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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26
FROM OTHER PENS

POPULARIZING MONEY ORDER.
There is less need Of the money or
der reform advocated by the third as
sistant postmaster.gen6ral which
would make the order payable at any
postofiice in the United States, than
there IL Of q reduction in the cost of
this service. IL the purpose is to in
crease its popular use. A charge of
three cents for the minimum
amounts up to five dollars, il not UNI
reasonable. but the ascending scale
which reached thirty cents for the
transfer Of amounts from seventy
five to one hundred dollars is not
necessary. Ultimately it may be ex.
pected that the postal banking system
will work out Of the limited field of a
savings institution and will provide a
modified checking service. which
shall displace to a very large extent
the present money-order system, and
serve much wider clientele. provid-
ing not only the reduction in the cost
Of the service. but the universal avail
ability of the postal check. or certifi-
cate of deposit, or whatever it may be
called. with which it IL now desired
to endow the money order. Some
such easy and cheap service for the
transmission Of money through the
mails Is the necessary complement of
that system in direct and economic
merchandising il to be DEVELOPED.
The saving by the parcel post as a
means for direct transaction be-
tween producer and consumer ia
greatly reduced IL the buyer has to
pay an exorbitant charge for the
transmission of the purchase price Of
his commodities.-Phfla Bull
letin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

INDIAN SUMNER
There came . darkness ON the autumn
That .uddenly hid the glory Of the leexs:.
The rich. high tapestries Of the earfh's
room,
Hung BY . mad magician in ths night.
Hushed rains dssosnded. ana ; ven Of
Shut from my syes the crimson and the
gold,
Imperial purple ana smbroldered red
That wrapped the walls Of God. Beauty
was lost
To ono Who eraved It IN that solemn time.
The sad years long. slow-marchiug after
noon.
Then 10! saw lamp 1t The valleys
door,
And young girl With summers vanished
smile
Passed down the singing corridors. and
with suns miraculous the vsstursd hills.
I followed hsr. stranss ghost Of the lost
Until the kingiy pomp Of autumn fell
In tragic ruin up and down the WoEiQ.
--Charles Hanson Towne, n DecempoE
Ainsleo's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

other theories which hold the fly re-
sponsibIe for various high crimes ana
misdemeanors could also be pune
turod IT, there was q searching dis
position to do 80. The fly, though
n . most convenient agent for the
scientists who are at a loss to find
plausible reasons for the spread OF
this and that disease. Placing the
blame ON the pesly little nuisance u
an easy way out and does not admit
of diaputA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26
HUlF0R or zm DIR

paradins ones virtues" aPe s ss h bn
reauzes that his would not make 4 verv
imposing PROCESSION. Buffalo Express.
What are union rates. par "weddine
Tees. my son. Judge
i4s..,, founsnside 60 fish peddler)-
These look 30 GENERALIZATION Transcrfnt
Your salary Isn't enough to support my
conciusion 30 az fIed you've come to that
script.
piano ,' !. d aoSH !. on the
L were capital Then It could Be- : hsnsa
ing matter."-Baltimore American.
IT saw Hans n the parade today. L. he
deed: the regular cornetist II sick. and
"Ah. see: merely substi-tootin&, eh?''-
Reggy-"T was fwightfully insultsd by q
the Sw1te ayr" RssSy%f shsEed S Sor
y os p;sch.s. ms soa as :ef sasa wn'an'
before you take this house. said tho
sstass s in r
that 49, H S. tot s ant sif n's
MAJ m: = Ia !: e St:. Fl 1 hs%i
q: 3 ~ 511ssh. ana !. psif
F. eursdmotltiII 1erst1nd Span
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26
m.Ass1FYING OH1LDREN.

That II out of every 100 pupils At
the threshold Of the public scnoois
are mentally unusual" and need
special treatment, If possible apart
from other children. IL the conclusion
reached by DIR. Arnold 0eseh OF Yale
university. in publication just issued
by the United States bureau OF edu-
cation.
.srake an ordinary kindergarten
ana frst grade. with = combined en-
rollment of 100 pupils" says DIT.
Gesell. Among this number we may
expect to md at least one child fee
bie-minded: one child who shutters;
two or three who seriously lisp; an
other extremely anemic; q badly
spoiit child; another babyish-a year
or two retarded in mental or moral
growth; and still another morally
weak. There will be one negative
child-passive, colorless; one over
sensitive, nervous child: one super
ficially precocious child: another dis
tinctly superior-eager. ardent, mag
NATIVE, sociable.
For some of these children there
is no better disposition than prompt
assignment to q special class, the spe-
cial class method having been put into
successful operation for Is different
types of children. But even the spe-
cial classes the so-called
unRraded classes for backward chill
dren that have been established In
our large cities-are greatly in need
of inventory.
saThe diversity Of the ungraded
class membership is often pathetical-
" picturesque. Here is the roll call
for one such class in large eastern
city: Twenty-four boys. 16 girls. ma
tionalities, Norwegian. French. Irish,
Armenian, Italian. Austrian, Ameri-
can, Chinese: names range from
James Moriarity and Ong Yung to
Arcangelo Christiano and Nishan Kali
ehadoarian: ages range from to ID;
mentality, from giggling imbecility to
ambitious intelligence: morality. from
truancy, cigaret smoking and thieving
to good behavior; parentage. noted in
special cases, includes a drunken
mother, an insane father. and in
three instances, gypsies: physical con-
dition. from partial blindness and
deafness, and spinal trouble and ane-
mia, to vigorous physical health.
Think Of the problem before this
teacher, who may not even have a
working definition of feeble-minded-
ness in her consciousness to aid her In
classification and instruction."
In the opinion Of DR.. Gesell. the
time Is coming when all our large
municipal school systems, and per-
haps county educational systems as
well, will have the equivalent Of child
classification and special classes.
Child classification is the basis OF
child hygiene" he declares. "but it is
more. The primary school may de-
velop into a sociological clearing
agency for the discovery and regis
tration, Of all children who. when
adults. may prove socially dependent
defective or dangerous. Child class
ification thus becomes part Of the
task of social hygiene as WE'LL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

Rad Logic.
"And she took those stockings out
and looked every one Of them over be-
fore she would give me the exchange
i, Slip" said the lady across the way
Indignantly. "As II I would try to
change q pair Of stockings had worn!
think it was an INSULT"
The viewpoint of the lady across the
way is as childish as t is common.
To resent rules that are made not for
you but for the kind Of people who re-
Quire such restraint il unthinking and
unreasonable.
OF course the lady across the way IL
incapable OF such a cheap trick as try
ing to exchange an article she had
worn. But there are plenty of people
who will stoop to such meanness and
1t il for them that the rules are made
Ethat all articles returned shall be care
fully examined before acceptance.
Another woman whom I know was
much insulted because a certain shop
would not accept her check for q pur-
chase. The manager explained 1t was
a rule Of the company but the lady
refused to be pacified. That might all
be very well when dealing with crooks,
she admitted, but she was an honest
, woman and expected to be treated AZ
such. and she would never enter that
shop again.
But couldn't they tell by my face
that was honest?" she demanded,
when on hearing the tale ventured to
suggest that such safeguards were nee
| essary because Of dishonest people.
And it was all in vain that I tried to
| point out to her that there are plenty
| OF crooks who know how to look and
act honest, and that the firm has to
make its rules with reference to such
people. She persisted in thinking that
even IL there had to be s1ch rules she
should have been made the exception
| Nor Is IL the illogical sex alone that
insists upon regarding a general rule
as in individual insult. know a man
who was most indignant because the
gas company -Quired a fve-dollar de-
post before they would turn on the
gas In his home. That's all right for
those fiat-dwellers who move every year
or So" ne fumed. but for me who has
been a householder in this town for
40 years. it's absurd, it's an outraged
| A chain IL only as strong as its
weakest link. It IL the dishonest man
who must be considered when rules are
made: ana hat the honest have to
obey such rules is no reflection on their
character. It II merely an inevitable
consequence OF living in a world where
there are dishonest people. And to
regard this enforced obedience as .
personal insult is simply to show ones
i iacA OF reasonableness and logic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26
JOURNAL HTRES

A political enemy II generally
meaner than any other kind.
=
Occasionally when . girl gets mar
ried her father il the happy man.
Probably If women were easily un-
derstood they wouldn't be 30 inter-
esting.
A man usually has no trouble re-
Numbering the things he'd like to
forget.
. . .
An old fashioned mans idea of an
able preacher IL one who can make Z
tremendous noise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26
The Diary Of . Bonehead.

Grandfather was q centenarian. ia
Their Is q Unitarian, and SO we decided
to get in line by being q vegetarian
The reason for this was not 30 much to
carry out the family precedent as to
reduce this all to solid and numerous
flesh. We wrote to a friend of ours who
had lost 1V6 pounds by the vegetarian
route and asked for his prescription.
He replied:
1T is easy to cut out the meat.
When you pass restaurant and smell
the savory odor of q broiling porter
house steak take an onion out OF your
pocket and eat 1t (the onion. not the
pocket. That win take away the de-
sire for meat or for anything else, and
you can go by a dozen other restau-
rants with perfect impuntty. Tor you
can then smell nothing"
We bought q half dozen nice Spanish
onions and went and stood in front Of
restaurant. A man on the inside re-
ceived a double porterhouse steak and
we ate an onion. The next man got
ham and eggs and we ate another
onion. A third man got an order Of
young turkey and oyster dressing and
We ate another onion. Then we went
and stood in front OF another restau-
rant. The test had grown too stronz
and 10 had the onions.
For three weeks we gave the bee1
trust an awful game. The stockhold-
to get any dividends. While Others
dined upon the succulent corned bee.
and cabbage we dined on cabbage. We
put a crimp In the vegetable market
from carrots to string beans. We SUI
fered and were strong, very strong In.
deed, for we still stuck to tho onions
The dinner invitations poured In from
unexpected quarters. Folks who had
never asked US out to dine before fell
all over themselves and at nineteen
places We got only mashed potatoes and
radishes. A man with q vigorous onion
| in his pocket doesn't make . great hi
and we always carried the onion Al
| the end Of the three weeks we proudly
stepped on the scales
| When we started In to be q vege.
tartan we weighed ne pounds dressed
| and after three weeks Of vegetariAniaM
we weighed only ~ and had lost mosi
Of our friends through the onion route
Never again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Platonic love may be . success-at =
safe distance.
How people GAN enjoy camping out II
the ydon't have to!
Even q deaf man has good ear tor
some kinds Of music
Occasionally girl uses one young man
to make another feel bad.
There was a time when married women
locked sorry for spinsters-
Two may live AZ cheaply NJ one after
neutrality-suspicious. they have to.
There II more real action ina pound Of
kitten than . ton of elephant
The girl who IL always trying to attract
attention usually attracts the wrong kind
Few of L are half % good, half % bad.
half go poor or half 10 rich A. people
imagine we are.
A woman seems 10 thlnke me = . 0ntl-
her husband aftee ahe Known sne 0oe9n Z
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26
ON 1HE SPUR
or TIE MOMENT

The MilliOnairo'S Romance.
Gas turned low.
They confess
Their romance,
She says Yes,
Date II named,
Cards sent out.
Soon they're ON
Marriage route.
Friends all say,
Dandy match.
She's a queen.
He's a catch 7"
Things all right
For q while.
He's for clubs.
She's for style.
Chorus girl
Soon he sees,
Sends her flowers
Just to please.
Wife finds out,
Doesn't care;
Goes abroad
Everywhere.
Lawyer starts
Then. OF course,
Wife's suit
Tor divorce.
Husband fails
To appear
In the court
Or come near.
Get divorce
without q flaw:
They both yell
Hip Hurrah."
AlimOny
Paid each week.
Now they're friends.
So they speak.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

There can be no doubt about it.
The printer. the poor old printer IL
the universal goat. Now comes the
declaration that it is printers error
which has committed the Democratic
party to the regional bank plan, as
opposed to a central bank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

Another question has come up
After the house of representatives
had voted to purchase a lavalliere al
a wedding present for the presidents
daughter, how many members sneaked
look at the dictionary to find, out
what 1t was?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

1t is said that John Lind has
packed his trunk. But it is not re-
ported that he said anything. even
though he may have let the lid fall
on his thumb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

Clifford Pinchot Is in for another
expensive experience. He proposes to
run for the United States senate in
Pennsylvania as a Progressive candi-
date and is counting on the strong
Pennsylvania Roosevelt vote to carry
him to victory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

And the spectacle of the railroads
Of the country begging for mercy"
before the interstate commerce COM
mission is not a pleasing one. JUS
tice is theirs by right and It has too
long been denied them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES

The state Journal II . member Of the
Aesocaated Press and reoefves the fXM day
telegraph report Of that great news ~
6au1xaf1on Tor the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka
The news IL received In To otate Joue.
aal building over v1ros for thas sole pu9-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

Why shouldn't the senators wan
congress to adjourn? By going hom
they can collect all that government
mileage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

That sound of distant gayety is
undoubtedly Yuan Shi Kai chuckling
to himself because he has no big Sis
ter republic to the north Of him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

War IL undoubtedly just what Gem
eral Sherman said 1t was, and peace
II certainly not far removed from the
same category. In the United States
army alone. no less than fifteen
worthy young officers have gone to
their deaths by the aeroplane route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

Now Is the accepted time for the
selection Of the all-star football
teams As none of them is entirely
satisfactory except to the man who
picks it. a lot Of bitter argument and
hard feeling will be averted II each
football fan viii take the trouble to
choose an all-star agEfeGA&ion Of his
own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

It's still a little early to buy stock
in the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company in the hope that the
government will dissolve it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

Don't forget to lay in a supply of
the Red Cross Christmas seals! Ev-
cry one Of them is a nail for the cof-
I'm that is being built for the burial
of tuberculosis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

In all likelihood. the currency bill
debate in the senate will be produc
tive Of large volumes Of unusualt
cheap talk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

Neither was the Maine hunting
season much of a success. There
were only twelve human fatalities
and ten additional serious accidents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

Those patriotic New Workers who
think Tammany will NOT close its
headquarters and go to work for a
living undoubtedly have another guess
coming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

There is danger that Young Amer
lea may construe Chief Beshoshe's re
marks as en- invitation to go west an,
kill Indians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

No investigation Is necessary to
convince visitors in New York that
the taxicab drivers there are Tam
many men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

Mexico is Hike life. Few seem I
want to leave it in spite Of the fac
that it's sure death to stay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

And the man who declined to
prosecute his wife on the charge Of
cutting to wound him must be well
acquainted with the better part Of
yalOr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

Nor should the "Everybody-at-
Church Sunday be only an annual
event in Topeka It should be a
weekly affair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

A puncture has finally been insert
ed in the theory that nies are solely
to blame for tho spread Of infantile
para}ysis. And it Il probable that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26

AZ might have been expected. an
other battle is to be fought at Juarez.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-04-25
N. P. Improvements

The Railroad Company are paint
ing their depot and water tank at
this place, making a very decided
improvement to their property. ].
w. Jordon, General Freight Agent
for this division was in town Mon
day morning and in speaking of the
painting of the buildings, stated that
the company was more than willing
to help the town if it would only
wake up to the fact that they wanted
and needed help in boosting it to the
front. He says if the people will do
like the company. paint their houses
and buildings and fix up their side
walks and do a good job of cleaning
that the travelling public will always
be speaking a good word for the
town and it will be of great benefit
to Kendrick.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-04-25
Morgan's Religion

Springfield Republican: The
fact that Mr.. Morgan was a very re-
ligious man is undoubted. No one
can cavil over the point. after read
ing Bishop Doane's account of his
visits with Mr.. Morgan to the Ac-
ropolis in Athens.
The last day that we spent there
l said, Let's say the collect for the
feast of St. Paul the Apostle
which did. AS | turned to 90 l
caught glimpse of his face with the
tears streaming bown it.
Mr.. Morgan's pastor, the rector of
St. Georges in Ney York, writes of
him: Public worship with him
was the outward visible sign of an
inward religious conviction. His
religion was no Sunday affair. He
worshiped in spirit and in truth"
In all the comments on the finan-
cier's character there has run the un-
iversal testimony that his personal
integrity was of the highest order.
But Mr.. Morgan was without COM
prehension of two underlying facts:
First, that democracy will revolt
against private absolutism in pub
lie utilities or in manufacturing in
dustries; second, that in creating
such an absolutism he was prepar-
ing the way for governmental control
in place of private control, in case
the old order of individual SIN and
competition could not be restored.
Mr.. Morgan wept on hearing Bis
hop Doane recite "the collect on
Mars hill, but he never made the
slightest effort to put stop to
wash sales" or matched orders
on the New York stock exchange.
This contradiction need not surprise
one. however. 1t is almost precise
ly the contradiction one sees in
John D. Rockefeller. who has al
ways been one of the most exempla-
ry church members in Christendom
These men are not mortal forces a,
all, however religious they may be.
They are simply the powerful en-
gines of things as they are, working
to they know not what purpose OF
to what end.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-04-25
LOCAL NEWS

Otis Stone, of Cedar creek, was a
visitor in this city Wednesday.
r. L. Shumaker and wife spent
Sunday with friends in Lewiston.
w. S. CLANCY. of Lewiston, was
a business visitor in this city the
first of the week.
Prof. Moore and wife, of Guide
sac, were visiting friends in this city
Saturday and Sunday.
c. c. Buchanan and wife, of
Moscow, spent the weekend with
Mrs. Buchannan's parents, T. B.
West and wife.
Attorney West is spending the
week in Moscow looking after some
cases he has in this term of court.
Misses Corda and Mabel Emmett
spent few days visiting home folk
on Big Bear ridge.
Walter Welsh and wife. of Walla
Walla. returted to their home Sum
day after spending a couple of
weeks visiting Mrs. .Wclsh's parents,
O. Torgueson and wife, of Linden.
Mrs. c. G. Compton and son
Master George. were visitors in Mos
cow the first of the week.
Mrs. E. G. Hobbs was elected,
at the meeting of the Women of
Woodcraft last Thursday evening. to
60 to Colfax to attend the head
camp-as a delegate from this point.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-04-25
Il Commercial Club Dead?

The Commercial Club is dead to
all appearances. What is the mat
ter, is it the fact that you want the
town to remain in the same old rut
that it has been in for the past few
years2 You 60 down the street and
hear the people saying, this town
has gone to the dogs, why has it?
1t is because you cannot raise enough
excitement about the people to start
a good row. Wake up. for heaven S
sake. the world is moving on and
the towns all around us are growing,
they are having their commercial
clubs and doing a great good for
their towns and country surrounding.
There has not been in the past six
months one single effort to gain one
new citizen in this town. You can
hear people kicking and knocking,
do. you hear any boosting2 Yes,
the boosting comes from the strang-
er who may accldently drift into our
beautiful city. The stranger is
heard to say, why, what a beautiful
little town amocg the hills. where
the All Wise Giver has made the
natural elements such that this
should be fine place to live. The
stranger before leaving town be-
comes almost disguised with the
people living here. He talks with
them and hears them telling what
a dead place it is and that it has
gone to the eternal bowwows. Of
course it is his first thought to get
out. Now wouldn't it be better to
come out of that turtle shell some of
us are wearing and wake up and tell
the stranger what fine place this
is and show him why it is nice and
why and how the people live and by
what means they gain their livlihood.
Come forth and forever stop this
knocking. back biting. kicking at
everything that is for the betterment
of the town and see if it cannot be
changed. Boost for Kendrick.
Stop that knocking.