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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
MISSING HUSBANDS.

James r. Motion of GLASGOW, Scot
land, inspector of the poor, has issued
an interesting memorandum to his
parish council, on emigration as con-
tributorv cause of family desertion, ac-
cording to the Survey. He shows that
since 1908, when an agency was open
ed in Glasgow which undertook to ad-
vance transportation to men wishing
to take employment in large railway
undertaking in Canada, more than $40
families of emigrants, involving 1,12T
dependents, had applied to the parish
for relief.
Mr.. Motion recommends that the
government allow emigration of mar
ried men without their families only
under condition of constant and reg
ular reporting to some constituted au-
thority, with deportation on evidence
of family desertion.
Similar circumstances are a frequent
cause of desertion in the United States.
especially among men who come here
from non-E English speaking countries.
expecting to send for their wives and
families as soon as they are able. In
such cases by the time they have done
enough work here for this they have
,
some woman more accustomed to the
surroundings attracts them. and all in
tention of bringing over the far-off
wife, who would seem strange in the
midst of the life here is abandoned.
The first report of the National De
sertion Bureau of the National Con-
ference of Jewish Charities shows that
it has handled many such cases from
Russia, reconciling some after the
family has followed the husband, and
forcing others to support the family
by arrest and legal procedure here.
which might be the best way for the
Glasgow officials.
Most of the work of the National
Desertion Bureau, however relates to
interstate deserters. and the results
show what can be accomplished by
Systematically employing the forces Of
existing laws. Within Il year, $50
cases in all have been handled by
this bureau. In SCI cases, or IS per
cent, the deserter was located and IN
326 cases he was either persuaded 20
return home or forced to contribute
to his family's support. The most eff
fective means in locating these de-
serters has been the publication each
week in the leading Yiddish papers
throughout this country and Canada
of photographs and descriptions of
some of the men, as gallery of mis-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Genesis is much better known than
revelations, explains the Anthony
Republican, because we start read
ing a book at the beginning.
A hammock with a young lady in
it looks inviting, says the Formoso
Spirit, but q hammock with one lone
man in it might better be empty.
One thing seems certain to the
Beattie Eagle, and that is that this
seasons crop of toads is not going to
learn to swim before next summer.
The business man who does not ad-
man that does, points out the Norton
County News. He can always find
time to go fishing.
At any rate. the drouth in western
Kansas is not having any effect on the
baby crop. Plenty of Births in Dodge
IN Spite of the Dry Weather. says a
headline in the Dodge City Globe.
Editor Hubbard of the La Harpe
Enterprise, has been making an olfac-
tory inspection of the La Harpe city
water, but he hasn't decided whether
1t needs laundering or disinfecting.
Aside from the occasional reports
from exploding thermometers up and
down Main street, the town has been
very quiet since the opening of the
Reserve, reports the Hamilton Coun-
ty Republican.
According to the Washington Re-
publican Register, one man of it's ac-
quaintance is considering buying his
daughters steady automobile so
that Father and Mother can enjoy
the swing once in a while.
There must be a little water in the
VerdtSris river. The Elk City Sun
reports: A 75-fb catfish was caught
in the Verdigris river near Liberty
and one weighing so TBS. was caught
in the same stream near Cherryvale
this week.
T Most people will agree with Editor
Ross of the Burr Oak Herald that he
ran across a real optimist recently
when he met 4 man who said: IF
we didn't have burn-outs occasionally
our ground would become so worn
out that we could never raise crops"
Intense rivalry prevails between
Dodge City and Great Bend as to
which place harbors the child with the
most living grandparents. A little
while ago Great Bend was growing be-
cause one of it's kiddies was the proud
possessor of seven living grandparents.
But Dodge City has finally dug up one
of its younger Inhabitants who revels
in the distinction of having twelve
grandparents, each of whom is very
much alive. 1t is Great Bends move.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

do you want to be engaged to at
once?" she gasped.
Darn it!'' said Peter II believe you
would have said yes if that had been
you on the piazza. Would you?" ::
Its too late to think of that Just
now" she said.
Peter reached her side in one man.
moth, joyful stride. In another mo-
ment he had lifted her out of the
chair and was holding her close to
him.
Il know it now" he cried happily.
"Peter!'' she choked, struggling to
free herself 'FPeteri For shame!
You mustn't You're engaged to that
other girl, whoever she is. 1t isn't
my fault you made such mess of it.
Let me go. Peter, Do you hear?n
But for all her pleading Peter
merely held her more tightly.
Listen he said chuckingly.
go near the boathouse piazza last
out the lay of the land here. 1 was
coming over to ask you to marry me
this afternoon. When 1 got here
had cold feet. 1 didn't dare. 1 was
sure you'd never have meme,
clumsy, homely old Peter Gray. 1
didn't dare come right out. 1 wanted
to find out if I had a ghost of a show
first. So
Felicia ceased her struggles.
well, of all the nerve!" she COM
mented
cor lack of it," chuckled Peter,
bending his head to hers.-(Copy-
right, 1913, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
EVENING CHAT

BY RUTH CAMERON.

Did you ever have a polygon guest?
One of my neighborS has been la
boring under that afflictiOn, and, al
though she is much too sweet and
hoSpitable a woman to say so, know
she drew an immense sigh of relief
when the visit was over.
I call the young person in question
a polygon guest because she answers
to the definition of a polygon, which
is having many angles and conse-
quently fitted into her hostess daily
life about as awkwardly as a figure
having an indefinite number of sides
and angles would fit into an ordinary
square hole.
My friend as I said, Is a very hos
pitable woman, and her guests usu-
ally seem to have a delightful time.
She cannot afford any very expensive
entertainments for them. But she
tries to bring them into contact with
congenial people, give them a share
of the neighborhood good times and
arrange as many simple pleasures as
possible.
But every effort to treat the poly
gon guest in this way promptly came
to grief against one of the angles of
her temperament.
Now be it plainly understood right
here that the hostess did not go
about the neighborhoOd complaining
of her guest. The way it came out
was this. We all wanted to help our
friend entertain her niece, and so her
next-door neighbor asked when she
should give little informal card
party for her, as we do for all Wis
itors.
The hostess was grateful but re-
gretful. Marion doesn't play cards, -
she said. 'Oh, no, it's not on account
of any scruples. She just doesn't
care for them"
A day or two later some one Of
fered the hostess some tickets for an
excellent lecture. Again she was
most grateful, but again she declined.
81 asked Marion if she would like to
go and she said lectures bored her
terribly"
Long tramps through the woods
are another one of our neighborhood
diversions. Marion did not care for
walking. Moreover, she could not
entertain herself, as she read and
sewed but little. The only thing she
really did seem to care for was dane
ing, and as there were but two
dances in town during her stay, it
was impossible to entertain her that
way all the time.
incidentally We happened to find
out that she was equally difficult to
please at the table, having a habit of
saying she didn't eat this or that:
also that she frequently slept late
mornings and had to have a private
breakfast served for her.
Do you wonder that l call her the
polygon guest?
a polygon guest ought not to be a
possibility, for in becoming a guest
one thereby pledges ones self to fit
into the hostess way of living and
not to have angles. If one does not
not visit that person. The place for
the polygon guest is at home. If she
wants to be welcome elsewhere she
should get rid of her angles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
THE WEATHER.

Old Hiram Purdy does allow
That he saw his old brindle COW
Rub up agin' the barnyard fence and
then gaze at the moon.
He says that ten times out of nine
This is a sure and sartin sign,
A spell of rainy weather is comm
mighty soon.
Old Grandma Tubbs desires to state
Her hens are actin queer OF late,
They don't seem pleased about their
food and all refuse to lay
She's willin' to put up a bet,
By gum, she's never missed it yet,
A spell of dry, hot weather is sure
headed right our way.
There's nothing that you cannot hear
At almost any time of year
About the weather from the folks
who sit and twirl their thumbs.
It's rarely that they can agree
And so it's very plain to see
The best plan is to simply take the
weather as it comes.
Roy K. Moulton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
HUAOR or THE DAY

husband cat police station)-"They say
you nave caught the fellow who robbed
our mouse night before last" Sergeant
les Yes. DO you want to see him?'' Hus-
oahd-Sure! I'd like to talk to him
want to know how he got in wifbot,t ~,
ing my wife. I've been trying TO do
that Tor the last twenty years Judge
,,k Cne OF the most entertaining sights in
NE is 10 see two people who know &,
an attempting to instruct each other
Excited Old Lady (as express thunders
through station)-"Oh, Porter. doesn,t
mat train stop here?' Patient Porter
TO- Lldy; 1t don't even hesitate. "-Puncb
are you friend of the bride?'' s.o1o.
m the bridegroom. NJ
Ihat very plain Miss Van Dansapte
seems 70 nave all the brains of the Ear
ily-' Yes. Aren't you sorry for ber rSih-
Cleveland Plain Dealer. 'i Her
..n-l Does tne paby take after his father?,
,. ic ms Iather is not the kind of man
70 ieaVe anything behind him 10 taka 20
Baltimore American. ~ '~Ae'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
FROM OTHER PENS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT WASTE.

PUBLIC DOCUMENT WASTE
If the Smoot printing office bill,
which has the endorsement of the SEN
tie and house leaders of the joint con-
gressional committee on printing, shall
become a law, each member of the sem
ate and house will be given an annual
credit of $1,000 and 81 800 respectively
on which he can draw such public
documents as he desires to have sent
to his constituents. Heretofore editions
of the various publications We're APP
portioned to the senators and con-
gressmen, "willy-nilIy," with the result
that every year there has been an ac-
emulation of hundreds of thousands
of unused books and pamphlets in the
document rooms of either house, of no
value except as waste paper. Hereafter
members of congress will get only such
documents as they ask for, and it
would be a good thing if the reform
went farther, and such documents were
sent to citizens only on request-better
still, if they were distributed only for a
nominal payment approximating the
cost of publication. But as a first step
this bill promises a substantial reduc-
ton in the annual waste of white paper
and the cost of printing and distribu-
ton. Incidental to this economy some
others are proposed which may cause
trouble. The folding rooms of the SEN
ate and house are to be abolished and
this work transferred to the printing
office, and in these days when political
pap is growing scarce there may be
some objection to the removal of this
source of supply, which has served to
nourish many a hungry applicant
Moreover. with the cutting down of
production the public printers payroll
is expected to show a decrease. He no
longer will nave freedom to create Jobs
at will and fix salaries at his pleasure.
Congress must be consulted whenever
a salary gets beyond $500 year, and
the congressional committee on print
ing is to exercise more oversight of the
ONCE The saving through the bill
may not amount to more than a baga-
teIIe IN the annual budget of the ma
non but it amounts to very much as
evidence that the germ of efficiency
which was sown with the creation of
the Keep commission is working stead
ny and making some progress-PhiIa-
delphia Bulletin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record
The man who talks big often wins
little.
You don't have to be a prude to be
prudent.
The self-made man ought to wear a
union label.
Bargain seekers don't get rich as
often as the bargain sellers.
All men are pretty much alike eX-
cept in the matter of their dislikes.
Luck favors the good guesser often
er than the man who figures it all out.
Belle-"He can be a gentleman
when he wants to be-" Nell-"Yes, he
seems to forget himself sometimes"
HoaX-'It must be true that the
good die young" JoaX-"Oh, L don't
know. Sometimes they outgrow it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News. ]

IF'rom the Chicago News.1
Most of US admire a fool as long as
he has money.
If you would get up in the world
get down to business.
Marriage is a union that is response
BILE for a lot of strikes.
Success at poker depends on the way
man is raised.
When a man hangs on a woman'S
words they are not married.
Much reading will not make a full
man as quickly as much feeding
Happy is the wife who believes that
her husband tells her all he knows.
There was once married man
whose wife'S folks didn't try to work
him through her. She had no folks.
What is SO rare as a day in June ?'
asks the poet. We don't know-unless
1t is praise for a man who has been
dead a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

There is something out of gear with
a person whom everybody likes.
4! +
Much more grinning and bearing is
going on in the world than most peo-
pie imagine.
> =
How can some people be expected
to mind their own business when they
haven't any.
= = ,
Nor does it necessarily follow that
minded
= e -
Almost every woman delights in an
expensive handbag to carry around
dimes worth of junk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
According to Uncle Abner

1t seems a long time since We have
read about anybody chokin' to death ON
piece of beefsteak. The high-cost-of-
living seems to have placed the quietus
on that innocent form of amusement
James Sphinx went out in the corn field
yesterday with celluloid collar on. The
funeral announcements will not be an.
nounced until some of the relatives in
the east have been heard from.
Hank TammS was readin' in the Sunday
paper that scientist has discovered that
electricity can be used as a substitute for
food. Hank stuck a live wire in his mouth
to try it out and will not be in need of
any food for two or three weeks.
Ansel Higgins, who has been wearin'
a full beard fer forty years, had it shaved
off last night on account of the extreme
heat, and when he got home his wife
knocked him insensibIe with a flatiron
thinking he was some strange burglar
Did you ever receive a picture postcard
in your life from friend who was travel
ing which did not bear this message
Having a lovely time Wish you were
here2'
On the first of the month a man paws
all of his automobile bills and then if
he has anything left he takes care of the
butcher and grocer.
The weather bureau is bound to hit
it right sometime if it keeps on guess
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
HOME News WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rue
n month (by mali only. address
changed as often as desired. WINE
out of town the State journal VIII ne
TO you like daily letter from nome
Advance Dayment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, TO save
bookkeeping expenses. -.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Sufficiently powerful lights are be-
ing installed on the streets of New
York to produce at night the same re-
suits on the diaphanous skirts that
the suns rays do in the daylight. I'm
doubtedly this move is for the benefit
of the gentlemen who work all day
IN the tall office buildings and thereby
have no chance to view the sights on
the street level during the daytime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State journal IL a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full DAY
4eio1raph report Of that great news NJ
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
Nubiication in Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour
aai building over wires for this sole pss1"
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

y Minnesota farmers lawsuit over
a $32 express bill is said to have start
ed the things in motion that resulted
in the recent cut in express rates that
was ordered by the interstate COM
merce commission, and which there
fore has cost the express companies
S26, 100000 a year. How much it cost
the farmer is not reported.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Can anything be more tantalizing to
a parched community than the rum
BILE of distant thunder and vivid dis
plays of lightning which finally scoot
off in another direction?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Presumably, the New York suffra-
gist who is going to take her husband
on a 1000 mile canoe trip will let him
helm in the padding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

For unto every one that hath shall
be given. AtchiSon was treated to an
hours rain the other day. and Mis-
souri, is within easy walking distance
from the center of the town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

This time it's a Missouri coroner's
iurv that holds that a bad husband
cannot be murdered by his wife. only
executed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

New York's East Siders are band
ing together in a sort of a vigilance
committee for the purpose of exter-
minating the gangsters and the gun
men. They should also make it a
point to round up the policemen who
protect these. thugs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Loves song is all the sweeter, points
out the Buffalo Express, if a man IS
able to reach the high notes of the
wage scale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

That St Louis leper who is believed
to have fed to Mexico ought to run a
close second to Personal Representa-
tive Lind as an undesirable alien.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Neither do the rewards Cd virtue
seem to compare in any way with those
of vices, financially speaking. Uncle
Sam collected nearly $3.50, 900, 900 last
year in internal revenue taxes on lii
quor, tobacco and cards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

One deputy sheriff is reported to
comprise the present population of
Jack Pot. Wyo. Nevertheless it might
demand the federal building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Conditions must be pretty bad in
Mexico when an American football star
can find safety only in flight and on
the back of a mule.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

That revolutionary committee which
took possession of the Barcelona city
hall seems to have had all the en-
thusiasm of a reform administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
SignS of the Times

w omen's hats are smaller this summer.
but the price has been made a little
larger.
There isn't any punishment which will
lit the crime of getting up a family picnic
1t is well to cover up the rubber plant
with an old blanket or carry it in the
house these frosty July evenings.
Ham & Eggs used to be a mere partner
ship Now it is soulless corporation of
predatory wealth.
1t is time for the fool who spent his
winter skating on thin ice to begin rock
ing the rowboat.
These beautiful August evenings one
is impressed by the fact that there are
a great many young men in the country
who are learning. to play the mandolin
and learning to play seems to be about
far as they ever get.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Hottest day records evidently having
become monotonous, the weather men
are now proceeding to chronicle hottest
night records.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Maybe the peace and quiet that i
prevailing in Mexico is merely the lul
before the storm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Cause and effect. The continued hot
weather is coincident with the IN
creasing business of the divorce courts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

At worst, the situation in Mexico
is probably no worse than it would be
if ex-Ambassador Wilson were not at
Lake Maxinkuckee, Ind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Governor Suffers stock market ar
fairs prove scarcely less interesting
than his love affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
ON THE SPUR
OF The AOMENT
The Retort Discourteous.
BY ROY X. MOULTON.

Husband hope 1 have made myself
plain.
Wife-That was entirely unnecessary
Nature did it for you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

More trouble for Mr.. Bryan. Pres
ent reports are to the effect that the
crane crop will be poor one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

sing husbands This often brings
immediate information of their where
abouts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

Speaking of absent treatment chi
cago ministers are praying for rain IN
Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14

You say you are worth a million?'
Yes, sir. And I earned every penny of
it, too. I'D like to know how one man
could earn a million" II married for it,
Houston Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-13
The Wash
Goods Sales

Charmeuse, made of mercer
ized cotton. % inches wide. 39c
quality On sale Saturday from
10 to IL a. m. and from to 3
p. m. at. per yard zoe.
Ratine Stripe: voiIes, q inches
wide, 35c quality. On sale Sat
urday from 10 to IL a. m. and
from ? to p. m. at. a yard 1sc.
FouIards, 80 inches wide, (cot-
tom, regular 15c quality. On
sale Saturday from 10 to IL a.
m. and from 2 to p. IN. at, a
yard &c.
French Organizes. worth up
to 39c, for two hours Saturday,
10 to II a. m. and 2 TO 3 p. m.
at. yard 17c.
Sponge Cloth, q inches wide,
25c quality. For two hours Sat
urday, 10 to II a. m. and from 2
10 3 p. m, at, a yard, 15c
Anderson Madras, 80 inches
wide, Csc quality. Nearly half
price for one hour Saturday, 10
to II a. m, at a yard t6c.
Miss UIImeyer, Captain, Main
Floor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-13

Producers association of the Connens-
yilIe region against the Baltimore &
Ohio, in Pennsylvania and seyera. oth-
er roads.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-13

about = per cent on freight rates on
coke from the Connellsville region in
Pennsylvania TO furnaces and steel
mills. bO,h east and west, was order
ed today by the interstate commerce