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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

make life worth while for you and for
me-but you'll have to live in my little
green house."
''I'll live anywhere she told him,
all radiant with happiness, with
you"
ST think" he said, slowly. ST have
learned of late the meaning of life.
The people in the town will call me
brave. but there is no bravery in doing
have passed have taught me this, that
the world has need of me. That is
enough to know. But I cannot give
the world my best, unless I have you
to stand by my side and show me the
way. If that be weakness, then L
glory in it,
Il love your weakness, dear" she
said, and hid her face against his
arm. Show me the way, that l may
be as brave as u.''-Copyrighted
1912, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
THE RETURN OF THE SAVAGE

| American complacency received a
serious setback from an unexpected
quarter the other day. For years il
has proclaimed the beauty and wis
dom of it's treatment of the Indian
and has laid special emphasis on the
fact that if it did, in earlier, unregen-
crate days, put the whisky bottle in
the hands of the red man, it has now
given him the spelling book. I'VE
have taken the Indian" says Uncle
Sam, land educated him. We have
taught him the glories of our way of
| living; the fine points of our mode
of thought; the advantages of COM
| ing out from his stoicism and seclu-
sion'
But have we? If the action of
Thorpe, the Indian athlete at Carlisle.
can be taken as typical in any way, the
whole fabric falls to the ground. If
| it is only individual, then our system
of education has proved A failure in
his case.
Thorpe is the man who did such
wonderful things in an athletic way,
and so many of them, at the Olympic
games in Sweden. He is an all-around
athlete; the most famous of his day
and. all things considered, one of the
most remarkable this land has pro-
duced. Yet he quits his career in
school just in the zenith of it, because
of His utter adherence of the public
gaze and the large amount of notori-
ETY. he has received for his various
stunts in the athletic world at the
Olympian games and on his own ma
tive soil, particularly in football and
on the cinder path
Here is a confession that proves
Thorpe doesn't know what schools are
for and what is the duty of the true
eolIegian. Any five-year-old kid can
tell him the answer of the first, which
is to make the team" or the eleven
or to do something or other out of the
common in an athletic way for the
glory of his school. And the duty of
the man who has done something big
in this way is to exploit himself as
much as possible; bring in his rela-
tives. too. in print and picture and
make himself as talked of as dancer
who was mistress of king or a
murderer who glories in his ghoulish-
ness.
More than this, by seeking seclu-
sion Thorpe has assailed a large
share of the rest of mankind and
womankind who live to get their
names in the papers. Big business
men sometimes have press agents to
chronicle their deeds in finance and
the social world and if the average
person supposes that the sole func-
ton of female secretaries to prominent
women is to keep tab of their engage
ments, he has no knowledge of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
DAFFYDHS
By q. NQALL.

and dumb brides are unspeakably
happy?
Oshkosh Lena will now favor US
with the lay of the hen: They'll be
fifty cents a dozen In the winter.'O
If Vanguard could row boat
across the Atlantic how far could Tes-
reau?
CUP with the napkins, boys! Here
comes the soup.)
E If a woman refused to smoke could
a cigar maker?
(No punishment can be too severe
for that guy. He's the boob that put
the dome on the domestic.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
A FACE an NOEL.

In my own Provence Chow well remem-
berD
When we all were sat at the Christmas
feast,
Warm light on faces of greatest and least,
There would come long cry outside the
door,
Keen as the wind of the bleak December:
Give to US poor from your Yule-log's
store!'
In my own Provence chow well remem-
berD
There was one who. smiling, would rise
from her seat,
And, heaping platter with bread and
meat,
With a tigs and fugasso. would open the
While in blew the wind of the bleak
December,
And snow came sitting along the floor.
In my own Provence Chow well remem-
berD
Those at the door I never once saw
They were Gods poor. to be held in awe!
But the angel-face my Mother wore,
Fronting the night and the bleak Decem-
Der,
Her face-how it grows on me more and
more!
Edith M. Thomas in Lippincotts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
THOSE WHO WILL GO.
TAst of Topeka Pension office EN-
nIoxees Who Go to Washington

The Topeka pension agency WIN
moved to washington December lo'
EMPLOYEES of the department were cor
lected in the pension agents room thiS
morning to hear the official commuh-
cation from Washington, contalnlhs
the specific date and the list OF thoss
who have been chosen to so. Amons
the names are only two old sololers-
Charles W. Campbell and JACOB
Mcclure. Pension Agent A. W. smith;
who has done capable work mere wiz
remain in charge of the Topeka once.
The pension officers consider TINS ths
beginning of the end" that VIII leau
to the adjustment of the Topeka once
and the final consolidation with the
other agencies
You are instructed" read the let,
ter from Washington. Ito move an
current records and equipment TO the
Washington bureau not later than De-
cember 10. 1912. Later instructions VIII
be issued giving the names that have
been selected for transfer at a iaeef
date
The list included the following mem
bers of the local office: Charles w,
Campbell, Cass Carr, James b. Don
cyson, Henry B. Fleming, Leonard p.
Fortune. John Hovenden, James p
Howe. oliver E. Kennedy. Earl r. Lit
Teton, James H, McCleary, Jacob 8.
Mcclure. Lawrence A. Mcdonald. FL
mer E. Miller and Howly v. Rice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
SAYS UNCLE CAV

Blessed is the early shopper and If YOU
want to join the beatific ranks of them
that take thought for their brothers and
sisters, you'll have to hurry If YOU real
ly care for Christmas it is worth while
to make it a little better than a toll
haunted mockery for the men and women
who sell you your gifts.
Thanks to the splendid spirit of a num-
Der OF real reformers, the early shopping
movement has taken hold in America and
the terrors of Christmas inhumanities to
shopfolk have been materially decreased.
We are trying to outgrow the habit of
sacrificing flesh and blood upon the altar
OF the seasons cheer. Our negligence
costs less in exhaustion, i'll health sorrow
and tears than it once did. Most of us
understand that the annual shopping rush
has been, in the very nature of things
of deadly effect upon saIesfoIks. We know
that some Of them have not outlived it,
that others have paid the price for our
shortcomings in broken health, and that
there are still those for whom we make
the season one long nightmare.
shops and department stores are built
to accommodate the ordinary, all the year
round demand. 1t is physical impossi-
bility to place enough salespeople in them
to meet the volume of the seasons trade
if ii is crammed into one week. Your
negligence costs you good service and the
faithful, frantic efforts of the salesfolkS
to give you proper attention doesn't help
matters. 1t only wears out these human
machines who have just much right
to live as men and women and by a rea-
sonable amount of effort as you have.
Hou wouldn't like to be called an OPP
pressor of your kind, but you are, If you
fail to shop early. If you don't believe
it visit a department store at any time
the week before Christmas.
You would be unspeakably outraged and
Mortified if someone should call you a
murderer, but If you care to know the
exact status of the last-mfnute shopper,
look up the death rate for December. jan
uary and February and inquire whence
comes the increase.
That's an ugly suggestion, isn't it? All
the more ugly because 1t is true. You
can't blame the shopkeeper or the depart
ment store manager He's doing the best
that he can, ordinarily. At worst, he's no
more inhuman than you. He does what
you want him to do, and he'd rather sell
goods in November than December. Fail
ing that, he would prefer to deliver your
Christmas gifts during the first week of
the month than the third. The response
bility is entirely yours.
Granted that you are not altogether un-
selfish and that you are not at all send-
mental, still the thought of salesfolks
with enough health and energy left to en-
joy Christmas should sweeten your own
holiday. The more smiles there are in
the world, the more likely that nothing
will occur to rob you OF yours.
Blessed is the early shopper. Last call
for christmas gifts!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
JOURNAL ENTRIES

One of the easiest ways to avoid
trouble is to hold your tongue.
& 4 n
Any number of folk seem to get
keen enjoyment out of watching 9TH
erS work.
Another particularly useless worry
is that devoted to money that's been
spent.
1t is hard to convince poverty
stricken people that wealth doesn't
produce happiness.
y -
Hunting for needle in a haystack
is Incompatible as a difficulty with
finding time that's been lost.
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KANSAS GOSSIP.
Says Kept Widows Money.

Wichita, Kan, Dec. 9.-Action was
commenced in the local district court
here to disbar Attorney Dempster o.
Potts from practicing law in Kansas.
Charges were filed against Potts by
Mrs. Rosa Null, a widow, formerly of
Pratt county. She says that she in
trusted to the lawyer the proceeds of
the sale of three farms. Her COM
plant asserts the attorney appro-
priated the money to his own use.
About $500 is involved in the COM
plant. Mr.. Potts says that he is not
fearing the outcome of the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
Pickens' wife Is Dead.

ChanEte. Kan, Dec. 9.-Mrs. Sam
Pickens, wife of the former cashier
of the First National bank in Thayer.
who was tried recently in the federal
court in Topeka for Incorporating
funds and making false statements,
died in a Kansas City hospital from
an injury which she received while
she was attending the teachers insti-
tute in this county last summer that
she might fit herself to assist her
husband,
She obtained a position in the
Thayer schools, where she was teach
ing when her injury developed fatal
Iy. Surgeons took her to the hospital
for an operation, which disclosed in
ternaI gangrene. Mrs. Pickens was
"a years old, and had been married
sixteen years. She was a student in
Northwestern university and GRADUATE
ed from the Columbia school of ex-
preston in Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Incidentally, Governor-elect Hodges
is some politician. Two years from
now when he will undoubtedly be a
candidate for reelection the women
will have a vote. And he has already
announced that inasmuch as the wom-
en- of Kansas have been placed on an
equal political footing with the men,
he intends to remember them in the
allotment of state offices that he Will
have to fill by appointment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
CowIey County Teachers Meet.

Winfield, Kan, Dec. 9.-The Cow
ley County Teachers association was
in session here. One hundred and
fifty teachers, representing the Win
field and Arkansas City schools, and
nearly every district school in the
county, were in attendance. A splen-
did program, prepared by Miss NJ
May Adams, superintendent of public
instruction and president of the asso-
citation, and Miss Flora Miller, secre-
tary, was rendered. Professor D. A.
Ellsworth of Emporia Normal. and
Professor Henrietta V. Race of South
western college, were the principal
lecturers. The next meeting of the
association will be held at Arkansas
City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

TFrom the New York Press.1
Common sense never peters out; genius
always does.
Millionaires act as If everybody else
liked to be kicked in the face.
Even if a fine opportunity does come
along 1t has big-price tag on it.
1t makes man proud to be able to keep
his temper with everybody but his wife.
There are a lot of people who think that
when they buy subway ticket they in
vest in the whole road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Now that all sorts of effective pune
lures have been put in the contention
that Mr.. Thompson is not eligible for
a seat in the United States senate be-
cause he was a candidate for office
while he still held the position of a
state judge, any other talk about plots
and plans to deprive him of the
honor that he has so convincingly
earned is particularly idle. A major
fly of the legislators would not dare
to go contrary to the expressed will of
the people of the state, unless there
was some serious legal defect in the
premises. If they did. it would GER
tainly mark their political finish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Present indications are that efforts
will be made to place all of the many
unsolved murders that have occurred
in Kansas in the past few years on the
unfortunate John Derr, who con-
fessed recently to killing a man some
time ago at or near Richmond,
Franklin county. This is a convenient
way for the peace officers who failed
to unravel such crimes to attempt to
save their bacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
two Tmmns of CoaI-S5.

E. D. Stewart pleaded guilty to the
charge of petty larceny in police court
Saturday afternoon and was nned 80.
He was a member of the Uncle Tom 8
cabin company and besides taking
part in the caste, was the company
cook. While preparing dinner, or get
ting ready for dinner, he found that
he needed some coal He rolled two
Jumps off q car in the Union Pacific
yards and was taking them to the
dining car when he was arrested by
to the city prison and held until after
the matinee when members of the
company paid his fine and secured his
release.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

And the efficiency of the coming ses-
sion of the legislature will also be
measured by the number of archaic
and worthless laws it weeds from the
statute books as we'll as by the num-
Der and worth of the new ones it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

There's a deficit of $2.5OO in the
finances of the Republican state COM
mittee. Perhaps the Bull Moose en-
thusiasts who were candidates for Of
flee on the Republican ticket deemed it
their duty to turn their contributions
elsaWhere
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Mr.. Hitchcock, the postmaster gener-
al has done mighty fine for an old
bachelor. He has issued the necessary
orders that will assure all letters ad-
dressed to Santa Claus reaching their
destination
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

E. Gugler and husband to B. ].
Myers, pit. lots 90-92 Van Buren, ST..
North Topeka. .'--..' -
J. g. Stoneback to I. B. Stoneback,
lot 65, pit. IS Harrison st. ..-...-.-:..
H. G. Palmer to D., NJ. Palmer, lot
ZIG s. y IA Buchanan ST. horhes
add .'.''.f', -.
s. A. Dick to N. Kessinger, lot 20
Chandler St, Parkdale. .-...-...-.-
G. Shorey and wife to B. F. stephen
son, lots 262-64 Monroe ST., Para
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
To Drill for Oil in Geary.

Junction City, Kan, Dec. AT a
meeting of the business men and
farmers held here it was definitely de-
cided to drill two wells in eastern
Geary in an effort to find oil or gas.
Over half the necessary amount was
subscribed at the meeting. Drilling
will be started as soon as possible
Leases on several thousand acres have
been secured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

CoincidentaI news items of recent
date were extremely interesting. One
told of the address made by DR.. Eliot,
president of the National Civic Re
form. association, in which he urged
the abolition of the spells system and
suggested to the Democrats that they
would soon have a precious oppor-
tunity to show their progressiveness in
this essential particular. The other
told of plans that the present Demo-
cratic senators are making to with
hold the confirmation of all appoint
ments made by President Taft, so that
there will be more federal patronage
to distribute among 1.-The faithful on
and after March 4, when the Demo-
cratic party will be in complete con-
troll of the government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

A Chicago woman assures a judg
that she can't live on $4,000 a year
If she had to try it on SO week
she might change her mind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Chicago is probably in a most envi-
Gus mood these days. New York has
produced "holdup man" who is only
II years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Postmaster Rodgers makes the ex-
eellent suggestion that Christmas gifts
for friends and relatives out of town
should be mailed, as well as pur-
chased, early.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

ways they work the press, the pictures
that are always ready. for print, the
tales of madame's doings that are Of
fered the newspapers.
Thorpe's attitude is an Indictment
of the great motto of the day: BE
known!"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
Hard Luck Pursues Vigus.

Highland, Kan. Dec. 9.-The house
on the farm of Joseph Wyatt, three
miles southeast of Highland, burned
yesterday. It was occupied by Ed
Vigus, who lost all his household
goods. The house and contents were
valued at $4,000, with $4,000 insur-
ance. It is not known how the fire
started. 1t seems that Mr.. Vigus has
had more than his share of misfor-
tune lately. Only a little over a year
ago the house in which he lived, on
the same farm, was burned, together
with all his household goods, and this
one had been built in its place. Then
last summer, two of his children were
so badly burned by overturning a ket-
tie of hot grease on themselves that
they barely recovered, and will be
marked for life. And now he has
again lost his home and furniture,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

John. McGinnis this morning pleaded
guilty to the theft of a watch from John
Dryer, and was sentenced to serve a
year In the county Jail. The theft occur
Santa Fe inspector, living at 7O6 Maids On
street The maximum jail sentence was
imposed by Judge Robert D. Carver of
the county court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

1t seems, to the Atchison Globe, that
the Republicans and Bull Moose are
getting together like the Turks and
Servians did at Monastir.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

AS higher education progresses: A
regular course in football has been
added to the curriculum of the Uni
Versity of Wisconsin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

''Helrs Playground" is the title of a
new book just issued. But New York
er's needn't get chesty; it's about At
RIGA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

whipping the cholera is likely to be
q bigger job for Balkan soldiers than
whipping the Turks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

That recent disturbance recorded by
the seismograph was not caused by
an earth slip but by the suppressed
chuckling of Abdul Hamid and Poririo
Diaz.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
LOCAL MENTION.
Imported birds and gold fish. 527 Jack
SOn.-AdV.

At the Aurora today and tomorrow, the
cast of "A Winking Parson'' includes Mr..
Wadsworth, formerly of Topeka. as tie
parson. The film is laughable Edison
comedy, wherin a nervous affliction of
the parsons causes much merriment
among the girls of his congregation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
Five Generations in Picture.

Winfield, Kan, Dec. Give gen.
erations of one family is represented
in a group of pictures taken by a To-
cal photographer. The group is COM
posed of Mrs NJ. J. Finch of Win
field, the -great-grandmother;
Mrs. w. o. Loucxs of Ralston, Ok,
great-grandmother; Mrs. Ed ]. Ryan
man Triplett of Cambridge, mother,
and Master Leon Triplett, an infant in
arms. Master Leon is also the last
of five generations still living on his
fathers side. Mrs. NJ. ]. Finch, the
great-great-gran is nearing
her ninetieth year of age, but is a re-
markably well preserved old lady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

w. l. Winans, president of the Kansas
Association of Registers of Deeds, will be.
in Topeka tomorrow morning from his
home at Manhattan, Kan, and will re-
main until after the state meeting
Wednesday and Thursday. He is register
of deeds Of Riley county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Charging abandonment more than a
year ago, William Roadn1an has filed suit
for divorce against Mary Roadman. TIL ~
were married nearly three years ago.
January IT, 1910.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

The Commercial club factory aid fund is
now nearing the 800, 600 mark. Ninety
thousand dollars in subscriptions ba re
Wednesday night, when a membership
meeting of the Grub will be held, more
than one hundred thousand dollars viii!
have been raised. This will assure the
going into effect of the plan. although the
goal it is hoped to. reach is S25O.O00.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Petitions for paving the following
named streets were presented to the board
of city commissioners this morning: Lin
coin street from Fifth street to Sixth
avenue Ashland avenue, from Green
wood to Woodlawn avenue; Lincoln stree
from Tenth avenue to Eleventh street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Balfe's we'll known opera, 1.-The 30
hemian Girl" has been staged for the
motion picture camera and is being
shown in three full reels today and to-
morrow at the Cozy theater. Special
music selected from the opera will be one
of the features of the bill. 1.-The Bohemian
Grip is rich in possibilities for scenic ef-
fects. and the motion picture people have
made the most of them. No raise in price
for the feature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

A painters torch started fire at 81
King street at 1880 this morning. The
damage was trifling. The house is occu-
pied and owned by It. D. Alden.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Raymond Summers presented a claim
for fifty dollars to the board of city cont
missioners at the city hall this morning.
Summers claims he suffered injuries from
stumbling on spike in paving contract
ing tirnbers at Fifth and Garfield streets
this fall. The commission will invesu-
gate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Good shot shells half smokeless 40c an
45c, smokeless powder 55c to 75c. Fine lin
pocket knives at F. A. Bauman, AS Kan
sas ave. Opposite postoffice.