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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

United States Senator Lafayette
Young, of Iowa, placed hie finger on
the essential feature of the commits
sion form Of government for cities in
a speech he delivered the other day.
A eity's expenses are not generally re-
duced by it, but under the plan more
is obtained by city from the money
it spends
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

Baseball has been prohibited at Le-
land Stanford university by its presi-
dent, David Starr Jordan. His atten-
dance at a game recently was respon-
sible for this decision. He must have
been horribly shocked for he insists
the game was characterized by "sys-
tematic muckerism." What inelegant
language for the head of a big univer-
sity to indulge in. 1t is intensely ex-
pressiye, though.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

All dates pale into tnsignifcance
with April %. according to DR.. crum-
bine, secretary of the state board of
health, that marks the open season for
flies. Inasmuch as they ar not pro-
tected by the new game law. it will
be incumbent on every one to swat
'en and swat 'em hard on and after
that date. It is also permissible to
take a crack at ny that haS the tenn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

Z So much interest has been taken by
the Mexicans in the northern section
of that country in the revolution that
they have neglected to cultivate their
fields and plant their crops. This will
likely result in a serious famine in
that section before many months have
passed. The price eventually paid for
insurgency is always likely to be
heavy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

An attempt of band of Mexican
rebels to capture Zacatecas failed and
the reports of the affair state that the
rebels fed with the federal troops in
pursuit of them. This must be some
thing of a mistake. Past performances
in Mexico have always resulted in the
rebels and the federals, after a clash,
fleeing in the opposite direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

Much work is going to be done to
beautify the park around the state
house. If a large number of seats
could be placed along the walks in this
plat, they would be more appreciated
than fancy 1ower-beds. regardless of
the beauty and attractiveress of the
latter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

Contrary to the energetic efforts of
the crop killers" the condition of
the winter wheat throughout the en-
tire country is per cent better than
it was a year ago at this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

The people i'll ordina- circum-
stances need not worry much over the
fact that there are many spurious
twenty and ten dollar bills in circula-
ton. They don't get intimately ac-
quainted with many such bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

The federal government is reported
to be on the eve of beginning a prose-
cution against the Lumber trust. The
Lumber trust! WHY surely there can
not be any such organization as that
in these United States? Whenever
such a possibility has been suggested
in these parts it has been greeted
with nothing but merry ha ha's-from
the lumber dealers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

An aeronautical laboratory to make
flying easier is to be established be-
fore long at Washington, D. c. There
would seem to be more need of some
agency to make flying safer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is member Of the
Associated Press and receives the fun 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, 1911-04-12

There won't be nearly enough pen
nants to go round in the major baseball
league at the close of the season. Each
of the teams in them is sure it is going
to win one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

Press dispatches state that Colonel
Roosevelt is ION his way home" But
as matter OF fact the colonel is very
much at home wherever he may hap
pen to be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

An important witness in the Lori
mer case was stricken to death by
apoplexy the other day. It's generally
the case that the innocent bystanders
n11ffer-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

Gritty to make his appearance before
that date. A few words to the wise.
should be sufficient.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

A lot of chilly and wet weather is
due in the immediate future. The
baseball season is about to open.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
AND THIs FROM PONCE:

AND THIS FROM PONCE:
Heres for the peppersauce
and then I'm done.
We wish to inform ou- appreci-
alive friend from Dodgs City that
fish has been our Friday feed ever
since our first tooth. Whether
tarpon and tuna have been in our
repertoire we cannot state def
nitely. They may have been prior
to the Pure Food act. but we have
somehow managed to get along
without them since
Our old schoolmate, Aeschylos,
once peeled off a few pithy pull
sations which seem to have q par
ticular reference to this new Ba-
con of the West
Here they are. OF course he is
entirely familiar with them, but
an occasional perusal of Mason
and Aeschylos hurts nc one
$50 in the Libyan fables. 1t is told
That once an eagle. stricken with
dart,
Said, when he saw the fashion of
the shaft
with our own feathers, not by
others hands,
Are we now snitten!''
These by the same author he
might take to his tarpon-stuffed
brain:
1.-The words of truth are ever sim
ITO many mortals silence. brings
great gains"
''Wise is the man who knoweth
what prof1teth,
Not he who knoweth much"
Likewise we might observe that
many good doctors prescribe some
very indecent tasting dope"
PONCE"
PONCE, as we understand it, holds
with Aeschylus Che spelled him wrong
Iy, but wot's the odds), but we prefer
the rich, nutty flavor of Byron's petit
larceny. to wit:
so the struck eagle, stretched
upon the plain.
No more through rolling clouds to
soar again,
Viewed his own feathers on the
dart,
And winged the shaft that quiv-
cred in his heart"
But, as we have previously asserted:
Leon. (accent a Ia French, please),
on. Ponce, and dab'd
be he who first cries. Hoid,-sufff-
cheney!
II G P
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
FROM OTHER PENS
MAKING IT A PERSONAL NATTER.

MAKING 1T A PERSONAL MATTER
Perhaps the honor to say nothing of
the modest perquisite of sitting on a
jury would lose much of its lure if all
Ht1gants took the remarkable course
followed by an Ohio woman who re-
Gently lost damage suit in common
pleas court. The loser appears to
have been confident of the strength of
her caSe-sO confident, in fact that
she attributes the adverse verdict to
some cause aside from the real merits
of the case.
Animated by this belief, she is said
to be calling on the jurors, one by one,
and telling them in strong and simple
English just what she thinks of the
verdict, and of them personally. One
juror reports that it took his caller
two hours to tell him how much she
appreciated his efforts in the case, and
while he processes to believe she left
nothing unsaid, he is a little afraid
that after exhaustfng the jury on the
first round, she will begin it all over
again.
OF course, there is nothing to be re-
considered, and no possibility of offer
ing a satisfactory explanation-sati
factory to the irate loser. Consequent
ly the jury must take these visitations
as cheerfully as possible, with such oc-
casional interjejctions of sympathy as
the situation may warrant. But if the
jurors are to be called to account in
any such ruthless fashion, and at a
time when the protection of the court
is no longer thrown around them. we
can we'll believe that excuses from
jury duty will increase in an astonish-
ing ratio.-Cleevland Plain Dealer.
%
THE FIRST AERIAL POST.
Philatelists will pick up their ears
when they hear that a new postage
stamp has been issued-the first of it's
kind and one which will probably in
time be rare and valuable. 1t Is the
Official stamp of what is believed to be
the first aerial post in the world.
And, strange to say, the first aerial
post was not put into operation in
France or America, where the avia-
tors have performed their most start
ling feats. but in far-of India. The
commander of the British post at Al
lahabad, wishing to demonstrate how
an aeroplane could be used to put a
beleaguered town into communication
with the outside world. obtained the
sanction of the Director General of
Postoffices in India to maintain an
aerial postoffice there during an ex-
position.
A special stamp was designed and a
die cut for it and the government per-
rnitted it's use as evidence OF the pay
ment of the regular postage. Tt shows
an aeroplane flying over mountains
surrounded by the inscription: First
Aerial Post, u. P. Exhibition. Alfalfa
bad" The letters were carried from
the exposition grounds to a receiving
office in A1lahabad and thence for
warded in the usual way.-Cieveland
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

*Decayed verse and sentiment, to be
sure, but little should be expected of
the Spring Poet. We S. P's. have
naught but precedent to follow; and
Hon. Solomon, in all his wisdom, did
then and there frequently tim the
mother tongue, with no regard for sea-
sons or for natural history; witness his
original spring poem In "Songs Of
Solomon, ii. ILL.,.
For 10, the Winter is past, the
rain is over and gone; the flowers
appear on the earth, the time of
the singing of birds is come, and
the voice of the turtle Is heard in
our land"
1t will be held by many that it il un-
fair to hold Hon. Solomon for any of
his faux pas. Solomon wrote under
dif1iculties,-some say. ten thousand of
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12
Emma Goldman has been whoopint

Emma Goldman has been wh0oping
it UP for years. but while she
'Scatters from her painted urn
Thoughts that breathe, and words
that burn"
her best efforts, in twenty years, have
failed to secure the results which her
late gentleman friend got in ten Sec
onds with a two-pound stick of dyna-
mite. 1t will remain the conservative
verdict, however, that 1t is better to
hanged for the work of ten seconds.
The evening world., 1911-04-18
T e Jarr F a mily
RIO ~, a., Srs. Jar Intends to Eeonomkss
E -E 70 Until All of Her Money Is Spent
Cusrsh. 1911. by the Press Publishing &c. TN New York World.

doesn't even ray thai sometimes
cause n good many Of the big ~
will trim a hat free OF charge e ~
buy the shape and material from them.
WELL. that Is economy" ventured ~
Jarf. o.
Huh! Not the way they pracnss Ct
shifted Mrs. Jar. They are % pe0o
Of depriving q milliner Of q few dotAsup'
profit that they 20 and buy an eaA0oFoA~
luncheon some place and then - -
matinee and. IN the end. like dolA0
everything cheap, they have spent mero
money than they would have in huyan0
tho bonnet. already trimmed ana the
bonnet they do got never does look hk4
the chic French model they ave tNS4
On md are e~ndeavoring to- copy iron
memory. Mrs. Stryver even tries -
trim her own hats. and you know v'haS'
taste she has y
Mr.. Jarr didn't know. but his silenoo
was assent. ago We are 30 he e~conon,-
!cal because 1t 80 the mode7" he suss
gestod.
We'll, I was ;hinGing OF getting on
o. those rough straw POKE Shapes" salG
Mrs. Jarr. 'They are very cheap. bIe
Inc ITOuDb ~ lilll Itl8Bi StlaN uaiAtA
you get the very best quality. crack
and pools, and doesn't las: any TING
Mrs. Hibhard nxcd up a l!;t'e beauty,
with two punches OF pink rosebuds g
each side. Tho shape, really, though. -
just like taose honnets Mrs. Jarley6
you know ~ jaiicy's Wax Work.
wears In tie pictures in Dlckcnsio
books" i
Little too mature In style FOR you, ]
should think" sail fr!cHd husband ghi<
!antly
"Not IL the pink ond whi,e repg1
s,ra W. said Mrs. Jar. taxing the COM
p'!l,ent a. right aal fitting. "Mral
h.bslrd locked Ike II young girl u
hers"
"wcll. I'm glad economy IL IN s.yls.
that should encourage US sal1 Mr..
Jar. harlSng back to tho original dis
cusslon.
There is to be no economy In shoes
and stockings" said Mrs. Jar. '"rney
are to be the e-xtrlvaEances o; th!s sea-
son. You should see TIE shoes and
stockings that Will he tho age this
Sumner, Velvet shoes. yes we've. and
satin. and brocade. too. Not alone In
| pumps. mind you. but IN shoes. They
cos. from eight dollars w 20 ATTY. You
! novcr saw such shoes. And then stock
irgs, Lace stockings. Seventy-hve
dollars a pair will be nothing 70 pay
for laco stockings this summer. rs
dreadru!l"
Maybe It's because the heal
hats hide tho women's faces. and the
dresses arc severely cut that are the
prevent styles. that the money must 80
where Il will be seen," said Mr.. Jar.
Isn't that Just what I was saying"
asked Mrs. Jarr. That's what women
Ike Mrs. stryver mean by economy.
They save money IN one place and show
how they are wasting II in another!
The evening world., 1911-04-18

D i a ! O g u e S

BY Alma Woo dHdrd

band yet that had n particle OF poetry
about him. Wouldn't It be glorious TO
live a wild life In the woods with a
wonderful creature like that ,or COM
paniou!
Duo (~cnraptured Wouldn't Il!
MIS-. :. Cwith con,empD-But who'd
wan TO live in the woods with just a
husband!
Mrs, W.-The night we saw him Mr..
Williams tried 10 do that beautiful ar
row dance in his bathing suit when we
got home, and do you know never felt
so hear;s.ck IN my life! The comparison
between the gOd!ikc creature We had
just seen and the puny imitation | was
tied TO was terrible,
Mrs. b.. (wisely)-lt really isn't good
for us to see these perfect specimens
II makes us so dissatisfied with what
we've got-and what's the use OF crying
for the moon
Mrs, S.-That's rlght-and II we were
married TO Apo.los we'd be wildly
Jealous, anyway.
Mrs, W, helping the cause along
And they say those terribly handsome
men are awfully conceited!
Mrs. b., (becomlng very sensible
Yes. when YOU come TO think of It n
man like that would be all right In a
wonderful palace like those YOU read
about, but | don't think he'd 1T very
well In a forty-do,lar Nat!
Mrs. $. (phllosophically)-oh, say
what's the use? II you're married &c
. toad why s!g'l Ger = Hen? Worr,
only makes You old before your time
and thcn even the toad don't want YOU
Mrs. w. Wodding approvaD-Yes,
husbands a husband no matter whicl
way YOU look at II and he's a mighty
handy thing TO have around the hous,
at times.
Mrs, II. Summing up-Yes. a hus
bands A necessity-there's no denying
that. But oh, YOU Lreek god. for al
hors d'osuvrsl
The evening world., 1911-04-18

come back. that he might get married
again out there n as far as he was
concerned ! could do the same, Since
his disappearance he has written three
times TO my daughter, who lives with
me. The last letter she received from
him was in 1905. Just telling about his
welfare. Where can | apply for legal
advise on what to do? NJ. S.
June IL.
To the Editor ~ The Evening World:
Does the straw hat season Officially"
begin May l. or June .? w, 4. *.
"Thc Lowest NUMBER"
To the Editor ~ The E'cu,us World.
VIII mathematical readers kindly
work u the following example either
ov arithmetic or Algebra, or any way
that WIN bring ABOUT tho answer? The
problem S.; What is the lowest num-
Der that can he subtracted from 60 that
the remainder VIII be Invisible by Gs.?'
w. HUNT.
The evening world., 1911-04-18

/ guess 4 lot OF them only wish they
could. | notice that the women who
set such gorgeous Easter outfits are the
women who can afford 10 have splcn-
did clothes whether they got them on
account % Easter or Christians or
Fourth OF July
"or Thanksgiving Day." suggested
Mr.. Jarr.
Well. Il would be a day Of thanks
giving for me IL I could get a few nice
thlngs like other women have,' was the
reply. But | put tho money aside and
then there is something needed for the
house or something for tho children or
the rent comes cue or the gas bin and
the groctr's bill. or something. and
away soes my poor l!ttlc savings, so,
the day I could get a nice outft would
be on tho married wor.on's ho!lG.y."
what one Is that New one On me-"
remarked Nj. Jar.
THE married wcucn's holiday is
April l.. and that's past said Mrs.
Jarr.
Il suppose I should suggest economy.
but l guess we are both practising all
tho economy We can afford" said Mr..
Jarr. INr It wasn't his fault tina, his
wife could not consider the lilies and
also more practical tiings.
Don't meut,on the word economy TO
me-" said Mrs. Jarr. IT'S all the style
now to be economical. and you hear Of
nothing else from women like Mrs.
Stryver or Mrs. Nansw!ne. and tho
other women who can be economical
from choice, Ia like to see them be
economical from necessity as l have to
be-
'IIow is Mrs. S;ryver econom,ca!7"
asked Mr.. Jorr.
SHE'S economical about her hats Just
at present, that Is X you can believe
what she says replied Mrs. Jarr.
She goes downtown with Mrs. VAN
swine and spends hours and hours q y
Ing bonnets tried on, and anything she
sees that becomes her she tries to re-
member. Then he'll go buy a shape Gs
near as she can get like the one .he
wanted. and the trimmings. and then
she gets some poor little milliner "a
trim It for her for a dollar or so. She
The evening world., 1911-04-18

Capt. Mustard had his soldiers all
ready at one end OF Toy Town and the
other companies were getting ready IN a
hurry.
what r. all this noise about?" asked
thu Boy Doll OF the Clown Doll, who had
just walked up.
II don't know" said the Clown Doll.
SO they scampered up on a high seat
and peeked out as the sun came up.
"Oh, good!e," said the Eoy Doll. the
soldiers are going to war. Hurry, hurry,
let's wake mp the other Dolls and wave
TO the soldiers as they march away.
Soon all the Dolls were seated on tho
window seat. watching the soldier boys
as they marched by, The Paris Doll ana
German Doll had their handkerchiefs
and were waving them as Drum Major
High Top passed by, And when the
American fiag passed by the boy dolls
all took off their hats.
IT wish | were a solder said the
Clown Doll.
ION. pshaw," said the Boy Doll. You
would run as soon as = gun was fred"
Don't YOU believe IT," said the Clown
! Doll,
When the Clown Doll was not looking
the Boy Doll clap?ed his hands real loud
and It frightened the Clown Doll so he
almost fell off his seat.
THERE / told you soS'
The evening world., 1911-04-18
The

r ARLY in the winter . man from tho bsek-
woods wnndcrc- into a Syracuse gents far
n.shIng store. Here the shiny winter cape
caught III, eye.
After gazius al these for a long while he sa,d
How much you want for Que o. them caps'"
"oae dollar.' gaioined the clerk. Try this one
on, tiri"
Ru. this proved 20 no a slHc NJ IN too small.
sitting upon the wood choppers head like q pa
nut on q barrel.
Here's yr dollar. mls'e-. TT tafo TIL, csp,''
"But the caps too small declared the amazed
clerS. pushing back the pro'fe'ed dollar, Wait
I'LL you try"-- .
"oh. III fix this sos I'm ~ vas the bach
lv~oodsman's final exchange before starting of with
his purchase. when | sit home all III have TO
do IL to siit It's back W with a Sn.fo. lace Il
, with a shoest-ns and everything! 10 all hunky-
dory "--Jndse.
The evening world., 1911-04-18
Letters From the People
Blue for BOY, Pink for Girl.

Blue for Boyi Pink for Girl.
To the Editor Of The Evening Word:
Which color is generally used for a
baby boy, pink or blue?
MISS l..
Both.
To me Editor ~ The EyeniEg World:
Was Michael Angelo a great painter
or sculptor? j. i.
He was both. lie was also a re-
aownod soldier,
The Former Is Correct.
10 Inc Edi,os Ut inc tycning World;
Which Is correct. Between YOU and
me-" or Between you and T." 3, y.
Legal Ala society. 81 broadway.
10 the Editor 1i The Evening World.
would like very much 10 get mar
fled TO a man who has asked for my
land. ! was married before at the age
OF fifteen, / have a grown daughter.
My husband LEFT me fourteen years ago
u 90 West and said he would never
The evening world., 1911-04-18
Wanted to Be Sure.

A C~COMPANIED by an instructor the new
n entry into the automobile field was out.
bright and early, in his new touring car.
Thcv we're circling the park In rather a W0oS.y
fashion.
Il suppose" he casually remarked 10 the
chauffeur a he took a fresh grasp on the speed
lever. that you have been around with worse
than II"
The man gave no answer.
IL say lie repeated In a louder tone. II sup
nose Won have been around this course with worse
than II"
II heard very well. sir, Whist you said IN the
first place. replied tho man. I'm lest a.t.laS.n'
about II. "--Netropolitan Magazine.
The evening world., 1911-04-18
HedGeVille
Editor
BY John l.. Ho b

A IL is not good IN this world; even
- ZONE fathers are not perfect.
= FORGE FORK save that he has got
~ so little confidence in human ma
ture that he can't make a success OF
lynn 10 himself.
THE trouble with most people ls they
1 are either too much 50 or not quite
enough.
A r first tho lawyers said tina 1Iennls
- Kirk wasn't guilty, but they have
admitted now that he hasn't got as
much money as they thought,
DRAINS ana beauty 10 hand in hand
- and 1t IL sure lovely to see man
and woman So friendly,
The evening world., 1911-04-18


he's magnihccnt-superh. There really
isn't any word 20 describe him
Mrs. $. delighted Didn't l tell You
so,
Mrs. w, Quitting im-Who are you
talking about, girls?
Mrs. B.-rhc man dancer AZ the Pal
ace. Have YOU seen him. Ella?
Mrs. W. (emphatlcally)-IIave I seen
him? why, my dear. I'm mad about
him, He's the most perfect thing that
was ever made!
Mrs. s. (tensely)-Hls legs DID YOU
notice his legs? They're poems,
Mrs. Wills walk! His klngly walk!
II seems to say. II am master OF all
before me! Bow the knee, YOU under
lings,'
Mrs. II. gazing heavenward)-And his
eyes and mouth! Those burning. COM
polling eyes, and that ardent, plastic
mouth,
Mrs. S.-TItERE'S a man a woman
could w%orship-a man OF mon!
Mrs. w. Ueprov!ngly)-IIe Is not a
man, he is . CODA Greek god why
even when he bows his acknor ledg-
mcr,s 10 tho wonderful applause he IS
naughty!
Mrs. II. (s,shlrE pro,oundiY-Why IS
s. that no one ever has a husband like
that?
Mrs, S. (scornfully)-My dear. ask me
something easier. never saw . hus'
The evening world., 1911-04-18
Good Luck Allowed.

A howl from tac upper story brought The
~ mother TO her feet. Rude laughter Inter
mingled with the hov'ing, and the duet
,hrea to become a -r!o, with the bucolic
brcal-earner tring 10 earn bread IN his study.
Mummy. mummy" cried Elsie. meeting her
on the stairs, please come mp srl spank Dick"
what has he teen doingt" asked her mother.
I'VE was playing at weddings" .obbed Elsie.
and Dick threw rice all u,er me-
The evening world., 1911-04-18

Because the weather was disagreeable, because the winds were
gusty, because exposure to swift and sudden alterations of sunshine
and snowstorm carries always a menace of colds and of rheumatism,
thousands OF people stayed indoors all the day long and missed both
the fashionable parade and the solemn services of the churches. Such
is the effect of a crouch.
As each of these characteristics il essentially an outcome Of
temperament rather than of reason, neither set has a right TO boast
itself of a superior wisdom. All who shared in the parade without
i'll consequences, and all who missed it without regret, have an equal
satisfaction in their course of action, but vanity had also the iov of
life, while the crouch had nothing but a dull day.