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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe. ]
Spare time isn't often money.

Spare time isn't often money.
The man who is always suspicious
should also be Investigated.
When a woman sends a night tele-
gram she sends so words-not 4s or
That soulful look the novelists tell
about is usually occasioned by a bum
digestion.
Among other small disa appointments
are the roasting ears one gets at a
restaurant
While women are now wearing less
hair. their hats continue to take up a
good deal of room.
People begin to notice a mans bald
spot quite a little while before he Will
acknowledge its existence
Love one another is good advice,
regardless of the disposition of some
men to work overtime at it.
1t must afford the other breeds con-
siderable satisfaction to encounter a
bulldog with muzzle on.
A newly married man thinks a good
deal of his wife, but he can't talk
about her gracefully.
An apology never sounds as we'll
when it is offered as one believes it
viii when he is framing it I'D.
The poorest speller always tackles
the biggest words when he sends a
communication to newspaper Office.
No one will question the industry of
the ants who have seen thcm spread
themselves over picnic lunch.
There is plenty of rabbit IL the race.
but most of US have nerve enough not
to hurry if we don't feel like it.
Disasters are usually bad enough
without the common habit of exag-
geratiRg them in the first accounts
sent out
Speaking of the Great Temptations
of the artists model, she isn't the only
ing led.
Does it ever occur t, Delicate
Daughter that a little work might be
just the training she needs to get in
good condition?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19
RoTARY COMMISSIONS.

In the latest batch of matter that
| has been sent out by the Short Ballot
Organization in the furtherance of its
cause is a suggestion for making city
commissions more efficient that is
worthy of consideration. 1.-THE Calves
ton plan (that is the government of a
city by small commission) might be
better yet" runs the suggestion in
question, eff the commissioners were
elected one at a time for long terms
in rotation Then the public scrutiny
at election time would focus still more
searchingly on the candidates and
merit would increase still further in
value as a political asset
There seems to be much merit TO
this proposition. Perhaps the cities
that are working under the commits
sion system would not be willing as
yet to go to the full extent Of this
suggestion. It might be more advis-
able for a starter to increase the terms
of office of the city commissioner 10
four years and have three of them
elected for one term of service and
two years later have the other two
elected for full term of four years,
or vice versa. Then a city commission
election would come around once in
two years as is the case now but only
part of the commission would be
chosen at each such election.
Surely this plan would give more Of
stability to the municipal government.
1t would remove it further than ever
from the influences of politics. On the
commission at all times would be men
who were experienced in the conduct
of the city's affairs and that could Eot
help but be of advantage, not only 20
the new commissioners but to the city.
There is consid cradle sentiment IN
Kansas in favor of extending the terms
of Office of county and city officials.
and even state officials. Under present
conditions campaigning for office is al
most incessant. There is no let up in
it. Scarcely is an election out of the
way than candidates begin to get IN
the field for the primaries and cleo
lions of eighteen months and .-Ho
years away. This necessitates much
activity on the part of the officehold-
ers who are DESTROYS of second terms
to keep their political fences in repair.
That initiates against their doing as
good work as they might be able to
do if they could devote their exclusive
time to the affairs of their Offices.
If this sentiment for longer terms
develops to sufficient extent to bring
them about, it might be well to try
the rotary plan of electing the city
commissioners. The longer the com
mission plan is tried the more appar-
ent it becomes that men of certain
experiences in various lines of munich
pal endeavor are needed for several of
the commissionerships. Choosing only
two or three commissioners at a time
would almost make certain the selec-
ton of the best fitted men for the
places
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

A is for Adenoids which no child should
B for right Breathing to give the lungs
tone
c is for Cough which we should not
neglect
D for the Dentist who finds tooth defect
z is for Evils OF foul air and dirt
F is for Fresh Air-too much canot hurt
G Is for Gardens where boys and girls
play
H is for Hardness gained In that way
is Infection from foul drinking cups
is for Joy in the bubb1ing taps
K is for knowledge of rules of good
health
L is for Lungs whose soundness is wealth
NJ is for Milk, 1t must be quite pure
N is for Nurses, your health to insure
o is for Oxygen, not found in a crowd
p is for Pencils-in mouths not allowed
Q is for Quiet, which sick people need
r is for Rest-as part OF our creed
s Is for Sunshine to drive germs away
7 is for Toothbrush used three times
day
u is for Useful health rules in the school
v is the Value of learning these rules
w is WORRY, which always does harm
X is for 'Xcess-indulge in no form
Y is for Youth, the time to grow strong
2 is for Zest. Help the good work along
BY a Chicago tuberculosis Nurse. Re-
printed from The Survey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago NeHa.l

IRON the chicago NeTS.l
The lazier man is the more fish he
can catch.
Admire a woman and she will admire
your good taste.
There are two sides to an argument.
but only one end.
Age may bring wisdom, but leaves lit
tie time to use it,
Nothing looks more silly than a smile
that is long drawn out.
If an actress is a star she expects to
be praised to the skies.
Don't sheer at the man in a hole.
He may climb out and kick you in.
Most men dislike to play poker with
bad Ioser-also a good winner.
A woman's idea OF a good time doesn.+
run to regrets the next morning
While ennui isn't exactly contagious
II Is apt to make other people tired.
The man who is part of the sbo,,
misses the fun, but he gets a shara .<e
the gate TeeeinkA Se
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The hunters for trouble are gener-
ally able to fill their game bags.
y
In fishing for compliments it's al
ways well to bait your hook with one.
Few vacations are as elaborate and
extensive as the original plans for
them.
No music is sweeter to many a man s
mind than that made when he blows
his own horn.
=
Persons who are strorge rest when it
comes to giving advice are usually the
most reluctant to follow any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19
As TO THE HOUSEHOLD BOSS.

Now that the weather has cooled eff
a bit, and there is nothing like wither-
ing heat waves to cause annoyance and
discussion, perhaps the humdrum of
life may be relieved a bit and little
gaiety added to it by giving attention
to some recent announcements OF Il
learned judge. He had a divorce slit,
or rather a separation suit before him.
The parties involved were prominent,
socially, financially and in other ways.
The wife considered her husband % be
something of a martinez. He provided
literally for her in the way of footing
the bills but did not give her much of
a say as to how the money was spent.
There was constant trouble between
the pair over the domestic arrange
ments. The man wanted this and that
to eat and his meals at certain hours
that were not at all pleasing to his
wife. She fretted and fumed aad fin
ally rushed off to court. She wanted a
separation with sufficient allowance
to keep her in comfort. She got Meth
er. The judge was one of those father
" old fellows who gave her coolies of
good advice He succeeded in patching
up the differences between her and her
husband, and they left the court room
arm In arm amid much rejoicing. But
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IFrom the New York Press. ]

from the New York Press-1
It's just plain stealing unless it's
millions.
One reason you don't like relatives
is it's your duty to-
The queer thing about a baby is
what a heavenly nature it can have if
it never does anything but YELL
It's no more of a mania with a girl
to want to get engaged than with a
man to want to lose his money in spec
uIation.
What makes a man ashamed of
himself is the way his wife isn't to give
so much trouble in a shop and then
not buy anything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

earned vacation right at this timer
This means that the controversy now
at white heat over various details Of
enforcing the prohibitory law will be
continued until one of the points in
dispute can be taken to this court.
But maybe Governor Stubs will call
an extraordinary session of the SUI
preme court to dispose OF this matter.
He seems to go on the theory that all
state officials are subserviert to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

1T is my sworn duty faithfully to
execute the laws of Kansas" writes
Governor Stubs in one of his recent
letters to Attorney General Dawson.
And it wasn't so many months ago,
when the legislature failed to take
action satisfactory to the governor in
the matter of amending the inherit
ance tax laws, he wrote that so far
as he was concerned the inheritance
tax law as it stood need not be en-
forced against small estates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

Betting is about ten to one that Cap
tain Richmond Pearson Hobson is in
a tremendous blue funk these DAYS over
the prospects of the United States and
Japan entering into a general arbitra-
ton treaty. When such a treaty be-
comes effective, Hobson and his friends
win have to work their gray matter
overtime to dig Up some other country
that can be used as a butt for war
scare talk while the army and navy
appropriation bills are pending in con
gress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

THE Cog City, is a slogan that has
been adopted by Charleston, W. Va. But
Its ineffectiveness will be found in the
fact that every time it is used lengthy
explanation viii have to be made that
the slogan is significant Of the fact that
Charleston has the advantages Of an
unlimited supply of coal, oil and gas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19
HUqOR OF THE Day

Il suppose you are going to make
some addresses this summer" yes"
replied the statesman. I'm going to
tell my constituents exactly what they
me. ''-Washington Star.
Mrs. Doty CreprovingIy): Mrs. En-
peck told me today that her husband
always keeps her photograph on his
Office desk. Mr.. Doty: 1 guess that ex-
plains why he's always late getting
home to dinner.-Puck
Mrs. Youngwedd (5oastingly):
may not be much of a cook, but nv
husband has never yet twitted me
about the better cake and pies his
mother used to make. Mrs. Keene s
NO, dear; his father used to run a
pakery.-Boston Transcript.
What does your father do when
you ask him questions?" asked one
small boy. He generally says; I'm
busy now; don't bother me-" replied
the other Then when go out of the
room he looks in the encyclopedia. -
Washington Star.
Wife: Dearie. I started today to
economize on our household expenses.
Hubby: Good! How dtc you do it?
/ Wife: went to all the bakeries for
blocks around and then I bought a
oozen ooughnuts at the bakery that
puts the smallest holes in them
Judge.
Johnny: Papa, would you be glad
if I saved a dollar for YOU? Papa;
Certainly. my son. Johnny: Well, I
saved it for you, all right You said
| II l brought a hrst-c1ass report from
my teacher this week you would give
me a dollar, and 1 didn't bring it
Red Hen.
The chief of the clan of Mcintosh
once had dispute with & cabby over
the fare. DO You know who 1 am %
the Highlander asked angrily. I am
the Mcintosh" Il don't care if you
are an umbrella" retorted the cabby.
III have my rights. "-Argonaut
Finally the story that Bacon muir
dered Shakespeare got around to
shrieked- 81 killed him myselfl'' And
perhaps he did-but the motion mic
ture shows and hfgh-class vaudeville
helped.-Chicago Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19
HonrR NEWs VILE AWAY.

subscribers Of the State Journnl
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
ZACH day 70 any address at the rate of
cen reuts a week or thirty cents q
month Oby mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out OF town the State Journal Will be
90 you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment L. requested or
these short dime subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expeDSes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

Nor did it take much of 3 hand to
draw out a fat share of that 100000
Jackpot which seems to have played
such an important part in the election
OF Lorimer to the United States sem
ate. The deuces and three-spots in
the Illinois legislature were among the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

The Illinois girl who has just awaken
ed from a three months sleep also took
a convenient way Of lodging the an
noyances Of the continued warm wealth
err. She could become a great benefac-
tor to humanity by publishing her rec
ipe for sleeping when the days are hot
and the NIGHTS seem hotter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

Most Of the Kansas politicians who
finally focus their eyes on public Of
fees seem to be strong believers in the
theory that the early bird catches the
worm. 1t would not be at all surpris-
ing II one Of them should come out
with an announcement Of his candidacy
for some nomination to be decided at
q primary six or eight years hence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

Governor Stubs and his special legal
advisers might Just as wen take to the
woods In his last letter to the gov
ernor. Attorney General Dawson points
out just how things stand in one of
the important matters in dispute under
the common law" And when Brother
Dawson gets his old friend the com
mon law working it's all off with the
nnnosifion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

To disprove the contention that col
lege graduates are in no hurry to mar
~ may be set up the fact that As of
this years graduating class Of the I'm
iversity of Wisconsin married during
the month of June and ten more Of
them are engaged to be married in the
near fut,re
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

From time to time the center of pop
ulation of the United States keeps NOV
ang around, but the geographical center
of the United States is permanently
fixed in Kansas Why not mark the
spot with a shaft and surround it with
a state park? Maybe the federal gov
eminent could be coaxed into helping
establish such a mark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

That story OF the Oregon llomesteader
who killed a big bear with an ak sounds
pretty good but it is rather a puny tale
compared with one printed in the
Worlds Work some months ago about
"a fearless hunter who managed to kill
p grizzly bear with q pocketknife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

All kinds of surmising is going on
as to why Alfred Austin did not write
a. coronation ode. Maybe King George
told Alfy that if he wanted to retain
his job as poet laureate he must not
put blight on the coronation festivities
by tuning out a poem concerning them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

Now that the 'svoIunteers raiders
who advanced upon Cherokee county
and then marched back again, have
been paid, is it right and proper to
ask what they were paid for?
They may divorce the railroads and
the coal companies, but Con Sumner VIII
continue to pay all alimony.
Trying to get Dan Anthony's job will
be the favorite out-and-in-doOr sport
of the First district from the present
date until Dan is reelected.
The lola man who preferred two years
in Jail to paying alimony to his re-
married wife, seems to have been per-
fectly willing to be rid of her, but utl-
willing to pay his successo- a bonus
for taking her OF his hands
The WEIGH terrier may be the com
ing dog, as Dodd CASTOR suggests, but
the WEIGH one will continue to be the
returning rabbit.
1.-THE good die young may not ta
correct in the main. out it is a fact
that good resolutions are especially
short lived.
Even real bad cigar sometimes
meets its match. Some people will light
anything.
1ASdsOH IS what Tells a man Wn5n lie
is right; instinct is what tells n wo-
man she is always right.
If rich man were given an oppor-
tunity TO become hungry, he wouldn't
order champagne and pate de what
youcallir.
The 'lowly COUCH used in the BIZ
Bile as a figure of hardship. is what the
sleeping car pass sngze= prefers.
Hep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19
KANSAS COMMENT
ALWAYs DISAPPoINTING.


One who follows the booze brigade
long enough will learn that it leads
10 nothing worth while; if he follow
IL longer, he will land there, too; his
enorts to come back Will not avail.
Those who start that Gait usually
start joyously in the cxuberance of
youth, and on the morning after feel
IKE old age and worse. The good
time 1t is expected to make better it
spoils by after effect and the FOOLS
touch on the present.
But few there are who play the
game from another angie. The stings
and arrows of hard luck casts them
/ down; adversely and disjointed love
AFFAIRS make life gall and wormWood
and powdered quinine without the
capsule or such it is som etimes said
in sympathy: You can't blame him
for drinking" And yet. if possible.
he is the greater fool Of the two. Of
all men, he needs his best self if he is
to get over it; his fullest strength,
and such JOY in life as health brings.
Trouble cannot be drowned in a demi-
john, but man in training may often
whip it in open combat.
trouble which drives to drink is
much rarer than drink which drives
to trouble, but when one whose bur
den is heavy is driven toward the cup
tnae cneers, 40 not expect 1t to cheer
MIN. Liquor exagge-ates! It makes
the coward more craven; the bold
more daring; the happy more jubilant.
These effects until the stimulant wears
off, when it makes of all alike a nerv-
Gus wreck to some degree. So the
man with blues or real trouble drinks
but to deepen the shade, or add to his
misery.
A young man who had tried it, and
failed, passed on by his own hand in
Kansas City the other day. He ex-
planned that he never could get along,
u II f1.1 r. -@T 20
imagine that would help his advance
ment, save his money, or make fail
ure less bitter. 1t didn't and it never
does. So he rang the curtain down
when his act began; at that youthful
age when life should be most worth
living.
Which proves nothing more than
is already known: that it is a game
with stacked cards that can be beaten
only by leaving it alone-Atchison
Globe.
TANTALUS.
Do you know the meaning and orr
gin of the word tantalize? The mean
ing is well illustrated by these clouds
that thicken up every day, threaten
rain and then don't. The origin of
the word comes from an old Greek
myth. Tantalus, son of Jupiter, king
of Lydia, committed an offense
against his father. For this he was
condemned to the lower world to
stand in water up to his chin. yet
when he tried to drink, the water
eluded his lips. over his head grew
all kinds of luscious fruits, yet when
he stretched forth his hands to gather
some. the winds scattered them.
Is not this weather truly tantalizing
and can you not synpathize with old
Tantalus? And don't you wish that
old Jupiter PIuvius would relent after
while and let US have some water
and permit US to gather some fruit
Manhattan Mercury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19
FROM OTHER PENS
COLLEGE EDUCATION PAYS.

|
Leaving out of account all other
considerations, does q college educa-
ton pay from the standpoint of pecu-
MARY returns? That question has been
answered many times and entirely to
the satisfaction of college men, but,
nevertheless, it is constantly recurring,
| and some self-made mel still insist, as
they always have done. that the higher
education is often a handicap in the
everyday realities of life.
1t is an old saying anu :. true one
that the proof of the pudding is in the
eating. The secretary of the class of
1900. Dartmouth College, has obtained
some evidence of that kind bearing on
this subject. He has been able to OBJ
tain from 76 of the 100 members of
his class confidential information as to
the incomes they are row earning.
These reports show that the income s
range from one of $3.50 to one of H.
600 and that the average is 1880.
Taking it for granted that a few of
those who did not respond to the re-
quest for information kept silent on
account of the low incomes they were
receiving, the average should not fall
below $4,000. Everything considered,
that is a handsome showing. The man
who receives a salary of $4,000 after
only 10 years of experience and train
ing in actual productive WORK is q man
successful to an extent that should be
gratifying to him. Anyone conversant
with practical affairs must admit that
the cases where such incomes are
earned by men without college educa-
tions, within 10 years, are compare
lively few and usually due to natural
ability of a high order.-Cleveland
Leader.
MOST-FAVORED NATION CLAUSE.
In now proclaiming that the most
favored nations clause in our various
commercial treaties will have the
effect of extending to all other coun-
tries the advantages to be given to
Canada by the reciprocity bill, Senator
LaFollette is inconsistent with himself.
He has argued contrariwise on several
occasions.
The truth of the matter is that the
American view on the subject of re-
ciprocal trade compacts does not cor
f1ict with the view Of any other nation.
1t is true that from our national be-
ginnings we have maintained the posi-
ton that the most-favored-natfon
clause is not operative to confer on
one nation the benefit of quid pro
quo agreement we make with another
But how are we to explain clauses
like the following, taken from a typi-
cal commercial treaty: No higher or
other duties shall be imposed on the
importation into the United States of
any articles, the growth. produce or
manufacture of His Britannia Majes-
TVS territories, than are or shall be
payable on like articles. the product
of any other foreign country
Could We lever the bars to German
manufacturers without doing so also
to British, or vice versa ?-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

Trying to get Dan Anthonys job will
be the favorite out-and-in-doOr sport
of the First district from the present
date until Dan is reelected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

They may divorce the railroads and
the coal companies, but Con Sumner VIII
continue to pay all alimony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

Isn't it rather distressing that the
supreme court has taken its we'll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

MIS- Doty (reprov1n gly): Mrs. En-
peck told me today that her husband
always keeps her photograph on his
office desk. Mr.. Doty: I guess that ex-
plains why he's always late getting
home to dinner-Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-19

Il suppose you are going to make
some addresses this summer" YES
replied the statesman. I'm going to
tell my constituents exactly what they
need. And what do they need ?''
Me. Washington Star