The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
KANSAS CoAMENT

REPUBLICAN RIVER INSURGENT
The Republican river in Cloud
county is decidedly insurgent- 1t
broke through its bikes and flooded
farms Tor two miles in either direc-
tion.-K- c. Star.
Yes. the Republican live- is now
truly insuFgent. Its rise came through
unnatural conditions. 1t became so in
fatuated with its procedure that 1t
went crazy with ideas. 1t walked right
over conditions that have held it with
IN its bounds and kept it in the best or
condition for years. 1t flooded the low
lands and then began encroaching
upon the highlands. The latter OBJ
jected, Providence interfered and
stopped the fireworks. 1t has even
gone so far as to charge it's course
and damage conditions that were at
their best usefulness. The idea seemed
peculiar and it kent on going. But
there is a limit and the old. Republi-
can, like the insurgents, will soon be
over the rampage and Wid maneuver-
ings and get back to a sound and
smooth flowing channel. These floods
come at different intervals. They
can not be helped, except to allow
them to run their course. You may
dixie them and dam them and do
everything else to stop them. but like
a wild man they go rushing on, not
caring what or who or when they
strike. They serve their purpose. how
ever, which is to be seen and heard.
Yes. the Republican river is insurgent
now, but when the mud that was slung
is washed away, and the surface and
current of the real stream is seen, it
will be clearer and stronger than ever
and go merrily on until the next flood
time comes.-Concordia Blade.
WHERE ARE THE MOTHERS?
Every city in the United States has
its quote of Beulah BinfQrds-young
women reared on the streets, permit
ted the indulgences of every childish
whim, unwarned or unmatched by
mother, untaught in the right or wrong
Of conduct, says Perlee Burton in his
Joplin News.
81 never had a chance to be good"
walled Beulah Binford. My mother
did not look after me-" Any night
you choose you may walk down Main
street and look into the faces of doz-
ems Of girls who are getting their edu-
cation in the school of Beulah Bin
ford, Mr.. Burton goes on to say. They
go and come at will, appear on the
street unescorted and unchaperoned.
Their education in the schools is linn
tied, they rarely go to church or come
in contact with softening and refining
influences. At heart they are not bad
girls. If they were never called upon
to face temptation, theJ might pass
through the world fairly worthy ana
respectable members of society.
1t is the girl of this stripe that falls
easily into the wiles of men like Henry
Clay Beattie-young fellows of some
money and little principle. The lure of
the joy ride, of the theater lights, of
late suppers at a fiashy cafe, all of
these things appeal to these girls as
the joy of life. 1t is not always that
they end in places of disrepute. Some
times they pass through every danger
unscathed. More often .ney lead the
life of Beulah Binford. not exactly a
social outcast. but bearing names that
carry a cloud of suspicion. 1t is this
class of femininity, fast but not Who'll
ly disreputable. that breaks up homes
and causes heart aches. The Beulah
Binford stripe is TOO eommon-Em-
poria Gazette.