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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-22
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In times past The Age has con
demned the disposition Of negroes to
walk up to the learned degree store
house ana take any Of the titles and
degrees they found lying about loose
ly and using them In their business
or profession or vocation as their in
terests or fancy inclined them: scorn.
Ing the appropriateness and proprie-
ties of things with fine scorn, scorn.
full. We have professors OF every.
thing and nothing, learned and un.
learned, 80 that the learned degrees
among us have become a reproach
and rebuke, even to those who have
secured them from reputable institu-
lions by their good works. in scholar
ship or their specialization.
In Sunday talk to the students of
Tuskegee institute, recently, as report.
ed for the Tuskegee Student, "On Be-
ing Simple" Dr. Booker T. Washing
ton said, among other things:
Students who go out from this insti.
tuition may also exert their influence
in helping our people to get rid Of the
habit OF having SO many titles, so
many meaningless and worthless de-
grees You can scarcely meet In the
street, or anywhere else, minister
unless he Is called Doctor of Divin.
ity. Some of them can scarcely read
or write, some of them cannot read or
write simple English sentence. yet
they parade themselves about as Doc
tors of Divinity. Worse than that,
some call themselves Doctors of Law.
We want everywhere to exert our In.
auence to get rid Of all that sham.
THE fact is we have run wild, in
many cases, in this degree business,
and many people who have been too
lazy to get genuine education. have
sought to cover up their ignorance and
their vulgarity by parading after their
names lot of letters-A. B.. A. M,
d. D., LII. D., etc. Why have actual.
all those titles signed after their
names. Whenever person gets let.
ter with all those titles after the sigma.
ture. he makes up his mind-if he
does not express THE makes up his
mind that this is letter, not from an
educated person, but from an ignor.
ant person. vulga:: person lacking In
culture, a person lacking in real. genu'
inc taste"
This is all very true; but 1t ia i'm
possible at this stage of the races
development, to make men see that
q learned degree, or title Of honor,
which does not belong to them, and
/ which they cannot sustain, when call
ed upon to do 80, by scholarship or
good works in special fields OF
| achievements, makes them look and
act cheaply in the eyes of those
whose good opinion they value, and
really seek by parading such degrees
to obtain. The world Is very critical
It demands a reason for everything
and will not be satisfied with evasion
II people are not what they claim to
be, If they are shams, masquerading
as aliases in borrowed plumage, of
degrees in scholarship or distinction
In good works, the fraud will be dis.
covered they themselves will give
themselves away.
We are growing away from the de-
gree and title abuse with the years
as we grow in matured scholarship
and material achievement, and shall
Lot, after awhile. value the gewgaws
which are as paste stones to real dia
monds in the world of achievement
of character, of worth.-New York
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-22

Girls sometimes ask once TOO olt = \
what they really know.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
AYHAWKER JOTS

A New Years slogan suggested to the
girls by the Abilene Reflector: Do your
husband catching early.
AS the philosopher on the Atchison
Champion says: Life is simply childhood
played over again with larger and more
dangerous toys.
Bill Sincaller told the VinIand Vine
the other day that the only objection
he has to sleighriding is that it comes
when the weather is so cold.
The girl who gives a party when her
mother suffers for the necessities of life
is first cousin, insists the Lawrence
Journal World, to the man who bo1ls
potatoes in widows tears.
A Hiawatha hunter. reports the Hia-
watha World, lost his $50 overcOat, spent
IS for expenses in getting to the hunt
and So for ammunition, killing one rab-
bit. and possibly hitting some stock
It is given out on good authority,
SAYS the Newton Kansan Republican,
that the people of wichita are eating
1000 rabbits each day, and it is a safe
bet that each day at least $50 left hind
feet from those rabbits are kept by the
people to bring good luck.
Discussing in an editorial paragraph
the report that the imperial family Of
China has boarded away something
like $4,000. 900 in gold the Parsons Sun
concludes with this line, which is pre-
sumed to be frst-class Chinese: Ae
nrhryO avuf eta sh en- Wig unn.''
IeSldeSN Dr IhC SOiASO- SAAeN 1NeeiiHea IL -
man who had just bought an automo-
bile was asked by two Irish women to
take them for ride He refused at
first as they were incessant takers,
and he thought their chatter would
interfere with his driving They prom
ised however, not to say one word dur
ing the entire ride. and he consented.
Just after they had passed a rough
bumpy road, at a high rate of speed
one Of the women touched him timid-
" on the shoulder and said. MIR. Jones,
OF know OF promised not to speak to
We, but I fale like 1 ought to tell yez
that Mrs. Flanagan is no longer wit
US
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15

unfolded from many wrappings of It's
sue paper a bisque doll.
Fleurette held out weak hands for
her.
"Ohr she gasped, "Oh!~
II thought you'd like her. kiddie,'
said Jack, somewhat awkwardly.
1t was happy little Fleurette who
lay back on her pillows You would
not think 1 was really almost nine
teen," she asked, would you? 1t
seems such a baby thing to want
doll. but then you when you've always
wanted a thing"
you ought to have it2 OF course
you should, kiddie. And now there's
something else 1 want you to have"
'What?'' asked Fleurette. and Mrs.
Dubois looked at him curiously
"A sea voyage" said Jack Rodman,
unexpectedly. I've asked the doctor,
and he says it would be the best thing
that could happen to Fleurette. The
fishings over, and I've a good cook.
and a couple of other men on my boat
and while things are bit rough we
should certainly try to make you com
Portable
A week later Fleurette lay on the
deck of the White Gull and watched
the real gulls overhead Beside her
lay the bisque doll ard Mrs. Dubois
sewed happily in the stern
Jack Rodrnan, seated at Fleurette s
feet. watched her with adoring eyes.
IF I hadn't stopped to look at those
bisQue babies 1 shouldn't have met
YOU he said.
Fleurette laughed. "You must have
thought me a perfect child
4 thought you perfect" Jack got
up suddenly and went over to Mrs. De-
Obs. 1--WE got to say it," he told that
lady, and his voice fioated back u
Fleurette.
"What?" asked Mrs. Dubois, snil-
ing.
1--WE got to tell her love her, said
Jack, explosively, ''bur I suppose Id
better tell you first that want you for
a real mother, not for an adOpted one"
Dear boy" said Mrs. DeBois, and
he kissed her.
Then he went back to F'1eurette. I
want you to be first mate of the White
Gull, dear" he said, steadily, but I'm
afraid to ask
WHY said Fleurette, the color
flaming into her cheeks.
Because I don't see how you can
love a big rough chap like me
Il don't love a big rough chap" said
Fleurette. with shining eyes, but I
love man with the kindest heart in
the whole world-and the name of that
man is-Jack. ''-(Copyright, 1872 by
Associated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
QUAKER NfEDIrATIoNs.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.I
Many a chaperon is a matchmaker in
disguise.
Lots of people talk too much and say
too little.
young man should learn to say no.
especially in leap year.
The deadhead at the theater is always
present, and yet passed
Good Judgment hasn't much value IN
less you make good use of It
The tuition fee in the school of expert
ence is often paid in alimony.
No. Maude, dear; there should be no
similarity between a political platform
and a gang plank
You would be a coward to hit a man
Wnen he is down. and you would be q
fool to hit when he has you down
Everything has its drawbacks. Many
girl would like to be rich old cOdger 8
widow if it wasn't for being his wife
Many are called but few are chosen
quoted the Wise Guy Yes. especially in
poker game added the Simple Mug.
BIobbs---Now that Highflyer has lost
his fortune I guess he's glad his wife
mas been frugal enough to put something
by" Slobbs--t Yes, / understand she has
saved enough to pay for a divorce"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
GLOBE SIGHTS
By THE ATCHTsoN GLOBE

About all some rich men ever give their
kin is their kind regards
drum can't be considered musical
instrument if a boy owns it.
A man who is never at his best until he
takes a few drinks is never very good.
What high hill the multiplication
tables seemed the first time you got over
them!
If people are as economical as formerly,
it doesn't show in the shape of patches
Why are so many women in favor OF
putting capital letters where they don't
belong?
No man is ever so busy swearing that
he is willing to share that labor with a
woman.
A rich woman's lap dog is another rea-
son why the Socialist party is growing
rapidly
When people begin saying how young
you look. it is a sure sign you are grow
ing old.
Disaster overtakes some people, while
others reverse the process and go so fast
they overtake disaster.
There are many smart boys. but few OF
them are as proud of their brains as they
are of their biceps-
No book ever interests US enough to
make US write notes on the margin and
underscore impressive passages
There are many ways to attract atten-
ton but struggling to keep out of the
penitentiary is about the poorest.
An organ grinder who beats his wife
can hardly blame his artistic tempera-
nent for his mean disposition
Some people insist on an apology as If
it were something which might help mat
tiers a good deal more than it does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
.suncIe Nick's'' Eastern Trip.

Uncle Nick Wilson, the oldest settler
in the famous JackSons Hole country of
Wyoming, is Mormon, and famous
hunter and guide. When boy of IL he
was taken by the Shoshone Indians and
reared by them, and he knows more
about Indian life, perhaps than any other
man in the United States lie is now 20,
but rugged as a grizzly bear.
Last August he was one of the guides
who took a Washington party through
Jacksons Hole. At evening time, around
the camp fire, he told many remarkab bic
tales, but more interested in stories
of the Capital than in the recountirg of
his own adventures Finally one of the
party asked him.
Uncle Nick, wouldn't you like to go to
Washington ana see the President, and
visit the Capitol and the White House
and all those famous places p
No he said I'm getting too old now
[ went down to Cheyenne once to be a
Uncle Nick" shook his head.
witness in d murder trial when I was a
boy, but I'll never so east agaiI.-Wash-
ington dispatch TO New York World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
shopping Luncheons.

Why women are so tagged out after
a days shopping, says the manager
of a big department store, is because
they don't take the proper food for
luncheon. They'll shop all morning,
then lunch off a piece of cake and
soda or ice cream, when they should
eat a fairly good meal to give them
majority of them, he says, think that
would be a waste of time Further,
it is positive cruelty to children to
drag them around from store to store
for a whole or half day, and often
they have only dish of ice cream
for their luncheon. One of these days
the shops are going to give pink teas
to the women free to all and then
lectures will be delivered on How to
shop and not get tagged out" In the
meantime it's up to women to help
themselves and eat a little something
lasting, and shopping will be a joy
forever while the money Iasts.-New
York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
says UNCLE CIV

hope so to live that it shall be said
of me that, while I have had my full
share of the faults and failings of
men, have not undervalued my
friends nor been found wanting when
misfortune bespoke from me a little
or my utmost. I would have it said
that it has been my care not needless
~ to offend my friends. that 1 have
never sought to restrain one who
would go nor failed to petition in all
humility the, return of one whom 1
had driven away.
sometimes reflect that if any one
thinks it worth While to rear a sim
pie stone above the head of one who
was of no conspicuous service to his
fellows, I should like written on that
stone, He was a good friend"
1t is not much to ask, perhaps nor
much to say. let it would satisfy me,
for there is no cure for the bruiSe of
circumstance, the wounds of misfor-
tune, and all the ills, mental and
moral, which we suffer in our contact
with a none too gentle world, like the
sympathy, full and Unrestrained, of
him we call friend.
Let none decry the sturdy virtues
of him who is capable of standing
alone. For myself, [ have yet to know
the man who was necessary to my
happiness, and there are those who
have less need of comradeship than
I. But the essence of the social in
stinct is one mans affection for an
other; the basis of that instinct is his
need of a kindly word or steady
hand when the night is thick and
the tracks are blind And who shall
say that he is wholly self-sufficient;
that he has not grown and may not
again know the hour when he shall
grope for a comrades hand and de-
spair if he do not find it?
Alone" is the saddest word in the
language Loneliness in the midst of
y
in the gamut of pain. He who calls
no man friend knows the meaning of
both although he have the world at
his feet. He is the figure about
which revolves that aloof and most
awful of earth's tragedies.-(C Copy
right, 1912 by W. E. Williams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
A WINTER SUNSET.

A WINTER SUNSET.
All the valley vaguely lies
Mist and shadow, milky blue;
Flames the splendor of the skies,
Climbing to a wider view.
Like some mighty roses heart.
Orange, scarlet, crimson, flame,
All the vivid colors start,
Every westward cloud the same.
Wave on wave of glowing fire,
Tipped with molten gold each crest,
Mounting slyward ever higher
In the palpitating west.
At their utmost color fail,
Flag, grow ashen from red gold,
slowly splendors sink and pale,
All the fiery heart lies cold;
While the shadows ghostly creep.
Shroud the world with vapors gray,
Color visions fading sleep,
Only in the mind to stay.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.I

lhrOm the Chicago NeWS.1
You can flatter silly girls by calling
them flirts-
It's easier to look wise than it is to de-
liver the goods.
A conceited man is often conceited
enough to think that he isn't
He is a poor chauffeur who doesn't
know what he is driving at
Anyway a spinster can pretend that she
would rather be her own boss.
There never was a man q important
as a bride expects heE husband to be.
The man who never has occasion to en-
ploy lawyer ought to save a lot OF
money.
Every time man invents new excuse
he infringes on some other fellows
patent
It's human nature to ridicule mans
follies behind his back and to approve of
them to his face.
Although not a philanthropist, the
bunko man is always looking for good
things he can do.
A pretty girl doesn't have to propose
during leap year, and honely one is
afraid to-but there's the strenuous
widow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Prominent among the things ex-
tremely rare is real. good joke.
X
And somewhere the vioIets and
roses are blooming in all their glory.
x X X
Most folk find it especially onerous
to pay for things purchased on easy
terms.
Not much attention is paid to the
lack of education on the part of the
man who can write big check.
x
If worry causes sickness most of the
gas consumers in Topeka will be fit for
hospital treatment if there's another
week of cold weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15

At. one of the recent sessions of the
state board Of agriculture, Julia b.
Perry. superintendent of the Girls In
dustriaI School at Beioit gave voice 20
a truism that should sink deep into the
mind and heart of every human She
couched it in these forceful words: ITO
DISPOSE Of an erring girl BY ostracizing
her is exactly as dangerous as to dis
pose of typhoid fever germs by throw
ing them into a public reservoir" Mrs.
Perry might as well have added that
such treatment of an erring girl is also
an injustice Of terrible proportions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IFrom the New York Press.1

TI7rOm the New York Press
All a thing needs to become hateful is
to be duty
knowing too little isn't half as dan
gerous for most people as knowing too
much.
Cuss words never did man any good,
but it always seems to hurt him not to
say them
A woman seems to be able to get some
kind of salary in any job except the big
gest one of affirming the house for her
whole family
man knows more about dozen dig
ferent things that are of no use 20 him
than he knows about one thing that
would help him to make living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15

Hoping to see You the 29th of Kan
sas' Is the way Tom Wagstaff closes
a recent letter Is this original with
Tom, or repetition? We never heard
it before.
The Capital has taken a straw vote
| OF the girls at Baker University, but
| up to late hour this afternoon had
failed to poll the Provident Associa-
/ ton k1ndergarten class on its prefer
ence for Governor of Kansas. How
ever, comma, the Capital will I'M
doubtedly attend to the matter before
it is too late.
And Furthermore. we are getting
to as a cold wave.' A wave is some
thing that recedes occasionally.
According to astronomers, the canal
commission of Mars has completed a
new big ditch several hundred miles
in length during the past six weeks.
1t may be however, that the Martians
have no Culebra Cut to contend with
But at that. it's too bad passenger
| traffic has not been opened up with
Mars, SO that canal digging crew
might be imported.
An ability to keep out of arguments
often passes for intelligence-and no
serious mistake is made at that.
Office, and so many people voted for
him Just for joke that he was
nominated Wonder if that isn't the
explanation of a lot of political acct
dents?
a Missouri woman recently return
ed to her house after a short absence,
and found the remains of her husband
suspended from a rafter. 1t appears
that she had tried repeatedly to chase
him off the premises, but he insisted
upon hanging around.
A woman's idea of real tragedy is
to run across a shoe bargain while she
is wearing stockings with holes in
them.
Now an optimist can dig some con-
ISOLATION out of the fact that he doesn't
have to worry over the possibility of
being shortweighted by the ice man or
sold bum cantaloupes by the grocer.
1t is natural for a girl to look I'M
natural while posing for photograph.
If the high cost of meat continues
to prevail, some one is liable to dis
cover that the English sparrow is
edible. 1t was necessity that drove
the Pilgrim parents up against turkey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
DAFFYDMS
By q. NoALL.

If a pie is sweet is a lemon tart?
(No, Hortense. An animal show
doesn't usually have with it a trained
nurse)
If it knew what the apartment
would the hotel2
(Out of my office. No steno can
wipe her shoes on my towels.)
If the cook fell into a barrel of
flour would the vacuum cleaner?
(AlI those who have seen the show
kindly make room for the others.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
FROM OTHER PENS
PASSING OF THE PIcrAIL


Although the queue, less reverently
known as pigtail, is most commonly as
soclated IN the public mind of today with
the people OF China, and although that
FASHION of wearing the hair mas probably
Deen attributed by the thoughtless IN
many instances to what most Of MS vera
taught by our school Biographies to re
gard as the half-civilized condition OF the
Chnese, 1t Is a fact well worth noting
that the Chinese are by no means the
only nation on earth to have shown re-
spect and Partially to the queue. The re-
cent edict sancuoning the abolition of tho
plslail IN emma reminds the London
Chronicle that il is not very long ago
since the pigtafl disappeared not merely
from the British army and navy, but even
from everyday civilian life in England.
Waist-long pigtails were the fashionable
wear in England about 174O, and before
that the bag wig had been adorned with
q plgtall Topped up in black silk flag.
As late as 1858 an old gentleman was
seen in Cheapside with his gray hair tied
behind in short queue. and 4 appears
that even today may be found in England
a relic Of the pigtail; for, according to the
Chronicle, the three pieces of black velvet
Royal Welsh Fusiliers are the remains of
the ribbon with which the queue was
Observation-Disclosures Union.
WORLD MARKETS FOR LUXURIES.
Statistics just published OF the trade OF
the past year in various luxuries show
that upward of 60 per cent OF the total
output of diamonds in the world are sold
in this country, while the finer furs ara
sold In Austria and Russia. This is an
illustration of the force OF fashion in
determining the course of trade. In
America it is the diamond that makes
the woman In Europe It is the fur over
coat that makes the man.
Attempts at artificial production or
diamonds have not been successful conf
nercially, but considerable progress has
been made toward providing a continu-
GUS supply of furs by breeding and rear
ing fur-bearing animals.
Another curious freak in the market
for l1X1lrieS is the TonOFf from Paris a
the comparatively low prices paid for the
wines of the famous Dorlon cellar that
have been offered for sale in that city.
Some champagnes of comet years brought
only $3.50 a bottle, and chateau wines of
renowned vintages went as low Sl.SD
a bottle. This seems almost like a
sacrilege when one recalls the high sums
paid for cracked china and age-blackened
pictures. The Discrepancy IS the more
striking because old masters. like blue fox
skins, can be produced commercially but
rare old wine, like the genuine diamond.
defies fraud and is beyond the reach of
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15

Andrew Carnegie's cleverness has
never been better demonstrated than
during his couple of days examination
by the congressional committee investi-
eating the steel trust. Reliable reports
from Washington are to the effect that
the lengthy quizzing of Mr.. Carnegie
developed nothing new SO far as the
subject under investigation is con
cerned.