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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
Az HAINEs oF MAINE.

Those who attempt to keep tab on
matters political must have been sur
prised, to say the least, to learn from
Colonel Roosevelt that he considers
the election of a Republican governor
In Maine as a tremendous victory Tor
the Progressives 1t appears that Mr.
Roosevelt and w. T. Haines, whom
the Maine Republicans elected to the
soyernorship, had sort OF a secret
understanding whereby the colonei
would not put a Bull Moose state tick
ct in the field in Maine against the
regular Republican ticket, ana IN re-
turn for this favor Mr.. Haines told the
colonel that, in the event. of his cleo
ton. he would promptly announce
that he was head and heels in the
Ruu Moose movement and would
come out for the Bull Moose national
ticket.
Until Mr.. Roosevelt made this an
nouncement in the premises, after the
election of Mr.. Haines, of course lew
Deople probably had any idea that
the Bull Moosers had mixed up at all
in the Maine state election. Many OF
them wondered, too, why the coiohei
had neglected to take the necessary
steps to put a regular Bun moose
ticket in the Maine field and thus
make some sort of showing u
strength, and incidentally destroy any
chances that the regular Republicans
might have of e1ecting their state
ticket.
But the secret has finally come out
Mr.. Haines, the nominee OF the Maine
Republicans, double-crossed them ne
was travelling under false colors. ne
vas a Republican for the purpose OF
being elected to state office. AT heart
ba was a Bull Mooser. AS soon as mas
election was certain, this fact was
made public. And this be it known
is the brand of politics Of the square
daaIs tyne that is SO popular with
several of the Bull Moose leaders IN
few of the states. 1t is analogous
in way to the situation that pre-
walls in Kansas, except that here no
secret is being made of the fact tnat
the Bull Moosers are endeaVorlhS "
use the Republican party to proVlue
themselves with state offices wh1le
+bav are straining every effort 10
cbampion the cause of the pres1den-
+iaf candidate of a distinct and diff
feran+ marty. And as matters now
s+.nd thew have framed up propo-
si+ion which will deny to many thou-
sands of Kansas Republicans their
RIGHT to cast votes for the presidential
,o,,oinee of the Republican party.
II is to be presumed. naturally,
that Mr.. Haines, the political hybrid,
who has been chosen governor u
Maine, has the entire Repuollcan Note
of that state tucked away IN ms vest
pocket and that on election oay ne
will proceed to deliver it in toto %
the Bull Moose national ticket ac-
cording to the bargain he made with
Mr.. Roosevelt. But when the Repuo-
licans of Maine realize how they nave
been duped, Mr.. Haines may encoun-
ter inst A few difficulties in carrying
out his plans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[F'rom the Philadelphia Record

[F'rom the Philadelphia Record
1t takes an artist to draw a good
hand in some poker games.
A man without his tobacco is almost
as unhappy as a woman without her
mirror.
It's all right to look out for number
one, but many man has lost his sight
that way.
If a man doesn't get rid of most of
his conceit by the time he reaches 40
he never will.
The one man who can break his ribs
without hurting himself in the least
is the butcher.
1t is always possible to win a girls
hand, but it is quite another matter to
win her heart.
Many a bachelor never narries be-
cause he hates to disappoint a lot of
girls just to make one happy.
The only. opportunities some people
ever take advantage of are the oppor-
tunities to do the wrong thing.
Charity covers a multitude of sins. -
quoted the Wise Guy. "Oh. well, don't
let that worry you" replied the Sim
pie Mug. "A lot more will spring up
Tommy-"Pop, the hands of a clock
are always in front, aren't they?"
Tommys Pop-'Yes, my SON" Tommy
Then how can they ever be behind
timer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
HUMOR or THE Day

HE is a man who is always ready to
offer a suggestion" But no one ever
acts on his suggestions, so they really
do no Observation-Disclosures Age-Herald-
Il suppose he is made of the same stun
as other men" Good gracious, no! lie
a tenori''-Baltimore American.
sightseer-Why do you call this "Ayia-
ton Inn? Rufus-Y' ought [ see the Ilie
around here in summer.-New YORK Glope.
First DOctor-I hear your practice Is De
coming very small. Second Doctor Aea.
am getting out of patients--Laughtef-
80 your airship was wrecked wrecked, IN Y. the
blizzard / thought you considefed iN per-
fect?'' The ship was perfect rephoa
the inventor stiffly. Tine ar Was AZ
fault. Pour Rire-
The Kind-"What kind of pipe did
Won tell the plumber to bring ior tni5 res
faurant2' 81 told him supposed y ought
to be a feedpipe. baltimore Ainttiean-
Their Wav.-BIack-How do you know
when a woman pins her faith TO any
tbinpo Tbite-She does it with a hatrin
SO it sticks you.-Harper Bazar-
nositive that he is right loses many bets.
Chicago Record-HeIaiu-
A Good Name.-It takes so long to win
a good name that you can lose II In a
minute.-New York Press
Elusive.-"Dey say quart er corn
but de snakes is so hard ter nndi"-Fizz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
FROM OTHER PENS


n
Edward Box in a letter in this
mornings Times, discusses the efforts
ne mas made to Wean the American
woman from Paris fashions. For
three years the Ladies' Home Journal
while other periodicals have permit
ted themselves to be absorbed in less
important phases of progressivism,
has been fighting alone the battle for
a wholesome Americanism in gowns
and hats. Talk not of other Armaged-
dons! Mr.. Box is able to report pro-
greSS. A dent has been made in the
demand for Paris styles. Seventy
rive wholesale hatmakers and dealers
are now using the Box forms. The
originator and promoter of this issue
ono one of the parties has yet grab
bed it, is greatly encouraged. He Is
able to say: THE American woman
has told me, in no uncertain terms,
that she wanted to get through with
Paris, and that she wants American
fashions. That is all 1 want" Mir.
Box is doubly shocked by Paris fasn-
ions. His sense of thrift is shocked Ly
the rapid changes that the Partisan
modistes introduce in order to stimu-
late demand by preventing the wear
ing out of any garment. His sense of
decency is shocked by the freakish
immodesty of the Parision .importa
lions. When the women of America
are all clothed a la Box their gar
mentS will be conservative and refln-
ed, and changes requiring a repien-
ishing of a wardrobe viii occur about
once in five years. Mr.. Bok's re
searches have satisfied him that if
there was not artificial commercial
interference a fashion would remain
for from four to seven years. il IS
needles to say that the flank move
ment that Mr.. Box is leading against
the cost OF high living (as James J.
Hill calls it, will be endorsed by every
publicist and every moralist. Here is
something genuinely making for So
ciaI welfare by lessening the likelihood
of individual bankruptcies me
movement Will have the sympathetic
support of the artists who hate cos
mopolitanism in dress and travel thou
sands of miles to paint national cos
tunes. The New Nationalisml Long
may it wave!-NeB York Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
HYHAWKER JOTS

One of the girls at Independence
spells her front name "Lottye."
Mr.. Walter Shook was married re-
Gently at Eureka, and the chances are
he did.
Ever stop to figure out. queries the
Harrington Sun, how much time you
lose by being on time?
No such luck! The Anthony Bulle-
tin thinks that some day they will
vaccinate against the itch for office.
Excellent advice from the Gridley
Light: If you are going to preach
anything try it out on yourself first
and see how it works.
They sing praises 90 the man behind
the gun, says the Howard Courant,
but It's the man in front of the gun
who needs your sympathy.
Mack Gretchen of the Sedgwiclz
Paragraph points out that some peo-
pie are disappointed if the bread they
cast upon the waters doesn't return
in the form of cake.
The Selden CORRESPONDENT of the
Hoxie Sentinel reports: The faculty IN
our school has been changed this year
with the exception of Dad Wilcox.
who has been retained as janitor.
Nor does it necessarily follow that
Mr.. and Mrs. Harsh, of Route No. l,
out of Cassoday, are that way. They're
probably just as kind and nice as
most of the other people in Kansas.
Here is a rather unusual announce
ment in the Meade Globe: Glen ,.
Perkins and wife left this week for
Ottawa where they will attend the
Ottawa university during the coming
year.
The old-time cowardly man who
used to hide behind his wife's skirt
has but little chance this summer to
do so, points out the Cassoday Times,
for there is no chance for anything to
| hide behind some of them.
This should be an effective warning
to delinquent newspaper subscribers.
| A Kansan was sued by an Atchison
I paper for 16 years subscription. The
jury awarded the paper judgment
| of S24.OO. and the court costs were
over 800, not counting attorneys
fees.
| Some time ago Mexican stepped
| into a Herington grocery store and
was very wrathy when he discovered
| that some other Mexican had been
| getting groceries charged to him. re-
| lates the Harrington Sun. why don 7
you get his goat?" suggested the gro
| GER HE got no goat" replied the
| Mexican. He not even got dog
Bridge picnics'' are popular down
| in Elk county. But they're of tie
! basket variety at the scene where q
/ new fashioned concrete bridge is be
/ ing built according to modern meth
/ DDS All the folks so disposed gather
on the day when the superstructure is
! placed in position: and 1t is reported
/ to be most interesting to watch some
| body else put between $50 and 200
tons of concrete in place in one day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.1
It takes ink, not ideas, to fill love
letters.
The way bad people fool you is how
careful they can be tc pick good COM
pany.
Girls laugh so much of the time so
as to have much better time when
they cry.
A man can get excited enough over
the soup being cold to forget all about
politics running business.
1t is in church that a woman can
do her hardest guessing on how much
all the other hats must have cost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most men are equipped with con-
sciences that are as stretchy as rub
Der.
Not so many people realize that
things might easily be worse with
them.
Y
Trying to please all the people, gen
orally results in pleasing none of them.
X y
At least, the man who puts things
off until tomorrow doesn't have to do
them today.
The average woman will spend 10
cents in car-fare to save nickel at
bargain sale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
TO WHAT ENID

TO WHAT END2
Out of these dreams of good and evil,
With hopes grown half despairs. despairs
that trace
Burrows for hope. wake sometimes and
face
The darkness of our final nescience:
Then all earth's dancing pageants fall
away
Her flowers and forests and assuaging
streams;
All mans philosophers and golden
dreams
The wells he wraps about the face Of
clay
Dissolve And there remains eternal lack
OF any comfort: for those quesuonings,
Whose stubborn challenge still unchal-
lenged rings
Nor man nor god gives ever answer back
Set like stark monoliths as terminals
To Iife's long alley, close Deaths windy
halls.
Martin Armstrong, in Atlantic Monthly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

held the carefully preserved three copies
of the Globe.
The little clipping in the desk drawer
saved the day and proved to be the dove
of peace for their marital troubles.
Arthur Wilson peeped in that evening
and Edith insisted on telling him the
joke on herself, which made Fred feel
like the hero of melodrama-
''Well, Mrs. Forsyth, what do you thlnk
of a mans way?" For reply Fred drew
Edith to him and kissed her, vowing in
wardly that he would accompany her the
next time she went away.-(Copyrighteo'
1872 by Associated Literary Press-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
KANSAS cOMMENT

BLOOMERS FOR WORKING GIRLS
Boston minister urges factory
girls ana young women working ~
SHOPS 10 wear boomers instead II
hoDole-skirts as both more comfort
able and respectable. The idea is a
good one, and that it should be en-
tertalned shows the progress the once
oerlded costume has made in over
coming prejudice Boomers in mod
Iled form have come into increasing
use among girls and women for gym
nasium wear and in outdoor sports,
Tor winch they are well adapted They
would form rational and health
uress for all women in Industrial oc-
cupauons; But the clergyman in re-
commencing their use by a special
class betrays his better acquaintance
with theology than with fashion. For
working girls to wear boomers would
amount to their adoption as a distinc-
i've uniform. Nomen's styles OF
CLONES begin at the top and extend
downward. If Fifth avenue girls can
be persuaded to wear boomers the
rest Will be easy, but If this attempt
at dress reform, like all others, is t.
make any Roadway it must be launch
ed under the best social auspices
Leavenworth Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
ADVANTAGES OF COUNTRY LIFE


The country is the best place to live
in order to establish strong lines of
descendants for hero are stored UP
those reserves of constitutional energy
which enable men and women to en-
dure long hardships and to meet great
emergencies without submersion,
writes Willet NJ. Hays in Woman's
World for September. In the city, the
conditions tend toward constant over
stimulation OF nerves and exhaustion
of the individual or of underexercise of
the muscles and other vital organs and
the consequent Iessening of energies
which would go toward increase of
family or toward constitutional endur-
ance in the children. Where the best
blood of the country homes continual
" flows towards the cities, as in Amer
lea the ultimate extinction of this
best blood in both city and country is
then left to people of less efficient
heredity.
But the farm is not only the best
place to produce goodly numbers OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
DAFFYDKLS
BY. U. NoALL.

If you had a dull knife would the
coffee grinder?
Iet him up, he's all cut.)
If a congregation prayed for rain III
a dry season would the rain fall for il
dead him to the ga1lows He's
the boob that put the toe in pco-
maine-)
When there is much sickness in
South America is BraziI2
(And the Professor will now favor
us with that touching little tune dedl-
Gated to his landlady's daughter
loft I find her golden tresses in the
butter.')
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Welsh Rarebit Honeymoons-At a bridge
party Miss Antique was coupled with
young Jack Smith and chung to him like
a leech By and by, during a temporary
Iull in the proceedings. she approached
him coyIy. "Oh, Mr. Smith, she said
last night I had such a delightful dream :
/ positively dreamt that you and I-only
you and T. mind-were travelling on our
honeymoon. Do you ever have dreams
like that Mr.. Smith," The young man
considered for a second before deciding
upon his reply. Then he spoke up like a
good man and true II am afraid I used
Dorothea-What were you doing after
TO. Miss Antique" he said But now, I m
more careful over my sHnnars- ~ onkers
Statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Dave Leahy's plan to put both the
Taft and Roosevelt electors on the Re
publican ticket, if the law would per-
NIT it, might open the way for the
regular Republicans in Kansas to vote
for their presidential nominee. But
Mr. Leahy seems to lose sight of the
most important fact that the Roose-
welt electors have absolutely no moral
right to a place on the Republican
ticket. Mr.. Roosevelt is not the pres
idential nominee of the Republican
party. He has said so emphatically
about million times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

A report from New York has it tn IL
down town burglars recently made off
with $4,000 worth of clothing and
$4,000 worth of hats. And it will
now be up to the police department to
establish an alibi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscl hers of the state Journal
away from hon-e during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate OF
month fby vail only Address
changed as often as desired: While
out OF town the state Journal VIII be
IN you like a 1eily letter from nome.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
hookIteeping EXPENSES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

tfaI elections in this country, and. for
that much the French people should
be duly thankful In France presi-
dent is elected by the members of the
senate and the chamber of deputies
united in a national assembly. And
the voting is done in secret.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

A Harvard professor has been ex-
perimenting with water under pres
sure of 100000 to the square inch. He
probably used a few of the Progress
sives' thoughts for weights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Uncle Sam is prepared 10 throw an
army into Mexico inside of twenty
four hours. But it is sincerely hoped
that Uncle Sam won't find it neces-
aarY to do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

An aeroplane accident that results
In the death of but one bird man is
evidently getting altogether too tame
for these exciting days. Two double
aviation fatalities have been staged N
Europe within a week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Government statisticians have fig
ured it out that there has been =
greater decline in the prices paid 10
farmers this year between August 1
and September 1 than there was. last
year. But the consumers of farm pro-
ducts haven't noticed any decrease in
the prices they have been paying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Every little bit helps. The general
tax levy in Topeka for this year is ten
mills less than it was last year. This
Is all the evidence needed that the
public officials are rightly disposed N
a most important particular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Notwithstanding the fact that Kan
eas is occasion ally accused of being
fresh it stands fourth among the
states of the union in the production
Of salt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

This is also he season of the year
for the circulation of stories about
finding pearls in oysters. But did
you ever have any luck along that
1i0e2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

for the presidency of France to SUI
coed NJ. Fallieres, whose term of office
expires within six months But the
campaign for this honor and the cleo
ton will not be along lines at all sim
nar to those that prevail in presiden-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Governor Wilson stands an excellent
chance of going into the Ananias CLUB
with flying colors. He says that the
only hope the people have for right
cons political reform lies in electing
the Democratic ticket
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
What a Woman can DO.

w IItAU q NVOIIItlII Nt1HI AINI'
She can do a first-class job of carpenter
work with pair of shears.
She can fix almost anything with a
ha1rpin and bottle of glue.
She can smile when she is miserable
and weep when she is happy.
She can make s57 hat out of an old
birdcage and some trimming off an old
party gown.
She can put away things where nobody
Qncluding HERSELF can ever find them.
She can suffer the privations and hard
ships of martyr to preserve her figure.
She can make a full meal out of a pickle
and dish of Ice cream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

All of the schools and colleges, the
country over, are experiencing record
breaking enro.lments. And there
need be no fear for the future of the
nation as long as there is a general
advance on the educational firing line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Nor can any one say that Governor
Wilson lacks courage. He has accept
ed an invitation to speak at a dollar
dinner in New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Is there never to be an end to the
increase in the cost of living? The
price of caviare has risen % per cent,
and is higher now than it ever has
h1au.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

That woman who went fishing and
caught a husband will be in a pecu-
liarIy defenseless position if he ever
accuses her of doing the proposing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Listen to this: A Cuban editor says
his country is just longing to fight
the Yankees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

One can't be too individual. A man
at Napoleon, o., got his throat cut as
a result of mistaken identity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
Good Hot weather Menu

Good Hot Weather Menu.
BREAKFAST.
BuckWheat Cakes
Salt Pork Dainty Pig Sausage
Oatmeal and DoughnutS
Hot Mince Pie Coffee
LUNCHEON
Boiled Dinner
Sauerkraut and Speek
Hot Gingerbread
Pigs Knuckles and Cabbage
Pumpkin Pie Cofee
DINNER
Old-fashioned Cocktail
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Hot Pork and Beans
Pate de fol Gras
Potatoes au Csratin Potato Pancakes
Hasonpfeffer Coffee
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FULL, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the run DAY
FeIegrapn report of that great news or
eanizAtion for the exclusive afternoon
publication IN Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires fer this sole puT-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
WHAT PEOPLE SAY

When you hear a man remark that he
doesn't care what people say. you can
Jot it down IN your note book that no
George Washington has the floor.
Everyone cares in greater or less de-
gree, and it isn't bad idea. In Living
Ones Own Life, he shouldn't forget thu
audience. He should remember that IL
he lives it right, he will draw a fair
share OF credit for the accomplishment,
and bear in mind that, while there are
fool conventionalities, public opinion
forms censorship most of us need.
There would be fewer heroes If there
were no audiences to witness the per
Torrance. The leader of a forlorn hope
might take to the brush If il were not
for the Importance of setting an ex-
ample to the men; he doesn't care much
for medals and such like, but he cares
what peoplC say, and so will anyone
about to put himself in a position for
them to say something bad.-Atchison
Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
ON THE SPUR
OF THE AOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON.

Some Hot Weather Verse.
Oh, hear the sleighbells ringing,
A most delightful sound,
The beauteous snow is falling
And blanketing the ground
The kitchen pipes are freezing
The plumbers on the way,
Seems like oId-faShioned winter
Has come this time to stay
Oh, hear the wheels all squeaklng
Upon the frozen snow,
The whiskers of the drivers
Are freezing as they 60
Stoke up the hot air furnace
Pile quilts upon the bed,
The mercury is droppin',
So cover up your head
A good old-fashioned winter
The first since SO,
The kind that makes feller
Feel full of life and fine.
1 say there's nothing like 1t
To make the red blood flow;
love it crisp and snappy
And twenty-five below.