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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
THE son SUGGESTS.

| Something is wrong with the rural
church today, writes r. p. c. in the
| Kansas Industrialist 1t is not filling
| the needs of the times. 1t seems not
to have kept pace with other lines of
progress. The rural churches are
feeling this deficiency to an alarm
| ing degree. The church should be
the social center of the community.
There should be a spirit of actual
sociaI-christiani theoretical
Sunday only, type, such as is now
far too common, but the kind that
would enable the farmers of a COM
munity to form a cooperative associ-
alton and have a building for social
gatherings. Plant trees for a neigh
borhood grove, if there is none ready
that can be Immediately dedicated to
the purpose. Build lake where peo-
pie may battle, and have swimming
contests, where fishing parties may
assemble with the possibilities of
catching fish that are worth while,
and where boat riding may be en-
joyed.
Why not have a ball park? There
could be held various competitive
contests, which always add interest.
There appears no good reason why
country youths could not play bas-
ketball in the winter as well as others
if they had a place to play. There
would, of course, be some expense.
Some attention and considerable
work would be required; these would
take time from the farm. But that is
exactly the object: Man can not live
by bread alone
These improvements will be impos-
sible so long as the farmers insist on
doing too much talking about one an
other; entertaining feelings of jeal-
ousy to the extent of withdrawing
from any organization because a par
ticular friend did not chance to be
the choice of the majority for presi-
dent. or because those in charge de-
cided to do something in a manner
not generally approved. There must
be a feeling of trust and a spirit of
union and cooperation, else there can
not be the advance there should be
for happy country life.
If these trials were successful and
be added. A system of interchange of
speakers might be arranged, a sort of
farmers lecture course, whereby one
community would exchange speakers
with another community. These
speakers might be from different
parts of the state or from diff
ferent states. They could tell the peo-
pie just what they wanted to know
and the information would be based
on actual experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
WoNLAN,s SUFFRAGE.

In more ways than one will the cleo
ton of next November be epochal.
This is particularly true for Kansas.
Not only will the men of this common
wealth then name their choice for the
presidency of the nation; not only will
they select a new set of state officers,
including the membership of both
branches of the legislature; but they
will also be called upon to decide
whether or not they are to have the
assistance of the women in determin-
ing the results of similar elections in
the future.
Nor is the question of the adoption
of the amendment to the constitution
extending equal suffrage to women the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

least important one that is to be de-
| termined by the men of Kansas next
fail. As a matter of fact it is among
the most important. No sufficient ar
guments have been presented as yet
to controvert the fact that equal suf-
frage is right that belongs to the
women. Most of the opposition to it
is concerned with it's expediency.
And if equal suffrage is a right that
! belongs to women, as it most assuredIy
is it is right that has too long been
denied them in Kansas, where the
proud boast is ever made that all hui
mans within the confines of the state
get their just due. Justice to the
| women-that is all that giving them
the right to participate in all cleo
tions amounts to. Let the people
rule" is one of the popular slogans
with many of the politicians of the
hour. But how can the people even
so much as begin to rule if the rights
of the ballot are to be denied to half
of them-the women?
Mothers are asking for the ballot
to protect home and children. Teach
ers and feminine workers in all fields
of endeavor ask for it as wage carriers.
The church conferences have passed
resolutions in favor of suffrage for
women because they want the influ-
ence of women in politics. AS in all
other spheres their influence is for the
best. The state board of agriculture
has endorsed the cause of woman's
suffrage as have many farmers insti-
tutes. In fact, almost every worthy
element in Kansas has gone on record
as being favorable to extending to the
women their rights.
1t is up to the male voters of kan
sas to pass final judgment on this i'm
ceivable that they, or a majority of
them, will take the negative side.
Women have been permitted to par
ticipate in municipal and bond cleo.
tions in Kansas for many years. That
they have discharged their duties in
diligently and wisely in such cleo
tions must be admitted by every one.
They have demonstrated beyond per-
adventure their fitness for the ballot.
should have it in purely local affairs
than in state and national affairs? If
so, it is not patent. If the men of
Kansas deny to their sisters the right
to vote at all elections it will be no
more than a confession on their part
of their own Weakn eSSeS.
A vote for the woman's suffrage
amendment to the Kansas constitution
will be a vote for better, a cleaner,
a more righteous government of the
future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
ADVERTISING Talks
BIZ WILLIAM C. FREEMAN

Brame Hood, advertising manager OF
the Montgomery CAla.) Journal. is trying
to organize "The Southern League OF
Home Newspapers"
He is writing to publishers of newspa-
pers throughout the south. giving rea-
sons why they should all combine in this
movement He points out the fact that a.
great many newspapers throughout the
south are making daily sacrifices of busl-
ness in order TO keep their columns clean
and free from Objectionable advertise
ments.
MIR. Hood thinks an organization formed
for this purpose will bring the papers IN
closer touch one with the other: will keep
the different members informed about
undesirable accounts put on the market
and offered to publishers He thinks also
that concerted effort on their part Will
in sufficient quantities TO offset what he
calls the 'illegitimate" in advertising,
which has been thrown out of the columns
of a great many of these newspapers.
The south and southwest have taken
unusual interest in the development OF
the home newspaper idea and has a pref
ty clear conception Of what that kind OF
a newspaper ought to be.
The Southern League, as suggested by
Mr.. Hood, would be cooperative in char
acter-plans that worked out successfully
in one city could be followed in other
cities and there could be an exchange
among all the publishers of the best
methods for the elevation OF newspapers
of the south and southwest.
AS Mr.. Hood remarks at the close Of
his letter, it does one good to look around
and see how many OF the best and most
influential papers are excluding unclean
the efforts of such a strong league Of
newspapers. untold benefits will doubt
less result.
(To be continued)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFyom the chicago News.J

TFrom the Chicago News.I
No, Cordelia, not all people who pose
are models.
When some people air their knowledge
they hot air it.
1t isn't always the forward child that
comes out ahead.
The world doesn't love a lover whose
speciality is self-loVe.
The self-made man usually tries to
monopolize the spotlight.
man is seldom level headed that he
can't get a hat to fit him.
Perhaps a woman changes her mind fire.
quently to keep from wearing it out.
Some men are so stingy they won't even
tell a joke at their own expense.
Few people have will power enough to
stop talking when they have said enough.
It's far easier for a woman to get her
fortune told than it is for a man to make
his.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

People who are free with advice gen
orally pass out a poor quality.
X y
Too many piano players seem obsessed
with the idea that music is noise.
Most of the excellent prospects also
have the disagreeable habit of petering
out.
X y x
Nor is anybody fond of the limelight
when he is forced to assume the role
of 1.-The goat"
This continued cold weather is also a
boon to the man who needs a spring
suit but cannot afford to buy one. An
overcoat, like charity, covereth much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
QUAKER MEDITATToNs.

from the Philadelphia Record
Many a father yields the board of edu-
cation to make his dumb son smart
Gink-"'I like to talk to my wife over
the telephone" Dink-"So do l. She
wells so loud 1 can't make out what she's
saying
Nelle-'Maude has fallen into the habit
of telling falsehoods.' Delle-So?' nellie
yes. Even now she's lying at the
BIobbsE"Bjones has a pretty good rep
,,tation hasn't he?' Slobbs-'I should
say So why only last week he got a
whole ton of coal on credit
The Wise Guy-'You can't deny II.
women play the important roles in the
orannas of life" Yes" answered Hen
peck sadly, they all have speaking
parts"
first duty of a soldier is strict obedience
to orders You haven't been used to that,
have vou?'' ADVANTAGEOUS. that is no
Sir. You see 1 never married"
Lii of the cake counter shifted her
chewing gum to the other side. Gee. 4
wish wus married. I'd Iiketu have some
one to cheer me up when I was sick; say
when I had the mumps" Yes, said
Mag. sympatheticaily, that would be
swell"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
HU14OR or THE DAY

He-Edith going to be married? I
thought she was man-hater- She-She
still is. She's going to marry an English
Iord.-Judge.
PendaIly-Poetic license, you know
Miss Linger1ong-Do you procure II IN
the same manner as a marriage license,
Mr.. Pendally ?-Satire.
Stella-She used to wait for her shin 70
come in Bella--Now she waits for her
husband to come in.-NeW York Sun
She-I am weary Of being a bachelor
bit sick of being a spinster man.LBoston
Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
by THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

Bout time to resort to the recall .
! Old Man Winter has been on the job
| long enough.
! A Wisconsin COW has been sold for
$4,000. About the only way the pur-
chaser can get his money back is to
convert said cow into beef and retail
same at regular rates.
If Roosevelt could cash all the key
notes he has endorsed, he wouldn't
have to roll Andy Carnegie or any 9TH
er millionaire for campaign contri-
buttons
And Mr.. Carnegie has discovered
the prettiest girl in the world at Pitts
burg, although Pittsburg millionaires
nave made it a practice to import
them from Broadway.
1t is suspected that the bum who
confessed in Florida to sending bomb
to Judge Rosalslky of New York, want
ed free ride home, but he made a
mistake in his dates. The park bench
hotel is not yet open in New York.
Representative Sulloway of New
Hampshire, has declared against the
might gather that he is also a relent-
less enemy of the lawn mower.
The Chinese have at least discov-
PREVENTION. They have damaged
some Standard Oil property at Swa-
tow It's too bad the Mexicans can't
get hold of Pierp Morgans dog. BY
kicking him around a little bit, they
could be selling chilli and tamales to
ten thousand U. S. troops within ten
days.
Maybe you have observed that a
dash for liberty from a penitentiary
is never led by a bigamist with two or
more wives waiting for him outside.
Running for vice president on the
Roosevelt ticket, to our notion would
be much like holding the position of
hound dog in a family of vegetarians.
Directions for making a hit at a
banquet: Have a bad cold and refuse
to speak.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
Sofa Topi.

Our correspondent at the durbar
made mention in a recent letter of a
SOLAR helmet. A Manchester Guar
dian contributor points out that the
word has no connection whatever with
the sun. "Sola" is the Hindu and
Bengal name for the tall leguminous
swamp plant known to botanists as
aeschynoment aspera, the stems of
which furnish the pith, otherwise
spongewood, which is made up into
the helmets worn by Europeans in the
tropics. Hence ''sola topi'' is not to be
Translator verbally sun helmet"
although the confusion is natural
enough, considering how precise is the
translation in fact.-Westminste Ga
Zette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

TFrom the New York Press.1
Women like to live on faith and men
credit.
A man isn't ashamed to get raided at
a prize fight the way he is to be caught
at a reform meeting.
It's queer how girl can think any
body's rubbers will fit her, but every
body's shoes be too big for her.
A woman needs two hats SO she can
stick different flowers and plumes in
them and tell how she has seven.
You take your hopes with you on your
way to market; they are some other
mans when you are on your way home.
GLOBE SIGHTS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoALL

Is a man troubled with cornS like a
farmer because both have several
acres?
(What. Only bucks on regular
fur coat?)
Did you ever see a humble bee make
horse fly?
(Break the news to mother gently.
There's a cockroach in the soup.)
When sweethearts sit down to a
meal does the tablespoon?
(Did you hear about it? About
what? The great war. Lots of peo-
pie killed. Lots of b1oodshed. Oh,
deari)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

WI Ting Fang and other leaders of
the Chinese republican movement are
merely speaking theoretically when
they assert that there are 400. 1000. 900
democrats in China. AS a matter of
fact the great bulk of the Chinese
population have no idea at all of the
meaning of the word democracy. Nor
have they any conception of what con-
stitutes the republican form of gov
eminent that has been thrust upon
them. The rank and file of the Chi
pese are less flied for self government
than any other people. with the pos
sibIe exception of some of the wild
tribes of Africa and other remote
places students Of China and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

William Jennings Bryan has finally
come out for Champ Clark for the
Democratic presidential nomination.
At least he is going to work for Clark
in the Nebraska primaries. This stand,
however. will not prevent Mr.. Bryan
from taking the Democratic riomina-
ton himself, if the Baltimore conven-
ton is unable to make a choice
of the candidates who have their hats
in the ring at present. Not few peo-
pie are expecting this to be the result
of the deliberations of that convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

George w. Cerkins' generous con-
tribution to the Roosevelt campaign
fund is perfectly proper, of course.
But suppose any of his friends in Wall
street contributed to the Taft cam
paign fund. wouldn't howl go up
from the political purists? To the
pure, or those who think they are
pure, all things are pure; yea, even
in pOlitics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

Andrew Carnegie. the versatile, has
now located the prettiest girl in the
world. And he says she would make
a good wife, although his acquaintance
with her is limited merely to his hav-
ing seen her photograph. This seems
to be something of a snap judgment on
Andy's part. 1t doesn't necessarily
follow that a pretty girl will make a
good wife, although plenty of them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

Here's hoping that the Kaws be-
gin to get trounced good and hard in
the exhibition games they are sched-
uled to play. If they keep on win
ming these games they'll come home
to start the season with altogether
too much confidence in their abilities.
Over-confidence is almost as disas-
trous as not enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

Kate Carew. the caricaturist, is en-
titled to a place among the real phil
osophers. There are no sore spots on
her because the negligence of her hus-
band has made it necessary for her to
sue for a divorce. She has been hap
PLY married with him for twelve
years. And she thinks twelve years
of happiness is a good deal to be
thankful for in this world. So it is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
FROM OTHER PENS
WENT BEHIND THE

WENT BEHIND THE RECORD.
The supreme court of Illinois, deciding
that an appropriation for a medical
school that was added to an appropriation
bill by a conference committee is invalid
because 1t was not passed in the mode
prescribed by the constitution" may not
be as sweeping as was at first thought
Its effect on other legislation must be de-
termined by the facts shown in each case.
But wherever the decision holds 1t seems
to make extremely hazardous the practice
of saddling bills in conference committee
with riders enacting new legislation. II
certainly would be salutary to have Il IN
derstood that this way Of evading the
constitution requirements for deliberaf 9
legislation incur the penalty of having
the legislation so railroaded declared in
valid.
The decision has wider effect in its
aspect OF discarding the principle behind
which many courts have taken refuge 70
evade taking jurisdiction over trouble
some issues of this character. That Is
the dogma that the courts cannot go be-
hind the records" Under that rule the
most fragrant abuses have been perpe-
trated with impunity, such as a legis-
lative clerk securing the enactment OF a
desired measure by recording in its favor
the votes of absent members. 1t is hard
ly a secret that in some legislatures the
clerk has by this and similar devices tx
erted greater legislative power than any
member.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

1t is almost impossible for Kansans
to credit the news that any old kind
of a crop has been blighted by excess
sive heat during the past few weeks
And yet it is reported that the banana
crop on the north coast of Honduras
has been literally burned to a crisp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

conditions that prevail among its peo-
pie are almost unanimous in the opin-
ion that the new republican govern
ment which has been partially estab-
lished there is as a house of straw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

Kaiser Wilhelm probably put in an
other restless night when he heard
the news that Great Britain had just
launched its twenty-sixth dreadnought.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

Kansas has had a severe winter. No
one hereabouts will deny it. But the
tornadoes, the cyclones, the hurricanes
and other disastrous storms which
have prevailed during the past couple
of months have wrought their havoc
in other states
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

And the death lists from the min
disasters in this country continue to
make the casualties in the wars and
revolutions, that are being waged in
foreign lands. look rather picayunish
in com parison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

August Hermann, president of the
Cincinnati baseball club and also
president of the national baseball COM
mission. has retired from the political
arena. This may be due to the fact
that major league baseball has be-
come exceedingly profitable of late
years while the pecuniary profits of
politics have been begun to peter out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
BURBANKING HUMANITY.


Said a Cincinnati pastor in the courso
of a lecture on Luther Burbank:
eff seeoless fruits and thorniess plants
are the certainty of the future, why not
sinless men?"
What shall you breed for in developing
the perfect human being-physique or
mentality? What sort of physique Is
preferable and in what direction should
the mental gifts lean? Who is TO lie
chosen for the experiments and how Is
the line from generation to generation 10
be kept untainted against independence.
the impulses of love, the passing fancies
and the natural taste for upsetting deep
laid plans, on the part OF the expert
mental material2
The man or the institution that would
try to evolve the sinless man after de-
Gliding what constitutes sin today must
also make fairly accurate guess as -
what the ideas the subject would be
four of five generations hence. It would
be a woeful thing. after such experiment
has reached its climax, If the creature
evolved. though he might be a model for
this day, should be rejected as below
standard for his own period.-Toledo
Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

And the spring season, at any rate,
would seem to be an opportune time
for the making of another effort to
get ThaW out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

If the river banks of Kansas were
only as strong as it's exchange and
savings banks. no one would have to
worry nowadays about the possibility
of floods
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
A SATURDAY SERMON.

BY much slothfulness the building de-
cayeth: and through idleness of hands
the house droppeth through. Eccelesiastes
X:1S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

Bout time to resort to the recall y
Old Man Winter has been on the job
long enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

A Wisconsin COW has been sold for
$4,000 About the only way the pur-
chaser can get his money back is to
convert said cow into beef and retail
same at regular rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

If Roosevelt could cash all the key
notes he has endorsed, he wouldn' t
have to roll Andy Carnegie or any 9TH
er millionaire for campaign contri-
buttons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

And Mr.. Carnegie has discovered
the prettiest girl in the world at Pitts
burg, although Pittsburg nillionaires
have made it a practice to import
them from Broadway.
Gilpin observer., 1912-03-28

The attention of all good people
is called to the following section
from the laws of the state: That
If any saloon, bar-room, billiard hall.
bowling alley keeper or proprietor of
manager of any gambling house. house
of ill-fame, or place where obscene
plays are performed, or any place
where liquors are sold, within the
limits of the state OF Colorado. shall
permit any minor, or habitual drunk
ard. to frequent any such place.
or to drink any Intoxicating or malt
liquors except when such minor is
accompanied by either one of his
parents, or his guardian, or to engage
in or participate in any game Of
billiards. or any game, bet, or wager
with cards, or any other game of
skill CT chance whatsoever. shall be
deemed guilty CT a misdemeanor and
on conviction. shall be subject to a
fine of not less than five. nor more
than fifty dollars for the first of
fense. and for the second or any sub
sequent offense. shall. in addition to
said penalty, forfeit his license and
such license shall not be renewed for
n period of six months
Gilpin observer., 1912-03-28
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate OF Peter Flrdn. deceased.
The undersigned, having been ap-
pointed Administrator of the es-
tate of teter Flum. ate of the
County of Gilpin. and State Of
Colorado, deceased, hereby gives
notice that he will appear before the
County Court of Gupin County, at
the Court House in Central City at
the March Term. on the First Mon
day in April next, at which time all
persons having claims against said
Estate are notified and requested to
attend for the puspose of having the
same adjusted. All persons indebted
to said Estate are requested to make
immediate payment to the undersign-
ed.
Dated ct Central City. Colo. this
Goth day of March, A. D. 1912.
HENRY BOELLE1T.
Administrators.
First pub Mar. %: Last Apr. IS. 1919