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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

1t appeared yesterday that Wyan-
dotte county had filed it's official re-
port on the gubernatorial vote too soon.
1t may necessitate another call upon
the resources of Cherokee county.
A. B. Carney thinks he will run
against Bristow. If he undertakes any
thing like that, he should file his
sights to a fine point. 1t would De
much easier, and not much out of his
way, to run around Bristow.
All speed records for removing three
jewels and a handspring were broken
at clinic of surgeons in New YORK
And, as the speed record was lowered
by several seconds on the operation,
whether or not the patient survived
was not considered of sufficient i'm
portance to report
Several purely honorary jobs will be
conceded to the Republican members
of the coming legislature. Chief among
them will be the honor of being a cam
didate for speaker of the house from
the Bull Moose side of the aisle.
No matter how it falls, there should
be no torchlight procession to cele-
brate the final word. The torchlight
procession should be reserved for the
celebration of victories. A prayer
meeting is the conventional thing for
celebrating narrow escapes.
1t is generally believed, however,
that the system used by the preacher
will not be generally adopted. An ak.
although less of a novelty, is just as
effective, and all wives do not wear
false teeth.
The bunch that is soon TO be on the
outside looking in, is satisfied that
money is going to be tight. Time to
clamp down on some loose change.
There seems to be a movement on
foot to make DR.. George Port Ashton
responsible for all the local postoftice
troubles next year. That comma, will
be perfectly satisfactory to this depart
ment. Doc Ashton has been enjoying
such a lovely time for quite a while,
that he should be willing to assume
such troubles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The turkey trot was originated just
in time for the kan war.
The longer a man is married the more
he talks of womer's faults.
No, Dorothea, the old saying, 1.-The
more the merrier," did not originate at
Reno Nevada.
The more a town talks about itself,
the more it needs it.
If they wish to have the rights,
women must learn to sharpen lead pen
ellis and alight from street cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14
Gautier Was Absentminded.

Theophile Gautier composed much Of
his best work while riding on the tops
of buses, and so thoroughly did his
| brain do it's work in these strange
places that on coming home he would
sit down and write as steadily as il
the words were being dictated to him.
His faculty of concentration was so
great that while composing a novel on
a bus, his subconscious self was set
free to listen to remarks made TO
him, and to answer them without dis
tIirbing the real current of his thoughts.
In his own house, too, he would give
even more remarkable demonstrations
Of this somnambulism. In the middle
of showing a guest the pictures that
lined his walls a dreaminess would
come into his eyes. and his words would
come slower and slower. Then, with the
full, heavy movement of a somnambu-
list he turned his back on his guest,
and noiselessly, just like a somnambu-
list again, went to the door and opened
and shut it behind him so quietly thst
not even the cats asleep on the arm
chairs were awakened.
Up the little wooden staircase wsat
the dull, heavy clump clump. clump of
bis slippers, vanishing up above. Down
below the visitor waited, wondering
what he should do. If he scented an
adventure he stood by" as Capt Cut
tie would say, in the salon waiting for
would remain gaping in establishment.
After the lapse of some minutes,
sometimes a great many minutes. the
clump, clump, the dull, heavy clurnp
of the soles of his slippers was heard
at the top of the staircase. It came
nearer, until 1t mingled with the sound
of the opening door, and then Gautier
walked in, still a somnambulist and
stood in front of his guest, whose
establishment was heightened when his
W In
the world, went on with the sentence
he had broken off short when he went
upstairs. He had not the least notion
of having left his guest. His expedi-
ton had been made to room on the
second floor, where he sat down on the
shelf of a large oak cupboard. What
did he do up there? Nothing what
ever. He simply stared at the walls
He wasn't conscious of being there
But when, an hour later, he climbed IN
the top of a bus, his brain already
contained some bits of chef d'oeuvre
They had taken shape there while hts
guest down below was wondering what
he was doing.
Rarely, if ever, has a man had such a
gift for getting out of himself He
would enlarge on his magnificent golden
tea and breakfast service, when the 3
most hum-drum china lined his shelves
And though his servants were all treat
ed in the most fatherly way, Gautfer
would tell you that he never permit
ted them to utter a word in his pres
ence, and that he only employed ne
grces. "I give my orders by signs n
they understood my signs, well ana
good. If they don't, I kick them into
the Bosphorus." And there is no dor,ht
that he actually heard the wave clos
ing over the head of a black slave. He
actually meant what he said. The ,
street outside was actually for him TIE :
Bosphorus--St. James's Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IRON the Chicago News.J

[From the Chicago News-1
Impotence is the father of inefficiency,
Truth is stranger than fiction and equal
ly dangerous.
People are always doing things they
would condemn in others.
II man and wife are one it is because
they are tied for first place.
A listener may hear good of himself
after talking into a photograph.
And tricky man, like WORKOUT deck
of cards, is hard to deal with.
No matter how young you are. you are
probably old enough to know better.
Between the toothache and a dentist q
man is forced to choose between two evils
When a woman shrugs her shoulders at
the mention Of another woman's name it :
a sign she can tell something
When a man tells you that his word is
as good as his bond IL doesn't necessarily
imply that his bond is any good
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14
DAFFYDHS

If a man strikes his wife should he
guitar and feathers?
(Be careful John, and don't knock
her false teeth down her throat.)
If woman athlete challenged a
Marathon runneTzGto a race would
eraser?
(Away with him, Sidney, he's the
boob that put the peek in Topeka-)
If the hair dressers union paraded
would the baldhead it?
(Fabie, oh Fable, why didst thou
do IT'D
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

have full sway to amend the statute
books to their hearts content. In
Kansas the future of Democracy will
depend to a great extent upon what
the representatives do for the state in
the way of laws this winter. If the
followers of Woodrow Wilson strike a
popular chord it will be a difficult task
to uproot them at the next election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IFrom the New Y

TFrom the New York Press.]
Just as important to a girl as to look
pretty is for her to be told so.
+ A woman's idea of the choicest scandal
is for it not to seem too true
What comforts a woman is that every
gray hair she finds is the first one
The minute a girl baby is born its
mother begins picking out a husband
for 1t.
Women get so much pleasure out of go
ing to funerals it's lucky people have to
die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

1t isn't very often that voters agree
on anything-but take a vote of the
people of Topeka on the union station
proposition and the election commits
sioner would have to declare it unani-
mons ...
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

When the Carlisle Indian football
team beat the Army there was hap
piness in the west. The west has al
ways claimed that military men could
mt whip Indians without the assist
ance of a band of cowboys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

Now it is reported that a famine in
Christmas trees is due to disappoint the
Riddles this season. However, the aver
age kid does not worry as much about
the tree as he does about the contents
of the stocking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

The safety habit campaign should be
extended. Fifteen killed at Indianapolis
yesterday because someone left a
switch open. Another case of human
freight left to the care of a young
brakeman. Railway employees should
realize their responsibility.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

Several cities have prohibited the
sale of phosphorus or after-glow
matches. 1t is a good plan. Phos-
phorus matches cause fatal blood pois-
on of children, they are dangerous to
the peIAon who is burnt with them
and there is more danger of fire with
the sale of these "fire-sticks.' Oh,
yes, the match trust is fighting the
law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

New York is making another cru
sade against church bells. The gem
eraI impression has been that the
average New Yorker steals into the
house in his stocking feet, Saturday
nights, as early as a. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

In twenty-six states the common
drinking cup has been barred from
railway trains. And that isn't all
unless the railways obey all sanitary
regulations all trains will be inspected
and reported to federal authorities.
Railway trains through Kansas are
kept as clean as any in the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

1t looked for awhile as though Kan
sas was going to pass through this cleo
ton without furnishing the country
with STARTER. But along came Social
ism and polled $4,000 votes and a few
officers in this agricultural and sup
posedly immune state-and the east is
given another chance to rave about
Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

Fifteen instructors have left the
State Agricultural college for other
fields in the last ten months. Most of
them have gone to accept positions at
higher salaries. Cannot Kansas afford
to keep her valuable men. rather than
make her Agricultural college a train
school for other states?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

A western telegraph manager adver-
tises for girls with wheels" He
ought to find them by going to any
moving picture show.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

The fears that Nicholas Longworth
would find difficulty in distributing
support have departed. Nick now can
bow to the left and the right-with
sympathies for all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

the honest news office guarantees the
paper readers
Don't listen to the undiscovered
idea that newspapers paint facts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

Even the barkeeps who aid in push
ing souls hellward are paid larger sal
aries than ministers who send souls
heavenward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

The winter winds are going to whistle
in a few weeks. DO you have coal in
your basement? There has been plenty
of time to prepare for a gas shortage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

All the village jokers now rise up
and ask if driving the Turks out of
Europe will have anything to do with
the price in America this coming
THANKSGIVING
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

The name of the first Chinese av-
1ator F'wz Yu. Probably he gave it to
himself the first time he ate gasoline
smoke,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

That Topeka-Kansas City interurban
ground hog has gone back into his hole.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

Los Angeles has a school where girls
are taught dressing, as a fine art. 1t
ought to have an annex where future
husbands can be taught how to hook
'en I'D.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

Cuba must be under the weather.
Its election passed off without any
Fioting,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

Have you sent your advice to Wood
row yet?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal In a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
Rublication In Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour-
DOea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14

1t will be a Democratic legislature
in Kansas next year. In both the house
and the senate the legislators will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-14
RY THE WAY
BIZ HARVEY PARsoNA

1t appeared yesterday that Wyan-
dotte county had filed it's official re-
port on the gubernatorial vote too soon.
1t may necessitate another call upon
the resources of Cherokee county.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-24
i, Professional.

For the benefit of the evaNiuG
contemporary. it nigh. be stated
that, while the "nortnr' is under
arrest for violating a city ordinance,
ia has never heep accused Of any
thing so serio1s as cheating Cairo
on a city printing contract, so far
as we know.
We are ashamed Of IN, doetr and
offer no apologies on his behalf. lie
il no longer a guest at the lodrinc
house. nor will he be again.
The offanse, for which the Doc
tor" was arrested, is not an offense
in Germany, Holland. and other
European countries. The Doctor, -
perhaps, thought the same condition
prevailed In this country.
The true gentleman does not seek
to take an unfair advantage of any
7ther individual, and especially not
the alien, unfamiliar with our laws
and customs.
The evening contemporaries COM
ment does not, in the least, peeve us
and we are calling its attention to
this matter only with the intention
Of educating the management tc
higher ideals.
1t seems to us that men, who pro.
Tess to be intelligent and religious
would not resort to backbiting.
A few courses in professional
ethics possibly would result in {
change In the general style OF read
ing matter. in the aforesaid publica
ton. and. for the sake of those PEG
ME, who may see the Objectionable.
matter, we hope this suggestion Will
be considered favorahly by the man
= cement.
To return to the Well
he's paying the penalty for hi
crime"
Some people are more fortunate
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-24

For White Ones, the Lseteai Fluid
Has a Distinct Advantage Over
llI.SmeIlIng Gasoline.

The smell Of gasolene on white
gloves is 80 very Objectionable to
some people they hesitate about using
1t. 1t is possible thing to clean
gloves, and do It well, too, without
using gasolene. This method Ia not
only good because of there being no
odor 1t to also easier on the hands.
Gasolene Is very roughening to the
skin. To clean gloves successfully,
fill a small basin or bowl with milk.
Dip piece OF clean. white flannel
in the milk and rub white soap on the
flannel as well. Then clean yoilr white
gloves thoroughly with this. Be sure
all the soiled, grimy spots are gone
and finally rinse with clean milk. Do
not be alarmed II your gloves turn
q gray or yellow color, you have done
them no harm. After your gloves
have dried you will find them soft
and glossy and there will be no un.
pleasant odor. The expense of clean.
ing the gloves is small. Several pairs
can be cieansed In pint OF milk.
White kid shoes and slippers can also
be cleaned In this way.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-24
Renair Twentv.eiehth Street


Suggestions, by Secretary Van,
lerburgh of the Commercial Club
hat the city build Twenty-eighth
treet to the Greenfield ferry, and
sat an approach be constructed on
The Missouri side are good ones
With the street in it's present con.
!ition and the roads on the Missouri
ide almost impossible, at times, The
Feenfeld ferry often carries los
1agons ID and ont Of Cairo ench day
these wagons euter the city empty
I'D rsturn loaded
as the streets and approaohe.
ow are, the drivers VIII have 81
east enc reason FOR compliant u
Y reasonable 10 believe that more
laors would come from Missouri
oinis. By ferry if the streets ans
pproaches were in good shape
As for the building Of she stree
-ud an approach ea the Missouri
,cse, n seems to be d matter re-
uiriBs attention from Tho CONNER
Val organizations
The City councilmen possibly
ould object 10 the city paying foi
improvements IN another state, but
The same time. Cairo would b,
B..
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-24

opened In 40 cities In the year end
Ing November /. 1911. New play
grounds might mean old mistakes,
were IL not for the information and
help supplied by the Playground aud
Recreation Association of America,
Four field secretaries are constant
Ily travelling about. But in three
states alone requests from 4G cities
aud towns for visits had to be re-
fused for lack OF secretaries aud
funds to supply additional service.
In the offices of the Association
all kinds of playground information
is at hand, Photographs, statistics,
cost Of equipment, advice on the
adoption Of playground policies. ev-
erything that new or old play
grounds want to know is on file.
The field secretary service can be
extended with p consequence gain
to the recreation movement, as
quickly as funds are made available
Forty cities Win new Fairgrounds
might easily become eighty, II the
proper stimulation ana guidance
could be provided Playground and
Recreation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-24
RIBBONS TAKE FRONT RANK
After O Season OF DIsfavor Fiekis
Fashion Seems Once More to
Recognize Their Merits.

The revival of ribbon is one Of th
most pronounced features Of latter
day fashion. After period of com.
parative oblivion ribbon has emerged
to -taks a front rank position among
dress and millinery trimmings.
The novelties in fancy ribbons from
Paris for the season include new satin
reversible weaves in a combination Of
black and colors. These colors are in
sapphire. emerald, elephant, mole,
blue, royal. sultan red, havana brown.
cerise, reseda, and so on, with the
black In the center as an edging.
Ribbons in two tones OF gray CON-
bined with black in stripe effects are
fayorites for millinery purposes, and
the new jardiniere striped ribbons-a
mixture of cerise, green. white, black,
dull gold, gray, brown, pink, etc, all
tremendously blended together--are
coming into favor.
Checks and plaids are always popu.
lar and the new designs on black
ground are very effective. Spot effects
are also being largely used In plain
or In combined stripe pattern, and
chine ribbons In subdued form are be-
ing used for sashes az well az on hats.
In some OF the ribbons the black col
orings have a reverse side In some
vivid color, such as cerise, emerald or
royal blue, and when used on hats or
bonnets the edge is folded back
slightly to show the contrasting color.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-24

'the ayil with bur four oth1r decent
streets between Them Al this rate
.ot remaining, ar of segregatina,
what part OF fba city can rest con
geAt thar it il safe from the inva-
sioag It tn vanity said the segre-
gated evil IT, preferable to the seat
tered evil; but what do Won say Of
scattered segregation?
Our people. oar Commercial
Hodjes, our Board of Trade and Com
mereial Club talk yoiubly about our
great central location, our wonderful
natural advantages and what ve
have here 10 attract people and capt
fal; but never a word do they say
about our internal social economy
/ would say more hut will only add
that they might % we'll bay 1T tire
moon as to get people here, who ara
worth getting. with these other
things going on md existing - they
do
But DO you say to M, you ara
hurting the town. Won cant hart
such a town Where such things
are done ard easily tolerated there u
rot the least danger oF hurt. The
| hurt rs the damned thing Itself It
n the same old cry. born Of tho low.
I IT TT TT7TTy n rTlfF FTT7FTT : IT ~
done. let thr mayor and City Conn
ill hold a midnight session with
closed, doors ard 90 nothing bUi
adopt nailed resolution cuttiug
Eighteenth street in two and giviu2
some name, Heaven knows what, t.
: the decent end of it. and forhiddna
4 the clerk 10 have the diseracoFu'
( proceeding published Otherwise
/ TIM whole country will see that what
/ orr city authorities are doing In II,
work of segragatine vice
JOHN NJ LANsDEN.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-24

AE-NdH11iS 0IlCCtS'
Editor of The Bulletin
regret very much to see The
Evening Citizen leading off in the
movement to rename part of
Eighteenth street. There. is or
dinarily nothing Objectionable in
changing the name Of streets or
parts of streets; but in this cas- the
reason assigned for the change IS
10 discreditable, SO shameful that
the very though Of it should be re-
pulsive to every citizen of the town
How often one bad Get leads to
another. Some years ago the city
Lid hisLthipg- with another street
This was part of its plan to segre-
gate vice. But the segregation was
right in the heart Of the city II
was segregating with every advan-
age of easy access. The interests OF
the segregated people seemed only
to have been considered. 1t now
seems planted there TO remain for all
line to come The spasmodic effort
3 few years ago, to throw off the
lie thing, to rid the town Of the
fostering rottenness, failed so sig
nally-failed by so many hundred
rotes-that one lost all hope of a
better state Of things for perhaps a
generation
Now Mr. Editor Is that abomin-
able thing to be repeated, with an
other city street. only little furth-
or nOrthward9 Ia there to be an
other segregation Of vice. Is there
to ha another dedication Of street
or part Of a street to the worst
plague that exists In civilization OF
in the worldo r. there IS, whore is
the process of remaining streets on
parts nf streets for lhs easy arcol0
mediation ot thls evil To 8t0p2 U win
move H0rrbward or goathward just
- prostitutes and landlords desire
and IL tho neoplo Of the street wher
the evil makes its appearance com.
plain shout IT they will be assured
that their pact NJ the street will be
given some other name which they
win have tho liberty of choosing
This viii BE- their compensation,
The complaining people on Etgh
tsenJh street want to get oN tta
street. and still remain whore the!
ere 10 'does not seem to occur
to Them that the foul end or par
81 heir street might he cleanse
land their street redeemed Chang
Ing the name Of the street or par
OF q SIN not pIr them an anothr
atrcnt
But what kind Of segregation j
lit2 II SIN be twp streets devoted Il
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-24

two small brass rings are attached on
either SIDE AZ the top by which this
article may be suspended from nails
In tho wall
On the left hand side OF the pockets
the names Of the days of the week
are worked, and this should be done
prior to covering the wood. but great
care must be taken to embroider the
letters In exactly the right places on
the material and II is good plan to
fold the silk over the wood and mark
the places for the words before 1t is
tackled In its place.
An excellent letter rack for the hall
can be made In precisely the same
way, but in shape 1t should be much
broader and not nearly so long and, as
a rule. two or three pockets are quite
sufficient for ordinary purposes.