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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18

JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING.


Should man give utterance to his
SATISFACTION with present prosperous
conoltlons he would be held up to pub
nc execration as an enemy of the peo-
PIE he might even be stigmatized
as a stand-patter." Yet it is true
eilae II we do not recognize when we
are wen off there is something rad
l o,,aSt wrong In our makeup, that we
ousnl TO take account of. We never
SnaII De doing so well as we should
IKE TO be doing, but we ought to dts
tlngulsn known good thing we al
reaay possess from something in pros
pect that may be good or bad. and
which we may miss entirely. even Il
we do ATTEMPT to get it. The man who
plays on the safe side, you will have
sleeps more soundly, and deposits N
the bank oftener than the man who
prefers to take a chance. An oId-
fashioned gentleman named Paul,
words when he said, ''hoId fast that
which is good."-KanopoIis Journal
THAT MAIL ORDER HOUSE GIFT.
1t develops that there is consid.
cradle red tape tying up the gift a
mail order house is reported
to have made for the purpose of teach
ing the farmers better methods NJ
farming. Instead of there being S1OO-
BOO devoted to Kansas alone, that be-
ing the total amount of the available
gift, and instead of the mail order
house paying for the farm expert In
each county, the money is available
only when the county produces a like
amount to use in conjunction with the
gift money. After the 500, 900 has been
used, and the rigid rules set forth by
the company have been followed, then
the balance of the gift is supposed
to be Forthcoming. Kansas can afford
TO pay for her own experts. Why both
er with the mail order house PROPOSE
ton at all?-Ottawa Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
EFrom the New York Press.l

LFrom the New York Press-1
The worst brain a man has the more Lis
wife can attribute it to his good heart
man never knows how to appreciate
the children and a woman how not to.
The oftener a girl learns to swim well
the oftener she likes to have a man teach
her.
Good coffee may not be able to preserve
happy families, but bad conee can preal.
them up.
A man is never ashamed to say he neg
lected business for a baseball game tire
way he is for a civic meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18

The member of congress who can in
vent some way for striking laborer to
make demonstration without swat
ting some $70-a-month policeman in the
eye with a brick. will win the everlast-
ing thanks of the poor copper, and, like
as not, have his good work perpetuated
in a monument purchased by police
"kitty funds"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18
HoseE NEWS WHILE AWAY.

6ubgca fDerg OF the state Journal
away from homo during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address At the rate OF
ten cents q week or thirty cents a
month (hy nail only. Address
changed as often as desired. White
out OF town the State journal VIII be
20 you IKE a 1niIy letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
El3ese short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18
DAFFYDHS
BY .. NoALL-

would you call it Christian science?
MANY are called but few get up.)
If all the other vegetable concoc-
lions engaged ina running race could
the tomato ketchup?
CThere goes another button.)
Is man bird just because he has
a dollar bill?
eyes. love every bone in your
head.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18


Natural Gas company are out on q
strike. They think that the hours OF
labor should be reduced as well as the
gas pressure.
1t is against the law in Minnesota
for a candidate to give away lead pen
ellis or cigars, but his constitutional
rights have not been abridged to the
point where it is unlawful to give away
his opponents past history.
Hetty Green has been baptized in
the Episcopal church, but no one has
ever been able to soak her in any
thing.
Some peace-loving people claim thai
drastic, and that a rival candidate
should be the recipient of mild re-
proach, rather than verbal assault,
But-did they ever hear of striker
who swatted a cop with feather sola
pillow when brick was handler!
Even a man with an iron constltu-
ton may feel rusty at times.
1t helps a widow to bear her loss
if the loss is fully covered by insur-
ance.
Upon close research, we may dis
cover that many of the men who have
done Great Things, did it by CON
ing' others into doing it for them.
Anent the report that the lid is off
in Hutchinson, some geek called Up
this department on the phone last
night to inquire whether our headline
meant 'again" or "yet."
Rawther short co1yum today, but we
must stop and go over to Atchison
for the purpose of congratulating what
the doctors left of Hon Bale Wag-
gener.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18

Senator Curtis intimates that rest
and recreation" was not all Willum
Alum White got out of that Thunder
Mountain trip, but candidly admits that
whatever gold Willum got out of it was
not virgin gold from the Van Ripper
.tmineS1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18

Jimmy Garfield is going to make
speeches for Roosevelt in Kansas, but
before he starts, Earl Akers should see
to it that Jimmy leaves his pearl gray
spats and corset in cold storage before
invading the short-grass region.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18

The suit against an Insurance COM
pany by a New York amateur aviator
is a novelty. being, so far as known,
the first case wherein an aviator lived
long enough to demand the payment of
an accident policy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18

Cuba's revolution has blown up. So
has the Mexican revolution. But
neither one made as much noise as the
bursting of a half dozen presidential
booms that could be named
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18

President Taft is at Beverly. Mr.
Wilson is at Seagirt and Colonel
Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay. Congress
should take the hint and leave Wash
inRton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

the State Journal f. q member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news Or
sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
pnhneation in Topeka
TIE news a. received In The state Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18
BY TIE WAY
81 HARVEY PARsOHER

Laborers employed by the Kansas
Natural Gas company are out on
strike. They think that the hours OF
labor should be reduced as well as the
gas pressure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18

One of the charges upon which the
Progressives base their statements of
theft of the convention is that two
Taft delegates were seated from a
California district. The evidence shows
that while California was overwhelm-
ingly for Roosevelt this particular dis
trict chose two Taft delegates plainly
entitled to seats under the congression-
al district plan prevailing.
While Kansas gave a large majority
of the delegates for Roosevelt. the first
district of the state chose two Taft
delegates who were fortunately seated
without contest.
It is stated that in the Massachusetts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18

Hetty Green has been baptized in
the Episcopal church, but no one has
ever been able TO soak her in any
thing.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01

4 ~
denly while staying in town.
Yes, poor fellow replied Scroggs
But that isn't possible"
''Oh, yes, it ISL
well. then, now could he do it2"
"He blew out the CAST
The drug clerk wrapped the bottle
of cough medicine carefully in d nel'
white paper scented with toot1 pow
der and tied the package up with a
pink string.
sSeventy-hve cents" he said. sci
ting it on the counter.
The old mar laid down a nickel,
slipped the bottle into his pocket aud
opened the door.
That's seventy-hve cents" said
the clerk. raising his voice.
We'll. I've paid ye," grunted the
old a "The res your five"
"Seventy-hve,n shouted the clerk,
seeing the old party abo't to escape.
Il give We Ave. yelled the man, IS
he made a dash for the once an-hour
Bingville electric and boarded it.
ooh. well.7 sighed the clerk a. he
opened the cash drawer and rlippel
the fve-cent piece into I. " stand
to make two cents anyhow"
Allen Thurman. of Columbus. O..
and John J. Lentz. the former Repre-
sentative. went 10 a village about ten
naifae fron CaIunnhne ono nfobf IN
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01


uio'e we eose'ner ~ d pusss'
Lenll was 70 tank hrst- Inc agree
ment was that each was to make a
thirIy-minute speech ana then they
word Gonna hack IN town together.
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ontzs want 70 oet hin, s,d drive
him lack - ro,nn6,,s Win me-.
wal" said tho man .if Won 90
nm in the han you,n and him. Hes
taking vet.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01

DINNER STORIES


You say he died of a single blow
administered by himself asked
Scroggs. discussing the decease of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01

Allen Thurman, of Columbus. O.,
and John J. Lentz. the former Repre-
sentative. went 10 u village about ten
miles from Columbus one night TO
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
NEWS NOTES OF
ANTT-SUFFRAGTSTS

In March a public anti-suffrsge meet
ing will be held in the hall of the Public
Library. out-of-town speakers have been
engaged.
Miss Minnie Bronson recently spoke
four times in two days in Rochester, New
York, and also gave an address in the
interests OF anti-suffrage at Syracuse.
which has hitherto been regarded as an
impregnable stronghold Of the sutfragists.
Mrs. Goddard. president OF the Colon
iaf Danes, of Colorado. and formerly a
stanch sufrsgist. is now using all her
influence in opposition 10 votes for
women. She has been a keen observer
of political conditions in a State where
women vote.
Those who believe that the vote con-
trolls economic conditions will be interest
ed in recent occurrences at Lawrence,
Mass. Strike Leader Ettor says that
the average weekly wages of the men
on strike is IS. The government report
on woman and child wage earners gives
the average pay OF Boston department
store women as s746. The men on strike
are either voters or prospective voters.
In the New York Sun Of February II,
Ida Husted Harper. the press agent Of
the suffragists, speaks Of the enormous
labor and expense $500, 900 of a refer
endum of the woman suffrage question to
the women of the State, and says that
"only the unthinking or ignorant would
argue for a referendum" This sum is
a drop in the bucket when compared
with the additional expense Of elections
generally, II women voted.
Universal suffrage is unknown in Por-
tugal. where the right of suffrage is only
for those who can read and write, who
are taxpayers, and heads Of families
A Lisbon Judge has established the right
of few Portuguese women to vote un-
der the law.
In France, there is no possibility that
women will be granted more than a limit
ed municipal vote.
In this country, the woman suffrage
organization demands the vote for all
women.
Some friends OF Miss Harold met at
her apartment In the Sheridan recently
TO hear some Of the reasons for the op-
position TO woman suffrage. Mrs. Kings
bury Waterman spoke from the married
woman's point OF view. and Miss Bre-
haut from that OF the woman worker,
A meeting of the executive committee
OF the National Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage was held in New York
City on February IA, 1872 at $50 Park
avenue.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
VEST POCKET ESSAYS
George Washington. lTtsoI of"Lt Gooa oLs Si.,,,s"

George Washington, the father Of this
country, was born in Virginia, February
%, 1Ts2. He was the son OF aristocratic
parents and spent his boyhood playing
with the other scions of aristocracy in
Westmoreland County. most OF whom be-
came President Of the United States lat
er on. He was a great athlete, though
nowadays he would be disqualified in a
minute by the Amateur Athletic Associa-
tion for handling money, as he once
threw a dollar across the Potomac River.
He was also an honest lad and when
he chopped down a cherry tree and was
asked about It by his angry father he
replied, Father. l cannot tell a lie. /
did It with my little hatchet" The
father was so relieved to find that the
boy had net used his expensive imported
razor that he embraced him and they
liver happily ever after. There are no
other famous incidents OF truth telling
in our history.
Washington became a surveyor and also
helped the British army fight the French
and Indians. He then married and set
tied down on his estate TO spend a happy
life. But he had no children and in
order TO. fill the vacant space in his
heart he decided TO adopt his country.
This necessitsted a great deal of fight
ing on his part and from lTI5 TO 1ISi he
was almost continually occupied in eradi-
eating redcoats- He was often defeated
and was chased an aggregate OF several
thousand miles. His soldiers had little
to eat and less to wear, and usually
ran out Of powder about the second
round Of each battle. II Washington
had had the powder that is burned each
Fourth of July nowadays In celebrating
his victories he would have been a happy
man and would have become a national
parent much earlier in life.
There was great opposition to Washing
ton and all over the colonies men eagerly
wore out dry goods boxes and store
counters showing just how he could get
much better results. He was cursed and
maligned by large numbers of rich
Tories, who wanted TO let well enough
alone. a price was set on his head by
the British, and he often had to post
pone dinner from day to day. But in the
end he captured CORVALLIS at Yorktown
and every one hastened to admit that he
was a great man.
In fTSS Washington was elected first
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
TIME TO BEGIN PLANS
6 FOR THE HOME GARDEN

made early enough, and that is why
am suggesting that every woman who
has the pride Of home In her heart (and
what woman has notO lay her plans
early for the Identification OF its sur
rounding spaces, going carefully over
the flower beds to see where they need
changes and improvements.
The majority OF flowers in a border
should be hardy ones, Of the PERENNIAL
variety, and where the border is wide
there should be a background Of shrub
berry TO set on the glory Of the blooms.
Unless. however, the border is eight feet
or more tall. flowers may be used as a
background for the lower ones with
good success.
Harmony Of size is as necessary as
harmony OF color to the eyes, and. there
fore, should be given serious considera-
tion by the woman planning her borders
or little home garden.
should Have Central Walk.
In the backyard plot that is planned
for a garden there should be a central
walk with little paths running from It.
The small by-paths are to meet the re-
quirements OF ones work among the
plants more than for beauty. They are
not bordered with flowers as is the main
and central walk.
One woman who was very successful
with her flower growing and who won
considerable reputation for the artistic
arrangement of her borders, and per-
petuai show OF blossoms as well as for
her beautiful house decorations. had a
double border along her garden walk.
In one she grew the plants which fur
nished the flowers for her house deco
rations. and in the other she grew those
not Intended TO be cut but purely for
the Identification Of her garden plot.
There are many questions involved in
the home garden. whether II be large or
small, all OF which require careful
thought and much OF a woman's indi-
vidusIty. That is why it is much better
TO begin the plans for the Identification
Of the home surroundings right now
while there Is time for careful planning
and well considered arrangement.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
WE TOLD THE TRUTH

evening. and We had such a delightful
time
speak for yourself said Marion. II
my middle name Is TO be Truthful Jane,
I must say that ] was never more bored
in my life, and there were times when
that miserable little brat OF yours was
recIting and singing when wished that
was Herod, and could do n real servicS
TO humanity by killing OF all OF the
infant phenomenons that fool parents
torture innocent and inoffensive guests
with.
Another silence fell, with dull. cold
thud. Then Fanny Smithers broke II
with a nervous giggle. I saw that good
looking husband Of yours last night
The Last straw.
Indeed exclaimed Mrs. Ellicott, the
poor fellow was detained down town until
after midnight by some important bust
ness, I am so uneasy about him for fear
he is working himself to death. Did he
look very tired?'
Help me, c. w. calculated Fanny
piously, for il I'm to state the real
facts in the case 1 must admit that I
saw him at a restaurant opening bot
ties for the most gorgeous looking crea-
ture in the most gorgeous clothes I ever
beheld. and he looked as If he would sur
vive the job
well, that was about all. After that
II was anybody's fight, and my guests
hurled great solid slices of truth at each
other without a thought of the damage
they would do. Also each woman flock
ed by herself as she went home alone.
When they had departed Lucia Morris
said TO me:
We'll. Mabel, your Washington party
was a howling success in one respect at
least George w. couldn't have used his
little hatchet to any more effect him
SELF
Lucia responded it's my opinion
that while It may be all right for the
Father OF His Country never to have told
a lie. 1t won't work for the mothers
And that's the reason I'm not celebrat-
ing Washington's Birthday. Ananias day
for mine"'
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22

President Of the United States, and
served eight happy years undisturbed by
tariff squabbles, conservation agitation,
or invitations 10 dinner on the Pacific
Coast. At the end OF his second term
he declined reelection and returned to
his home at Mount Vernon, where he
died in 1923 from a consultation of physi-
clans, complicated by a slight cold. He
left a widow and an infant country,
which was compelled to grow up without
parental discipline, and has felt the ef-
fects ever since.
Washington could have been king of
his peOple and he could have had great
honor from Great Britain by refusing to
insurge. But he chose to be President
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22

OF a busted and struggling nation at
small salary. and because he seems TO
have had the habit OF thinking of his
own interests last the American people
have built him a monument $50 feet
high, and have named mountains, rivers,
States, counties, towns, boulevards. and
babies after him for over a century. He
was tall, grand. gloomy. dignifed, and
wore q powdered wig with a tail to II.
But all this was forgiven him a long
time ago. His birthday is observed with
increasing devotion each year, and he
still stands as one of those rare beings
who are willing to imperil an income
for a principle.
Copyright 49, BY George Matthew AdamSl
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22

a demigod and the other a rough boor. +"
have been found to be fallscies and that
he was just an ordinary man.
Among those who attended were Mrs.
Taft. Mrs. Charles Rae, Mrs. Marshall
Field, Nine. Jusserand. wife of the
French Ambassador; Miss Edith Wet
more. Mrs. Preston Gibson, Mrs. Perry
Belmont. Mrs. Hughes, wife OF Associate
Justice Hughes; Mrs. owen, wife OF the
Senator from Oklahoma; Mrs. Mckinley.
wife of Representative Mckinley; Miss
Cameron, of New York, and Mrs. Thomas
Bayard.
The speaker was introduced by Presi-
dent Charles H Stockton, OF George
Washington University.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
POEM THAT HAS HELPED
SOME TINE.

published at the request Of Nm. H. z. Hunter
Some time. when all Ilfe's lessons have
been learned,
And sun and stars forever more have
set
The things which our weak judgment
here have spurned,
The things DER which We grieved with
Iashes wet.
VIII fash before US, out of Iife's dark
night,
AS stars shine most in deeper tlnts OF
blue,
And We shall see how all Gods plans
were right,
And now what seemed reproof was love
most true.
And We shall see how, while we frown
and sigh.
Gods plans go on as best for you and
me;
How. when we called. he needed not our
cry
Because his wisdom to the end could
see.
And cen as prudent parents disaIIow
Too much of sweet to craving babyhood,
So God, perhaps, IL keeping from US now
LIES sweetest things, because it SEEM
eth good.
And if. sometimes. commingIed with life's
wine,
We find the wormwood, and rebel and
shrink,
Be sure a wiser hand than yours or mine
Pours out this potion for our lips to
drink
Ana IL some friend We love is lying low,
Where human kisses cannot reach his
face,
Oh, do not blame the loving Father so,
But wear your sorrow with obedient
grace!
And you shall shortly know that length
ened breath
Is not the sweetest gift God sends his
friend.
And that. sometimes, the sable pail of
death
Conceals the fairest boon his love san
send.
II We could push ajar the gate Of life,
And stand within, and all Gods work.
ings see,
We could interpret all this doubt and
strife.
And for each mystery could find key
But not to-day. Then be content, poor
heartt
Gods plans. like lilies pure and white.
unfold.
We must not tear the close-shut leaves
apart:
Time viii reveal the calyxes OF gold.
And IF, through patient toll. we reach
the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loose,
may rest
When we shall clearly know and under
I think that we shan say. GOD knew
the .best.'
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
ny JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

Are you planning 10 have either flowers
or vegetables on your little plot OF ground
this spring?
II you have a little place. just a piece
Of ground ten BY twenty feet you can
have successful garden. you know. Bet
ter q small place cultivated practically
than acres OF ground utilized without
sense and wisdom.
OF course. the home garden includes
the front yard as well as the plot OF
ground that you may have on the side
or back Of your house. and the woman
who was ashamed of her lawn last sum-
mer should look to Il now II she wants to
avoid the same experience this year. The
lawn that is spotty; that shows bare
places; that has hoilovs In which the
water settles and remains after a hard
rain, or turns brown in midsummer needs
attention now.
Now Is the time to survey the possibill-
ties OF both lawns and gardens, no matter
how small they may be, and plan TO have
them a Joy 10 you when the warm days
shall come this year, which is not a very
far distant time.
Go over your little plots of ground and
make a note of the situation that you
may begin at once TO improve II.
Plan Hedges Now.
Side yards should be harmoniously fur
nlshed with shrubbery, conifers. and
vines. Errors in the planting scheme
should be corrected. Fences that are un-
slightly should be provided with the sort
Of vines that will run riot over them,
covering them with little green leaves
and sweet smelling blossoms. Honey
suckle furnishes n thick covering for the
wire fences OF which one sees so many
in Washington. Where II Is possible TO
substitute a hedge for a fence plan to
do It now. The sooner your order goes
to the nurseyman for privet, althea, bar
berry, or whatever material you decide to
use for your hedge the more time he will
have for a wise selection Of stock, and
the more chance you will have OF obtain
ing evenly matched plants.
have seen some splendid garden pos
sIbilities wasted because plans were not