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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
EVENING CHAT
By RUTH CAMERON.

! One of the prettiest touches 1 have
ever seen in a guest room was in a
new brides home In the folds of the
big puff on her guest bed were tucked
a dainty pair of negligee slippers. This
little personal touch seemed to treble
the charm of the whole room.
In another home the house mother
always keep a few books and magazines
on a little reading table by the guest 8
bed.
In still another home. If the guest be
, a close friend or relative and is .
stay any length of time, the hostess
makes a pJints of hunting UP all the
pictures she POSSESSES of her guest 5
family and friends, and putting them
on the visitors dresser.
1t is cordial, comforta BILE little touch
es ike these, which give guest room
more distinction than any formal per-
lection possibly could.
A worcan who shops much and being
absent MINDED, IS continually mislay
ing her muff, Tag, or umbrella, or los
ing one of her parcels, has nit upon
| this expedient for stopping the leak
It doesn't do me any good" she says,
ito look over my bundles and see l. 1
have them all. I'm sure to forget that
way. So 1 count them, reckoning in
my umbrella, bag and nluff, and every
time I make a move from one shop t.
1 count them again. Then IL the count
tallies, know I'm all night and don't
have to try to remember what's in each
bundle, and If I've got this or that"
To anyone else as absent-Tninded rs
she, if there be such unfortunate folks.
the lady wishes to recommend her
method.
I want to tell you about a unique and
interesting wedding present. which
February bride received from her faith
er. Although this gift was probably
the least beautiful of all the articles
cluster of guests about it all the time
at the wedding reception.
The gift was a small oak tool chest.
about two feet by three and built to
hang on the kitchen wall. 1t contain
ed every tool which any household
exigency could possibly call for-ham-
ners, saws, screw drivers, avis and
many other tools. with which am not
familiar. were there. Tacxs, screws.
and nails of all sizes were provided IN
little drawers at the bottom of the
chest.
found themselves literally provided
with French clocks and cut glass dishes
for every possible article Of food but
without a hammer and screw driver
with which to uncrate their goods and
put down their carpets, viii appreciate
The value of such a gift
Indeed, the lack of household tools
is not confined to newly married folks.
know one couple who nave been mar
ried six years and vet do not own
screw driver ard have to borrow one
when need Of that article arises
Ry the way, we have had linen show-
ers, kitchen showers, stocking show
ers. bag showers and many other va
l.ieties which / can't recall lust nnw-
But / never did hear of tool shower.
Now why wouldn't that be an interest
ing and novel function for the girl WHO
likes to do original things to give her
enea ged friend
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

If hack driver is a gossip, he often
has something to work on.
There are some subjects that only
toughs and reformers discuss.
A crouch is one of the few things that
gain strength with old age.
Lots of people are anxious to tell you
how but not many will help you do 1t.
z Patience is sometimes used where an
elm club would get better results
Judges are pretty smart men, but they
can't please both sides in the case.
Men have many common faults but not
many of them stay at home too much.
Quite a good many speak of fair play
when they are looking for the best of it.
A man should quit dancing when he be-
gins to figure the mileage of such a per-
Torrance.
When vote is unanimous, it shows it
wasn't used to determine anything of
much Importance.
Women always know the stores that
charge the highest prices, and many of
them trade there a good deal.
When man is his own worst enemy,
he is pretty apt to lose the rest of his
friends a little later on
A man hasn't very good appetite IN
less he feels the Importance of eating
supper before attending a banquet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
QUAKER MEDTATToNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

[FNrom the Philadelphia Record
Can a man curse his luck who has
never had any2
Publicity consists of being either toast
ed roasted.
Even the brokers' sins are not always
the sins of commission.
{ You never strike a man favorabIv il
you hit him when he's down.
The one thing that can go I'D without
costing any more is an umbrella.
About one man in Thousand ever sue
ceeds in catching up with that promising
future.
The matches made in heaven are surely
not of the old fashioned birthstone
variety.
Even with the aid of inde1bie ink a
poet can't be assured that he is writing
for posterity.
Hoax-''The Thermometer was down to
zero this morning" Joax-''Zero, Ell?
That's nothing
Was there ever boy who didn't sigh
for the time when he could join a band
and play the big bass drum2
He-''Wfn you marry me2s She-.sSup-
pose you ask Mamma He-.'But I don
want to be your stepfatherSs'
Money makes the mare co.. quoted
the Wise Guy yes, and you can't get
gasoline for nothing. either added tbs
Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
HUAOR or THE Day

Hercules had finished his twelve laborr
MY complete works." he exclaimed. fan
ming himself with door from the Augean
stables. Subsequently the historians. tax
ing advantage OF his ignorance OF the
copyright law. published them IN COLLECTED
form observation-disclosures Tribune.
Mrs. Wayupp-They say she married.
her last husband for religious reasor~
Mrs. Blase-His pew was In a more faen-
ionable church than her other husband 4.
Puck.
Mrs. BroWn-I'm thinking OF GIVING ~.
using fresh milk-I read an article Ar, f,c
paper saying all kinds OF Infection car -
got from it. The Milkman-Don'f vsor,-,,
madam: our water is always wen boiled
first--Sketch.
7 want you to know that our people
used to have money 7 accent 49,
as an indication that some OF ffer, 49, --
used TO have brains."-Detroif 49,.
Press @ree
Friend-What about the rent ~ i, ,,,.-
IKE thisI I suppose the landlord 4 - y
Tot for III Hardup-Yes, rather ~. =
always asking for it--London Oninto,,
John writes that he holds IN. .
IN college for heavy lifting. dad 49,,
mat inner Surei He can come ~ -
ana try Z on the mortgage. '-Cornine' W
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Fame doesn't often come to those
who seek it.
People who pay as they go are well
come everywhere
y X
Most of the poor folk probably hold
the opinion that the rich magnify
their troubles.
In after years, the baby girls born
on the twenty ninth of this month will
consider that happening most fortu-
nate.
Men are intensely interested in the
feminine fashion that decree for waists
and dresses to be buttoned in the
front.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.I

IFrom the Chicago News.J
Fortune favors the brave who hustle
Successful men have Wills; those who
fail have wishes
An unsatisfactory husband may make a
satisfactory widower-
And many a man who started with cold
feet has made a hot finish.
A girl has reached the marriageable age
when the right chap asks her.
1t doesn't take much of joke to make
a man laugh-When he is telling It,
Fate seems to have picked out some
men to be punching bags and some to be
door mats.
When 1t comes to getting something for
for nothing, his satanic majesty is at
the top of the heap.
An old bachelor says it is time for
man 20 think OF marrying when Re hasn't
anything else to worry him
Breathes there man with soul 50 dead
who never to- himself has said: How
much easier could bear my neighbors
burden than my ownF'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
THE KANSAS DENIoCRArs-

| They're a substantial crowd. Tope-
/ ka is thereby honored in being the
scene of their annual Iove-feast. That
the one of tonight will be among the
most enthusiastic Democratic gather
| ings that Kansas has ever seen. is al
ready apparent. The number of the
faithful who have come from all sec
lions of the state is large All of
them are fairly bubbling over with
optimism And then, the banquet is
to be distinguished by the presence
of Governor Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey. one of the most proninent of
the candidates for the highest honor
that a political party of these United
States has the power to bestow.
Optimism and Kansas Democracy
are almost synonymous terms. 1t has
been a long time since the Democrats
of this state have tasted of the fruits
of victory to any considerable extent.
1t has been just as long since they
and their brethren the country over
have been successful in the national
political arena. Encouragement. how
ever, has never clouded their brows-
After every defeat they bob up srni1-
ing. They grid their 1oins a little
tighter for the next battle. They rush
into it singing loud peans of hope
They don't realize the possibility of
defeat until the votes have been count
ed on election night. And when it has
come they slap each other on the back
and put out the words of encourage
ment: Better luck next time
Such a spirit of never-say-die is GER
tain to win out some day. And it is
impossible to find a Democrat in KAN
sas who does not believe that the day of
a great victory for his party is near at
hand. They point to the house divided
in the Republican party and chortle
with glee. They direct attention to
the two unusual eggs in their basket,
Democratic members of the house Of
representatives from the Second and
the Seventh congressional districts of
Kansas. an almost unheard of occur
renee. They point to the much excel
lent presidential timber that has crop
ped up in their forest. They feel that
almost any one of their several candi-
dates for the presidency is capable of
defeating any one that the Repubi-
cans may name. They are just as con
fdent that they will win out with any
state ticket thai they may name. In
deed, their prospects, as they see them,
were never roster.
And that the Democrats are of mind
to fight hard to make their dreams
come true is plainly apparent. They're
good fighters, too. They fight as fair
as they fight hard. In Kansas at any
rate, their cry is for a clean govern
ment, and enforcement of all the laws
with fear and favor to none. No one
in Kansas would have anything to
fear that the affairs of state would not be
properly handled if the Democrats
should gain the upper hand. And this
much is also certain. If the Democrats
the country over were moulded in the
some form as are those of Kansas, if
their ideas were as sober and sane,
if they were disposed to play the pc
litical game as fairly, even the most
partisan of Republicans would have to
admit that there would be nothing to
fear for the country or the stability of
it's government, should the Democrats
win a national victory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

If Harry Kemp did not personally
write the stories for the New York
newspapers about his final break with
Mrs. Sinclair, which was brought about
through a telephone communication,
he had a numl - of reporters for guests
while it was going on and they must
have had telephone receivers to their
ears, cut in on the same wire over
which Kemp and his erstwhile affinity
were doing their talking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

already put their respective depart
Inents on better than q self-sustaIning
basis. Mr.. Taft has plans worked out
in detail that would undoubtedly make
monumental savings in the expenses OF
conducting the government, If he is
given the chance to put them in opera
ton. And for the most part, nothing
more than casual mention has been
made of his worthy efforts in this direc-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

son of Wisconsin. This report holds
that Uncle Ike is not entitled to his
seat. It strikes the minority OF the
committee as impossible that more
than 100000 could be expended 1egi-
tinately in a senatorial campaign.
Probably that's the way it strikes
most people. But you can't convict
man Of wrong-doing merely on opin-
ions and surmises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

Insanity is on the decrease in Kan
sas- And the superintendent of the
state hospitals believe that the rigid
enforcement of the prohibitory law dur
ing the past few years is responsible
for this desirable change. This conten-
ton is most reasonable. A large per-
centage Of the insane people in the
states licensing liquor are the victims
of excessive indulgence in alcoholic IL
quers. history of their cases proves
this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoALL..

If sadie fell into the coal bin would
a feather buster?
(Pass me a toothpick, please. That
sour was stringy.)
If a mermaid is a woman is a fish
erman?
(Heave out the anchor. lads. This
Is where we make a fanding-)
If a hope is hard is the wishbone
CAS- Mcnamara says: If you can't
be original, copy some guy who isl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

1t will have to be admitted that the
dyed-in- the-wooI socialists are fighters
for principles. They are talking of
running Job Hartman as their candi-
date for president. Mr.. Hartman was
recently defeated overwhelmingly in a
mayoralty campaign in Los Angeles.
Fighters for principles are the only
ones who stick up for candidates that
are politically dead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

TFrom the New York Press-l
The argument that a man Will never
end is the one he ought never to have
4 man thinks a public office is the pub
lies till he gets in it. when it's his pri-
vate property.
The more there is to try to solve in this
world the more some people want to solve
what's in the next
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

Scions of four wealthy eastern fani-
lies are attempting to relieve the mo-
notony by working their way around the
world. They might employ their time
and energies to much better advantage.
Still they are to be commended for do
ing something besides Ioafing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

Nothing finer in. the way of tes-
timonial to American surgery could
be imagined than the intention of Sir
Bertrand Dawson. of London, ply
stefan to King George, to spend sew
eral months here in the pursuit Of
surgical studies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
THE FAMILY TREE.

THE FAMILY TREE.
A brand-new family tree adorns
The home Of Croesus Pickles:
With tales Of titled ancestors
His fawning friends he tickIes.
To all the world that tree proclaius
Descent from lord and lady.
BetWlxt the branches and the ground
OF course it's rather shady.
Josephine Coan, in Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

There seems to be no let up to the
Increased cost of living, and having the
things one desires. An "old master
recently sold at auction in Germany
for s147, 500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

A san Francisco surgeon successful
" performed cn himself the preliminary
4ncisions incident to an operation for
the removal Of his appendix. This
suggests the possibility of surgeons
doing lot of their practicing on their
rv-n t,odie9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES:

Surely there is no one now who will
rise and say that the grounding is not
entitled to the premiership among the
weather prognosticators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

No wonder athletics receive such
vigorous support among the colleges
in the east Harvard statisticians
present figures to show that success
on the athletic field is always followed
bv an Increased college attendance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

Although the reports of the trial of
the Bath Tub trust have been silent
on the point, it is fair to assume that
evidence has been presented to show
considerable water in the concerns
stock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

If as much care was always taken
In the selection of members of the
judiciary as President Taft pursues.
the few supporters of the recall for
judges wouldn't have the weakest kind
of q leg to stand on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

Glittering generaIities also prevail
in the report of the minority of the
committee which investigated the cleo
ton Of United states Senator Stephen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
FROM OTHER PENS
HANDs OFF MEXICO.

Nervous politicians who are not salts
fled with President Taft are expressing a
fear that he may populartze himself by
engaging ia a war with Mexico Such
people have very little appreciation Of
present national sentiment II they regard
an unprovoked foreign war as being any
longer a popular undertaking. War Is Of
ten excused and sometimes commended
when IT is undertaken to promote just
cause; but public sentiment is slowly
changing even in that respect. More peo-
pie are realizing every year that a war
means a sacrifice Of lives and an increase
of taxation for an indefinite period Uncle
Sam has some reputation as a fighter and
more recently as g peacemaker- The ma
jority of people are quite as proud OF
the new reputation as they are OF the
older one, and, remembering the wrongs
we have inflicted upon Mexico in the past
many hold that we should be slow TO in
flict new wrongs. We could gain no credit
81 an nv buIlvfnR a weak mower like
Mexico but we might command the ad-
miration of the world by playing the part
of a kind, considerable and unselfish
neighbor in lending our influence toward
the restoration OF order.-Detroit News.
.
A LEGA LTENDER DECISION
over in the state OF Ohio street car
conductor refused to accept 49, mutilated
nickel from a boy passenger The boy
had no other money and was elected
from the car. He sued for damages and
was awarded $1,000. The case was APP
pealed toathe Ohio supreme court, where
it has been affirmed.
opinion OF the supreme court on the
question of the mutilated nickel The
court holds that a coin issued by au-
thority Of law to circulate az money 10
not deprived OF it's legal-tender quality
by being worn In the process OF
nor when bruised or cracked
so long as II Is not appreciabiy dfnin-
ished in weight and retains the evidence
of its being genuine coinage
Under this decision pretty much any
sort of a worn or battered coin will be
legal tender in the state OF Ohio, so long
as IL doesn't happen to have a hole ia
it, At the same time It probably would
be we'll enough not to try to work or a
nickel in a street car unless
the slot system is available The chances
are that not many Of the conductors win
have read the supreme court opinion and
therefore, will not be influenced by IL IN
their judgment to what is OF Is not
good and lawful money.-Louisviile Cour-
ier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

-'Insurgent" Republicans will be sure
to insist that the big demonstration OF
Republicans at Milwaukee the other
night in favcr Of the denomination Of
Mr. Taft is of no more political sig
ni1icance than was the similar demon
stration at rhe Kansas Day club ban-
quet- But a like demonstration for La
Toilette in Wisconsin would have been
construed by the 'insurgents'' as con-
elusive evidence that there wasn't an
anti-LaFvnette man in theswhoie state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

Golfers Weekly has been doing it's
best to create the impression that Will
liam R. Hearst is a candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomination
Mr.. Hearst seems to have effectively
knocked into a cooked hat the efforts
OF Golfers in the premises by the teie-
gram to his friends in California in
which he expresses the belief that
Champ Clark is the logical Democratic
candidate for the presidency and is en-
titled TO the support Of the Democratic
voters of California and every other
state in the Union.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-07-25
AN TEST

In the call for the trird party con-
v~ention held at Reno Tuesday, the
test of eligibility to membership in
that organization was stated to be -
am a Progressive In the light of
recent developments in the third party
movement, this would seem to be incor-
rect, and should have been changed to,
II am for Roosevelt
Just why a convention should be
held in Chicago on August 5 is not
apparent. Surely not for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for presi-
dent, for Col. Roosevelt has already
been nominated; not for framing and
adopting a platform, for the platform
has already been written and adopted
by Col. Roosevelt.
The longer this third party farce
continues, the more apparent becomes
the insincerity and inconsistency OF
the leaders of the movement. They
Justify their course in boiling the chi
cago convention for the alleged reason
that it did not represent the voice OF
the people. But in their third party
movement the people have absolutely
nothing to say in the matter. Uules'
they are for Roosevelt they are in
eligible to membership.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-07-25

wINNEMUCCA LODGE NO. 1853,
FRATERNAL BROTHERHOOD
Regular meetings first and third
Tuesdays Of each month. All visit.
ins members in good standing ar.
invited to attend.
MRS. NELLIE LAMB, Pres.
II. o. ROLLINS, Secy.