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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
EVENING CHIT
Dangerous Atmosphere.
BIZ RUTH CA1xERoN.
(By Ruth Cameron.)


A wise young school ma'am recently
refused the opportunity to lodge in
one of the finest houses in the town
in which she taught.
The opportunity came to her in this
way: The house was owned by a
young couple who were very well to
do. The husbands business kept him
away much of the time and the wife
was lonesome. She didn't exactly want
hired companion, and having met
and admired the young school teacher,
conceived the idea of offering her a
room in her beautiful home at most
reasonable rate, feeling sure that she
would jump at the opportunity
The school teacher thanked her gra-
ciously but, much to everyone's sur
prise, declined the offer. Her friends
were astonished. Have you seen the
house % they questioned.
She had.
"And that beautiful front bedroom
with the wonderful mahogany furni-
ture, and the bay window and the
rugs? My dear, they say those rugs
cost at least a hundred dollars apiece
She had seen all that.
And yet. you are going to stay at
Mrs SIS. where you sleep in a white
iron bed and have oak furniture and
cheap rugs. Will you tell us why =?
Don't you like Mrs. r.. % (the wealthy
young woman).
''Of course do" retorted the school
ma'am, land know the house is love-
~. and 1 appreciate the things in it
just as much as you do. It's simply
because it's too lovely that 1 don't
want to live in it. I'm afraid of the
atmosphere.
what do I mean by that? Just
what 1 say. I'm afraid of the atmos-
phere. Mrs. r. has all the money she
wants, and all the things L love; she
dresses beautifully, and she sets a
standard that couldn't live up to. I
would probably try, and I'd spend
more money than 1 ought, and be dis
contented in the end. If 1 stay where
am 1 will be with my own kind of
people. and 1 won't be tempted to
spend more than I should, and L think
that I'll be happier in the end"
ma am emphatically deserves the ad-
jective I gave her in the first line?
do.
Contentment is one of the greatest
factors of happiness. Indeed it is
more than that; it is another name for
happiness. And there is nothing on
earth so dangerous to contentment as
being too much with people who have
a great deal more of this worlds goods
than you.
People with different incomes have
totally different standards. What one
class regards as luxury another con-
siders necessity. To get the stand
ard OF a financial class above your
own, to accept it's definition of neces-
stiles is to lay up a store of discon-
tent and unhappiness for yourself.
OF course some of your friends will
have more than you. That is to be
but II you don't want to open the
door to discomfort, let the backbone
Of your mountaineering be your own
kind of people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

IF Allen met you half way-would
you be reconciled?"
Amy shook her head dolefully. He
never will stir one step to meet me
| it must be all or nothing with him. His
mother told me that the Gays were
always that way"
land you cannot see your way clear
to make the first advances!
"No-noI could not bear the
| thought that he might turn away
from me. Let us talk about some
thing else, Evelyn want 10 forget
him-I will forget him!"
She ratified the teacups and MADE
fuss over pouring another cup OF tea
for her guest. Evelyn Beers arose ana
Strengthened her hat before venetian
mirror. A vista of the adjoining room
was reflected in the mirror and wnas
she saw there held Evelyn petrlneo
with wonder.
1t was a long room furnished as a
studio, and standing before an easel
with palette and brushes in his idle
fingers was Amy'S husband. He wore
a paint stained blouse and as his pat
ones of Evelyn Beers in the mirror, ne
ones at Evelyn Beers in the mirror, ne
calmly wiped his brushes and came for
ward.
Evelyn turned swiftly to Amy.
ct thought you said you didn't know
where Allen was" she said accusingly.
'I don't know"
IF you will come here-and look
into the next room"
Amy was beside her in an instant
Obi she cried sharply. What does
it mean?"
She looked from the familiar sur
roundings of the tea table to the
treasures, saw him standing there
eager-eyed and with hands outstretch-
ed. II must have come into the wrong
apartment--it is so like Genevieve s.
this little room is exactly like it in
every detail-but the studio"
This is suite A, on the sixth floor,
explained Allen Gay, gravely.
'Oh, what a dreadful mistaken" cried
Amy with burning cheeks, for the sit
uation had its ludicrous side. I'VE have
eaten your cakes and tea and"
81 prepared them for you. Amy"
ward Evelyn Beers slipped quietly from
the room. IT have always thought that
some day you might come backbone
home to me, and so I've always had
this table ready for you-it made it
seem as though you might drop in any
moment" He laughed awkwardly, but
a pulse throbbed in his throat just
above his stiff collar.
Amy's fair face was hidden in her
hands. "Oh, Allen she sobbed, 81
was too obstinate to meet you half
way, and you have come all the way
to meet me! Fate must have sent me
here, because I would not come my
Selfi'
As his arms closed around her once
more she whispered tearfuIly: 1T wish
there was some penance L could per-
form to atone for my wickedness."'
I'VE have both done penance,
right, 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
MANY KINDS OF AMERICANS.

In some respects it is hardly fair
to match such a country as this
against any other in the world, in ath-
letic sports. There is a variety of
material to make champions of in the
United States which no other nation
can match.
The big American team at Stock
holm comprises men of many nation-
alities and races, If they are classed
by blood and origin. Some are of
Irish descent, some of English, others
of German ancestry. There are In
dams, colored men and at least one
Hawaiian. Most of the larger coun-
tries of Europe and some of the small
er nations have contributed to the
American team, in respect to parent
age or more remote origin.
So the American victories are won
by athletes who represent the best
Drawn and endurance and skill in a
nation which is really a blend of ma
tions, with the fusion $4,000, 900
strong. That is too much for any or
binary country to compete with, as the
results of the Olympic games are
clearly dem onstrating to the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
A mans ideals are seldom responsible
for high living.
The way to get reputation for good
ness is to be good.
The Temple of Debt has a thousand en-
frances for one exit
Perhaps. after all, 1t is better to wear
yourself out than to rust.
Anv time YOU want to have your own
way, just get on the scales.
The man who takes electric treatment
shouldn't kick at the charge.
The value of experience as an invest
ment depends upon the dividends 1t pays
Wealth may not bring happiness but
most of us are willing to take chance
Muggins-''My wife writes to me every
day from the shore Bugglns-'What
for?" Muggins-"For money.
IT NAV be true that fools rush in where
angels fear to tread. But, then, angels
don't have to tread. They can use their
wings. y.
quoted the Wise Guy. well, know a
man who can at least beat time, repIicd
the Simple Mug. Hes musical di-
rector
Blobbs-' 'Scribbler's new novel is very
realistic, don't you think so?" Slobos-
"Oh, very When I came to s1x-page
description of yawning chasm it actual
" put me to sleep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Love comes fast sometimes, but it
often goes faster
Too many gentlemen are only that
way when it's convenient
" "
Most of the steaks sold by the butch
ers are Of the mis-" variety.
n y
Putting on a good front is all right
If you don't try to overdo it.
\
Most of the things that require con-
siderable skill to handle, like ships,
automobiles, etc, are all referred to as
she"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

INEINITY.

=
Infinity. the heavy mist
That slowly, fmperceptibly,
RecedeS before our cropping hands,
AS step by step most warily
We tread the only half-Seen ground,
We turn for guidance whence we came;
The fog drifts 'gainSt the straining face.
Our own paths? Look! The gulf thai
yawnsl
Of our last footsteps, not a tracei
The cloud-hung chasm breatheS no sound
Only the records in our hands,
Only a fitful memory,
Are left of all the world that was,
False prophets of the world to be,
To which our stumbling steps now lead.
Some urged by dread, some led by hope,
Onward we move into the gray,
Darkness and silence all around
Voices and light just for today;
Thought knows not certainty nor speed.
Sun, moon stars Hume the hour,
Yet shed no light there, just before,
As lamps a tiny circle show
Upon a bleak, black, silent moor,
Where darkness presses back the eyes,
From dusk to dusk, one step ahead,
One glance behind, and that is all;
A working with the Seen until
The Unseen sounds its voiceless call;
The ending of one long surnise.
Donald R. Richberg, in Boston Tran
script.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELoH
LFrom the New York Press.I

From the New York Press.I
Brotherly love never produces the
proof.
You can SOW crop of lies without the
slightest fear of losing any.
1t seems as If all q girl lLas to do to
look plump to her adoring mother is to
be thin.
The devil doesn't care a hang what the
cost of living is in his place; he's willing
to foot the bills.
It's SO easy. for a woman to convince
herself how young she is. It's mighty
strange she can't convince any other
woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
HUAOR or THE DAY

Does your husband know anything
about baseball?' Really. I don't know.
He talks a great deal about II. but his
remarks seem fncoherent to me."-Chi-
cago Record-HeraId.
She Was Willing.-He (timidIy)-MisS
Peachley-er-Clara, do you care il l call
you by your first name? She-Oh, no
and-er-I don believe should care IL my
trends had the right to cali me by your
last name--Punch.
Teacher-Heat ascends and cold de-
sends Can you tell me why? Pupil
don't believe it's so. TeacheT-You don't
Deneye it's so? Pupi1-Do 1 dot I got
colo IN my head dis mornin', AID tho
ooetor says its cause I got by feet wet
yesteroay.-Phtladeiphi Press.
doesn't work at all now. Browne-He
ooesntE Why, when 1 knew him he
seemed to be young man with consider
aole push Towne-All that's changed now,
He's a young man with considerable pull
and doesn't have to work.-Cathodc
Standard and Times.
Near Enough.-A Chicago banker was
debating letter to his stenographer.
Tell Mr.. Soandso." he ordered, that
will meet him in Schenectady" How do
you spell Schenectady asked the stenog-
grapher. sc. S-c-er-er-er Tell him
I'll meet him in Albany."-Argonaut.
Obstinacy.-''why in the world did you
your salary cut?'' Because" replied tie
meek yet obstinate man, Il wanted to be
sure Of having my own way about some-
thing. Fix
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
1From the Chicago News.1

IFrom the Chicago News.1
A bachelor girl is a spinster with
money.
Measure the depth of the water before
making your dive.
Avoid the race course If you would keep
on the right track.
Even a wise man never gets over being
a fool to a certain extent.
Some men haven't sense enough to stop
boring when they strike OIL
If man is honest he doesn't have to
use a megaphone to advertise the fact.
Anyway, a bachelor doesn't have to lie
about his whereabouts the night before
It's as easy to make promise as it 8
to make an excuse for not keeping it,
Nothing disappoints some women moro
than to not be disappointed in a new
neighbor.
A man is apt to get so ratified when a
leap year girl proposes to him that she
can make him believe he did it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
HONE NEWS WHILE AWAY.

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away frum hor>c during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
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ten cents q week or thirty cents a
month (by nail only Address
changed as often as desired. Whlle
put OF town the State Journal VIII pc
to YOU like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

Jack johnson is keen for a fight with
AL Palzer, provided, of course, he gets
his price which is $4,000, win or lose
Nor would it be difficult to round up
any number of men right here in To-
peka who would be eager to fight John
son. Paizer or any other pug under
like financial arrangements. Perhaps it
is not going beyond the fact to state
that many Topekans would be willing
to shave down the $4,000 stipend a
trife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

That the pickpockets follow Colonel
Roosevelt On his political speechmak-
ing tours is hailed by his friends as
a great tribute to him. But it is
scarcely the same compliment to the
crowds who gather to cheer the colonel
The pickpocket who told how he and
his pals trailed the colonel explained:
"Stick to him and you'n always have
plenty of suckers to work"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
DAFFYDLLS
By q. NoALL-.

IF Agnes is frivolous is Hortense?
mo. thank you! We don't need a
chaperone.1
If a telephone operator wanted any
false hair could she get it at the
switchboard?
CAV! Keep the change.)
If cabbages have heads have the po-
tatoes?
(He sighed. She sighed. Then they
both sighed, down by the seaside.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

Colonel Roosevelt appears to have
profited some by one experience. A
well-founded report has it that he does
not intend to go to Chicago for the
purpose of directing in person the de-
liberations of the national convention
Oe his new party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
ny TIE WAY
BY HARVEY PARsONa.

some politicians use poor grammar
IN an effort to disguise themselves as
one OF the pee-Pul," and others mere
~ wear dirty shirts.
Lorimer's defense, as we under
stand 1t, is that Vic Lawson owns the
Chicago Daily News. But so long as
the burden of proof lies with the pros
cient.
dentist can hurt your feelings
without destroying your nerve, but he
ought to be pulled for it.
1t was perfectly right and proper
for the K. c. judge to fine an autoist
$5O Tor running down a preacher.
Ihat IS a pastime which should be
left to the old women of the preach
er's flock.
don't like any kind of argument
says Hondo Murphy, "but my favorite
1oea- or the poorest argument is the
on the landing of a P. A. Y. E. car
and argue the question as to which one
shall pay the fare
Very frequently you hear some man
assert that he wouldn't believe a.
DANCED thing he ever saw in a news
paper, which is a sure sign that he
never saw a complimentary notice of
himself in print.
The man who laughs loudest be-
cause a woman is afraid of a mouse,
is usually the man who is deathly
afraid of a microbe.
Because the Aero club raised only
$3S,OOO of the 100000 demanded, the
big aeroplane race. has been called
Off. Any paragrapher who has time
and patience may punch a prune out
of that by admitting that aeroplanes
come high, or some other equally
original suggestion.
AS rule, the geek who tells you to
forget your troubles, wants your at
tention long enough to tell you
bunch of his own.
The kangaroo, to be purchased for
the Gage park zoo, may stay out there
and work r its board if it wants to,
but if it is a lady kangaroo it could
make better than expenses by boot
Logging.
Hutchinson police judge released a
bunch of prisoners upon their promise
to go to the harvest fields. They will
probably help with the harvest by har-
vesting the rolls of the harvesters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

In view of the weather conditions
that prevailed hereabOuts during the
summer of 1911, people in Topeka ans
Kansas, who have complaints to make
about the present brand of summer
weather, are decidedly unreasonable.
However, that is the way most per-
sons are about everything, anyhow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

J, Bruce Ismays vindication was
accomplished by the British board
which investigated the Titanic disas-
ter with a neatness and dispatch that
must have aroused the intense admira-
ton of the committees which investi-
gated the election of Mr. Lorimer tc
the United States senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

The judicial recall may be the mighty
instrument for reform that its advo-
Gates claim. But they will have to ad-
init that it has at least one glaring
defect. 1t will prove utterly futile in
taking the title of judge from any man
who ever sat on the bench.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

Marshall. Governor Johnson and Gov
ernor Stubs appear to be the only two
of the seven governors, who were re
sponsible for the Roosevelt candidacy.
that are still lighting vigorously for
the cause that has already suffered
one defeat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

If the Kansas prairies are alive with
enthusiasm for the new Roosevelt
party, why should it be deemed neces-
sary to have the colonel come out
here and waste a lot of valuable time
in an extended speech-making tour of
Aha state?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal il a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news Or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news s. received in The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

Ages in the Wrong Place.-'Private
Tohn Allen went to visit an old fr1eI,d at
a hospital in New Orleans The in ana
was being fed on diet of egg and sherry
and Allen asked him how he liked II
John said the friend sadly, 1T would
be all right if the egg was as new as the
sherry and the sherry as old as the egg.
Popular Magazine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

Present indications are that the cost
of keeping a horse in Kansas will soon
approximate that of maintaining a high
class automobile. 1t is now possible
to buy two tons of hay for the price
asked for a single ton a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
KANSAS COHMENT
A. FATAL ISSUE.


woodrow Wilson says that the tariff
Is the issue in the coming campaign.
nlaklng that the issue insures his de-
Aedt- wilson is a free-trader like all
IT most OF the school teacher poll
llclans. He has the theory but not the
practice. This country owes its proud
posltlon today to its policy of protec-
tion. American workingmen have bet
ter homes and their families are bet
Ter clothed and fed than the families
OF european workmen, and that is
the result of protection. American
farmers own their own farms and
they are able to sell what they raise
to men who work in protected factor
les, and that is another result of pro-
lection. A change in the tariff means
reduction in the workinEn1an's
wages. If these people have less mon
ey to spend 1t means a reduction ir
prices for what the farmers have 10
sell. The men who have to come to
America to better their conditions
know the difference between free trade
wages and protected wages and they
will all vote against Wilson. This coun-
try tried free trade under Cleveland
and it was glad to get back to pro-
lection again under Mckinley. If the
Democrats want to get into power they
will have to get an issue that will not
cut down the wages of the laborinR
man and compel the farmer to sell his
produce in Europe. That is what free
trade Will QO.-1eaVenWOrth Post.
BEAUT1FY THE HOME-PLACE.
The power of environment is a funda-
mental law of life. Mans acts, his
character, his very nature are inf1u-
enced by his fellow beings and his land
scape. Next to the human form the
most beautiful thing in nature is the
landscape. 1t surrounds us from birth
to death. 1t cannot be avoided and
those who seek to do so live but on
the seamy side of life. Landscape
makes humanity more human and di-
vinity more divine; giving to the one
its proper environment and to the
other its material expression. Its fea-
lures rarely offend except they be man
made and its beauty is a state re-
source. 1t is the great theme of poet,
painter, sculptor. musician and our
chief teacher in the world of beauty.
1t is an inspiration to the mind. a
publication for the soul, a sanatarium
for the body. Each home is a part
of the landscape and should be a part
of it's beauty. D. G. in the Kansas
Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

Most OF the dark horses who were
figuring so prominently in the political
news of a little while ago have pro-
badly by this time gone back to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
trihe.

Governor Hadley viii not support
Roosevelt electors in Missouri if they
are put in the field. Governor Osborne
@f Michigan is advising fellow patriots
who have been affiliated with the Re-
nublican party to vote for Wilson and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

Another powerful and deserved boost
for the cause of womans suffrage was
given recently when the National Edu-
cationaI association went on record in
its favor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

1t must be some satisfaction to the
ultimate consumer to know that he has
a 93-millionth interest in the federal
treasury surplus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

At least there is this consolation for
a number of the defeated presidential
candidates. They are not now COM
PEELED to write the chapters bringing
their autographs up to date.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

Anyway, Governor Harmon must be
comforted by the recollection that he
had everything his own way in the
Ohio Democratic state convention.