The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-05
KANSAS COMAENT



Although it isn't so popular as Il once
was. there are still those who advance
as argument against equal suffrage the
cause she doesn't fight; at least. she
doesn't fight ON the CORY field OF battle
when the nations honor, integrity or ex-
istence are at stake Because Of her fall
ure 10 get into the war game, there are
still men who would bar her from that
other helvamess called politics. But Brit
ism SuurasettesY long known to be militant
II not military, propose TO overcome this
argument in a measure. even II II isn't
much OF an argument. They have organ
lied the Sick and Wounded Convoy Corps.
which is being trained in riding. camp and
hospital cooking, nursing and bicycle rid
ing, and this corps proposes to offer its
services to the country when the palla-
diums and bulwarks are threatened.
Probably the latest step OF the suf-
fragettes won't help much. They are too
conservative. Women have usually done
that much in war; women nurses have
been common back OF the conflict for
many years, and there are maidens with
real milltary records, Ike Joan OF Arc,
and the suffragetteS should go the full
distance II they want to prove their
smazonian ability. Nor is II hard to iinag-
Inc they could do II. A corps OF London
suffragettes which sails cheerfully into
the police force, and charges Parliament
house for pastime shouldn't hesitate TO
face German phalanx when the cannOns
roar and small arms rattle.
Also, Great Britain might do worse than
encourage the suffragettes in that direc-
ton. They have a reputation wider known
than any regimental traditions I'm the
kings service. A reputation means
lot in a fighter. Many fights have been
won because the regiment understood IL
was their business TO win; that they al
ways had won, and must keep going. And
an organization with a reputation ike
that can throw some scare into the enc
my, however well-disciplined- Many men
would flee before squadron OF suf-
-fragettes who might face a man army
naciously.-Atchison Globe.
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CLIMATE NOT CHANGING MUCH
Ask nearly any oldest inhabitant" or
Kansas and he will tell you that Il rains
more now than it used to and blows less.
way of contradicting even the most con-
fident of old timers. A recent article IN
this paper inadvertently making some
reference to 1.-The change Of climate In
Kansas brought note from Prof. Willis
L. Moore who runs the climate as chief
of the United States weather bureau.
with some figures on the subject. These
figures show that taking the past thirty
years and dividing them into ten year
periods, the rainfall. as recorded at Dodge
City and two or three other points In
Kansas and Nebraska. has not percep-
] tiblv changed. The first and the last ten
year periods were periods or fairly abuh-
dant rainfall, while the middle period
was one of deficient rainfall. But for
the first ten years the total average an
nual rainfall at Dodge City was 2le
inches, while for the last ten years the
annual average was 22.7 inches At Law
renee the average during the first period
was SOL, and during the last 35.1. So the
chances are that IL isn't that the climate
is changing; we are simply learning how
to use it better.-Iola Register