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college boys together. The man had seen deal Of
hardship, and had pretty nearly the whole gamut of
life from failure to success and from back again.
He had visited about all the English speaking countries
of the world and could almost have made book Of
the adventures he had been through and vvdy por
trayed to that night before parted.
"Out in the provinces he said, with satisfied little
shake of his head, "they think IN but here
in this sophisticated old burg I'm better than the rest
of them cannot hide my identity any better than
to have done tonight
"Still harping my daughter, Bobby?7 said l.
drop it. old Treat it to the dull sckening thud
You forget how well we boys knew you. Maybe that
for it. You have earmarks that you can't get
away from, as far concerned; and even if you
could am firm believer in the instincts of friend
ship. When much for another fellow
Farrngate and have cared-and, by George! still do
care-for you why, even if you were able to deceive
eyes and ears you couldn't hope escape the
perception Of the spirit that would spot you every time
X7E parted soon after this, having made vow that
again should permit SO long time to
eapse between meetings as had kept separated
since college days The day managed to clean
up the work that had held happily in town. and
returned to my home Long Island; where, without
forgetting the joys of that reunion | soon found myself
completely absorbed in other things that Faxon for
time ceased to obsess my thoughts. One Saturday
afternoon, however, about two weeks later,
moned to my phone by long distance call from New
York.
"That you Jacs?7 said Farringates voice the
wire.
3Yes, said l. 3Gad to hear from you again. What's
up, Billie?7
ooh, nothing much, he replied @Only the towns kind
of lonesome Sunday, and thought I'd like to
to your place tomorrow and spend the day with
YOU feel as if could do you the links"
Bully said |. "Cone along There's four-ffteen
from the Pennsylvania terminal this afternoon If you
can get that, L Il meet you at the station
"Cant work it. Jack, said he. @Ive got date with
Faxon.7
@Fine!~ said I. @Bring him along"
"That's impossible said Farringate. Hes got to
be here in for his at the Varieties tonight
"All right, then, said l. well look for you the
eight thirty tomorrow morning. If Bobby feels like
joining US, he'll be mighty welcome"
"Ive suggested that to him already, said Farringate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04
SAYS UNCLE CAV

To many of us New Years day is a
gap between two sections of a bad
habit Once, abiding to Bill Jones,
his thirst, old Doc Houser of Pucky-
huddle said that January l is the long
time between drinks. Doc was a sar-
donic genius who looked at the world
in it's foibles and then "said it right
out in meetin'." And Doc knew what
is the matter with most of us on the
first day of the glad new year.
L agree with Doc that there are two
things to be said for New Years reso-
lutions: They are not SO bad as wife
beating and they ..ren't so vicious as
I city larceny. But as hallmarks of
manhood, they are about in the same
class.
1t won't do you much good to quit
on the first of January the habit you
were too trifling to quit on the Fourth
of July. It's a mighty mean virtue
that has to depend on the calendar for
moral support. The fact that you've
got to wait on the almanac to reform
shows that you're scared to death but
not scared bad enough to stiffen your
backbone.
New Years day is the slipperiest
day of the three hundred and sixty
five. 1t seems to have been designed
especially for the benefit of the back
slider. 1t has the dubious honor of
being the favorite date of the man
who can't stand without a moral
crutch and hasn't the courage to drive
spike into it to make sure that the
prop won't skid. 1t must have been
the birthday of the Father of Liars
for he celebrates it annually with an
orgy of equivocation, subterfuge and
Justification. On this day, of all 9TH
ers, it is pardonable to say that we
are going to do things tht we never
intend to do to make promises with a
mental reservation that will come to
maturity at any time from twenty
four hours to thirty days hence.
New Years resolutions have no
rivals in the catalogues of favorite
fiction. In point of circulation they
have the six best sellers tied to the
post. No one ever keeps one except
the man who resolves to make no New
Years resolutions. He is on the safe
side, being honest at least and is not
Justly condemned as a piker.
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GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISoN GLOBE.

Unless you are big your job y'u
won't get much honor out of it,
Outsiders generally agree that the
basketball season is long enough.
Surgeons are expert repairers, no douct
but they rarely leave man as good as
new.
1t is generally conceded that continual
grooming will drive away trade faster
than advertising can bring it
AS she grows older, Ella Wheeler Will
cox writes less. and the far flung foot
stool is improving some in other respects.
II used to know a shoemaker who could
speak seven languages; but he made
about the average wage as a shoemaker
-Rufe HoskinS.
Regardless of Bob IngersolTs fine de-
Tense of tobacco, and Rud- k1plin6 8
glowing tribute to the weed, most of the
smokers wish they could quit.
A woman has a fine imagination, and
can always see a strong family resen'-
blance in the new baby which doesn' {
look like anything in particular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04
AYHAWKER JOTS

OCCASIONALLY insists the Miami Re
publican. you'll find politician VINO
will tell the truth when lie would
do just as well.
Several tobacco wholesale houses
advertise their goods, points out the
Seneca Tribune, but you notice IN
the pictures they never represent the
ladies smoking.
A tip to the get-rich-quick artists
from the Miami Republican: the man
who thinks parties will do what their
platforms say would be a good one 10
sell mining stock to-
Mack Gretchen of the Sedgwick
Pantagraph calls attention to the
fact that the hands that push you
into a fight are seldom present to
help you out of 1t.
Yes said a girl within the hear
ing of the Peabody Herald, give me
a pair of plated cuff buttons for Bill.
They will probably wear as long as
1 intend to go with him, anyway"
Some of Verd Napier's Sun Spots
in the Blue Mound Sun: The most
disgusting thing about mans past is
that it will not stay past. TOO
bad that the self-made man couldn't
have made himself more agreeable.
If we pay all the debts we can
and all the, compliments we can we
are pretty likely to succeed. 1t
is well enough to put your best foot
forward, but don't put it so far for
ward as to lose your balance. :.
If you have just one friend who Will
be constant when your back is turned,
you are fortunate.
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children, in turn. may annex other ma
tionalities in matrimony, and the
psychological riches of such union
cannot be overestimated.
Mr. Savage realizes this and he is
going to trade on it. What he could
do in this way is so vast that 1t
couldn't be tagged. What he is going
to do, No. 1 in his polyglot enterprise,
is 20 develop an Irish-American drama
which will deal with the changes in
life and customs and human nature
which come to the Irish man or wom-
an who comes to this country and
marries an American.
He mas bought plays dealing with
this life from competent writer's. In
order that his players may have the
proper mental concept of their roles,
he has engaged Irsh-American actors.
The scheme is a wise one artistical-
Iy. 1t is a loyal one, as well. 1t is
move to make this land independent
of the Old World in plays as 1t is in
blows Mr. Savage believes with Pope
that man is the proper study of man.
But he also believes that the American
man should study his fellows. not
those of countries alien in ideas, if not
antagonistic.
After he has done this, the German
Americans and other nationalities set
tied here will give him further oppor-
tunity. More power to his arm!
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Won kiss to grandpa" he coaxed.
Barbara's scream was stif1ed in
firm hand and she found herself sud-
denly free, some ones arm steadying
her.
You curt her warrior remarked
pleasantly to the tenor.
Politely apologize, that gentleman
was laughing as he backed up the
passage to his dressing room.
scuse me-" he murmured. Il did noo
know you vas here
The Egyptian warrior. now peconle
an Italian peasant. was white with
anger beneath his makeup
Don't hurt him. begged Barbara
her hand on his arm.
He turned to her, his face SoIteh-
ing Were you coming to me-!
Yes" she sighed, Ito say that you
couldn't call. But this changes every
thing. My family win want to thank
you. I'll tell my brother tonight
rs he the chap that waits for you!
asked the peasant in relieved tones.
The cue interrupted Barbara's re-
ply.
She changed to street clothes in
record time. anxious to tell Lewis.
When she came out he was standing
in the alley, absorbed in conversation
with her warrior.
IF Candy had kicked a goal in the
last half Lewis was saying
Barbara touched his arm. Huiio'
Babs," he said negligently, and then
in tone of deep respect, Let me
present Mr.. Andrews, the star re-
porter on the News, and the partlc-
ular beacon of our frat, that you We
heard me-er@'
Rave over so often,'' finished Babs,
giving Mr.. Andrews her hand as she
added: "And he quite lives up to MS
reputation.''-(C 1918, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04
EVENING Chat
On Length of Days.
az RUrH CANEERON.

The other day 1 CHANGED to come into
conversation with a man who is nearly
ninety years old. And if it were by
the exercise of some rare virtue or Wis
dom that he had attained that age, he
could not be any prouder than he is
He is not a man who has accom-
plished anything in the world; he is
distinctly narrow and unintelligent and
of a very grabbed disposition. Inc
years have neither mellowed him nor
given him wisdom. He is a stupid pupil
in the school of life, well birched and
none the WISER Moreover he is very
sickly and only prolongs his existence
by the exercise of all kinds of precau-
tions And yet he thinks his ninety
years something to be tremendously
proud of!
What queer folks we mortals are!
What strangs things we select to be
proud of! Why, 1 know a young Wom-
an of twenty-five who is actually proud
of the fact that she is incapable or
doing the simplest household task. 1
know another girl who takes infinite
pride in the fact that she can't bear
to eat ice cream with a spoon but must
have fork. And then there's man
who plumes himself on the fact that
he can find evil in anyone and,-but
there if I keep this up 1 shant have
any space left for my original subject.
To return to the main road: Length
of life is blessing, the Bible says So
But how can anyone in his senses
think it is to be oompared with depth
of life?
There is a woman between seventy
and eighty in our neighborhood who
has prolonged a life of nervous invalid
ism for the last forty years by con-
centrating on the task of keeping alive
and by sapping the very life blood of
the rest of the family. Surely tkis
woman would have had a better score
to present to the Almighty Scorekeeper
if she had really lived, even if by so
doing she has shortened her years by
half Surely her length of life is not
to be compared with the few packed
years of a young man who recently
died at the age of thirty after having
educated his two sisters. placed his
! father and mother in a position of fl
nancial comfort for the rest of their
seen considerable of the world and in
fluenced many lives for the better
If he had not lived so deeply he might
have lived longer. Yes, and perhaps
Beethoven or Shakespeare might have
lived to be old men if they had hus-
banded their vitality and not poured it
out into their work.
But surely no one wishes they had
done that.
! Whether a mans life is long or short
| is matter of comparatively small i'm
portance A hundred years or thirty
| are mighty near the same VIXEN ranged
/ side of infinity.
! But whether a mans life is deep and
wide and vital does count
| '"Tis not the passing of the days
| Nor yet the hours We've told.
But what we've DONE of good or i'll
That makes us young or old"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04
QUAKER fluctuations.
From the Philadelphia Record. ]

From the Philadelphia Record.
Many a man who wants the earth has
to take water.
Figures never lie, except occasionally
figure of speech.
To be weighed in the social scale re-
Quires a cash balance.
Many a fellow who says he is going
to swear off won't not by a jug full.
Even a mans blood is apt to be impov-
erished after the Christmas bills are paid.
There are professional egg-testers, bu.
many a man can tell who is merely
layman.
some people spend their entire lives
calmly rejecting that the last shall Oe
first.
1t isn't every fellow who can succeed in
writing love letter that doesn't mean
anything.
Wigwag-''Do you believe in love at
first sight?' Harduppe-''It depends Ell
tirely on how much money she has.
1t Just as well to remember that there
isn't anything in all the world quite SO
brittle as a New Years resolution.
Blobbs-.eWhy is Delaware called the
Diamond State?" Slobbs-'1 suppose be-
cause it's just about big enough for a
baseball ground
Distance lends enchantment to the
view" quoted the Wise Guy. Yes"
agreed the Simple Mug, the farther
away some people are, the better we like
Them
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The interest and fascination of motor
ing in India are alluringly set forth by
Frank Robertson, of Seattle, who, with
Mrs. Robertson spent several months
last winter plotting his automobile
through this wonderland of the east. lis
narrative furnishes much valuable infor-
nation for other motorists contemplating
such trip.
November. December and January are
beautiful months in India, while in Ceylon
MIR Robertson says. I'VE left New York
for Hamburg on October Il, and decided
to go to India provided early accommoda-
tions could be secured. Without taking
our car from the case we reshipped it t ,
London. thence to Bombay by z. and o.
steamer at a cost of $200.15. A cheaper
no time to shop. We boarded the same
steamer at Marseilles. Fourteen days
are required for the trip, which at that
season of the year is most pleasant and
Landing in Bombay. one gets first
touch of real Indian life. and it is most
interesting Three days are sufficient to
see all the sights in that city. Leaving
l3oubay the Grand Trunk road leads ir a
northeaster1y direction to Agra a dis
lance of go miles. The first town of any
Importance is Indur- Covering this por-
ton. the road is little rough, due 20
heavy cart traffic. At Indur supply of
gasoline must be carried sufficient to
cover the next 200 miles
1.-The road is good, smooth and in por-
crossed. nothing dangerous, but at times
the services of team of bullocks are
necessary to assist in pulling through the
sand for a short distance At agra the
road is intersected by the Grand Trunk
road extending westward to the Persian
border and eastward to Calcutta, with
branches TO all important points
Grand Trunk roads of India are all ex-
cellent ones. They are 100 feet IN width,
ali Macadamized, with stone culverts ard
lined on each side, for miles in many
places with trees which completely arch
the road. There are no sharp corners or
turns, no speed limit, and very fast tiEle
can be made. 1t is a good place to try
out the speed OF car, but poor place to
detect weak spots. for while motoring IN
india and Ceyfon we did not strike a
single bump. Gasoline costs from SO 70
Al cents a gallon
while travelling in India, either BY
motor or train. it Is Necessary before
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04
MAKING A NATIONAL DRAMA.

Henry w Savage, the theatrical
producer, is a long-headed Yankee.
Once he was a real estate mamie is
vet. for the matter of that and one of
the biggest in Boston. He turned
theatrical man because he had a
theater on his hands and no one to
run it. Like the artist who mixed his
paints with brains, Mr.. Savage has
Imagination as well as shrewdness- He
glimpses the future. The faculty OF
looking ahead, which made him so
prosperous in real estate. clings to
him in his other business.
He realizes that the regulation play,
made in France OIL. England, is not for
the mass of playgoers of this country
Other lands have a national drama;
why not this, or. since it is too vast in
size, too varied in human nature, why
not a drama that will recognize this
unusual fusing of nationalities and
picture the human results of it?
When the other lands have exploit
ed their own people, they have nothing
left They have comparatively little
as it is Caste lines are very strict,
and when the playwright has dealt
with each or all, he has no oppor-
tunity 20 utilize the newer people that
would result from the intermarriage
of these classes
In America, though. his opportuni-
ties are boundless. Every emigrant
boat that lands at Castle Garden
brings new complications for him.
Here, in this land, a conservative
Swede may marry a fiery Italian and
their children will be a mental and
emotional amalgam of BOTH These
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Clip Castro has the run of France,
Germany and about every place else
in Europe. And the refusal of the
United States to permit him to frisl1
around in this country is exceedingly
short-sighted. if nothing else. Much
of the good money that he took
him from Venezuela came from Amer
leans who paid him fancy prices for
asphalt and other concessions in that
country. To deny him a chance to
recirculate some of it here is mighty
poor business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Hopes play big part in making the
world move on.
j. j. j
Most people are more successful at
fooling themselves than others.
j j +
Any number of people are like crabs
in that they always travel backwards.
+ = +
AS a buster of combinations the di-
vorce law seems to be unusually effec-
tive.
Z. =, j
Unvarnished truth is naturally unat-
tractive just like everything else that
isn't polished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04

Alaska holds her head high and
points with great pride to the fact
that during the past year her mining
production had a value of $21,S50,000.
OF this, SIG, $4,000 was in gold, pure
gold. That sounds wonderful.that much
gold. But gold and other mining are
about the only profitable Industries in
Alaska And how does the value of
the Alaskan gold and other mineral
crops compare with the value of the
agricultural crops produced in Kan
sas? Why the value, alone, of the
oats grown in Kansas during the past
year was $16,074,54T, or just about a
haIf-million dollars less than the Alas
kan gold output
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04
HUAOR or THE. DIP

Fate cannot be evaded. grand vizisr
asked his master. the sultan, for permis-
sion to depart at once for Smyrna. You
may go, vizier," the sultan answered.
But why this sudden departure2'' Alas,
SIRE said the grand vizier." II have just
seen the angel of death among the throug
before your throne, and he looked at ne
SO long and strangely that / sure he
must have come for me" GO, then; go
at once" the sultan said. and after the
vizieT's departure he beckoned the angel
of death to him and asked: why did
you gaze so strangely at my grant
vizier?" Il was only wondering the
angel answered, why the man was hero,
for I have orders to kill him late this
afternoon in Smyrna."-Exchange
You didn't waste your time building
castles in the air?" NO" replied Mr..
Dustin Stax. II constructed corporations
OUT of water. ''-Washington Star
comm this way ag'in?" asked the JUS
tice of the peace after he had fined limp
son $50. I'm afraid I'll have to- said
Jimpson ruefully. ''Wa-al." said the jus
tice, stroking his chin whiskers reflective
Iy perhaps I'd oughter tell We that we
sell & return fine ticket fer 80 entitlin'
We to immunerty from arrest ON the
way back. Judge
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News. !

FTOn lHe chicago NEWS
Last call for the leap year girl.
After a girl grows up she begins to
wake up
And it's a long water route that has
no turn.
AS the mind is bent SO is the gossip
tongue inclined
Adam probably never forgot his first
New Years Eve.
The poor man who raffles for a turkey
is apt to go hungry.
A deceitful chap is one who pretends
that he likes to kiss baby.
Few men can keep their good resolu-
lions and a dairy at the same time.
Friendship doesn't generate love nearly
so often as love generates friendship.
Some women make effort to assert
their independence by abusing their hUs-
bands.
The Lord doesn't help those who help
themselves to the things that belong to
other people.
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white stockings: white socks are just
as warm as dark ones, but they look
cold and throw a chill into baby-lov-
ing pasSers-by.
Here's a belated New Years greet
ing to the patient Mergenthalef slap
pers who put this bunk in type; Hope
your shhrdlu will never mix with your
etaoin. Shroin and etadlu are very
poor words.
In many respects, this newspaper is
a queer institution; for instance,
large and enthusiastic majority OF the
printers have been on the JOB TOT
over a dozen years, and they 90 not
whoop and cuSS about the quahty OF
copy submitted by the many cub re-
porters that have been broken in dur
ing that time. We challenge any pup
LEGATION in our class to submit a record
like that.
Increased population and increased
territory will never make France
leading nation. There is little hope
for a country that considers the PIC
kied snail something to eat and ap-
sinthS something to drink.
Considering the results he is getting,
Hon. Joe Dolley's attempt to recon
sider'' reminds us of the slmp VINO
used the sheep-shears on pig and
appraised the result thus: Great cry
and little WOOL
And, although horde of hungry
henchmen". is a beaut, from the stand
point of ALTERATION, it is a heck OF a
comic, as coming from a rider of the
fast-receding machine.
The report that victorious McCartys
wife is peeling spuds for living may
come as shock to some, but we
never expected much in the way OF
society manners or chivalry in the
same carcass with physical perfect1on,
and refuse to be either shocked or
mildly surprised. The strongest man
we ever saw was "Romulus," an in
competent who had to be led from t
stage when his act was finished.
The number of autos is increasing
rapidly, but the number of people who
ond-hand bicycle is increasing much
faster.
Tip to the sergeants- alarms who
are trying to nab Bill Rockefeller:
might get results by placing Nc
Namara suitcase in his cellar, and
catching him in blanket as he comes
down.
Anyone who wants to trade a ton
of coal for hand embroidered hand
kerchiefs or sofa pillows should not
have to spend much on want ads.
A thousand people participated in
woIf-hunt up at Marysville, and
caught four wolves. BY using care
and a sharp knife, one might furnish
each with a wolf-hide watch fob as
souvenir of the great hunt.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFron the Ne

TFrom the New York Press.1
You can find pleasure; you have to earn
happiness
If women had to shave they could I'M
derstand what a strain a busy mans life
is on his health
There's no way you can show man
what a hard heart you have as not 70
apDreciate what a fearful cold he has.
If a mans coat buttoned down the back
a girls hair wouldn't have to get tangled
on his buttons the way it does
From living shamelessly to their wives
men can become so abandoned as not to
be entirely frank with other people