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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-08

she speak up? Was there trap hid
den there? He couldn't decide. and all
day long, whenever the thought re-
turned he was made uneasy.
Yes, they must return to the simple
life, but he paid Is cents more thar
usual for his lunch, and he bought a
fresh box of cigars, the price on which
had just gone up a quarter. Mrs. Bow
ser must gave the difference on clothes
pins. He was a bit shaky, however,
as he opened his front door. Mrs. Bow
ser was in the hall to greet him, but
he hardly saw her. After one loo
around he demanded:
What in the devil has happened
herei"
fathers and mothers had no rugs on
the floors, and we are no better thar
they were. L have had them rolled VI
and carried up to the garnet. You VIII
get used to the bare floors in few
days"
But the pictures!"
s'They are upstairs too. Useless eX-
travagance investing in pictures"
But. woman, the chairs-the sofa
the bric-a-bracr' he shouted.
She pointed upward and said:
Packed up and ready to be sold.
Here are six secondhand cane-seat
chairs that are very comfortable. Our
fathers and mothers got along with
hard Seats
ttBut-but-'
Dinner is ready"
He followed her down to the dining
room Two yellow bowls containing
milk were upon the table and she
brought dish of old-fashioned Indian
meal pudding from the kitchen.
Are you crazy?" he asked.
mot at all, Mr.. Bowser- The way %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-08
SUNDAY

Notable Men of Tennessee" is a
new book by Oliver Temple Just pub
lished by the Cosmopolitan Press OF
New York, which will be of special
interest to people from the south.
Among the distinguished men OF
whom Judge Temple writes in MS IN
imitable way, to mention only a ieW'
are: William Gannaway BroWnloW'
that unique figure, dominating, force
fui, singularly gifted; Andrew John-
son, whose rise from the tallors shop
to the mansion of the chief executive
he describes in a graphic and enter
tanning manner; Judge John Baxter;
Horace Maynard; John M. Fleming;
Thomas A. r. Nelson; 1sham G- Har-
ris; John Netherland; Aaron V.
Brown; Cave Johnson; James c. Jones
Nathaniel G.. Taylor: Connally F.
Trigg and Meredith P. Gentry, the
greatest orator of his generation IN
congress- The charm of this book
is due no less to the marvelously fas-
cinatine personality of the author as
revealed in his writings than 10 us
picturesque setting.
How to Cook in Casserole Dishes
is the title of an attractive new book
by Marion H. Neil, just published by
the David Mckay company of Phila-
deIphfa The book is one to appeal
10 the Young housewife and furnishes
no end of palatable things for the
consideration of those interested In
home cooking.
'Soc,al Insurance in Germany, 1853
1911: Its History, Operation, Results,
Together With a Comparison With the
National Insurance Act of 1911 has
lust been imported by the Scribners.
Its author is w. Harbutt Dawson, who
wrote "Ife Evolution of Modern Ger
many" Prepared expressly to show
the results of the first twenty-five
years oneratiOns of Bismarck's great
social legislation and supplemented
with mum erous illustrations and plans,
IL stands as the most complete account
of the German insurance laws that has
ever appeared anywhere out of Ger
man. The publication was somewhat
delayed by the introduction of the
great insurance consolidation bill of
1909 which passed last summer, codi-
fies all II e insurance laws and amends
them III many important points.
Now that many are reading Berg
son, considerable interest attaches to
the Longmans' announcement of
Modern Science and the Illusions of
Professor Bergson" by Hugh S. r. Ell
lott. VINO edited the letters of John
Stuart Nil. other books to be pub
1ished .rlmedietely by this house in
clu lie Captain Duchene's THE Nc
chanics of the Aeroplane." Selected
Addresses" by ex-President James B.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-08

the ship; and the type of young officer
he was thrown with suggested the
characters of Ensign Russell" Many
OF the incidents of the book. too, were
part of this cruise and of six months
trav.l through the islands.
Henry Harrel; Horne, whose new
book, Free Will and Human Respon-
sibility,'' has been creating d good
deal of discussion in philosophic ant
religious circles, preached last Sunday
in the Labor temple of New York city
on Jesus and Labor"
In a. current, periodical Elizabeth
Murray prOphesies that Gertrude Ath-
erton's Julia France and Her Times
will be the rage of the year. 1.-The
women of the world she adds, 'are
under an everlasting debt of gratituds
to her" This same critic states that
she has a letter from Mrs. Anterior
in which the author says that she is
coming to California this summer tc
stay till November to vote
The last week has been a big one
with the Macmillan company as far as
new editions are concerned, for on
one day orders went through for the
reprinting of Rachel Capen Schauf-
fier's THE Goodly Fellowship" Sidney
r. Kennedy and Alden c. Mobiles
White Ashes Jane Adams "A New
Conscience and an Ancient EVIL Jo-
siah Royce's William James and Other
Essays on the Philosophy of Life and
Kathleen Norris Mother"
Alfred ]. Evans, of San Francisco.
who is the Don Alfredo in Wallace
Gfllpatrick's THE ManWho Likes Mex
ico,' writes in a recent letter to the
author: Il have been down in Sonora
Mexico. in the Altar district, and hope
to return there in about a week. 1 did
not see any demonstration against the
'Gringos,' but was trea ted well all the
time 1 was there. 1 travelled by stage
and mule-back about 300 miles and
stopped at many ranches; and always
the same fine treatment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-08
AS IT OFTEN is.

did you wind the clock, Mabel?''
mo. Wind it yourself. Then you
can't blame me if you are late in the
morning again.
why do you leave t for me? It's
more your business to attend to it than
mine.'
Never mind whose business it is.
You're the one that scolds if it's not
wound
Il have reason to. I'm not. supposed
to do the homework and office work
BOTH
Whether you are SUPPOSED to 7
not, for heavens sake, hurry and wind
that clock-and don't forget to put out
the bathroom light"
Anything else?'
What time is it?"
'Ten-thirtyi If you would tend to
your housekeeping and wind the clock
yourself, you would know the time
at least once a day"
What an accommodating man you
are. Jack Henderson. One would think
it hurt you to be obliging."
It's not cy business to wind clocks /;
nol to do anything else around the
house. If you can't or won't attend to
things. why, let Norah.''
''Norah has enough to do When YOU
dent want to do anything-no matter
what-it's anyways tell Norah."
We'll what's she for If not to wait
or us?''
Us! YoUi you mean?"
Me, then!''
''She has the work to do If you want
waitress or valet. get one. But
don't expect me, or Norah either, 10
play the part of Onev'
Il don't expect anything of YOU
consequently I'm not disappointed. BIT
T che. i l. 1,
clock, and attend to the house proper
ly.'
That's right. Expect one girl to do
everything. While you have been do
ing all this talking you could have
wound the clock at least half dozen
times
Where's the key? 1 suppose I'm ex-
pected to carry that on my key ring. so
1 can find it when YOU want the clock
wound"
IT'S somewhere there on the manteI. :"
It's never in the same place twice
You insist on forgetting to wind the
clock so I will have to do it, and then
you never know where the Key is.
Though WHY you don't is a mystery
to me-
Il hide it. of course. so you will have
something to do to find fault That
seems to be what you'd rather do than
anything else
''Well, where is it 2"
Look back of that big vase
It's not there"
It's on that shelf somewhere. Look
nd you'll find it"
Here it is, tucked back of your
mothers picture. Pity you couldn't
hide it where one would be less likely
to look
"Oh, do stop your fault finding; I'm
sleepy
There now that the pesky thing IS
wound, perhaps you will tell me wha:
else you would like me to do before 1
come to bed. Nice way to keep house
leaving all the work for me-"
Il told you to put out the gas in the
bathroom.
There, that's done. too! Now, I'm
coming to bed before you think Of
something else you want me to do"
Il don't carr whether you ever do
anything, or not
THAT suits me; see that you don't
rag me about, that's ALL
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L
SO kcerIy has Cora Harris. author
of The Recording Angel" just pub
lished by Doubleday. Page & Co.,
an in her books, that one of the ques-
tions see is always asked by inter
viewers is, What do you think of
woman suffrage?" To a friend the
other day, Mrs. Harris said she in
variably found it extremely difficult to
explain her position. 81 will say this,
she added: Il havJ a sympathy and a
respect for every movement which is
grounded in sincerity. AS for myself
though. l don't want to be disturbed.
l can approve of any activity which IS
not of gross origin or intention, but 1
don't want to be in any of them. 1
first want to be left to my pen, my
prayers and my knitting feelings. l am
in path beside the roadside of life
an observer, but with all friendli-
ness to those who pass by"
A little book called THE Artist al
the Piano. by George Woodhouse, re-
Gently imported by the ScriDnerS IS
made up Of short essays on the art Of
musical Interpretation at the piano
which aim TO call forth the spirit of
higher criticism The author feels
that pedag ogy in piano STUDY has cnCk-
ed the spontaneity of imagination in
many gifted students, especially chit
dren. He takes a stand against the
iron rules of systems and meth
DDS A facsimile letter from Paderew-
ski written to the author in congratu-
Iation on this work. together with I
portrait sketch of Paderewski, is con-
tanned in the volume. the letter reads:
Il duly received your letter yesterday.
after my return, and 1 hasten to thank
you most cordially not only for the kind
message but also for the intense pleas
ure I experienced when reading the
proofs of your study. The booklet is
quite a remarkable work and a really
valuable contribution to the philosophy
of pi&nistic art. 1t is full of striking,
rofound remarks; 1t contains many
thoughts which have been lived and
bear the stamp of most convincing sin
certify. I wish to congratulate you
very particularly on the conclusion
where your ideas and their expression
reach a very high level of nobility and
beauty"
David Gray's new book. Ensign
Russell" was written during a six
weeks cruise the author had with Ad
miral Evans on the battleship Ken
lucky in Philippine waters. Mr.. Gray,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-08
The BLESSING
OF motherhood
Healthy Mothers and Chill
dren Make Happy Homes

Motherhood is woman's highest sphere
In life. 1t is the fruition of her dearest
hopes and greatest desires; yet thou
sands of noble women through some de-
rangement have been denied this blessing.
In many homes once childless there are
now children because of the fact that
Lydia E. Pinkham' sVegetable Compound
makes women norma, healthy armstrong.
San Antonio, Texas. all women
who desire to have children in their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-08

homes and to be well
and happy 1 recon-
mend Lydia E. Pink
hams We g e t a b lie
Compound. I suf-
fered from a dis
placement and other
f EN- ale weakness.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
was the only remedy
that ever helped me,
ond noWT O bonyax1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-08

Tottie, aged 6, was sent to the bakery
for some cookies. Looking over the as
sortment in the showcase she pointed to
the little cup cakes with currants show
little humpbacked one with flies in EN-
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-08
ROWSER'S HIGH COST
And MIS-. BOWser's Low Cost of
Living.

As a rule, Mr.. Bowser rushes for
his hat and out of the house for tho
car as soon as he has swallowed the
last bite of breakfast, but on this par
ticular morning he kept his chair and
said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

orr Christmas problems THERE'S no trying solve them The only
wis. thing 10 10 S o eliminate them.
There is a commercial Castnas-and it is mighty line Na'
frank honest alov5oard usefulness 50 great that nobody can
It,
m ,c stnas problem Consider the weeks and months
t in designing beautiful and useful things as we" as those to make the
children happy And there great money spent in making them and
in telling YOU about then with definite Particularly 90
Ir,fe suggestions placed before your eyes You are ' "H
49,, 49,, a,. Won can 90 to Or you sit in your
own home and order them Few to realize that man can SIT
At HE desk ar woman in her rocking chair and shop all over the whole United
States c..--
That kind O comnerciaism has done more 10 solve I'll" '
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
IJ,;oue Book of Prize Recipes FREE

Cream two t4li.-p1oniuis OF butter Win t1,,i
cupiul Of sugar. aIi two well beaten e3s,, 81
one cIpll o.. mills and Two cupilI. o, "3- =,
two tea,pu1li li- nj baking poN4gt 81 - /,
cupflI %. Drrua.4r, Date cut hne. baN'
IN QuIre oven
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-18
says UNCLE CIV

Here is the measure of greatness-to
overthrow such evil as may be over
thrown and to extract the last drop Of
good from the evil that is inevitable.
Besides the ability to do this. all other
powers, talents and achievements are
as naught.
Speaking accurately. there is naught
that is wholly good or wholly bad, and
the gauge of goodness and badness lies
not in the object, but in the subject.
You alone determine whether you get
more good than evil or more evil than
good out of the circumstances sur
rounding you. And here good is syn
onymous with advantage, gain, pleas
ure, happiness and content; evil with
their OF poSites.
Think for a moment. Circumstances
which other men found evil, Cromwell
and Napoleon found good. They knew
how to make use of the occasion. The
Industrial conditions of today which
grind down the incompetent are max
ing the average man and the excep-
tional man rich. 1t has been SO from
the beginning of time.
There is little for him who sees
naught but enmity in circumstances
and occasions. Events are not mon
sters to crush, but tools to use and
weapons wherewith to fight. Whether
we use them or are undone by them
depends upon our strength and our
clearness of vision. We may ride with
the tide and even turn it to our own
purposes, or we may be submerged by
it. The determining factor is the indi-
vidual, not the incident.
No event is so untoward that it can
not bring you gain if you are big
enough and wise enough to make use
of it. The greater the task it sets, the
less the chance of our work being
spoiled by the little buzzing flies Of men
who can recognize no gain in anything
less sweet than molasses.-( Copyright,
1912. by E. w. Williams.)
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hostess read excerpts. from, but he
only sat back with gloomy eyes.
II got peach of record today,
Blair Lane suggested in an effort
to lift the shadows from his friends
eyes.
Lets have it," said Blair, and they
repaired to the room where the talk
ing machine gave forth its fund Of
entertainment. Blair sank into the
chair that had become his.
Mrs. Lane ensconced herself and
turned to Blake: You are to listen to
both of these records before you judge
them. They are both by the same
person and Harry and 1 think them
splendid
The machine burst forth into a
monologue. The voice was the high
falsetto of a Broadway dandy whose
experiences along the great White
Way were told in an inimitable
drawing manner that brought the
first hearty laugh to- Blair that he
had had in months.
THAT fellows all right he laughed,
Tets have the other"
Remember" reminded Mrs. Lane,
this is the same fellow
Blair sat back and prepared himself
for another funny record. When Lane
drew away from the machine Blair
leaned forward in his chair, gripping
the arms. The voice that came from
the cabinet was that of Iris.
there are other things in life besides
the study of dramatic art 1 have
taken all the prizes here and have re-
ceived offers for stage work, but"
there was an effective pause-"you
are not here and nothing else counts
When 1 said that life with you would
be monotonous-I had not tried to
live without you-so if you still
care" the voice from the cabinet
trembled, ct will be in the summer
house tonight, and
Blair jumped up to adjust the rec
ed, but that was all of it. He looked
about and realized that his host and
hostess had left him to hear the mes
sage from Iris. He took off the pre-
cious record and went into the hall
for his hat and walking stick in a
When he left the house, still in that
semi-conscious state of mind, Mrs.
Lane ran to the telephone.
HE has left the house, dear" she
called out to the person at the other
end of the line, land I think per
haps you had better fly or he will be
in the summer house first. Run in
tomorrow and tell me all about it,
dear. Goodbye"
Lane turned to his wife. a puzzled
look on his face. Everything worked
beautifully, but has Blair lost his
some platform in a drawing room'
A merry laugh tinkled from Mrs.
Lanes lips. cit only means that he
is planning a stage in the house he
has bought for Iris so that she can
have all the amateur theatricals she
wants"
Happy Iris!" said Lane.-(Copy-
righted 1912 by Associated Literary
Press.)
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the chicago NeWS.J
One mans folly may be another mans
widow.
A mans opinions may be heavy and
still carry no weight.
Anyway, the average woman hasn't
the cheek to raise Whiskers.
1t doesn't advance a woman when
she puts herself before a mirror.
You can sometimes tell a wise man
by the smart things he doesn't say.
She's a wise girl who can train up
a rich uncle in the way he should go.
Much of that which is called pure
'scussedness'' is nothing but human ma
ture-
A woman doesn't consider the wear
ing of diamonds vulgar-unless she
hasn't any.
An easy way to f1atter a young wo-
man is to tell her she doesn't eat
any more than a bird.
Nothing pleases a, woman more than
to have a man coax her to do some
thing she really wants to do.
Anything that a dry goods box states
man doesn't know about politics isn't
worth knowing-from his point of view.
The mere fact that you are having
a good time while you are young won't
necessarily keep you out of the county
infirmary when you get old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-18
THE HOPE IN THE HOE.

The typical man in the city who
reaches the age of 40 years and finds
himself behind a ledger, or twisting
other mans merchandise on a salary,
has usually put aside the hope cf going
higher and faces future of mediocrity
just being what he is. There are
hundreds of this class. who, fretted
under the restraint of their employ
ment, have been. constantly in search
of something else. Such men are not
of the inefficient type which dallies,
but of the capable class who, failing
to develop their imaginations to the
point of producing something new and
useful, are. nevertheless searching the
future, not for great financial reward,
but for peace, happiness and content
ment.
For such men an alluring prospect
is found in the farm, and it is to them
that Gardner Mack, in the May Popu-
lar Mechanics magazine. addresses his
plain, impartial consideration of their
chances of success as farmers. He
says:
'eThe man who isn't a farmer at
heart invariably fails on the farm, no
matter how much capital he may have
or how cheaply his experiment with
the soil may be carried on. Nature
will do absolutely nothing for the man
who cannot meet her halfway. Those
who do more than that reap rich re-
ward for their labors. The cry back
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% the farm is now almost nullified
by the wall of the bitter failures who
have sunk their all in a poorly plan
ned and miserably executed attempt
to wrest from the earth its riches.
Nevertheless, the promise of peace
and plenty that is held out by the
farm is genuine promise. Farming
is business. 1t must be conducted
as a business if much profit is to be
gained. An agricultural expert has
estimated that a business it is not
remunerative, that the farms in the
United States do not average more
than 4 per cent on the investment
Another has stated positively that the
beginner, even with considerable cap
ital, must be prepared to bear many
hardships while he is learning the
business. Both of these men agree,
however, that the farm holds the solu-
ton of 1ife's problems for the man
who simply wants to live with greater
comfort and contentment-prov
the man who takes 1t up has the soil
instinct And that there is a profit for
the man who will work and plan and
scheme. is abundantly proven by hun
dreds of actual experiences.
Therefore, the man of forty, with
a family, who has saved a little money
and chafes under the restrictions of
city life, who is willing to adapt him
self to farm conditions, and to work
with his hands and his brain for the
attainment and maintenance of health,
happiness and contentment, Will find
them on the farm, provided he has
that indefinable something that has
been called the soil instinct. This
means that the chirp of the cricket
can replace the clang of the trolley
car; the light of the moon and the
stars can take the place Of the f1aring
announcements of the theaters, and
the quiet of the country lane and field
can answer for the hurry and turmoil,
the rush and clatter, the hustle and
hustle of the city street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-18

THE FUNERAL OF THE MAINE.
Out of the harbor she sought long ago,
Harbor that welcomed, but served not
to save,
Under the clouds. bending piteops and
low,
Crept the great ship to her grave.
Not from the battles tumultuous breath,
Not from the glory of victory's morn
But from her travail of flame and OF
death,
Lo! a republic was born.
Not in the arms of this Queen of the
Wrecks,
fingered the dust of her far-famous
Forests of palms hailed the flag on her
Roses above her were spread.
Long had she waited her funeral-day,
Lying in rough state mid sunlight or
gloom:
Now the worlds plaudits each step of the
way
Followed her path to the tomb.
Full sixty fathoms we buried her low
changing skies;
Far from molesting of friend or of foe,
Needless of tempests she lies.
Lies in the arms of the ocean-waveS
pressed,
With the wet sea-roSeS over her spread,
While with the love of a nation caressed,
Arlington cares for her dead.
Will Carleton, in Harper's Weekly.