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The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
Salaries in Parliament.

Another constitutional change is
about to be effected in Great Britain,
only little less significant than the
impending deposition of the house of
lords from its coordinate rank and the
abolition of the hereditary principle III
its composition. This is the payment
of salaries to members of the, house of
commons There has been much
academic debate of the subject for
years past, and the labor members
have consistently favored the payment
Of salaries, but it has not been sup
posed that the change would be made
for many years yet, if at all. Mr.. Lloyd
George, however, has unexpectedly in
troduced into the budget for this year
a. clause providing for the immediate
establishment of the salary system,
and it is to be assumed that it will be
promptly enacted. The unionists, are
largely opposed to it, but they are in 4
minority in the house of commons:
and, of course, under the principles Of
the parliament bill which Is now being
pushed to enactment the house of lords
has nothing to say on the subject, not
even to the extent OF imposing a sus-
pensory veto.
1t will, of course, not do to say that
the chancellor of the exchequer Is
catering to labor and socialist support,
or that he is trying to dish" those
parties by stealing their issues. 1t is
true that they have advocated this
measure: but it is equally true that the
salary system prevails elsewhere uni
versally wherever there are parlia-
ments. and that it is as strongly sup
ported by conservatives as by radicals.
In reichstag and reichsrath, in cham
Der of deputies and in boule, in con-
gress and in legislatures, and, most
significant of all, in the parliaments OF
the self-governing colonies, which form
SO important parts of the British em-
pire itself, salaries are paid as mat
ter of course, and nobody thinks of
proposing their abolition The mother
of parliaments'' stands singular and
alone in unpaid service of her mem
bers. In these circumstances 1t would
be absurd to regard Mr.. Lloyd Georges
proposition as a startling innovation or
as a supine concession to socialism or
to radicalism. The weight of example
is on its side as practical feature OF
the parliamentary system generally ac-
cepted practiced, and approved
throughout the world.
The adoption of the system will
nevertheless mark a great and little
short Of revolutionary change in the
house of commons, and therefore in the
British government.-New York Trt-
bI10a
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
BUSINESS SURE TO PICK UP.

That it won't be great while before
there will be something material in
the way of activity in the business
world is the well founded opinion Of
many who are students of trade and
finance. Henry Clews, the New York
banker and broker, and one of the au-
thoritative economists of the coun-
try. is one of them. In his current
weekly review he discussed this topic
as follows:
General business. 1t is true, has not
yet shown appreciable increase in vol
ume, and the iron and steel industry
seem sto be awaiting to some extent
on the result Of the congressional in
vestigation, that is now in progress.
of the position and influence of the
United States Steel corporation. The
market has been temporarily influ-
enced from time to time during the
week by reports that the governm ent
had decided upon legal actions in con-
nection with the operations of the
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
AGE OF MARRIAGE.

For various reasons educational So
cial, economic, girls nowadays do not,
as q rule, marry as young as was Gus
tomary, say 100 years ago. Many a
grandmother and greatgFandmother OF
the present generation is written down
in the family Bible-they had family
Bibles then-as a bride at 16 or even
younger. Today, by common consent.
the girl who marries at 16 is regarded
as having made a mistake. 1t is gen.
orally recognized that she is too much
of a child properly to assume matri-
monial responsibilities. But there is
not common agreement in regard to 20
as more suitable age than 20 for that
of a bride. and is never likely to be
while young men and maidens meet
and decide these things for themselves.
Nor is it by any means certain that
there is any special wisdom in fixing
the limit of 25 years, even on the
ground that the girl is better able to
choose a husband at that age than at
18. 1t is doubtless quite true that at
% the man who caught her fancy at
Is might not please her, but on the
other hand, if she had married him at
IS she might be entirely satisfied with
him at 25 and for the rest Of her life,
being under his influence, developing
with him and her fancy not straying
in other directions as If she were sin
gle Probably majority OF husbands
and wives would have married other
wise than they did had they postponed
natrimony five or ten years. yet 1t is
by no means certain that they would
have chosen more wisely or happily
indianapolis Star
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
QUAKER MEDTrATIoNs.
LFron the Phila

[FTon the Philadelphia Record.1
Is an air brake a necessary adjunct to
flying machine?
The bonds of natrimony are not al
ways gilt-edge securities.
Most of US can find fault without the
aid of a search warrant.
No Maude. dear, the gilded youth is
seldom the one who belongs TO guild
No woman is such gossip as to repeat
the mean things she knows about herseif.
What will people think?" is the key
note of much that passes for repentance
Some men rise so in their own estima-
ton that the altitude positively makes
them dizzy.
Some people are not satisfied to collect
their own thoughts. They want to collect
the thoughts of others.
Too many of US have an idea that the
things that make life worth living are
the things other people have.
Nell-"I never know how to take Mr..
Addlepate" Belle-s'That doesn't worry
me: I don't want him, anyhow
BIobbs-'Bjones lost all his money
gambling" EIobbs-"Yes, bucking the
tiger has frequently brought the wolf TO
the DOOR.
Popularity depends upon how well you
treat your friends.'' remarked the Wise
Guy. And how often" added the Simple
Mug.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l


Any kind of a ride is comfortable to a
boy.
Some people never hear or talk of any
thing but grief.
Some people would rather jack you up
than find you were right.
1t may be said for the dog that he
doesn't enjoy dogs days very well.
lazy mule accomplishes a good deal
more than an energetic pup
An appetite that Graves green apples of
cholera morbus tendencies. is too good.
The last strawberries are almost as
much of a disappointment as the first
cantaloupe.
Only a few wives love their husbands
enough to accuse them of working too
hard.
Old men are sure a man is not as old
as he looks, and hope he is not as old
as he feels
The mule has his faults. but an auto
mobile has never been required to haul
him to town.
No folding bed was ever so constituted
as to form very correct imitation of
anything else.
.Cottonseed oil may not be the equal of
olive oil, but those who have tried it, say
1t tastes just as bad.
When a man has firm determination
to go to the devil: his friends shouldn't |
detain him so much
Aside from the coat of tan, other coats
in hot weather add more to a mans
crouch than to his dignity.
When a woman compliments another
woman, 1t is q sign the other woman is
near enough to hear her.
One girl can't have much SUCCESS en-
tertainiDg two men at the same time,
even if she proves her popularity by try
ing.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
OF MUCH AND LITTLE.

In those pauses of life when one
lives in anticipation of some great ex-
perience to come. when all ones
thoughts are set ahead to a beyond
which is to be all bliss, the moments
ay, the days-slip past our numbed
minds all unnoticed, writes a contribu-
tor to the current Harper's Weekly It is
like feeling ones way along a dark
and narrow corridor to a blaze of light
at the farther end. All ones thoughts
and all ones attention are stretched to
the divine, far-off event." and the
golden moments of the present slip
through the sieve of time and are
lost. In the great intoxication of the
bliss to be, one has no heart for the
immediate, until some tiny incident,
some little precious object-the CLINT
of a jewel, the shadow of p dancing.
pointed leaf on q faded bit of brick
wall-ealIs one home to the present
and slowly it dawns upon one that
bliss is scattered equally over the
earth, and perfection may be found at
any corner If one look with a seeing
eye. After all. happiness does not con-
sist in a far-away feast. but in the
Adlly CRUST anu a Nho tSrs4A hNllC
CLEANS of JOY may mean as much as
one great stretch of bliss.
The best preparation for a great bliss
is to be very courteously observant.
day by day, of the little hlisses and the
little beauties that go by. Yes; the
shadow of the pointed leaf dancing
witchingly against the dull, old. sun
faded wall is a reminder not only to
live in the present moment, but in all
beauty to come. 1t is the little daily
hint to us that heaven is somewhere
near at hand, not so far lost but that
the veil that hides it from our clay
built eyes may some day be rent for
the full glow to fall upon us. And
meantime, lest our sight be too weak
to bear 1t when it comes. we exercise
our joy in the faint shafts that break
through upon us.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the chicago News. !

IFrom the Chicago News.l .r
Stick to your friends-but don't stick
them.
Duty calls the factory worker by blow
ing the whistle.
The man who marries his first love
misses lot Of fun.
If you don't know what is best to do,
play waiting game,
Dressmakers construct gowns with
trains, and they are often on time
Query-At what age does an unrna7-
ried woman cease to be romantic?
Unless you are very rich you cannot af-
ford TO have things given to you.
A mother thinks she's a born diplomat
If her daughter marries the man she Sc
lects.
A successful politician is one who
makes the people think they want what
he gives them.
When three or four women get togetf-
er the silence becomes so dense that IT
simply can't be heard.
1t does seem queer that most peopie
who live on the sunny side of Easy stree
are away from home so much es5t-s
Be philosopher. but don't be one of fthA
moony kind who ponder over Hfe's mvs
teries instead OF trying to earn living.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS.

Eventually the people of these Unit
ed States get what they desire in
matters political. Sometimes their
victories are distressingly slow in be-
ing brought about. But they come
, sooner or later, because this is a ma
tion that the people rule and recall
citrant congress or branch of it is
finally awakened to that fact. even if
it doesn't hear the alarm clock the
first time it goes off.
This has been the case in the mat
ter of paving the way for the direct
election Of United States senators. The
essential need for such a procedure
has been patent to the people for
some time. For a dozen or more
years they have been active in their
demands for it. On many occasions
resolutions providing for the amend
ment of the federal constitution SO as
to bring these direct elections about
have been presented to congress only
to be killed, Such resolutions gener-
ally managed to go through the house
of representatives, because the mem
bership of that body, with only two
year tenure of office, has always been
close to the people. The representa-
tives must needs keep their ears to
the ground if they desire continued
service in the house. And for this
reason the house of representatives has
generally been quickly responsive to
the will of the people in all things.
The senate has always been the
stumbling block in the way of bring
ing about his reform, but the senate
can never hold out always against
popular will, and the large majority
by which this direct election of sena-
tors resolution went through the SEN
ate the other day is all the evidence
that is needed of the force and stabil-
ity of a real popular government.
Despite the contentious of some of
the senators, who would never have
been elected to office If it had not
been for their cleverness in manipulat-
ing legislatures, and who will stand
a poor show of ever being returned to
the senate under the direct votes of
the people of their respective states,
there is nothing so radical and revolu
tionary about the plan. 1t destroys
nothing of the purposes of the corsti-
tuition in the matter of the creating
of the United States senate. The
states will have the same and equal
representation in that body that they
have always had. Merely the method
of choosing the senators is involved.
There is no doubt that more than
a sufficient number of the states will
ratify this proposed amendment to the
constitution. Many of them have
done SO already, but they will prob
ably have to go through the form
again to make this constitutional
amendment in perfectly regular fash
ion. And when the direct election
of senators prevails it will mean good
bye to such disgraces as the Lorimer
scandal. 1t will put the senate in
closer touch with the people and their
demands. And there cannot help but
be great profit to the administration
of the affairs of the nation and the
making of its laws.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
HUlNOR or THE Day

Ella-Has Fred called on you within the
last day or two? Stella-Yes; but why do
you aSk2 Ella-He told me only q few
days ago that was the only girl that he
had ever kissed, and told him to go and
get a reputation.-Puck.
Bill, the Scene-shifter, much against his
will, has been ''sent on in an emergency
as the dukes servant, with one line to
speak. BiIl-Yer grace, his ighness Is
without. The Duke-What say'st thou,
knave? Bill (greatly apnoyed)-You
'eard!-Throne.
Burbank has made the cactus fit for
food, hasn't he2" 81 believe so. Why2'
"I should like to see what he would do
with my wife'S biscuits. Houston Post.
WAS Helen's marriage a success2'
Goodness, yes. Why. she is going to
marry a nobleman on the, alimony."-
Judge.
The Old One-So you. wish to marry my
daughter, eh? Do you ever drink? The
Young Man-Thank you; not just at pres
ert Business before pleasure is my mot
to-Philadelphia Record.
Indignant Diner-Look here, walter; I
lust found a button in this dish of roast
turkey Calm Waiter-yes, sir; it's part
of the dressing.-Harper's Bazaar.
'sWhat's oratory. par" "It is something
whose decline everybody laments, but
which nobody would go across the street
to hear."-Puck.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press,l

IFTOm Ihe New IDfh FIesS,I
It's the big brag that gets the high
honors.
A woman can get an attack of the blues
Just for the fun Of it.
No substance in the world ever utterly
disappears except money.
All men look alike to girl except the
one she wants to marry.
The trouble with mutual admiration
society is that it is never mute.
Show US a man who never flatters HIM
self and we'll show you a man whom 1t
is impossible to flatter.
If a man can't think of anything more
boresome to do to you he Will try to
read you something funny out of q clip
ping he carries around.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Nearly all of the men who boast of
their bravery have never had 1t tested.
Is
4Iany persons merely extend favors
with the hope of getting three OF four
in return.
If most people actually followed their
own judgment, they'd make even more
mistakes.
Were the truth known. the June
brides have just as much trouble as
those of any other month.
Evidence that naming the baby is \
mighty hard job is to be found in the
names that most OF them bear.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
KANSAS COMMENT
BABY CULTURE MADE EASY.


The Kansas state board of health is
not cententing itself with swatting the
tiles. IL has also issued booklet
concerning baby culture. AS soon as a
birth Is reported to the state authori-
ties the Board sends to the proud par
ents one of these booklets which tells
now much baby ought to weigh at two
months old and what is the matter If
II doesn't. It will give specific renle-
DIES for the mix-up in the baby's call
endar which causes 1t to sleep all day
ana cry all night. 1t Will give the
symptoms of every known baby dis
ease from the collie to the gout-if the
BABY IS high roller in its habits. The
ratio between the voices of the infant
and the neighbours prize rooster are
recorded in the booklet so that the
fond mother can tell which noise she
hears at a. M, without rising. 1t
diagrams the exact location of the
teeth SO that papa will know whether
1T is an eye-tooth or an incisor that Is
trying to break through the irritated
membrane of the jaw and cause riot
and heartache and brings the napkin
rings and all other loose bric-a-brac
straight to the torrid mouth of poor
little wootSie.
The states new book is reputed to
be the most modern and up-to-the-
minute book of it's kind off the press.
1t Is calculated to make crazy parents
sane; to insure at least two hours of
sleep in each home each night in the
year including Sundays. 1t is COM
piled by the most experienced fathers
preparation innumerable sieepless
nights and muffled cuss words have
been spent. Fat babies grow lean
on its doctrines and lean babies "pick
up" remarkably fast as they absorb,
page by page, the instructions con-
tanned therein. No home should be
without this beautiful booklet. It will
furnish diversion while trying to hold
the baby and its bottle in one hand
and shake the rattle and hold the
book with the other.-Ottawa Herald.
HOT SUBJECT.
A Kansas woman dressed in mans
clothing was arrested at Chanute a
few days ago. Why can't a man wear
women's clothing or a woman mans
clothing without being liable to ar
rest? What is the difference what
is enough of it and it is paid for
Miami Republican.
We are surprised to hear Mr.. Grea-
son ask such a question. Now sup
pose there is no law against it and
Greason should conclude to deck him
self out in female attire and should
cap the business with an extreme
fashionable hat of the vintage of 1911
and-but subject is too narrowing
for contemplation to say nothing of
further plans and specifications.-
Holton Recorder.
We always supposed that modes
provided a topic exclusively of inter
est to women, and We are therefore
inexpressably shocked to find two well
known editors induiging in such foren-
sizes. We move that the subject be
laid off until the hot weather SUBJ
sides.--Wichita Eagle.
Wouldn't it be better to lay the
clothing off and don the subject p
Relville Telescope
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14

There is no telling what is likely
TO happen in the political arena.
Think OF i'll If it had not been for
the deciding vote of Vice President
sherman, Senator Bristow would have
lost out in his fight for the amendment
OF the direct election of senator's reso-
luton so that the federal government
will have supervision over such cleo
tions- With Bristow and Sherman get
ting on common ground, even on one
proposition, it is impossible to fore
cast any of the political alignments
of the future. And does this make
sherman a progressive, or Bristow q
staudpatter?
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14

A furious storm has just belabored
New York City and its vicinity for two
days, Five persons were killed as re-
suits of it and property was damaged
or destroyed to the extent of $1,000
600. The attention of the editors of
the weekly periodicals and monthly
magazines, who devote much of their
space to pictures and unfavorable
comment on every little storm that
passes through Kansas, is respectfully
directed to this New York storm.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
send cook to jain? Never.

When Clara Ferguson. 29 years oil /,
formerly cook in the employ of Mrs.
Alice K. Cole, was arraigned before
Judge Mulqueen, in the court of gen.
eral sessions. for sentence, Mrs. Cole.
from whom the girl pleaded guilty Of
stealing $500 worth of jewelry, made
such a strong plea for her that Judge
Muiqreen postponed sentence, and will
proba bly, let her go on a suspended
sentence.
This woman is such an excellent
cook, your honor" said Mrs. Cole "and
good cooks are so scarce, that it would
be a shame to send her TO the penitAn-
fiary"-New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
Well Informed.

The Londoner wished to be agree
able to his American acquaintance.
"Have you telephones in America ?"
he inquired.
"They were invented there"
Observation-Disclosures have you the
telegraph -
Its inventor was an American
Really"
The Londoner seemed put out,
somehow. But presently he recovered
his equanimity and blandiy remarked:
"Ah, but. anyhow, you have to give
England credit for inventing the Edi-
son iight."-New York Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
WHEN WE REGRET.

When we regret, the might-have-been
Is what is felt and heard and seen.
The wind is grieved that gayly blew,
The bird is dim that brightly ?ew
The grasses are no longer green,
With eyes that ache we strive to CLEAN
An ancient glory from the sheen
or sunsets that bereave the view
When We regret.
The nights are passive that were keen,
The days are drear that downward lean
70 places where the flowers are few,
And all is old that once was new,
No thoughts to gladden. intervene
When We regret.
-Alanson Tucker Schumann, in the Ros-
ton Transcript.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14

What is said to be one of the rarest
of Indian relics-a head of baked clay
has just been found in New Jersey.
But there are many heads wandering
about these days which might be clas
sitied in the same way that do not at
tract much attention-probably no
more than they deserve
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14

blame was not placed on the fly long
ago. A lot of valuable time and re-
search might be saved if the scientists
would gather in convention assembled
and pass resolution declaring the fly
to be the harbinger of all the Ills to
which human flesh is heir. The first
thing you know, the house fly will be
blamed for the crop failures.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14
For two or three years the develop

For two or three years the develop
ment and spread of infantile paralysis,
as well as a cure for It, hes completely
baf1ed the scientists in the medical
profession. But like a bolt of light
ming from q clear sky comes the an
nouncement that none other than the
house fly is responsible for the spread
of this dread disease. The only Pc
culiar thing about this is that the
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14

Foster Dwight Coburn, secretary Of
the Kansas department of agriculture,
has started crusade worth while, 1t
Is directed against the long-winded
public speakers. An army of Voiun-
teers to support this latest move of Mr.
Coburn's ought to spring into existence
over night
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14

Congressman Madison's suggestion
that the speeches in the house Of rep
resentatives should be limited to five
minutes each is point we'll made
And if such procedure could only be
forced ON the senate, maybe that body
would be able to transact little busi-
ness
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14

Ed Howe's plan to treat the people
of the central western states with free
band concerts during the summer of
1912 is certain to be popular with
them. If there is anything that most
people take a greater delight in than
6. first class band concert, it is a band
concert of that variety which is free.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14

Madero seems to be of mind to
count his chickens before they are
Matched. He is already picking out
the men who will serve on his cabinet
when he is formally elected president
of Mexico. That he will be Mexico's
future ruler appears to be foregone
CONCLUSION. But then in matters of this
Kind one never can tell Just what will
happen
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-14

Judge Sapp guesses that the squad
of spoilers being recruited in Topeka
for active service in Cherokee and
Montgomery counties are in it for the
money, rather than from an honest de-
sire to enforce the laws. And, after q
guess like that, Judge Sapp is almost
qualified to enter one of Sam Lloyd's
justly celebrated guessing contests.