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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
FROM OTHER PENS
WHEN WOMAN MARRTEs


Discussing the conditions under which
women have to work, Miss Ida
factor similar to the girl that works for
less than living wage is the woman that
marT1es and continues to work. She is
the most vicious element in the workaday
world" This statement, following upon
the advice given to working girls by Mrs.
Belmont that every married woman
should continue her business and have a
career of her own. will be apt to confuse
those whose opinions are derived from
authorities Both Miss TarbeIl and Mrs.
Belmont are experts in the matter, but
neither has had a rounded experience.
The one has worked but was never mar
ried. The other has been married but has
which of the two is the more expert on
the whole issue. In the end the smoke will
go up the chimney in the old way. Wom-
en- who can marry and quit wage-workinS
will do it. Those who cannot will do TIE;
other thing. Life is never lived to match
the counsel of experts.-New York World.
TEMPERANCE AND TENDING BAR.
1t is an ingenious comment upon the Gus
tom of barToom drinking that several bar
tenders are advocating the formation OF
water wagon" association for their fra
ternity. One loop veteran is quoted az
saying that he has not touched liquor IN
seventeen years except with his hands
During that time in his positions of au-
thority he has had to discharge many
bartenders for drunkenness. He is an in
oorser OF the prohibition suggestion made
by the secretary of the union. The bar
tender, naturally. has good chance 10
either mildly inspired or riotously In
clined. That some of them come to feel
an aversion for the man who cannot
handle liquor is logical. but If all the
bartenders went on the wagon would they
not become so alert physically as TO In
crease the activities of service? Or would
they become missionaries by example7 l.
the heavy drinker finds a lesson on both
sides of the bar, he may not have to pro-
reed any farther for conversion.-Chicas"
Evening Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

button for luxuries of $50 million dol
lars a year of American money. OF
the art works imported, of course the
bulk come from Europe, most of them
the product of labor performed many
years ago, since a very large proper
ton of the art works now being inn
ported are twenty years old or over
and a considerable share 100 years old
and over. The forty-odd million dol
lars worth of diamonds and other
precious stones imported, though
chiefly drawn from Europe, are in
most cases the product of South
Africa; and this is true also of the
several million dollars worth of os-
trich feathers imported. OF the forty
odd million dollars worth of tobacco,
cigars, and cigarettes imported, the
largest single contributor is Cuba,
though probably 10 million dollars
worth of the total originates in the
Dutch East Indies, half way round the
globe. and considerable quantities in
the Near Orient, chiefly in Europe,
Asia and Africa. OF the forty-odd
million dollars worth of laoes and
embroideries imported, a very large
is from Europe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

TFron the Philadelphia Record.]
The IeveI-headed man is not apt TO
be a rounder.
One half the world doesn't care how
the other half lives.
The matchmaker advertising should
always be timely
Few men travel on the road to Sue
cess without an occasional puncture.
Don't always judge by appearances.
corkscrew curls.
Blobbs-"Do you believe the office
ever seeks the MANI" Slobbs-"The
tax Office always does"
The man who is his own best friend
must be satisfied to have few others.
You can't say of a girl named Rose,
or Violet, or Lily, that she hasn't a
scent to her name.
When a bachelor gets tired giving
wedding presents he can console him
self with the thought that it is better
to give than to receive.
Wigg-"I never saw any one so ex-
ceedingly modest as that girl from
Boston, Wagg-'That's right. She
won't even take off her glasses when
there are men around"
Polite Percival had been caught in
the act of stealing eggs. I've been
layin' fer you" announced Farmer
Meddergrass. That is very kind of
you, sir" replied Polite Percival. but
really, 1 have been Iaboring under a
misrepresentation. I actually thought
the hens laid Them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Probate Judge Schoch has begun
another wise reform in Kansas by call
ing a halt on the marriages of infants
Fe started the ball a-rolling by refus-
ing to issue a license for the wedding
of a girl of 13 years to a man of 25.
Judge Schoch will refuse in the future
TO issue marriage licenses to any
couple where the girl in the case hap
pens to be under 5 years of age. Even
such an age is altogether too prema-
ture. All the probate judges in the
state should follow the example of the
Shawnee count jurist until the legis-
lature gets wise enough to pass a
stringent law fixing a decent and rea-
@onable age limit in this particular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
Must Walk Chalk line.

Applicants for nights lodging must
hereafter be able to walk literal chalk
line-a white streak across an lS-foot
room-before there is any shelter for them
at the Wayfarers' Lodge of the Assn-
ciated Charities here
Superintendent Howell Wright, of the
Associated Charities. instituted the Gus
tom last night when he refused lodging
TO tramp from Philadelphia because NO
wavered from the narrow path.
Wright said he believes the custom
should become general and that appIi-
cants who are unable to negotiate the
feat in proof Of their sobriety will be
turned out in the cold. The more serious
cases will be given to the polfce-Cleve-
land dispatch to washington Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Any number of people need things
that they don't want.
With most folk, happiness is a
synonym for prosperity.
An honest confession is also some
times good for a few years in the pen
or a heavy fine.
Legislation should also be enacted
declaring an open season all the year
round on practical jokers.
=
1t isn't right to judge everybody by
the company he keeps. Sometimes it's
impossible for him to dodge it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
A SMALL ORDER

This is all that expect
santa Claus to bring to me:
one large boat-ny old ones wrecked
one large, lovely Christmas tree;
linen l need a larger drum,
Ihat says BOOM instead of t.tuu1":
And ! want a nice long whip
That VIII make our tomcat skip;
Ihen hope to get a ball
That will dent the hardest wall
ana bat that will not split
Ev,ry time that it is hit
Next I'd choose a pair of skates
Just as nice as sister Hates
ana bright large monopIane
Ihat will carry rag-doll Jane:
Then I'd like a lot of things
Ihat are run by hidden springs
Rats and spiders and the like;
and 1 need brand-new bike
with coaster-brake that will
Make work easy down a hill.
mere! that's all asked him for
sun m hoping (since he's Dutch)
That he'll bring a few things more
AS 1 have not asked for much!
st. Nicholas Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
BY The WAY
By HARVEY PARSONS.

When one has cold feet and the
sniffles, he has 20 be some optimist tC
get any satisfaction out of the report
that the temperature is 122 in the shade
over in Australia.
This thing called filial love. is Pc
culiar, isn't it ?'' asks an Atchison re-
porter in closing the account of a wom-
( an VINO refused to appear against her
husband after having him pinched for
batting her over the roof with stove
poker But there are still other locali-
| ties where $2.15 words are used with
o. due regard for the rules laid down
by the late Mr.. Webster
If you really want to, you can think
of a number of good things about
Christmas. OF course, among the good
things" the simp who is trying to make
himself solid with some girl is the
coolest but there also is the oppor-
tunity offered poor but honest mer-
chants to unload cigars, neckties and
slippers that would remain in stock in
definitely before the ultimate consumer
would fall for them
1t is reported that Chicago will be
open" until o'clock New Years
morning. No one who has been in
Chicago will doubt it. In fact, it will
be surprise to many to learn that
Chicago has ever been closed since the
big fire.
Kansas officials, according to recent
report, want to know how to stop the
epidemic of crime. Why not pardon or
parole few more horse thieves and
murderers?
Continuing the subject of crime, there
is a crime wave in Kansas City. A
crime wave in Kansas City consists of
about a dozen stick-ups or murders in
one evening. In a tank town, the theft
of one antique chicken constitutes
"crime wave" From which it may be
gathered that some definitions depend
largely upon location.
1t is alleged that Charles Seacat, of
has Joined the navy. He
should make a brave sailor. 1t re-
quires nerve for one of that name to
seek the society of a lot Of
old seadogs.
There should be no misunderstand-
ing in the Pip Daniels family after
his approaching marriage. Pip has
notified Gwendolyn that he spent too
much time and effort in learning how
to smoke to quit just yet.
In "Passin' On Party Effie Graham
has proven that there is still some
original story material. Hundreds have
written negro StC---S, out Sne Is the
first to take a slant at the transplanted
variety. The t'Uncle Tom brand of
"cullud folks have figured in song and
story for many moons, but it remained
for a Topeka school teacher to dis |
cover the best side of the Kansas type. |
When Jim Simpson and Cy Leland !
tried to snake D. o. McCray into the |
Bull party, Mac pulled back on the
natter.
Il Joined one of those things 20 years
ago. he objected, land I won't go
nto another until 1 have lived down /
hat record"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
IMPORTATION OF LUxURIEs.

Importation of IuXur1eS into the
United States is now running at the
rate of $1,OOO,0OO a day. This is more
| pretty excellent evidence that old
General Prosperity is as busy as a
bug in this land, and that the sIumps
in Wall street are merely trifling
sores exclusive with that locality. OF
| course the term ''Iuxuries' is an elastic
one and its applicability determined,
to some extent, by the viewpoint from
which used; but it is at least a fact
| that during the month of October,
1912. the imports included IA million
dollars worth of art works; 5 million
dollars worth of tobacco, cigars, and
other smokers materials; 4 million
dollars worth of diamonds and other
precious stones; million dollars
worth of laces and ernbroideries; over
a million dollars worth of feathers,
natural and artificial; more than a
million dollars worth of decorated
china; over a million dollars worth
of toys; nearly million dollars
worth of champagne, cordials, liqueurs
and other articles of this class; near
ly a million dollars worth of cabinet
woods, of which mahogany formed the
principal part; and sundry other ar
ticles usually considered as luxuries,
bringing the total imports of this class
of materials for the month of Octo-
Der up to 80 million dollars.
While the heavy importation of ar
ticles of this character naturally oc-
ours during the closing months of
the year, the figures of October are
exceptionally high, probably the high
est on record as regards importations
of luxurieS, this being due in a con-
siderable degree to the unprecedented
importation of art works, this single
item having amounted to practically
IA million dollars in the month of
October, against Il million dollars in
October of last year; while for the 20
months ended with October the total
Importation of art works was 40 mil
lion dollars, against Is Il million in the
corresponding months of 1911 and IA
million in the corresponding months
of 1910.
These high figures for October and |
the accumulated months ended with |
October suggest that the imports of |
articles which may fairly be classed |
as luxuries will probably aggregate /
$50 million dollars in the calendar /
year 1917. VI I1lS sum ART WORKS I
will, according to the latest estimate /
of the. statistical division of the bu-
reau of foreign and domestic COM
merce, approximate 20 million dol
lars; precious stones, between 40 and |
so million dollars; Iaces and embroid- |
cries, between 40 and so million; ci- |
CARS, cigarettes. and other articles for !
use of smokers, between 40 and 50l
and numerous other articles /
of less value, including toys, approx
mately 8 million dollars; champagne,
about million dollars; feathers, nat
ural and artificial (chfefly ostrich |
feathers), about 10 million dollars;
beads and bead ornaments. a couple
of million dollars; automobiles, a cou-
pie of million dollars; and perfum-
cries and cosmetics, nearly million
dollars.
All the world profits by this distri-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Scarcely had the announcement of
the governments suit against the But
ter trust had time ito circulate around
the country before the news came
from Elgin that the board of trade
there had abolished its butter quota
ton committee which has been arbi-
trarily fixing the price of butter each
day for the past IT years. This was
followed by news from Chicago and
other big centers that many men
prominent in the butter trade were of
the opinion that butter would be much
cheaper in the near future than it had
been for years. A variety of technical
reasons are put out for this change in
prices. But it will be difficult to con-
vince most folk that the action of the
government n proceeding against the
butter combination was not the con-
trolling factor. President Taft's ad-
ministration is ending in a blaze of
glory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
a SATURDAY SERMON.

| And suddenly there was with the angel
| multitude Of the heavenly host, praisins
God, and saying: Glory to God in the
highest, and earth peace, good will
| toward men. st. Luke II 1914.
This is a report of one of the Incl
dents when an angel of the Lord came
upon the shepherds in the fields around
Bethlehem and announced to them the
birth of a Saviour, the Christ child. 1t
is the anniversary of that birth which
| will be celebrated within the next few
| days. And on that occasion there will
| be a multitude of men and women, in
the East, in the South, in the North
and in the West, who will be praising
, God, clarifying him in the highest, and
pouring out torrents of thankfulness
that he sent Jesus of Nazareth into this
world to show the way to a better life.
Even the agnostic, or the atheist, if he
be an honest student of history, cannot
fail to concede that the world and its
people have improved in countless ways
because of the life and the teachings of
the son of Mary. Throw out all ideas
of his divine origin; dismiss, if you will,
as being improbable or impossible the
many marvellous miracles that he is
credited with having performed: and he
yet looms up as the most remarkable
personality in the history of all time
His simple, but nonetheless profound
announcements present the perfect
code of life for the individual and there
fore for the nation. For no nation can
hope to be any better or more advanced
than is the average of its individual
citizenship. Jesus of Nazareth was the
greatest of reformers. And simply be-
cause he laid down no rule for his fell |
lows that he was not willing to prac- |
tice himself. lis doctrine of the |
brotherhood of man and his promulga- |
ton of the golden have been more |
largely responsible for the progress of
all people to a more righteous civiliza-
ton, than any other agency or dogma.
But clothe Jesus with the garb of the |
son of God; accept the authenticity of
the reports of his acts that were even
more wonderful than his words, and his
person assumes such enormous and ma
jestic proportions. that it is almost i'm
possible for the average mind to grasp
it's significance. Millions and millions
of men and women, from one end of the
earth to the other, do this very thing.
Their numbers are being added to
daily. And it is not too much to say
that they comprise the backbone of the
human race.
There is no reason, though, why all
men, whether they profess to be Chris
-ians or not cannot join in the general
acclaim at the Christmas season and
sing the hosannas of praise that are
iue to the greatest preacher that the
world has ever known. Every man can
profit by his teachings and his ex-
amples. And as more men do. and to ;
he extent that they do so, just so much
quicker and greater will be the pro-
yress of humans to a plane where a
arger justice in all things will prevail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

TFrom the New York Press
Happy family life is insured In the
pantry.
When marriage is failure, there are
no assets left.
A woman brags about her family; a
man about himself.
A big. bunch of violets from him could
make a pretty smart girl think a canni-
bal was a missionary.
When a man gets a cable dispatch, ne
wants to pull it out of his pocket with
snowy carelessness like s1,00O bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
The Creation of New Worlds.

created?''
The fact Is the universe was never
"created." 1t is in a process of perpetual
creation. Tt is being made. destroyed, and
re-made, all the time. The telescope and
the spectroscope bring down to us pic
lures of parts of it in all the stages Of
growth and decay. The most fascinating
searching out of that great process; the
discovery of the method of the world ma
chine. 1t is a question not of what hap
pened once ages ago, but of what il all
the time ppenfng.-world's Work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Another exceedingly expensive fire
has occurred in Rossville. Wouldn't
it be a wise investment for all of the
small towns in Kansas to put some
of their funds in a system that will
provide them with some sort of fire
fighting facilities? Only a very few
of them have ANYTHING in this line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Mr.. Sartin, the chairman of the
provisional organization of the Pro-
gressive party in Kansas, is certain
that there is strong Progressive
sentiment in most of the counties in
this state. But it failed to manifest
itself at the recent election in the in
terests of many Bull Moose candidates
who were slaughtered in rather I'M
merciful fashion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Attorney General Dawson has dis
covered that the coal companies pay
no attention to their royalty contracts
with the state. But there is nothing
unusual about such an attitude. Most
men seem to be obsessed with the
notion that it is perfectly legitimate
to beat the state out of its just dues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
DAFFYDHS
BIZ q. NoALL.

Can a xylophone?
(Stand back, men The colonel was
never known to show fear.)
Can catfish?
drop that oyster and leave the
wharfD
Does it do any good for a man to
inquire where has his coal-bin?
CAV, take lot. Take two-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

That eastern college professor who
has found by investigation that red
headed men seldom marry women
with red hair had his labor for moth
ing. The custodian of the seismograph
station in Washington could have
given him that information offhand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

A New York clergyman fears that to
have boxing and wrestling bouts in the
church club gymnasiums might at
tract the towns underworld" Well?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

The State Journal II q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news or
EaniEAtion for the exclusive afternoon
publication IN Topeka
The news Is received in The State Jour
nal building ever wires tor this sole puR~
Dos0-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

So far, no Topekans have been
forced to change their base merely
for the sake of finding weather of the
winter resort variety
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Man" says woman writer. CON
tributes nothing to the home but
money" Still, not every wife has the
nerve to send out for neighbor every
time she wants the back of her gown
hooked up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

These days the governor of North
Carolina is saying as little as possible
to the governor of South Carolina.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Mexico is said to be praying for
peace. Praying seems to be the only
recourse left in this case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

When one has cold feet and the
sniffles, he has 20 be some optimist to
get any satisfaction out of the report
that the temperature is 122 in the shade
over in Australia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

And suddenly there was with the angel
a multitude of the heavenly host, praiSinS
God, and saying: Glory to God in the
highest, and on earth peace, good will
toward men. st. Luke II 1914.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-05-31
an ADVERTISING EPISODE
Merchants and Manufacturers Learn
ing That 1t Pays to Concentrate
Their Publicity.

The manufacturer of an improved
lamp for coal miners entered upon an
advertising campaign after placing his
wares with dealers. In the first dis
trict covered the sales were excellent.
The campaign was taken up In sec
ond mining district. The advertising
fell fat. When a trial was made in
a third district the sales were all that
the manufacturer could ask for.
As there was a mystery about the
failure of the second step, careful
investigation was made. 1t was found
that while the retail dealers in the
first and third districts had bought
the lamps literally, those in the Sec
ond district had looked upon them un-
favorably. Thus, the advertising in
one district failed because the miner.
however much he might have been
interested in the improved lamp, could
NOT buy one save in a few stores, and
of course he did not always know
which stores handled the lamps.
This is an illustration of the way in
which advertisers are searching for
fundamental facts as to their invest
ments in publicity. They are finding
that 1t Is waste Of money and energy
to advertise in places where their
goods are not to be bought. They
are ceasing to advertise broadcast
and are, instead, concentrating their
advertising where their goods are to
be had by the interested advertising
reader.