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says UNCLE GAY

The measure of success is not what
you get for it. but what you do. AL
material rewards are more or less I'M
certain and financial genius is the
godchlld of the least favored of tine
muses.. The biggest work OF the world
mas been paid for in the faith that
1t would make the earth a better place
10 I'VE. It's the little fellow, after
all, who puts a fence around his
genius and takes the money at the
gate.
Small people give this principle the
lie and die worrying over the dead
certainty that the lawyers viii get
most OF what they have accumulated.
Money is a mighty handy tool, there
fore put money in thy purse, but IL
are n1nety-nine to hundred that you'll
miss the privilege of doing something
immortal.
The names of few rich men outlive
their generations, and then only be-
cause they have extraordinary means
of attracting the attention Of pub
Hcity experts, mfsnamed biographers
and historians. The chances are that
the wisdom of Solomon consisted
principally in the ability to pick out
a good press agent Men who cannot
buy publicity must deserve it-fame is
constantly hunting for the obscure live
Wire. Merit under a bushel tickIes
her fancy and that of her servant, the
newspaper reporter, and she is tic
blame neither for the bushel nor for
bad eyesight.
But fame, after all, is the least re-
ward for real work Work is it's own
reward. a thing absolute. being also
its own reason for existing. To have
lived and wrought acceptably is the
great privilege of life, for 1t is the
happiest synonym for happiness
Copyright, 1872 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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Father Huntington.

In the July American Magazine ap-
pears sketch of Father Huntington
who founded in New York city an Or
| der of monks in the Episcopalian
| church, SO that fiery workers like him
self may consecrate themselves en-
tirely to God. Father Huntington is
not an evangelist, but a trained think
er, graphing with the problems of the
| day Following is an extract from the
article:
Thirty years ago one of the most
striking figures on the east side in
New York city was a young priest of
the Protestant Episcopal church, the
Rev. James o. H, Huntington. Fresh
from Harvard and the Theological
seminary, burning with enthusiasm
and sympathy for the poor, he threw
in his lot where the struggle for life
seemed fiercest and the spiritual needs
deepest. His father, the bishop of
western New York, was convert from
England culture, a love OF the people,
a broad outlook, sound Judgment and
earnestness to his new field, but even
he was surprised to find his son react
ing so violently from the traditions of
his race, and announcing the startling
news that he was going to found an
order of Monks in the Episcopal
church. This resolution was no fam
aticaI wish to renounce the world, but
grew out of his intense love of the
world his reading, observation. his as
ISOLATION with other young men who
saw the need of aentire conservation,
and the chance of undivided work fer
God that community life offered. The
English church had several religious
orders, why should not the American
branch form one ebetter suited to her;
national life? After much thought
and study, James Huntington. then
only twenty-five, drew up set of
rules modelled on the Augustinian and,
with two associates. founded the order
of the Holy Cross. They adopted the
Dominican habit, and Father Hunting
ton took the first plunge, was profess
ed, Bishop Potter receiving his vows.
LAS was natural. he became the SUI
perior of the order. They continued
to work in the parish of Holy Cross,
on Fifth street and Avenue G, and it
was there that Father Huntington ex-
erted that extraordinary mental vital
ity and personal magnetism that
swayed crowds, dominated great con-
gregaticns, and won souls. He was no
nery evangelist working on the emo
tions, but keen, trained thinker,
grappling with all the problems of the
day, crossing swords with atheists,
with Jews, but more gladly with cap
italistS,'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-19
GLOBE SIGHTS
RY THE ATCH1sOr1 GLOBE.

A tank town actress can't interest US
greatly by discussing Her Art
We never have been able to figure why
some masters are loved by their dogs.
A good comedian never counts on peo-
pie searching very lpng for his point
If other people annoy you, don't forget
that they may feel the same way about
you.
There isn't much going on, but carrier
pigeon doesn't arouse our enthusiasm
greatly.
It seldom happens that moderate
6rinker is as moderate as he thinks he is
in that respect.
Much as we scorn politics, we admit
that the election judge is too patriotic fnr
the price paid
And probably the country would strug-
gle along pretty well were fewer patriots
paid for saving it.
1t isn't customary, but there are men
who should be required to sign their name
with typewriter.
Although no elections are held on the
subject, the prettiest woman in town
changes every two years.
Many men are modest. but not to a de-
gree where they will admit they are being
paid more than they are worth.
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QUAKER NEDrrAI1oNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Even the chauffeur should have little
horse sense.
1t isn't always the viIlainous cigar that
is fooled again
A man may have an iron will, and still
his heirs may break it.
When a man talks about the good old
days, he generally means the nights.
A man can always keep his wifes ir-
terest keyed up by talking in his sleep.
Many a man has burned his fingers in
his eagerness to strike while the iron was
hot.
There may be as good fish in the sea as
ever were caught. but lot depends on
the bait.
Its hard to lose our friends,'' sighed
the mere man. .Hard?'' echoed the good
thing. Its impossible"
She-"You must admit that a woman
can always make fool of man. He
Sure; whenever he wants her to-
Blobbs-.I should hate to die in this hot
weather" Slobbs-s.4 .sst's right 1t
wouldn't be much of change, would q"
David had just slugged Goliath with a
stone. II guess it's good thing for re
don't live in a glass house." he unused.
Wigg-"CIosefist says he tips the scales
at 200 pounds" Wagg-1 notice he never
tips the waiter more than q dime"
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the finish, is a bad play. an insincere
and false play, and no amount of talk
and excuses can make it anything
else. Imagine Shakespeare calling in
the family doctor to save Hamlet and
resuscitate Ophelia! Imagine Ibsen
bringing Nora back from the front
door in The Dolls House, and cast
ing her into Helmer's arms!
But it is not alone that you critics
condemn the happy ending, the read
er may object. You seem to prefer
the solemn, serious, gloomy dramas,
as a class, to those which are light
and merry. There's reason for this
seeming preference. dear reader. The
critic does not really prefer such
dramas as a class. but such dramas
are, as a class. more often good than
truthful, sincere and logical. That
is partly because the playwrights who
write not to express themselves but
to catch the public pennies usually
write comedies or machine-made ro-
mances, while the more serious plays
are written by the more serious play
wrights. 1t is partly because it is al
most always easier to make bad peo-
pie effective in fiction than good
well known fact. But it is chiefly
because most writer's, in common with
the rest of us, are more deeply stirred
by the wrongs and sufferings of the
world than by it's joys. We don't, as
4 rule, rise up and shout because our
neighbor is getting along happily with |
his wife. If he is beating her, how
ever, we are very likely to act. 1t is I
10 with the earnest dramatist."
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WHERE THE WEST BEGINS.


Out where the handclasp's little
stronger,
Out where a smile dwelIs q little longer
That's where the West begins.
out where the sun is a little brighter,
Where the SHOWS that fall are q trifle
Where the bonds of home are wee bit
tighter.
That's where the West begins
out where the skies are a trif1e bIuer,
Out where friendships a little truer,
Thats where the West begins
Out where a fresher breeze is blowing,
Where there's laughter in every stream
let flowing,
Where there's more Of reaping and less
of sowing
That's where the West begins.
Out where the world is In the making,
Where fewer hearts with despair are
aching
That's where the West begins.
Where there is more OF singing and less
of signing,
Where. there's more OF giving and less
OF buying,
And a man makes friends without half
trying
That's where the West begins.
Arthur Chapman, in Denver Republican.
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SAVED BY LOW SPEED.

Even the owners of the steamer Cor
sican, the latest AtlantiH liner to strike
an iceberg, would admit that the IT,
tanic was a better and safer as we'll as
more powerful ship. The Titanic was
newer and represented more perfectly
the latest advanced ideas in marine ar
chitecture.
But the Titanic lies at the bottom of
the ocean with the remains of the hum
dreds who persisted when that giant
vessel went down, while the Corsican
is afioat and her passengers and crew
are uninjured and safe. There is no
tragedy, only a small money loss.
Speed made the difference. The IT,
tanic struck going at a great pace, the
Corsican while moving very slowly. The
larger and more powerful ship was
rushed through ice fields on the prin-
cipIe that the faster they were left be-
hind the sooner the risk would be over
and also on the superstition that moth
ing very serious could happen to so
tremendous a vessel The Corsican,
less mighty and less arrogant and with
the fearful lesson of the Titanic m
mind, checked down to a low speed and
moved as carefully as -scssib1e.
There lies the difference between
reasonable caution and recklessness. It
is the other side of the object lesson
furnished by the fate of the great ship
which proved that no vessel could rush
upon an iceberg without inviting de-
struction and risking a terrible loss of
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THE HAPPY ENDING'' IN PLAYS

Walter Prichard Eaton. writer on
theatrical subjects for The Ameri-
can Magazine, discusses the subject,
What Is a Good P1ay?'' in the Sep
TENDER number of that periodical.
Following is an interesting extract:
"a frequent criticism of critics is
that they are overgiven to praising
gloom and depreciating mirth. Critf-
cal wrath against the happy ending
however, is not due to the fact that
the critics love laughter less but that
they love logic more. Nobody in his
senses objects to a happy ending to a
comedy. 1t is when the happy end
ing is arbitrarily tackled on play
which was foreordained to a tragic
conclusion that the critic RACES. Any
play which sets out to depict set of
circumstances which, to be true to
life and significant as a common
tary on society, has to end unhap-
PLY, and then deliberately, to please
the ladies and matinee maids, throws
everybody into somebody else's arm at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News,1

rFrom the Chicago News.1
No, Cordelia, blondes are not necessarily
light sleepers.
When a man sneers at success you may
know he is a failure.
Many a man who banks on MS dignity
oVerdraws his account.
Nowadays the chap who doesn't look
out for No. 1 is a back number.
Some men are homeless. and some 9TH
ers are home less than they should be.
It's queer how suddenly some men be-
come total abstainers when it's their
treat.
Adam had a monopoly as a world ruler
until Eve butted in and spoiled the
game.
country boys idea of heaven is 10
wear his store clothes" to town and eat
meal in a restaurant.
One advantage a suffering woman has
over others is that she has plenty of time
to think before speaking.
After a girl has reached a certain age
the candles on her birthday cake begin to
shed too much light on the affair.
When a man grows up and falls in love
he never feels the thrills he did when as
boy he had decided to marry his teach
o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-19
EVENING CHlT
BIZ RUTH CA1enRoN.

There is in human nature a genera
inclination to make people stare. ant
| every wise man has himself to cure OF
1t, and does cure himself. If you wish
to make people stare by being better
than others, why make them stare I'm.
III they stare their eyes out. But con.
sioer now easy it is to make people
stare by being absurd. may do it by
going into a dining room without my
shoes."--Samuel Johnson.
| That it should be considered a de-
s1rable thing to draw all eyes to ones
SELF because ones appearance or con-
duct is such as to excite admiration
seems perfectly natural.
But that 1t should be considered de-
sirabl to draw all eyes to ones self
because ones appearance or conduct
is SO ridiculous, so improper, or so
conspicuous as to force attention with
out the least admiration, seems alb
Surd.
And yet great many men and
ENTHUSIASTICALLY the latter-seem to
confuse these two kinds of attention.
At summer resort where / once
in evidence because of her noisy con-
Yersation and her eccentric actions
Wherever she went, people stared at
her, and instead of realizing that she
was making ridiculous show Of her.
self, she was evidently delighted by
the attention she received. One day
when she happened to be Of our party
on shopping tour In the village two
or three of the tradespeople recognized
her and called her by name. You
see, she said laughingly and yet with
evident pride, "how famous am
She should have said notorious"
That is the trouble with all the fool
tsh people who try to attract attention
by their eccentric clothes and manners
they forget that fame and notoriety
are totally different things.
The woman who attracts attention
by appearing in a skirt so tight that ii
Is almost impossible for her to stoop
over or to step up on a street car, or
the woman who wears some startling
cong1omeration of coIors, or a street
dress cut as low as a ball gown, enjoys
the stir she creates. but would she IL
she really knew what opinion the peo-
pie Who stare have of her?
Perhaps some of my feminine read
ers resented my saying that women
are more prone to try to attract atten-
ton at any cost than men. But real
ly think they are. Men are rather
afraid OF being stared at. They are
more conservative than women.
And let the woman who likes atSen-
ton remember this, If she wants to
keep her masculine frfendsHthat
while man is willing to have the
woman he Is with attract attention be-
cause of her beauty or her beautiful
clothes, he doesn't like her to be
stared at because of any eccentrfcfty
or 1oudness in clothes or manner. The
women who draw attention to them
selves in such ways, the average man
will sedulously avoid.
New surely that ought to reach some
hearts that are deaf to all other argu-
ments.
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AxHAwKER JoEy

So far, the month of August has been
perfect lady, is the way the herring
ton Sun puts it.
w. Hiskey, of Onaga, owes a good
deal deal to the intelligent type setter,
thinks the Alma Signal.
Nor should the Rev. See, of Gem.
Thomas county. have any trouble in
observing all the things that happen
in his parish.
All the, political parties favor good
roads, says the Atchison Globe, but a
road drag on the highway is worth
more than two planks in q platform.
AS the Colby Tribune says: Every
young man should treat every young
his own sister and mother treated, by
other men and boys.
All aboard for WaKeeney and the
Trego County fair. The 7Trego County
Reporter quotes Secretary Straw Of
the fair association as saying that the
ladies exhibit viii be a large one.
In some of the counties the prim-
Crumbine may look for an epidemic
of writer's cramps, thinks Charlie
Blakesley of the Kansas City Star.
Even In these prosperous times who
but western farmer could afford to
charter a special car and take his 45
relatives on trip to California? asks
the Russell Record, and it explains:
William Holden had in 800 acres of
wheat and told his relatives that if it
W ent 20 bushels to the acre he would
take them all to the Pacific coast. His
wheat went % bushels to the acre.
After selling the crop for $zl,S50 he
raid Che bet The whole outfit left
Hutchinson the other day for months
sojourn on the coast at the expense
of Farmer Holden.
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ROOSEVELT AND THE TRUSTS.

George F. Edmunds, a former Unit
| ed States senator from Vermont, and
the man who played large part in
drafting the Sherman antitrust law
some twenty-five years ago, is "a
years old. He is unusually alert and
vigorous for a man of those years, but
there is surely no one who believes
that he has any political axes to grind
or political ambitions to crafty. In a
recent interview with a reporter for
the New York Evening Post, Senator
Edmunds expressed himself as strong
ly opposed to the reelection of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. He declared the be-
lief that the former president is a
friend OF the trusts, and is convinced
that If elevated to the White House
again, Mr.. Roosevelt would permit in
dustrial monopolies to flourish in +he
United States unmolested by the gov
eminent. Answering the direct ques-
ton: do you feel that the trusts will
be seriously disturbed in doing what
they like after March 4, 1913, in the
event of Roosevelt's election ?" Mr.Ed-
munds replied:
st think that then the trusts and
monopolies will not fear the Sherman
law, or any other law that can be i'm
agined to disturb the progress of what
the opponents and supporters of the
trusts and monopolies call innocent
and beneficent cooperation" And on
the efficacy of the Sherman anti
trust law, Mr.. Edmunds had this to
say:
1.-The law now covers the whole
field of prevention and redress. Good
administration of the law, both execu- |
tive and judicial, will be certain to ac-
it's proper purpose in the
end"
Two or three days after Mr.. Ed |
gave this interview to the New |
York Evening Post, Senator LaFol- |
lette addressed the United States SEN
ate on Colonel Roosevelts relations
past and prospective with the trusts.
Senator LaFollette usually knows
whereof he speaks, and many of the
most prominent of the Roosevelt sup
oorters accepted his word as gospel
before the colonel tossed his hat in
he ring. And Senator LaFollette said
lmong other things:
son the day that Theodore Roose-
,elt was made president of the United
states there were 149 trusts and COM
,inations in the United States When
lie turned this government over 20
William Howard Taft there were TO-
20 plants in combination. When he
became president the trusts had an
aggregate capitalization of $4,000
100000 and when he left the presi-
lency they had an aggregate capital
cation of $31, 100000, and more
han 10 per cent of it was water. i
don't believe that the man who was
resident for seven years while the
reatest trust growth occurred at the
erv time of all times in the history of
he Sherman antitrust law, it could
ave been made potential in deterring
rust organization-I do not think that
he man who was president then is
he man to find the way out now"
Neither does any other sensible
nan who is disposed to be fair-mind-
d in the premises. .
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to free lunch in saloons which they
voted to prohibit after September 1.
At any rate more than $4,000 citizens
in that town have signed the neces-
sary petition under the referendum
law of California to have the PROPOSE
ton submitted to a vote of the people.
It is a foregone conclusion what the
result will be. Free lunch is about
the only thing within the reach of the
people in large cities that savors at
all of being free. It would be con-
trarY to human nature that they
should vote to do away with it.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

A barking dog never bites-while
it is barking.
y
The man with lots of nerve gener-
ally has big bank roll behind it.
y -
Confession may be good for the
soul, but it is often poor for business.
u X y
Few and far between are the peo-
pie who haven't excellent opinions of
themselves.
Thus does the world progress. 9th
err names are replacing Jack" for the
hero of moving pictures and popular
songs.
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He-My dear, you talked in your sleep q
long time last night. She-What did
talk about? He-Why, it seemed to be
mainly abuse OF me. She-I wasn't asleep.
cleveland Plain Dealer.
you seem to have more respect for the
weather forecasts than formerly" Yes"
replied Farmer Corntassel. After looking
over the campaign predictions. weather
bulletins strike me as mighty reliable"
Washington Star.
Two summer girls. recent arrivals at .
seashore hotel, were talking on this
veranda- Said one: IT hadn't been here
nothing" returned the other. ct got en-
gagged coming down on the train "-Bos-
ton Transcript.
An entirely new description of a we'll
known animal is offered by genial Rose
Stahl. of Maggie Pepper fame in her
story of the small boy at the circus. '.Thia
time. shouted: oh pop, look at the big
COW with her horns in her mouth eatinT
hay with her tail YOUTHS Magazines
His Honor gazing at Intoxicated rrfs
oner1-What is he charged with, ofricer7
OFFICER Cnewly appointed)-Of don't know.
yer honor. but OF think it's shfraixht
whisky.-Judge-
That man will leave footprints In ~.
sands of time" said the adrnirer ono =
replied the sarcastic observer. Hell 1reer
Star. Ton
II think" said the young statesrnsr
tnat some of my speeches will be re-
n hey Will" reptile Senator Sorghum ss,sr,-
tngton Star.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELoH

[From the New York Press.l
A lot of wisdom wouldn't be if it WASH
all labeled up to look so.
Peeling potatoes right is more of a pa
triotic service than playing politics
What makes girl so furious when her
brother muses. her hair is she isn't when
it's her best beau.
Trying to keep his own money neve-
seems as important to man as trying to
get somebody else's.
If a man is intelligent. he can learn
great deal while trying to teach a woman
very little.
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DAFFYDHS
BIZ q. NoALL..

Is the hope of doing away with the
smoke nuisance a pipe dream?
(No, Phyllis. The seat of war is
not the place where the standing army
sits DOWN.
How much light must be thrown On
a matrimonial muddle to make the
divorcee? sxYa
(And the gun-men'l1 get yuh eff
yuh don't watch out.y
If lard is fat is buttermilk?
(Step this way, ladies and gentle
men, All you can drink for a nickel a
glass)
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II round trip tickets are enclosed in
the invitations that are to be sent to
the Democratic editors throughout the
country requesting their presence at
Seagirt. n. J., for confab with Gov
ernor Wilson, a large attendance may
be expected. Otherwise-well, walk
to Seagirt in the summer time is not
particularly attractive, and most of the
Democratic editors have been as
strangers to a land of milk and honey
these many years.
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