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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
Insurance in Britain.

The, whirligig of time has surely
brought about no more remarkable
than that which is now displayed in Great
Britain, where the liberals, beginning as
extreme protagonistS of the propaganda
of laisser faire, have now become equally
vigorous opponents and advocates of the
most thoroughgoing paternalism. On the
question of duties on imports alone they
adhere to their ancient faith In a varie-
ty of other respects they insist that the
citizen shall be protected and cared for by
the state.
This is particularly marked in the vari-
Gus schemes of pensions and insurance
which the government has put forward or
has in view. One was old age pensions
Insurance against unemployment is an
other. Now comes third, in Mr.. Lloyd
Georges proposal of compulsory universal
INSURANCE. against invalidism for all wage
income tax minimum of $500 a year. This
we are told, will apply to about L, o00, 900
persons. 1t will cover all ages between
1s years and 20, the old age pension system
nlhimum amount of insurance, which will
be fully guaranteed by the state, will be
$1.25 a week All risks will be accepted
The contribution requisite to provide the
benefit will be computed by government
actuaries, and will be assessed one-half
against the employer. and one-fourth
gs the In fsls respect the he
old age pensions, under which the bene.
ficiary makes no contribution.
Inc arguments IN support OF these
things are plausible, that it is better for
the state to spend money for insurance
and pensions than for almshouses, and
that It is one of the prime objects of gov
eminent to promote the social welfare of
the people. Yet the contrast between this
and laisser faire is impressive, and it
will not be an easy task to reconcile the
two or to demonstrate why it is permissi-
man against disability, against old age
but is a relic of barbarism to protect him
against alien competition.-New York
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
Hatpin problem solved.

A pair of pincers, according to Mails
Buck, is the best weapon with which
to combat a dangerous fatpin. He
gave a practical demonstration of its
use on a Northwestern elevated train.
A long and sharp steel hatpin in a
woman's hat scratched him on the
chin. The owner refused to remove
the pin.
81 was on the Northwestern ele-
vated," he said, "going to my home, in
Edgewater, and the train was crowded.
hung to one strap next t. a woman
with the long hatpin, which stuck me
in the chin. She refused to remove it.
CT instantly thought of the pincers
in my overcoat pocket With them
bent the offensive pin at right angles,
pointing the scratching steel straight
skyward. The woman didn't even
know what I had done. but the peo-
pie in the car who saw it laughed up
roariiusly. Every man should carry
pincers- Chicago dispatch to New
York Hara1l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Another gun that twas never known
to be loaded went off the other day in
the hands OF Topeka lad and one of
his playmates fell dead. Such weap-
ons are just the thing to leave around
for youngsters to play with. 1t is a
wonder there are not three or four OF
them in every home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

explanations now are to the effect
that Champ Clark's break in suggest
ing that the Canadian reciprocity plan
Is also step in the direction of the
annexation OF Canada by the United
States was merely an expression from
MIN in semi-jocular mood. But it
has all the earmarks of being nothing
more than one of those large plumbers
which the Democrats have such a
faculty for making.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

According to the expert bugologists
IN and about New York this is the
year Tor the temperance of the sew
enteen-year locusts. Inasmuch as thu
New Workers have been the first to
discover signs of the temperance of
this pest, they are entitled to all the
honors in connection Herewith. No
BODY in other parts will worry a bit if
New York keeps all these beasts to
itself ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
THE MASTER.

Inc Master touch is felt The Master
hand remains invisible.
we guess the source of all beneficence
Ihen turn, still blindly, cropping for the
arm
That reaches forth to scatter woe about
In such profuseness that 'twixt joy and
pain
We know not which is nearest or most
plentiful
The Master touch has guided. guides. will
guide.
TIL all is perfect. though the wilderness
VI tangled sins and sorrows vex our
souls;
Though all our steps be hindered on the
That leads from darkness to the latest
From ignorant deartb to wisest affluence.
We know our Master only in the strife:
One voice that leads us on lifes varying
way.
And if so be the same hand give to us
our need of pleasure and of misery,
What greater proof of wise consistency?
For without battle whence comes victory?
The Master voice, Perfections trumpet
call;
The Master hand. sage Nature as she
leads
Her own creation through the labyrinth
Or those great needs that bring develop
ment,
Appreciation, knowledge and success
To crown the universe in all its purposes.
-Lurana Sheldon in the New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
A DANGEROUs POLICY.

Wichita has introduced a new and
dangerous policy-secrecy regarding
criminal matters. For many years
Scotland Yard, London. tried this
and finally gave it up as unWise The
Wichita police department has an
nounced that hereafter 10 news of
crime will be given out for publication.
The Wichita Eagle says no one
around the station would explain the
reason for the new ruling, but it was
understood the police hope to give the
impression the city is cleaner and
freer from crime by stopping the pub
LEGATION of news of thefts. robberies,
raids, etc. A grievous mistake. Crime
will spread under such a policy. But
in spite of the police, the newspapers
will get some wind of a story and it
will be better that they get the de-
tails correct. Nothing is gained by
trying to keep the newspapers and the
public in ignorance.-Independence
Reporter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

These fine writeups that the news
papers are giving to the young Kan
sans who have been successful in pass
ing the entrance examinations to
West Point will be as thorns in their
sides in few months. The upper
classmen there will see to it that these
embryo major generals of the U. S.
A. learn these send-offs by heart. and
Eecite them on all noSsibla occasions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Senator Borah is of the opinion that
prejudice is just as strong against the
negro in the north as it is in the south.
But it hasn't been noticed that the
negro has been DISTINGUISHED in many
of the northern states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Governor Baldwin of Connecticut
says the newspapers might be i'm
proved, notes the Philadelphia In
quirer, and it replies: Granted, and
so might some governors"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
IRON the New York Press.l

It's a long road that has no toll gate.
Anyhow it's about as safe to trust a
stranger as yourself.
: Let man tell his wife he neglects
her out of sentiment and she can be-
lieye it.
You can teach a boy mathematics
with reason; you have to whale good
conduct into him..
If all the men who are always crazy
to go fishing were ordered, to do it by
the state they would want to get up a
revolution about il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

A man struck a match on key of
powder in Oklahoma the other day.
AS there is nothing left of him it will
be impossible for one of the wide
awake monthly magazines to feature
his personal experiences. So just how
it feels to be blown to pieces by keg
OF powder will yet remain a mystery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

even before looking glasses and with
appropriate gestures. OF course. haz-
ing has been officially abolished at
West Point, but ''hazing" is a rather
indefinite word as to its meaning and
INTERPRETATION
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

It may be possible that many of the
members of the house of representa-
tves voted so enthusiastically for the
initiative and referendum measure be-
cause of their belief that it has not
much of chance to go through the
senate. Such things have been done by
legislators, not only of the state va
riety, but also of national caliber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Not much news concerning the rev.
olution has been coming from MeXi-
co during the past couple of days.
Perhaps the newspaper men there,
clever as they are, are not clever
enough TO find it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

The Harrisburg Telegraph has no
ticed another funny thing about these
international marriag es-"the bride is
never q rich foreigner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

As has generally been the case.
When it came time for the breaking
of the drouth in this state it was
broken with a vengeance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

1t occurs to the Galveston News
that the reason a rooster crows is
because he hasn't a press agent to at
tend to such matters for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal IS a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news Is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Senator Hepburn of Idaho has
boiled over again. Still there was new
err evidence of there being much in his
kettle that was worth saving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

And the best Colonel Roosevelt
could do was to land the honorary
vice presidency of the Boy Scouts of
America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

New York should not get chesty be-
cause it is the scene of an epidemic
of la grippe. Kansas has had the same
thing this winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18


Kansas farmer ssRother Won nuch?'i
asked the tourist. Il shod say so. When
IeiIer sees a funnel-shared cloud comm
down the pike he don't know whether to
Toledo Blade.
THAT man is about the most tactIess
person L have ever known Il agree
with you He would have no more sense
fund for the purpose of providing a monu-
ment for the inventor of the safety razor
Chicago Record-Herald.
Guess must have been born unlucky."
What makes you say that?'' well, for
There were eighteen players on the dia-
mond, fifteen or twenty on the benches
10000 people in the grand stand, 5000
Toledo Blade.
is visiting in the country)--Now, Willie
tomorrow we will go to the little country
tened Willie Cwhose papa buds ships5E
No, you DON'T 1 don't want ANYBODY
bursting bottle of champagne over my
Doctor-You need change of climate.
Patient..What's the matter with this
Boston Transcript.
poem. Jess-It is-like one of Brownings s.
Bess-What do you mean? Jess-Some Of
the lines are so deep. Toledo Blade
st hear you are married, Chloe?,
"Yes'm; Is married" And are you hap
PLY married. Chloe?" ooh, yes'm: Is
happily married; Sam gets me lots of
washin' i"-Yonkers Statesman.
What is your boy learning at college?"
cont KNOW 1 can only tell you what
ne IS studying springfield Republican.
What a fine thing it would be if Bur-
bage for use in flat MISUNDERSTANDING
News.
Redd-Brown said he had another run
or hard luck. Greene-Oh, has he got an
automobile. toe? -W oman's National Daily.
NO; at the present price of living l con-
slider it impossible. Chicago Record
Herald.
He (ired of dodging)-would you marry
a one,eyed man? she-Good gracious. no,
aeIIhen let me carry your umbrella
Uncle has made his will. hasn't he?"
gramme? Why, to get t'- him to 'i con sIG
number of specialists. Life.
Towne-Do understand you to say that
Spender's case was really a faith cure?
Brownies You see, the doctor and the
druggist, both trusted him.-Medford
Drum.
People who lose. their money are al
ways complaining to their friends about
it. Nonsense. People who lose their
money haven't any friends left to COM
plain to.''-Town Topics
What did that woman do when her
pet dog jumped on you and bit your"
She gave me a very reproachful look
replied Flooding Pete, IAN then she or
dered the dogs valet to give it a BATH
Washington Star.
IT don't know whether ought to recog-
nize him here in the city or not. Our
acquaintance at the seashore was very
slight" You promised to marry him.
didn't you?" Yes. but that was ALL
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
How the Justices Work.

HOW the JUSTICES WORK.
The justices do all of their work at
home for the simple and sufficient
and satisfying reason that they have
no other place to work. Their quar-
tiers at the capitol are more restrict
ed than they were when Salmon p.
Chase was chief Justice. Mr.. Chase
gave over for the use of the senate
large room that had been assign
ed to the court. The senate made of
it a barber shop and bath, and, true
to its traditions, has since refused to
let go of anything that it once laid
hands upon. The court has in the
capitol court room, a conference
room, robing room, clerks offices,
and a library. When the court is
sitting the justices do not arrive at
the capitol until a few minutes be-
fore IL o'clock. In the robing room
hanging on pegs, in due order of
precedence, are the voluminous black
silk gowns of the justices. In order
OF precedence hats and overcoats are
removed and hung on the pegs from
winch the gowns are taken.
Every Saturday morning while the
court is sitting the justices meet in
the conference room and discuss and
vote upon the cases that have been
submitted to them. The youngest
member on the bench in point of ser
vice votes first on each case. When
the decisions have been made and
the justices leave the room, none of
them knows who will be assigned to
write the courts opinion. The chief
justice makes the assignment after
the conference has broken up, and
conveys the information privately to
the members of the court whom he
has chosen. All of the other justices,
however, are given full opportunity
to read and carefully study the writ
ten opinion before it is handed down
from the bench.
While in the conference room the
justices must do without attendants.
Every precaution is taken to prevent
any word uttered in that chamber
from leaking out. Even the Oldest
employees of the court and those
most intimately attached to the mem
DerS or the court are never permitted
to be present while the justices are
conferring- So far as human inge-
nuity can devise, nothing is left I'M
done to insure that no inkling of the
attitude of the court or of the mem
bers of the court becomes known in
advance of its formal announcement.
The new justices soon discover that
they come in for the harder and a
larger share of the work of prepar-
ing opinions than the older members
of the court. The worst is not over
as far as the preparation of an opin-
ion is concerned when the first con-
ference day is passed; neither is the
end necessarily near at hand when
the first draft is completed. A proof
sheet must be sent to each of the 9TH
er members of the court for their
comment and correction. How merci-
less one justice is toward his broth
er'a copy no one but the justices
themselves may know. Rhetoric, die
ton, grammar and punctuation are
as sharply criticised as the views of
the law expressed in the opinion
E. G. Lowry, in the New York Even
ing Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Not Wanted.-Grandma Ito Willie. who
is visiting in the country)-Now, Willie.
cuhrch over there, and you will be chris,
tened Willie (whose papa buds ships)-
No, you don't, 1 don't want ANYBODY
bursting a bottle of champagne over my
headi-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Bessie said my face was a perfect
poem. Jess-It is-like one of Browning ..
Bess-What do you mean? Jess-Some of
the lines are SO deep. Toledo Blade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

81 hear you are married Chloe %
"Yes'm; Is married. And are you hap
happily married; Sam gets me lots of
washin' l'-Yonkers Statesman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
A SATURDAY SERMON.

For the good that I would ] do not.
but the evil which I would do, that do.
Romans VII 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Doctor-You need a change of climate
Patient-What's the matter with this
climate? Doctor-It's too changeable-
Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Guess must have been born unlucky"
What makes you say that?'' well, for
instance, I went to a ball game once
There were eighteen players on the dia-
mond, fifteen or twenty ON the benches,
10000 people in the grand stand, 5000
Toledo Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
KANSAS CONMENT
OBSERVE THE SEED AND TEST IT.

OBSERVE THE SEED AND TEST IT.
slstence for the body, then ideas for
the mind and last a growth of spirit
which makes us human.
The plant is the basis of all wealth,
all wisdom and all present knowledge
supplying US with food, shelter and
clothing, it also feeds our flocks and
herds. which bring added wealth and
wisdom and knowledge.
The miner who delves for hidden
gold or the seaman who seeks fortune
on watery wastes are each helpless
without it; while the throbbing life of
the city would cease in its absence.
In its various forms it shows us the
growing crops for our material com
fort or the landscapes for our spiritual
good. 1t touches our lives at every
point and makes humanity more hui
man and divinity more divine, and yeS
it all comes from the tiny seed
What wonder then that the wise
men should observe the seed and test
1t and care for it?
HE thai observeth the wind shall
not SOW; and he that regardeth the
clouds shall not reap Nor shall he
prosper that planteth poor seed.-L d.
Graham, in the Kansas Farmer.
THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL
men into the state house at Topeka,
in fact the most of them are good
men, but some of them are especially
good men and from whom the state
will expect exceptionally good and
honest service One of these is John
S. Dawson, the new attorney general.
The people of Parsons know Mr.. DaW-
son probably better than any other
state official, and they believe in him.
He has made good in the past and
they believe he will make good in the
future, and they endorse the follow
ing editorial in the Wichita Beacon:
General Dawson has been in public
life in Kansas long enough to be ia
miliar with all the little tricks and
grandstand stunts with which most
new officials herald their advent into
the states political life He knows
that the only thing that really counts
in the long run is service of an effec-
tive character Mr.. Dawson is
Scotchman and therefore given much
to logic. He will do fewer things for
the purpose of getting his office into
the newspapers than many of his pre-
decessors and he will succeed because
he will be searching all the time for
a chance to do his duty in plain old
fashioned way, not because 1t is popu-
lar, but because it is the honest logic
of the situation.-ParsonS Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

What is your boy learning at colIege?"
DON'T know. 1 can only tell you what
he is studying. "-Springfield Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

What a fine thing it would be if Bur-
bank would only get up an odorless cab.
bage for use in flat buildings h
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

THAT man is about the most tactIess
person L have ever known II agree
with you. He would have no more sense
than to ask barber to subscribe to a
fund for the purpose of providing a monu-
ment for the inventor of the safety razor
Chicago Record-Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
HUNOR OF THE Day

Darn these automobilesr' said the
Kansas farmer. Bother you much?"
asked the tourist. II sho'd say SO. When
1elIer sees funnel-shaped cloud comm
run run for the gun or for cyclone CELLAR
Toledo Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Redd-Brown said he had another run
or hard luck. Greene-Oh, has he got an
automobile, too?-W oman's National Daily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

He (tired of dodging)-Would you marry
a one-eyed man? She-Good gracious MOI
He-Then let me carry your umbrella
Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

DO you consider it a sin to be rich?r
No; at the present price of living con-
slider it impossible. "-Chicago Record
Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Uncle has made his will, hasn't he?"
Yes; what's the next thing on the pro-.
gramme? why, to get him to consults
a number of Specialists. life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

Towne-Do 1 understand you to say that
Spender's case was really a faith cure?
Brownies You see, the doctor and the
druggist, both trusted him.-Medford
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-24
VOTE ON INTERURBAN
Franchise monday
UPON RATIFICATION. ROAD WILL
BUILD TO CORNER OF ARCH
GR AND MAIN.

on next Monday Tulsans VIII be
again given that privilege which is
theirs 90 often that of expressing
their voice at the polls It is week
only from yesterday until the Sand
Springs ntcrurban franchise Is be-
fore the pc 'p'e OF Tulsa for their ac-
ion
Nearly a month ago the city com
missioners rassed a franchise that
viii allow the sand Springs intcrur-
ban road to run its tracks into the
city Of Tulsq ON Archer Street from
the west
AS soon as the people ratIfy the
franchise allowed by the city COM
mission. the Sand Springs interurbon
: Dad win b, extended from the Third
Street vladuct over the route allow
ed In the franchise to the Brady Hoo
tel at Archer and Main II ls the
plan Of the intorurban road to use the
obby Of the Brady Hotel as a waiting
room Business offices will. I'm all
probabiIty hr established at that
point
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-24
Society News
-
JOSEPHINE GRAY
Hours I io 800 m. Phone 900.

Society almost forgot everything
else Yesterday and last evening In tho
pleasure OF the event OF the year in
many ways, the May Festival given
by tho Hyeohka club which this year
presented the Damrosoh New York
symphony Orchestra, Musioally and
socially It stands alone among tho
chornolings OF the year. Society was
there from both al home and abroad.
II Is the one thing that has been talk
ed both at home and abroad for
weeks past and the one thing planned
for. Many noted personases sat in
the audience and listened 10 the
matchless orchestra leader Many u
the handsomest gowns OF the season
were in evidence and the parties at
tending were numerous beyond count
ing. II was an occasion each one de-
sired to share with friends and many
of the members " the Hyechka club
entertained friends from out or the
city for the ausplcous occasion. It
was a rare. rare evening from pleas
urnblc standpoint filled with beauty
and splendor.