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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
IN A TARIFF MADE STATE.

Miss Ida NJ. Tarbel1 writes in the
January American Magazine the re-
suits of her Investigations among the
working classes in Rhode Island
where-f anywhere-one should ex-
pect to find the people benefiting from
the high protection laws which guard
that states industries. Miss Tarbell
found the conditions in the mills
themselves and in the homes of the
mill hands appalling. She describes
them with unfaihng faithfulness and
concludes this part of her article by
saying:
1.-THE heartbreaking part OF it is that
it takes but a little ina gination, but
a little knowledge, of what can and is
Delng done to ease hard industrial
conditions in the world, and in scat
tered way in this very state, to show
one now easily unselfishness could re-
deem Rhode Island. If the textile
manufacturers were as a body men of
enlightened minds, if they had caught
even glimpse of that vision of a new
and nobler industrial society which
has convinced so many men and
women in this country not only of the
brutality and wastefulness .of our
present system, but of the entire prac-
ticability of something better, they
might easily make of their state as
| peE4eCL al SAdlup4o Oh WHAT an INDUS
| trial society should be as it now is of
what it should not be.
They have the advantage of their
i size: l. E., they can see their situation
at glance. They are manufacturers
| and nothing else; the problems of one
are the problems of all. They have
wealth, the accommodations of decades
| of special privileges granted them by
the nation They have a large body
/ of women of leisure whose lives have
been filed with beauty and ease and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Not infrequently. the wheels of JUS
tice turn the wrong way.
\ x
When many girl finally becomes
engaged, the lucky man is likely to be
her father.
It is seldom necessary for a Mrs.
Newlywed to announce that she soade
the biscuits herself.
X \ X
Widows weeds may be becoming,
but that probably isn't the main reas-
on why women like them so well.
X x y
Only the youngster has idea that
it is impossible for him to make mis-
take. And he soon gets over it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
A PRIVATE VIEW.

Sweet music e'er to me appeals
And often do I rave about it,
Yet when I'm busy with my meals
would rather do without it.
Philosophers do revere
And am awestruck at their power,
But nathless do I have to hear
My wife expounding Schopenhauer.
In poesy do delight
And I pay much attention to it.
But when my friends their verses write
wonder just what makes them do It.
Finance to mes no mystery,
Trades not a subject that's above me,
But why do people come to me
To try to borrow money of me?
Lies laden with so many woes,
10 most it's empty of attraction;
On every side we notice those
Who view it with dissatisfaction.
And yet Gall through the day and night
Deep thought to it I have been giving)
/ notice they all hold on tight
And all of them insist on living!
Nathan M. Levy, in the New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe

About the only argument any man ever
wins is the one he has with his conscience.
difference is that some of them don't show
Nearly every woman, no matter how old
she may be, is inclined to be a little ro-
mantle.
A banquet has worse features than the
speaking. although one never realizes that
until the next day.
What has become of the old fashioned
man who said the north end of south
wind is always cold?
Some prayers are so long they suggest
that the one praying must think the Lord
has a lot of leisure.
Look for your own fool streak, the other
fellows being so prominent you can see
it without looking for it.
When a married woman keeps boarders.
her husband will finally expect her to
make the living that way.
1t is always little difficult to make a
of million dollar snowstorm.
1t Is a country woman's notion that
the average restaurant proprietor over
estimates the commercial value of butter.
When a young man steps into something
modest" Then he jumps out and does
just the opposite.
ways becomes very i'll the first of every
month and stays at home, so he will not
be worried by bill collectors.
It is Just as wei that the practice Of
individuals. So many of us have cham
payne appetites and beer incomes.
Mere man isn't in the same class with
the popular magazine in the matter of
promising New Years resolutions but
mere man can fall down on them about
as hard.
Nearly all the women have trouble with
their feet. eff my head was as good as
my feet" said an Atehison wage Garner
| q day instead Of s."
1t is easy to understand why cab has
great fascination for drunk man, and the
cab can't help itself. But why this affinity
of a plain drunk for a sober and busy man
and should the sober and busy man put
up with It?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

ten all about names. This Is the
place." she added.
When the elevator had taken them
up to- snug little apartment which
she shared with her aunt. she led him
into the coy living room.
This is Mr.. Archauld, Aunt Anne
friend whom I have just met acct
dentally,'' she said. 'I brought him
home to dinner"
Miss Winslow greeted him with a
gracious warmth and sweetness that
brought a lump into his throat, and
after showing him into her own bed
room that he might make a perfume
tory toilet. turned inquiringly to
Helen.
TIL tell you all about it later"
whispered that young woman as she
disappeared into her own room. BE
very good to him. dear /"
When she reappeared. wearing
soft, trailing gown of pale rose, she
found Archauld talking with her
aunt. and as they all passed into the
dining room she noticed that the table
was set out with even more than its
usual daintiness and flashed a glance
of loving gratitude at Miss Winslow.
All through the meal, as they
talked and laughed light heartedly
Archauld's eyes kept straying to
Helen's face in a sort Of ecstacy OF
alteration, while in his heart there
swayed an undercurrent of wonder
and unbelief, as If he might wake
suddenly and find himself back lone
1y and heart-sick, in the bleak desc
lation of his little ballroom.
After dinner Helen played and sang
to him, and when he left she said:
II wish you would come in again
tomorrow evening. have something
to suggest,
When he came the next evening
she was radiant
81 wanted to consult Mr.. Benton -
she said, "in whose employ I am. He
has been speaking for some time of
the necessity Of taking an assistant,
and he wants you to come in tomor-
row to see him. He is an old friend
of the family she explained, land
gave me the position I have with him
when my father died, and he has a
great deal of faith in my Judgment of
people," She laughed up at him teas
ingly. "And really, you know. in New
York it is so much better to start in
with some one who is known. 1t is
almost impossible to build up success
alone. DO you think you would care
for it?''
care for it'll" His eyes expressed
what he could not find words for.
Its case of John Benton, Barris-
ter, caring for me- he adde, whim-
sically
And considering the fact that John
Benton, Barrister, did care, and
eventually took him into partnership.
| it seemed an unfair deal of Fate that
| the firm of Benton & Archauld should
| thereby lose a very valuable secre-
tary-( copyrighted 1911 by Associat-
ed Literary Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
HUMoR OF THE DAY

Placing the Blame.-Judge Ito burglar
on triaD,Have you anything to say.
was only actin on me e doc toys a nHdo ter
take something afore goin' ter bed-Ex-
change.
To Please His Lady Fair.-Edith-A ercyi
Here's a telegram from Jack. He's been
does he sayS Ediths@ a says ne'. ..Nose
Or How go gSu PTsfsE #
o what Denomination does your father
Brewers Union.-Life.
He-Dearest, would do a lot of deeds
to win you. she-Dariing. one deed to a
lot would suffice.-Baltimore American
my wife faints. on the slightest provo
6ars .rh Wha5 DO you use TO resuscitate
coat."-Washington Herald.
care Of your finger nails. TommyNI know
it, masam, but I can't hire manikeWer
on 'lowance of cents week.-Chicago
Don't you feel any personal resent
no. reptile senator Sorghum. mot not 3 If he
Is going to have as much trouble with it
script Of my novel? The Editorn n na Ths
to set the river afire, but The Fsdifor-
I should say not 1t didn't even warm i'm
the stove.-Cleveland Leader.
your daughter looked very beautiful
at the opera last night" said MIS- Old
castle. "I heard several people saw thew
thought she was the best dressed person rson
In any OF the BOXES 619 hs ses replied her
over the back of real Chippendaie chair
both me and Josiah could see that si1e
was the sinecure of all eyes."-Chicago
Record-Herald.
ST don't believe any two words in the
English language are synonymous ooh
don't know We. y What's 2 .. the matter with
ference. II raise chickens ana have a
neighbor who has been known to lift
INSTRUMENTATION Ledger.
The following entry appears in the ..v;s-
itors' Book of a hotel in Germany: ssrha
So is the ADMINISTRATIONS
Thomas Hood was visited shortly before
his death by clergyman. MY dear sIr y
Hood said to him, looking at his gloomy
countenance. ST am afraid your reiioio55
does not agree with you."-Argonai,f, 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

The aggregate gross earnings on all
IF the railroads in the United States
were larger during the year 1910 than
ever before. If the gain in the net
earnings had only been proportionate.
the railroad presidents would be verit-
able Sunny Jims these days. But that
is not the case. Nearer the opposite IS
the rule Indeed, it is reasonable to
believe that the original model for that
little figure in statuary labeled blue
Funk was a composite picture of the
railroad presidents. But other people
besides the railroad presidents have
their troubles these days-the families.
for instance, with new and modern
systems of plumbing in their houses
which are frozen solid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
FOR A PARCELS POST.

There has been a. movement of re-
cent years in favor of a parcels post
law and such will probably be enacted
by the present congress. AS it is now
nothing weighing over four pounds
can be set through the mails. This
gives the railroad and express COM
panies a great advantage and they
If you do not believe this send for
some small article and have it come
by express. We have had to do so a
few times when ordering supplies and
could not wait for the slow process
of coming by freight. A parcels post
allowing anyone to send any ordinary
article through the mail at a reason
able cost would be a great benefit to
the general public.-Lincoln Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
It is hard to convince a successful man
that luck is an accident.
You can drive the stocks to water, but
you can't make them shrink
The promoter thinks he is working won
ders when he is really working suckers.
When a mans wife makes his neck
ties you can't blame him for wearing
long wl1iskers.
The fact that absence makes the heart
grow fonder shouldn't influence us against
presence of mind.
Mrs. Gnaggs-"I want you to under
stand that had three proposals before
I accepted you" Mr.. Gnaggs-ssYes, I
believe did propose to you four times. .
The absent-minded man had just kissed
the wrong girl. Sir, you forget your
selfi' she exclaimed. Chats all right (.
Pm always forgetting something replied
the absent-minded man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

The railroads and their patrons ought
to be pretty well convinced by this
time that rebating is one of the acttv-
tiles that does not pay very we'll. Two
roads and the Schwab steel concern
have Just been fined $4,000 each for
giving and accepting rebates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

When the cat is away, the mice will
play. And so it is to be presumed that
while the chiefs of police of the cities
of Kansas are holding their annual
confab at Wichita, the bank burglars
and all other varieties of lesser crooks
will make q little hay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

Presumably, it will not be long be-
fore those bank robbers who have
been working so successfully in Kan
eae of late will be endowin~ libraries,
churches, hospitals and colleges in their
home towns. They are gathering in
more money than is needed by COM
mon. ordinary mortalS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

That's the kind of medicine to deal out
to such men as Gallagher. It's too bad
that all of the states are not as sue
cessful in administering it as New
Jersey appears to be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

Congressman Scott is rightly from
Missouri on the proposition that a
little green beetle can eat up from
twenty to thirty caterpillars day,
especially in view of the fact that this
particular beetle is only about one
third the size of a, specimen of its prey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

Assuredly, the sports of Kansas are
not up to snuff. They did not seem to
pay the attention that they should have
to the annual tournament of the Kansas
Chess association. The entry list was
q small one and there was not much OF
a, gallery to cheer the players on to
their best efforts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

one more feather must be placed In
the cap of Jersey Justice The insanity
plea Of Gallagher. who tried to assas-
sinate Mayor Gaynor, awaited nothing.
His trial on a charge Of his having
committed an atrocious assault on Mr..
Edwards, who was in the Gaynor party
on that memorable occasion. resulted in
his getting sentence of twelve years
IN prison. II Gallagher survives this
sentence he win likely be tried for his
assault on Mayor Gaynor. So the pros
poets are good that he will be kept in
prison for the rest of his natural life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

Here's hoping that the views of Pres
adent Nudge of the Rock Island turn
out to be correct. He thinks there Will
be very few, if any more, general
strikes of railroad employees. A fed
eral statute providing for compulsory
Cancellation and arbitration would
make this prospect a surety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELor
IRON the New York Press.1

What makes a woman sure of a man
is for nobody else to be.
A man runs the hardest after a won,-
an he can never catch.
It's the worst gossip that's the most
scandalized when it's about her
Angels never had to get the furnace
started, or maybe they wouldn't be-
Conscience is such sound sleeper that
when 1t wakes up it can't get out of bed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

Now comes a federal proceeding
against the Ocean Traffic trust. Where
there's a will there's way, and Presi-
dent Taft and his attorney general, MT.
Wickersham, apparently not only have
the will, but they have also found the
way to cope with the aggregations of
capital that seem to have formed an
idea that they are above all laws.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

Many of the older and more en-
1ightened" governments might learn
few things even from some of the ma
lions in South America. Peru and
Ecuador have finally decided to sub
nit their boundary dispute to The
Hague
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
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
ganizaton 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, 1911-01-06
REASON OR EMor1oN7

In spite of the so-called success of
money-making evangelists of the Billy
Sunday type. the belief is generally
growing that the emotional evangelist
is going out of date.
People with real love and rever-
ence for spiritual things must look
with favor upon such a change In
sentiment.
Up at Wellsvil1e, in Franklin coun-
ty, they are getting ready to have a
revival which from surface indica-
tons is to be one of the old fashioned
demonstrative character. A daily
edition of a local paper is being issued,
devoted largely to scareheads about
the revival. The evangelist says there
is nothing SENSATIONAL about his
work, but his methods are certainly
unique, judging from the daily re-
vival paper.
AS the degree of intelligence of a
community increases, the power of
the emotional evangelist decreases.
The evangelistic conversion, while It
may work wonders in some cases. is
generally like all emotions-it passes
away and is forgotten.-Salina Jour-
nal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
KANSAS COAAENT
rHeUGHT TRANSMISSION.

1E(A1N0hlGSlON.
No observing Kansan can reject the
theory of thought transmission, for on
no other ground can be explained the
recurring phenomena of simultan eous
publication in the Kansas City Star,
Topeka Capital. Emporia Gazette,
Wichita Eagle and Salina journal of
almost identical political editorials. In
olden days one might have scented a
conference where a slate had been
fixed by the bosses for the plain plug
voters to support, but the editors of
the aforementioned newspapers so re-
Gently led an assault on bosses and
States" that the public is supposed to
believe that no political move can
originate today save among the Kan
sas grass roots. Possibly it was the
menace of some s'fixers'' unseen of the
ordinary eye which moved these five
self elected Threats of "Vox Populi
Vox Del, to launch with such remark
able unison five separate booms for
Congressman Ed Madison for governor
to succeed Stubs. The public need
not lie awake from fear of boss rule
SO long as these five guardians are on
duty-anyhow not from fear of other
bosses.-Iola Register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

The best that there is in the poultry
world is on exhibition at the show
which is on this week at the Audi
forum. 1t should be supported in gen.
erous fashion by Topekans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

This is also the year when the people
Of most Of the states have those things
called legislatures, on their hands. The
formation Of a mutual commiseration
society would be in order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

It ought to be easy enough to settle
the controversy as to who Is the
youngest member of the legislature.
But when it comes to picking out the
handsomest member, then there will be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
LIMERICKs:
Disturbance VIII.


This contribution gets a place at
the head of the column. next to Pure
Reading Matter. (See Evening story,
just west of here.)
There was a young lady from Russia
And when she was mad she would
cussia;
If you said word back
She would hit you a crack
On the top of the head that would
crussia. E.Z.
Some class to that one,-nace paw
The collection of home grown ones
is fading away. and the only resolu-
ton we made on New Years day was
to choke of the limericks just as soon
as possible. Having been sentenced
to so days In the State House, we
shall, in the near future. take UP
the last column of the fourth page a
much-needed rest. But to hasten the
desired end, We hereby dump in pair
of handmade ones at one and the
same flop Pass the pep. please:
Said patient who lived in Kissimmee
To his doctor. ST know you will trim
In the matter Of fees:
But refrain. If you plees,
| From opening me with jimmee."
And, as a startling case Of innocuous
o0SuctuQe, we O1l0r tlliS OlS.
| A guy who was poverty stricken
Was offered the loan of a chicken;
| He said to the donor;
II thank you, Your Honor
I'll take it if you'll do the picken."
| According to figures given out by
| the bank commissioners office, rob-
bers have realized a profit of $4,000
from Kansas banks during the past 90
days. This is apparently nice pro-
| fit, considering the fact that the orig
| ina1 investment calls only for little
4 nerve and dynamite, but one should
remember that the poor robbers have
| to keep an automobile.
1t. cannot be said, however, that
Hon. Cooper did not give matrimony
4 fair trial.
| But it appears that he should be
able to render verdict of guilty
without hearing any more evidence.
The Hen Show is a bowling sue
cess 80. No, that is the expression
we keep in the refrigerator to use on
Dog Shows. Excuse US for taking the
wrong package off the ice.
Three Oklahoma brothers married
three Oklahoma sisters at one and
| the same flop. And although we offer
no comment, we are betting 10 to
that the local paragraphers in that
part of the Jungle are getting off
something about misery loves COM
pany."
The court holds that Mrs. Lillian
Ashley more-or-1eSs-Po Pope Baldwin
| Turnbull, is not entitled to a perfumed
cross exa mfnatfon. Some of her tes-
| timony. however, is permeated with
| the sad. sweet odor. of old cheese.
| It has been called to our attention
| that breach of promise suits are never
| filed against poor men, but we hold
| that the statement, even If true, Is not
a sufficient consolation for poverty.
| A girl can cry because there is no
snow for sleighing, and then cry some
more, when it SHOWS, because her ftlrs
are out of style.
| Humbly begging your pardon in adj
vance, we venture to shove this one
over: To keep a house warm, keep the
| gas furnace coa1ed.
Never charge a woman with having
| a sense of humor just because she
| laughs at her husbands jokes.
It is our contention that the man
who gives up all he has for Christmas
| should not be required to give up any,
| thing on Swearing-off day.
1 D
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06
FpOM OFFER PENS
FUNERALS AND FEAsTING.

FUNERALS AND F'EASTING.
Everybody remembers the anecdote of
Flaherty, who was dying and called in
his solicitor to malze<his will. Put in
sivity-foive dollarsss said F1aherty,
ito give the boys who attind my fun
eral somethin' to drink When the
will had been completed, : the lawyer
asked, Shall the money for drink be
spent going out the cemetery or COM
ing back?" Coin OUT said Flaherty;
It'll not be wild yez comm back
What would the genial Irishman have
thought of the ruling of Judge Freas,
recently rendered in connection with the
final accounting Of John H. Jones, ex-
ecutor of the estate of the late Isaac
Davis. of Freeland, Pa? Here is a
statement of the ruling:
The executor is Surcharged with
$3.50, which he expended for providing
refreshments for those attending the
funeral and this. Judge Freas contends,
in town like Freeland, where there
are hotels and restaurants is an I'M
necessary and improper expense
Others than Irishmen have had re-
gard for hospitality at funerals. In
New England, before the Revolutionary
War, no funeral was considered well
ordered without generous provision for
the refreshment Of all who attended,
which refreshnent included a plentiful
allowance Of strong drink-Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

There is this that can be said to the
credit of the recent cold wave. 1t was
quite as short as it was bitter.