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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
EVENING CHAT
By RUTH CAhIERON.

Inc day before Christmas is quite often
trying day. Here is a suggestion for
Keeping the little folks out from under
foot while you do some of the ten thou
| sand one last things.
birds 80 INC
Give them some scraps of bread, crack
erS or stale cake, handful of rice or
| other cereal two or three apples and some
scraps OF worsted or ribbon or colored
tWlne, and let them trim up some small
tree in the garden for the birds.
Unless you have tried this before, you
would scarcely believe how much interest
and amusement the little ones can get
out OF trimming the tree. tying on the
apples and bits of bread and cake and
scattering the cereal at the foot, and then
standing back and watching the birds
come and eat their. Christmas feast.
Besides which, it is a rather pretty Gus
tom, don't you think?
Do the little ones in your family know
what Christmas means? Do they connect
anything besides Santa Claus. stockings
chimneys, presents and a big dinner with
the twenty-fffth of December?
There are people who want to entirely
get rid of Santa Claus, because they
think he heathenizes Christmas.
wouldn't Danish the dear old Saint for
anything, but certainly wouldn't let him
obscure the One whose day Christmas
really is
1t seems to me that. no matter how busy
Christmas Eve for the telling of the Old.
Old Story to the babies. When she has
tucked the little ones in bed. is the time
to tell about that other Babe who had
no soft white pillow which to lay his
head, and no cunning little crib to sleep
in, but born in a stable and laid to
sleep in manger.
Let her take down the Book of Books
and read that wonderful story through
to herself once more in Matthew or Luke
and then let her use her utmost skill s
mother-story-teller- make this sweetest
of all stories ring sweet and real to
childish ears.
No matter how laboriously she may
have worked to delight her children with
Sifts-no matter how well stocked for the
Christmas junkets her larder may be- [
think that mother has failed in her
Christmas duties who has not found time
Christmas Eve to tell the Bethlehem story /
to her babies.
OF course, the babies are not the only
ones who need to be reminded OF the /
meaning of Christmas. Either Christmas /
Eve or Christmas morning. I think that I
in every house the story of the birth OF 4
Christ should be read from one of the i
Gospels preferably Luke.
Another pretty custom which obtains in /
several homes I know of. is the reading 1
of selections from Dickens Christmas 4
Carol Christmas Eve In one home I
where the mother is a fine reader. several I
antilles from the neighborhOod gather
Dickens immortal Christmas story read
aloud before the open fire.
Old folks usually love their home quite
dearly enough. without any stimulus, but
it is sweet customs like these which are
needed to deepen and strengthen the love !
of home in the restless young hearts.
DO not say that you cannot spare the
time for any such unnecessary thing at
this busiest of seasons
You cannot afford not to spare it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
THE COWARD.

Oh. to lie On the earth now. with eyes
to the ground,
And to see nothing-nothing,
While the world goes jangling round
Oh, to lie in the leaves now, alone with
my pain,
And to feel nothing-nothing,
But the soft, cool drops of the rain .
Oh. to lie on the hills now. in the deep
of the snow,
And to hear nothing-nothing,
While the day shrieks on below .
Oh, to lie on the wind now, soaring afar,
And to know nothing-nothing,
But the light of a changeless star .
Laurence Alma Tadema, in the Living
Age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
KANSAS COMAENT

EACH ACRE HAS ONE BENEATH IT.
From the cold Atlantic shores to the
pitiless sage-hrush desert America WAS
peopled by the good and the bad. the cor
sentative and the adventurous, but al
ways by the courageous.
Seeking relief from the bonds OF human
action and the curtains OF Imagination
these have seen the bow OF promise ana
have dug meath its pavonine slow.
New-found acres were large and the
stronghold filled. For the big man. the
acre remained big. for another, it
owindled to his ability.
When the horizon bounded no newer
lands. he learned that beneath each acre
there lies another acre where the rain
bow ends.-I d. c.. in the Kansas Farm
er.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

There's many a thing worth having
that's done up in an ugly-looking
package.
X X
A book with the fly-leaf torn out is
pretty good evidence that it doesn' t
belong where it is.
X x x
The really clever financier is the in
dividual who can make a little money
go q long ways.
The average wife is dissatisfied with
a Christmas present from her husband
unless it is something for the house"
= y -
The man who says he always calls
"a spade a spade is often endeavoring
to put out a poor excuse for being in
decent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

Senator Bristow appears to be vex-
ed with President Taft because of his
recommendations that there be ma
terial reductions in the tariff schedule
on wool and its manufactures. Sena-
tor Bristow declares that this is a
change of front on the part of Mr..
Taft He also adds that Mr. Taft has
made it a practice of changing his
ideas about important matters In
other words Senator Bristow is peeved
because President Taft is slowly but
surely dispelling the illusion that he is
q standpatter-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

San Francisco is to have a safe and
sane celebration of the advent of the
new year. The police have received
instructions to step in and stop the
merry-making when the point is
reached where the society women show
destinations to climb on cafe tables
and put on a little dance and young
girls are not to be permitted to get so
intoxicated that it will be necessary to
carry them home. However, this leaves
plenty of leeway for more or less riot
Gus times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
DAFFYDuS
BY U. NOALL.

When there's fight on the street
corner dos the letter box2
(Why don't you speak for yourself,
John?)
When the rats followed the Pied
Pipe- into the river did the catfish I?
(T2ke that carp away / will have
none of IT'D
If a man in the street weighed $50
pounds. how much would a man in the
highway?
Ccheer I'D. pail Things might be
Worse.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
QUAKER STEDITATIoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
It takes a strong minded woman to hold
her tongue.
The man who is slow to wrath generally
makes fast friend.
1t isn't what a man takes as a chaser
that drives him to drink
The man who is his own best friend
may also be his own worst enemy.
When woman begins to show her age
she also begins to show her rage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
POSTSCRIPT
BABY WAS MURDERED.
Infant Found in Barn With skull
Crushed.

Mrs. Magivin OF 1924 Quincy street
found a fully developed child dead IN
basket in the loft OF the barn at
her place this afternoon.
The child's skull had been crushed
An effort had been made to set fire
to the basket.
The police have no clue to the per-
petratOr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

There has been something of an in
crease in the salaries paid to the
school teachers Of Kansas. The pres
ent average wage is higher than ever
before But it is not any too high In
fact it might be given another boost.
For years the rank and file of the
school teachers of this wealthy state
have been treated in shabby fashion.
as far as pay goes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

TF'rom the New York Press.l
When a girl will tell, it never really
happened.
1t takes a heap more money to pay
what you owe than what is owed you.
Women live up to their religion, but
men won't even live up to their politics.
Paying compliments is much stronger
habit with lots of people than paying
debts.
The reason a girl likes to talk to
2-month-old baby is it's so much more
sensible than to a grown-up man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

Boosting Topeka's fair for 1912 is
already in order. The more of it that
is done. the bigger the fair is going
TO be- It is already classed among the
five largest agricultural expositions in
the United States. Why not put it
among the first three9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

So many and such elaborate plans
are being perfected to bring Christmas
cheer to the poor children" Of To-
peka, that strangers might gather the
impression that this city is overrun
with poverty-stricken families Every
one living here knows that this is not
tho case
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

lFrom the Chicago News.1
Doing nothing Is apt 10 be o,.erao,,.
Women always look on the bright .ts-
Of mirrors. 'N sue
popular than others ''e UNI
How indignant Il makes the ,voro...
the neighborhood when "a mar Isicis. ~ or
the cost Of his wife's funeral ~oout
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

Illinois asks for a little notoriety be
cause it is the home of a woman who
is not only a grandmother at % but
who is also a sister-in-law to her own
daughter. This makes her an aunt to
some of her grandchildren.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

Norman L. Mack wants to quit his
job as chairman of the Democratic
National committee. He gives i'll
health as the reason. Cold feet comes
within that category, don't they2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22


| accord is when he nails some shorter
and-uglier.
Did you observe that yesterday was
any shorter than the day before
Neither did we.
Dispatch from Junction City an
nounces that Mike Frey has paid the
election bet he lost more than a year
ago. Mike bet his position as an
! envied bachelor that he wouldn't be
elected to the legislature.
The only time a man ever objects to
being overrated is when he goes to
pay his taxes.
A fable is an open faced lie with
antique movement and moral main
spring, set with upper case letters.
And the wop who is prone to shoot
off his mouth never runs out of am
munition.
Upty Sinclair has to do it all over
again, which is tough on the Kansas
hobo poet. Kemp had just been dis
held,-that of corespondent,-and now
he must work at it some more.
The fourth dimension has been dis
covered; it is the vast distance be
tween a mans pocketbook and his
ideas of the right sum to spend on
Christmas presents.
1t is better to forgive a big man
than to have him slam you into tenn
porary forgetfulness.
1t takes a new waiter some time to
get his hand in, but even the greenest
may succeed in getting his thumb in
every dish he handles.
Newest definition of City: a small
body of elective officers. entirely sur
rounded by redhot taxpayers.
Advice to parents: Try to provide
the children with so much real food
thai they will refrain from eating
mistletoe berries. Funeral expenses,
like all other expenses, are higher
than a cats back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

MIR. Peary has been awarded anoth-
er gold medal for his conquest of the
North Pole. But Doc. Cook is gath
ering in the gold coin for his lectures
on the trip he took in that direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

a hint to those giving Christmas
presents. from the Detroit Free Press:
Ii it cost 9S cents and looks as though
1t might have cost So. take off the
price tag; if it cost IS and there is
something that looks like it for 9S
cents. leave on the price tae-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

From the crowded stores these days
and nights, it's apparent that. regard
less of the reiterated advice they re-
ceived to the contrary. most folk do
their Christmas shopping when they
please. Nor does this happen to he
early
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

The political pot is beginning to boil
pretty freely throughout the country.
Kansans. however, are more interest
ed in the condition Of the winter
wheat as a result of the recent wet
weather A bumper crop seems to be
ON it's Wav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

Attorney General Wickersham hits
a nail on the head when he urges that
the outcry against the Sherman anti
trust law comes from the vfolators of
that statute. He might well have
added and their rriands-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

can any woman the world over du-
plicate the stocking OF the Kansas
woman who is going to have 9. $1,000
house put in it by her husband for a
Christmas present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

More people would be enthusiastic
sover having a white Christmas IL one
could be brought about without suf
ficiently cold weather to reduce the
gaa suDnlN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PI111S'

If Pastor Richeson is not guilty of
the heinous crime charged against
him why did he try to cheat the hang
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
BY THE WY
By HARVEY PARSONS.

Billiard denies it, is standard
headline About the only time he
breaks into the newspapers of his own
accord is when he nails some shorter
and-uglier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

Did you observe that yesterday was
any shorter than the day before !?
Neither did we.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

After failing to see our esteemed
morning contemporary for about ten
days, the writer could hardly believe
that he was looking over the same
paper when, between bites at break
fast this morning. he glanced up and
down the columns of the early morn
ing paper and read such things as
these sentences. which it is hereby de-
clared We're really in that same paper.
but could not possibly have been in
the same columns few weeks ago
Why are they there today2 Is any
body going to climb into the band
wagon, or is it merely coincidence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

The only time a man ever objects to
being overrated is when he goes to
pay his taxes.
The evening world., 1911-09-11
.CCrQW Denies
He BeHfflPd
Clark Griffith

Manager McGraw of the Giants minces
no words In branding the report that
he had belittled the ability OF Clark
Grifith. manager OF the Cincinnati
Reds, n lie.
Two days ago a story went the rounds
to the effect that Chance OF Chicago
had given out a statement In which he
roasted McGraw for taking a fall OUT
Of Griffith. McGraw vas supposed to
have said that he could take the Gin
cinnati club and win the pennant. AZ
a comeback to this Chance is quoted as
saying that Grifith coulo have taken
the Giants and had them In front b. a
lead OF ten games.
Il never made any such statement
about Griffith" said McGraw. And I
don't believe that Frank nance made
the statement which Is credited to him.
He knows that Griffith and myself have
been personal friends for years. | know
that Grin is "A very able manager and
last spring | said In a magazine article
that I thought he had an excellent
nance at the championship. wouldn't
have made such 4 knocking statement
even II | had believed 1t.
The evening world., 1911-09-11
SLAIN CHIlD'S PARENTS
UNDER FIRE OF POLICE.
Father of Annie Lemberger Denies
When Challenged knowledge

LA CROSSE, wis. Sept. 1l.-Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Lemberger. parents of the
murdered seven-year-old girl Annie
LENDER, and their oldest boy. George.
nine years old, were taken to the police
station Immediately upon their return
from the funeral OF the child to-day.
They were taken TO the Office OF Police
Chief Shaughnessy to be put through a
rigid examination. Detective Boyer OF
Chicago bluntly charged Lemberger
with knowledge OF Annie's death when
he talked with the child's father. Lem
berger stoutly De MED the charge. Mr..
and Mrs. ~Lemberger and their son
George were subpoenaed as witnesses
at the inquest.
Annie Icmberger was found dead I'm
a lake near here on Saturday. She had
apparently been s%trangled aud her body
thrown into the water. According 20
her parents the child was stolen from
her bed In their home last TUESDAY
night by a %kidnapper who entered the
house by IA window. The case Is "A mys-
tory. az no motive Tor the crime II
known.
The funeral OF the murdered child
was held from ~. James's Catholic
Church. More than 100 OF Anuie's
schoolmates. all dressed In white and
with wreaths ~ flowers on their heads,
formed A double row az the casket con
aiming the body Of their playmate was
carried into the church by six little
girls. Thousands thronged the church
yard, unable to gain admission.
The evening world., 1911-09-11
Cant Stop Bout
in Milwaukee,
Say Promoters

MILWAUKEE. Sept. 1.-THE promot-
ers OF the MISUNDERSTANDING contest
say It will take place here next Friday
night. Acting Gov. Thomas Morris
says II won't, It Il a prlze-fight.
District Attorney label maintains a
prizc-fight AMI not a boxing exhibition
IL Intended. Tomorrow another effort
will he made to show label that the bout
In within the law.
Gov. Mcdovern has left the State.
Coioi. ~i-a,ins ne ,eft a seaiei order
with the Mayor. According to those who
have talked with the Governor he did
not object to the bout if II was within
the law. In this city Gov. McGovern ls
known as an enthusiastic istic fan
Ac ,rding to Promoter Mnlkern. an
Injunction will he served on the day OF
the fight IL the authorities persis; In
their stand. a test case was made of
tic boxing law a few years ago, when
Eddie Greenwald was brought before a
local Judge. After hearing the testi-
mony the Judge dismissed the case. II
Is said the advance sale ~ tickets for
the fight has reached So. 900.
The evening world., 1911-09-11
CUBA MAKES ON LOTTERY.
Hut Governments Revenues on
Set by Peoples Losses,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE lottery
Is a profitable scheme In Cuba and
the returns to the Wa Department
show that last year the Cuban Govern
mcnt received from his source 81. 300
600 profit. which represents 10 per cent.
OF the entire annual receipts from all
sources. These ofnc!ai advices Illus
tra,cd the tremendous odds against the
tuycr OF a lottery ,ickc.. Tickets 10
the value of S5OO.00 remained unsoid
last voa and these. Of course. were
regarded as Government holdings ana
the Government was consequently en-
titled 10 any prizes drawn by the num-
bers on that list. out OF the 500, 900
worth OF tickets the Government, drew
down 100000 in prizes.
But despite this revenue the Cuban
Government IL seriously contemplating
gradual abolition Of the lottery In view
OF the enormous weight OF evidence TO
show that II Is impoverlshing the labor
Ing classes and creating great distress
generally.
The evening world., 1911-09-11
WINNERS OF PREVIOUS
NATIONAL GOLF TITLES.

S.. w. f.. Wells. Chicago, 10: Win Clark.
Watch Hill, r. l.. 81.
w. =. Smith. Philadelphia, 81: Max
Martin. Crawford. SO: George s. Lyon,
Canada. "a: +. NJ. Gould. New York,
81; John NJ. Ward. Garden city. IS: DR..
c.. J. McDee. Philadelphia. 81: DR.. A. L.
Haight. Deal. %: j. Blossom. CIeve-
land. %; Il. f. Jackson jr.. Baltimore.
o.; II. Z. K%enworthy. Providence, 30.
l.. p. Gwyn. Siwanoy, IS: l.. 2. Big
Glow. Boston. 81: w. j.. Macdonald, Chi
cago. Sc; Writ l.. Thompson. Philadei-
phia, 81: H.. o.. Parsons. Dyker Meadow,
80. X. A.. Gussman. Forest Hill. 80;
r. s. Wheeler. Apawamis. -: c j. Sui.
Ivan. Baltusroi. -.
8. q. Hickney, st. Louis. 50: II.
Schmidt. Worcester. 50: George Morse.
Apawamis, Sc; r. Horribly. California.
81: W. =. Stewart. New Orleans. %:
Howard Griffin. Baltusrol. 81; J. 4.
Haword I'd. aBltusrol. 20: Mason Phelps,
Chicago. 81: Gilman Tiffany. Newburg.
81; w. L. Hicks, Nassau. 81: sherrell
sherman. Utica. 81: H.. l.. Steiner. In
wood. IS; G.. V. ROTOR. Boston. So:
George a Crump. Philadelphia. s.; Ellis
Knowles. Pensacola. sc.
Clifford Cunning, Nassau. SC: u. c.
DevereauN, Ssda. IS: W. n. Thurston,
Apawanls. Sc; w. y. Carleton. Boston.
Sc: Fred IIcrreshon. Ekwanok. -; De-
wsld Legg. Minneapolis. 70; Paul Hun
ter. chicago. 50; J. O.. Anderson. Boston.
81: X. T.. Ames. Chicago. 50: w. c.
Fown"s ir., Pittsburgh, 70; u. n. Bow
ere, Bridgepo"'. So: Homer Lee. Detroit,
50. e. NJ. Barnes. Englewood. 81: Find
lay Douglas, Nassau. 50: +. NJ. Wild.
Crawford. S; G.. G.. waldo jr.. Bridge
port. ~; w. A. stickney, st. Louis, 81;
The evening world., 1911-09-11

AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK. Sept.
IA Monday crowd OF 6,coc we're out to
see the opening game between the cham
pion Athletics and the H~lghlanders. and
with Vaughn and Bender rs the oppos-
ing pitchers there was action every
minute.
The Athletics raped Vaughn hard In
the opening round n took n lead OF
two runs before the Highlandcrs had a
chance ~ bat. Lord pokcd a single TO
right and went to second as knight
threw out O!dr!ng. Collins got a ba Sc on
balls. IIcmphlll mured Bakers line
drive to centre. hut recovered t.e ball
In time TO throw Lord out Mt thlrd
Murphy smashed a single into right.
scoring Collins and Mclnnls sent Baker
hone with a single through the box. on
an attempted double steal Murphy was
run down and out,
After Daniels had gone out for New
York. Zinn. the new outhclder recently
secured from the Tri-state League, go,
a base on balls. Hemphill singled 10
centre. but Chase flied out. Hsrtsell
then rammed a long single into left and
Zinn Scored. Barry threw out Enrisht,
The evening world., 1911-09-11
WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD

One OF tho closest races ever
chronicled Is that which ended yester-
day In the Connecticut League. when
Springfield vas not returned a winner
until the ninth inning Of It's game
against Bridgeport, the score being 3
TO 2. During the past week the two
clubs have been fighting tooth and
nail for the championship, but II took
the final game OF the schedule to de-
eide the issue. The league finished
with but six OF the original eight clubs.
Northampton and Holyoke having been
dropped because OF financial difficulties.
Tn, Tigers defeated the Saps IN q great thir-
teep-inning game because q TT Cobb's great b..e
running. In the eight inning he got to first safe
y when Olson. threw wild to Laioie., lie tore for
.econd when Larry returned the ball to Pitcher
Blandine. The latter tossed the bah e. sesond;
nrorly. The sphere was In Catcher Easterly's
hands at the plate when Cobb came tearing in.
lie sid around the Nap backstop and Was safe.
lie also stole second and third In the first in
ming.
Fifteen thousand nevsboys saw the game at
Washington Park, which was held 30 they could
The evening world., 1911-09-11
DUFFERlN PARK WINNERS.

FIRST RACE-S25o; thr~ee-year-olds
and up; six and n halt furlongs-Punky.
ll3 KnlghD. 4 to |. 2 20 , and 3 to 8.
first; Seymour Renter. III Gore. 9 to l.,
even and 2 to 3. second: Woodlander.
III dom. 8 TO !, 3 TO | and = to 2. third.
Time-i.2j. Donation. Cassowary. Matte
Herman. Curious n Tiny TIN also ran
and finished az named.
SECOND RACE-s250, for three-year-
olds and up six and a half f%urlongs.-
Montagnle. III KnlghD. eve | to 2 and
out, first; Scarlet Plmpernel. l07 dFore-
hand), \ to 1, 3 to | and . to 2. second
sight. III 81. Dom. 2 to /. I TO 9 and 2 to
I, third. Time-i,25 3-5, Peter Fender.
Myrtle Marion. Billy Barnes, Paul
Davis. Silicic, Grenesque and Tender
also ran and finished as named.