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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
I'D TERTLSLNG Talks

Mr.. Robert c. Ogden was given a din
ner by the Sphinx club recently. and the
Sphinx club was more honored by Mr..
Ogden's acceptance OF the compliment
than was Mr.. Ogden by its tender.
Mr. Ogden is the ideal man in every re-
spect, and when he was engaged IN
business he was the straightest. squared
kind of a merchant always.
The man who lied TO Mr.. ogden never
got anywhere in the organization rFo
would stand Tor blunders because every
body makes mistakes, but he would not
excuse deception of any kind.
There never has been in business history
a man with higher ideals or n man who
had more courage to carry them out.
VIII never forget my first interview
with Mr.. Ogden many years ago
knew, instinctively. that the thing for
me TO do was TO state my case IN the
most direct way and 70 put all or tbs
cards on the table. 7 did so I'm a rather
laundering manner, I am afraid
] went 10 see him about an increase N
rate and got II because 7 told him TIA
trlith-gave him facts and nothing else
Years afterward when ne came 10 New,
York he gave me contract for siOoOo0 a
year for three consecutive years for the
paper I then represented.
1t was fortunate for me that I met Mr..
Ogden so early in my advertising career.
His advice and his example were inrpir-
ing 1t was from his experiences I learned
advertising.
Mr. Ogden many times wrote advertise
menus ana Wheu ne 0ld the people knew
IT. They reflected the man. They inspired
confidence Immediately. No cxarecra
tons or falsehoods ever went into his adj
vertising COPY.
For more than quarter OF n century
have known Mr.. Ogden. All OF this TINA
he has steadily fought for and practiced
business integrity. To his influence can
be very largely attributed the present
day high standards Of business practice
Mems work lives with them and spreads
its influence, II It be good work and III
lives. too, long after they have retired
from business and long after they are
through here.
Mr. Ogden is a living example OF the
success that comes to men who practice
honestly and live honorabiy
CTo be continucd)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
SAYS UNCLE CIV

If you can not train yourself to
think four moves ahead of the game
| there's nothin for you in modern
/ business. The old game was com
paratively simple. being mostly a mat
ter of hustle. Today it's a matter of
organization-org from the
least field or mine or forest that pro-
duces the raw material to the little
selling agency in the utrermost island
of the sea. It's a problem of reducing
the cost of production and the cost
of selling; of fixing prices and keep
ing the government and your rivals
from smashing the schedules.
The day of unrestricted competition
is gone. When Andrew Carnegie told
the congressional steel trust commit
tee that the other day he spoke only
what every business man knows to be
the truth. The Humpty Dumpty of
old business methods and old business
legislation has been smashed to
smithereens by the men who think
four moves ahead, and all the presi-
dents and supreme courts and attor-
neys general and congressional inves-
tigating committees from now till
doomsday can not put it together
again. The Sherman law is a dead
letter and it can't be amended into
life. The day of the an-at-arms in
business is gone and the day of the
general is here.
It won't do you and me any good to
howl about trusts, hard times high
cost of living and restricted oppor-
tunftles. Perhaps you are getting the
worst of it-and perhaps you deserve
1t. Whether you do or not don't sit
down to wait for legislation to cure
the ills from which you suffer and to
put you in the forefront of the bust
ness world Legislation may cure
some of your ills, but it won't put you
on top We may make laws until our
statute books pile up to the moon, but
wi Il h. 4
ton that keeps the big man up and
the little man down. You can't keep
the strong man from dominating any
more than you can keep water from
running down hill.
Quit worrying about getting the
worst of it. The weak man always
gets the worst of it-more or less
although the time is coming when his
very weakness will be his protection.
If you don't like what the man above
you does, your only remedy is to be-
come stronger than he. This modern
business struggle is not exactly a gen
tleman's game-for which we may not
be altogether ungrateful-and there
are no white chips in 1t. Mighty ma
lures are struggling for mighty prizes,
and If you don't want to be crushed
in the merry mixup you've got to
equip yourself to take your own part
You've got to be strong-you've got
to think four moves ahead of the
game Time was when the strong
man went out with a battleaxe and
Glove the skull of his rival. Today he
sends forth an idea and sweeps his
rivals business from the land and sea. |
You've got good, twentieth century
Your forefather of the battleaxe He
had first to be strong physically.
You've got q godd. tewentieth century
brain and all you've got to do is to use
it. You've got to quit your bowling
and think, think think. And that's ali
there is In your Copyright, !
1912, by W. E. Williams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
KANSAS CO4AEFT
THE POOR MANS CLUB.


Many a man has done well financially
on the theory that the saloon Is tho
poor mans club. BY catering to that
class, good mixer with credit at the
brewery and some mahogany fixtures
has been known TO amass a small for
tune, diamond shirt studs, and a large
paunch before kidney trouble got him.
incidentally. he kept his clientele poor.
II some were not poor I'm the beginning.
he made them Door. that they might
better appreciate the home-like SAT-
roundings OF his poor mans club. while
the folks at home didn't do very well.
Ihis saloon theory as a social center
for the proletariat is not new to tho
saloon, its keeper and hangers-on. and
the results are pretty generally tho
same: bad.
But it remains for the Socialist party
70 indorse the idea in a political plat
FORM. as they havs done in Milwaukee
Frattling as the party OF the oppressed
ana own-trodden, the Socialists there
declare that they don't propose to see
the Few pleasures now available 10 the
Poor eliminated Therefore they are
strong Tor the saloon. and should poll
heaVy vote among the bar boys. Pos
sloiy the idea win be popular In Mil
Waukee, made famous by the suds IL
sells.
Nor is it so strange that the Socialist
party should be the one to spring it.
over the cup which cheers and cheats,
nave Deen sprung many of the notions
u SOCIALISM; much of the notion that
the poor man has no chance in this
caPitahstic cline. Nor has he much u
a chance as long as he frequents this
poor mans club. It will make him Door
and Keep him poor; IL will nIch HIS
purse his health and his ambition. not
TO mention morals. and other assets on
which success is builded Possibly. tho
Iich man can AFFORD a nip now ana
then, although he takes IL at the risk Of
nSaIt1 and wealth. but the poor man
VINO depends on his own efforts entirely
and IN no sense on safe investments.
puts in a path that's rough at best an
unsurmountable obstacle when he
makes the free lunch his favorite So
cial function.
All this without wishing to denv the
poor man a pleasure which may he
his due He should have, and in most
cities has, pretty public parks. cheap
theatres. gymnasiums. libraries con-
certs, and many other pleasures worth
while; true recreation which shall help
MIN overcome poverty or make IL
quite bearable. The poor mans club
will never help him on his way
Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
FROM OTHER PENS
EXPLOITATION OF PERsTA.

a consideration underlying the ag-
gressive Russian policy in Persia which
must not be overlooked is the desire OF
the government at st. Petersburg to
connect the railways OF Russia and IN
dia by means of a line through Persia
The plans for this enterprise are al
ready far advanced. the financing OF II
being in the hands OF group OF
British. French and russian bankers.
The preliminary surveys have been
made by Russian engineers with results
satisfying to the projectors. The fact
that British capital is to be n factor IN
the work Is but one OF many circurn-
stances accounting for the understand
ing between Great Britain and Rfrsrfn
relative to Persian affairs. The railroad
scheme is part and parcel of a broad
design of exploitation in which mani
testify the two nations are equally con-
cerned. Persia's chances Of resisting
the tremendous pressure thus brought
to bear upon her and proceeding to
utilize her own resources on her own
account as she purposed doing when
the services OF W. Morgan Shuster were
called into requisition are, Of course.
not worth discussing Wherever there
is any question OF developing plans
promising profit to British and Russian
promoters, Persia's desires and de-
mands may be regarded as a negligible
quantlty.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

performed. In fact so crude is the
work of the actors sometimes that the
finest Of plays fails fiat. The "p-ovin-
GALS have been up against this gold
brick game for some years now. May
be they are firing of it. 1t is a condi-
ton for which the local managers are
in no way to blame. 1t has proven
pretty costly this year to many of
them, who have actually had a hard
time to pay rent or earn a small divf-
dend on their investment. They have
to take what the producing managers
offer or keep their theaters closed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
MIRRORING THE SCHOOLS.

! Mr.. c. G. Starr. the new city superin-
| tendent of schools, has already made
/ considerable Roadway in getting the
public school system out of the ruts
! into which it had fallen. His job was
a difficult one. A school system is an
unwieldly thing to move in any direc-
ton, once it gets set in its way. But
the successes already achieved by Mr.
| Starr, give evidence that no mistake
was made by the school authorities
when they called him to the most oner-
Gus and responsible of all the city's
offices.
For the last few years the complaints
have been general that graduates of
city grammar and high schools have
been woefuIy deficient in the art of
spelling It's only few people who
have an idea that spelling does not
amount to much As a matter of fact
it is one of the bases on which a SER
viceable education must be built And
most persons are likely to laugh at the
pretensions of youngsters to having
any sort of an education worth while,
unless they are reasonably good spell
ers. 1t is one of the gauges by which
the public has ever been accustomed
to measure the competency of the
schools where the children get their
primary educations.
Topeka's schools of late years have
been as open to the charge of turning
out weak spoilers as have any of the
schools in other parts of the country
But this reputation, it appears, will
soon be a thing of the past. Mr. Starr
has already done wonders in the way
of bringing about spelling reforms.
Il Ill of F1a a IF
words read off every day to several of
the classes in each of the grade
schools. And the interest that the
pupils take in spelling these words
or learning how to spell them as real
" surprising. Then he esta blished a
much-needed spelling course in the
high school. This has proved so pop
ular that it is almost impossible to &C
commo date all of the high school pu-
pills who desire to embrace its adyan-
tages.
All of this goes to show. that be-
cause the children of Topeka came
out of the schools in times past sub |
ject to the charge of being poor spell |
ers. it was not their fault. Rather
was it the fault of the educational sys-
tenn. The children in the schools are
willing to become good spoilers if the |
are afforded them.
And this action that Mr.. Starr has
taken to revivify spelling in the
schools is all the indication needed
that he appreciates the need of re-
the school system along
more serviceable lines. He has given
further evidence Of this in the estab-
Iishment of the industrial courses. The
success he has obtained in this little
matter of spelling is almost guaran-
tee that the other efforts he is sure
to make to better the public school
system will be equally fruitful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A mans reputation is seldom what
he thinks it should be.
X
There wouldn't be so many towards
in the world if bravery was always re-
warded.
It would also seem that few people
have any intention of keeping the
promises they make.
e 4 u
To hold converse with some women
it is necessary to be impolite to the
extent of interrupting them.
=
In the re-making of their husbands
it's apparent that not a few wives have
been guilty of serious mistakes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
= POOR THEATRICAL SEASON,

1 Ranorts from all over the country IN
dictate that the theatrical season OF
1911-1912 has been a poor one, and es-
neciaIv for the road companies, which
tour the provinces" So many theatri-
cal aggregations of this sort have run
IN against the stone wall of small pat
ronage that thousands of actors are
said to be out Of work in the centers
where thew congregate. Topekans
must have a good idea that such con-
ditions exist because they know that
theatrical attractions have been few
and far between in this locality this
season. And the local theatrical man
agement has had reason to feel that
some of the shows which have come
this vay have not been patronized as
they should have been.
This latter complaint has been pretty
general the country-over. and it has
been coupled with wonder as to why
the present theatrical season has been
such a poor one. If any general bust
ness depression has existed throughout
the land. it has not been of sufficient
proportions to put the theatergoing
public in such financial straits that
thew could not afford the price of
theater tickets except on rare occa-
sions And besides, if there has been
ANYTHING of a business depression, It
has not been out here lin the pro-
vinces" of the great central west, for
several years a field from which the
producing managers have reaped Il
profitable harvest The local theatrical
managers know that times have not
been so poor in their neighborhoods as
to make it necessary for folk to deny
themselves the pleasures Of the theater.
Hence. their quandary as to why the
season has been such a poor one.
Perhaps the cause is to be found in
a wising-up on the part of the people
of the provinces concerning matters
theatrical, and reluctance on their
part to be buncoed any longer by the
producing managers. the big guns of
Chicago and New York. 1t has been
the habit of these men during the past
few years, those in the so-caIled
theatrical trust" and those who have
claimed to be fighting 1t, to devote
most of their energies for the proper
production of the best in thaatricals to
the larger cities of the country They
keep most of the theatrical stars busy
jumping from one play to another In
the big cities. Then when something
real in the way of a play is developed
it is in for a seasons run in New York,
number of weeks in Boston, Phila-
deIphia, Washington, and another
seasons run with the original company
in Chicago Or maybe the order is re-
versed, with Chicago as a starting
point. After the first year, this play Is
started out in the provinces with
rather mediocre companies and the
same kind of settings. There is a fan
fare of trumpets on the part of the
press agents. The success Of the play
on its native and neighboring heaths is
exploited to a fare-you-wen- But the
folk in the ''provinces'' see nothing
more than an interesting play poorly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
HUAOR or THE DIP

Mother-Bobbie hear YOU were a. ~.
foot of the class last week Bobbie--Tf
wasn't my fault mamma Harold Brown
who's always at the foot, was sick al
home.-Exchange.
What do you find so attractive abo,t
the game OF chess, Ituggles7' The men
tai stimulus. OF course: the erhiisr.tt..
It affords the irtellect.' That's v,,bst =
thought. its charme exists only IN Sroar
mind. Chicago Tribune.
Motormaniac-What do you think is ~
most difficult thing for a beginner r. ias -.
ABOUT an autouobilc2 Frankenete In ~.
keep rom talieis-g about II all the tirna--
Toledo Blade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
FFron the New York Press.1

IFTom the New York Press
A really brave man always forgets to
mention it.
The man who gets his best fun out of
his work is seldom failure at it.
Dollars become pennies trying to pay
your bills and double eagles running into
debt.
The reason a woman can write sucn
long letters is she hasn't anything to put
in them.
A man can be so pleased with himself
for being too smart to go into an invest
ment that he can speculate with It
The more excuses people can make fer
not doing things the further away they
can get from ever being able to do them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
DAFFYDHS

When the steamer Chester gets
stuck in the mud of the Missouri river
where does its cargo?
CAye, aye. captain. A little grog
might help some.)
When a visiting player makes a.
home run does the baseball?
CtSnow, snow, beautiful snow" To
the mad house for him.
If skirmishing is painful how does
the battlefield?
(Let him up. he's all cut)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
TFrom the Chicago News.J


There's no fool like a. bold fool.
Most men are fortune hunters. but few
are good shots.
Many a high flyer has no knowledge OF
aerial navigation
The microbe of love IS often destroyed
by the germ of suspicion.
Fewer people would jump at conclusions
if they could see their finish.
He is brave man who will face the
parson with a short haired woman
Probably more women would take mems
advice If trading stamps went with It,
Hope is a good thing to have but YOU
can't hang it UP with the three ball mer-
chant.
We often wonder what lawyers would
do for a living If there actually was a
fool killer.
Many things may come to the man who
waits. but better things come to the chap
who waits on himself
The better half of the family never
knows quite much about how the 9TH
er half lives as she would like to know.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

ones, to do as fine execution as did
their historic model And hands equal
~ competent to Bakers are not num-
erous either among his teammates or
among all the players in the major
leagues. It's not the bat that knocks
out home runs and other hits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

Wise men will make adequate pre-
paratiors for considerably more cold
weather. Tho atmospheric professors at
Washington have issued a general fore
cast for the country to the effect that
there won't be any severe weather to
speak of during the balance of the win
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

In order to qualify for a certificate
of graduation from the numbering
course of the University of Minnesota.
the students have to put in six weeks
actual work in q lumber camp. And
IN all likelihood their hardest task In
this field is to get along satisfactorily
on a diet of beans, three times a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

Iowa is entitled to most honorable
mention for having sent a clairvoyant
to the penitentiary for seven years for
obtaining money under false pretenses.
1t ought not to be difficult to press
successfully a similar charge against
every clairvoyant in the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

As was to have been expected, Kube-
lik's recent announcement that he in
tended to give up his public career Of
setting-rich-quiclx through the medium
OF his famous fiddling so that he could
devote all Of his time to his home and
his family has already been amended
to the extent that his retirement will
permit him TO give at least 80 concerts
a year Only in fiction has the man
developed who will run away from a
mother lodge Of gold, ali his own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

Evidently the Democrats of Kansas
are about to put on as merry a political
scrap as has ever been seen here.
Henderson Martin, chairman of the
Democratic state committee. saws he
believes his brethren viii send A solid
Wilson delegation to the Baltimore
convention. Other equally prominent
Democrats are just as sure that Speaker
Clark will knock down this persin-
mon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

One Of the political wiseacres of Smith
Center is quoted as saying that Presi-
dent Taft las the general support Of
the farming class in that vicinity, and
that the same class will support Mr..
Capper for the Kansas governorshfp.
Mr. Capper has declared for Roosevelt.
Such are the incongruities Of politics
In Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

Colonel w P. Evans has been placed
on the retired list of the army, despite
vigorous protests On his part. Colonel
Evans attitude Will strike most men
as being unusual. On the retired list
he receives three-fourths of a colonel $
pay for tbs rest OF his life. And all
that he has to do on the morrow and
each succeeding one is to draw his
breath and his pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nor are the people likely to lose sight
of the fact that most of the prominent
Roosevelt boomers have large political
axes OF their own to grind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

Eaker. one Of the great ball players
with the philadelphia Athletics, has put
IN ar order for y bats just like the
one he used in clOuting out those home
runs which played such a considera BILE
part in the defeat of the New York
Giants last fall in the worlds cham
pionship series. However, if these Il
bats are just as good as Bakers favor
tie stick they will need to be in Bak-
er's hands. or in equaIly competent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

So many new mediums are being
found for the carrying of disease
germs that not a few people are apt
to worry themselves sick in their eff
forts to dodge said diseases. The
latest contention is that unlocked
fruits and vegetables are excellent
agents to spread typhoid fever around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

It is also a noticeable fact that the
people who have not millions of dol
lars would spend most of them for the
poor, If they had them. while the peo-
pie who have coin in such bulk have
decidedly different ideas in the pre-
mi<eA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

President Taft has undoubtedly be-
come convinced by this time that the
selection OF a supreme court justice
who viii be satisfactory to everybody is
an impossibtiity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

Joe Folk finally saw the handwriting
on the wall and has retired gracefully
from the contest for the Democratic
presidential nonination. Mr.. Folk is
probably the only one who took his
candidacy seriously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

Justice may travel slowly but it ap-
pears to be getting there. They are
hning street railway companies in one
or two places in the land for falling to
keep cars properly heated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13

Frankfort, Kan