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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02


man. he said, in a low tone. The
cars all right now. She only rammed
her nose into the bank anyhow, and
bumped her beauty spots bit. 1t
was you who hit the telegraph pole,
Don't you want to get out of this
cozy corner?"
mo, 1 don't" returned Forbes, pla-
cidly, half closing his blue eyes. Pm
very badly hurt, Bart. You don't pity
me a bit. You run on to Boston, and
attend to business there. and pick me
up on the return trip. That's a week
hence. Say, take a look out of the
window and tell me the color Of the
roses on that bush. I can't think clear
ly for the scent of them
They're little red ones. crimson
rambler" said Bart, but Ruth turned
her head and smiled.
1.-THE red ones have only a very
faint scent. Mr.. Austin. Those that
he likes are the large cream white
ones. We call them brides roses
out here"
1t was a month before Bart Aus
tins big red roadster found it's way
along the river roao again. and up
the drive under the eIms. He waited
minute or two, and sounded his
horn. 1t was an alarmist, that horn,
none of your sweet-voiced sirens for
Bart.
Presently Mrs. Hopewen came slow
ly down the broad veranda steps. She
was slender and charming even at
AZ, faded edition of Ruth at Is.
How are your said Bart, cheer
fully, lifting his leather cap. I'm
Bart Austin, Forbes friend. 1 hope
he's all right now. 1 told him I'd
stop on the way homes from Boston
and pick him up, but I was delayed a
Bit
Mrs. Hopewell smiled amusedly, and
shook her head.
ooh, dear, you're very much too
late. Ruth and Jack were married
three days ago. and have started on
their wedding trip in the runabout.
Jack was very hasty, I thought, but
he wanted to be married while the
brides roses were still in bloom. For
business man, he has quite a good
deal of sentiment
Austin's face was buried in his
hands, and his shoulders shook with
laughter.
Sentiment" he repeated. ''Well. if
you don't mind, Mrs. Hopewell, I'd call
it balmy touch of sunshine beneath
his curling locks. And yet he
hesitated. Mrs. HopeweI was NOV
ing away graciously. Bart addressed
the empty car as the one sure place
of sympathy. yet she was certainly
all girl. I wish I'd hit that telegraph
pole myself "-Copyright 1912, by AS
ISOLATED Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
EVENING CHAT
By RUTH CAMERON.

I'm the United States there are estimated
TO De one hundred thousand persons total
~ or partially blind Furthermore, at least
nalf or the educated classes in the United
states are afflicted with serious defects
or vision, as you can easily see by think
ing or the number of people who are alb
soIutely dependent on spectacles or eye
glasses"
This is the startling statement which is
put forth by a society founded to help
conserve the American vision.
When one considers how delicate is the
mechanism OF our eyes and how all i'm
portant they are to us-if we had our
die than go blind-does it not seem strange
that We know so little about our eyes
and the way to take care of them? a
For instance, most people continually
overwork the eyes. Where eyesight is al
ready defective such policy is suicidal.
The length of application should be reg
ulated to the strength of the eyesight,
and the eyes should be rested occasional
ly, either by closing them for a few min
utes or by looking at some distant OBJ
ject.
All work with the eyes should be DONE
so far as possible, with the matter more
nearly perpendicular to the line of vision;
that is, school desks and other supports
should be tilted at an angle of about
thirty degrees. How many of us do this?
Direct sunlight should never be used
for any kind of close eye work, and win
dows which receive direct sunlight should
be equipped with light buff or green hol-
land shades.
we OFTEN speak OF THIS or Inat KIND OF
artificial light being hard the eyes.
This is a wrong notion. All light sources
in common use are capsisIe of giving
light that is perfectly agreeable to the
eye; it is the way in which the lights are
used which makes the difference. The
reason that the light from kerosene
lamp seems easier for the eyes is that
such lamps are always placed on the ia
BILE and nearly always covered with shades
which completely hide the flame. Elec-
tricity, and gas burned in a mantle
burner, when used in the same way, are
Just as good for the eyes.
In reading or writing, the light should
not come from squarely in front; desk
lamp should always be placed to one side.
In reading, always sit with the back
towards the light or table,
1t is common mistake to suppose that
one cannot have too much light. For
reading or writing on white paper, or sew
ing on white goods, too much light may
produce a dazzling effect
Mirrors and polished surfaces should be
avoided in places where much close work
is to be done, as reflected light, especial
ly from a low surface. is particularly
hard on the eyes.
Lamps of any kind should not be too
near the eyes, as the heat given off irri-
tates them.
Perhaps you knew and observed all
these little precautions before. But If you
did, you are certainly not my old friend,
the average person.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
ny THE WAY
BIZ HARVEY PARsON&-

In the current sWorld's Work.
Hon. Stubs. in a fine spread-eagle ar
ticle which shows the fine Italian hand
of Dave Leahy. writes feelingly under
the headline, WHAT I AM TRYING
TO Do" Kansas is not greatly inter
ested in the article because Kansas
knows what Hon. Stubs is trying to
do; the only question with Kansas be,
ing, whether or not Hon. Curtis will
permit him to do it..
zone who writes in an alleged
comic strain should be accorded lot
of Ieeway at home" says the better
three-fourths. but there is limit;
just because one has to look for fool
ish comparisons at the office is no ex-
cuse for his coming home and REFER
and horseradish as a dog and pony
show
Three brainy units in this Office
department that beautiful, shining
paradox in Massachusetts. AT one
time this department had the m1sfor-
tune to live in Massachusetts (Boston)
saw more real "hay-rubes' than were
ever seen in ten years OF Vaudevllle.
Within ten miles of the corporate
limits of Beanful Boston may be founo
the rube with the chin whiskers, the
outside boots, the white cotton UNI
brella and the linen buster. We have
seen them jump out of line of a street
car on fremont street, and know the
breed, but at that, it was hard for us
to visualize a state so rubishly rube
that it would pass preference pri-
mary law like the Massachusetts, law.
Just how Taft could carry the state
by a large majority, and Roosevelt
could simultaneously cop all the dele
gates to the National Convention, is
too much for us. Let it pass, let 1t
pass. If the worst comes, there is no
law against voting for Nick Chiles on
the Democratic ticket.
Doc Roby's tunefu1 invitation to
Dodd CASTOR is not so foolish, at that.
By fishing in the classic Shunganung,
Dodd might catch, in addition to the
inevitable cold, several tin cans and an
old boot.
A peculiar accident happened to a
Missouri man the other day. He died
as the result of stepping on another
mans pet corn.
And a New York unfortunate died
of hunger while in the act of eating
a sandwich. It made better story
as it was. but if it was a restaurant
sandwich, his demise was not hurried
very much.
It is a human trait to attempt the
impossible. Some people make New
Years resolutions, and others attempt
to keep a diary.
The shades of night were falling fast,
meanwhile some window shades
had fel1,)
When through the city's marts there
passed
Gle passed along, ant passed like
sixty,)
A cook who waved digaree-
CA digaree, for digging things.)
AND as he oozed homeward through
the cleaning, this wild. weird. defiant
yell pierced the ambient atmosphere
and: anything else that happened to get
in the way: .-.=s~..-s- 9TvfIf2
SWAT THE .DANDELION.'' T.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago New,

IFron the Chicago News.J
In coming out on top many mans
hair beats him to it.
There is nothing harder to cure than
diseaed imagination.
If marriage is a failure. why Is the
average widow so persistent?
Don't attempt to get the upper hand OF
others in an underhanded way
Query-Does loud waistcoat enable
man to put on a bold front?
Political orators in this country usually
make a noise like a war whooo.
The airship chauffeur looks down on me
chap who runs an automobile.
Any man would rather have one foot in
the grave than two in the same place.
A mans power of diction seldom pre-
walls against his wife's power or contra
diction.
It isn't always to mans credit to have
people say his word is as good as his
bond.
Yes. CordeIla there are bigger Holsters
on dry land have ever been taken out OF
the sea-
Al woman can remember how man
once made love to her long after she has
forgotten his name.
Perseverance may be the mother of sue
cess but the offspring isn't always Just
what it should be.
There is very little fighting done in the
world considering the number of men VINO
go around with chips on their shoulders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

A man may feel rich when is drunk,
but he can't stay drunk.
Praise is so bad for some people that it
should be prohibited by law.
Did you ever know a crazy man who
didn't think he was pretty smart?
woman who supports her husband
should be entitled to do his voting.
It doesn't take much of an excuse for a
man to pass up shaving in the morning
1t seems the mosquitoes have a map
showing all the desirable camp grounds.
Although he doesn't call IL that, man
sometimes seems to feel that his lodge is
his affinity.
A square deal may not be worth what
it costs If you spend all your time de-
manding it,
This should also be said in favor os the
smoking motor car: it travels faster than
a skunk.
Travellers say more people are willing to
endure an upper berth, now that the rate
Is lower.
You will observe that the Harmony
doesn't usually manifest itself until one
side OF the other is whipped.
We are willing to swat the fly without
receiving any more enlarged photographs
of that well known pest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
rFrof the Philadelphia Record.

[Frof the Philadelphia Record.I
Only the foolish barber would have the
cheek to cut an acquaintance.
The old maid who says she has refused
a lot of men often refers to book agents.
You may think you know more than
your father, but you will notice that he
pays the rent.
Blobbs-'I wonder why we love the old
songs best" Slobbs-''It must be because
nobody whistle them"
John, I'm very sick. 1 Think think
I'm going to de- There you go again.
You are never sure of anything
Though his business is flourishing the
expert penman may deny that it is shady,
even though you are on to his curves.
NelIe-.'I wonder why so many fellows
call on Maude?" Belle-'Its because or
the bunny hug" Nelle-'why, she's OPP
posed to it," Believes, but she illus
trates how Objectionable 1t isl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A mans credit is no better than he
makes it.
Too many people have a wrong idea
as to what constitutes a good time.
X X
Presumably silence would not be
golden were it not so difficult to at
tain.
After all, it doesn't take much of a
shove to- make the world move on a
bit in the right direction. f&fst
Any number of men can lay down
rules for others to achieve success
by that don't seem to work out very
we'll for themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
A QUESTION.

If could drop my daily work, that now
and then begins to irk,
II had not bill to pay for clothing,
food or rent;
If neither wife nor children, turned to me
each day for what I earned,
If l had not chore to do and didn't
owe a cent,
Perhaps then could find the time to take
up eloQuence sublime,
And spend the day in arguing with lusty
lungs and loud
I'd take up every question great, and
work my jaws at dreadful rate,
Till I had every trust on earth COM
pletely whipped and cowed.
But since have a home to keep I'm only
idle when I sleep,
find to serve my family well is all that
I can do,
I must forego, for their sweet sake, the
splendid speeches could make,
And leave the public to decide these
issues old and new.
1 could meet pro and con each
question as I'd ramble
1t keeps me busy meeting bills and dodg-
ing vain regrets.
When such man my ear commands, who
works his jaws ana not his hands,
I often wonder how on earth he ever
pays his debts.
Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
FEBRUARY 2e-JUNE is.

ION February &c, 1915, Napoleon
escaped from E1ba. Then followed the
Hundred Days, and on June 18 his
star set forever on the field of Water
loo. Unless Mr.. Roosevelt is superior
to all superstition he may we'll feel
troubled by one of the most extraor-
binary condolences ever known in
politics. On February rs the an
nouncement of Mr.. Roosevelt's candi-
dacy for the Republican nomination
was published in the newspapers of
this country. On June 10 the Repub-
lican national convention will con-
vene."
Thus writes A. Maurice Low, the
Washington correspondent of The Ma
tional Review, one of England's fore
most magazines, and which is so bril-
liantly edited by L. J. Maxse. AL
though Mr.. Low is an Englishman, he
has served as a correspondent at
Washington for many years. His OBJ
servations on the political conditions
in this country are always inform
ing and unusually accurate. Each
month he writes an article on Amer
lean Affairs for The National Re-
view. Although they get back to this
country in the Review a month or
more after they have been written
they are intensely interesting. Mr..
Low is not only widely informed, but
is also gifted with unusual powers of
analysis. More than that he is wholly
unbiased on all occasions. There is
always something in his articles to
attract the attention like the excerpt
quoted above, from the April issue of
the Review. 1t tells of a remarkable
coincidence, truly, and one that has
not been given much publicity in this
country, What Mr.. Low has to say in
connection with this coincidence is
equally interesting. 1t follows:
THE selection of the anniversary
of the battle of Waterloo for the
meeting of the Republican convention
was purely accidental. The members
OF the Republican national commit
tee, when they met in this city last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
AYHAWKER JOTS

All aboard for Jewell City! The
Jewell County Republican reports:
Spring has come back, more beauti-
full than ever"
The country school graduates, says
the Emporia Times, who expect to
blossom out in their white dresses
next week run a great risk of being
nipped by a late frost.
A news item from Paradise, in the
Jewell County Republican: Much
needed road repairs are being done
by the street commissioners this week.
Keep it up, We town bosses, until the
kickers quit kicking. Selah!
A horticultural note by A. T. Ran
dom of the Harrington Sun: Just as
soon as we wake up to the fact that
mental garden, we will begin to see
the necessity for using a patent
weedef.
Related by the Hiawatha World:
A man put a nickel in a blind man
hat and took out a dime. The blind
why I thought you were blind 20
NO" was the reply, 1.-The blind man
has gone to the picture show and
am taking his place"
1t strikes your Uncle" of the Cald-
well News, that the two or three front
pews in the churches should be re-
moved to the rear. That seems to be
where most people prefer to sit. How
would it be to turn them lengthwise of
the auditorium, so the occupants could
see the people as they come in?
An Emporia suffragette was on a
PROSECUTING tour of the rural districts,
relates the Emporia Times. She hired
a conveyance at Hartford to go to a
schooIhouse meeting. During the
drive she practiced on the driver, tell
him all about Women's Rights. Final
ly, flashing her brightest smile she in
quired, You are in favor of woman S
suffrage, my man, are you not?" And
he replied, enthusiastically, You bet
I am, if the women'H vote in Kansas
as they did in California"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02

More than the usual number of lorna
does manufactured by nature have been
turned loose this year. But they are
far from being as numerous as the
political tornadoes that have put in an
appearance in 1912. There have been
several of the latter in every state in
the Union. And the indications are
that many states, or their politicians,
will be hit by bigger ''twisters'' of this
sort than ever by the time November
rolls around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02

December, took that date because
by the unwritten law Of politics the
convention is always held six months
after the meeting of the national
committee, and the eighteenth was
about the middle of the month
which seemed the most convenient
time. After the committee adjourned,
and some outsiders with better mem
cries for historical dates than they
possessed told them of the ominous
day they had selected, they were
greatly mortified, but the mischief had
been done and could not be repaired.
The call for the convention had al
ready been issued and to have rescind-
ed it would have been a confession CT
cowardice that no man was brave
enough to make. The day had to stand,
and many persons who believe that
the Republicans are doomed to defeat
said it was the most appropriate day
that could have been selected.
Mr.. Roosevelt's selection of Febru-
airy 26 to make his announcement, it
is to be presumed, was equally matter
of pure chance. He wanted his
Monday morning, for Monday morning
newspapers as d Tul0 are ~lAAC
of the week, and they are always glad
of an important piece of news for that
day. Mr.. Roosevelt knows this. When
he was president, Sunday afternoon
was usually the time selected by him
for making important announcements
so as to command the greatest atten-
ton, as he felt sure that what he said
would not be overshadowed- by other
matter. The selection of Monday then,
was intentional, but the date was
matter of chance. Circumstances con-
spired that he should make. his reply
at the time when he did, He could
not have made it earlier, he might
have postponed it for a week, but he
was anxious to get the announcement
of his candidacy before the country
while it was still heatedly discussing
his Columbus speech. 1t was there
fore not with elaboration but merely
by accident that he completed the
chain of coincidence by taking the an
niversary of the date of Elba to make
it known that he would accept the
nomination if it should be rendered to
him. The superstitious see in this as
ISOLATION of dates Mr.. Roosevelt's de-
feat. Has fate turned on the man Of
luck and destiny? Has he embarked
on the journey that began in Elba and
ended at Waterloo?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02

Champ Clark has the high honor Of
being the popular choice of the Demo-
cratic voters of Massachusetts for the
presidential nomination their party has
to bestow. He defeated Mr.. Wilson and
all the other candidates by an over
whelming vote. And yet the Demo-
cratic delegates at large selected at
the same primary were instructed to
support the presidential candidacy of
Governor Foss of Massachusetts,. OF
all the jokes in the way of presidential
preferential primary laws, the one of
which Massachusetts is possessed, is IN
a class by itself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
HUAOR or TIE DAY

Footpad-Hands upi If you move, you're
a dead mani Prof. Yale-Pardon me- my
friend. that statement is neither logically
nor etymologically correct. Manifestly
If move, I'm living man, not a dead
man, Be a little more careful in your
use of words,-Satire-
Mr.. Wright-Is your husband busy now?
Mrs. Peniman-Oh, very busy. What
is he doing?" Hes at Work on a story"
ssWriting a story, is he?'' "Oh, no: ha
wrote it a month ago. He's trying to sell
it. now!'-Yonkers Statesman.
In the Boxes.-"Shau We go into the
East Side and take a look at the Great
Unwashed?" mo; let us go to the
opera and see the great undressed.'-
March Lppincotts. 2 4 a. ss1 -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02

Floyd Allen has been placed on trial
for his life for the part he played in
the Hillsville court house tragedy.
Sidna Allen and his nephew. Wesley
Edwards, the prime movers in the an
Inhalation of the Hillsville court, are
still at large. One report has it they
are as far away from the scene of their
crime as California. At any rate they
seem to be as effectively missing as are
Dorothy Arnold, Le01 Ling and other
notables in the class of hide-outs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
DAFFYDHS
BY q. NOALL.

If the third book was taken out of
the Old Testament would Leviticus?
Look out, driver, The traffic
squad'll get you.)
Suppose the local druggists or
ganized a ball team; could George
Stansfield?
(Batter up! Batter upll Don't de-
lay the game any longer.)
When the Kaw goes dry what does
the Melan Bridget
Don't bring such troubles here.
Take them to the city commissioners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02

: Colonel Roosevelt's refusal to accept
the delegates-at-large, chosen at the
Massachusetts primary, will strike
most folks as being unusually magnan-
imous. And it is. in a way. But
such action on his part was almost in
evitable. Had the Colonel accepted
the support of these delegates without
question, his campaign cry of Let the
people rule'' would have taken on a
hollow sound.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02

Winning or losing number of games
at the beginning. of a season is no sure
gauge of the capabilities of a baseball
team. The road to a pennant or a near
pennant is a long one with many rough
spots in 1t. But the Kaws look good.
If you don't believe it go out to the
ball park before they start on another
trip and watch them play game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02

impossible, of course, for Mr. Wicker
sham to begin suits against all the
trusts at once. But he has brought
them as fast as they were made ready.
And the mere fact that the Harvester
trust suit comes at time when this
same trust is the subject of bitter con-
troversy in the political arena can be
set down as merel.- a coincidence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
LFrom the New York Press.1

From the New YORK Press.I
He swears loudest who swears last.
When a girl runs away with man it's
proof that If he was worth 1t he wouldn't
let her.
One per cent of men are somewhat pop
ular, but the whole 100 per cent think
they are strongly so.
A mans family keeps him from putting
lots of his money into bad Investments
by spending it for him.
A man will spend three times as much
on getting a pass to something as it
would cost to pay his way in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02

Pat Grove. the notorious, is again in
his proper environment-the Chicago
Jail. If Illinois and all other states
had the right kind of habitual criminal
acts, it would be possible to handle
such gentry as Grove as they de-
serve
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02

It's surprising how many good
natured people there are in Topeka.
Most of them held up at the corners of
Eighth and Kansas avenues for Jay
driving accept their instructions from
the traffic squad on how to turn
corners properly, with pleasant smiles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02

According to prominent miIlers there
is no such thing as millers' trust.
They favor competition, so they say.
1t is a noticeable fact, however, that
the prices for all brands of similar
grades of flour go up and down at
about the same time and generally to
the same extent