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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15
ADHER TXSLNG TALKS
By WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

A recent piano advertisement attracted
my attention. which read as follows:
I'VE never ask any one to deal in the
dark.
What is to be gained by purchasing n
piano in the dark? You cannot keep IL
there. You must let your friends see il
and play upon it. Doubtleas, they know
something about music and musical IN
discovering that either you have been de-
ceived or that you are trying to deceive
them.
1T is better to come ont into the fun
light of piano daylight. Come to our
salons, where not only are the most OF
the best pianos in the whole big world.
but where the truth, and nothing but tho
truth, IS told about them.
The pianos and player instruments
sold here have no secrets that need be
kept from you. They are like certain
men and women The more you see OF
them and the better you know them, the
higher they rise in your esteem ami af-
lection
That is what 1 call human interest in
advertising. Many advertisers welded to
the old customs have an idea that adver-
Using that talks to people is not half 50
effective advertising that merely
names the article to be sold with the
price attached thereto.
The fact is that all over the country
merchants are paying more attention TO
their advertising than they ever did. They
are trying to make their talks to the pub
lie as interesting as possible.
They are really making n strenuous eff
fort to have their advertisements accept
ed by the people as real news-news that
they want to read and news that will
give them Information they are seeking.
I have talked with many advertisers
who have adopted the new style OF de-
scription in their sdvertisements--wHo
have put human interest into their copy
and they tell me that the results from
this kind of advertising are much greater
than from the old style, and that st es-
tablishes a friendly feeling between the
store and the customers. il keeps both
in personal touch. one with the other.
The Improvement in newspaper adver-
Using is most marked all over the coun-
try. and the Improvement In copy has in
creased results from advertising.
(To be contiuued.D
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15
..ToNGUELEss, woNDERs.


You've heard of horseless wagons,
An you've seen EN- by the mile;
You've heard of wireless telegraph,
Ill it's ceased to make you smile.
Also the wireless telephone
Not quite SO common yet
An cen the fireIess cooker
craclSerjack, you bet.
But of all the wonders great and small
Within this world below,
The tongueless woman beats EN- all
An sets your heart aglow.
The hunters tell of taiI-Iess cats
That roam the tangled wild;
An of a curious tail-less bird
That always makes 'em smile;
OF talk-lesS parrots by the flock
That never say a word
An hOrn-leSS Lizards and wart-leSS toadS
That live beneath the rocks.
But of all the creatures great an small
That in this realm do well,
The tongue-leSS hunter beats EN- all
AS near as I can tell.
They tell me of the worthless man
Who lives by others TOLL,
They tell me of the worthless tramp
Too lazy to raise a boil.
The farmers tell of Goddess skies
That wither up the rye;
An printers tell of lice-less type
An of the pie-less ''pi.''
But of all the wonders great an small
OF which the men do tell,
The tongue-leSs man, he beats EN- all
An beats 'em quite a spell
Westmoreland, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rErnn1 az Chicago News.1

Iron the ChlcdSo NeWS.j
Too many people mistake gall for genius
Talk to yourself If you want an apprec-
iative audience.
Many a bride is self-possessed even
when given away
And most of our troubles are magnified
at short range
An old topper is satisfied If he can keep
his head above water.
A pretty girl never approves of men
who flirt with other girls.
Some of the charity that begins at
home isn't up to the standard.
A woman doesn't worry about her in
teIIect If she has a good complexion.
Most women are economical as long as
you can keep them out of dry goods stores.
To a girl of sweet 10 a love letter looks
like the advance agent of a wedding
feast
Unless a man Is personally interested in
a thing his enthusiasm soon drops to zero.
There are two things calculated to make
a mans head swim-a merry-go-round
and a merry widow.
woman thinks a man is extravagant
because he would as soon pay 81 for any
thing he wants SO cents
The woman who shows her teeth and
smiles is reasonably sure to attain her
object much quicker than the one who
shows her teeth and srowis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

The year which we have just enter I'D
Will bring notable centennials and semi
centennialS of important events and
births. On June IS, 1912, congress de-
clared war against England. 1t was
the last of the wars between US and
that country. Committees have been
appointed in the United States, Eng
land. and Canada to arrange for the
celebration of the hundred years of
peace between those countries. Observ-
ances will take place in all of them
Some of these will come in 1912. The
most important, however, will be in
the latter part of 1914, for it was On
December "a, 1914, that the treaty Of
peace was signed at Client, Belgium
The battle of New Orleans, in which
Jackson overwhelmed Pakenham, took
after the signing of the peace, but sew
eral weeks before the news of the
signing reached here in the slow-mov-
ing sailing vessels of that day.
During 1912 will arrive the seni-cen-
tenaries of many important battles of
the civil war. These include, among
others. the fight between the Monitor
and the Merrfmac. March 9: Shiloh
and the death of the confederate Lead
er, Albert Sidney Johnston. April S; the
capture of New Orleans by Farragut
and Gen. Benjamin r. Butler, May 1;
Fair Oaks, May 81; the seven days
battle, in June and July; the second
Bull Run, August %; South Mountain,
September Il; Antietan1. September IT,
and Fredericksburg, December IL
LesIie's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Wise parents never expect much
help from their children when they
have grown up
= =
What a married couple tell each
other is probably not as interesting as
what they don't.
x
Many men and women who cannot
get into existing clubs try to get even
by organizing new clubs.
X n
Incorporate a friends idea in your
argument and he'll tell you that you
have presented a good one.
X
Few rules would make much of a
hit with anybody were it not for the
exceptions that are permissible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15
by THE WY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

/
There are lots of mothers clubs
the country, and raost of the them are
used in knocking on the fathers clubs
And the nrothers-in-law come in for
an occasional swat. too.
Charley Biakesly may hammer 9TH
ers If he will, but he's got to quit kick
IN our goat newspaper synonym for
art departInent'D around. For his size,
he's just as good as anybody's art DE-
partplent.
We read a portion of Gov. Stubs
telegram to Mr.. Taft, and noted that
he charged federal officeholderS with
trying to disfranchise 95 per cent of
the Kansas Republicans. We concede,
of course, that Hon Stubs Is so per
cent, but who ARE the other four?
Only portion of the telegram was
read and then we had to quit because
of a sore lip. AS soon as the lip is
well so a hearty laugh will not crack
it, the rest of the telegram shall b.
read.
During Lent this department will OBJ
serve the ;-ason of sacrifice by giving
up Hobo Kemp's poetry and crap
nuts.
either, but it's the kind of a Lenten
sacrifice most people make, at that.
BY watching carefully, one may &C.
casicnally pipe a gIimmer of intelligence
where it is least expected. The ma n
who was --jobbed'' in a murder charg-
has been releas ed.
A Norton man thiQks he has invent
ed a safety device for aeroplanes, put
the only safe safety device for aero
planes is two inch rope, with which
the machine should be tied down to a
solid tree.
1t is a Chicago preacher-not Will
lianlsburg, Kansas, preacher, who ad-
vocates unity between the minister
and his choir. No preacher will ever
make a crack like that In Williams
burg until the snow melts and the run
ming is better.
The italian anarchist who took three
pops at the king and scored only one
officer of the guard, reminds US that
not all of the un-hung thugs live il
our country. 1t is indeed refreshing
to thus discover that a few of the ur,-
desirables have not yet reached the
and Of the free.
From the Usage Citizen we pipe that
Charlie Harding has excepted a posi-
ton as lnotorman on the Topeka car
line. In view of the weather we have
been having and the condition OF the
track, Charles exception of that job
was a wise exception. There are a lot
of better Jobs.
The average man is perfectly willing
to let his wife have the last word; all
he wants her to do is to hurry up and
say it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15
DAFFYDUS
BY u. NoALL.

If the mayor of Cow Hollow is a
nuisance is the mayor of Budapest?
(Harki HarkIl The dogs do bark
If a drummer went on a strik e
would the piano pedal2
(Cheer up! There's nothing to do
in the snow-shoveling line until to-
morrow
If the parlor is the proper place for
spooning would you call it the mush-
room
(Voice from upstairs at 1890 a. m:
Say, Arabella. Amt that young man
of yours gone yet?''l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15
cats to spare In England.

In Great Britain we harbor Z. $50. 600
cats, or one cat per SIS human beings
reckoning our total population at IS
millions. Take the average puss DIS
measuring Is inches from muzzle to the
tip of the tail; that gives us 2231s miles
of cat 1t would be safe to urge that
200 miles thereof are mere bandits and
providers. Can we actually rank as
frst-class industrial nation while neg
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15
(Chapter CYL Next.)

Ralph Faxon's serial editorials on
Soft Water and The Concrete Bridge
have run into chapter DCCLV and
DCCXLV, respectively. In all proba-
bility Brother Faxon is the only news
paper man in Kansas who is smart
enough to interpret Roman numerals
of such comnlexitN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

1t is reported that the liberals IN
Nicaragua attempted to blow up the
train on which Secretary of State Knox
was travelling through that country.
Mr. Knox is having as ticklish time
on his South American tour as has
the man who attempts to walk on egss
without crushing them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Today, March Is, 1912, is thrice
welcome. 1t marks the end of the
six weeks of winter weather that was
predicted by the grounding on Feb
ruary 2. Undoubtedly. though, some
more winter weather will be thrown
in for good measure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Governor Stubs has finally been
given taste Of that political medicine
he has been SO free to deal out to ota-
ers And from the babyish howl he put
up in his inexcusa BILE telegram to Pres
ident Taft, it must have tasted pretty
bitter to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

For several years now the Kansas
Republican state committee has been
in the keeping of Governor Stubs and
his right bower, Mr.. Dolley. But they
could not control it against President
Taft They weren't even strong
enough to rule out proxies, as they
attempted to do. an almost unheard of
political procedure in a meeting of that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Senator LaFollette apparently is
one of those men who does not know
when he is licked. He has just an
nounced in detail the platform on
which he is campaigning for the Re-
publican presidential nomination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Most agreeable. indeed, will be a
change for the better in the weather
conditions. Everybody will then have
to find something else to talk about.
The weather has been almost the sole
topic for discussion on the part of most
folk for many weeks. 1t is getting TO
be inst a trifle n1onotonous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

1t is incumbent on Mr.. Dolley to
write another letter to President Tart
informing him about the real Repub-
lican presidential sentiment in Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Presumably the favorite book jus
now with +he Republican insurgents
in Kansas is Paradise Lost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Governor Stubs is probably con-
WINGED by this time of the truth of
President Taft's assertion that one
man doesn't make a multitude.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Colonel Roosevelt's confidence in the
protestations of the seven governors
must have been badly shaken when he
read the political news from Kansas III
this mornings newspapers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Mrs. Jack Cudahy has more trou-
BILE than cranberry merchant. She
has lost her children again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Presumably when Governor Stubs
told Colonel Roosevelt that the Kan
sas Republicans were overwhelming
~ for him, he was merely guessing.
Anyhow, he has been out of the state
so much of late that he could
scarcely be expected to have a cor
rect idea of the political sentiment of
of his brethren at home. The &C
ton of the Republican congressional
committees, and especially the one in
the Seventh district, a Stubs and
''insurgent' stronghold, ought to
come pretty near to convincing the
governor that he was in error on the
Republican presidential sentiment in
Kansas. And it is to be wondered
what Colonel Roosevelt thought
when he received the news of these
Kansas congressional committees
meetings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Governor Stubs is terribly wrought
up over the activities of federal Of
flee holders and the use of federal
patronage in the Republican political
arena in Kansas. Governor Stubs is
a state office holder. So is Chairman
Dol1ey of the Republican state com
mittee, so are several of their willing
assistants in their branch of the Re
publican party in Kansas. Apparently
the governor thinks it is all right for
state office holders to be as active al
they please in state politics Nor has
he ever shown any hesitancy in the
use of state patronage to further his
political fortunes. or the fortunes of
the ''insurgent" cause. All this,
though, as Rudyard Kipling would
say. is another story, and especially
to the thinking of Governor Stubbs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15
CULTURE.

In every center of society, from Lon
don to Lancaster, there are persons
who think they have acquired a mon
opoly on Culture in that vicinity.
Which seems rather an egutical way
Of sizing up the situation. although it
is the way it is frequently sized. Take
1t from the late Noah Webster's una
bridged opinion, culture means a num-
Der of things. But, even to those VINO
take it in a highbrow sense it comes
in many variations. One may not lack
In literary learning for instance, be
cause he fails to dote on Dickens. His
poetical poise may not be at fault be
cause he counts Tennyson a sweeter
singer than Browning or Keats. And so.
in art or music. his tastes may differ
from others. For which. by those OF
opposite views and preferences, he IS
likely to be labeled as a lowbrow and
Coarse Person entirely Lacking a.
Culture In its finer sense, culture
means polish and refinement, which
may come from several sources, and, II
1t is fact instead of a fad or fancy,
1t will do something to eliminate es
ism.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Even in politics, it's long road that
hasn't a turn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15
KANSAS COMMENT
wAR AND rHr Jew.

National credits and the Jew may be
responsible for the ending of the war be-
teen Turkey and Italy. Money may step
In, after all and stop the fighting. as the
desire for extended territorial lands and
wealth. started the conflict.
The Jew Is really master of the war
situation. And IL isn't all because he is
for peace, that the war may dvindle ont.
out Tor the fact that his securities on
one size OF the conflict, are growing less
valuable, less reliable as a first class
asset. The Jewish banker Is the financial
car of Europe. He owns the banks. con-
Lols the vast commercial movements, by
me loan OF his money. owns in many in
stances the periodicals and many newspa-
pers and of late years has become, to
- sohie extent land owner. Italy is new
III large banking enterprises She Is a
borrower and has only recently secured
credit with the men who handle the
t taplley OF Continental Europe. Italy
war chest and of. the readiness with
which she can finance a movement 10
send her troops into the interior OF
e lIapoh, put the troops are still on the
coast, hugsing It closely. too. And IL IL
Known that most of her war financial
claiins are mostly cold blur. hoping
against hope that the money will come
somewhere and somehow. to prosecute
the fight for power
4nen there is another side to the Jew.
~ IS the human side in the banking rep
resentative of the Hebrew race Turkey
mas always been good TO the Jew The
sublime porte has borrowed much money
OF him, to be sure, but the interest has
oeen paid and the Jew has been looked
upon as citizen OF that country This
may finally bring a Tightening up of the
financial securities offered by Italy soon
er or later, and call may be made on
the Roman kingdom for additional Sc
curfty on the debts, already owed and
ior future loans. And thls Italy cannot
give.
VIII this lack Of security and tbs
friendship of Turkey for the Jew bring
an end to the Tripoi troubles ?-HutchIn-
son News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Saphedde-Society is terrible bore
Don't you think so, Miss Cutting? Miss
Cutting-Seme people s--Boston Trans
cript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

Charley -Biakesly may hammer 9TH
ers II he Will but he's got to quit kick
in our goat newspaper synonym for
art department") around For his size,
he's just as good as anybody's art de-
partp1ent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

There are lots of mothers clubs j
the country, and raost of the them are
used IN Knocking on the fathers clubs.
And the nrothers-in-law come in for
an occasional swat, too
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-15

We read a portion of Gov. Stubs
telegram to Mr.. Taft, and noted that
he charged federal officeholders with
trying to disfranchise 95 per cent of
the Kansas Republicans. we eoncede,
of course, that Hon Stubbs Is 81 per
cent, but who ARE the other four?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28
Demonstration Work Is
Proving Very Popular

Reports Of remarkable success with
demonstration plats and fields are be-
ing received daily by the Better
Farming special service bureau in
Grand Forks. The demonstration
feature is naturally n of the most
important branches of the asocia-
TONS work from the fact tina 1t acts
as an object lesson in the various
communities, n brings home to the
farmer the result OF scientific meth
DDS in a practical way. Secretary
perts, who are conducting the work
of the association in the different Sec
tions Of the state. have had no diff
Guilty in securing the cooperation Of
farmers in this branch Of activity.
The demonstration plats or fields
are planned to show definitely the re-
suits of a certain rotation or Of till
age and seeding methods. These dem
onstrations are necessarily corpora
tive. The farmer who co-operates in
this work furnishes the use of his
laid out by the Better Farming ex-
pert. All crops and all products,
however. belong to the farmer.
This feature Of the associations
work embraces two distinct lines,
first, demonstration fields: and Sec
ond, demonstration plats. The DEM
onstration field comprises an acre or
more. regarding which definite in
structions are given as to how certain
crops shall be raised or certain till
age methods applied. On these
fields. the methods of producing
crops of economic Importance to the
community are shown. Naturally, es-
pecial attention has been paid this
year to alfalfa. clover and corn crops
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

Farther on Babe picked up another
single on the left, while Rig vas To-
eating one on the right. both steady
to flush. Rig again pointed on the
right a couple of times, his handler
finally flushing the bird. Babe got
another single and Rig pointed just
before one flushed wild near the end
of the heat q. Rahe's work was the
more positive. but taken altogether
this was a good brace.
Johns King-Pride of Whitestone.
Both went away we'll, Pride ranging
better than in his first series. but
King held him even for fifteen min
utes, when his handler asked permis-
sion to take him up as he was trying
Ia save his sore foot. On a long cast
ahead. Pride pointed, hut the bird
had evidently run from him, as a sim
gle was flushed about 200 yards away
He pointed again with no results and
was ordered up.
Summary.
Colborn's King. liver and white
English setter. breeding not given.
DR.. l.. F. Colborn. owner and handler,
with
Rigodoon, white. black and licked
Theo. Thompson, owner and handler.
Rex, white. black and tan. Eng
fish setter, breeding not given. VIM
Wolff, owner and handler. with
Finch's Babe. white. black and tan
English setter, by H. r. Finch, owner,
w. Fl. Alexander. handler.
Stewards Dick-Dacotah's Pride.
Blue Jack. blue English setter, by
Little Blue Jack-Plain Toots. J. c.
North Dakota Sam, white and liver
pointer, breeding not given, Archie
Fink, owner and handler.
Count KEN. white. black and tan
English setter, by Dick Mills-Dan-
stones Lady Betty. J.. E. Turner.
owner and handler, with
Pride of Whitestone, white, black
and tan English setter by Count
Whitestone-Gracie Gladstone. ]. ].
Torrey. owner and handler.
Johns King. a bye. white and lemon
pointer. by Affords John-Lady Tide.
]. G. Sheppard, owner and handler.
Second Series.
Blue Jack with Colborn's King.
Rigodoon with Dakota's Pride's
Babe.
Johns King with Pride of White
stone.
Derby Stake.
Several unforeseen accidents almost
depleted the starting list of the derby
stake. only two We're drawn to run
and only one was on the field when
called. Queen, white and black Eng
lish setter bitch, breeding not given,
owned and handled by VIM. Wolff.
She was turned down just after lunch
and given a thirty minute run over
a course that looked promising but
proved devoid of birds, her range was
fair and she was very Industrious
keeping up her clip throughout the
heat.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28
DRAINAGE WORK DELAYED
Chief Engineer Declares Labor scarct.
ty Causes Delay-Reports Record
Crop in This Section.

George A. Ralph. chief engineer Of
the state drainage board, who has just
completed an inspection of all state
bitches in this section Of the state, de-
Sclares that the contractors are greatly
labor. but are making fair progress.
harvesting operations cause the labor
difficulties. he says.
Flax alone remains to be harvested
in some Of the northern counties, Mr..
Ralph reports. Record yields are in
dicated throughout the state.
Most of the grain is now harvest
ed" said Mr.. Ralph. THE oat crop
is magnificent. Yields Of 80 and SO
bushels of wheat to the acre were fire.
quent in northern Minnesota and the
average for that part of the state
probably will be about % bushels. The
average yield of wheat for the entire
state will approximate 16 or II bush
els to the acre"