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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
EVENING CHAT
The Folks We Dread to Tell.
By RUTH CAMERON.

AAC O1AS we DE0tAu " ACns
In almost every family there is some
person whom all the others dread to
tell when anything goes amiss.
Once in awhile it is the mother;
sometimes it is a domineering son or
daughter; far more often it is the
head of the house.
A friend of mine fell and broke her
arm. She was a middle-aged woman
and was quite i'll with the pain and
shock. Her husband was absent at
him know about the accident until his
return. The day before he was to ar
rive she became so frightened at the
thought of telling him that her fever
went up to a dangerous pitch, she ac-
tually became delirious and the nurse
heard her murmur over and over
again, What will Harry say?"-
OF course, the fall was entirely an
acctdent-one does not break ones
arm on purpose. And yet the thought
of telling himself actually frighten-
ed the poor lady into a delirium.
This case is extreme, but it illus
trates the queerest feature of the
whole matter-that it is not only the
things for which they are to blame
but even the most pa1pable accidents
which the other members of the fam
lily dread to tell to the fault-finding
one. The expressman, in spite of all
warnings, gouges a piece out of the
hall paper; a neighbours puppy digs up
butcher sends up bad piece of meat
surely for none of these things is
the mistress of the house culpable,
and yet her dread of telling him about
the unfortunate accident clouds over
her whole day.
Once upon a time there was a man
who, although at heart a very kindly
person, had gradually driftedi into
this attitude. One morning the
housemaid broke an expensive vase,
and as usual, his wife began to dread
the terrible moment when she should
have to tell HIM. She was not feeling
very well and the dread wore on her
nerves more than usual so that by
night she was almost sick. AS it hap
pened, her husband was in a particu
larly good humor that evening, and
when she finally summoned up cour-
age to tell him, he said very pleas
antly, well, dear, that's too bad. You
always liked that vase. Do you sup
pose could find another one for
your" Thereupon, his wife, who had
expected an entirely different re-
Spouse, actually burst into tears from
sheer relief Explanations followed,
during which the husband, being
man of unusual perception, realized
the attitude he had been taking, and
So1emnly resolved to be more reason
a bie in the future.
I doubt if any of these dreaded
folks realize how much happiness they
spoil Oftentimes they are led into
this attitude by their women folks
readiness to apologize and cringe in
regard to any unfortunate happening.
Tyrants of any sort, as I have often
said, are partly other folks fault.
Are you in the least degree such a
tyrant?
Or are you doing anything to help
make one?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
SAYS UNCLE CAV

Nobody gets fat on swallowed pride.
Usually it means a surrender of man
hood; he who prostitutes principle
presently is prey to consciousness OF
weakness that needs no accuser TIC in
sure defeat.
Courage is the biggest of human as
sets, and there are several kinds. The
greatest of these is moral courage
the strength that comes of a know
ledge of rectitude and the further
knowledge that, Whatever it's short
comings, society prizes right-doing
and right-thinkinS above all its gaudy
baub1es. siqo9s T
One man with goodly pride in him
self is worth a host of Self-accuSed
poltroons. He is an aggressive factor
in all with which he is concerned, and
must in the very nature of things pre-
vail over such as have let manhood
slips to makey room for temperate
profita BILE cowardice.
Thieves, traitors, dastards and all
the unclean crew of criminals lack
much of being the strong characters
that we are sometimes wont to
who cannot play the game according
t the rules, who have swallowed
their pride, given over manhood and
sunk to their places with the lees of
humanity. Feeling no longer the
prick of pride, they are fit for strata
gems, spoils, treasons and all manner
of crimes. Statutary law has little,
after all, to do with the prevention of
crime. There is seldom a murderer
who does not count upon escape.
Pride alone holds most of US within
bounds, and keeps our fingers from
the Threats of our neighbors Pride
gene, thele is no punishment sure
enough to give pause to criminal in
stinct, if punishment, indeed, still
holds terrors for those who have lost
the stamp of manhood.
A tramp with pride holds still the
possibilities of regeneration; a king
without it is but a degenerate incum-
brance of the earth..-(Copyright 1912,
f,-r w r yViIliaroSN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11

days, but don't forget to hobble to
the last day.
why hobb1e?"
/ ITO make it a cas of remorse for
love! If you are Already engaged
throw the girl overheard; If you are
not then you will be inside of three
months. What are a few bird shot
In the legs compared to girl like
This was a question Mr.. Trainor
had asked himself half a dozen times
with the next two hours, and he
Colonel Glider heard of the shooting
before reaching home. and he came
rushing into the house to exclaim:
tEgad, but there's nothing o beat
military tactics! The enemy ap-
peared in force; you retired within
storm them; you drove him back and
then sailed out and took him pris-
oner. All perfectly regular, daughter,
and your. father is proud of you.
Where's the prisoner ?'
Three days later as Miss Floy hap
pened to be alone on the veranda for
u moment the same old tramp reap
peared. There was a grin on his face
and nothing vocious about it this
time.
and how about bite to eat under
the present circumstances?
What circumstances %
~ Dung man-ShOt in the 1egS-Shot
by girl-lying upstairS-girl sorry
young man glad-moonlight-t
doves-bless you, my children-bless
your
you can go to the kitchen and ask
the cook" replied the blushing young
lady, but let me tell you that you are
a very impudent fe1low!''
And yet the tramp knew human
nature copyrighted 1912 by the As
ISOLATED Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
Issued Note for a Penny.

Once a Bank CT England note for
Cne penny was issued by mistake. 1t
got into circulation, and was a source
of great annoyance to many persons
when making up accounts. Search
was made by the bank and at length
1T discovered the holder of the note.
who returned it t. them for a fancy
price.
This is the smallest amount for
which an English note has ever been
issued, for of course notes under f3
are never drawn up unless by mistake.
On no account are notes issued
twice from the hank, and they are al
ways cancelled even if exchanged for
cash immediately en- their issue. About
fifty thousand notes are presented for
payment every day. and in one depart
ment a large staff of clerks is en-
ployed entirely to count and sort the
notes that have been paid in on the
previous day.
The cancelled notes are burned five
years after the year of presentation.
More than ninety millions of old notes
are stored away in the bank, and about
every fortnight a large quantity of old
notes is destroyed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
ALL HAIL, THE PIE.

At last it has come. Some of US
have been buoyed up all along by the
hope that pie would one day be vindica-
ted and take its rightful place among
the institutions of the country the hon
oring of which is fully justified in the
eyes of the world. And now that faith
has amply been justified.
America has from the first been the
great pie-eating nation. But it has
not been proud of the fact. While it
has taken it's wedges of mince, apple,
pumpkin and rhubarb at the railroad
lunch counter, the serve-self restau-
rant and other public places it has
borne look of guilt as we'll as of de-
fiance. 1t has meekly submitted to i'll
Vulnerable jests and jeers aimed at pie.
1t has recognized the fact that one of
the most opprobrious epithets one man
could hurl at another was "pie-faCe.''
Yet it has kept right on eating pie,
even though in shame-faced. manner.
But from now on America can hold
up its head, also the pie. For that emf
nent authority, the New York Medical
Journal has come out for pie. Not any
particular pie, but all pies barring per
haps the English pork pie, which really
isn't pie at ALL The Journal says it
is healthful and nutritious and that the
only reason contumeIy has been visit
ed upon it is that usually it is, eaten
after the stomach has been filled with
other food.
So, fetch on the pie. 1t is not barred
either from breakfast, luncheon or din
ner, or even before bedtime. Straw
berry pie is now in season. Go to it,
looking all the world squarely and
proudly in the face. And soon We shall
have peach pie, warm and mantled
over with thick, yellow cream
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record

[From the Philadelphia Record.
It's the untidy girl whose shoes are al
ways coming united.
Some women die before they get old,
but more of them bleach.
In the school of experience there is al
ways a little more to learn.
A man must indeed be unpopular when
even his barber cuts him.
The June bride and the sweet girl grad
uate are sharing honors this month.
In the bright lexicon of teh seIf-made
man there is no such word as remorse.
1t doesn't pay to be so busy making
money that you haven't time to make
friends.
Would you say that a man is an ex-
tremist just because he makes both ends
meet?
The fellow who regards marriage as a
joke should be careful that the joke isn't
on him.
Blobbs-'Bjones boasts of being slow
but sure" S1obbs-"What is he sure of %
Blobbs-''Well, guess he's sure hes
slow
Mr.. Newlywed-~Did you say this was
pound cake, my dear?'' Mrs. Newlywed
yes, darling, and 1 made it myself
Mr. Newlywed-'Are you quite sure you
-er-pounded it enough?'
Blobbs-.'Why do you strike Harduppe
for loan every time you meet him? You
know he never has any money SIobbs
Merely in self-defense my boy. If L
didn't strike him, he'd strike me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11

never take up arms against their
brothers in the republic OF France?
such events as these mean simply
that the common people are realizing
that there is no reason why they should
be made food for POWDER in order to
satisfy the jealousies of kings and adj
vance the commercial interests of
trusts and corporations. They mean
that the multitudes see at last that
they have no quarrel with their fellow
lehorers across the border lines of ma
tions. The time is coming, If it is not
already here, when some nation will
some day declare a war against it's
neighbor. and discover to it's amaze
ment and disgust, that 1t has no SOL
diers to fill its regiments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
BUSINESS rs IMPRovING.

Financial conditions are positively
changing for the BETTER writes Henry
Clews, the New York banker and bro
ker, in his current weekly financial re-
View. "A more confident undertone
prevails both here and at the interior
This new wave of cheerfulness blows in
from the West where unrest for a long
time has been deep seated. The basis Tor
this change in tone is three-fold- First,
our industrial and financial leaders
seem to have decided by common con-
sent to cut loose from politics. 1t is
felt that agitation has brought the
worst to the surface, and that an es-
innate can be placed upon the worst
that is likely to happen. 1t is felt also
that the high tide of radicalism has
been reached and that henceforth more
rational and normal judgment is likely
to prevail.
"A second and more practical reason
for business betterment is continued
Improvement. in the crop outlook. Grain
has progressed very satisfactorily for
the last three or four weeks. A big
lay crop is practically certain, and the
fruit crop in many sections is also ex-
ceedingIy promising. At present it
locks as if the agricultural classes were
going to have another year of excep-
tional prosperity. If this proves true,
it means a good business next fall and
winter throughout the interior, and
consequent Increase of industrial ac-
tivity; especially after the hand-to-
mouth policy which has been pursued
for some months. Continued activity
in the steel trade is also having wide
dc no hao
Wy buyers of many steel products,
and it is now an old story that this
industry has been running at nearly
full capacity for the past two or three
months Prices are steadily hardening,
and though there is a temporary lull
in new orders, it is confidently expect
ed that further large amounts of new
business will be soon forthcoming. The
requirements for steel are urgent and
a large proportion of the new capital
being raised by present and prospect
i've new security issues is sure to find
its way into the steel industry; and
this means much to general business
i'll the iron regions. The steel outlook
is certainly brighter than has been the |
case for several years.
1.-The third important element in the |
is the better labor ou--ook. |
In some cases wages have been adj |
vanced where such advances appeared |
Justified. In other instances demands |
of labor have been withdrawn or modi- |
fled where it has been found that such |
requests were iIl-advised and injurious |
In other cases trouble has been averted |
by compromise. Here and there a few |
occasional strikes may be expected, |
but there has been a decided modera- |
ton in the feverish unrest of labor,
which promises to aid business re-
covery. As a result both labor and |
capital will certainly find more ready
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l


A real cynic doesn't believe in love
The wise girl doesn't get married until
she can afford it.
A woman's idea of a crank Is a man
who doesn't like her.
If a man is too lazy to kick, his wife in
sists that he is patient.
Perhaps babies talk funny for the Dur
pose OF guying grown up people.
If your wife thinks she is the whole
show, don't tell her what you think
The good opinion you have of yourself
will not pass you through the peaIly
gates.
When a man proclaims in a loud voice
that he is a gentleman it's safe bet he
isn't.
Dodge the issue in an argument with a
woman-also the things she attempts TO
throw at you.
The world doesn't want to hear your
troubles unless you can tell them SO they
will make it laugh.
man never feels comfortable in a
dress suit if he remembers that he will
have to go back to work the next morn
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
LABOR WARS AGAINST WAR.

Here Babel, the leader of the radical
wing of the German Socialists accord
ing to The Survey, is reported to have
said when the Socialist landslide in the
German Reichstag was announced:
THE peace of Europe is now as
sured.''
In a recent sermon at the Church of
the Messiah. New York, John Haynes
Holmes interpreted the social signifi-
canoe of the European working-class
war against war. He said:
ST believe that war between the ma
tons of the world is every day becom-
ing more and more improbable-for one
reason if for no other.
II refer to the great awakening upon
this question which has come to the
working classes of the world 1t means
something. does it not, when in the war
between Russia and Japan. Rus
sian peasants had to be driven
to the recruiting stations at
the point of the bayonet? It
means something. does it not. when the
attempt of the King of Spain to send
his armies into Africa was met by the
revolt of his subjects in Barcelona?
And what shall we say of the great
spectacle which was witnessed in Ber-
lin, at the time when war was immi-
nent with France, when two hundred
in the public squares, denounced the
belligerent attitude of the government,
and solemnly swore that tLey would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATcHIsoN GLOBE.

Some people are not even god liars.
There are times when busy man gets
lazy and envies the loafers.
If members of mans family love him,
they will brag on him good deal.
While collar button is frequently
evasive, a bet is the easiest thing to lose
This is the season of the year when
artists are busy putting legs on bathing
suits.
Muck rakes don't seem to be digging
quite so deep as they did a few years
back.
If man works a good deal on his lawn,
he can be a good citizen without working
at the polls.
1t is a little difficult to fathom the af-
fections of man who kills woman be
cause he loves her so.
While leaning to prudery not at all, we
incline to the belief that one wearing a
bathing suit should battle.
In handing it to those who can't come
back, remember the many who never ar
rive, and you may not feel SO bad about
it.
Those who sit up night to admire the
Noble Red Man possibly have never been
told how scarce are bathtubs on the
reservation.
Il used to know an old soldier in the
regular army who said he always re-en-
listed because it was such an overwheIIn-
ing joy when time arrived to be dis
charged again.'-Rufe Hoskins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
.HYHAWKER JCTS

If yoL do not believe that everybody
lives in a glass house, says the Abilene
Reflector. just thrown stone.
It's he opinion of the Kanapolis
Journal hat all men hate to pay poll
tax worse than women hate to wash
dishes.
Don't expect too much of boy or
pup, urges Tom Thompson in his How
ard Ccl rant. They may disappoint
you when they grow up.
All aboard for Osborne. An ice war
is on there And both the artificial
and natural product is being sold at
80 cent. per hundred pounds.
Bert Walker of the Osborne Farmer
is on the hunt for the old fashioned
boy who always referred to his pocket
knife as his toad stabber.'
So many men in this world are fall
ures, thinks the Concordia Kansan,
because hey are like a gasoline en-
gine-somebody else has to crank 'em
up.
A conclusion has been reached by
the YATES Center News that the surest
bait to set young man to church is
done UP in nice attractive bunch of
dress goods"
Advice from the Jewell County Mon
itor for certain lovelorn lads: If a
girl doesn't give you a chance to pro-
pose to ner, make up your mind that
it won't do any good to.
Maybe Mack Gretchen has finally
struck the right track. We have a no
ton, he writes, to try cultivating our
chandeliers and see if that won't kill
them. We have tried about everything
else. Maybe they could be killed with
kindne=s
Attei' ton is called by the Newton
Kansar-R Republican to the fact that re-
Gently while the thermometer register
ed about SO, the Sedgwick Paragraph
published a city ordinance providing
punishment for the resident of that
town who fails to shovel the snow off
his walks.
Thrown on the screen by the Linds-
borg News Vitascope: Many a man
who married because he wanted
handy woman around the mouse TO
darn his socks and sew on his buttons
finds to his chagrin that it would have
been cheaper to have hired some wom-
an to do the mending.
81 think she is pretty as picture"
said a girl in a squad of normalites. l
turned and looked at the speaker-she
was pretty, herself. "Oh, don't think
she's a rit pretty" said another girl.
1 looked at this girl and she was very
plain. And I've noticed before that it
is mostly the pretty girls who acknowl-
edge good looks in others'-fom
Old Bill ShiftIess can't figure out
what tie world is coming to, reports
the Osborne Farmer. He says he be-
lieves in temperance, but a man ought
TO De dcle TO get uTlHh WHeh ne
wants it. and it is nobody's business.
Bill says the officers of the law are
carrying things with high hand. In
explanation it might be said for Old
Bill that he is a trifle sore over the
fact that he went to certain people
and offered to furnish evidence that
would stick fello-y for selling little
beer. He said if he had the money he
could get the goods and would then
swear to it. He wanted five dollars
for doing it. The officers turned him
down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
HUNOR OF TIE DRY

Did that aviator friend of yours
have a successful season. VERY. He
more than made rough to nav ali his
hospital expenses" = Detroit Free
Press.
Father seems impressed with your talk
really any?' Sure" answered the r1iiie
full youth. Got 700 saved up toward the
furniture for our little flat"-LouisyilIe
Courfer-Journal.
isn't that Miss YawIer singing across
the way?' Yes. wish she belonged to
grand opera company" You surely
don't think she can sing?" mot at ali
but grand opera companies never come
to this town."-Birmingham Age-HeraId
when I was abroad I was constantly
taken for certain crown prince whom I
believe I resemble 81 suppose you had
to shell out some large tips" mo. let
the price get the reputation of being a
pfker. Herald.
tGreat Scott, man, I didn't expect to
run across you in this villagel What is
q fellow of your ability doing among al
these boobsT' 1.-THE bo0bs."-Baltimorc
American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A man filled with eontentment sell
dom achieves any large successes.
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Everybody is usually solely to
blame for such real troubles as he
has.
Another captain of finance is the
saIaried worker who lives within his
income.
~
Agree with a mans opinions ana
he'll tell his acquaintance you are a
mighty smart chap.
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Leading a dogs life, as matter or
fact. is a rather easy and comfortable
sort of an existence.