The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-24

for entertainment, and the books that
rest on the shelves unopened since their
purchases man feels a Juggling at his
heart strings after so long an absence
and he sends his wife written hint
that the best financial investment she
can make is to buy a railroad ticket
home.
Many Topekans this summer have
drowned their loneliness in golf at the
Country club links. They play until
dark-and by the time they complete
their shower, a rubbing down, and read
the evening paper, they are ready for
bed.
Read Themselves to Sleep.
Then there are deserted husbands
who go home Immediately after dinner
and bury themselves in books and
ma enthusiastically tire their brain
urtil sleep is the only relief.
More fortunate husbands who own
motor ears, fill their pockets with
cigars, spread out over the rear seat
and with their chauffeur spend the
evenings spinning out over the country
roads, breathing in fresh suburban air
to say nothing of lightning bugs-and
eXhaling dense tobacco smoke.
A certain pair of Topeka benedicts
arranged to have their household rulers
leave the same time-and they spend
evenings battling silently through
chess, with heads resting on studious
posed hands under a shaded electric
light.
other industrious Topekans who ex-
haust their book and magazine supplies,
go to the office and work over their
books, their stocks, their plans and
their misunderstanding the evening with
droopy letter to the folks telling
them of the wonderful time they are
having.
Those Restaurant Meals.
To the less fortunate man who must
eat all his meals away from home-here
is the big problem of the wife's vaca-
ton. No matter how good the food.
how well served, and what variety pre-
sents itSelf-the man accustomed to
home cooking cannot enjoy his meals at
a restaurant, cafe or hotel.
A man may kick on his wife's
cooking, he may complain because the
eggs are not hard enough, he may
storm at the taste of his coffee, he may
age because the potatoes are not we'll
Drowned or he may leave the table in
disgust and swear he will eat down
town at every opportunity-but after
he spends two weeks at restaurant
his mouth waters when he thinks OF
The home cooked pies, and he smacks
his lips when the thoughts of the home
canned fruits come through his mind.
So it is the restaurant more than
anything else that swings the welcome
sign over the door when the vacatoned
wife returns home.
Vacation Time Nearly Gone.
Summer is nearly over-state fair
week is approaching and the Topekans
who have found it necessary to live
Wireless are happy. Even the little
parties with the usual stag lunch
and refreshments become stale. Too
much of a good thing, you say? You
are right-go to the head of your class
its true. That's the reason man
sometimes throws mis- hat in the air
when the train bearing his family
whistles out of town-too much OF
good thing. A short rest needed.
And the same Topekan who called
up his friends in the first paragraph OF
this tale, and gave them an invitation
to his ''radish" blowout. has this con-
versaticn two weeks later:
Hooray-She'S Coming Back.
Eyes. Bill. she is coming back to-
norrow-whoopee! Won't I be glad
to see them-well I guess. Whew!
but the house has been 1onely-and
the rooms have been growing bigger
each night. My stomach is nearly
ruined eating these express tram
meals The bed hasn't been made for
two weeks-and I can't find clean
sniff Of naiamas in the house. 1 for
got to take my shirts to the laundry
and I had to buy two new ones TINS
week-my friends say they are are
scandaIous colorS-L never could Duy
! a decent shirt. And the kids-gosh, !
have missed them. 1 am sure gIad
that tomorrow is near, BIi-1 don
see how have stood 1T this long. rake
| ~ from me-next summer am going
Ti+h thera-no more wifeleSS wigWams
for mine! Goodnight, Bill-see you
| again" be,I1
tell YOU the same story.