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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

| Things, but we frequently forget to OBJ
serve Maundy Thursday.
The Kaws trimmed the Texas Uni
Versity team IA to 5; but the Kaws will
not be playing rah-rah boys in July
and August Therefore, comma, we
shall attempt to restrain our enthusi-
asm over the defeat of the t. U.
Among other records held by Mr..
Roosevelt, is that of having been rob-
bed of a greater number of small ar
tlcleS than any other citizen. He was
robbed of New York. touched for Da-
kota, and pilfered of Vermont, but up
to late hour this afternoon, the police
had done nothing about it.
But although the Colonel may give
the pee-pul nothing else he has given
them new expression, towit: political
burglary
The United States is importing pota-
toes from Great Britain, but it does not
necessarily follow that the Britons
prefer breakfast food to spuds. 1t may
be because they haven't the price of
potatoes.
Again Hon. Ganse of Emporia blows
up with loud noise, but the explosion
attracted little attention as Ganse has
blown up at frequent intervals ever
since Stubs took him up into the
mountain.
II a baby is slow about learning to
walk, the fond parents are perfectly
sure that it is because it's massive brain
is too heavy for it's little legs to carry.
A kingman youth whipped his father
1n-law elect for the girl instead of ask
ing for her, but at that the parent was
winner, Court plaster and arnica are a
dangsight cheaSer than home we'd
ding.
Spring must be on the Job" SAYS
Hondo Murphy, because every mem
Der OF my family. with the exception of
the dog, has recovered from the grin
and the dog is convalescing.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

Doctor Crumbine has very properly
nailed a political yarn to the effect
that attaches of the state board of
health are taking an active hand in
the big political fight that is on in this
state among the Republicans DR..
Crumbine points out that the state
department of health is not in politics.
This is in the nature of a self-evident
truth. Had this department been in
politics, it never would have been able
to accomplish the excellent results that
it has.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

Neither would it be a bad idea for
the street cleaning department to get
busy on Sixth avenue and other of
the much travelled cross town streets.
There is a lot of accumulated dust
and dirt on them. And on a windy
day they are not very desirable streets
TO travel unless you happen to be in
an automobile that is leading the pro-
ceSsiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

None of the powder mills in this
country appears to manufacture any
thing but the very best products in
its line. This is evidenced by the fl
quency with which the powder mills
are blown up and the completeness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03
TAFT And HIS RECORD.

President Taft has undoubtedly
gained before the country by mis- trip
to New England, and the whole
round of attacks on him have helped
and not injured him.
The president has grown on the
country in three years His admins
tration has gained the months
have passed. 1t has had its errors
like the Ballinger case, but they arc
over. The American people know
their presidents. They understand
them. They are never deceived about
them. President Taft follows the peo-
pies will, carries out public demands
and beyond any recent president, by
his frequent trips, his speeches and
his constant contact with his fellow
citizens, has kept close to public de-
sires and demands.
Mr.. Taft has done the peoples Will.
1t is ridiculous to attack him as
president who does not believe IN the
rule of the people. No one can he
lieve this assertion. Instead, the
president has come to represent the
enacted will of the people, the con-
stitution and the laws, the protection
of public and private rights and the
orderly administration of Justice
Philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

Carl Morris, the erstwhiIe white
hope has gone back to railroading.
He complains that the pugiIfstic arena
is infested with thugs Carl may
not have developed into the fighter
that some of his friends thought he
would, but surely no one can deny
his powers of discernment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

Presuma bly, there is much restless
ness in the stables of some of the
Democrats of high estate and talents
1t is the opinion of several of the
Democratic leaders that the presi-
Dental nomination of their party will
go to q dark horse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

It's a shame to spot a good story,
and especially one SO interesting as
that which has been printed in some
of the newspapers from Citen baEe,
South Africa. This tells of a bulldog
rushing into a cave where n tiger had
taken refuge. After a fierce fight the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

When presidential primaries are
the primary campaign funds of the
there should be Complementary legis-
latlon providing for the fullest pub
licity concerning the contrib tions to
provided by law in the several states,
various candidates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

If Republican is named for the
united states senatorshlp from Ten
nessee' made vacant by the untimeIy
death OF Bob Taylor, it will sort of
even things up for the unusual pres
ence in the senate of two Demo-
cratic senators from Maine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

1t behooves nobody herea bouts to
get overly enthusiastic about the ar
rival of spring. Kansas once en-
joyed an s-inch snow storm on April
9, and during the latter part of one
Kansas April it showed for half a day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

Although the furious boiling of the
political pot in Kansas is more or less
annoying and disturbing to most folk,
it is not without its compensation. 1t
has apparently put at least a tenn
porary quietus on the Stubbs-Dawson
cOntrONerSN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

There seems to be a dearth of
spring poetry on the market. But
poets have a most precarious time of
it at best. It may be possible that
the recent severe winter put most
of them on the jinx.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03
FULL. LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nor is it likely that the deep water
way enthusiasts are viewing with sat
isfaction the Mississippi, even if it
has attained depth of 52.S feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03

Colonel Roosevelt ought to toss an
other hat into the ring. The one he
did has been so riddled with holes
and so trampled out of shape that it
is unfit for further service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03
KANSAS COMMENT
TEACHERS sIMPTE DTrrv

TEACHERS SIMPLE DUTY.
"a scho0i teacher is a person who
teaches things to people when they
The teacher comes to school at s:3O
ocIock, and when she has enough
chlIdren Tor mess in her room, she
leaches them reading, writing, geog-
raphy, grammar, arithmetic music
drawing, cooking, board saving
crocheting, deep breathing. bird calls.
sclentlhc eating, patriotism, plain and
fancy bathing, forestry, civics and
other sciences too numerous 20 mem
ton When school is out she STAYS
behind with five or six of the worst
scholars and tries to save the state the
loD OF reforming them later on. After
lhat she hurries home to make herself
new dress and snatch a hasty supper
petore going back to attend a lecture
Dy an imported specialist on the his
Tory OF tribal law in Patagonia, which
the superintendent thinks NAV give
her some information which NAV be
useful in her school work some day.
A great many lecturers roam the
country preying on school teachers and
some or them are very cruel, talking
to them SO long that the poor things
have to sit up until morning. when
they get home, to get their daily test
papers corrected.
The teachers salaries range from
$50 a month up-but not far enough
up to make them dizzy. On her sal
airy the teacher must dress nicely. buy
neTSelI In1nBS Tor Aer work which the
city is too poor to get, go to twenty
nine lectures and concerts a year, buy
helpful books on pedagogy, pay her
way to district, county and state in
stitutes, and enjoy herself during a
three months vaca ton which her sal
airy takes every year. In addition
the teacher is supposed to hoard away
vast sums OF money, so that when she
teach at the age of so or Whereabouts
she can retire and live happily ever
after on her income.-Hiawatha News
Democrat.
APPEALING TO NEWCOMERS.
In the old days before advertising
became general. there were some
stores that could seem to get along
merely on old established reputation.
Population was more stationary
then. and the trade of many families
was roped and tied down. because
their fathers and grandfathers had
bought there before them.
These conditions have gone. never
to return, both as respects older resi-
dents, but emphatically and particu-
larry with newcomers. People move
from place to place more easily than
before. In most towns today there
is a large proportion of comparatively
new residents.
A mans business reputation may
be ever so well established. but the
newcomers ,:now nothing about ssat.
When the newcomer is told orally
that a certain store is reliable. he
does not know whether this repre-
sents merely an impartial judgment
or personal friendship.
The newcomers only way Of esti-
mating the character of merchants is
through the newspaper advertisement.
To these he turns to get his impress
sions of local trade. The merchant
that advertises freely, truthfully. and
convincingly gets the business of the
people that move into town.-Winheld
Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03
BY THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

We have a good memory for some
things, but we frequently forget to OBJ
serve Maundy Thursday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-02
New JERSEY FOOD CONDITIONS SHOCKING

NV Fed of more effective pure food laws for New Jersey and
AN an adequate force to administer them is shown in the an
nual report of DIR. FTz Randolph, of the State health board.
Startling revelations are made of diseased animals slaughtered and
placed on the market and immense traffic in eggs of the "rots and
spots" kind. The law limiting cold storage has failed to lower the
cost OF living. There was enough food so stored in this State
October>1 last to supply it's population for almost a year, including
nearly 25,OOO,OOO dozen eggs, and yet eggs are selling at five cents
each. DIR. Fitz Randolph points out that inspectors have no way
of determining how long goods have been stored in other States
before being sent to our warehouses, and wants the law amended
SO as to allow the seizure of products, instead of, as now, merely
imposing a fine. There is actually no statute ON the books to safe
guard the preparation of horse meat for food. Conditions in
slaughter-houses. are almost beyond description; tons of oeomar-
garine are sold for butter;the standard of dairy herds is deteriorat-
ing; many articles of food are adulterated and, VIGOROUSLY, local
health boards are indolent or inefficient. The workings of the civil
service law combine with the small salaries paid to scientific help
to cripple the service, and the Legislature does not grant nearly
enough money for the hire of inspectors for the proper policing
of the State. The inspectorial force is ridiculously inadequate. 1t
is plain from the report that our. laws dealing with the food supply
need a drastic overhaulng. Present conditions are a menace to
public health and a disgrace to New Jersey.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-02
schoolhouscs for recreation.


To the Editor of the Evening Star:
A good suggestion for the solution
of the public playground problem ap-
speared in a recent issue of the Eve
ming STAR, when 1t was proposed TO
utilize the public school buildings while
sessions are not being held. h plan
would prove particularly adequate In
the cases of the young workingmen
and girls of the city who wish to hold
dances or entertainments in the eve
nings.
The school buildings. if put to such
use, would prove a haven for the young
people whose fnances permit them to
attend only the cheapest and not prop
erly conducted dances. They would
also offset the dangerous influence of
the cheaper moving picture theatres.
the managers of which seek to evade
the law at every opportunity. Under
the proper supervision the affairs con-
Quoted at the school buildings would
soon be ~patronized by the young folks
who now attend places of amusement
dictated by their pocketbooks. -
M. H. G..
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-02
TOSS CHOICE OF HIS OWN STATE.

rs GOVERNOR FOSS, of Massachusetts has received the indorse.
.A1 ment of the Massachusetts Democrats as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for President. The indorse-
ment was given by the Democratic State Committee and it meets
the warm approval of the Democratic rank and file in the State.
This unanimity together with the fact of the election of Foss to a
second term as governor in a State like Massachusetts, speaks
loudly for the Foss candidacy. Furthermore, the late campaign of
Foss was on national issues and Massachusetts was a national
battle-ground in the last election. Governor Foss took his stand on
the principles that will be written into the Democratic national plat
form this year. 1t may well be argued in the Democratic nominal
ing convention that a candidate who can carry Massachusetts is
the candidate to carry the country.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-02

ABoUT MEN,
(eUNoM

There is one man in this city who is
going to make a New Years resolu-
ton never to help any one again. He
was walking along South Orange ave.
nue. Wednesday during the high wind
when he saw two hats go bounding
along the street. He had a parcel in
one hand and was holding his own hat
firmly with the other, but he let go his
hat for a minute and made a dive for
W sky-piece rolling along to the
middle of the street, where a horse
stepped on 1t. The owner of the hat
stopped to swear at the driver, when to
his surprise he saw that the mar
whose hat he was going to rescue was
laughing at him. Then he swore at
him and he also said, with a good
many embellishments, that never again
would he help any one again.
M. NJ. Stallman, counsel for the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad, drew a 'doleful picture the
other day Of what will happen if the
order of the Public Utility Commits
sion requiring railroads to furnish free
drinking cups to their patrons is put
in effect.
Just picture, if o will,'' he said,
"the spectacle of a brakeman on one Of
our crowded rush-hour trains rushing
up to a passenger with a glass Of
water, hen rushing to the baggage
car, where he would grab a towel and
In a sanitary manner. and then rush
back through the train to serve an
other passenger. Why, we would have
to have a fully-equipped kitchen and
@ corps of dishwashers on each train"
Intent on getting to his desk at 6
o'clock one morning during the Christ
mas rush, Thomas w. Frampton,
superintendent of general delivery in
the Newark P~ostoffice, awakened sud
denly, took a quick look at his clock
| and dressed himself. On the way from
a car he happened to glance in a store
! window and the clock there said 2
a. m.
"That can't be right" said the ro-
tund superintendent to himself, con-
tinuing on his way and pulling out his
watch in the meantime. His watch
verified the store clock and a brief in
! spection told him they were right. He
had looked at the clock in his home
but not closely enough to note the
time.
The postal man who told this story
declared it was an illustration of how
the whole force, from Postmaster
James L. Hays dow to the delivery
boys, were intent on seeing that New
arkers get their Christmas presents in
time.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-02
MUsT DLsdoRdE 7HE MPERlAL WEALTH.

0Ta HE imperial family in China, it is believed, possess large
il boards of wealth, the accumulation of many years. 1t ap
pears, also, that the Manchu princes are thrifty and want to
hold on to this treasure whatever may betide. The Manchu soldier
needs, money, the public treasury is bare, moneylenders hold off
and SO the princes are asked to disgorge. They are dhinclined to
unlock the boards, even with a great emergency threatening their
downfall. But the generals must have money to pay their troops
and keep them from joining the revolution, so a memorial
goes to the empress and the princes in which they are told
in plain terms that, in the language of American politics, their
barrels must be unhooped or they will be treated as traitors. But
- this we only see history repeating itself The crown jewels and
Rser royal treasure have usually been made the spoil of revolu.
~ Only ~the>other day the magnificent jewels of the deposed
Sultan 0NT1rkey were sold at auction in Paris. The Jewels of
Louis. XIV and Marie Antoinette, sold during the French Revo-
luton, Gre now scattered over the earth.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-02
Praise for Public Service.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
There have appeared from time to
time in your Rostrum column appeals
to the Public Service to try to better
their trolley system. This, perhaps,
has beer done by citizens who found
that the trolley line they used was not
giving the best of satisfaction to them.
Now, 1 wish to praise the P. S. for
the good work they have accomplished
in needing all these notices and doing
all in their power to please their
patrons.
For years I have continually used
the Central venue car line. It has
been my habit to change cars at the
Pennsylvania depot and get on the
Contra, avenue a Now that the
Public Service has run special cars,
which go only as far as Washington
street, / ride in the car to that point
and always manage to get a seat. p.
S., accept the thanks Of the commu-
tiers who use this line.
EAST ORANGE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-02
A BETTER USE OF THE scHooL-H0UsE.

NNlQ OR too many years the public was content to pay taxes for the
maintenance of the schools and rely upon the annual re-
ports for information about the school administration. School
boards logged along attending in a perfunctory way to the affairs
}of the schools, doing the same thing year after year and in the
]same old way, and never imbibing a new idea unless it was the
adoption of a new textbook. The public has now become interested
in school management and in new ideas that the old boards either
ignored or disfavored. Under pressure by enlightened public senti
ment the school buildings are gradually being put to beneficial
uses. School boards are learning that there is such a thing as
systematic recreation, that school buildings are civic centres, that
their influence can be employed to combat the evil influences of
the streets, the dance halls and other doubtful resorts; that the
school building belongs to the neighborhood and should be used
for moral and recreative, as well as school, purposes. The public
is fully convinced on that point and school boards are coming
around to the public view. We expect to see great progress made
in Newark this year il. carrying out the new ideas of school man
agement.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-02

~ .rE - IA tNaA- I'll aLH A =A--
face with boot polish instead Of cold,
cream after he had forgotten to change
his dressing gown for his frock coat.
But a kind policeman put things
right.
Are you aware, sir, that you are
carrying a joint of beef IN your arms?"
he asked.
Goodness mel" said the professor.
It knew something was wrong. My
wife told me to put her Sunday hat on
the bed, to place this joint In the oven
n to take the baby and the dog out
for a walk"
You've not put the baby in the oven,
surely?" said the laws guardian.
Il put something in it." said Brane-
fog. but l don't know whether It was
the baby or the dog"
With bated breath thay hurried to
the professors house. Here. on the
bed lay the baby and the dog, but It
was just as bad for Branefos. It was
his wife's Sunday nat that was IN the
oven.
Frank Gotch, the champion wrestler,
said h other day In Chicago apropos
of his recent victory over Hacken-
schmidt:
They claim that the toe holds are
rough. Why talk of roughness. though,
with the football season in full SWING
The young man laughed.
Wrestling is child's play beside foot
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-02

Entertaining a large audience, the
Yale Dramatic Association gave
| George Bernard Shaw's THE Devils
Disciple" last night. in the Ly-
ceum. East Orange, and following the
affair a dance was enjoyed at the resi-
| dence of Mrs. Russell Colgate, in Hut
ton Park, West Orange. h Thes-
| plans, who are making a tour of the
country, we're warmly received and pro-
voked hearty applause by their clever
presentation of the play. The proceeds
from the performance will go to the
new Yale Theatre at New Haven, Conn.
The -patronesses for the affair were:
Mrs. Ellis Adams. Mrs. York Allen
Allingo, Mrs. Arthur N. Anderson, Mrs.
Edward s. A. Ashley, Mrs. Anastassio
c. NJ. Azoy, Mrs. Henry P. Bailey, Mrs
william T. Baird. Mrs. Arthur j., Bald
win, Mrs. Leonard D. Baldwin. Mrs.
| Wilmer A. Baldwin, Mrs. Fred N. Ball,
Mrs. William Barr, Mrs. William A.
Barstow, Mrs. Nevett. steele Barlow,
| Mrs. William Bayne, jr., Mrs. Augustus
NJ. Bell, Mrs. Lorenzo Benedict, Mrs.
| N. w. Benner, Mrs. Oscar A. Bever-
| Guyton Boston, Mrs. Joseph H. Bovine,
Mrs. Robert M. Boyd, jr., Mrs. Arthur
A. Boyer, Mrs. John II. Bradshaw,
Mrs. Allen C. Bragaw, Mrs. Alfred Fl.
Brainard, Mrs, Jacques Bramhall, Mrs.
| william Birdsall, Mrs. William G.
Broadway, Mrs. Harry V. A. Brewer,
Mrs. william Thayer Brown, Mrs.
| Charles Ross Browning, Mrs. Isaac N.
| Burdick, Mrs. James M. Burr, Mrs.
| David d. Burrell, Mrs. Maxwell
| Percy Byron, Mrs. wellington Camp
| bell, Mrs. Paul C. Carey, Mrs. Arthur
! d. Chambers, Mrs. H.. j. Chaplin, Mrs.
| James e. ~CheesmGn, Mrs. Hendon
| Chubb, Mrs. Samuel o. Church, Mrs.
Edward e. Clapp, Mrs. Henry B.. Clos
son, Mrs. Hermann Cokefair, Mrs
| Gardiner Colby, Mrs. Richard M. Col
gate, Mrs. Russell Colgate, Mrs. Sidney
| M. Colgate. Mrs. Edward NJ. Collie. Mrs
B.. s. Comstock, Mrs. George E. Coney
Mrs. Hedley ": Cooke, Mrs. William
H. Cooke, Mrs. Lowry f. B. Craig
Mrs. John H. Crawford, Mrs. w. d
Croker, Mrs. Elliott Cutter, Mrs. Yer
non l.. Davey, Mrs. Frank H. Davis
Mrs. John L. Day, Mrs. r. H. Dodd.
Mrs. Herman Dowd, Mrs. Benjamin
Douglass, IT., Mrs. Frank l.. DuBosque
Mrs. Edward D. Duffleld, Mrs. Frank
Fl. Dyckman. Mrs. Frank L. Dyer, Mrs
Charles E. Eaton, Mrs. W. e. Eaton
Mrs. Edward F. Eberstadt, Mrs
Thomas A. Edison. Mrs. George Enger
Mrs. Frances M. Eppley, Mrs. John D
Everitt, Mrs. Wilson Farrand, Mrs
Joseph L. Fewsmith, Mrs. John Firth
Mrs. Harry B. Fonda, Mrs. Thomas
Newton Foster, Mrs. Robert A. Franks
Mrs. James M. French. Mrs. F. 7
Gates, Mrs. G. w. Gedney. Mrs. Frank
E.. Gellatly, Mrs. Charles e. Gerhardo
Mrs. George M. Gill, Mrs. f. E. Goodell
Mrs. Charles ca Goodrich. Mrs. John G
Gould. Mrs. Rawlston Grant, Mrs
William Graves, Mrs. Edward Green
Mrs. Oscar l.. Gubelman. Mrs. Lewis
c. .Hallock, ir, Mrs. Benjamin B. Har-
rison. Mrs. Joseph ID. Harrison, Mrs
sL