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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
TALKS

The most important adjunct to adver-
using Is the service accorded to the GUS
TONER after the advertising brings him to
a store When good advertising is backed
up by good service, the customer not only
comes back to the store, but he tells his
friends about 1.-The is a living advertise
ment for the store.
The Rogers Peet CO. Of New York are
persistent newspaper advertisers They
lowing letter, which received from Mr.
kahlert, Of the Chicago Post, explains one
OF the reasons for this success;
had an experience the other day with
the firm of Rogers Peet & Co. which i'm
pressed me very much.
II bought a hat from them and wore 1t
right away, asking them to send my other
hat to my home. The hat did not arrive
in couple of days, so I called at the
store and reported same. They found
upon investigation that the driver showed
he had left the hat at my home, but did
not get a signed receipt for it.
Il waited several days longer, thinking
called and reported that the hat had not
reached me, and the manager of the store
asked me at what I valued the hat
Three days later 1 received letter
from them enclosing check saying that
while they had a record that the hat had
been left at the house, since had not re-
ceived it, they were willing to stand the
loss.
'9The very day the check reached me /
was unpacking some of my boxes, and
came across a box containing the hat,
which, in some mysterious way, had
reached my room without my knowledge.
Naturally, 1 was glad to be able to re-
turn the check. This sort of thing may be
done by a number of stores, but 1t appeal
ed to me particularly because was not
a regular customer of Rogers Peet yet no
hesitation was shown in sending me the
check
ut seems to me that a policy Of this
sort not only keeps a customer SATISFIED,
but makes him standing advertisement
for the store among his friends"
Such policy followed by any store VIII
build for it lasting. permanent business.
(To be continued)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
GLOBE SIGHTS


LFrom the Atchison Globe.I
Ignorance isn't bliss on examination
day.
Man wants little here below. not inciud-
ing surprise parties.
Most people delay their grudge against
agents little too long.
Conscience gets considerable credit
really due to fear OF getting caught
There is some reason to doubt that the
largest lemon grows in California.
one needn't be so very lazy 20 wish he
didn't have to work during indian sum
mer
Sometimes. also. that s'souIfeI ioole,' ie
due to biiousness instead Of Higher
Thought.
1t is difficult to get an unprecedented
statement from anything but a thermom-
eter.
Reading poetry wouldn't be 50 bad II Il
didn't lead so many 10 try writing IT,
the gadders tell Of the great hardshipg
OF travel
No doubt there are men who can,t
stand prosperity, but none who aren't
willing to try It.
Very few men are as great as the in
Of the evening Is
Going through many magazines leads
one to believe that more Of them shdsiid
consolidate.
A man may take his own time to it.
but III he doesn't take anything more Won
ought to be satisfied.
1t is all right for a man to own race
horses, If he doesn't have 20 dencnd on
them for living.
Giving a woman the right to xiii her
husband. seems TO be carrying the lihernf
idea a little Too Ear.
or course the dentists must make 4 ii,-
ing. but don't forget that the tooth brush
manufacturers also eat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Three working girls belonging to what
we are pleased to call the middle class
of society," were discussing what they did
with their money.
''Of course. I pay my board at home. -
saidt the private secretary-'I pay four
dollars a week so that's where eighteen
dollars a month goes"
One of the teachers stated that she con-
tributed three dollars towards the family
budget, while another gave three and a
half.
These girls are all earning good sal
aries. They all belong to families which
made sacrifices to educate them, and
which have none too easy time to get
along now.
And yet they mentioned their small con-
tributions with an evident sense of right
eousness.
Nor is that so strange after an, for
they know many among their eissie OF OF
give their fathers a cent for board, but
spend ali their money upon Themselves,
which they are occasionally moved TO
present and for which they expect eX-
That is one picture. Now let me paint
another.
Our washerwoman has a daughter who
has been educated to the extent OF the
grammar school and five months in bust
ness college. She earns eight dollars a
week as a stenog-apher. Her mother is
''And she has a beau, Miss Ruth" she
said, "a fine beau that takes her to the
theater, not any moving picture show,
but the real theater, you know. And of
course, she likes to dress and look fine
on account of him, so don't take all her
money away from her 1 don't think
that would be fair. 1 just take four or
five dollars to help with the house and
let her have the rest.
Again-Gertie is a telephone girl. She
is a very good worker and gets ten dol
lars week in a private exchange Her
father Is lazy and is often out of work.
She was telling me about pretty waist
she wanted to buy. II m going to ask
mother if she can't manage to let me
have the money for it, she said
What, don't you buy your own
clothes?" I asked, completely misunder-
what do you mean?' she counter
questioned.
your own money. instead OF asking your
mother for it?'
] haven't any money" she said, II give
it all to mother and she gives me back
what 1 need for clothes and car fare"
And she took her doing this quite as a
matter Of counsel
One more instance. Mary is a maid
She gets five dollars week. Last year
funeral expenses, which were about $50
Think what that means-the pay for
dentally. she wants to get married and is
longing to save for her wedding clothes
When you hear of, or read, or see
things like this-for you must as well as
doesn't it seem to you that there is
greater sense of family obligation in
which we are pleased TO call the poorer
classes of society?
1t certainly does to me.
And doesn't it make you rather !
ashamed Of what we are pleased to call
the middle and higher classes OF So
It t. certainly does me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

tired when he made the curious speech
Monday night foreshadowfng his defeat,
We cannot understand Mr.. White
always. We have known him intimate
" for years. In fact, his paper is a
successor TO my old paper, the EN-
poria News. We know Mr.. White to
be charming personally and to be a
man of high ideals. Still, we cannot
always reconcile what he says in his
paper with what are the actual facts,
that is, when Mr.. White turns himself
lose on politics and sIoshes around,
as he often does.
Now here is what he said in a long
editorial: Can you beat it? And can
you understand it? It, to our mind is
a Neosho Valley mixture of truth and
fiction that ought to reIegate some
Certain Rich Men, (not mentioning
Pinchot or Medill Mccormick into the
background during the coming cam
paign of 1912
IChapter XII will appear in tonaorrow's
issue ana VIII deal with a "Reminiscences
IN the HE OF the writer about 80 years
ago when he was on the old Ennporia
Gazette Is the virtual successor. The in
cldent of about 1881 was a strike" in the
Emporta News office Composing room,
and will explain how the writer ''quelled
the strike and got out the paper after
the composing room force had walked
out to man taking with them their
coats and their ultimatun.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
.JAYHAWKER JOTS

A Lawrence man, says the Journal
World, who wanted to spend the
winter in California wrote out to Los
Angeles to know what the chances
were to get on the Mcnamara jury.
The Los Angeles police thought it was
gigantic conspiracy.
An Atchison woman who sometim es
buys things in Kansas City has been
terribly punished lately, reports the
Atchison Globe. She fell in love with
a dress there that cost $500. The dress
was rather expensive but she bought
1t, and lately wore it to an Atchison
society event Imagine her horror
when she saw woman at the party in
dress exactly like the one she had
on. The same color, same trimming,
and made exactly like the one for
which she had laid down three hun
bred cold dollars. It seems the other
Atchison woman had seen the $500
dress in Kansas City. Had tried the
dress on, and studied it. Then came
home, bought exactly the same kind
of goods, and trimmings, took them to
an Atchison dress1naker, and under her
direction the dressmaker copied that
Kansas City dress so perfectly that the
dresses look as much alike as the
Sidmese twins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
KANsAs AS a HEAInH REsoRT.

KANSAS AS A HEALTH RESORT.
When in shock is ripened corn
Blushing- pumpkins on the vine.
lis the time, sure's you are born,
That the weather here is fine.
W hen at morn you early rise
And proceed to take a walk.
Wondrous visions greet your eyes
And fine weather is the talk.
BY 1nhaling atmosphere
Like no other cline can claim,
Gu rejoice you're living here,
And from shouting can't refrain.
For one hundred days, or more,
Here each fall, as all well know,
From short grass" to eastern shore
Balmy zephyrs gently blow.
summers here are warm and nice
And with winters bracing air,
should the people here entice-
Near and far-from everywhere.
As an all round health resort
This grand state is hard to beat
For her ozone Is of the sort
That makes living here treat.
n. B. NICHOL-
Frankfort, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
DAFFYDHS

with apologies to William Randolph
Hearst of the New York Journal and the
Boston Americana
How much did Philadelphia Pa
Whose grass did K. c. Mo
What eggs did. New Orleans La.
How much does Cleveland o.
What was it made Chicago Ill.
Twas Washington, D. c.
She would Tacoma Wash. in spite
OF a Baltimore. NJ. D.
When Hartford and New Haven Conn.
What reuben do they soak,
Could Noah build a Little Rock Ark
If he had no Guthrie O. X.
LOfficer: I got inn got 'iml
A Topeka avenue man offers this:
If a pair of lily white hands can tie
a love knot, what can a red neck tie
Hist IT'S the snore of good John
Allen, the faithful night watch.I
Then up piped LIZ Arthur:
IF a horse nibbles grass can a catnip
tea2
can be an actress. ].
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
hUMOR or THE DAY

What did he do when he kissed herg'
Slapped him on the cheek"
And what did he do about the other
Kissed that. too.''-st. Louis star.
when I leave here shall have 10 de-
pend on my brains for a living"
Don't take such a pessimistic view Of
things cornell Widow.
sunday ! school Observation-Disclosures
can you ten mo anything about tho
Little EIsie-I guess they we're the wives
OF the apostles.-Chicago News
The Babes in the Wood had just been
lost 'Drat conversation" they cried
Herewith they longed for a nice open
plain.-New York sun
BIobbs-This musical is a charity affair
for the benefit OF the poor
slobbs-I don't see just where the poor
Biobbs-wen. they don't have to be pres
ent.-PhiIadeIphia Record.
80 you are convinced that Bacon wrote
the Shal0espearian plays7"
II am" answered the British dramatist.
but Bacon was a politician rather than
a poet
with a political pull could have produced
some of those plays without trouble with
government censorship" - Washington
Star.
The Angler-Is this public water. my
man?
The Inhabitant-Ay-
The AngIer-Then It won't be crime
if ] land a fish?
The Inhabitant-No; i'm be a miracle
Sketch.
Alice in Wonderland said she could
easily believe six impossible things be-
fore breakfast
But cried the comrnuter. could you
believe you had plenty OF time 10 eat
breakfast and catch the 7:05?"
Family she protested that was too
York sun.
1nquiring Son-Papa. what is reasonf
Fond Parent-Reason, my boy, IS that
which enables man 20 determine what
Is right.
tAnd what is instnct2"
Instinct IS that which tells "a woman
she is right, whether she Is or not
London Spare Moments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

pearing in the latter's paper in the
issue of night before last, October 81,
and under the caption, "Our Weary
President:
President Taft has failed. He has been
merely a constitutional president-for he
has enforced laws well: he administered
all departments with efficiency and econ
omy. But he has not been a leader of
popular thought and aspiration. The peo-
pie demand this. There is no use quib-
bling about the constitution. He has failed
TO realize what the people demand of him.
Hence. he is lonely traveller through a
cheerless country Vast unresponsive null
titudeS look at him like herds of steers
looking at an intruder In feed lot. The
people are listening to their president But
that is all. He feels this burden of IN
sympathetic country, and is worn and
broken under it. That is why his friends
in Chicago say that the president was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
FROM OTHER PENS
FENCING OUT THE FAKERs.

Kansas has q law which is said TO be
saving the people of that state five or six
million dollars annually. This law pro-
vides that no company can offer securities
for sale in Kansas without obtaining the
consent of the state banking department
Before the enactment of this law Kan
sas was q fruitful field for the purveyors
of fake mining stocks and alleged Sc
curities of get-rich-Quick concerns. No
stock-jobbing corporation may now come
into the state and peddle stock without
permission Of the state banking depart
ment. This department makes a thorough
investigation of the concerns business
methods before a permit is granted Out
of 500 companies which have made APP
plication TO do business since the law
went into erect only "A permits have been
issued
Kansas has way of doing things by
legislation while other people are think
ing the matter over and debating its
feasibility. II would be well for legis-
lators and other states to keep an eye
on this Kansas statute and note the ef-
feet of its operations The peddlers of
fake stocks infest every state and the
tax on the people who are caught by
their specious solicitation is heavy It Is
a great and growing evil and there
should be some remedy for it. If Kansas
has found it. much the better for
kansas.-LouisvilIe Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
KANSAS COMNENT
A sERMoNETTE.

TO the fond 90 parents who let their
boys play baseball on Sunday because
it is good healthful exercise such as boys
must have when they go to school all
week. we suggest that they have a nice
large wood pile saved up for those boys
to cut on Sunday when they are so in
need of exercise, if you have no wood
pile of your own or labor for the in
dustrious young men, find some weak or
disabled person who has, put the boys to
work and keep them at 1T until they have
enough exercise to prevent them &tom
contracting any of the diseases they SO
dread and fear of which cause them to
play ball and yell most of each Lords
day The work will not be half the
harm, will be just as good exercise, and
more elevating to the boys, and will not
entice crowds of other young people to
leave and neglect religious services to
watch them and help them yell OF
course our first recommend is to keep
the boys when they are not at church
services quietly at home, resting, read
ing, singing or visiting but in case they
Just must have exercise then we rec
ommend the wood pile, spading the gar
den or moving the lawn In preference to
the Sunday ball playing If this works
well then it is up to the boys to think of
some amusement to keep their mamnaas
from playing cards, dancing, or spending
all of papa's money for stylish and ex-
spensive apparel.-Norton County News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many a man would enjoy pounding a
piano with an ak.
= X
Going to church is too much of a
habit with some people.
= x x
Some of the latest automobile at
tachments are put only sheriffs.
X X K
A little adversely is good medicine
for any man during the early stages
of his career.
y x
The peacock is not the proudest thing
on earth. This honor is gobbled py
every man the first time he is father.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

There is nothing of justice or right
in the plan of Attorney General Daw-
son to deport one hundred scarlet
women" from Wichita to Kansas City.
or any other place. If these women
have offended against society or the
Law. the responsibility of correcting
them or Furnishing them belongs to
Wichita and Kansas. Deporting them
to another locality may better certain
undesirable conditions at Wichita, but
it is foisting a burden on the place they
are sent to that is decidedly improper
and without excuse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

Congressman Berger. the Socialist,
thinks the trust problem would be
solved in the best way by the govern
ment taking over and operating all of
the trusts. Hasn't the government
enough trouble now? And besides, if
the government attempted to take over
the trusts at the face value of their
stock and bonds. i would have to Dor
row nearly all the money in the world.
ANY saving to the people that might
result from lower prices of trust goods
when the government got to making
them would be more than offset by the
increased taxes the people would have
10 pay to meet the interest on the
money the government would have to
borrow to buy out the trusts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
1850

This department is 50 blamed Obtuse
that no one ever finds a joke therein
unless the writer advertises for black
cats; and the call for black cats Is the
only seriously intended matter ever
printed in the northeast corner OF the
fourth page. We believe that. provid-
ing the readers can be convinced of the
gravity of the case. that we may be
presented with one or more black gen
tlemen cats to fill the vacancy caused
by the dastardly theft OF Nick" the
prize yowler of the block. cone or
more" is Intentional II win take at
least two black cats to I'LL said va
cancy)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

One of the large increases in the city
taxes goes into the sinking fund which
is being created to pay off the city's
bonded Indebtedness. And no kick
can be coming on this score It will
be money in the pockets of the To-
peka taxpayers if this fund is added to
largely each year. SO that the bonded
Indebtedness can be wiped out The
money that will thus be saved in m
terest charges viii be decidedly worth
while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

he demanded sternly. IF 1t is. it viii
not succeed. 1 shall support the bill.
"Of course. you. viii vote for the
BILL" she agreed. You will always act
as you think best. 1 am sorry. for
father. But am glad for myself. You
viii have to take me without any we'd
ding clothes or cake, for the railway
bill will cost father so much that there
won't be any money for anything else.''
1911, by Associated Lit
erary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
HAS A DUTY TO PERFORM.

The man VINO makes money IN conn
munity has a duty to perform to that
community. It may be that he has made
his money by his superior business abi-
ity, and that he would have done as well
anywhere. That does not alter the case.
If his gifts are great his responsibility is
equally as great. No man was placed on
earth for the sole purpose of making
ideal had better never have been born.
1t is not an act of charity. but the per-
Torrance of q simple duty for the man
who has made money to pass little of
it on for the benefit of the community,
even though he never expects to see
words don't be a tight-wad. II you are
a business man you owe it to the COM
munity to help improve it. If q better
lighting system is not exorbitant and is
an Improvement to the town support the
proposition by talking and voting for it.
Robinson Index.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

The law providing for a bounty on
their ears having dropped out of sight,
the jackrabbits of western Kansas are
likely to get so fat and lazy that they
went be able to show their heels to a
yellow pup.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

Goats milk is reputed to be the sur
est sure for the alcoholic drink habit.
The friends of the remedy. however.
will have unusually hard work to con-
vince old topers that the cure is not
worse than the disease
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

Considerable criticism is ever being
directed at the lingo which most of
the baseball writer's use. But is it any
less understandable to the ordinary in
dividual than the language used by the
financial experts who write up the
stock and grain market reports for
the newspapers?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

AS a rule most of the really unusual
men are to be found in the ministry.
For instance, a Chicago clergyman has
resigned his pastorate because he
thinks the job is too big for him. How
ma r7oYicapl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

Aviator Rodgers has been going so
we'll of late on his cross-continent
flights that he stands a good chance
of equaIing the record for covering the
distance which was made by Pedes-
trian Weston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

If the bulls and bears of Wall street
can be led into the straight and mar
row path by the application of the
Sherman antitrust law. it will certain
1y demonstrate that this measure is
one of illinitable possibilities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

Prospects for Kansas wheat crop
next year are fine. There's many
slip. though, 'twixt the field and the
bin At least, SO hopeth the crop
lila
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

If the reports are correct that the
Italians are engaged in ruthless
slaughter of Arabian women, it's about
time some real power took a hand in
the Turko-Italian war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

And the Roman Catholics of Amer
lea were a long time in getting some
thing like adequate representation in
the college of cardinals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

Speaking of precocity, that six-year-
old emperor of China would be en-
titled to all the medals. if some one
else We're not writing his edicts and
messages to the rebels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02
Full. LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

All aboard for Georgia. The peach
trees are now blooming there for the
second time this year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-02

Opponents of football are probably
convinced that a local player has an
appropriate name in Slaughter