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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

the kind of advertising ne would like to
90 VIZ. newspaper advertising-so he is
DONG the best he can with the means at
his command.
lie has decorated an automobile fire en-
CINE with big placards on which are
printed statistics showing the losses due
TO fire This he stations in different parts
OF the city in order that all might read
these placards-
OF course a fire engine going peu neil
up and down any street always attracts
attention because of the impression II
creates that there is a fire somewhere so
when 1t stops in front of some big build
ing, crowd gathers at once and Eir.
johnson gets immediate effect from bis
advertising
1t is great pity that there ISN'T a fund
IN all municipalities that can be used for
advertising. The people need to be eau
toned about many things that would help
the authorities in managing cities Good.
straightforward advertising would help
them to this end.
Maybe this fire incident viii arouse
the city of New York to the need Of APP
propriating fund for advertising.
1t would be a good idea for all munich
palities to consider setting apart an APP
preparation for advertising purposes. let
ting the mayor and his associates decide
how that appropriation shall be used.
Go be continued)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
QUAKER NfEDITATIONs.


From the Philadelphia Record
It's never too late to blend" says the
rectifier. 80
A good rule in auction is don't cross
your bridge till you come TO it.
Also don't lose sight of the fact that
the early worm catches the fish.
Half the flattery is expended on WON
en-; the other half on tombstones.
It is better to begin at the bottom, Of
the ladder than to tumble from the top
It ism always a sign a woman is losing
her memory when she forgets her age
Evcl marriage may be a trades union
when a girl exchanges her money for a
title.
Some people always look ashamed OF
themselves when they are caught telling
the truth
Clothes may not make the man. but the
lack Of them would, to say the least. be
embarrassing.
If any man in the world is in a position
to give his wife a free foot, it's the manu-
facturer of artificial limbs.
Hoax-"Wky do women paint2'' Joax-
With the idea Of making themselves
pretty Hoax suppose that's the
plain. unvarnished truth about it."
Il isease always attacks the weakest
spot" remarked the Wise Guy. I sup
pose that's why SO many people get cold
in the head suggested the Simple Mug.
Nell-"Your uncle, the retired sea cap
tain. just tried to kiss me-" Belle-.Oh,
you mustn't mind Uncle George; he's an
old salt you know NeIl--He may be
an old salt, but he's too fresh
We shouldn't be discouraged" re-
marked the sociologfst: even the home
less wanderer. the tramp. the hobo.
whatever you choose to call him, is gain
ing ground" yes. every time lie doesn't
wash himself" replied the mere man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
CLEANUP TIME COMING.

Spring isn't here yet either officially
or atmospherically. Perhaps the
weather man has another cold wave
which will send the shivers down the
spines of the natural gas enthusiasts.
But spring is on it's way all right. it
will be here almost before you know it.
And with the coming of spring there
also arrives a civic duty for almost
every householder or renter to perform.
1t concerns the cleaning up of their
premises, and the alleys in their i'm
mediate vicinity.
During the winter season much trash
and rubbish is thrown out of doors and
windows in a promiscuous fashion. A
snow comes along and covers it up. Or
if there isn't much snow, the general
dreariness of winter keeps such rubbish
from standing out prominently 1t isn't
noticed so much in the winter time,
and the weather is generally sufficient
ly cold to keep all such stuff from hav-
ing communicating influences.
With the arrival of the thaws of
spring, these conditions cease to con-
tinue. AS soon as the grass begins to
grow green and the trees begin to show
their leaves, the trash and rubbish that
peciany in the back yards and alleys.
stand out Ike eyesores They make
fine breeding places for those little ter
rors. the house-fiies and other verrnin.
Therefore, with the approach of
spring, a general cleaning up is in
order. Topeka is a beautiful city. with
its parkings and trees and the lawns
about its houses. But most of the
houses are so situated that a passer-b by
can see into the back yards A pretty
exterior does not count for much if the
interior is unclean. Cluttered up alleys
are not only unsightly. They also de-
velop a flthiness that is an excellent
breeding place for disease.
And to make Topeka even more beau
tiful, and more healthful as well, it is
incumbent on every one to see to it
that the accumulated trash of winter in
the back yards and the alleys is cleaned
up and removed. This is duty that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
Sends s.Visions'' to Clark.

The Visions and Revelations of the
Prophecies Irene" in eight big hand
written books the first of which
reached the office of Speaker Champ
Clark yesterday. is the latest advice
offered to the Democratic leaders on
the management of national affairs
4 will send you seven or eight
more of these records containing the
full copy of all the word intrusted to
my care just as fast as I can get it all
copied" says the prophecies. Il
want you to allow w. J. Bryan Mr..
Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, Secretary Cor
telyou. the chief justice. the secret
service, and all statesmen to znow
and have copies of this and all the
eight books you will have sent to you.
Some day I will see you and may
talk to you if you need any interpre-
tation of this work.
In the 4O4 pages of manuscript
are the visions which Speaker CIarlS's
correspondent says must be followed
if the United States is to escape the
doom of SOdom and Gomarrah In
cluded in the revelations are instruc-
lions for petrifying and drying ice,
so it will resemble popcorn; burn
ing water, making cheese out of straw.
shoes out of dog-salmon skins, meat
of the bark of trees. and window
panes of frozen air.
The first of the books Of the new
revelation was returned to the sender
at Trenton, y. J., with EXPRESS
charges collect.-Washingt Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

A lover is apt to lie a good deal and
sometimes he knows it.
Politics consists too much of knocking
the opposition.
Most men need large substantial desk
to rest their feet on.
An Eskimo must get awfully tired OF
the backbone of winter.
A mans enemies are often quite a help
IN making him behave himself.
While opposing the simplified form. an
acrostic seems going too far to spell any
thing.
Probably your memory isn't as good as
you expect other peoples to be.
If you can't keep the promises you
make yourself, don't try them on other
people.
A good many youngsters pay for an
education with Fathers money!, who
don't get it.
speaker at a banquet often fools him
self into believing he is as important as
the grub.
Many bride learns it isn't such a long
journey from the cut glass counter to the
ten cent store
Baseball isn't the only Big Business
which has scouts the lookout for
promising bush leaguers-
Der. he sometimes doubts that this is q
land of religious liberty.
We are inclined to suspect that the man
who talks a good deal about the ethics Of
his profession is rather new in his line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.I
You can't expect a blind man to see the
error of his way.
Even the has been" never forgets the
day he was 1T.
It's easier to know what to do than it IS
to do what you know
A child can save its parents a lot of
money by not being twins
Never offer a man advice until you find
out just what kind he wants.
Don't imagine that people are going to
call you a liar every time they think it.
Every time a woman changes her mind
she thinks it is up to her to air ner
views.
Don't be too modest. People never
criticise an old hen for cackling after she
lays an egg.
NO matter what the future has in store
for woman. she will look for it on the
bargain counter
Owing to the difference in weight. PEG
pie now invest in fake mining stock IN
stead of buying cumbersome gold bricks
If a man has a big family he can sell
dom be induced to spend his money on
anything else that may cause him more
trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
JAYHAWKER JOTS

If you come to bat often enough, adj
vises the Marquette Tribune, you will
finally get hit
There must be a painful conflict of
emotions, thinks the Jewell County Re
publican when a tightwad falls in love
Advertising, says the Sherman Coun-
ty Record, is like counting a girl. You
must have something good to offer and
keep a calling.
A school note in the Rexford News
that offers d wide field for conjecture:
Some of the scholars don't seem to care
where they stick their gum.
We heard a fellow on the streets the
other day trying to engage harvest
hands. reports the Rexford News, and
it adds: He has the right kind of faith
in this country.
sons who fall off the water wagon.
points out the Kanopolis Journal, there
wouldn't be room for others to get on.
But there's always room.
A man may be able to quote Shakes
peare by the page and recite poetry by
the yard says the Yates Center News,
but he will have to be able to do some
thing else more substantial if he would
satisfy the cravings of hunger.
Nothing spoiIs a dog more than to
win a fight or two, says Tom Thomp-
son in his Howard Courant. He
might have added, thinks the Salina
Journal. that dogs aren't much differ
ent than men in this respect.
Most of the Kansas weeklies Of par
tisan hue make it point to state that
candidates for primary nominations in
other parties are not barred from max
ing announcements in their columns.
provided, of course, they come across
with the five dollar announcement fee.
While different states and localities
are making records of the big eggs pro-
duced by the helpful hen, Mrs. c. J.
Hahn, living east of Cassoday enters
the contest with an egg laid by one
of her leghorns which measures S5sx7a
inches in circumference. If those Ohio
people don't let up, some of our Kan
sas hens will become angry and leave
an egg as big as goose egg in her
nest one of these days.-Cassoday
Times.
Some men have better luck than
others, says the Emporia Republican
in a sarcastic vein. A stranger re-
Gently moved to Emporfa and an
nounced that he wanted work and
itself. People told him that there
was little chance for him, as there
We're many idle men in town. He re-
piled that he never yet had any trou-
He has been busy every day since. OF
course it is nothing but luck.
1t is seldom you come across an en-
thus1astic optimist over mud One such
Is theis the-ndyt W { shrdIa shrdlu nm
IS the Plainville Gazette, as the follow
ing from its columns, indicates: The
rain and snow storm of the first of the
week gave this country about the soak
lest wetting it has had for long time
AS a result We have mud, old tins.
sticky, knee deep mud And we an
preciate it very much thank you. If
this wet business keeps on we can
stand almost anyone for president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

AS a rule most people are more toll
Grant than they should be.
= >
There is this advantage to false
teeth. They can be left at the dentists
when they need fixing.
You seldom come across any one
who is not willing to take a chance of
being spoiled by prosperity
X
At that. the man who says he leads
a dogs life has considerable for
which to be thankful
X
It's always well to take with a grain
of salt the hints of folk that they were
used to better things when they lived
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.l
Politics lives as far as it can get from
the Ten Commandments
A woman can endure with fortitude any
ordeal but out-of-door clothes.
The next best thing to getting out OF
visiting somebody is getting out of hav-
ing somebody visit you.
When a man won't let anybody but his
wife cook certain dishes for him she
knows he's a good husband
girl can remember the time man
wanted to propose to her, even If they
didn't know each other then
The way a girl hugs a baby before a
man makes him want to go out and roll
in a snowdrift to get it out of his mind
If man didn't have any relatives and
friends to borrow from him it appears
like there wouldn't be much use of money
in the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

a tail the length of the head plus
one-half of the body? AND, on the
theory that the school is intended to
teach something that may be prac-
teal in later years, we hereby offer
prize Of two sticks of gum and
cigarette to any architect. civil en-
gineer or plain citizen who will sub
contains the same method of deduc-
ton as this problem Look it over;
the fish is drawn to scale (the only
way, of course, to draw a fish, See
if you can think of any SENSIBLE
problem that can be worked by the
same method.
Hobo Kemp wept when Meta told
him it was All off, and that she had
her report, Kemp merely wept, and
told the reporters All About It Any
one who would blame Meta for quit
ting a Weeper is a worse chump than
either of the principals.
When the vacuum cleaner dispIaces
the broom, what is mere man going
to do for straw to clean his pipe?
It is crime TO play poker-if you
can't win.
Two Pennsylvania girls have been
.willed' to spinsterhood. Their ia
theirs will chops them off at the first
matrimonial crack. They will of
course, marry $50 per month dry
goods clerks at the first opportunity.
Because. telling a girl she must re-
OF forcing her into matrimony
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
I'D YER Using Talks
BY WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

Mr. Joseph Johnson. fire commissioner
OF New York, is an old time newspaper
man
He has adopted novel method of ad-
vertising in the city of New York with the
idea of educating the people to be more
careful as to where they throw lighted
matches or cigars or cigarettes, trying to
give them practical illustration of the
calamity that follows carelessness-
1t is a well known fact that the Equit-
able building was destroyed through tee
careIessness of one of the employees, VINO
threw lighted match in the waste paper
basket after having lighted his cigarette
Mr.. Johnson has no appropriation to do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
HUAOR or THE Day

Belle told him never to attempt to kiss
me again. Nell-And he did, Belle-Eo.
he dfdn't.-Philadelphia Record
Can you paint me a gallery Of ances-
tors from this old tintype2' Il can. but
they will all look much alike" 'Well,
family resemblance won't hurt none
Washington Herald.
I Crafty.-Foozle-Doc woozle wants ter
sell his auter. Biff-Whats the reason2
Foozle-He figgers that the one that buys
it will be a steady patient ever after
Pathfinder
Beauty is only skin deep" quoted the
Wise Guy. Yes" assented the Simple
Mug. "a girl may. have teeth Ike pearls
and still be dumb as oyster" -
Philadelphia Record.
Ivan. things were better In the old
country. Even the meat tasted sWeeter.''
We'll in America we have meat every
day. In the old country we had meat
once a month. No wonder it tasted sweet
er."-Kansas City Journal.
You say your jewels we're stolen while
the family was at dinner" mo. no.
This is an important robbery, OFFICER Our
dinner was stolen while We were putting
on our jewels. Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
L hope you young men realize your re-
Sois sdAu NAt SPOKESMAN AOT Lne fresh
man class. Its up to US TO invent q
brand-new class yen."-Kansas City Jour
nal.
Five hundred marks for this parrot2
That's a lot of money" He talks we'll
sir VERY well. I'll have him as soon ID.
you have taught him TO say L COST 50t
marks. ''-Fliegende Blaetter.
Mrs. Highupp-How was the CHARITY,
ball2 Mrs. Blase-AH right, but it's =
wonder they made anything when Won
consider the small amount they spent an
It. Their expenses were actually loss fhs,,
their receipts--Puck-
Husband (studying his wife accounts,
tered here Doing up the furniture ,,eii-
hairdresser, dentist, trip TO the sea Tor
instance Wife-Oh. those all corn. l,,,l--
repairs. -Fliegende Blaettcr
THE railroad business is pretty cornnu-
Gated y es, replied the travelling man
! don suppose 1 will ever be ablc -
understand why two towns that loot ~
ciose together on railway man gel -
Tar apart when they come to nncaslrs. a.,
me distance with milca book -.
Washington Star. 'oOH-
r.s w. v, Ills hat was the cause Of his dc.,hs
1li1s-ihe doctors said IL was a. en-
OF pure joy He had just sha,,..5 ,i 49,
with a razor that made his face eoai 81
me advertisement. put on "A ,stIif - ,,,. iAt
that made him look like fhc ...1e '-.ties
Inent ana was smoking a brand - - use
shat smoked like the adverfIe.,r ,osS co
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
DAFFYDMS
BY U. NOALL-

If the grizzly bear can dance the
bunny hug can the turkey trot?
con with the dance Let joy be
unref1nedt!D
If DR.. Mary Walker is a woman is
Annette Kellerman2
(CareIessly 1inging a bag of gold to
the servitor, he vaulted upon his steed
and galloped away into the night)
If China is a republic is vaccination?
(Hold him. pals. until I punch him
in the other EYED
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

This is also the season of the year
when many of the tin bridges in
Kansas will be carried away by NOV
ing ice. At some more or less distant
date the county commissioners in
Kansas viii awake to the fact that it's
8 certain waste of money to build
anything but substantial bridges And
the most substantial bridges are made
of concrete
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

August Hermann, chairman of the
national baseball commission, says
that organized baseball is not hostile
in any way to the newly formed Col
umbian and United States leagues. Not
IN the slightest. These leagues, says
Mr.. Hermann are perfectly welcome
to any Of the players for which the
major leagues have no use. Now isn't
that perfectly lovely of organized
baseball7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
10 suzanne AT TWET,yE.

Study your smile in the mirror,
Study your tWinkling eye,
And don't let the cruel world steal them
And leave in their place sigh.
Study Your sweet disposition,
And your generous. dear little way.
ana don't let the cruel world steal them
Or sorrow drive them away.
Keep them and treasure them always,
For they are far greater than gold.
Don't let the cruel world steal them
Cause then you'll be wrinkled and old.
William Hodge, in National Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

Teddy Roosevelt, Jr.. is reported to
be on the point Of retiring from the car
pet business for the purpose of taking
out stack of chips in the Wall street
game. This report has a reasonable
ring to it. There is something of ex-
citement among the bulls and bears
of finance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

And speaking of generosity and
solicitous regard for the whereabouts
of son. a Chicago widow who recent
~ came into possession of IN estate
worth s.. 100000 has offered a reward of
So for information that would put her
on the track of a son who has been
missing for several years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

According to President MurIfn of
Boston University, formerly of KAN
sas, New England is not worked out,
merely undeveloped. What it needs
are western men to develop it. Still,
why should western men trek to the
east when there are just as good If not
better opportunities right in their
dooryards. Presumably Mr.. Murlin is
getting lonesome
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

Coincident with the publication of a
lot more rot about Mrs. Sinclair and
Harry Kemp comes the announcement
that he has a book of new poems and
a play ready for the market. Nauseat-
ing notoriety. however. is not the kind
that will help to sell such things. re-
gardless of the idea of Harry Kemp
in the premises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

congress to deal with Thies doesn't
look much like this court has usurped
to itself the legislative functions of the
government. And that's a criticism
that is repeatedly directed against this
court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

Prophecy is uncertain business. But
IT is reasonable to believe that the
Chicago hair tonic expert, who has
been directed by a court there to grow
hair on a mans bald head within a
year. or go to jail, is up against an inn
possible proposition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
KANSAS COAGNENT

Baking UP THE WRONG TREE.
There are crimes in Kansas and com
mitments to the penitenuary, but inc
crimes for which prisoners are sent from
other states to the federal penitentiaTy Al
Leavenworth have nothing to do win
Kansas crimes Therefore. when the
LIQUOR interests OF the country prepars
statements that Kansas ranks second IN
point OF commitments for felonies, tnel
simply set the average Kansas lntetlect
to work to show the error in the figures,
BY elimina ting the federal commitments
Kansas. instead of being next 70 INC
highest in the ratio OF felonious crimes le
third from the lowest. Plain distortion
of plain facts is confession or weaAhesS-
Kansas City. Kan. Gazette-Globe-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

An ex-chorus girl, Mrs. Claudia
Wheeler, who has been the wife of a
millionaire for several years. is alto
getber too modest in her demands now
that he has separated from her She
merely asks that he be compelled to
provide her with yearly income Of
100000 That sum would scarcely keep
d person in cigarettes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

Things are coming to such a pass
that Southern gentlemen" will have
no rights at all. A negress has sued
Kansas railroad because one such hit
her on the head with his handbag
when she would not give him a seat
she was oceupying in a train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
THE ToWN ROW

row is to a town what a heavy frost
is to vegetation. it distracts, dlsinte-
CRATES. destroys. 1t undcrmincs tine
foundation OF things It's scars heal SLOW
ly. Better have cyclone or an cartu-
quake or most any destructive visitation
than to have a town row for when thc1t
calamities are over they are over. am
the people cemented together in closer
Fellowship by the common ca lamity begin
at once unitedly and bravely to repair
waste places. Such people under sucn
conditions are invincible and absolute
masters of destiny. Latham Mirror.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DR.. Gunsaulus declares that George
Washington was brave because he had
red hair. If. DR.. Gunsaulus thinks
that every red-headed person is brave,
he has another think coming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

every family owes to itself and its
neighbors. It may be a trifie unpleas-
ant one to perform. But it is decidedly
worth the effort, nonethelass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

The United States supreme court
has decided that it has no jurisdiction
TO pass upon the validity of the initia-
tive and referendum method Of legis-
lation adopted by the states. The
court says this is political matter for