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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
QUAKER fluctuations.

lF'rom the Philadelphia Record.
Duty and pleasure make a hard pair
to draw to.
Few Of us get what we want but
most or US get what we deserve.
You can't always measure a rnar,s
Importance by his chest expansion.
The stage manager has to work l;l.a
thunder to get storm effect on the
stage. INC
It is probably when he is roned :,
that fellow realizes that marriage IS
Blobbs-"Yes. he treated me ula
lord" Slobbs-''Wanted to lend w.,
money, eh?'' you
The man who makes a PRACTICE 90
nsntlng for his rights generaIlv hoa
a chip on his shoulder. ''0S
1t must make a fellow seen, r~o..--
small to feel as though he has h S.Sy
drawn through knothole. &c"
Can you curb a sick horse p, .s,-
the Jockey No, but can c1rta eu u
we'll" replied the stonemason,, curo
Some people are so constit,,taa -.
the things that don't concern +1 51u mat
the things that give them the thu ARE are
me people who are wei1baa =
oalance and found wanting are =. tn ne
e eo1ll. that the scales are o,i4 %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
HIrAIAN CON,rRARINEss.

This is only one small and rather IN
important and insignificant instance OF
it, Were an attempt made to cite all
of them, 1t would require the labor >
life time on the part of many per-
sons. A series of volumes would result
that would make the average public
library look like a puny collection Ut
books. For the contrary streaks in hu-
manity are more numerous than are
the stars in tho sky.
The instance in mind concerns the
continued clinging of the fair sex to the
dresses which hook up the back Until
the other day figuratively speaking,
this has been the way dresses have
been made for years. And multitudin-
GUS have been the tribulations of hus-
bands accordingly. Many a time has
the peace of an otherwise happy fam
lily been destroyed temporarily by a
husband being required to attempt the
almost impossible for MIN in fitting
the hooks into the eyes on the back Of
his wife's dress. A mans hands were
evidently made to WELD the pick-axe
and the sledge. But his cumbersome
fingers have been expected these many
years to manage the almost invisible
hooks and eyes with the dizziness OF a
French maid 1t was a matrimonial bar
gain that few men ever dreamed of.
Protests on the part of the men thar
their wives dresses could be made just
as well to hook and button down the
front have always been met with those
plying glances that are so suggestive
Of the opinion generally held by women
of the unadulterated ignorance of their
worser- halves, especially in matters
feminineIy sartarial-
OF sudden, though, a great joy has
settled in the camp Of the men. Dame
Fashion has waved her wand. Ergo.
The dresses of the immediate future, at
least, are to be buttoned or hooked
down the front. What the men have
been urging to deaf ears for many
day has been brought about as if by
magic. With a contrariness that stuck
to the last ditch the women have been
insisting that dresses hooked up the
back were the only possible thing.
Then Dame Fashion spoke She is "a
wonderful creature. Her ukases are in
fallible. At the slightest move Of her
eyelashes. the women stand at atten-
ton. And strange to say in this day of
graft she is an incorruptible old lady
No man, or millions of them, has ever
been able to sway her into paths THAI
would be pleasing to the genus male.
She says her say when she wishes. The
feminine world obeys implicitly and
with alacrity Hats off to Dame Fash
inn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
NEED OF CITIES BEAUTIFUL.

He Is a wise man who learns from
experience but he who learns from the
experiences of others is wiser than the
one who learns only from his own.
writes H. H. Windsor in Popular Me-
chanics Magazine for September. If
only our American cities would learn
from the experience of cities on the
other side, there would be, in years to
come avenues and parks of striking
beauty which otherwise will be impos-
sibIe, or attained only at enormous cost.
London has already widened a few of
it's densest thoroughfares at a cost of
millions, and now plans to spend a
million dollars in the removal of two
comparatively small buildings, which,
being on corners, destroy the beauty
of the Admiralty arches at Charing
Cross. The removal contemplated
would provide the finest spectacular
street in all the city.
London, of course, has been cen
turtles growing, and even 100 years ago
its citizens did not dream of it's pres
ent greatness. Our cwn American
cities, many of which will not reach
their century mark for years to come
will some day wake UP TO a realization
of what urban beauties they could
easily have had if only the present
generation had been less absorbed in
temporary utility and more thoughtful
of the future. As a rule we all build
too small, and frequently before a
structure is completed the owner re-
grets he did not plan more literally.
Nor is it necessary to plunge into
needless and useless waste of money,
the simple spending of money lavish
ly is not art, but it is possible to plan
ahead and to inaugurate public i'm
provements the expense of which
should be spread over such (. period of
time as will put upon a coming gener-
alton its fair share of the burden,
either of continuation or completion of
the work, or retirement of bonds on
which money was raised to do it. We
need a great awakening here to a loyal
pride each in his own city, for no
town is so small, nor any city so large,
that it can not do something to give
the place a distinction tina. its own
people will enjoy forever, and visitors
remark when they are within it's Dor
ders. Paris, Berlin. Brus sells, Vienna
have each spent millions in this way,
and the results viii JUSTIFY the act for
all time There is no need for US to
wait until our cities are moss-grown
with age; we can commence right now
to make a beginning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17

that a gentleman had called to see her
in answer to an advertisement. Mrs
Foley, nGeE that work WAS in prospect
for her pleasant little Darkroom
boarder, looked kind and almost moth
erly; for work meant promptly paid
board bills.
81 just put him in my own parlor
and you'll not be disturbed. Just shut
the door when you go ia and stay as
long as you want to. I'll wait here till
you come back she said.
moment later Constance shut the
door behind her as she entered the
landladys little parlor. Then she look
ed uncertainty to her rev employer,
who stood with his back to her, look
ing out of the window IL the gathering
dusk.
81 believe you want to see me-" she
said.
"Constancel" said the man. and VIII
liam Gordon faced her. There was
new light in his steady gray eyes, and
new assurance in his bearing.
Constance, awed, said nothing.
Constance. you answered my adj"
ne smiled Did you leave me because
you wanted something 1 couldn't give
your"
Yes" murmured Constance.
Was it more money!"
What made you think that what
you wanted was more than I could give
you? Didn't you know when I kissed
you"
II thought it was only pity" said
Constance. This time she went will
lngly to William Gordon's outstretched
arms.
A long time later Constance and
William still sat in Mrs. Foley's parlor.
1t was dark.
''Will you come tomorrow said
William at last
DO you mean in answer to the ad-
vertisement
mo. Constance said William, II
can advertise for another stenograph-
er; 1 couldn't advertise again for "a
wife"
little later. when William had
gone, Constance went Nlissfully up to
her room and found Mrs. Foley wait
ing patiently
Lands" said Mrs. Foley, as she got
up from the low chair where she had
been sitting. Did you get the job?
You were long enough about it."
Y es," said Constance happily, land
oh, Mrs. Foley, it's for life I'm going
to be married Copy
right, 1911, by the Associated Literary
Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.J
The little green apple is ripe for
mischief
Somehow we can't help feeling sorry
for an ex-hero.
The crooked work of most women il
confined to nail driving.
A wise youth never expresses his
love for an heiress c. o. d.
If a man owes a lot to his wife it's
because she is a poor collector
It's one kind of tough luck to strike
oil when boring for water.
Time and tide wait for no rnan-b1,t
it's different with an united woman.
Don't get into the habit of giving
advice because you want to get rid
of it.
Few men would trouble themselves
to look for work If they didn't need
the money.
A woman thinks her husband the
wlsest man on earth the day he leads
her to the altar
Many man doesn't realize that he
married an angel until she begins to
do the harp act.
If a man tells a woman she has
musical laugh she will fall for any old
joke he may get off.
1t isn't difficult to induce the other
Fellow to compromise when he realizes
that you have the best of it.
Many man who claims to be as
want the searchlight turned on his
night record.
Too many people waste their time
In condemning the work of others in
stead of spending it in trying to i'm
prove their own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
THE SANITARY PRIvY.

OF great Importance to human life
is good health, which cannot be pre-
served if the sanitary conditions in
and about living quarters are bad.
Among the worst conditions to be found
about any home is soil that has be-
come polluted. The federal secretary
of agriculture has published a bulletin
which treats Of such soil pollution and
certain simple plans fer avoiding t.
Soil pollution by human excreta en-
dangers the health Of a family It is
possible by the expenditure If a few
dollars for q sanitary privy to prevent
this soil pollution, enabling the family
to live. year after year. on the same
premises, without endargerins; its mem
bers' health.
A number of widely prevalent dis
eases have been spread by means Of
polluted soils, simply because the facts
have not been widely known, and it is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
THE SIM OF LEE.

Nothing to do but work.
Nothing to eat but food,
Nothing to wear but clothes,
To keep one from going nude.
Nothing to breathe but air,
Quick as a flash It's gones
Nowhere to fall but of;
Nowhere to stand but on.
Nothing to comb but hair,
Nowhere to sleep but in bed
Nothing to weep but tears.
Nothing to bury but dead.
Nothing to sing but songs,
All. well, alasi alack!
Nowhere to go but out.
Nowhere to come but back.
Nothing to see but sights,
Nothing to quench but thirst,
Nothing to have but what we've got
Thus through life we are cursed.
Nothing to strike but a gait;
Everything moves that goes
Nothing at all but common sense
Can ever Withstand these woes
Ben King, in the New Orleans Plcayune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Nor are the finest looking pies al
ways what they seem.
What people intend to do seldom
measure up with their actual accom-
pliShments.
y
Grown-ups are also like children in
that they magnify their trials and
tribulations.
Almost every husband finds out
sooner or later that his wife could
have married a weather. man.
man always knows just where his
avowed enemies stand but the same Is
not true, unfortunately, of his socalled
friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17

During the recent strikes in England
the mayors of several cities Went
through the streets carrying in their
hands copies of the riot acts of that
land which forbid riotous demonstra-
tons. And the strikers who were in a
mood to riot held their horses accord
ingly. In other words the majesty Of
the law is respected in England. But
suppose there was a big strike in any
city in this country and the strikers
were bent on rioting. Of what would
It avail If the mayor of that city went
among the rioters with a copy Of the
laws IN his hand. and called the atten-
ton Of the strikers to the punishment
that was in store for them if they in
dulged in any rioting? Well, the first
bricks. would probably be thrown at
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
Canadian Reciprocity?

Charles MolIman of Halifax, Nova
Scotia, sold his clothing store recently
and came to New York to open bust
ness here. He stopped at the Grand
hotel. Broadway and Thirty-frst street.
As he sat in the hotel lobby a pros
porous looking man engaged him in
conversation The stranger said he
was from Pittsburg and was lonely
So they went to a roof garden show
The stranger from Pittsburg purchased
the tickets and refused 20 let hoffman
paw for anything In the course of the
evening MolIman admitted that he,
too. had money-more than thous-
and dollars The stranger warned MoL-
man that the money was not good, as
it was Canadian currency, and made
an engagement to go t. see a friend
who was an authority
Mollman kept the apr ointment, ana
they went to the Cumberland Hotel,
Fiftv-fourth street and Broadway
They were seated in the cafe when a
man entered who was introduced to
MolIman as the manager" Mollman
handed over $1,10O in bills to the
s'manager," who excused himself to ex-
anime into their genuineness. He did
MT come back. Soon the Pittsburg &C
quaintance also disappeared
When the truth dawned upon Moll-
man he asked the way 20 the nearest
police station and reported he had
been bunkoed.-New York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.
tFrom the Atchioon GIobe.l

Sometimes a denial doesn't DEFY.
There are nervous women who seem
to be proud of it.
A new definition: Flirting is atten-
ton without intention"
One way to gain popularity is to
spend less time looking for it.
Ball players aren't the only ones VINO
have days when they can't get q hit.
1t is sometimes difficult for a man
to mind his wife and his own bust
ness.
Doesn't it seems nowadays that the
only thing every person needs is a
mint2
The man who can't be cured is al
ways willing to take a chance on a
new doctor.
Every woman thinks she can fool the
conductor about her chil1's age. out
she can't.
Don't drink anything that requires a
chaser drink the Chaser and let it
go at that.
A man down on his luck usually tells
the largest stories Of the good Jobs he
has held.
Anyone can find fault with the laws,
but it takes a lawyer to get paid for
that line of work.
A demagoguge is any member of the
opposition who talks too much; on our
side, he's an Grafton.
A man who makes a speciality of
cultivating a thirst, also spends a good
deal of time satisfying 1t.
When a man decides to live On his
wits, his wife should thoughTfully il
vest in new washing machine.
A dilapidated top buggy probably is,
next to the running gears Of q deca-
dent corset, the worst looking wreck.
just because a woman is beautiful
is no reason she should try to over
come that dangerous gift when she
buys q hat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
HUAOR OF THE Day

leak out?"-Boston Transcript.
Dad, can take a postgraduate course
IN biology2" THAT depends. daughter .
replied the old man cautiously. What do
you want to buy first ?"-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
AN Atlanta judge has ruled that man
must kiss his wife twice each day.''
What crime had the woman committed? -
Houston Post.
Ever hear Miss Hygee sing? She can
90 1t beautifully five languages Yes,
put ike her sister better. She can re-
fuse firmly in one.'-Chicago Tribune.
TookS His Own Prescription-Judge-
W ny did you steal the gentleman's purse?
Prisoner thought the change would do
me sood.-Boston Transcript.
His Atttude.-Nrs. KawIer-Doesn'tv our
husband object to your going ut much?
Mrs. Peck-N. He hates to have me, but
he doesn't dare to objejct.-Exchange
Girl in Grand stand-Guy, what is the
umpire saying? The Young Mantle isn't
saying anything, Fieda He's announcing
the batteries--Chicago Tribune.
Whilst wonder if there will ever be
universal peace? Gillis-Sure. All they've
got to do is to get the nations to agree
that in case of war the winner pays the
pensions. Puck.
You don't know what that's a picture
OF, johnny" said Mrs. Lasping in a tone
Of reproof. You ought to read your
ancient history more. That is the temple
of Dinah at Emphass. Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
Shaved Hail His Poll.

Louis ZeItner, who writes his drs.-
mas of the East side not with mere
ink, but with living puppets, lives at
So Pitt street. Next door, at So, is
stable, which employs one of the zelt-
ner figures as a Waterman and driver
The role that Dramatist Louis has as
signed to Red John Dugan is one
that the stage director of the New
Theater used to call with extreme
Characterization"
Dugan fed upon the zeltner hyp-
notism, and in accord with certain
psychic suggestions has a great APP
many an East side banana-eating con-
test. Early the other morning Dugan,
who had been celebrating, wandered
beneath the shade of the Zeltner win
dow, curled up on a truck, and went
to sleep.
There were rumors that Poet Louis
was seen peering out from his win
dow, and that he noted the recumb9nt
puppet. This Louis vigorously denies
But in any event, somebody did see
little golf cap perched upon one side
of his head.
At p. m. the Zeltner character ac-
tor awoke. One side of the head us
ually supplied with rudy locks SEEM
ed to Red" to be colder than the 9TH
CT. ne put d uduQ " Ills 4CdO anu
felt the scalp of a Chinaman."
Red rushed into the stable and
called for a mirror. Then the worst
was realized His hair had been cut
with scissors and his scalp shaved up
On one side of the head UP to the
dividing line usually manifest in the
scalp of a man who parts his hair in
the center.
Red" aroused the whole outlying
region of the East side IN an effort to
find his semiscalper.
Il once cut the whiskers off a ped
dler in Broome street. said he, an
that chap is come back
But later in the morning when
Red" tried to resume a well balanced
appearance by having the rest of his
hair removed, the Easf side BARRIERS
developed a sense of hunor. One and
all refused to shave half a head, and
Red" decided that he would wait un-
til he had seen a lawyer before de-
stroying Exhibit A.
Then "Red" and Pet Louis went
about the East side looking for
Reds" defacer. while between hunts
Louis telephoned the news to Park
row.
But "Red' doesn't suspect the Great
or of his literary being, for that would
be ngratitude-NeW York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17

There are very few political theor-
lists or Missionaries in any of the DO
litical parties who will come out flat
footed and declare that the PROPOSE
ton for the recall of judges is abso-
lutely sound in principle. Most of
them who find fault with President
Taft's veto of the Joint resolution
providing for the admission of Ari-
iona and New Mexico to statehood
because of the judiciary recall provi-
sion in the proposed constitution for
Arizona do so on the theory that the
people of Arizona or any other ter
ritory or state for that matter should
be the exclusive judges a.; to the
makeup Of their constitution. Fol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
WE ARE A PLAIN PEOPLE.


We notice that Mr.. Taft also is fall
ing into the habit of speaking of the
plain people," AS if there were in
this country any other kind of people
who are numerous enough 20 be even
mentioned!
With insignificant exceptions we are
all what Mr.. Taft means by "the plain
people"
How many are there who gather at
Newport in summer and Palm Beach
in winter and try hard to make
themselves believe that they are diff
ferent from the rest of US?
And what are few hundred in this
mighty nation of 100,000,000 souls?
There were more of such persons
even in the sparse colonies of 1878
than there are now.
OF course some of US get more for
our labor than do oth.rs. That al
ways has been so and ALWAYS will be,
so long as men differ n brains and
especially in industry.
But the habit of speaking of "the
plain people in America as if they
were a great class, Of Ornamental
people, is just bit of sncialistic cant
a socia1istic lie framed for the pur-
pose of creating a condition of tclass
hatred and 'cIass struggle. "-Chica-
go Inter-Ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17

From the strike riots that are now
progressing in several cities in Eng
land it would appear to be incumbent
on the mayors of those towns to use
megaphones in calling the attention
of the populaces to the acts of parlia-
ment against rioting. It seems that
their voices have not carried far
enough in their ordinary reading of
these riot acts to the mobs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
ParaIytic Fasts so Days.

Clear-eyed and pink-sFinned, and
apparently improved in health by his
experiment, William J. Sullivan ar
rived in this city from New York,
bringing with him an appetite he had
been accommodating for 80 days.
Sullivan did not f1irt With starvation
as a means of gaining notcriety, but in
quest of renewed health. While he
was not entirely successful, &c still has
faith in the fasting treatment, and
said that next year he will try the
same cure for so days. His home is in
1880 Wallace street. The right side of
his body, including right arm and right
leg, are para1yzed, and if was to try to
regain the use of these .hat he deter
mined to fast.
To carry out his intentions and also
to be near a church possessing a relic
of a saint, so that faitl, and prayer
might form a part of rs effort at
cure, he went to New York Every
morning he went to mass in st. John
the Baptist's, and touched the relic,
bone from the wrist OF the saint.
When his fast began he weighed
40 pounds, and now he weighs III
His face does not ind'ct-te his long
abstinence from anything except grape
Juice and water. While he cid not re-
cover from paralysis. his nerves are
ouieter. and he said he feels better in
side" than at any time since he had
the paralytic stroke. = Philadelphia
dispatch to New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17

Cincinnatus Leconte has been formal
~ elected president of Hayti. And if
the history of the Cinclnnatus family
repeats itself. his reign will be even
shorter than the customary one in the
negro republic. Lucius Quintus Cincin-
natus held the dictatorship of Rome for
only sixteen days. But he retired from
IT of his own volition. Cincinnatus Lee
conte can be depended upon to hold his
new job until he is kicked out, but
It probably won't be very long until
that happens
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They appear to be rather Frenchi-
fled in Cuba. A son of President
Gomez and a newspaper editor en-
gagged in a pistol duel at Havana the
other evening. Several rounds were
fired by each but neither was injured
in the slightest way.