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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-02

Because he never missed writing
letter to his mother each week of the
fifteen years he has been In America
young Russian tailor in st. Louis is
heir to $4,000 left by his bachelor
uncle In Libau.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-02

Italian embassy in Washington has
started the fashion Of gold handker
chief ring worn on the left cuff button
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-02

A fast train on the Chicago. Milwau-
kee and st. Paul railroad has just put
a powerful searchlight on the observa-
ton car to show the scenery en- route
at night.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-02
Minute "MoyieS'
of the News
Right Off the Reel

Leaning tower OF Pisa is tipping
more every year and is In danger OF
collapse
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-02
GENERAL CHANGES
IN NPOSTALSY SYSTEM
Parcel Post Rates to Be Re.
duced Beginning Aug. IS.
CARRY HEAVIER PACKAGES.

Maximum Weight to Be Twenty
Pounds-Postmaster General Expects
Eventually to Make II a Hundred
Pounds-Government Buys Autos For
Delivery Purposes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-02

U. S. Bureau Plans to Better
Their Living Conditions.
TO MAKE USE OF "MOvIES"

Bureau Will Show Mine Managers
Where GIarine Sanitary Msnaoes
Exist; Also Methods and Costs Of
Abatement-Leetures on Importance
of Cleanliness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
DRESS UP TOO HIGH.
New York Judge Criticised Witness for
ThinIy Glad Limbs.

New York, May 1T want to say
to that young woman in black that she
is disrespectful to this court in making,
perhaps unconsciously, an indecent ex-
posture of herself in this public place.
judge Gavengen of the supreme court
said today while looking straight at
Mrs Benjamin P. Ducas, defendant in
case before him.
Mrs. Ducas did not appear to under
stood that the remark was addressed
to her and remained in the same posi-
ton After a moment the judge con-
tinued:
pIicit. I will say for her benefit that
her lower limbs are insufficiently clad.
She is making too free exhibition of
Them
Mrs. Ducas blushed as she realized
that the judge was speaking to her and
quickly arranged her skirt so that it
covered her silk stockings more COM
pletely. In making his remarks to Mrs.
Ducas, Judge Gavengen interrupted the
plaintiff. Benjamin p Ducas. president
of a chemical company and said to
have an income of $150.000 a year while
he was telling of the agreement by
which he and his wife have lived apart
for eight years. Mrs Ducas receives
81 900 annually for herself and $4,000
for the support and education of her
son. The husband has sued to compel
his wife to live up to the agreement
under which he was to see his son at
certain times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
BASEBALL A STUDY.
National Game Used-in Teaching
Arithmetic at Washington.

Washington, May baseball is be-
ing injected into the curriculum of
the national capital as aid in the
teaching of arithmetic. This de-
veloped today when groups of school
children were discovered reading the
baseball news and eagerly interrogat-
ing each other as to the best means
of figuring averages. 1t transpired
that teachers in arithmetic have been
using problems in their classes such as
this:
eff Chick Gandell is at bat forty
times and makes twelve hits what is
his average -
eff the Nationals win eleven games
out of fifteen, what per cent do they
Iose?''
The new system is said by the in
structors to be highly successful.
Thoroughly interested in the national
sport, the children are said to take real
joy in solving the problems and the
same process is utilized in problems
in linear or square measurement and,
in the case of the less advanced pupils,
in addition and subtraction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
FAT WOMEN? NO!
New Suffs VIII Allow Only Slender
Forms in Pageant.

New York, May 1.-Men may be stout
if tall but women may not be fat at
all. This policy adopted by the suf-
frage pageant committee was strictly
enforced today during the rehearsal at
the Metropolitan opera house for Fri
day evenings performance.
Four of the most precious of the 100
suffrage beauties nearly caused a panic
today when they sent word that they
were suffering from German measles.
The fact that four women who were
to represent as many of the states in
the pageant are still to be found, how
ever, did not alter the strict policy
pursued by Mrs Howard Mansfield and
Mrs. Raymond Brown to accede to
tears and appeals of women weighing
over $50 pounds. After several stormy
interviews with women whose avoirdu-
pois ranged over 200 pounds, Mrs. Jas.
Lees Laidlaw was called into coun-
sci.
You are perfectly right" said Mrs.
Laidlaw, who possesses the tall and
willowy specifications required of the
pageant members. I'VE cannot have
fat women taking part. 1t would sim
ply spoil the beautiful effect of classic
lines and Grecian character. / am
sure we shall find the right ones to
replace the sick beauties
At the same time the committee serv-
ed notice that Michigan" must reduce.
Michigan, the committee said, possess
ed about so pounds in excess of re-
quirements.
Two men, however, added to the list
of those representing the enfranchised
states of the west today are giants in
proportions. The tallest man, r. c.
Beadle, is six feet three inches. The
largest man, representing Colorado, is
Mcdonald MacFayden, the former
Princeton football player, who weighs
200 pounds and six feet tall.
At the full dress rehearsal tomorrow
night the men for the first time will
appear in the tunic costume similar to
the knights in Wagner's "Parsifal."
They viii wear sandals, refusing to APP
pear in their bare feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
CHANCE OUT A MONTH
VIII Retain Hal Chase to Play First
Base.

New York, May lit will be at
least a month before Frank Chance
can play ball. In attempting to favor
his bad leg in his last game at the
Polo grounds he hurt the other one,
and the Highlander chieftain is now
under the care of DR.. Charles Hunt,
a specialist. He is somewhat disheart-
ened over the prospects.
That" said Chance, with a grim
smile. while on the rubbing table in
the club house, fought to be sufficient
answer to the question about my trad
ing Hal Chase. The doctor here tells
me that I've got to stay on the bench
until he tells me to start"
DIR. Hunt nodded his head affirma-
lively and then looked gravely at those
knotted and kinked muscles.
In the meantime a continued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
DANCE is FOOD-DRINK.
New Paris Brazilian Trot Substitutes
for All But Sleep.

New York, May Miss Joan Sawyer
arrived from Paris today with the Bra
lillian trot, a dance that is faster and
more bewildering than a combination of
all the dances so far invented.
1T is the only thing in the world, .
said Miss Sawyer. You can dance the
Brazilian trot instead of eating or
drinking. In fact if you are starving
it's a perfectly good substitute for food
and drink For years they've been in
bed at IL in London, but once thew
started the Brazilian trot the old
Johnny Bulls stay up till L a. m. and
then hate to quit Believe me, its
some Dance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
Health Talk by DR.. E. S. Pettyjohn

DR.. E. S. PettyjOhn, national medical
director of the Knights and Ladies of
Security, gave a practical health talk
to the Dougherty students Tuesday
morning. He took for his subject, IS.
E. e. The he said stood for sleep
! The heart rests one-third of the time
and so should We. Eight hours is not
too much to give to sleep and if you
can sleep longer than that so much
the better. If you lose sleep in your
early manhood or early womanhood
you will never be able to make it up
You should awaken from your sleep
with q song in your heart and spring
in your heel.
The next letter is for Eating. A
good. generous mixed diet of meats and
fruits and vegetables is the common
sense way to live The most important
thing is to eat slowly. with ample time
for proper maStica ton. The only part
of the digestive process which you con-
troll is that which takes place in the
mouth. Do not slight that: it is not
fair to the stomach 1t is all right to
chew gum fifteen or twenty minutes
after each meal if you have not chewed
your food well, but it is unphysiological
as well as very impolite to be munching
gum all day long. The only difference
between chewing gum and chewing to-
bacco, is that in one case you swallow
the saliva and the other you spit it
out. One is about as bad as the other
THE other e is for Exercise. There
is too much voluntary laziness. You
can take exercise anywhere you are,
and at any time. and in any place, by
going at anything you are doing with
vim and a purpose to get through with
it just as quickly as you can, not with
a lackadaisical I-don't-care. maybe
sometime kind of way. Don't be afraid
of a little perspiration for fear it will
spoil your collar You can't get new
blood corpuscles unless you get rid of
the old ones, and the way to do that is
to exercise
Francis Johnston has taken posi-
ton with the Merchants Associa ton,
Kansas City, Mo
Miss Katie Lundstrom has been
called to her home at Little River. by
the illness of her mother.
Many interesting kodak pictures are
in evidence souvenirs of the Hike |
Lunch was eaten on the lawn at the |
home of Miss Pauline Schaefer, this
side of Tecumseh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
HERE'S A hint TO CUPID
Psychic Aid Improves Lovemaking,
Says Prof. Munsterberg.

Do you want to make love better.
Do you want to be a better salesman?
ocean liner?
Do you want to make better marriages ::
Do you want to raise more pota toes %
your patch of ground than ever before?
Get psychologically correct
So says Prof. Hugo Munsterberg. of
Harvard, in his new book, Psychology
and Industrial Efficiency"
Psychology is going to work wonders
in the industrial world, according to the
who has been working in a round hole
and put him in square hole, where he
belongs
1t is going to correct love tangles
Get psychical abilities by systematic
psychological Methods says Prof. Mum
sterberg- IF you are motorman or u
chauffeur you should be examined TO
your physical abilities, so that accidents
may be avoided"
Suggestion the Important Thing.
If you are a saleswoman and you want
to be rightly equipped for your business,
use a little psychology now and then in
the questions to your customers.
Never ask when a customer has bought
anything:
May we send this article to your
This is not psychologically correct. You
will increase the expenses of your firm.
Ask this question:
will you take this article home with
your"
Prof. Munsterberg declares this notice
able suggestion has led to considerable
saving in the following year of the Bos-
ton I4rm where it was asked.
If you are a boy or girl going to school
you should have psychological coun-
selor look you over before you al
lowed to choose your vocation in life
If you are a can04uate for marriage and
you want to be happy in marriage gee
psycholosically examined before you he tr
the service that makes one of two.
Here some excerpts from Prof. Mum
sterberg'S book:
Vacillation Is Fatal.
Many motormen can hardly be blamed
for accidents, as they were not careless,
and yet the accidents did result from
their personal qualities; they simply lack
ed the gift of instructive foresight.
I examined thirty young women of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
GIRLS DO FLIRTING.
Men Not Altogether Responsible. Says
Police Magistrate.

Chicago, May Police Magistrate
John F. Boyer, from the bench of his
court in Evanston, yesterday declared
that girls were more responsible for
flirting than men, and that mothers,
in turn, were responsible for their
daughters conduct for lack of watch
fulness over them.
THE curfew law which has been on
the statute books of this city should
be enforced" declared Justice Boyer
AT least 80 per cent of the young girls
brought before me are allowed to do
as they please. Their parents exercise
no jurisdiction over their conduct and
as consequence they roam the
streets, visit public halls and encour-
age the flirting of men. Girls, as
well as men. ought to be kept off the
CT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
CRIME FEARS PRESS.
District of Columbia Doesn't Believe in
Censorship of News.

Washington. May 1.-The publicity
given by the press generally tends to
lessen evil conditions and thus renders
a useful service to the public" saws
the commissioners of the District of
Columbia, in a report submitted to
congress today on the Works bill to
provide a censorship of the news
That dread of publicity has a de-
terrent influence upon those disposed
or tempted to the committing of crime,
may reasonably be inferred from the
fact that most offenders against the law
earnestly seek to avoid exposure of the
circumstances of their misbehavior in
newspaper reports of their trials
For these reasons the commissioners
believe the enactment of the proposed
law is inadvisa BILE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01

telephone exchange with reference to
eight different psychological functions,
rne MEASUREMENTS of their fingers, the
pulse, the faculty of vision the distinct
ness of pronunciation and So on.
IN the psychological laboratory these
telephone girls were tested and their good
points were brought out in a VARIETY of
ways. e'S "a
The mental qualities for which I asked
We're the psychological functions of at
!entlon, memory, ideas, imagination fee;-
ing. volition, suggestion, ability to
earn. ability to discriminate Judgment.
space sense. time sense, and So on Hard .
~ any attention is given to such prob
lens of objective psychology in the in
dustrlal concerns.
Could Do Better Work.
In all these industrial centers of trade
tne working people would do better work
II they We're put through a course o.
PsEcholoslcal training 1t is now no won
uer that they have industrial difficulties
Even the cook or the housekeeper de
StToys economic values if daily she has
to spend useless minutes or hours on &C
count OF arrangements in the household
winch are badly adjusted to psychologicai
conditions. She sacrifices her energy In
yam and she wastes her means where
she herselt is under the illusion of espe-
c1al economy. The cook must got tn the
psychological laboratory at Harvard.
~, "A 1ourth-page advertisement printed on
the outer side of the upper half of a
newspaper, probably has more than twice
the psychological value of one which is
half. e 20
The economic sworia 1 spends millions
every year for advertisements on the
lower left-hand side, and is not aware
That one represents twice the value OF the
One who demands that a chauffeur or A
motorman of an electric railway be ex-
am1ned as to his psychological abilities BIZ
systematic psychological methods, so that
accidents may be avoided, does not neces-
sarlly demand that a congressman OF
CABINET minister or a candidate for mar
rage be tested, too, by psychological ex-
periments
The same experimental methods will be
necessary for the functions of eating,
drinking, and love making
me ideal solution for the United States
would be a government bureau for APP
phed psychology with special reference to
the psychology of commerce and indus.
try, similar to the model AGRICULTURAL sta
tons all over the land under the depart
ment of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
BRAND new TOWN
Elkhart Springs Up on Morton
County PrairieS.
New Line Santa Fe Opens Up
RailrOadIess Counties.

The newest town in Kansas is Elk
hart. just laid out in the southwest
corner of the state. 1t will be the
terminus for the present of the Santa
F'e Railway company's Dodge City
Colmor cutoff. Ground already has
been purchased in Elkhart for two
lumber yards. two stores. two banks,
an elevator, a newspaper and print
ing plant, and a garage.
The Elkhart boosters say they will
start campaign for the county seat
of Morton county, which was estab-
lished at Richfield several years ago.
A number of concerns now doing bust
ness at Richfield will move to Elk
hart.
There is a. great deal of sand along
the Cimarron river near Elkhart, MAX
ing wagon traffic difficult from the
rich farming country north of the
river to the new town. To overcome
this, the Santa Fe will construct six
miles of rock road from Elkhart
through the sand section. Work will
start at once.
A year ago there We're five railroad
less counties in Kansas, all in the
southwestern part. Now there is only
one-Stanton. The tracklaying crew
on the new Santa Fe line reached Nor
ton county several days ago. The line
already had been built in Haskell,
Grant and Stevens counties. The rail-
road goes through corner of Grant
county.
Crop conditions in the southwest are
favorable Wheat is fine, and the
ground is in good condition for broom
corn, kafir, milo and melons. The pop
ulation of the counties in which the
new railway runs has doubled in
year. and the price of farm land is
increasing apidly. The farmers in
that section have found what they can
f-1iC II Ycr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

A meeting of the Topeka High
School Walking club will be held to-
night to plan for spring hikes.
A meeting of the Topeka Boys club,
an organization of the PrOVident aSso-
citation, will be held this evening.
Butter has taken slight drop in
price. The creamery product is now
selling at 33 and 50 cents a pound.
The price of eggs is unchanged
Eighty-five of the one hundred and
twenty-five high school seniors have
expressed their intention of attending
college. This is an unusually large
number.
The members of the Central Y. NJ.
c. A. Boys Poultry club are now set
ting their hens for contest that has
been started. The boys will hold a
meeting a week from today.
The Topeka. Provident association
will hold open house" some time this
month. Then the general public will
building. The methods of work will
be explained.
There will be an exhibition of the
work done by the Polk school children
at the school building beginning May
and continuing several days. A sim
liar exhibit will be opened at the Pot
win school May 8.
A committee of the Topeka High
School club will meet Friday night to
plan for sending delegation to En-
poria June 1913 for the second an
nual state Y. NJ. c. A. camp and con-
ference for older boys.
Blackberries and strawberries from
Texas are on the local market. They
are retailing at 20 cents a quart and
two quarts for a quarter respectively.
The first of the Florida pineapples
are here. They sell at from Is to %
cents.
The local grocery stores have re-
ceived supplies of new turnips, beets,
Texas which are selling at 5 cents a
bunch. Home grown asparagus is now
at its best, and selling at the rate of
two punches for 1 3 cents. Good home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
CITY EMPLOYEE DEAD.
While Temporarily Insane John Han
son Drank Carbolic Acid.

John Hanson, an employee of the
city water service for more than thirty
years, committed suicide at an early
hour this morning, at his home, lis
Stevens street, while temporarily in
sane from pain caused by an acute
attack or stomach trouble from which
ne mas suffered for number of years.
AS second engineer at the water plant
west of the city he has been doing
double duty for a number of weeks on
account of the illness of the first en-
gineer, Morris zollinger, and Tuesday
he was compelled to give up the work
and return to his home. The extra
strain to which he has been subjected
for several weeks undoubtedly was
in a measure responsible for the seri-
Gus turn taken by the malady from
which he was suffering for months.
Mrs. Hanson was awakened about
midnight by her husband who was
suffering intense pain and after work.
ing with him and administering medi-
cine which his physician had left for
him, went across a block to call her
daughter, Mrs. o. J. Teed of 207
Spring street. Upon returning within
few moments Mr.. Hanson was found
in an unconscious condition and a
nearly empty bottle of carbolic acid
and brief note, upon which was
written, 81 did this told the tale. Mr..
Hanson lived but a few hours after
taking the fatal draught.
Mr.. Hanson came to this county
thlrty-tWo years ago and almost inn
mediately went to work for the old
water company as a pipe man, assist
ing in laying many of the first water
mains in Topeka He was an upright
man and especially well thought of in
the neighborhood in which he lived
and by his numerous friends and ac-
quaintanceS. He is survived by his
widow we'll as a family of grown
children. The funeral announcement
will be made as soon as members of
the family living outside of the city
can reach Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
RECORD IN POSTAGE.
Penny Will Send Letter From South
Pole to London

London. May IA penny or two
cents in United States money will
bring letter from the South Pole to
LONDON This is believed to be a rec
ord in cheap postage Two letters
with only penny stamp on each have
Just been received by Sir Joseph G.
Ward, the former premier of New
zealand. who is now here the letters
having been forwarded from New
zealand They We're mailed in the
polar regions by the late Captain
Scott, of the British Antarctic expedi-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01

Frank, 1--WE got to have somebody to
play first base.
Say, Doc Chance suddenly OBJ
served as he WINGED from the rubbing,
m in a pretty bad fix for a new
manager, Ell? Both legs aching from
trying to get in the game and my
head aching from trying to figure out
a winning com bination.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
BIG BUFFALO STRIKE.
Minimum Wage Is Request of $500
Department Store Employees

Buffalo, May More than $500 de-
partment store employees involving
every store of the kind in the city
went on strike today for increased
wages and shorter hours. Employees
of hardware and five and ten-cent
stores participated in the strike The
demand is for a minimum wage of s.
for women clerks and SIS for men
clerks. The employees also demand an
eight-hour work day The delivery
system was completely tied up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
VERDICT COMES HIGH.
Judgment of $4,000 Against Village
of 900 Inhabitants.

Sioux City. Iowa. May The largest
Judgment ever given by a jury in the
Woodbury. county district court of
Sioux City, was granted to Mrs. Louise
A. Winn yesterday for the death of
her husband in the pumping plant of
the town of Anthem, Iowa. The YER
dict is $4,000. Anthem has 600 popula-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01

ton. The judgment, if it is not reduced.
or reversed by a re-trial of the case,
will mean that every man, woman
and child in the town will have to be
taxed 1888.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01

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