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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14
MYHAWKER JOTS

zone Who Was There" is the most
prolific contributor to the Kansas
weeklies, especially of matter concern
ing social affairs
A drop of the yolk of an egg on a
necktie, says the Newton kansan- Re
publican, is again becoming lhe pdoSe
OF great wealth.
4 not very encouraging observation
b. the Sterling Bulletin: If you nave
any ideas in your head. ten to one
they're borrowed.
only a few months more. chortles
the Hutchinson News, until the base
ball season is open and then there II
be news that is news.
An observation by Uncle 81 in the
ottawa Republic: Some Of these social
climbers wouldn't amount to shLcks II
dads money wasn't in the push
A personal mention" in the Anthony
Republican from Pleasant Ridge Al
ter weeks visit IN the north 'iie
wind has returned to the south
snoring note in the Atchison
Globe: An Atchison woman lost $lS
at one sitting at auction whist recent
". Auction whist is much wilder and
faster than ordinary bridge whist
Possibly, thinks the salina Journal
the industry and studiousness noted IN
the schools at this time. are not SO
much due to the efforts Of the teachers
as to the general effect of the season.
Two pages of last weeks Atwood
Scuare Deal were upside down. In
this weeks issue Editor Greason viii
probably explain that it was perfectly
easy to read those pages if one stood
on his head.
A suggestion from the Winfield
Courier: In view of the temper or
congress several car loads of timber
for gavels should be at once shipped
70 Washington in care of Speaker
Champ Clark
Well said by the Sterling Bulletin:
Dignity belongs to the man, not to his
vocation. The man of real worth
makes his vocation dlgnlned calln ing,
We. have known post hole diggers VINO
commanded more respect than some
JUDGES or clergymen.
AS the law fails to make the punish-
ment any more severe, says the Par
sons Sun, the man who created panic
in a picture show at F'redonia by yell
ing fire ''just to see what the people
would do" will probably get off by
serving a term in the penitentiary
Sartorial comment by Tom Thomp-
son in his Howard COurant: 1t is the
proper thing to keep your trousers
neatly creased. That's what the press
ery is for. But a quarter of a century
aro the clothing store had to iron the
creases out of the trousers legs before
the men would take them out of the
store.
Words of encouragement for Wich-
tia from the Newton Kansan- Republi-
can: Billy Sunday is doing good work
in Wichita, but unless the number Of
converts exceeds several thousand and
they prove to be willing workers and
hard fighters, his meetings will not put
Wichita in the list of clean cities The
trouble with that town is that most It
the people in it became so accustomed
to law violation. which was carried on
openly and winked at by church peo-
ple and others, that they have a differ
ent vision from people who were not
contaminated 1t will take hard work
and time to make Wichita as other
towns that never did pride themselves
en- law violation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

coincide entirely with Mr.. HulFs dia-
gram. One reason undoubtedly is that
opinions differ as to what years should
be ranked as years of industrial de-
preston. For example. Mr. Hull speaks
of 1900 as a year of industrial depres-
sion. while as keen observer as james
Nj. Swank Ils.5 said, This year was one
of the most prosperous in the history OF
the American ircn trade up to that
day"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

BY way of protest against the Chris
tan baptism of a granddaughter, old
Chief Oghema Niagara, announced
that he was born a pagan and a pagan
he would die Nor did he fail to pro-
vide morsel of food for thought for
the Christians. He enunciated a truth
when he mentioned that various Chris
tan denominations have warred fierce
" and are still warning with each
other And he added that the Indians.
at least, never warred among them
selves about religion. This does not
make out strong case for Paganism,
but it does point out the one great de-
feet Of Christianity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

One reason why Germany is enabled
to undersen the world in manufac-
lures, which thereby makes for lower
prices, is because of her educated and
therefore more competent workmen
who have been turned out of the great
industrial schools there. And yet, any
effort to establish Industrial schools in
this country is met with more or less
opposition from several sources.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
LFrom the New York Press.l

TFrom the New York Press.l
Manners pay exclusive attention to
money
People looking for trouble mighty soon
find it is also looking for them
An extra easy way to lose good job
is to be sure you know more about il
than your boss.
A man can be pleased about being run
over by an automobile if it was driven by
a nlinionaire-
The more a girl can talk about helping
with the housekeeping, the more she can
be thinking Of going to some dance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

There is a man in New York who
has no first" name. He has never
had first name and he declares he
never will have one.
His name is Tifft-that's all.
That's his full name. too. If you
don't believe it take the elevator to the
tower of the Produce Exchange build
ing, opposite Bowling Green When
you step out of the elevator on the
thirteenth floor you'll see printed on
the glass door directly in front of you:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14
TIE BoOsTER.

The booster boosts,
You bet your lifel
His town comes first,
And then his wife.
He boosts and boosts,
With words of cheer,
And words of praise,
He starts things here.
The booster boosts,
He makes things grow
The worhngman
Now has a show;
The hammer sings
And business huns,
The booster boosts
And success comes.
The booster boosts,
List to his song,
AS on life's way
He SprintS along!
His open hand.
His faith and smile,
Add much to make
This world worth while.
Leslie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NOALL.

If ma takes a kiss what will par
take2
(Out of my coal shedi You can't
make me believe it's a full toni
When the weather gets cold in the
east what does Delaware?
(Put on your rubbers- Here comes
the Sob Squad-)
If bunk is smart is evidence7
(Take this chair. old lady.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

Considering the one day of bad
weather, and the fact that nearly So
600 had to be paid on old accounts for
the years 1910 and 1909. the Kansas
State Fair association did mighty well
to close up its seasons activities with
any balance at all. Now for a greater
fair next year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14


Ter Tor president. AS you may have sus-
Peeted, VermilIion is on the Central
Branch.
Having just canned Rev. Wallace
Stuckey's successor for the same KIND
OF Shortcoming williamsburg is up
against 1t FOR suitable preacher: II
begins to look like they would nave
70 hlre retainer from turkish
household for the job.
Speaking of productive property. etc;
1t appears that the county attorney
office, scientifically farmed, produces a
full crop regardless of spring drouth or
fall rains.
We can't think of any way the Coun-
ell Grove gent can put over cenvlnc-
ing argument to the effect that it was
necessary to remove the victims head
in self-defense. but Cap. Waters has
undoubtedly framed one, and will
spring it at the proper time.
That a woman doesn't tell all she
hears is no proof that she doesn't tell
too much. A woman hears so blamed
much.
Sam Fitzpatrick. late leader of the
Senate Lodge" while convalescing
from an attack of matrimony, had
relapse.
As we understand it. the shah of
Persia was canned under the pure food
laws of Russia
According to Secretary Coburns
statistics, Kansas during the past year,
has produced over $4,000 pounds of
cheese, not including a numberN of can
didates for office.
Jack rabbits are said to be more
numerous than in former years; which
is probably due to the fact that the
pure food laws put the practice of con-
ve~tlns jack rabbits into canned
chicken and turkey on the fritz.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

Hank O'Day. one of the veteran UNI
pires of the National league, has signed
Up as manager of the Cincinnati Ma
tional league team. The chances are
he Will be more severe on the umpires
next season than any other manager
in the league
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

It has been deemed necessary to re-
mind a forgetful public that Dorothy
Arnold has been missing a year. Leon
Ling, the slayer of Elsie SiegeI, has
also been missing longer than that.
So has Charley Ross of distinguished
memory Others might be mentioned
ad infinitum. But why worry over the
things and persons that are passed and
gone? Surely there is enough current
material for every one to fret about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

Incidentally. that crown of India
which has been placed on the head of
King George of England is also signifi-
cant of the fact that his troubles would
net be so numerous were his empire
not so extensive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

No surprise is due at the news that
a revolution is about to be launched
in Ecuador. Surely it wouldn't be
much of a Merry Christmas in South
America if some fighting was not go
IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

People may be pardoned for looking
with skepticism on the intimation that
If the suit of the government against
the shoe machinery trust is successful
il will mean cheaper shoes Ida NJ.
Tarben and other theoretical econo-
mists and publicists told the consumers
three years ago that cheaper shoes
would follow the removal of the tariff
on hides. The shoe industry has been
operating under free hides for a couple
of years now. and there has been no
apparent reduction in the prices of
shoes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

Public education in Topeka seems to
be progressing all the time along right
lines A special class for poor spoilers
is to be established at the high school.
The enrolment for this class is likely
n he large
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

Maybe william Allen White has
voted for LaFollette for president in
the straw contest, now being carried
on, because he has a bunch deep down
in his heart that he will never get an
other chance to do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14
EUIE, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PA15

That juror in the Hyde trial should
hide out seems perfectly natural Nor
is there any doubt about the sympa-
thies of the public being with this man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

Here's a rum go. There was a riot
in New York the other night at a
meeting called for the purpose of urg-
ing the adoption of the peace treaties
promulgated by President Taft. And
this meeting was held in Carnegie hall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

No matter what form it will take,
somebody will be sure TO suggest that
the report of the tariff board on sche-
dule K is merely an effort to pull the
wool over the peoples eyes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

Republican harmony banquets would
mean more to this party in Kansas if
those attending them did not make it
a practice of leaving the harmony in
the banquet room.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14
KANSAS COAAEET


The KANSAS LANGUAGE
We certainly do get awfully tired or tnA'
rot about kansas language" II all the
other plain plug citizens get as tired OF IL
as we DO they viii arise in their wrath
some OF these days and smite the falirs
VINO are using the term and smite them
so hard that they viii be dazed Tor years
us phrase to conjure with and the
greatest conjurers and charlatans
the world has ever seen under one tent
on the outside"
What is the Kansas lanEuage2 Is II
the ungrammatical, mispronounced multi
iated Draggadocio sprinkled with pro
nouns In the first person singular OF the
sanron headed individual whom the DEM
ocrats Of this state have twice nominated
Tor governor and whom the Republican,
have loyalty elected2 II the ranting OF
this uncouth and ignorant political fakir
Is the Kansas language may the Lord
send us some foreign tongue.
What is the Kansas language2 Is II the
loud, bombastic. alcohol scented mouth
II the smooth, oily deceptive. polished.
fallacious mendacity OF our most noted
word architect, the Hon. Bill White?
Here are at least three separate and
distinct dialects and there are many more
all claiming to be the original and only
blown in the bottle Kansas Esperanto.
Some day just as soon as a majority Of
the people are able to translate them all
correctly, this Cagliostro triumvirate OF
Pharisees and political. impostors will be
given a few elementary lessons In the real
kansas language as interpreted by the
Kansas voters and the fake tongue Of
these political prestidigitators viii be
banfshed to oblvion,-tin we have had
time to forget the damage they have done
to the state and another set OF Populists
comes along with a new outfit OF vagaries
neatly done up and labeled THE Kansas
Language when there will be the same
old brand of political suckers here TO help
the tricksters erect another Babel. It's a
queer World--Washington Republican
Register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14
WE'RE GREAT-1N SPOTS.

There's woe on the Bowery. Former
price Of breakfast: Coffee" two cents.
doughnut one cent; total. three.
New price. coffee" three cents; dough
nut. one: total. four.
We are not speaking humorously when
say that this IS a serious calamity 60
thousands. Take for instance.
A consumptive-loolying man. with n be-
ORA ggled wife and sick child. laid down
10 cents and ordered breakfast for three.
He expected a penny in change. He was
told: Price gone up; give us two cents
more
But the dime was all he had. lie made
the round Of the cheap restaurants. no
good; II was the same everywhere. The
man fed his wife and child and went
without food himself.
Say. We're great people-in spots. The
Bowery isn't one Of the spots.-Wichifa
Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14
FROM OTHER pENS
EFFICIENCY ANT ARMOR.


The announcement that the United
States is still second in naval tonnage
among the nations is OF interest. The
further announcement that this country
will soon be in third place need NOT
necessarily be disquieting. After all. 10 is
not so much the tonnage of the vessels
as the efficiency Of the men and the skill
Of the officers that counts most when the
ships are cleared for action and the
powder begins to burn. Every hatueslip
costs a fortune. and the cost OF every
cruiser would be equivalent TO financial
Independence for most men, The supe-
riority OF great guns over the alert ana
active torpedo boat has not been dcmon-
strated. The keel Of every dreadnought
is underlaid by stratum OF fear. ana
unless the men aboard the vessel are or
the highest efficiency, the money the Nes-
sci cost might better be in the war chest
ashore. The safety of the United states
lies more in the fighting qualities OF rs
defenders than in weight Of armor ana
guns.-Rochester Democrat and Chrou-
icle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14
RY THE WY
~ HARvEY PARsoNs.

Vermillion wants lawn D Rockefel-
Ter Tor president. AS you may have sus-
Peeted, VermilIion is on the Central
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

The presidents secretary, Mr.. Hilles.
announces that his chief, as candidate Tor
another term, is entirely willing TO sub
nit his candidacy. along with La foilette
and Others to a popular presidential prl-
mary in Ohio.
presidential primary can be arranged ~
the voluntary action OF the party organl-
cations. In six states only-New Jersey
wisconsin Nebraska, North Dakota. ore
gon and Texas-does the law provide TOT
a presidential preference primary. IL ls
as certain as anything can be- however,
that the presidential primary idea "
gaining favor every day Why should
not the voters express their preference ~
To .sthe people's office" par excellence ~
the national sphere as they express t
with reference to governors, mayors les-
Mr. Taft's acceptance Of the presi-
dental primary for his own state Us SIG
nificant and important IL should remove
much opposition and cause the idea 70
march GIVE the voters a chancel -
chicago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-14

Speaking of productive property. ETC.;
it appears that the county attorney s
office, scientifically farmed, produces a
fall rains
New-York tribune., 1911-03-04
BARNARD BABIES H0STESSES
Freshmen Make Transition success
fu,lv. IF Without Originality.

Every dog has its day, and the freshmen
OF Barnard College had theirs for sure
Yesterday For the first time since tner
career tegau the college babies instead OF
being guests Of honor played hostesses'
The show was, on the whole, creditapie
10 the "youn sters" (at least so the tono
mammas felt who graced the occasion).
There was the customary lack OF plot ana
originality-but what difference can such
things make? The theme. plot and cen
tral interest was Barnard and that Is
enough 10 insure success for any drama
Yesterday was a day Of free speech TOT
the freshmen, and they exercised their pre-
rogative 10 the full. Under the title OF
Who's Who at Barnard they roasted
everything from students TO faculty. There
was sufrlciency OF. dances and burlesques'
one great feature Of the day was chorus
OF cunning brownies" who sang songs
and danced queer little steps. The big hit'
however was made by chorus OF Back
ward Kids" who with clothes and sunbon-
nets reversed and masques for faces on
the backs Of their heads, did fetching
dance.
The day ended as usual with flowers, gen.
erdI congratulations and plenty OF food
/ The fail Of the curtain was the signal for
sigh OF relief from the committee In
charge. With this first dramatic feat on
I their hands -Ne freshmen can now settle
down and study.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-04

,s,- that is chosen. Now, however, the
wider stripes appear on decorative fabrics
which are used in limited quantities only
and thus may be numbered among the re-
sources Of the woman who objects to any
thinr. CONSPICUOUS in her attire.
Stripes are not necessarily black and
white. but this combination is certainly the
predom!natng one. II is seen in NUMBER
OF new dress accessories suitable for halt
mournine-although it so often appears IN
The conpany Of the brightest colors that II
does not usually strike one as being asso-
ciated with anything of this kind. Neck
wear Of lace and embroidery is touched up
with black and white striped satin in any
number Of ways Stocks. cuffs and jabots
of Irish crochet have their edges trimmed
with narrow bias folds Of the striped ma
ts-ial and occasionally the lace takes sec
ond place. serving merely as a border TO
articles made chiefly Of the satin. There
are all sorts OF natty little bows made OF
the stripes cut on the bias mingled with
motifs Of irish crochet, some Of them be-
lpr finished with pendant striped oalls
technically known as cherries. Sailor col
lars are made Of lace OF embroidered lawn
and edged with a bias fold Of the black and
white about an inch wide. or they are mace
Of the latter and bordered with lace or en-
brodery
Bags Of black and white striped satin are
also very attractive. They come IN tne an
ferfnt fashionable shapes with stripes OF
various widths. the frames being OF SILVER
New-York tribune., 1911-03-04

child ought not be. That is what the
Board Of Education believes. and In order
to prove the thing it is going to have Dr
Emily Noble conduct an experiment with
several defective children in one Of New
York's big public schools.
The experiment will Degin next Monday
anu Judging from the before and after
taking pictures with which DR.. Noble IL
lustrated a talk she gave on rhythmic
breathing at the School OF Pedagogy OF
the New York University, Washington
Square, yesterday, when the experiment
is finished those children will be almost
tco good TO be true.
The number Of defective children one
sees in the streets here. many OF them
mouth -breathers, is a thing dreadful &c
contemplate, Dr. Noble said. New YorB
Is rapidly getting 10 he the worst city n
the world in this respect The percentage
Of children with adenoids is very serious
one. and I want to impress On you that
operations dent cure adenoids. I know
scbooIchildren who have been operated on
three times for adenoids, and each time the
adenoids returned"
Then DR.. Noble proceeded to show how
the nasal passages and the whole heao
and the body as well can be kept in per
feet condition by right breathing.
Your nose may seem an insignificant
and troublesome thing" she began. "bu'
you've no idea how necessary II is. The
nostrils are the first aid to health. Breathe
properly through the nose, and catarrh anc
hay fever will vanish ds IL by magic
Teach the children to breathe properly anc
adenoids and like troubles will be non
existent. and dulness, waywardness anC
other consequences Of unoXygenized blcot
will cease 10 trouble teachers and parents
New-York tribune., 1911-03-04
TO SERENADE LEGISLATORS
Womens S Political Union Has New
Plan for Getting Ballot.

The womeu's Political Union is going to
give all the legislators who live in New
York City evening serenades. Bootacks
will be no disbursement and the women
don't care a bit if the legislators draw
anaIogies between suffrage serenaders and
backward cats Some time next week every
New York man whose duty it will be TO
vote on the suffrage bill II it is reported out
of committed as the sufragists confidently
believe it will be next Tuesday, is to re-
ceive a visit He probably won't be at
home, but his family and neighbors VIII
he informed by speeches and songs just
what his record is in reeard TO woman suf-
frage Miss Alberta Hill is serenader in
chief.
Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch. president Of
the Union, says that the Joint Judiciary
Committee. had been perfectly square and
straight" and had hurried the suffrage bill
along as fast as it could, considering that
it had several other big hearings on its
hands.