please)
If a dog bites, does a catnip?
(Hush, childi The shoema ker's
breathing his last)
When a player loves his racquet.
does the tennis court?
(Three strikes! You're out)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Nobody ever runs out of material to
worry about
Another thing that doesn't accom-
plish much is faultfndipg.
y <
Once in a while you'll find person
who is fat and glad Of it.
Almost every man thinks some other
trade or calling is preferable to his Own.
X
Apologizing to man Tor giving him
q black eye doesn't reduce the swelling
any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
hUNOR or TIE DIP

Did you know" said the excited
friend, that your wife had elopcd with
your chauneur2' TOO badr' exclaimed
Mr. Flimgilt. THE recklessness OF these
chauffeurs is something awfulr'-Wash-
ington Star.
TN give you day to get. out Of tha
town. You must think I'm as slow az
the town, judge"-Judge
You must follow my directions i'm,
plcitly,' he said. handing him "a sn1a
vial Of liquid. You are to take thrse
crops IN water every four hours. q" Three
iateq the patient in a bewildered mannsr
and I'm an aviatorr'-Lippincot Wag
azine. -aita-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

Some of the influential Germans are
angry over the settlement of the
Morocco question They think that
France got the best of the bargain.
There is really no excuse, though, for
any anger on the part of the Ger
mans. even if France did come out
ahead. AS a matter of fact, Germany
had absolutely no rights in Morocco,
and the Germans should consider it
fortunate that they came out of the
conversation with as nauch in their
me-bag as they obtained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

DIR. Wiley has begun a crusade to
have absinthe banished from the
United States. Protests from New Or
leans will be forthcoming Immediately
The Oldest saloon in the United States
the famous Absinthe House, is located
there, and as its name implies, it
makes a specially of the liquor that
has helped to make so many French
man ezra tic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

J. b Kelsey. superintendent of edu-
cation for Leavenworth county, makes
the excellent suggestion that the state
text book commission should be select
ed from the rank and file of the com
nor school workers. because they are
best fitted to choose the most service
able text books. Certainly the text
book commission should advise with
the teachers in the selection of these
hOolxS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

Packey Mcfarland. one of the prom
inent pugilists, has been forced into
fight against a damage suit for $4,000
for breach of promise. A Chicago girl
is in the other corner of the ring.
And if Packey goes down and out it
viii be put up to a distinguished judge
to count the fatal ten
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

Monotony Point. Mass, doesn't seem
to be that way. No less than three
vessels were in serious distress off it
the other day. That ought to have
provided little excitement, at least,
for the villagers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

Pretty soon now and it Will hardly
be in order to refer to the women as
the weaker sex" Mayor Shank Of
Indianapolis announced that he pro-
posed to appoint a couple of women
to the police force. So many women
are applying for the jobs that the
mayor has to sneak into his offices
through back door to avoid the mob
of applicants hanging around the city
hall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

That shock which was registered on
the x. L. seismo graph early Saturday
morning was probably a prognostica-
ton of the proceedings on McCook
field later in the dav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

DIR. David Brainerd Spooner. of Ben
gal. India. is the bravest man in the
world. He proposes to marry Miss Col
ton, of East Hampton. Mass. Miss Col
ton is distinguished for being able to
talk in fifty-four languages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

More trouble for the dove of peace.
The suffragettes of England have de-
rIared another war in their struggle for
their rights
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

And the mine disasters in this coun-
try continue to roll up longer lists of
casualties than are being reported
from any of the battles that are oc-
curing these days in various corners
of the earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

Individual drinking buckets for
horses is the latest thing in that line
It appears that the old-fashioned
common watering troughs are breed
ing places for glanders' germs. ILdi-
vidual padding ponds for ducks will
be the next thing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

Girls have finally taken UP the play
ing of football. They ought to shine
exceptionally we'll in the kicking end
of the game
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

A surprising amount of deafness has
developed. or rather, been found
among the veniremen called for the
Mcnamara trial. But men can
scarcely be blamed for stretching a
point to evade jury duty in this case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

There are as many surprises in foot
bali as in baseball. on the dope"
Yale should have walked away with
Princeton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

Not only does labor pay for every
thing, a Champ Clark pointed out in
his speech before the Transmississippi
congress. but it pays considerably more
than its just share.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
or THE ASSOCIATED Press

Caruso has come back He can
sing as well as ever. Great is the
joy. presumably. in the monkey house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21


The more we think of the Kansas
City newsbOy episodes in Topeka, in
connection with the present sale of the
noon clifton and the ether editions of
the Journal. the less inclined is
the wrir~ TO condemn the newsboys;
but the effort to corrupt the newsboys,
for that is what it was, IS to be con-
demned.
Here is the situation. The State Jour
nal engaged four expert newsboys at
their own plice, $50 per day and ex-
penses, and some commissions, paid
their railroad fare tc Topeka from
Kansas City. and engaged to pay their
hotel room and board while here and
return fare.
These four boys are Harry Miller,
Paul M,lrdcck, David Pearl and Frank
Conley. soon after their arrival here,
tne Topeka Capital, through a party
named Wilson. circulation man, (and it
is believed, without the knowledge or
specific authority of Arthur CaDper.
the publisher, who is broad minded
enough to lie above such methods) I'M
dertook to get these four boys away
from the State Journal
The Topeka Capital offered the boys
a dollar a day more than they agreed
to work for the State Journal, and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-27
P~OST=SEASON
GAMES IN CUBA
5000

Some statistics on the attendance and
The amounts of money taken in at the
gnmes in Cuba with the United States
League clubs is interesting. In 1905,
when the Reds were down there, they
played to 3S,407 people and the receipts
We're $19, 1886. During the present win
ter three teams from the States made
the trip south. The New Britain team
Of the Connecticut State League. the
club on which Marsans and Alrneida
played, was the first team over. and
they played to 25,714 people in twelve
games and took in 1924. The Phila-
delphia team followed and they played
nine games before 1851 people to s17,-
S76. The Giants topped them all. how
ever, FOR they drew 5s.s63 people, and
the receipts were 2s,4S1 in twelve
games. This was not the largest
amount played to. for the Detroits.
aftorf losing the worlds championship
in 1909, invaded the little isle and
played to 81, 1875 people, taking In $685.
ais,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-27
Forty=fye BowIers Appeared
Last Night in Spite of
Rain and Season.

Nothing particularly sensational oe-
CURED last night in the STAR head
pin nan on the ~Iroquois bowl
ing alleys. The fact that, however,
there were forty-five bowlers to turn
out on an altogether unpleasant night
during holiday week was a clear in
dication that the headpin bowling
tournament as conducted by the STAR
Is decidedly popular.
The very last bowler to perform last
night, this being Vile, Of the West
Side Juniors, came nearest to captur-
ing one Of the watchfobs offered by
the STAR to those who roll scores OF
100 or better. Vile was there for 80.
He started with a miss and then came
through with three good hits for nine
pins each. An "eight" followed, and
then three strikes were handed in.
The good work resulted In a tally of 81
in the eleventh box. The last
bali that he sent down the alley was
a well-delivered one and reached the
headpin. Only eight pins fell down.
however, and Vile finished just one
shy of the century mark. The scores
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-27
ATHLETES WHO Are ALMOST SURE OF OLYMPICS
Craig, Jack Eiler and Jones
Scarcely Can Be Beaten
Out.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-It's a trife
early to be forecasting selections for
the team that will represent the United
States at the Stockholm Olympic
games, but there are three young
Americans at least who seem certain
of being selected for the events in
which they have specialized.
Surely 1t would be difficult to find
a better miller thar John Paul Jones,
the famous Cornell runner and the
University of Michigan, appear to make
him the logical candidate for the job
of UNFOLDING Uncle Sans athletic re-
nown in the dashes. Craig has done
the 100-yard dash in 9 As seconds and
the 220 in 81 10 seconds. In the low
hurdles ]. J. Eller, of the Irlsh-Ameri-
can A. c., New York, looms up as the
most formidable American. His 220-
yard time is "a AS seconds. Jones's
best time for the mile run is 4 minutes
Is % seconds.
Arthur Duffy, the one-time great
sprinter, has picked an All-American
team which he suggests would make a
splendid nucleus for the aggregation
which this country will send to Sweden.
Beside LH6 three ileH HdLicu, Duliy .
selections are as follows:
d B. Young, Amherst and Boston A.
A, 440-yard run, As 4-5s.
NJ. w. Sheppard, Irish-American A.
c., Ss0-yard run, I'M. % Abs,
George Bonhag, Irish-American A.
c., ive-mile run, 24m. SIS.
Lewis Scott, South Paterson, 10-mile
run, 53m. 20s.
F. A. Chisholm, Yale, 12o-yard hur-
dies, 10 2-5s.
F. Kaiser, New York A. c., one-mile
walk, I'm. IS.
H. Grumpfelt, New York A. c., high
jump, 6 TT. 3A in.
A. l.. Guterson, Boston A. A, run
ming broad jump, % TT. II in.
Matt McGrath (unattached), 5%6-pound
weight, 40 TT. 8 6-S in.
Matt McGrath (unattached), hammer
throw, 17S TT. 4 in.
d. F. Aherne, Chicago, hop, step and
jump, 81 IT. ga in.
Martin Sheridan, Irish-American A.
c., discus throw, al fl. 4 in.
o. Snedigar. San Francisco, javelin
throw, 1866 TT.
P. Mcdonald, Irish American A. C.,
shotput, As TT. 11% in.
E. 7. Cook, Cleveland, pole vault. II
#. 6 in.
William Kramer. Long Island A. c.,
cross-country, SIM. 9s.
F. Thompson, Chicago, all-around
champion.
Clarence DeMar, North Dakota, A.sA.
marathon champion.
Jim Thorpe, Carlisle Indian school,
pentathon event.
Plat Adams, New York A. c., dec
athlon event.