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prurr a. sFoosp CLASS s.uTt Juss ibH 1908 ar THE Posi-
orucr AZ DroOESH, Iowa, UEBfN ur lu % CossEns OF
k.teE 8, 1891.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
BETTING WITH LEATHER.

Under the above caption the Battle
Creek Enquirer shows how ridiculous
IS the contention that the recent gath
ering Of governors for a furtherance
Of the Roosevelt boom can pass cur
rent for political sentiment. Says the
Enquirer:
1t is ingeniousiy suggested that
President Taft or his active friends,
summon together the governors who
are favorable to Taft and secure a
ringing series of newspaper headlines
and interview on the subject of
Tafts nomination.
The fact that such a proceeding
would ordinarily inspire laughter rath-
err than serious political attention does
not conflict with the ancient truth that
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for
the gander-and- if the governors who
desire to ride in a Roosevelt band wag-
on believe that the public mind may
be influenced by the spectacle of such
A gathering as was held in Chicago on
Saturday, there is no reason why the
governors whose states believe in the
denomination of a president like Taft
should not also produce demon
strat;on."
In the course of a business-like
game Of poker. one gentleman laid
down a wallet and remarked Il bet
five hundred dollars
His adversary pulled off a heavy
boot, placed it on the table, and re-
marked: L raise you ten thousand
dollars-if leather counts as money in
this game. I'll go the limit.
If governors meetings pass current
for political sentiment. by all means
let Us havs competition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19

and tell me if you want to leave
all the happiness to Kitty"
Ihat night when Kitty came home
she was radiant.
Aunt Kate" she cried. as her aunt.
wrapped in a white silk kimono, met
ner at the top of the stairway. I'm
tn nappiest woman in the world"
No., said Aunt Kate mysterious
" your re not the happiest- Because
tnere are others, But tell me what
has made you happy"
Rodney was there" said Kitty
and the first part of the evening he
was as stiff as a poker. But just be-
Iore supper he came over to me and
MS eyes were like stars. and he said
Kitty, dear Kitty, come straight out
with me to the CONSERVATORY and I
went, and before 1 could say Jack
Robinson he kissed me. He did. Aunt
Kate And he said. I know you love
me, and l love you, and if / hadn't
owed everything in the world to Uncle
Bronson I should have told you be-
fore. But he made me promise I
wouldn't But just now he called me
up by phone and said, go in and win
her, Rodney, and ask questions after
ward You are released from your
promisei" And here L am and Wen
ask his blessing in the morning
And you accepted him % asked
Miss Severance.
~of course - said Kitty. I'm simply
crazy about him, Aunt Kate. Only I
couldn't let him see it, and I'm going
to give him his answer in the morn
ing"
Call him up now" said Aunt
Katherine Hell sleep better And
while you are about 1t you might give
my love to his Uncle Bronson"
Kitty almost tumbled over. your
love ?" she gasped.
Then Aunt Katherine told her all
about 1t, and they wept in each
others arms. For whether a woman
is twenty or twice twenty JOY is a
thing which makes her half afraid, so
that she gives it her tears more often
than her laughter.-( Copyrighted,
1912, by Associated Literary Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19

million of people there are on the verge
of starvation. Last summer the worst
floods in forty years destroyed the
crops in an area of $4,000 square miles.
Many have already died of hunger, and
unless prompt relief is given, multi
tudes of men, women and children must
perish.
And yet the world has almost stood
idly by with folded hands. There has
been a sudden awakening. though. As
president of the American Red Cross.
President Taft has issued proclama-
ton asking the people of the United
States to help the people of China At
the request of President Taft and other
Red Cross officials. a citizens commit
tee has been organized in New York to
assist in obtaining funds to meet the
terrible need of the famine sufferers.
This committee is headed by Bishop
Greer, of the Episcopal diocese of New
York. and Jacob H. Schiff, the banker
and philanthropist. It has sent out
general appeal for contributions. The
response should be generous. There is
no reason why the Red Cross societies
in every state should not become active
in this most creditabl campaign.
They that die by famine. die by
inches"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
ADVERT Rising TALKS
By WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

The Story & Clark Piano Co. is vel
coined into the ranks of the numerous
piano advertisers throughout the country
who have decided that the use of puzzle
and coupon advertisements should be dis
carded.
The story & Clark Piano Co made the
following announcement recently:
Story & Clark Piano Co. wish to an
nounce that the use of puzzle and similar
advertisements, the issuance of purchas-
ing coupons or letters giving credit on the
purchase price of the pianos, has been
abused by some houses by not carrying
out the promises made and 1t has been
decided that the Story & Clark Piano Co
put itself on record as discouraging this
form of advertising
This company will not publish any puz-
zle or similar advertisement or issue any
coupons in any form or letters giving
credits.
This announcement will appear stimuli
taneously in the % cities where our stores
are located.
1914 west sgd St, New York
We congratulate them. 1t is move in
the right direction. The Story & Clark
people have had their experience and
realize that the kind of advertising they
did no matter how well intentioned on
their part. was not the kind to build up
confidence in their firm.
Besides, this firm wants to do the right
thing by its customers and their conclu-
sion is that the public doubts that the
mere clipping of coupon from an ad-
vertisement entities the holder to a re-
duction of $100. or more, on a piano.
l believe most firms that have done
this kind of advertising did 1t more TO
arou-e interest than for any other rea-
son, but finding that there is a new at
titude the part of the people towards
advertising. they were convinced that
such advertising did not arouse interest,
but did arouse suspicion
think everybody will approve of the
course so straig htforWardly taken by the
Story & Clark Piano Co.
CTo be continued)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
ANOTHER. BIG FTzzLE.

In many essential details, the report
of the Hardwick sugar trust investi-
1 eating committee is decidedly unsatis-
factory After an investigation that
| covered considerable period of time
and cost the government a good sum
of money, this committee makes re-
port of glittering generalities. It ad-
vises that q sugar trust exists, a fact
that has been a matter of common
knowledge these many years. The
committee declares that it believes
that a monopoly in the sugar business
keeps the price up. And it places the
blame for the organization of this
illegal combination of capital and in
tere SITS on the head of Henry o.
Havemeyer, a dead man. Then it pro-
ceeds to call attention to the fact that
no effort has been made to enforce
the penal provisions of the Sherman
law against the promoters of this
trust.
t. re is not a single recommends
ton in the report as to how the alleged
trust and those responsible for it shall
be dealt with Not scintilla of ac-
tual evidence is produced in the report
on itch might be hung a suit of any
kind against the trust. This is a mat
ter which the special investigating
committee thinks can be handled more
properly by a standing committee of
the house.
If this committee obtained any con-
crete evidence on which it bases it's
freely expressed beliefs and opinions,
the probabilities are that the federal
department of justice, under the direc-
ton of Attorney General Wickershan,
would be delighted to go to work on
such evidence at once. Mr. Wicker
ham hasn't been at all backward in
proceeding against trusts and their
promoters when he has been able to
get the evidence. Nor does he play
any fovorites in the trust arena.
Presumably, too. if this committee
had unearthed actual evidence that
would stand the tests of the courts, it
would have been the first to present 1t
to the public and boast about its per-
spicacity But then it is seldom that
anything else comes of these special |
conducted by congress /
sional committees. They are ushered |
in with a great blowing of horns and |
pounding on bass drums. The big men
of the country who are associated IN |
any way with the matter being 1nVes-
tigated, are called to the witness stand !
They testify with apparent freedom
and willingness. But all the actual in
formation that a congressional com
mittee gets from any of them wouldn't |
fill a little cavity in a small tooth
And most of the reports OF such inves-
tigations are on an indefinite par with |
that presented by the Hardwick COM
mfttee. In other words, most of these
Investigations are en-
and carried through by their
prom oters with a view of making as
much political capital as possible. If
anything else is accomplished it is un-
usual
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
HUAOR or THE DAY

observation-disclosures latter looking over
everything possible hat really want
Lxasperated Shopwalker-Madam know.
It's a patent adjustable hat which may
be used as a pram cover Of a tea coy.
invaluable lamp shade. We don
don opinion.
LAS you don't seem to know what you'd
Ike for Christmas. Freddy" said his
mother. here's a printed list Of presents
for a good little boy" Freddy read over
the list and then said. Mother. haven't
you a list for bad little boy?'-Boys'
Home Companion.
Silhcus-To what do you attribute the
fact that so many marriages are faflures7
Cynicus-I think it's because those who
don't marry too young walt till they are
too old.-Philadelphia Record.
Lady Customer dn department store)-
Have you anything 70 keep hair from
falling2 Cierk-Hairpins, two counters to
the right, madam.-Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

Some men are agreeable because they
are too lazy to argue
Not all elopements end as happily as
they do in popular fiction.
Very few Washers are so bold they
don't require encouragement
1t can't always be said of a candidate
that he is running for office.
One doesn't have to be so awfully well
known to get booze circulars.
Sometimes a Prohibitionist makes the
mistake of thinking all sin is wet.
Tact sometimes manifests itself by hav-
ing the Bible open when the preacher
calls.
A boy who wears his uniform home
from military school is apt to wonder
why people don't salute him.
Only few men have such an interest
ing career that they can make money
selling their autographs.
AS another evidence that a woman's
work is never done. it may be said there
are more club women than club men.
If you can put your patriotism ahead of
your pOcketbook you are an exception.
Reference is to the mail order houses and
not to your fighting blood.
A teacher must know a good deal. and
wonder sometimes If it were worth the
effort to gain that knowledge, consider
ing the market price she sells it for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
QUAKER NlEDTTAToNs.
IF,rom the PhiIadelphia Record.


In cashing a mans check be sure you
are not cashing his cheek.
Many a man can't hold his own simply
because he can't hold his tongue.
It seems quite natural that people
should turn little pale before they kick
the bucket
In spite of the fluctuations in the money
market, it always seems to go faster
than 1t comes
Lott of people are dead ones who don't
have to look in the newspapers for their
obituary notices.
Some people are not satisfied to tell the
truth unless they tell Il in the most dis
agreeable manner possible.
NO. AIaude dear; unadulterated nerve
is not the outcome of the pure food COM
missions Investigations
a5iobbs-.-Im in a peck Of trouble 1
don't know what to do" Slobbs-"Why
don't you resort to other measufes2"
Wigg-t'What do you consider the most
illustration Of pride2' Wagg-
when a fellow who wears s. pants re-
fers to his trousers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
.JAYHAWKER JOTS

A school teacher in the Simmond's
district, Smith county, answers to the
name of Miss June Frost.
The University Daily Kansan refers
to the members of college glee clubs
as The Do. Re, Mi Boys
Among the towns in bunch in Pot
tawatonlie county, are Pawnee Creek,
Cross Greek. Turkey Creek and We'll
Creek.
Among the prominent people at
Southern, Washington county, are
those who answer to the name of
Pancake.
Andrew Carnegie's admonition: Live
within your income reminds the Beaver
Valley Booster of the advice healthy
man gives q sick one.
Doc Robinson met with a peculiar
accident last night, reports the Atchison
GLOBE. While he was asleep one OF
his feet was hanging out of bed and a.
COW stepped on it, The injury is not
serious.
A western judge has fined a young
notes the Oak Hill Gazette, and it COM
ments: This is certainly a case of
penalizing virtue.
Agricultural advice from the Au-
gusta Journal: With the deep SHOWS
in the mountains and Butler county
thoroughly saturated and frozen. there
could not be a better prospect for
crop. But the farmer will do we'll to
diversity and figure on a siio. When
ever possible, play both ends from the
middle.
Cheerful Chirper," the Dinas cor
respondent of the Sharon Springs
Western Times, seems to be trifle
pessimistic, regardless of his nom de
plume. as the following would indi-
cate: Prospects are bright for bump
er crop in this vicinity, providing
there are any horses left with strength
enough TO do the work
Advice to married men from Edi-
for Stonaker of the Russell Springs
Leader: Any man who truly loves his
wife will make it a point to get home
when he says he will. unless it is i'm
possible. Even then he will send word,
if he can. 1t is very easy for a WON
an to imagine all sorts of accidents
and that kind of worry just takes hold
of her tender nerves
In refutation of the stories Of suf-
fering in western Kansas during the
severe weather, the Jumbo correspond
ent of the Cinarron Jacksonian, writes,
smcng other things: And say! Hear
say had it that my brother-in-law Of
South Meade burned up his wagon.
during the storm, for fuel Well, I guess
he did, but they forgot to say that the
wagon had fallen to pieces first. Sui
fering i'll western Kansas is only an
other Black Crow story
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
PoINTED PARAGRAPHs..



Learn what not to do-then don't do ~
Even loves young dream occasionally
dies of old age.
And some men act as II It were a crime
to kiss their wives.
A mans long face may be due TO the
fact that he is short.
The thing you expect generally comes
in an unexpected shape.
There may be just as good fish IN the
sea, but the sea is so large
Outwardiy the world sympathizes with
you, but inwardly It says: Served Won
right" 'o~
woman always takes time to e,ie.n
wno II Is when the telephone rings.
A man seldom appreciates how much ,
woman appreciate a mans appreciation
If a man lives to be 20 and has na,,..
been in love, he might just as well ~
ehlOroformed. 10
During courtshiD man thinks the rtrl
in the case is dear to him: after narrisre
he knows she is -o~
When you read of young man h.,--
ing accepted a situation Il means fhaf -,
mas hustled around and found a fob
When woman says she believes ...,-..
word her husband tells her. It's DONE
% dougnnuts that the honeymoon n am
in it's infancy. 7'lAA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
A WANT AID.

WANTED-Male and female help to make
the new year bright,
To clear old wrongs away and fill the
world with new delight;
To Danish prejudices which have long
retarded peace,
To help to get things so arranged that
sorrowing shall cease.
and female help to
bravely lead the blind,
To lift the fallen and to teach the art
of being kind
To give the weak a friendly hand. to bind
the wounds that bleed,
To help to show the sinfulness of selfish
ness and greed.
WANTED-Male and female help to raise
a rOuSing cheer
For those who fail in doing well, but
proudly persevered;
To make the way that leads to sin an
unattra ctive way
To help to teach that worthiness is worth
the price we pay.
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Not a few men measure their hap
piness by what they get to eat.
y X
Women are particularly versatile
when it comes to finding things to
fuss about.
=
Often when woman's hat is on
Straight it looks mighty crooked to
a mere man.
A fool generally gets over being
that way after he has parted with
the bulk of his money.
X X
Remember this truth. as Ebert
Hubbard puts il: There is always
somebody to do your work better than
you do it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
CHINA CRIEs FOR HELP.

There has been considerable suffering
in every city of any size in these
United States during the recent severe
winter weather. which forced many la
borers into temporary idleness. Most
of this suffering has been relieved
through the generosity of their fellow
citizens, more fortunately .ituated. In
some communities, perhaps. the drain
on those who were blessed with a sur
plus has not been small. But it does
seem that the people of this country,
regardless of the help that they have
been called upon to give at home, can
we'll afford to be more liberal than they
have been in extending aid to the
famine sufferers Of China.
It may be that the recent stirring
times in China. surrounding the over
throw of the Manchu dynasty and the
establishment of republican form of
government, has overshadowed the dis
tressing situation that prevails among
the famine-stricken in Central China.
Certain it is that the United States and
other civilized nations have been a
little slow at hearing the calls for help
that have come from that benighted
land. This is not usual state of af-
fairs. In times past when any great
disaster has overwhelmed a people or
any considerable portion of them in
any nook or corner of the universe. the
response to their cries for relief have
been prompt. and especially from this
country.
For months. though. that most ter
ribIe of scourges. famine. has been
stalking through Central China Three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

LFrom the New York Press.l
Being a refor7ner is the quickest way
to get despised.
The hardest thing is to convince noise
that it isn't knowledge.
When a man isn't Dragging up his bust
ness ability himself. his wife is doing il
for him
Two times two make forty when they re
beaux. and forty plus two make twenty
six when they're years
A man is lot more suspicious of some
body that stops him in the street to ask
him the time OF day than OF anybody who
tries to sell him a gold brick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19

Much good has been accomplished
in the dark corners of the world
through the generosity of the people
of this land in their donations for the
purposes of foreign missions. The Sc
we're winter at home here which has
thrown many men out of work makes
1t apparent that there is a large and
pressing field for home missionary
work of the sort that counts. This is
as applicable to Topeka on a smaller
but proportionate scale as it is to the
larger cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoALL-

If a table has legs has a chiffonier?
Il don't care if he is a houn' they
gotta stop kickin' my dawg aroun'.)
If they find the Black Hand guilty
will the judge slap them on the Canon
rfsts?
CWoodman. spare that tree. An an
cestor of mine was hung on it,
If swearing was prohibited in Douglas
county could the Bowersock dam?
Don't cheer boys. This is a job for
the undertaker.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19

And the city commissioners continue
to suggest to the Western Union Tel
egraph company that it remove it's I'M
slightly poles on the east side of Kan
sas avenue. And the Western Union
apparently let's these suggestions go IN
one ear and out the other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19

Because of the Ainsworth incident
q congressional investigation of the
war department is said to be certain
Pretty soon, now. and there won't be
a single thing left for congress to in
vestigate- And such an extra amount
of work do these Investigations entail
on the members of congress, it would
not be at all surprising if they began
to suggest before long that their pay
should be increased.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19

Harry B. Hutchins. president Of the
University of Michigan. insists that
underlying the movement for the ini-
tiative and the referendum is lack of
confidence on the part of the people
In their lawmakers. Why should there
be such a lack of confidence, and
especially in states where primary
nominations prevail? The people
have the direct selection of their law
makers Is it reasonable to suppose
that Il they can't do a good job in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19

George Wharton Pepper, a Phila-
delphia lawyer, who is being consid-
cred by President Taft for appoint
ment to the supreme court vacancy,
ought to be acceptable to those who
have been insisting that this distin-
guished bench is in need of being
livened up a bit. 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19

selecting their representatives in leg
islatures. they could do a better one
in the actual making of laws under
the initiative and the referendum?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19

Tt is also noticeable that Sam
Gompers is not declaring with empha-
sis that the half-hundred men under
arrest on charges Of being concerned
in the Infamous dynamite conspiracy
are Innocent"