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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Many a man has tripped over his own
bluff.
In the art of making money most of US
are in the amateur class.
Some fellows can't seem to enjoy a
thing to the full unless they also get that
way.
1t isn't only paying the bills for shoes
and hats that enables man to make
both ends meet.
It's very nice to marry and settle down
with a poor girl, but it's nicer to marry
rich girl and settle up.
The proudest person in the world is a
small boy who has speaking acqualnt-
ance with a policeman
The girl who expects love to come after
marriage is apt to bump up against
great disappointment.
A baby may be the ugliest thing in the
world, but you can always flatter the
mother by saying it looks like her.
When a man complains that life ism
worth living he can always get the I'M
dertaker to agree with him at least.
Eternal vigilance is the price of lib
ertv'' quoted the Wise Guy. Yes, aided
by a lawyers fee" added the Simple
Mug.
Tornnny-'Pop, what is strategy" Tom.
my's Pop-"Strategy, my son. consists OF
finding out our neighbor's weakness be-
fore he finds out ours
Blobb-"After all believe the man VINO
never takes a vacation is about right.
Slobbs-'what makes you think SOL!
TIobbs-''I have Just returned from two
weeks sojourn at country farmhouse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
SAYS UNCLE CIV

Don't give up the game because your
corner of the universe doesn't seem to be
waiting for your work with bated breath.
little antagonism on the start is a Nigh
ty healthy accelerator; most of us don't
do our best without irritant. And he
who damns you today will defend you to-
morrow. Give the average man time to
become familiar with fairly good thing
and you have an unsolicited and unpaid
champion. He's ready to boost most en-
Enthusiastically and asks only that you
make good And what more can you ask,
John Henry, what more can you ask?
Men whose support is worth having
are sometimes inclined to look askance
at new thing. Particularly in this true
if the novelty involves a shake-up in
morals, methods or civic traditions. All
of us have our mental and moral corns
and the majority are a trifle mossbacked.
We don't get very enthusiastic over the
corn-trading or moss scraping process.
But when it's over and we get new
view we take to the innovation that has
become an institution and dare anybody
to make mouth at it.
1t is natural for to love familiar
things; Just as natural as it is for us to
shy at the thing that is unfamiliar. The
most liberal of us is more or less pro-
vincial. Hence, if you get off on the wrong
foot, we are not likely to accept your new
ideas at first. We may even start an
anvil chorus that makes the best efforts
Of the Olympian blacksmith sound like
the tintinabulations of a tomato can at
tached to the tail of a somnambuIstic
canine But if you gently but firmly
force yourself and your newfangled no
tons upon us, the time cometh when we
shall claim you for our own and dare
the good folk from the next village to
what happens.-(Copyright 1912, by w. z.
VVilIiamS.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

wait until Ford-he's coming tomorrow
and 1 promised to tell before he
came
My dear Mary, they were trying to
warn you against young Disbrow!" ex-
claimed Aunt Becky, delighted beyond
measure at this outcome. You shall
have my diamond chain for a wedding
PRESENT."
Aunt Becky, you're a dearl" cried
Mary, hugging her warmly. Il don't
see how any one could dream of my
caring for any one but Ford"
what was young Disbrow doing
here today?''
Il guess-he was here to hear mo
say NO to him. admitted Mary.
And why did he telephone you to-
rather think he wanted to hear
me say IT again. she smiled, ruefuI-
ly- "Shall we go and tell father and
mother ?''-(Copyright, 1912, by Associ-
ated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

they must be in close touch with the
mills to get proper results
Reverting again to the social fea-
lures of absentee management, it may
be said that even paid executives are
generally fair and amenable to reason
Also, stockholders are interested in
something more than dividends and are
beginning to ask questions. The stock
holder knows that short-sighted reac-
tionary management begets trouble
strikes and losses, and managers them
selves are seeking peace and prosperity
by enlightened labor policies. 1t is an
exploded notion that greed, stubborn
standpatism and sweating of labor will
raise dividends. Managers and stock
holders alike are viewing corporate af-
fairs in a new light.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

in New York state, is a grandson OF
Boss Tweed, probably the biggest po-
IiticaI crook that has ever been pro-
duced by Tammany Hall. But 1T hap
pens that Mr.. Barnes is grandson OF
Thurlow Weed, one of the pioneer
journalists of New York state, a vol
unteer in the war of 1912, and power
in national politics during the genera
ton before the civil war. He is ereoi-
ted with having brought about the
presidential nominations of William h
Harrison and Zachary Taylor. He was
the friend and adviser of William H.
Seward through the latter's whole ca
reer. Thurlow Weed. forebear OF
william Barnes, is. indeed, something
of a different parsonage, politically and
in all other ways from William Marcy
Tweed, who concluded his career ID
prison, even if Fred S. Jackson thinks
them one and the same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
christian ks No Hamlet.

Nothing i'm the character of Den
marks new king, Christian A-' sup
norts the Shakespearean trad1tlon-
where is no trace of Hamlet in him. He
- neither melancholy, nor hes1tatlng.
nor siclxlied Ger with the pale cast Oh
thought He is, instead, a Jolly giant
with a propensity to slap the cohiraueS
OF his youth upon the pack. ne - Us
posed to a somewhat uproarlous oPtI-
Toisn and loud laughter. He seems 1ree
from the least suspicion that the tunes
are out of joint. He is the ire anu souI
of any company in which he happens 10
ara himself He is not even 1ntellec-
+I,a1 The foundation of the character
If the nriuce upon the throne of Den
mark is vouched for in the lndepend-
arce Beige of Brussels as unadorned
ein,n1icity. He seems never to nave
had a mood in the poetical sense MS
intimates are like himself in pelng
average people. and If he has motto
II must be: Away with all mystery
and romance" He loves to roar q
barrack-room ditty at the top OF ms
powerful lungs with his former com
rades of the guards, to whom ne gives
a dinner every Christmas. His large
sreeI-b1ue eyes sparkle merrily. HIS
vigorous appetite, his loud voice, ms
long legs and his propensity to SKIP
I'M a fight of steps on the run suggest
the manner Of a boy rather than the
se6ateness of a man past forty he Is,
IN short. the Paris Figaro thinks, quite
the Ynerriest monarch alive, full to the
f1nger-tfps with an exuberant vitality.
He realizes the contemporary European
ideal of "a respectable king'-the trad1-
tional fast king with mistress haV-
ing gone completely out of fashion
This new Scandinavian sovereign en-
lows the felicity of a cheerfulness which
bubbles up with champagne efrerves-
cerce from the springs of that perfect
health. Such is the view the Paris
Figaro takes of a royalty in whom it
teholds the spirit of youth bodied forth
enchantingly. His is the open charac-
ter. we read and his is the gay coun-
teuance. His, again, is the ringing and
ready laugh and his is the enchanting
affabiIity. What wonder that he enjoys
a terrific popularity, that cheering
crowds hail him on days of festival, that
smiles greet his appearance, smiles re-
fecting his own brightness and gaiety!
For as some kings are great and others
are good. this Danish king is gay. His
infancy. his adolescence, his ripening
manhood and the period of his prime
have all been passed in Copenhagen
urder the eyes of the people. They
adore him. He is so essentially and
irresistibly Danish in sentiments and
ideas that make him the living mirror
of his peoplei From his early youth
ne received the most Danish of train
fnes. He Joined the university body IN
his teens and led the university life
with a simplicity and a spirit of COM
radeship that won him a worship he
has never 1ost.-Current Literature
CJuly).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
LAYHAWKER JOTS

One Of the troubles is, says Bert
Walker in his Osborne Farmer. that
too many fellows find out after it IS
too late that two can't live as cheap
as one. But it makes good times for
the lawyers
If the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty TO Animals keeps up its work,
it will soon be a penitentiary act,
thinks the Harrington Sun, to put
f1shworm on hook WITHOUT nfst
chloroforming the worm.
No, my young friend, remarks the
Lincoln Sentinel. the lady in the swell
dress you saw sitting across the aisle
last Sunday was not the wife OF the
bank president. She was the wife OF
the $35 grocery clerk; and the lady sit
ting along side her whom you took to
be her maid was the bankers wife.
Something real in the way of the re-
tort courteous from the editor of the
Solomon Tribune: Was it really worth
while to go out of your way to satisfy
hate or to exhibit your spite? Did it
yield you a profit to darken day that
might, if you'd let it, be bright? Was
it really worth while to cucumber your
heart with grudges that tester or an
ger that burns? Did the blow that
you aimed or the pain you impart
really bring satisfying returns?
A majority of the women have no
doubt heard that when anything
scorches while cooking if the vessel is
set into cold water Immediately the
food will not taste of the burn. I am
ready to positively state that there is
absolutely no truth in such a method
for I have tried it repeatedly. When
anything is badly scorched the very
best plan is to feed it to the chickens.
M. A. P. in the Downs Times.
While a Jewell City girl was selling
tickets for the picture show, a man
called for tickets and pushed in five
dollar gold piece to pay for them, but
the girl showed it back. The man in
sisted it was money all right, but the
girl informed him that he couldn't
work her: and he didn't. He had to
go out and borrow a dime. There are
plenty Of Kansas youngsters who new
er saw a gold piece.-Jewen County
Republican.
Have you any idea how fast Kan
saS jackrabbit can run? According to
Frank A. Davis the iackrabbit can
make forty-five miles an hour and this
is the way he found it out. In coming
across Kansas over the Old Santa Fe
trail some time ago in the Los Angeles
Times car, many jackrabbits would
jump up and take down the road
ahead of the automobile. Mr.. Davis
states that the hand on the speed
ometer will point to forty-f1ve miles
before a jackrabbit will turn out. And
we claim that is going some.-Hering-
ton Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
ABSENTEE MANAGEMENT.

DIR. Lowell president of Harvard uni
versity. has recently pointed out the
dangers of absentee management in
modern corporations and classes it on
a par with the evils of absentee land
lordism which has been the curse OF
ireland for many generations, says the
Iron Trade Review. Trusts and cor
porations" says DR.. Lowell, ARE own
ed by stockholders who employ man
ayers who are sometimes as Indifferent
to the conditions existing under them
as were the merciless overseers in Ire
land" The managers, DR.. Lowell con-
tinues, know that as long as fat divi-
dends are paid, no questions will be
asked, while a reduction of the divi-
ecutives.
The evil of absentee management
however, is not merely social one
1t has been demonstrated frequently
in the industrial world that such a
condition is often equally inimical to
the financial interests of the stock
holders. The downfall of the Missouri
Pacific railroad from one of the best
to perhaps one of the least desirable
railroad properties in the west, it is
generally conceded, was due to the
efforts of the Gould family to manage
the property from New York. The
Chicago & Alton, another railroad
which has not been especially success
full of late years. has recently changed
presidents and with the change comes
the significant announcement that the
new president will make his headQuar-
ters at Chicago. There have also been
similar examples in the steel business
but at the present time it cannot be
said that this is one of the evils from
which the steel industry is suffering
Managers of steel companies have
/ learned their lesson and know that
their place is at the center of produc-
ton. The recent change in the gen
eral offices of the Republic Iron &
Steel company from Pittsburg t.
youngstown is significant in this re
gard, showing that the executives o.
our prominent steel companies realiz'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
EVENING CHAT
Violating the Neutrality Laws.
By RUTH CAhzERoN.

10 quarrel or to air ones family
dlsagreements in front of outsiders is
painfully bad taste.
10 appeal to these outsiders to take
SIDES by expressing their opinion on
the points OF contention is worse thar
pao taste. 1t is discourtesy; it is UNI
kindness; 1T is a fragrant violation of
inc golden rule. For everyone knows
now embarrassing it is to be appealed
70 III tnls way. To have to be a wit
ness to family disagreement is bad
enough. 1t makes one feel awkward
ana seH-consctous, so painfully in the
way and so WiStful of an AIaddin's
carpet on which to whisk~ ones self
to the farthest corner of the earth.
But to be appealed to to take pides-
that is the last straw
A friend tells me that she actually
ceased to visit at one home because
the husband and wife were continually
dlsagreeing and continually embar-
RAISING her by urging her to express
her opinion.
II suppose they are fond of each
other" she said but they never agree
on anything, and they never have the
slightest hesitancy about arguing in
front of me. I wouldn't mind that so
much, but they always insist on my
saying what think, and then the one
L disagree with gets cross with me.
try to be polite and not take sides.
but you know sitting on the fence all
day is kind of hard work. One time
it was whether to do the living room
over in brown or green, and the next
it was an argument on woman's suf-
frage, and the next it was whether 10
send Donald to public or private
| school That was the last time was
there. I don't believe in private
schools and I was foolish enough to
say so. Laura does, and that MADE
her cross with me, and altogether
just made up my mind that I'd never
| 81 1aee1 1OEg
had reformed"
Myself, | shall never forget a day
I spent with a quarrelsome family.
Though I was invited for the day, ]
should certainly have made some ex-
cuse to escape sooner, had it not been
that their home was on an island and
the only communication with tn
mainland was a small steamer which
touched at the island once day. l
went on the morning trip and couldn
get away until night 1 made up my
mind I'd never go island visiting
again.
mother in the family, and as each one
was ready to quarrel with either or
the others on practically any subject,
they managed to keep some emprolt-
ment on hand almost every minute.
OF course I was strenuously urged 10
ioin in the fun by expressing my op1n-
ion on the disputed points. 1 tried 20
remain neutral, but, as my fr1end
saws. balancing on the fence all day is
not the most comfortable thing IN the
world. ..;+
is founded on more than an AFFINITY 10
house your guest comfortaply, IeSu
him we'll and entertain MN Inuci;
1t also requires the courtesy 81
breeding not to air ones family DIS
Agreements in his presence ana never
on any account, to try to make MN
join in them
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GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

The best thing a man or boy can do is
to write to his mother.
1t is also possible to be so cautious you
will never get anything done.
That bore who is always tired, but
Keeps working at it, is possibly the most
painful.
Many people have been known to pay
more for vacations than they were really
worth.
indie Johnson said today he would speak
his mind, which is the first intimation
that he has one
Neither do we agree that young man
is brilliant because he says smart things
when he is tight.
In this busy world, it is also strange to
note that the gent with two middle names
has time to use them both.
Political poetry is usually about as good
as the obituary variety, which is our no
ton of saying a good deal "agin it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Too many church-goers leave their
religion in their pews.
n v y
Unnecessary doubts are among the
demons that destroy happiness.
a. n X
If people thought aloud there'd be
much more trouble in the world.
\ =
The best pool-player in a small town
hasn't much to brag about.
< 4 y
Some of the unfortunates who try
to sing sound like they were afflicted
with melaneholia.
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PROPER PUNIsHMENT.

Representative Catlin of st. Louis,
declared by the committee on cleo
tions not to be entitled to his seat in
congress-, is indignant. He thinks the
upon justice and an attack upon free
government. Possibly. But Mr.. Cat
lin will find that the public will not
go much farther into his case than
to read the Missouri corrupt practices
act, which permits a candidate for
congress to spend 1862 in his cam
paign, and the admission that $4,000
was spent by his father in his behalf
i'm all $4,000. MIR. Catlin. as he
says, may have known nothing about
what his father did. But, If the law
is to be stretched in any direction,
the people of this country are not GO
ing to quarrel when it is stretched to
drive out of office the beneficiaries
of big campaign funds raised and ex-
pended in defiance of the statutes
Baltimore News.
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THE COMING CHILD.

A mother sews for her coming child
shapes tiny and soft and undefiled.
With many stitch of love and care,
With many dream of all things fair,
She sews his covering to prepare.
The world is making his garments. too;
Has fashioned the same the ages through
With many a stitch of law and greed
With many a. thread of sin and need.
1t makes him an early shroud, indeed.
The world is strong in the ballots might
Unarmed the mother to wage fight
Mere hope is futile and trusting vain,
For not till she helps to rule and reign
Shall ever the babe his own attain.
-McLandburgh Wilson, in Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

The big balloons from all over the
country sailed away today from Kan
sas City. Topeka owns a balloon that
was procured for the purpose of par
ticipating in such contests and Incl
dentally letting the people of this and
other lands know that Topeka is on
the map of the United States. To-
peka's balloon did not soar from Kan
sas City today, thanks to the short
sightedness of the home folk who have
made it impossible for this balloon TO
have a starting place in or near the
city so that practice flights might be
INDUCED in that would qualify men to
act as pilots and aides in the big bal
loon contests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.1
me- heSitates is bOSSed.

TFrOm the Ch1cagO NeWS-1
He who hesitates is bossed.
friend in need is a friend most peo-
pie sidetrack.
Some people manage to see their duty in
time to dodge it.
There is nothing so unbecoming to a
woman as a last years hat.
The average man would rather go to
church than to a family picnic.
It's better to be able to do things than
1t is to be great orator
A bachelor finds 1t so easy to get mar
ried that he is apt to be suspicious.
No matter whether you do a thing or
whether you don't. people will talk about
you.
Contentrnent is getting near the jump
ing off place when it begins to sit under
a tree and watch the weeds grow.
After a man has been married few
wears he imagines every time his wife
It around her head and do a houseclean-
ing stunt.
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another, I Thessalonians " p
With these words, Paul calls the at
tention of his followers in Thessalon1ca'
where he had founded a church some
months before to the great basic prln-
cipie of Christianity as 1t was lald
down by Jesus of Nazareth. In his re-
n1y m the query of the Pharisees as
to which was the greatest command
nent in the law of God, Christ said;
snFhou shalt love the Lord thy GOD
with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind This Is
the first and great commandment. And
the second is like unto it, Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as myself"
And the worlds progress to better
things rests wholly on the extent to
which men are willing to follow this
great commandment. The love that a
man should hold for neighbor should
be as strong as that sentiment of az
lection and kindly regard that exists De-
tween a husband and wife, a mother,
OF father and child. and brothers and
sisters. 1t need not be such an intt-
mate love, but it should be OF just as
sturdy a mould. And such love between
all men will bring forth golden fruit.
There is no human, unless he be de-
ficient mentally, or morally degener-
ate, who would injure in any way
relative connected by the ties of blood.
No true parent would take any pos
sible advantage of a child. Neither
will the right kind of children act in
like fashion with her parents. The
same is so of brothers and sisters who
have a proper respect for each other.
OF course, there are exceptions. Oc-
casionally, the hand of a brother is
raised quicker against brother or sis
tier than any one else. Some parents
provoke their children to wrath. Not a
few children are false to their parental
obligations But taking the people
of the earth as a whole, it is much
more often the case than not, that the
members of a family, small or large,
are bound fast to each other with the
bonds of a love that make the wrenging
Of one member by another simply out
of the question.
This should be the attitude of every
one for his neighbors. Love is the
keystone in the arch of life: Where
real love exists there is no room for
seIffshness. 1t is selfishness alone that
is responsible for the development of
many of the complex social questions
that are pressing so hard these days
for a reasonable adjustment. Nor will
any of them ever be settled permanent
ly unless heed be given to the glorious
commandment: Love thy neighbor as
myself
AS soon as this commandment is
practiced generally by all men, just so
soon will all of these grave problems
be solved And the man who doesn't
treat his neighbor as considerably in
all things as he would any member
of his family or as he would like to
be treated himself, is merely doing his
part-and it is no small one-to arrest
the bringing about of righteous civili-
cation.
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If you have any sympathy to spare
pass a little of it on to the dove of
universal peace. France has decided &c
keep as near as possible to the ever
Increasing naval construction plans of
Great Britain and Germany. Italy and
Austria are going into the building
of dreadnoughts on a big scale. In
fact the European nations are working
night and day with their preparations
for a great war. And it would be in
teresting to know just what any of
them have to fight about.