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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
.AxHAWKER .JOTS

Every man is to some degree puz-
zle, says Tom Thompson of the How
ard Courant. But some of them are
mighty easy to work-so the women
say.
According to Webster, on-a-bridge,
it is proper to call your sweetheart
a chicken, declares the Carbonate
Post, and it adds: but we hardly think
this would permit you to call your
wife an old hen.
Doctors are very hard on one anoth-
er, points out Mrs. Tom Thompson of
the Howard Courant- Half of them
declare that half the appendices the
other half remove have nothing the
matter with them.
When a couple of "softies'' hold a
phone for fifteen minutes thus de-
priving business of the use of the line
merely for the purpose of holding a
spooning match it is evidence that to
them talk is cheap" For spooning
purposes the phone is a very poor
medium the distance and the "eves-
troopers queering the match.-Pratt
Union.
I heard a young fellow say the
other day that there are a lot of
things father doesn't know writes
Bert Walker in his Osborne Farmer.
You bet there are. There are lot of
things about that boy father doesn't
know and it is a blamed good thing
for the boy. But there are a lot of
things father DOES know that would
surprise the boy. Father was a boy
once himself and well remembers the
stunts he used to pull in his wild en-
deavors to fool his father. Father
may say nothing about the brace
game being played on him, but he is
thinking all the time. He isn't always
asleep if his eyes are shut. Now
mother is comparatively easy to fool.
Father knows that, for he works that
same game himself occasionally. But
the boy who strikes the easy stride
under the impression that there are a
lot of things father doesn't know had
better put on the brakes for brief spell
and take another invoice. Those CT
CARS you smoke on the sly-father
only grins. The little bills you owe
and fail to pay-father looks sad and
goes down in his own pocket and
makes it good. You don't hear any
more about it and go along in the
even tenor of your way with the idea
that you have done something smart
in skinning somebody out of a few
dimes. No, you are not fooling father.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
QUAKER NfIiDITATIONS.

CFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
Contentment is the only panacea for
all ills.
Enough is as good as a feast, but the
average man wants a surplus.
Fear may cause woman to change
color, but that isn't the only thing.
The surest tonic to sharpen an appetite
is the absence of the price of a meal.
Tell a girl she is an angel and she
will want you to keep harping on the
subject.
The man who parades his vices may
be as much a poser as the man who
boasts of his virtues
Every man should be continually on his
mettle but even the man or steel may
lose his temper.
This would be much different world
if we were all as free with assistance as
we are with advice
THE deadhead must co. exclaimed the
theatrical manager. Hes already a
thing of the passed. replied the dramatic
critic.
Mrs Muggins-''Mrs. Subbubs is born
diplomatist'' Mrs. Buggins-'tYes she can
even engage a cook from an employment
agency without feeling that she has lost
her self-respect-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
says UNCLE CIV

Take it from my friend MACK" VINO
knows, friendship is a valuable asset
but it's no substitute for ability.
Mack is head of the sales depart
ment of one of the biggest manufac
turing concerns on earth and he
holds his job by pull-the kind of pull
that is compounded of trade know
ledge and magnetism; the kind that
brings business. Hence Mack" Is
worth knowing.
I believe that he has said the last
word on friendship in business. He
will give any friend chance, a good
chance to show what he has in him.
Then it becomes a matter of results.
1 was in his office the other dav
when an applicant for work came in.
Mack" jumped to his feet. grasped
the boys hand in both of his and told
him that he was glad to see him. He
was.
you've been my friend for long
time, my boy" said Mack" ''I'vs
been hoping that some day you'd make
up your mind to come in here and ask
for job. want to give you chance
"a big chance. But that's all I'll do
for you. I'm your friend. I'll ash.
you to my home for dinner and I'll
lend you money if you need it, but
I'm doing something bigger for you
when I put you to work and tell you
that you'll have lots of time to make
good, and that if you don't make
good. I'll fire you the minute I'm con-
WINGED that I've been mistaken in you.
II could keep you on the payroll IN
definitely whether you sell any goods
or not Some fellows might call THAI
friendship. 1t would be your ruin and
likely enough mine 1t you can't
climb without help after I've given
you your first boost, you'd better
creep back to earth before you get a
long fall. Some day I may not be
the head of this department, and ~
you remained here by my favor. you'd
get it in the neck just about the time
you should be settled for life. I'm not
going to doom you to that kind of
fate. I'm too much your friend Ev-
cry man here knows that I'll fight
the board of directors for him as long
as he sells goods as we want them
sold. No man here imagines for a
minute that III waste the companv's
money on him If he doesn't produce.
Here's your stuff-go to it Tn
roofing for you. Remember thai
friendship is a mighty valuable as6e.
but it's no substitute for ability"
rs that all you've got to saw on The
subject?" / asked.
About ALL" said Mack" Isn't
that enough? ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
EVENING CHAT
"Put Yourself in His Place.
BIZ RUTH CANERoN.

sympathy Is virtue. Everyone knows
.hat and to state it is truism but did
II ever occur to you that sympathy is
much more than that, that it is in fact
an invaluable success asset in a great
many relations of life?
sympathy is the fine art of putting ones
sen IN another ones place, and he who
possesses that ability has a key to unlock
innumerab1e doors. So
A highly successful business woman,
VINO IS buyer In large department
store, was asked what quality in herself
she considered had had the most TO do
with her success. She thought a few
moments and then said, My ability to
put myself in the other fellows place. It's
been a habit of mine ever since / was a
child to try to do that. and has helped
me more than 1 can say. When I was
behind the counter always tried to put
mySeI IN the customers place and see
what would get at me best If I were
customer. When I was made a foreIady
had to put myself in the shop girls
place OF course that wasn't So hard
because l had just been there myself
When, began to do the buying / had
to put myself in several peoples places:
the merchants 1 bought from, the firm /
was working for, and, of course the
customer for whom 1 was ultima tely buy
ing You've just got to keep doing that
all the time if you want to succeed The
moment you begin to think too much of
put yourself in the other fellows place,
you are LOST
You may be interested to know that this
salaried women in the country.
OF course the ability to put himself in
the other fellows place is the first stock
in-trade of the story writer. Without 1t
he writes from the outside and is sure to
be conventional and artificial
The advertising mans chief aim is to
put himself in the readers place and
find out what there is about the atyer-
tised article that will appeal to him most
strongly and therefore ought to be PLAYED
up.
Once in while you get a thoroughly
interesting letter. Sometimes these letters
come from clever people, sometimes they
are from everyday folks who do not Law
claim to any unusual amount of brains
but in either case 1 think you will find
that the writer possessed the ability to
put himself in your place, and write the
particular news and play up the particular
kind of incident that would interest YOU
We all desire to possess tact. Now
what, after all, is tact but the ability
to so identify yourself with the person
you are with that you will not say or do
anything to wound or CRATE or offend.
These are a few of the relations of life
in which the ability to put ones self in
anothers place is valuable asset have
no space to write more but you can find
them for yourself.
Have you this valuable ability? can YOU
put yourself in his place?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
SLEEP.

o God, for Thine incompatible sleep
Greatest of all Thy wondrous gifts to
How can we thank Thee! IT'S as though
ban
or utter hate broke suddenly, and deep
Forgiveness Tapped US round; it's Ike a
sweep
OF cool, wet wind through some plague
Smitten khan
Where burning fever dogs each caravan.
1t draws our souls from hell. for heaven
to keep.
For without this, what other gift avail?
Wisdom is helpless; vain are power ana
gold
Even the beauties of Thy world grow
pale
And comfort little. Suddenly pains holo
Is loosed; through unplumbed depths or
sleep we rise
To see Thy glory in the earth and SKIES
Katharine French, in the Century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
DAFFYDuS
BY q. woALL..

If your Uncle Henry was taking a
sleep upstairs and wanted something
would your napkin ring?
CAS- Dat Abar says: If fellow only
has one shirt. he is naturally short of
change-)
Do they permit prize-hghting at the
opera house just because people can
have a box there?
(Spider Geoghegan will now sing:
IT'S best we part Lena, when you be-
gin to throw things-)
If a Mexican says he saw your sis
ter have you senior, too?
no wonder he's proud He's the
gink VINO put the ink in think)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Maybe charity should begin at home
but it seldom does.
IL j. -
More often the way is in the direc-
ton the will isn't.
- 10
No human can get along very far
without a little encouragement.
4. 10 4
AS matter of fact few people are
more gloomy than they have reason
to be.
j. =
If shoes too small for ones feet were
cheaper there might be some excuse
for getting them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
aEELEcTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.J
Flattery takes more citadels than can
non-
what makes a woman so sure of her
son is she was so disappointed in his IA
Their.
A girl can get very excited thinking
what if a little excitement should come
along
A man thinks he's getting to be the
devil of a fellow to know the right name
of an actress
First woman feels proud her husband
has become so important he has to have
a girl secretary; then she feels suspicious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

E. L. Copeland, treasurer of the
Santa Fe, presents some convincir g
facts to show that the railroads must
have adequate working funds if they
are to maintain and increase their eff
ficiency and also develop their prop
critics to the advantage of the public.
But most of the legislatures and the
commissions that have to do with the
regulation of the railroads seem to
hold to the idea that the railroads can
grab this money out of the air.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

According to statistical scientists, it
cost the Kansas farmers $17,643 ASS
to feed the chinch bugs last year.
That's figuring it down pretty fine,
and it's also a most interesting contri-
button to contemporaneous knowledge.
But the experts would have made a
more impressive demonstration Of
their cleverness had they given the
figures to show what it costs to feed
one chinch bug per annum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

Many of the small town merchants
in Kansas who were strongly opposed
to the establishment of a parcel post
system Of any kind, are now adver-
Using literally in the newspapers OF
their localities to the effect that they
can serve their patrons on the rural
routes quickly and cheaply with al
most anything in their stock and trade
by the new system. And through this
medium they will be able to beat their
big and much hated rivals in the mail
order business by many miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

v. Stefansson, the. explorer and dis
coverer of the Blonde Eskimo, should
hurry along with his other trip to the
far north and where he hopes to find
a new continent, or Doc Cook is like
ly to beat him to it with a book that
will describe this unknown land in all
of its details.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

The Great Bend restaurant keeper
who lodged six shots fired by an irato
customer, thinks that he has set a
record as an artful dodger. What he
really did was to lend himself to a
demonstration of the fact that pistol
shooting has become a lost art in the
short grass region.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

What a tremendous relief it would
be if a president could be elected in
this country with as little fuss and
feathers as the job is pulled off in
France. And although the French
people had nothing directly to do with
the election of NJ. Poincare, it repre-
sents the popular will of the nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

This near-side stop system that has
been put in operation by the Topeka
Street Railway company might have
been more appropriately labeled. 1t
would appear, as a stop-in-the-mlc-
dle-of-the block plan. But it will
probably be only a. few days before
this and other kinks in the system
will be ironed out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
KANSAS COMAENT

TWO VIEWS OF IMPEACHMENT.
me conviction of Judge Robert w.
Archbaid of the commerce court is
only the third case of successful i'm
Peachment proceedings in the United
states In period of 124 years. A
metnod OF reaching public officials
mat only wins once in 40 years Is of
course not efficient. Probably one
great reason for this failure has been
the older view of the nature of i'm
peachment proceedings. The only
lmpeachable offences by the constitu-
tlon are treason, bribery and other
nlSh crimes and n1iSdemeanorS.' Dur
ing the formation of the constitution
there was a strong effort made to
broaden the ground for malpractice
ana neglect of duty or for .malad-
ments were beaten. James Madison
spoke against one of them on the
ground that 1t would create tenure
Of office at the will of the senate"
closed has persisted in the present
day. one school of constitutional
lawyers has argued that impeachment
is possible only for such crimes as one
could be criminally indicted for. 9th
ers nave placed a more elastic inter-
probation thereon, and have held that
1t applies to a wide range of action
oetrlnnental to the essential principles
of government. This idea has been
recognized in the constitutions of
many of the states. but not in the
United States constitution. The over
Whelmlng vote against Archibald sug-
gestS general recognition that the
old view of Impeachment is out of
date. Conspicuous unfitness and I'M
suitability may exist even if a man
has not broken even a bylaw of
cemetery corporation. A few years
ago many of the senators would have
required evidence that would put a
man behind the bars.-Winfield Cour-
Ter.
HAS NO RIGHTS
Bale Waggener seems to have a firm
grip on the state senate. All right
too. Bale is the ablest and probably
the most beloved Democrat in Kansas.
He is good nsistent standpatter too,
in fact it looks like the legislature in
both branches were safely and sanely
standpat. Funny though how the Dem
ocratic majority in the house clothed
the speaker with power to appoint the
committees, while in the senate they
robbed our ''bullmoose'' friend Shelf
ingalls, of the same power. They prob
ably acted on the thory that a "bul1-
mooser'' has no rights that white man
is bound to respect.-Fort Scott Re-
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

There are plenty of indications on
and below the surface that the ma
jorities in both branches of the KAN
sas legislature intend to proceed on
their way in a most harmonious fash
ion, not only with themselves but also
with each other. This is certain to
result in much legislation that should
be most serviceable to the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

Another experiment to prolong life
has failed. One of Daniel Boone's de-
scendants got the idea that eating a
gallon of molasses a week would do
it. He did so for many years, but
died recently at the age of ST. Per
haps his riding a bicycle over 900
miles during the last IT years of his
life offset the effects of the molasses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

Victor Murdoch and the other
prominent members of the house OF
representatives who have Joined in an
anti-fat crusade, might well extend its
scope so that it could be directed
against the congressional pork" bar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

Fifty Ute Indians, having gone on
the warpath in Colorado, there Will
probably be just about that many less
Indians for the government to look
after before very long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

Surely, the $1,000 that Helen Gould
has set as the limit for the cost of her
trousseau will be amply sufficient
Many a woman, indeed, would not
only find it so, but she would be able
to purchase a house and lot on thu
side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

Grateful to Him.-Oh, Jack, I'm SO ayy-
accept me? She-Well, no; but. you ser
your proposal puts me even with Kitty
Cobb, who had the most of any girl in
our set-Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

Nor is it at all unlikely but some
real January weather will hit Kansas
Just about the time the fruit trees
get ready to send out their buds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

Am I all the world to You, JacA.
dear?'' she cooed. You are certainly a
fair portion of it, he told her and so
made the classy double play of pleasing
her and keeping to the exact truth.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

Pooling the weather sharps seems
to be the favorite pursuit of the
UeafhRr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal In n member Of the
Selegraph report of that great news or.
@MnisAtion for the exclusive sfeernocm
publication I'm Topeka
The news An received I'm The state J0Ur~
NAL building over wires f0r thG sole psa%s
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
FROM OTHER PENS
GROWTH OF HEREsY.


It is bad enough for New Hampshire
ProgressiVeS to dicker and make deals
with the enemy, but when one of the
Seven Great Governors begins to talk
about seeking common ground and
reuniting the Republican party, there
should be q drumhead court martial
for him. Harold of England showed
the right spirit when, in reply to the
question of how much territory he
would bestow upon q foe who would
lay down his arms, he said: ''Seven
feet of earth for a grave Yet here
is former Governor Osborn of Michi-
gan. one of the six faithful states, pro-
posing to send Invitations to President
Taft and ex-President Roosevelt, Sena-
tors La Toilette. . Dixon and Root,
patriots and traitors indiscriminately
to see what can be done toward put
ting the Republican party on its feet
The party has been in a delirium, he
thinks, but is now recovering. Does
he not know that the party was pro-
nounced dead by the mediterranean of
Oyster Bay the moment it refused to
follow him in the ghost dance? He
should be informed that there is only
one party in this country, and that it
has just won a great moral victory and
So ELECTORAL votes, at a total cost of
only few millions of dollars. No
body but a renegade can suggest bury
ing the Ratchet anywhere except in a
Republican skull.-New York Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21
CASTRO AND PERKINS.


Gen. Castro was ruled out of the
United States for moral turpitude and
perjury, in that he pretended to be
ignorant of matters concerning which
a man of his intelligence, and hold
ing the position which he did, un-
doubtedly possesses knowledge On
the same day Witness George Per-
kins, in answer to the Pujo commit
tees pertinent questions concerning a
business in which Perkins has been
engaged all his life, made answers
such as these: st can not say ct
have been out of touch with these
affairs for two years. And, in an
Perkins considered the concentration
of money and credit "a menace and
peril to the country" he remarked
that it reminded him of the conun-
drum, why is mouse when it
spins? ?" They are going to let Mr..
Perkins remain in the country.-St
Louis Post-Dispatch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

Easy.
1t never is hard to be happy,
1t never is hard to be gay.
1t never is hard to be charming.
Providing you have your own way.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-12-16

nights when the Cnolr Master ,e,
them invite their frienls in for games
she was the girl most of them wanted
for partner.
So anyone can see why the boys
were blue when Ricky Jackson, her
brother, came into the choir room
Christmas eve and said:
mil" (short for Mildred, her real
name) isn't going to have any Christ.
mast"
The boys stopped right there, some
with their choir clothes only half on.
II they didn't find out right away what
was the matter with the Choir Sister,
the Christmas eve service would have
to 60 without their singing.
So Ricky told how she had come
down that morning with funny tired
feeling, and smiling and hot cheeks.
and had to stay in bed, and how she
cried when she thought Of the tree
she was going to miss.
You can see why that Christmas
eve service was not as happy as it
should have been for these boys. At
terward, when the tree was lighted
with the starlike candles and the Sun
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-12-16

uay SCHOOL room was uIIeu Win puyp
and girls opening their presents, each
choir boy was thinking of the Choir
Sister, lying there at home, wishing
she could be with them.
Next day people in church thought
the boys sang the Christmas hymns
better than ever. But the people did
not know that just before the boys
marched in the Choir Master had told
them plan by which the Choir Sis
ter would have "a Christmas she, would
never forget.
At evening the janitor's doorbell
rang. The Choir Mother opened it,
and in came the Choir Master and q
lot of boys with red cheeks and smil-
ing faces. Back of the others four
of the biggest boys dragged through
the door small Christmas tree.
They set the tree up in the parlor
Everyone was still for they didn't
want the Choir Sister to know any
thing about it till it was all ready
Soon the candles were in place, and
the trimmings, and they lit the can.
dies, and each boy placed a package
under the tree. and then a wonderful
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-12-16
w. r. PRIEBE

crying. Then there was all the Jolly
fun that goes with a tree.
But soon they took her away. She
was so tired that she fell asleep right
after they put her back in bed. She
dreamed that she saw flock of sheep
with their shepherds on a great plain.
Suddenly there was a great light from
above and she seemed to hear angels
singing.
She awoke. The singing did not
stop. She arose and opened the win
dow.
There, in the moonlight under her
window stood her Choir Brothers with
lighted candles, like the Christmas
carol singers of Old England. They
were singing this hymn:
"Hark! the Herald Angels sing"
When the verse was finished the
Choir Sister leaned out and called
down to them:
Brothers, you have made me love
God whole lot more. A merry
Christmas to you ALL"
"And to you!" they echoed.
AS the Choir Sister crept back to
bed she heard the voices of the boys