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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14
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It II reported that Huerta's stalk Of
cartoontsts are appealing to the Mex1-
can lower crust through their pictures.
We doubt it not Some psople will
even that q man may smile and uae
q safety razor at one and the same
time.
Jack Supp. who rides tho back plat
form quite frequently while cerpen-
says that anyone who will invent .
folding handsaw may become q public
benefactor. and would be chased with
Hon. f.. ID. Coburn. suggeeter of tbs
disappearing platform for long-wind-
ed public speakera
When the norse-blanket oyercoat
first appeared. It was given the horse
laugh. but now the public will not
turn its head more than IS degrees
proves that the public could get used
to anything ifrft had to. -
1t appears that the extreme. cool
weather il not confined to the north
and east. A cold wave struck Mr..
Lind's feet as soon az he had delivered
the ultimatum to Hon. Huerta-
In Jawn MacDonald's School Jour-
nal we read of the case of Scotch
''homologate the whole policy OF Gov
eminent" What e desire to know
is: how could they do anything like
that to a Government policy and get
away with it?
The moral Of the Beers case seems
to be that an excitable woman should
check her false teeth. with the clerk
before entering into a religious argu-
ment with friend or husband.
Some Of the postoffice blanks are
SO stingy with their space for sigma
ture, that Postmaster Firstenberger Of
Kansas City may have to spell 1t
The man who gets his information
by reading what happened last year
ina a magazine dated next month. may
have 1t ON q better grade of paper
and in better literary style. but he
should not try to argue with the man
who gets his from the daily papers,
while it is still warm.
Now that it is reported Willum Al
lum White has sounded the Bull
Moose call. we remember distinctly OF
having heard same, during the Silly
night. but Thought at the time II
emanated from a gentleman COW beine
harbored at the fair grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14
AYHIWKER JOTS

The self-made man must be q very
busy one If he keeps up with the times.
points out the Randolph Enterprise, as
new model is demanded every year.
1t looks to the Winfield Courier as if
the boys would again be imposed upon
by making them attend Sunday school
four weeks to get q present on the
Christmas tree.
Most people are go constituted, says
Hum Dinger of the Newton 1-ansan-
Republican. that you can make them
happy by openly praising their work.
Why not do It? 1t costs you nothing.
This month completes John MacDon-
publisher of the Western School jour
nal. And to say that this publication
has long been a powerful factor In the
advancement of education in hansas
is to give but faint praise. Like old
wine. too. 1t gains strength and i'm
proves with age.
Somehow Methodism and the latest
tango trips don't mix-not in Garden
City. says the Garden City Telegram.
Last week the pianist at a local cleo
trio theater was called out of the city
and one Of the followers Of John Wes-
ley was drafted into service. Among
her selections for side-splitting CONF
Yield Not to Temptation" and when a
bear chased fleeing gent across the
Pickering stage she played God Ee
With You Till We Meet Again."
In one of the Scotch papers that
come to US. says John Macdonald in
his Western School Journal, We find
this; THE electors are asked to ho-
mologate not the members fitness for
the position he has been given, that is
past and done, but to homologate the
whole policy of the government" In
the campaign next year speakers could
use "homologate'' with deadly effect.
We are reminded Of q Kansas public
official. long since dead, who would.
repeat and re-repeat, "homologate.
homologate. homologate. a good word,
Joi1n." And in his next speech the
word was sure to come up generously
half a dozen or more times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IRON the Chicaxo Nevs.1

tr1Om tne Cnec48o NeW1.1
II you mean no. say no-unless you are
= woman.
He is near-thoughtless man who
thinks only Of himself.
The memory Of . witness 10 usually
either too good or too bad.
It's tough luck when man maxfies
IN heiress and has to support her.
In after years q barefaced lie groWa
Whiskers and becomes a tradition
No woman would care to let the world
see her as she really II when on guard
It IL no sin to be 20 years old, but It h
q shame to ask girl Of 30 her age.
Nowadays when q man makes fool Of
himself he claims that he was hypnott1ed.
No man can waste valuable time in an
argument. II his time II valuable he
doesn't argue.
No. Alfonso, you can't alwayg judge by
Appearances. A girl with eyes like dove
NAV have an appetite like an ostrich
Joy 10 the peculiar feeling experienced
By the man who counts his money ana
dtQcovo9U that he has an he thought he
had and . feW dollars u10ee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Hypocrites are also distinguished
for the smiles they assume.
III
Proving q man to be in the wrong
is an easy way to gain his disfavor.
q
Discharging q duty is seldom so
troublesome in the long run as avoid
ing 1t.
. .
Poverty also has the advantage of
being perfect security against the an
noyance Of burglars.
A bridegroom gets an inkling OF his
position in the future from the I'M
important figure he cuts at his we'd
ding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14
CREDITS FOk HOME WORK.

In the November WOmans Home
Companion appear accounts of several
public schools in the United States
where great progress is being made.
Ono Of the stories told is the story of q
Wisconsin public school teacher who
gives his pupils school credits for home
teacher and his plan:
There is a country school in Mani
towoc county. Wis. where the teacher.
Mr.. H. e. Antholz, has introduced a
thoroughly original and practical course
in manual training and personal re-
sponsibilitv. Mr.. Antholz gives school
credits for home work. That IL, the
children do chores at home and get
credit for them at school Each child
has a small memorandum book in which
he writes a list of the home duties
he performs. between 4 p. m. and a.
m. and the number Of credit points
received for each. This list, which IL
kept 'op honor includes sweeping.
making a bed, preparing a meal, baking
a cake, baking bread, scrubbing the
floor. washing and wiping dishes. milk
ing, feeding horses, cleaning the barn,
cleaning and currying horses, splitting
and carrying wood, sleeping with open
window. cleaning the teeth. coming
home with feet dry, in wet weather.
"At the end Of each month the names
Of the three pupils who have the best
records, with number Of points each
received, are published in the local pa
pers. At the end of the year the three
pupils holding the highest number Of
credits in each class are awarded prizes
by the school board.
This scheme pgoved successful from
the beginning. Nearly all of the pupils
entered the contest at once and the rest
entered little later. Not one dropped
out.
''One farmer told Mr.. Antholz: Be
fore you started the credit system I
couldn't get my boy out Of bed in the
morning to do any chorea Since then
he il In the barn before I am More
than one mother declared that she could
now dispense with the hired girl, for
there was nothing left for her to do by
the ambitious daughters Of the house. %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

his voice lifted to q long. Quavaring wall
IA vas giving q star exhibition OF tn
art of separating himself from tears and
tr1lls.
ssWhat's the matterr asked mother.
Johnnie removed both fists from his
eyes ana explained, mournfully:
Papa was out ON the back porch natl
ing down q plank, and he had big ham
mer.s an awful big hammer. Then he
misssd the nan. and hit his thumb"
Then what are you crying about
asked mother. why didn't you laugh4.'
Then Johnnie told the whole sfoey thus:
II 0d'-Ropu1Sr 1ka9lxane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14
he A aPuG.

All hail the Spugs! This II the season
Of their activity and their crusade IL q
most righteous one. Millions of dol
lars are wasted annually in the dis
tribution Of useless Christmas gifts.
And 1t IL long since time that q
movement was begun to set the people
to thinking about this folly. More
than that. 1t - also ~ true a. It u
unfortunate that countless people
have degenerated into the custom OF
They give with the hope Of getting
something in return. This IL all
wrong. It Ii contrary to the spirit
Of the occasion.
It 10 Q mistaken idea to suppose that
the Society for the Prevention Of USE
less Giving 10 opposed In any way to
the giving Of Christmas presents. That
In wide of the mark. Indeed. It would
have died in tts infancy had such been
its aim. It would have attracted the
attention only OF q few cranks OF the
IL good in the spirit and custom Of
giving and exchanging gifts ON Christ
mas Day that its appeal II a. wide as
the limits Of Christendom. He would
be a fool rho would urge its discon-
tinuance.
But there IL giving and there il Civ
ing. the right kind ana the wrong
kind. the useful kind and the useless
kind. It is the latter that the Spugs
frown upon. It IL the former they en-
courage. They would have people use
kAAS. Sw wiuyS~ 1Hnve
would have the giving done in q spirit
Of good will. emblematic, indeed. of
the Significance Of Christmas. and dis
tinguished from the giving that is
deemed compulsory or with the hope
of receiving q moro valuable gift in
return. They urge people to decrease
the cost Of their gifts and increase the
good will in them. That's the idea.
A useful gift, expressing good will and
freely given out Of kindness Of heart.
and with no thought of getting some
thing in return-that's the ideal
Christmas gift, the real jewel Of its
kind. And it is equally essential that
such a gift should be received in the
spirit with which it Is given.
Why not become a Spug? This Ia
the accepted time, right now when 1t
IL in order to do your Christmas shop
ping early. 1t doesn't cost anything.
but a little mental effort, a desire to
become more worth while. You can
elect yourself to membership in the
Society for the Prevention of Useless
Giving. the society to promote intelli-
gent giving. You can master its con-
stitution and bylaws with a moments
thought. If SO disposed. Become q
dispenser of kindness and good cheer
in your Christmas giving. Throw
away the idea that you must spend
more money than you really can at
ford 1t an effort to make a showing
with your Christmas gifts. Enter into
the real. the true spirit of Christmas
giving and receiving. You'll be hap
pier all around, ~ YouFn be doing a
little more good in the world. Your
useful gifts will bespeak OF your
thoughtfulness and good sense.
Be q Spug by all means.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14
country,

Surely there should be positions for
many hoboes in the organization that
is being developed by the government
to make a physical valuation Of the
railroad property Of the country. An
incident to this gigantic task win In
clude the counting Of every tie on the
railroads rights OF way. And for this
particular job there are no moro ex-
periencsd parsons in the land than the
boboeo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

reputation vs.. Production.
In the two decades between 1850 and 1910
tho population of the United States in
creased from 100000 to 100000.
During the game period the ton-mileaxe
OF the railways increased from s6.ooo,OOo
to 26,0o0,Oo0
Therefore. while the population was In
mileage was Increasing 100 per cent.
To satisfy the demands Of traffic in 1880
the railroads Of the United States moved
the equivalent OF one ton of freight .
distance of 10sz miles for each Individual:
to satisfy the same emdands In 1olo. IT
was neceesery to move the equivalent Of
ona ton z7Az miles
Now. let rs take . further illustration
to SOW that TRAFFIC an dprOduct1on are In
creasing much more rapidly than popula-
ton.
Between 1850 and 1912 the proucton OF
pg iron grew from 100000 tons anaully to
net csefly sAeso sons' an increase Of - Per
In ths same period tina coal production
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

Republicans and Progressives in the
First congressional district are PLAN
ming on holding a harmony conclave.
And there should be a gentlemen's
agreement among the many expert
political bass drum players in the dis
trict to leave their instruments at
hoyna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14
HU1EoR or 1nE DIR

v M,:s ~ Email snys sne s Heesy OF
"A case Of fiat tire. ebr'-Boston Tran
script.
honor among thieves'?' Mr.. Cal1iperu-
mo. my son: thieves are just as ID -
the general run Of the people.
Does anybody call the Junk that fellow
writes .poetry'9'' why mott It has besn
called everything else that's unpopuar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

After this South American trip.
Colonel Roosevelt has yet to lecture
the Chinese and the Eskimos. also the
Mexicans. And what might be the
situation in Mexico today had he only
preached his gospel OF political
Righteousness there a few years ago.
It couldn't be worse, anyhow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14
Baby's Prayer in Court.

B8Dy'S prayer IN court.
During the trial of the separation
suit brought by Mrs. Susie Bradley
Barber against her husband, Arthur
w. Barber, a New York lawyer, before
Justice Mills in the supreme court. tes-
timony was given that the plaintiff had
kept daily notes of Ter husbands
actions and words during the four
years Of their married life. Mrs. Bar
Der. who formerly lived at Hastings,
accused her husband OF cruel and in
human treatment, while Mr.. Barber in
turn swore that his wife had been
cruel to him.
Mrs. Barber kept her diary of daily
happenings in her home ON sheets of
white and yellow paper. and she car
ried them to court in q black handbag.
The BARRIERS have q daughter three
years old. Mr.. Barber said that every
night his wife had their baby repeat
this prayer: God bless grandmother
and spare her to me. God bless mother
and spare her to me. God make daddy
q better man.
Mr.. Barber took umbrage to the ref
erence to daddy in the baby's pray
er. He said that when she taught the
prayer to the child It was the cruelest
thing she ever did. When Mrs.. Barber
was asked why she had made daily
notes of me happenings, she re-
Piled: To relieve my feelings."-
White Plains On. - Dispatch to New
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

Suppose Huerta IL eliminated or
eliminates himself from the control
Of what is left Of the Mexican govern
ment. Is there any good reason to
believe that revolution Of some sort
will not be begun against his success
sor. NO matter whom he may be?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

A Kansan has just coughed up a
dime that has been in his throat for
thirty-six years. And in the mean
time he has couEhed up all kinds Of
money to doctors who treated him for
frhorcn1oafa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

Without doubt, Mr.. Bryan il of the
opinion that Colonel Roosevelt is
wasting his energies by giving free
lectures in South America when the
chautauqua at home here offers such
remuneratiYe opportunftiea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

Poor man! One by one are his inner
ent and inalienable rights being taken
away from him. In New York, for in
stance. they are now imposing a SEN
tence OF thirty days in jail for every
man they catch winking at q woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

No more American warships are to
be sent to Mexican waters. This ap-
pears to be q wise decision. as Mexico
is without a navy and the trouble
zones are located SO far inland as to
prevent warships from reaching
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

Washington's plans to starve out
Huerta ought to get results before
long. His latest photographs show
him to have an exceedingly hungry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

Ono of England's prominent jurists
lays down the rule that while q wom-
ans plea that she cannot live with her
husband may be sufficient grounds for
a divorce in America it il not in Eng
land. Nor. as a matter OF fact. should
It be in America. AS the delegates to
the Purity congress insist the divorce
evil is the real social canker i'm this
country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

Over in Germany the police seem
to be just as choice Of their dignity as
they are in New York. Chicago and
other large American cities. At Bres-
lau the other day. q prominent BUSH
ness man was sent to jail for two
weeks for staring at q cop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

What, by the way, has become Of the
Hstch Hetchy controversy? For q lone
time it was one of Harry Thaw's CHIEF
competitors for notoriety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

Anyhow, this lecture tour that is
engaging the attention of Colonel
Roosevelt is giving the wild animals
of South America an enjoyable re-
snifA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

Zapata has announced that he IL
ready to quit revoluting. Presumably
he has reached the conclusion that
the Huerta government affords
mighty poor picking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

Bad weather Of some sort IL due
hereabouts mighty soon. The moon
II now wearing some particularly
brilliant rings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

the unjust. But the unjust usually has
the other fellows umbrella
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

When it comes to letting other PEG.
PIE handle their money, New York
statesmen seem to be the most con-
1iding people on earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

A white bear has been seen in tn,
Adirondack. And a well known New
York tiger has also turned pale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

The etato JouTnal 10 Q member Of the
Associated PFeas and receives the fun day
telegraph report Of that great news NJ
sanitation for the exclusive Afternoon
solicitation In Topeka
The news Il resolved in The STATE Jouf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-14

From the Diary Of . Grandmother:
being q few extracts from the diary OF
q grandmother who visits her daughter
and her four grandchildren for the first
time.
GrAndmOthcr Makes Some Discoveries.
II have read so much about the de-
terioration OF children's manners that
ought not to be surprised to hnd that
my own grandchildren are by no
means well bred according to the
standards of a generation or two gem
erations ago: and yet am surprised.
Seeing these things in your own family
is SO much more real than reading
about them.
This morning Margaret called Ruth
from above stairs. Ruth was reading
a book without looking up from her
book or making the slightest move to
go to her mother. she hollered-yes.
that is the only suitable word-'What.'
Not What is 1t, mother? nor even
What, mother, mind you, but just
the one word. I expected to hear Mar
garet reprove her sharply. but instead
she merely called again, and Ruth put
her finger in her place in the book ana
went slowly up the stairs.
II simply cannot imagine treating
my mother that way. nor indeed can
I imagine Margaret responding to me
| in such i'll bred manner.
children in my own day-tt doesn't
seem possible that it's nearly sixty years
ago, but it is-used to say Yes. ma'am'
and mo, sir; and in my children's day
| children said. Yes. mother and No,
father but my daughters children
speak to her or their father just as
they do to each other. suppose
shall get used to it. but 1t certainly
seems strange at first.
There was a time. too, when a child
who interrupted or contradicted his
4 - - <~rx6 ktasHp-
ough spanking. I just wish my own
dear mother-I remember she was con-
sidered entirely too lenient by her
mother-could sit at the dinner table
one night and listen to her great grand
children.
Ruth chatters like a magpie, inter-
rupting anyone and everyone; all the
children contradict their mother with
the utmost freedom. and somewhat less
boldly, their father. Now and then
they are brought up sharply by petu-
liant rebuke which sounds more lik@
one child quarreling with another than
a parent correcting a child. but for the
most part nothing Is said.
IT know I am old fashioned. but I
never quite realized how much 30 until
heard my grandchildren talking a
brand new language which has &C me
into being since my youth-modeTn
slang. In my day boys sometimes used
slangy expressions, girls never; but
Janet and Ruth can fully hold their
own with Richard. 1t is actually diff
cult for me to understand what they
mean a good deal Of the time. Even
Margaret and Richard senior laughed
at nv blank face when Janet SAID to
Richard, What do you mean you lost
your dog?" They tried to explain it to
| me but cannot say 1 see much sense
to 1t.
IT have been looking back over what
have written and seem to have done
nothing but find fault with my grand
children. I am ashamed OF myself for
| they have been very sweet to me. ]
am going to lock this book up in my
drawer, for 1t would be terrible II
Margaret should happen to see it. You
see, Diary. have kept all my criticisms
| for you. think that il the best place
for GRANDMOTHER criticisms"