davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
SAYS UNCLE CIV

Beware of the cold storage Iife-i. 5
slow poison. There has arisen in this day
and age a new and pernicious gospel or
existence. 1t is nonresisting, nonstriv-
in all-the-year-round Information of the
person who is satisfied with things as
they are and his own state as it now is
The victim of this philosophy lives per
functorily- He becomes a machine. tie
may know much but he feels little. Feel
ing little, he desires less, and desiring
less, he does nothing at all for the i'm
provement of his condition or the All
vancement of his kind. He becomes "A
vegetable and a dead, tasteless canned
vegetable at that.
If there's one things more to be desired
to be "gloriously alive" He does not
live whose every vein and sinew, every
nerve and convolution is not vibrant
with health and expectancy of work La
is dead who has not the glad instinc+ of
battle offensive and defensive The per-
son who moves tndifferently among tho
cumstances, who exists by mere force of
bulk, who knows no thrill at contact with
his neighbors and the things of the nat
ural world, is cheating the undertaken
and occupying space that belongs to his
bette-s. He is not only machine but a
useless one Society can create a mechan-
ism to take his place at less expense
Moreover, machine of steel and brass is
not an offense against nature and a breed
er of gloom and morbidity. The useless
man radiates depressing thoughts and is
a thing abhorrent, for nothing in the
world of nature is useless unless IL be-
comes perverted, in which case it is
menace.
The preacher of the gospel OF monroe
sistance is victim of inertia nothing
more or less What he needs is NOT 50
much a precept a pill-something with
n tonic effect. He has lost that bloom
of energy that is Natures logic of foil
Brain and muscle fave become flabbv
and he is walking cold storage pIant OF
static functions. He becomes q worsfdp-
or of the static. which means that he is
enamored of inactfon. To all fntents and
purposes, he dies. Better men who have
not shrunk from skinning their shoulders
on the wheels of circumstance complete
their allotted tasks, die and disintesrate
The "cold storage" personality mere,y
dries up and lies around In the way or
men who have contracted the habit &c
perennial Information.
The philosophy of non-resistance is the
refuge of the weak and the coWardIy
AS for them that have known the iov OF
living, from whose brains the broom az
long and rich experience has swept the
erotic errors of the unfit. they know that
it is better to suffer than not to feel bet
ter to lose than not to strive, better 70
fall than to stand still. To them is given
that miracle of understanding which pre-
fers the lot of the Thoroughly alive
mental to that of the perfunctory victim
Df LUXURY whom he serves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
PAYING FOR SIGNATURES.

Certain radical advocates of the
common use of the initiative and
referendum are disturbed by the
recommendation of Governor Cox, of
Ohio, that the practice of paying men
and women to obtain signatures on
initiative and referendum petitions
shall be forbidden by law. They say
that such legislation might be found
unconstitutional, as an obstruction of
the new system of direct legislation.
Do these Jealous persons realize
where their logic would land them?
Are they blind to the fact that it
is virtually plea for more instead of
less use of money in politics and gov
eminent? Can they not see that it
is in effect advocating conditions
favorable to movements with plenty
of money to spend and adverse to
those which have to depend upon pub
lie sentiment? If the practice of pay
ing canvassers for signatures were
once we'll established it would soon
lead to paying, in many cases. for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
INDEPENDENCE OF ACTION.

| That the best judgment of the mem
| bers and not mere partisanship is to
prevail in the consideration CT many
of the important matters pending be-
| fore the legislature, was evidenced in
! the disposition by the house of the
UppIinger bill. 1t sought to make the
utilities commissioners elective instead
of appointive The merits of the meas
ure are not concerned, however, in the
present discussion. Although there
surely is no sufficient reason why the
method of selecting the utilities com
missioners should be changed without
giving the appointive system something
that savors of fair trial. But here
was IL measure introduced by an in
fIuentiaI member of the Democratic
majority. 1t was reported favorably to
the house by majority of the judiciary
committee, preponderantly in the con-
troll of the Democrats. Committee re-
ports are supposed to be a guide as to
how the legislative body receiving them
shall vote on the measures involved.
SIN Kansas legislatures of the past
it has been the rule with few eX-
ceptions, for the house to adopt such
reports. Here also was a fine chance
for the majority to sustain one of its
members and the decision of one of its
important committees. That attitude
would certainly have been assumed not
so many years ago. In this instance.
though, a minority report was pre-
scented from the committee, aud by
Republican After a spirited debate,
this minority report was accepted by the
house by vote in which party lines
were tossed to the winds. 1t is such
independence of action as this That
should encourage every one just now
to hope for the best from the present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
THE MACHINE.

How lucky is the great machine,
Set up with cunning art.
1t runs unwearied and serene.
A flywheel in its heart
Its stomach is the furnace great;
Its muscles are of steel;
1t does not halt or hesitate;
1t does not think or feel
It's veins are filled with fluid fire;
1t knows no bliss or pain:
No fierce. unsatisfied desire
PersuadeS it to complain
When it is i'll, no nostrunS quench
The energy that thrills
A man comes with a Inonkeywrench
And cures it up or kills
And when it cannot do the tasks
1t has performed for years,
It seeks the scrap pile and 1t asks
No sympathy or tears
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS,
TFrom the Chicago News.l

TFrom the Chicago News.1
Men who marry for looks seldom get
good cooks.
A fool boy may get over it, but fool
man is hopeless
The average man is willing to confess IL
fault re hasn't got.
One way to flatter the average man s
to ssk him for advice
Holidays are more pleasant in contem-
plation than in fact to most men.
1t is Your friends who pick you to
pieces: other people indifferent
Some people give according to their
means and some according to tn aIr
meanness-
When you meet a sad looking man it's
easy to acquire full details of his troubles.
1t is nearly always better to be pa4u
back in your own coin than never to be
paid back AT all.
And many woman doesn't get any OF
the money she married for until soiae
kind hearted judge grants her aiisneny
The sad expression often worn by oi6
men proba bly, caused by their having
forgotten the things they thought they
knew when young.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record. ]

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
Eighty-cent gas ought to fill the bill.
Most regulations should be marked !:
Handle with care
Too many of us kick before we know
where the shoe pinches-
Never use fIattery with its full strength
Dilute it with a little tact.
After all 1t is better to take chance
than to lose on a. sure thing
Girls wouldn't be prudes if it wasn't for
the fact that they know too much.
Mighty few dealers in a poker game
Will Intentionally give you tie glad hand
Some fellows succeed at the fighting
game and others make poor fist OF 1t.
Wigg-"Most things seem easy till you
try to do them" Wagg-"Also most
men
The world is largely made up of people
who think they could do the other feI-
lows job better
SilIicus-.'CandidIy, old man, what IS
your honest opinion of me?" Cynicus-
well, outside of what 1 think of you,
you are probably all right"
Tonny-"Pop, what do we mean by the
ills that flesh is heir to?" Tommy's Pop
by that expression, my son, We mean
that the doctor needs the mnoey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24

together over the smooth floor,
where is the MANI"
III show him to you at IL o'clock. .
Shirley laughed up at him. Il think
you love him, too
Jack thought over the charms of
his old friends stopping in Cedar
crest, but he could not determine
which one of them had won Shirley.
little before IL the girl led him to a
quiet corner screened in with plants
and Jackson vine
How do You know he will pass
this way? Have you sent him cut
on dress paradox Then his mood
changed suddenly and he turned to
her quickly. Shirley" he begged,
lets get over with this. i must get
away
Shirley opened a tiny jeweled
vanity box and powdered her nose
carefully.
ley?"
Shirley moved the vanity box so
that Jack could see his own face in
the mirror. He looked at himself in
her tiny mirror and then back at her,
smiling bravely through tear-wet
rs it possible:' he stammered.
"Oh, Shirley, don't laugh at me- /
love You SO. Am really the man 2"
Yes came voice from his shout
der. Il am rich enough now to marry
you"
is that why you turned me down
and let me go to Africa, trying to
forget?''
Yes. knew that your people
wanted you to marry Madeline Pan
hurst because shri had money, and
then when you had been free for two
years and hadn't married her and 1
had no money. too, was bold enough
to write and beg you to come home
to me-
on will always be home to me-"
he whispered. 1913. by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
GLOBE SIGHTS
By THE ATCH1soN GLOBE

Some men never do anything but Spread
the Alarm.
A map may give you an idea where it
is, but not what II is
showing your sore spots doesn't help
much in healing them.
Much may be said for the good loser
but he shouldn't get married.
All the sick would be healed if brand
new doctor were as wise as he looks.
As rule. where the vote is unanimous,
the office didn't amount to much.
A perfect set of teeth seem the most
important heritage to a toothache s1f-
ferer-
1t is hard for a doctor to tell man to
diet AMI retain his popularity with tn.
patient.
Inquire around and you will discover
that the gent with the bad cold isn't
fresh air fan
You may also have the courage of your
convictions without putting on con-
tinuous quarrel about them.
After spending a day with the children
a mean man is apt to wonder why their
mother fears they may be kidnap ped.
Alb Adkins, who is trying to invent an
alarm clock which will awake his son al
tue proper time, expects too much from
Science
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
EVENING CHAT
The Impossibility of Repeating.
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

The Impossibility of Repeating.
have you ever noticed how impos-
| slble it is to repeat in this world? We
mad most delightful gathering the
other evening. Half dozen congenial
people CHANGED to drop in, and the
talk somehow turned to spiritualism
and hypnotism and all the other fas-
cinating "isms' of that twilight world
where the known and the unknown
meet. We sat about the open fire,
munching apples and nuts and com
pairing theories and experiences,
swinging from laughter to awe and
back again half a dozen times. The
clock striking eleven found us firm in
the belief that it could not yet be
ten.
AS the guests put on their wraps
to depart, Mollie the little stenograph-
er lady, cried out to the hostess. Its
been such fun, let's do it again.
May we all come again some evening
soon, and have the apples and nuts
and talk about exciting things the way
We did tonight?''
Having been granted the hostess
permission Mollie appealed to the 9TH
ers to choose an evening when they
could all come. An evening was duly
chosen, each guest SolemnIy promised
to come, and Mollie went away tri-
umphant, assuring herself and every
one else that it would be such fun
to have it all over again just the
Same.''
be just the same because it never is,
no matter how hard you try to make
it.
And it wasn't.
When the appointed. evening came
the jollieSt guest was i'll, and the best
story teller had been called out of
town on business. Furthermore it was
much too warm to really enjoy an
open fire. Thirdly, an exciting event
had occurred in our little circle of ac-
0II in Tn r1I hn IN III oh
sistently around that and refused to
be led off into the realms of the nys-
tic. We sat uncomfortably about the
fire for almost an hour like a spirit
ualist waiting vainly for his control"
until it was finally borne in, even upon
Mollie, that things were not as they
should be. The seance broke up in a
jolly game of whist, capped with a
midnight chatting dish. We had a
thoroughly good time, but it certainly !
wasn't the same, any more than sun
light is the same thing as moonlight |
or freight.
And that's the way it always is when /
we try to repeat.
Surely you also have tried to repeat |
some enjoyable vacation, some happy |
holiday, some interesting evening, and
found how impossible it is. You may
have as pleasant a time-that is, If
you don't let yourself be troubled by |
regrets for the former occasion-but
you won't have the same kind of a |
time. By some rare chance you may
possibly be able to collect the same
people, but even if you do accom-
plish that miracle, the atmosphere
will surely be different
Life is a kaleidoscope; each day is
a turn that presents new conbi-
nation. All the kings horses and all
the kings men cannot prevail to bring
back a combination that has been de-
stroyed.
So don't try to repeat. 1t doesn't
-, L. 1
ton to the fullest and let it go at
that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
HUl4OR or THE DRY

His own Make.-Nr. Beacon-That Mr.
crossley, who called last evening, is a
self-made man. Mrs. Bacon-Too bad he
agreeable.-Y onlers Statesman.
Hello, Jonesi I hear you were sick
Yes; 1 was threatened with a fever. bur
the doctor succeeded in arrestinr It's
'-Ah, he arrested 1t for making threats. L
suppose-"-Boston Transcript.
Doctor-A-e you anaemic, Pat? Pat
No, doctor-Irish--Life
Mrs--Just think, Henry, we've never
had cross word. He-No, Name htr,.
the patient cuss?-Chicago News.
The Village Grocer-What are 1ou nm
ming for. sonny? The Boy-I-m irwin, Z,
keep two fellers from fightin' The vi,
lage Grocer-Who are the fellows? ,, ne
Boy-Bii Perkins and me.-Puck-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
FOUR YEAR TERMS.

| Among the many propositions that
the legislature will have to consider
relating to desirable changes in the
constitution, the one that undoubted-
| " strikes a most responsive chord
with the largest number of people in
| the state concerns the extension OF
| the tenure of state and county OFFICERS
to terms of four years. 1t is some
thing that has been growing on them
for several years, and the demand for
it now is certain and emphatic. No
purely political question is involved in
the proposal 1t does not comprise
tenet of political faith that can cause
anything of disagreement or argument
between the members of differing po-
IiticaI parties, whether they be rad1-
cauy or conservatively inclined. But
it is a necessary political reform to
relieve a long-suffering public from
the turmoil of a continual round OF
politics And 1t is about the only re-
form ever advanced that will actually
save the people money instead of add
ing to their ever-growing taxes. Gov
ernor Hodges comes out strong for 1t
in his message to the legislature. The
people want it. And their representa-
paved for them to get in
So far as is known only one OBJ
lection has been raised to the prac-
ticability of the plan. 1t is urged that
it will not really bring about quad
rennial elections and draw the fires
from under the ever boiling political
pot, as long as the constitution OF the
limited States provides for the election
of the members of the house of rep
resentatives every two years 1t has
never been proposed that municipal
officers should be chosen for four
year terms. And that seems wise
Because of all divisions of govern
ment, the administration of munich
pality should be most quickly respon-
sive to the demands and desires of its
inhabitants. Municipal elections
would, therefore, come along every
two years as usual They are now
held during the spring season, and add
to the annoyance of incessant politics
by following quickly on the heels of
county and state elections.
There is no possible reason why a
perfectly feasible plan could not be
worked out to be put in force when
the time comes for quadrennial state
and county elections, whereby the
and other local elections of
the township variety can be held at
the usual time for elections in the fall,
and on the same years and at the
same time that congressional elections
come along. BY no stretch of the
ina gination could such a scheme be
undesirable because it
might mix congressional and munich
pal questions in a tumble that would
cause them to befog each other. They
are too far apart. The same election
machinery would do for both events,
both as to primaries and elections.
There is no good excuse for the long
winded congressional campaigns that
are now waged Candidates seeking
congressional nominations could get
in the field as soon as they pleased.
But the time between the congress
sionaI primaries and elections might
well be as brief as that which now
exists between municipal primaries
and elections. Or even a little longer
period could easily be allowed for
both. if it were deemed advisable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Love must be blind or there would
not be so many unsatisfactory mar
riages.
It's easy to do the right thing when
you once get fairly started in that di-
rection.
i j. %
Another fault of the gossip is that
he or she is not particular to quote
others correctly.
i = +
Women We're also evidently created
TO provide men with riddles, impossi-
BILE of solution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
DAFFYDHS
BY o. NOALL.

Would you call a couple of boys
sleighing a pair of slippers?
Gee, Kid! But you've got swell
glimS.)
If Johnny Evers fools around sec
ond base does Joe Tinker at short?
(Ain't he the cruel boob? He's
the gink that puts the miles in mile
stones.)
Is the difference between a cornu-
copia and a military band that one is
a horn of plenty and the other is a
plenty of horns2
(WeIl, I should worry-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
EFrom the New York Press.]

IFTOI1 INC NEW lOIIA TItoS.J
The experience you buy at par you Cant
sell at one cent on the dollar.
The only exciting thing to a man about
a pair of ankles is if he ougistn't to see
them.
The way woman finds out what a
man really did is subtTacting all TIE
things he says he did.
About the only reason for expecting the
cflildI N will learn something at school is
their parents didn't
There's nothing makes thin girl more
thankful than not to be fat, and fat one
than not to be thin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24

Many of the faithful in the work
ing ranks of the Kansas Democrats
must view with alarm the activities of
their brethren in the legislature. The
Investigation of the number of en-
pioyees and expenses of all state Of
fees and departments may result in
the looping off of several unnecessary
jobs that would have made lucrative
resting places for several gentlemen
who have not even smelled of the
fruits of public office holding for many.
many wears.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
The Man worth while.
BIZ ROY K MoULTON.


When you have seven millions,
And lead the cotillions
And have fifteen automobiles,
And live in a mansion
With room for expansion,
And know how true luxury feels,
When you're like j. r. Morgan
And have a pipe organ
To play during all of your meals;
When you're robust and healthy
And wondrously wealthy
And not chained to any mana
You may be optimistic and grin like
cat,
But you don't deserve any credit for
that.
When you're workin' like thunder
To find enough plumber
To feed seven kids and a wife;
When the loan men all haunt you
And creditors taunt you,
Until You are sick of the strife;
When you have to hustle
And hustle and tussle
And high cost of living is rife;
When your pay goes for fuel
And Goldfish and Cruel,
And there's no soft spot in your life,
When things can go that way and you
can still smile
L say you're a man who is strictly
worth while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24

Presidents continue to be broken by
the Kansas Democrats. Henderson
Martin. who has been appointed to a
place on the public. utilities commits
sion. announces that he Will resign as
chairman of the Democratic state com
nlittec- The new brooms have started
IN to sweep exceedingly clean. Can they
keep up the lick?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24

January %, 26 and p, next Saturday.
Sunday and Monday have been desig-
mated by the National Child Labor
Committee as the days when it will be
in order to give special attention to
the great cause of child labor in the
churches and the schools. On the SINH
lar occasion Of year ago, no less than
5000 clergymen preached special SER
mons on the subject. Double the num-
Der should do so this year. Talks in
the schools by teachers and principals
will also be appropriate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24

Here's another matter that they ap-
pear to handle better in GERMANY A
wealthy farm owner who was found
guilty of making false returns on his
property for the purposes of taxation
for a period of five vars. was fined
$3.50. which is six-fold the amount
he would have paid in taxes on correct
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24

As civilization progresses in the
wrong direction. An Illinois father has
just been fined for spanking his
slaughter. The learned jurist held that
a girl who does her hair up, wears Il
hobble skirt and has acquired a title
of Miss is too old to be padded But
it all depends. Anyhow. snorts from
the old-fashioned folk are strictly in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24

In leading Battling Nelson to the
altar, the erstwhile Miss Fay King, of
Denver, continued her work of draw
ing cartoons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24

How the times change! Serious
consideration is now given to pro-
posals to tax men who do not vote.
Not so many years ago and the eff
forts were directed to prevent them
from voting too often
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24

Just about as everybody had for
gotten there was such a man as Will
fiam Lorlmer, rumor starts the
rounds of Chicago that he will try to
come back" politically by becoming a
candidate for the mayoralty of that
off,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24

That New York physician who says
he can cure epilepsy with rattlesnake
venom will have plenty of opportunities
to test the remedy if he includes the
old-fashioned antidote for snake
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal II a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
gAnfxAtion for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka
The news IL received In The State Jour
@0aa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24

President-elect Wilson, as might
have been expected because of his
multitudinous utterances. has finally
reached the stage where he finds it
necessary to explain just what he
s-eant by some of his statements.