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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
MEDICINES IN CANDY.

"'Hurran.' cries the schoolboy, and
he shouts with glee."
No, it is not. as the poem in the old
reader phrased it, over the coming of
| the first snow. 1t is the dawn of taste
less medicines that is back of his joy.
Going are the horrors of sulphur and
molasses, that always tasted like
sweetened grit. Going, too, the gag
cling and grimaces when castor oil was
administered by loving but heroic
mothers Going is all the agony at
tendant on Goses of quinine and sem
ma and wormseed. Faith, the matter
is so inviting that grown-ups can
cheer Justify. too, in the joy of their
emancipation. $50
Don't start in to make the welkin
ring, this very minute, though This
is one of the mot yet but soon" re-
forms It will come just as soon as
the wisely mercantile chemists can
carry out the formulas which Profess
sor Bernard Fantus. of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, in Chicago,
gave to the world in the columns of
the last Journal of the American Mel
icaI association. In that article he de-
cIared that ancient medicine was
nasty and then proceeded to point
out how fvlly twenty of the most
nauseous remedies could be made as
agreeable as candy, by the use of niS
formulas.
In his experiments Professor Fan
tus has turned his back on the milk
sugar which has heretofore been used
as base in medicine and has adopted
the cane sugar of everyday life. BY
this change and the helpful assistance
of friendly disposed confectioner. he
has made tablets which even the war
lest child would take without ques-
ton.
Once Du Maurier, as great a novel
list with his drawing pencil as he was
with his pen. drew a picture of two
children confabing. The earnest one,
mindful of past treachery, solemnly
warned the other. ''If nursie asks you
if you want a spoonful of nice, nice
jelly. don't take it.
The Fantus tasteless candies,
though. will not bring about such I'M
canny wisdom On the contrary, chill
dren may really cry for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
EVENING CHAT
By RUTH CAMERON,

How very. very large are the little
| things of Hfe
| We were talking the otner day about a
woman who had carried herself wonder
fully through a terrible ordeal of threat
ened disgrace imminent to the one she
! loved most dearly, and then had utterly
failed in forbearance and gracfousness To-
wards a thoughtless but repentant friend.
and some one said:
She is one of those people who arc
splendid when there is any big occasion
TO be met but failures in the little reia-
lions of life. "
Let some big trial. some great test de-
Tnand their energies, and they Immediate
~ rise to the height of the need Rut
when the great moment is past and IFS
Just a case of enduring and forgiving the
| little pin pricks of everyday life thew
fail ANONYMOUSLY
They are big enough for the big things
but not for the little things
And yet after all who can blame them
For who does not know how very. very
large are the little things of life?
How the little annoyances sting US!
How the little disappointrnents loom liz
NE tragedies! How the little template
10 temper and injustice and unreasonable
ness overcome us! How childishly we give
In to to the little weaknesses!
The little ills of life" saws Thackerav
IN one of those wonderful asides that ara
half the charm of his books, ARE the
hardest to bear. as we all very well know
What would the possession of one hun
bred thousand a year, or fame ana re
applause of our countrymen, or the love-
Hest and best beloved woman-of any
glory and happiness or good fortune
avail to a gentleman, for instance, VINO
was allowed to enjoy them only with the
CONDITION of wearing a shoe with a couple
or nails or sharp pebbles inside of it? All
fame and happiness would disappear ana
plunge down in that shoe. All life won
reXolve around those little nails
When a lover in the ecstacy of tho
wonderful passion says to his beloved, II
would be willing to die for your she
thinks he has expressed the acme of a.
Vouon, and only realizes that there 5
something bigger than being able to make
one big sacrifice when she finds that he
is not willing to live for her. in other
little things.
Help me this day to be big enough TOR
the little things
How is that for a morning prayer?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
EPnDEAIICs AND PUBLICITY.

Communities in which epidemic
diseases prevail sometimes attempt to
conceal the facts. This short-sighte.d
policy is adopted under the erroneous
idea that concealment will do the
community no harm and will prevent
damage to business and other inter-
ests, but that knowledge of an
epidemic will reflect on the commua-
ity in various injurious ways. Buffalo
and Los Angeles, during the past sum-
mer, have had epidemics of infant.ls
paralysis; Notwithstanding the unsat-
isfactory experience of San Francisco
a few years ago in regard to the con-
cealment of plague. a few misguided
business men, politicians. and unfor-
tunately. a few physicians, opposed
the efforts of the health departments
in promptly suppressing the epidemic.
wishing to resort to the old exploded
method of concealment of conditions.
Concerning this, Public Health Re
ports of September 20 has the follow
ing comment:
During the course of the out
breaks in both Los Angeles and Buff
falo there was an effort on the part
of certain residents to belittle the i'm
portance of the epidemics and the
active measures being taken by the
health departments. with especial re-
ference to the publicity being given
regarding the presence of the dis
ease and the number of cases occur
ring. However, in neither case did
this provo a material embarrassment
to the health authorities, who received
earnest support of both the practicins
physicians and the citizens in general
The impression that publicity re
garding such matters Injuries munich
pal interests is based on a faIlacy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
PIxY WOOD.


The vat-like cups of the fungus, filled
With the rain that fell last night,
Are tuns of wine that the elves distilled
For revels the moon did light.
The owlet there with her "Who-oh-who,'
And the frog with his 'All is right"
Could tell tale if they wanted to
OF what took place last night.
In that hollow beech, where the wood de-
Gays,
Their toadstood houses stand,
A little village of drabs and grayS,
Cone-roofed, of fairy-land.
That moth, which CLEANS like a Ichen
there,
Is one of an elfin band
That whisks away if you merely dare
To try to understand.
The snail. which slides on that mush-
rooms top,
And the slug on it's sleepy trail,
Wax fat on the things the elves let drop
At feast in the moonlight pale.
The whippoorwill. which grieves and
If it would, could tell tale
OF what took place here under the leaves
Last night on the Dreamland Trail.
The trillium there and the day-apple
With their white eyes opened wide,
OF many secret sight could tell
If speech were not denied:
OF many a pixy revelry
And rout on which they've spied,
With the hollow tree, which there, you
see,
Opens its eye-knots wide.
Madison Cawein, in the Century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE

Why is it that little people want to De
the most important?
How carefully the barber combs your
hair the wrong way!
There is a good deal in knowing when
to quit, but some people know it too well.
1t takes almost much money to carry
a stock of meats now as it does a stoUN
of jewelry.
A boy who has an old mans way 1sn t
very healthy; neither is old man, as a
general rule.
A conscience is a great institution, but
don't forget that fear of getting caught
also helps some.
Time teaches many lessons. including
the fact that the Glove is no disguise for
a berry breath.
So often you hear butterfly say some
thing like this: ''Of course, Father stayed
at home.'
Neither should a girl take great inter
est in powder puffs until she loses her
zest for dolls.
There are SO many mean dispositions
that most of the horrors are exaggerated
a good deal.
Although comparatively thoughtless,
most people have figured out who pays
the deliveryman.
You are used to monotony, but think
how prison life must pail on an adventlr-
Gus bank rObber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
Singing Is Not DecIinin.o.

! l notice that Nine. Sembrich has stated
| that the art of singing is on the decline.
put ! believe that in making this state
ment she IS speaking from her own point
of view as a coloratura soprano lust as
! Mr. Frank Damrosch in his recent letter
spoke from his point of view as a teach
i er. 1 should like to express myself in NV
capacity as dramatic soprano
DO not believe that the art of singing
Is declining because of emphasis on dr.
matte Interpretation. A singer is not a
creator, but an interpreter. and she is
compelled to interpret that which com
posers have written and which enligh hit
ened public opinion has found acceptable
A singer and her style must be modified
by the epoch in which she lives. The
forms in which "Traviata' and Lucia
are written would not be used by the
as the modern style of operate compost
! ton gets firmer hold on the attention
think Nine. Sembrich really means by
the decline of singing.
But to my mind these operas are worth
prolonged and arduOus study, not as an
end but as means. The end should e
to apply the art of bel canto gained py
that study to the singing of modern dra-
to the training in classic literature given
our young men in the universities OF
singers have had many tragic exam
pies of late in Europe, where audiences
have impulsively tended to forgive deli
ciencies in operate singing if they are
counterbalanced by vigorous and persUa-
sive acting But these singers cannot las:
without bel canto. The art of bel canto
will survive because artists cannot sur
vive without 1t. 1t is necessary for the
self-preservation of the singer, if nothing
more.
A few years ago Lilli Lehman and Nj.
Jean do Reszke proved that the art of be.
canto could be applied to Wagner, and
myself believe that the art of bel canto
can, ought and must be applied to the
most modern" operas, the composers of
which seem to regard the voice as an or
chestral instrument combinable with the
others
We must bear in mind that the art of
singing is not empirical The laws that
govern correct singing were found olt
long ago. and form the only method of
singing that exists. There is neither an
Italian method nor a French method, nor
even a modern method; there is just the
right method. There is no need to imagine
that because a singer is forced to adapt
herself to the kind of opera of the time,
and because the full resources OF the
voice are not exploited as such, the art
of singing has died out--Letter in the
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
BULGARIA. THE KEYSTONE.

| The fate of the Turks in the war
now in progress will be determined
by the outcome of the battles between
the troops of the sultan and the
forces of Bulgaria. There will be
much bitter and bloody fighting in
the mountains on the border of Mon
tenegro. 1t has already cost many
lives on both sides. Important en-
gagements will take place between
Servian and Turkish troops, and the
Greeks will give and take their share
of the hard blows struck. But Bull
garia will be the key of the situa-
ton
This is made certain by the size and
strength of the Bulgarian army. It
is larger than the combined forces of
Servia, Greece and Montenegro, count
ing only trained soldiers in every
country. If the Turks can defeat the
Bulgarians decisively they will be too
stroSg Tor the allies as a whole. If
they can break the Bulgarian lines
and overrun Bulgaria they will hard
ly be stopped except by the great
powers of Europe.
On the other hand, if the Bulgars
can hold their frontier or force their
way into Turkish territory and stay
there, it ought then to be compare
lively easy for Servia, Greece and
Montenegro to clear the country
southwest of Bulgaria and south of
Servfa and aid the Bulgarian army in
driving the Ottoman forces back
toward Constantinople. At the outset
the scene of action is much nearer the
sultan's capital on the Bulgarian
frontier than it is anywhere else. The
Turks feels that there is their chief
and most imminent danger and there
they are using their strongest army.
For these reasons it is necessary to
watch the course of events on the
borders of Bulgaria to ascertain how
the war is progressing. 1t may be fierce
and thrilling in other regions, but the
crucial test will come somewhere be-
tween Adrianople, the Turkish strong
hold on the road from Bulgaria to
and Sofia, the Bull
garian capital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
SAYS UNCLE CAV

It is a feverish and futile life that
is governed by bugaboos. The habit
OF accepting fear of reboding for
actually is an insidious form of in
sanity that may not get you locked up,
but it will spell ruin, just the same.
He who fears to attempt never at
tainS. The form of opposition, multi
piled ten times by his cowardice, be
comes to him a huge and grisly ogre,
while others find it but a stimulating
foil. Opposition has not defeated him,
but his fear of opposition has. The
habit of substituting fear for the fact
has undone millions.
They who cover in the shadow of
misfortune have grappled to them
selves with hooks of steel the greatest
misfortune of all-utter helplessness
Having assumed that they are unable
to manhandle the evil that threatens
they have magnif1ed it until they suffer
pangs out of all proportion to the real
ity. They have not learned and are
not likely to learn, that there is moth
ing so impalpable as hard luck and
that evil grappled with is evil subdued
Fear has conquered where the fact
could have been overcome.
Most of our troubles are ina ginarv
N1ne-tenths of them fade when faced
To shrink from them is o surrender, to
increase them beyond their actual DOW
er to harm. For he that fears sets his
body and brain against each other.
and the end is moral and mental diIapi-
dation--(Copyrigh 1912 by the Mcclure
Newspaper SyndicateO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
QUAKER Nn.DTTATToNs

CFrom the Philadelphia Record
Wigg-' Scribbier is a novel writer fsu.r
hep Wagg-''Not very"
Hope is an airship. Disappofntrnent 10
a parachute that let's him down easy.
You don't have to take a course J.,
physical culture to carry other peoples
burdens.
The fellow who is sowing his wild oats
can generally be depended upon to raise
the deuce.
Love rnaketh light heart" quoted the
Wise Guy. Also a dark parlor," added
the Simple Mug
Most of are willing to concede the
superiority of our friends when it comes
to making mistakes.
The Cynical Bachelor rises to remark
that the only man who can truthftIIiv
say his wife is angel is the widowef
girl may allow her mother to pick
out husband for her but she asserts
herself when it comes to selecting a trous-
seau.
Hoax-'I can't drink whisky. 1t makes
me crazy" Joax-"Then why don't va
drink beer?'' Joax-"Beer makes me
fro,h at the mouth
Blobbs-'I suppose there are times when
all doctors have to give superfluous treat
ment Slobbs-tYes, I once knew one
who prescribed a nerve tonic for a MAJ
who turned out to be a book agent"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
LNYHAWKER JOTS

This is a great season for working
reports Keith Clevenger. Even the
cider is working.
Henry Luck. who was arrested re-
Gently at KanapoEs for horse-stealing,
didn't have much
The position a man gets away from
home, points out the Oakland Blade,
is never as good as his folks say it Is.
The Dickinson County News sug-
gests for a Bull Moose emblem, par
ticularly suited for Kansas: The dou-
BILE cross.
Kansan- Republican says: We can't all
be cracker jacks. Some of us have to
be all-day suckers.
A revised version by the East BeaN-
er Valley correspondent of the Hem
don Nonpareil: The frost is on the
pumpkin" so get your fodder shocked.
A lawyer is always looking out FOR
the costs of his client declares th@
Lincoln Sentinel. until it comes to his
own fees and then he knows no limits.
Up to the time a boy is II or IS
years old, says the Troy Chief. he
thinks his dad is the smartest man on
earth. After that time he thinks the
old man is the second smartest man
on earth.
Hanch Glover is quoted by the How
ard COurant as having said; The
brave deserve the fair. all right; but
it is usually the coward who is afraid
to run and make his getaway that
has to take 'em and support en-
1t often happens. says the Norton
County News, that the man whose an
cestors came over in the Mayflower
goes to Europe in a cattle boat, and
that the man whose father crossed in
steerage goes over a first class sa
loon passenger.
Editor DuvaI of the Norton Courier
concludes polite request for his de-
linquent subscribers to pay up with
the following Jingle, partially express
ed in sign language: As we pass up or
country or town. -
There's no friend so true-As a or
SIS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Nor is it often the case that a real
choice cigar is given away.
Refusing to take mo- for an answer
is also another easy way to become
unpopular.
Some people waste a lot of gray
matter figuring out what they'd do in
certain emergencies.
While the foolish man waits for OPP
portunity to knock at his door, his
wiser and more successful neighbor has
been out hunting for it.
x X (
If there was a way by which men
could get the necessities and the good
things of life without working for them
it would have been discovered long
ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
HUAOR or THE DRY

Extremes--''You refused the earl
A1Inahe, dear?" Young Widow-ae's TOO
olu Tor me. But his title?" That's TOO
Why don't you play brfdge7" astr.s
the sohcitous friends. 1T is easv -
iearn-' Yes" replied Miss Cayenne .r,,,,
II IS SO hard to forget '-Washingto sfar
me Quarrel--''You said, when Won mr.
torment with me than in bliss bv Z,o,,r
self We'll, I've had my wish. ~ .on ~
Opinion. AOhoon
% consolation. Husband-Whatf III
nIth summer hiatt This is outrs s,e, ne
", w Le-NeVer mind, dear. fall will soon
De here--Meggendor BIaetter sum
ieIping Him---Tramp (whiIe the vo.,,,s.
magistrate helplessly turns o-ye, ~, souhs
OF his lawbook)-Please ALLOW, -, -. ~. pages
you, page 81, the third section f,o,. .ss 80,
acknowledged Blaetter. yin ths
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24

The existence of an epidemic cannot
be concealed very long, and the ao-
sence of franknes in regard to the sit
uation under these conditions pro-
duces a fear and suspicion that It
takes some time to overcome.
There is nothing that inspires SO
much confidence in the ability of
community to cope with sanitary
problem as frankness and honesty at
all times in stating existing condi-
tions. 1t shows that the community
has the situation in hand and that it
has sufficient confidence not to be
afraid to inform others as to what
is going on. The ethics of conceal
ment of epidemic conditions is of
course indefensible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
POL TED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.l


Self-neglect is worse than self-love.
Sometimes woman's face is her hus-
bands misfortune
Beware of a meek looking man or mule.
1t may not last
Many a fool man commands respect by
merely looking wise.
Most people who live according to then
convictions are convictS.
No matter how good a cigar may be it
is sure to meet its match
Many a married man spends the rest Of
his days wondering why he did it,
Perhaps a girls red hair is for the puT-
pose of keeping her temper warm
If this old world was what it ought to
be the reformers would be out of a job.
Most people manage to get stuck on
themselves without the aid of any ad-
hesive.
The probable explanation is that Methu-
saleh lived before patent medicines were
invented
But when a friend tells you something
for your own good it's a sign that tie
pleasure will be all his
The microbe of insanity is said to at
tack only the brain; therefore it stands
to reason that most OF US are immune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24

tails. but she had not told him OF
Piute's proof
That's why" said Steve. quietly
now, and without explaining, and she
knew what he meant. Babe headed
for home at the swift jerk to her Dit
but after her came the steady hoof-
beats of Steves big broncho.
Il won't ride with you" JOY called
| back, but Babe, the traitor, slackened
speed for her old mate. And sudden
| ly they were shoulder to shoulder,
and Steve's big warm hand gripped
hers.
Eyes, you will, girl. You'll take the
long trail with me some of these
days, and you know you will He-
member what I used to call you
| Heart of Joy?' That's what you've
been to me, you know, ever since L
first saw you chasing the wind on
Babe, here"
Then she turned her face toward
him.
"Piute's got that nugget scarfpin
of yours, and he showed it to me.
What did you give it to Dolores Pasa-
veras for, Steve?"
II didn't. I gave it to Piute him
SELF
He said you were at the dance
with her?'
And you believed that?" Steve
let go her hand. ''Tll make Piute
tell you where L was that night, if l
the way down To-
"Stevei
But will" sang out Steve. When
they reached the home ranch, JOY
slipped from her saddle, and almost
ran to the clubhouse where the fore
man lay. Her father was there, and
some of the men. Piute opened his
eyes and grinned feebly when he saw
her, with Steve shouldering in his
way behind her.
ID H.
hoarsely.
Tell her where I was that night"
Steven bent over him doggedly.
THE pins over yonder," muttered
Piute. You can have it back"
Yes. 1 can have it back, but
want more back than that"
He stopped and raised Piutes head.
You're perched right square on the
edge of eternity, Piute, and you're
going over it, do you know that? Go
ing easy, too, and decently, when by
rights you ought to be swung out on
a ropes end. Suppose you pay last
tribute and tell the truth
There was a dead silence in the
place. The boys stared at the face
on Steve's shoulder. and forgot to
passed over or a pretty girl showed
up, hats were removed at Ripping
Ford. 1t was an unconscious custom.
But Piute was an exception.
"One of the men at Steves ranch
stole money and everything he could
lay his hands on His eyes were
closed. The words came slowly from
his lips. His wife was sick down
east and he wanted to send after her.
Steve rode out after him that night
with a couple of other fellows. Old
Passwords bought up a lot of the
stuff, and I saw the pin on Dolores
and got it from her"
joys father and the doctor came
in, and the voice from the bunk was
silent.
That's why 1 couldn't tell you,
girl" whispered Steve, one arm
around her. 1.-THE poor fellow was
scared to death. We found him hid
ing toward dawn in the hills, and he's
working back on the ranch now, and
the wife's with him. When are you
coming home. honey girl?"
Joys lashes raised, and she smiled
up at him wistfully. ''I-Iguess |
could next week, Steve Copyright, |
1912, by McClure's Newspaper Syndi-
cate.)