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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-28

It T. reported that the mayor IL prob
ing the 0og-beat1ng incident, but those
VINO have followed it closely feel that
the mayor should not attempt to 1atA0m
case Involving such deep mystery
without the assistance Of = detective
agency.
But We stin insist that the simp who
said there was as much nouriahment
~ pint Of peanuts - . pound Of
steak. was not only an opt1u1ist but
had peanuts to sell
Any woman IL justified in making
II hot" for Friend Husband when he
stays out too late. but the Chicago
woman who used scalding water over
Did the slang expression by at least 100
degrees Fahrenheit
One Of the gentlemen released from
the pen by Governor Hodges, says he
never took . drink In his life. With q
recommendation like that, It 10 q WON
der he stayed in the Kansas peniten-
tiary long enough to give Governor
Hodges the privilege Of paroling him.
Another excuse has been offered. The
mayor seems inclined to offer evidence
that the bulldog was not In sympathy
with the administration.
Prepare ye for seven days of foot
oal post mortem. At a number Of
the losing team was not sharp shod.
Another New York doctor has brok-
en- loose on that "'eugenic" system OF
getting his name in print. But he had
to yell a little louder, and get a little
closer to the postal regulations than
o1d the next preceding simp with the
same advertising scheme. It Is almost
time to invent a new publicity graft.
The trouble with THANKSGIVING il that
1t furnishes an excuse for such q large
number of wren-heads to offer thanks
because they are 50 much better than
BY THE WAY: Our old book, wear
ing g new and gaudy overcoat, WIN be
on the market again this winter. Did
you get yours? Oh, vurry well. Send
your order to Crane and company.
OF course 1t doesn't amount to
much. but 1t is printed on a fine grade
OF paper, and the new cover will stop
freight half way between block sig
mails.
Said cover is not what you could call
scream" but it is a loud. persistent
squeak Maybe it will flag the passer-
by. and sell another issue Of "BY THE
WAY" And maybe 1t won't. Anyway,
It will be worth tho effort: We never
liked the funeral aspect Of tho old
cover, and 1t will be some personal sat-
isfaction to put 1t under polite vaude-
Vile exterior.
And We still hold that Washburn did
wei to hold q celebration before the
game Two celebrations arc better than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-28
THE QUESTION OF THE GIRL

THE QUESTION OF THE GIRL.
We keen hearing that the world has
changed so much: is changing SO fast'
and especially for girls. writes Edward
s. Martin, in Harper's Magazine Tor
December. People wonder whether
anywhere there are back-waters where
children are being brought up as they
used to be. The suggestion is abroad
very disquieting to a good many peo-
ple-that everything in the world. in
GLIDING the institutions and the human
beings, Is about to be different from
what it has been, and that the change
is now in full course and going fast
Old-fashioned people are getting rat
tied. and begin to inspect one another.
with the kind of attention that one pays
to menagerie animals, as examples of a
species about to become extinct.
Still, for the moment, it is permit
ted to deprecate these anxieties. Things
do move. to be sure. but there are still
considerations that may keep up hope
in folks who have agreeable memories
Of the world as it lately was. and
prefer that it should not do light
A1I18 CAAduBG AAlO q OAd4u lew paw
peopled with complete strangers. We
hear of the great change In children;
how differently nowadays they are
taught, clothed. trained, by methods
unfamiliar to most of their elders, to
ends that seem hypothetical and I'M
tried. And especially the girls. We are
constantly invited to predict what the
girls are going to be and do and what
is going to happen to the world in
consequence. The old-fashioned girls
got married and-well-here we are!
But these new-fashioned girls that are
just about to be-can our old-fashioned
world be altered sufficiently to suit
them? Can the venerable institution
Of marriage have enough tucks let out
in it to be a loose enough garment
for their audacious requirements? Can
man be trained to be wise enough or of
a sufficient submissiveness for them to
marry? And when they are done. will
wary young men dare to love them?
OF course. il the girls are going to
be different it's seri..s thing. unless
the boys and all the rest Of creation
are nicely adjusted to the change in
them. Either a sufficient proportion OF
the girls must match the rest of the
terrestrial institution. or the Institution
must match the girls. Otherwise things
can't so on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-28
Changcableness of Man.

Prof. Munsterbers. Of Harvard. is al
ways making strange psychological dis
coveries. His latest announcement is
that men change their opinions more easi-
~ than women do. He has made various
tests from time to time. q recent expert
ment being with g group Of Harvard men
and q group Of Radcliffe young wo-
men. They were asked to tell at . glance
which Of two blackboards had the more
white spots. OF the men 81 per cent, Of
the women - per cent were right. But
after ten minutes of discussion q second
vote In each case was taken, and this
time q per cent Of the men were right
and only 4S per cent of the women.
The men were ready to change their
minds and the women were not. Perhaps
the men were convinced by argument that
they were wrong, and women are proven
hially impervious to argument. Perhaps
the men had respect for the Judgment Of
certain ones Of their number and followed
u rather than their own. It may be that
the women were more stubborn or had
more pride OF opinion than had their
stubborn brethren. or that no one among
them had sufficient influence to swing the
majority to her way Of thinking. And It
may be that In another test of The k1nd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-28
JIYHIWKER .J07;y

Now spelled backwards Is success.
points out the Aggieville correspondent
of the Manhattan Mercury.
AS the Marquette Tribune says: Too
many men spend more days in camp
than on the march during LIES jour-
ney.
II an ordinary man improves all his
opportunities, he will not remain an
ordinary man, insists the Hiawatha
World.
Emmett George of the Jewell Coun-
ty Monitor, has reached the conclu-
sion that nothing IL an unreasonable
as kin row.
Dame Nature has her wires crossed
once more. Several of the Kansas
weeklies report apple trees in bloom
again in their vicinities.
Poets shed tears over the falling
leaves of autumn, says the Stockton
Review, but it's a hard matter to per-
suade a poet to rake the leaves that
fall.
Mutt and Jeff have finally broken
into the Kansas newspaper game In
dent for the Selden Observer and Mutt
gathers the news at Lonely Divide for
the same paper.
Sporting note, in the Cassoday
Times. A bunch of coon hunters went
to Fall River the other night. They
reported the capture Of four opossums.
ana the town knew they got some
skunlks without being told.
Don't get the idea, advises the Glas-
CO Sun. that you can make 1t all right
with eternal justice for stealing from
your fellowmen six days in the week
by giving the church a small percent
age Of the swag on the seventh.
The editorial brethren are pointing
with pride to the fact that there are
no editors in the state penitentiary.
remarks the Chanute Tribune. Most
Of them would probably be there.
however, il it were left to a vote OF
should avoid vain Boosting.
Here are couple of guides to hap
piness. from the Spring Hill New Era:
For a fit of passion take q walk in
the open air. You may then speak to
the wind without hurting any person
or proclaiming yourself q simpleton.
For fit of idleness count the tickings
of a clock. Do this for one hour and
you will be glad to pull off your coat
and go to work like a man.
Propounded by the Burr Oak Her
aid: Just how mad is a wet hen and
how dry is fish? and how green is
a gourd? and how drunk il a goat?
and how tough is tripe? and how full
Is q tick? and how smart is a whip
and how fit is a fiddle? and how slick
is whistle? and how deaf is a post
and how poor are church mice? and
how cool is q cucumber? and how
right is q rabbit?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-28

the exact reverse Of the conditions would
be shown and the mon. not the women.
would stand pat
i But suppose It il true that men change
their minds more easily than Wonan.
what OF It? What does It show but that
they are open-minded, ready to be COM
WINGED by reasonable proof or Argument
that they would rather be right than pae-
headed? This view OF changeableness. It
IL true, has never been taken In regard to
women. In them It has been regarded a.
q fault; they have been accused OF never
knowing their own minds: they have
been called tickle, vaciIating, capr1cious.
But what OF it1 Let them take what conn
fort they can from Munsterberg's decision
that man il the vacillAting one. Man win
refuse to call it vactllation: he Will say
1t IL the manifestation. Of wisdcm.-1n-
dianapois Star.
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rHE 1fExrcAN PRoB1EM..

All Of the world, and especially the
important European powers whose cit
izens have large interests in Mexico
appear to be willing and waiting for
the United States to settle the Mex1-
can situation In some fashion. More
than that, they are expecting the
United States to do this very thing.
But just what the policy or the plan
Of the Wilson administration il. il It
has definite one. for the ultimate set
Element Of this vexed problem ie a
matter for conjecture. Perhaps Presi-
dent Wilson win elucidate it in his
forthcoming address to the new con-
gress that will assemble during the
first week in December. But there Is
no hint or indication that Mr. Wilson
viii have anything particularly new to
say to congress on the subject.
There IN good reason to believe that
his policy towards Mexico merely con-
Germs the elimination Of Huerta as the
head Of what is left Of the Mexican
government, and further effort to
have all the factions in Mexico agree
to the holding Of q "fair'' election for
the selection Of a president. whom they
will also agree to support and uphold.
1t Is probable that the first part of
this plan can be contaminated event.
ually by the starving OUT of the die
tator. provided the European powers
continue to keep their hands on and
deny Huerta any financial assistance.
And it is barely possible that the sew
eral factions in Mexico might then
agree to hold q FAIR election and
abide by its results.
But such an election would be a
Joke as compared with the significance
Of elections in this and other countries
where something approximating civil
ixation exists It would in no way be
expressive of the sentiments Of any
thing like a majority OF Mextcans. In
the first place nothing like majority
Of them would participate in the cleo
ton, and If all Of them did 1t would
be no more than q farce. The bulk OF
the Mexicans are not intelligent enough
to discharge the duties Of suffrage.
They are absolutely. untitled for self
government. And this Is the nubbin
of the real Mexican problem.
Until this fact Is recognized by the
United States and the other worlds
powers. any policy that simply con-
Germs the elimination Of the Huerta
regime and the substitution Of another
one that will be chosen at an ELECTION
that is bound to be controlled by the
Mexican leaders who have personal
axes of one sort or another to GRIND.
despite their patriotic protestations.
will be a makeshift affair. A new
regime Of this sort would soon rub the
fur the wrong way on one or more OF
the distinguished Mexican patriots who
are adopts in the art Of melting revolu-
lions, And the situation would con-
tinue in Mexico much the same as 1t
is now.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
fFrom the Chicago News.

IL rum Tue CulC88O NOVEL,
Success is the mother Of imitation
And lots Of people do not work n much
as they wait.
It's no trouble to ind q woman who can
keep secret-going.
Even q fourth class postmaster may be
q first class man.
A good husband IL an asset but q
worthless ono IL a liability.
Many q man pats himself ON the back
who isn't q contortionist.
A woman win do lot Of cheeky things
to improve her complexion.
Propose to q girl in canoe and you'll
have two chances OF being thrown over.
e . man begins by paying . young
widow attention she may expect him to
end by paying her bills.
Any girl may make . name for herself
III she can induce some man to face the
paxson with her.
The average man gets q lot Of unneceS-
sary abuse while he is alive ana q lot Of
unnecessary praise after he il dead.
A married mans application for MEM
berahip in club may be an admission
that marriage r fatlure-so far ~ ~
II concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-28

the package was In her hand. she
would lAy Il right under the Nght.
name side mp. and b out In an I'M
slant 1mpulstvely she pushed omen
the door and laid the package on thu
table. then turned to 90. when she
heard voices very close to her inside
tno drawing room door. Beside her
heavy portieres hung over the library
dootA Quick ~ thought she hid.
NO one came into the hall, but
Toms voice, low and tender, was tell
ing some one how no loved her. Jane
felt sick and dizxy. Why-oh. why
had she come? She leaned weakly
against tho closed door behind her.
PRAYING that she would not faint. To
be found there In Toms house. hiding
behtnd a curtain. listening to him!
ohe braced herself against the door to
keep from falling. Suddenly the door
swung in and she with It. She almost
fell into the room.
With ono swift. horrifled glance she
decided that the room was empty.
Tho log dre had burned low and the
only light was green reading lamp
which left the greater part OF the
room In shadow. Then Jane heard 4
0gh. She shrank back against the
wall Then the sigh came again and
some one stirred ON the big daven-
port beside her. Was she losing her
senses? What did 1t all meant Tom
was lying there fast asleep.
Then she turned and fed and did
not stop until aheN reached her own
room at home. Tho telephone was
ringing. She dropped breathlessly
into chair ana took down the re-
ceiver. It was Tom-very wide
awake now.
rs that you. Jane?"
"YeA"
I'm late calling you ur. but fan
asleep In the library after dinner anal
Just woke UP. Had the funniest dream.
too. thought you were standing be-
side me watching me. I woke up Inn
How funny!'
Yes. wasn't It? Well, grille. Ger
aid got home in time after all to take
Laura to the dance and I'm mighty
eiad. She's fine girl. but I'm get
ung tired OF playing proxy for him
and shooting or the other fellowr
They hadn't quite settled it before she
came and he thought some one MIGHT
cut him out. But think they have
settled 1t tonight, judging from the
way Gerald is beaminE.',
How nice!" Jane's heart 80.
pounding. So 1t was Gerald whoe6
voice was 30 much like Toms.
But bother the other folks. lane.
dear. l am going around for you my
SELF. I've missed you SO ali week.
can't you slip into your party toys
right away? I can be over in a INV
ana WANT have something to tell
you-no to ask you-I mean have
something to give you IL you'll have II,
oear. But there can't talk about
II over the phone. and rm iosine
tame. am dying to see you. Nav
come early7"
Yes. do hurry. Tom dear
M xSopyllent' 1913. by. the Mcclure
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EVENING CHR
Tho ACrimnaon R.-,r,,-w
81 RUTH CAMERON.

Tho ~Cfimson Rambler.~
have just received q letter on IN.
smusane between the pathetic and the
OF the writer emboldens me to write ,,non
subject that does not often Appeal in
not see any rs es m fos tSa that
breath with which you sneak If this s.1b.
Jet ; ~ "A A bed bug: says Eibezt Hubbard.
the crlmson ssmSier G ess . ixes to net
person Pc c,t has named HIND In his Official cas
should not openly discuss the ways to ex-
Ny reader friends says that her little
this sumner. that in some way Crimson
s ran ss were, we're brought into the house
has Eli n1s v ,n1estsd + the living room She
She Quite te get se rio Of tns@
; sr any time but in ones parlor-you may
tss: 80 believe i Is best to write to You.
nd Let me tell you my experience. You
good. has crimson rambiers': brouSht
time. Now. it Is no refiectionA whatever
on her housekeeping If some member Of
S saae family gets one Of these creatures ON
welcome guests smuggle themseives in in
the washing Chat was my experience1.
And yet whenever the thing happens the
we're dfsgraced. and refuse to speak Of ff,e
1aral subject above a whisper.
TO return to my experience: INV reader
1E1end says she used gasoline. So did I
ana IT did no good. but that was because
used Il spasmodically. One dav /
sprayed the bed and left the closet un-
touched, the next day vice versa. Then
one DAY, I started on q through cam
pAlen. ! bought an at0mizer. such as one
uses TO spray ones throat (forty cents)
ana gallon Of gasoline. with these I
corner in the room. including the picture
moulding. the cracks between the base
board and the floor, etc. Then I spraved
every piece Of furniture inside ana ont
including the bureau drawers: chen the
closet, taking every garment out and
looking 1t over Thoroughly The bed and
tention. '-' o.
The campaign took one helper and my
seif. the whole Of one day, but It was time
saved IN the end. for I never found 8
The atomfSer Is important as il throws
. strong stream which penetrafes into the
cracks Remember to air out thor
oughy before lighting Z match In the
room. suppose should admit that tho
pieSue MAD NOT progressed far before
maze this stand This treatment might
not avau II the Crimson ramblefs'' had
got good head start have since been
told that an excellent treatment for .
powerful disinfectant in the room. Sew
eral people have told me that this In most
e6lcacious and does not hurt the poinf.
but ct present am not able to recon-
mend It from persona1 experience. And
must say hope never shall be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-28

All the boneheads in the Western
League are not among the active play
ers. This II made apparent by the talk
Of the leagues masnates in the direc-
ton Of q 1es-gams schedule for mex.
season. Experience has effectively
shown that this IL altogether too long
a schedule for the Western Leasne.
The last two Or three weeks Of the last
season, for instance, were played As =
1eGs of saeoo g 5000 to each club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-28

That Pittsburg man who was sem
fenced to the workhouse for thirty
days for beating his wife 1850 times.
is doubtless one of those who consider
Delaware's whipping post disgrace
to civilization.
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FROM OTHER pENS
TRAGEDY OF GEAR rrsn1NANn

~
The reports that Car Ferdinand NJ
bulgaria will abdicate and 20 into re-.
tarement emphasize the tragedy which
mas overtaken the kingdom and the
d so mouse OF Bulgaria When the
been accomplished the arms of RuI.
CARA were turned against her allies.
who to that time had been rather de-.
spiseo at Sofia. A crushing disaster
o vas 1nIncted by Greece and Servia,
glory to the depths of defeat. The
mercurlal public seized upon the r,ricr
as really responsible for their humilia-
tion, thing he was only in part. and
e ne rs now practically in exile. seeking
foreign sympathy for the support Of
his dynasty and finding little. ThouSh
ne give up the throne, it is said the
country may decline to accent his son
as It's ruler, because the younger
prince is believed to be too susceptible
Napoleon, on a smaller scale. IL re-
peated In the story Of the last two
years in the life Of Car Ferdinand r.
is the more pathetic because Of the
manner IN which he came to the Bull
garfan throne, at the behest OF the
Bulgartans themselves ana against the
protest OF Europe. and more because
OF the economic progress Bul1aria
made under him.-Baltimore NeWs.
WHY THE COURT ADJOURNED
When prominent lawyer Of New York
asked for adjournment Of the supresne
court because he wanted to see 4 foothaii
scr1mmage between Harvard ana Yale to-
day at Cambridge. the presiding Justice
promptly granted his request And there
by hangs a tale. The lawyer said that fia
son was captain Of the Yale team. The
court said: Il am inclined to grant the
adjournment. I have two boys playing on
football teams and I'd rather see q Gsme
any day than try an action at law. II
nobody will suffer by reason OF the adj
journment / will let this trial stand over
away happy. as doubtless everybody else
did. Sporting blood will tell. We don't
suppose that the ends Of justice will BE-
defeated because these fond parents went
to the football games No important In
te>est Of society will suffer from the adj
journment Of the court, and the action
taken will contribute . little to the
gayety. OF nations. which IL always. :
good thing. Sport II Q thing to be de-
sired and promoted In this work-a-day
world Of ours. There - more Of It now
than ever before. The people need It.
It's usefulness - becoming mere ana moro
appreciated. The man who has no love
Of sport in his soul y IKE to die prema-
tureiy OF Observation-Disclosures Union
Advertiser.
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BY the time Attorney General Nc
Reynolds probe into the high cost OF
eggs gets going under full steam ahead,
the hens will have gotten over moult-
ing and will have begun laying again.
But the Democratic administration will
no doubt ask for the credit OF the re-
duction in the price Of eggs which will
naturally follow the increased supply.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

A poor memory IL often most COM
venient.
Many Of Cupid's darts seem to be
loaded with poison.
Too many Of the congratulations
that are passed around are insincere.
And the average mans conscience
is not likely to be q cheerful COM
panion.
There may be plenty OF room ut tho
top but that is hardly true of the spot
where the limelight shines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-28

No matter which country makes the
high score in the next Olympic games.
1t will be more or less an American VIC
tory. or. at least, an emphatic endorse
ment Of American athletic methods.
Most Of the European nations have
hired American trainers to develop their
Olympic teams
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.eUI0eN.

Saving.
When was just lad,
My father
Used to say:
Save all your money and your b.
A millionaire
Some day.
cannot blame my father for
Advice he gave
Me when
I was q little boy, but, say
The times have changed
Since then.
My dad bought juicy sirloin steak
At fifteen cents
pound.
But nowadays have to pay
just twenty-five
For round.
Then eggs were IL cents q dog.
Aud butter
Twenty cents.
Ny dad. though wise, had quite . lot
To learn about
Expense.
I haven't got my million yet,
It's quite beyond
My price:
HI Costoliving's come along
Since dad gave
His advice.
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In his quest Of a government job,
paying $500 a year, that would per-
NIT him to spend considerable time at
homo to devote to his private pur-
suits. Mr.. Bristow seems to have made
. mistake in selecting a seat in the
United States senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-28

AS was to have been expected, not
few Chicago women prefer to be
young rather than getting q posi-
ton on the police force, which neces-
states, among other things, that they
must confess to being at least thirty
years old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-28

This fighting that has been going on
around Juarez Is evidently of the most
approved Mexican variety. The big
guns Of field artillery have doomed
continuously. there has been an inces-
SAINT rattle Of musketry, great quanti-
ties Of ammunition have been used.
and yet it is impossible for investiga-
tors to assemble a list Of casualties a.
big az q bakers dozen.