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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.
A Mean Feeling,

A Mean Feeling.
A young friend of mine who is an art
student came to see me the other day
AT first she insisted that there was
nothing the matter" but finally the
truth came out One of her dearest friends
had won valuable prize in an art con-
test
1t was a shameful reason for having the
blues, wasn't it, and yet typical one.
One of the saddest facts in the human
character, to me- is our proneness to feel
cast down at other peoples successes eff
envy were fever all the world would De
i'll. says Dutch proverb. and I'm afraid
this cynical statement is all too near the
, truth.
Show me man who genuinely and
achievements when these outshtne his
own in the same field, and you have
shown me one among ten thousand
We may school ourselves to express
and even to 1eel some pleasure at our
| ure isn't the first instructive feeling: That
Of the average weak human being Is
| usually a sick sinking of the heart:
peoples successes goes an even less
praiseworthy feeling,-complacency over
One of the old Roman philosophers has
written something to the effect that al
and cPos f fe II p er'
boat for the pleasure of hearing that
some one whom he had always thought
extremely upright was a liar.
OF course that is an exaggerauon put
the kernel of truth within the shell OF
Eyperbole is painfully large
Now it seems to me that all this mean
ness and envy grows out of one MISTAKE
our false idea that we must always be in
competition with our fellow-men, and
that another mans virtue or success
makes us less, or another mans failures
or weaknesses make us bigger. 1t is all
wrong this notion of competition 1t
brings infinite happiness into the world.
We aren't made to constantly. compete
with each other, and when we learn 1t we
will have taken a long step on the road to
happiness. Ones only competitor should
be ones self, and ones highest ambition
to get the best possible out of that self.
There is enough happiness in the world
for all of us if we will only occupy our
selves with taking it, and not fret about
what our neighbors have.
THE Creator never put vast multitudes
of people this earth,' says Orlson
SWEET MardeD, ito scramble for limited
supply, though he were not able to
furnish enough for all. There is nothing
in this world that men desire and strug-
gle for, and that is good for them, of
which there is not enough for everybody.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
sCsPECTING THE HELP.

Suspicion, says IN account of one
of the seasons most successful jewel
robberies, naturally rests on the
servants" though the woman robbed
has implicit confidence in them all
| and there is no cause to suspect any
particular one of them.
This is by no means a solitary in
stance. 1t is quite the CUSTOM as
| newspaper readers know, to suspect
| the domestics on general principles
whenever anything is missed. It's
SO much more comfortable than sus-
pectinS members of the family or
guests. The fact that suspected en-
| ployees are completely exonerated in
| many cases does not seem to alter
the procedure Evidently in the
Narragansett Pier affair suspicion
naturally rested on the servants
for no other reason than custom.
1t is convenient. as we'll as COM
Portable to suspect the help. The
servants are there. The thieves, of
course, are not lingering near with
bullying pockets and guilty express
sions. The high priced sIeuth. called
| in to diagnose the case, has his repu-
| tation to maintain, his fees to collect
He looks wise, examines the bureau
drawing with a reading glass. cross
questions the household and does his
best to browbeat and embarrass the
nervous housenaid or the startled
/ footman, because he dares. And be-
| hold. the servants are naturally
under suspicion.
Suspectiug the help just because
they are handy and helpless may be
a favorite opening with the police,
but it is nothing that the rest of US
should share or encourage. Passing
by the obvious and hideous injustice
it is an unbecoming reflection upon
the intelligence. Successful short
story writer's long ago abandoned the
| expedient of having the coachman
steal the tiara with the kind assist
ance OF his confederate the cook
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
HUAOR OF THE D<Y

Yes said the New York official with
the shady reputation, 1--WE about made rD
my mind to get back into the straight
pain again Whats that?'' demanded
the amazed friend. why. old man Won
don mean to say you intend to set up
as reIorrner!' mo, no. replied the
official, nothing of the kind. But 1 don't
care to take any more chances. THEY'VE
Just abolished the suite de luxe I'm the
Iombs cleveland Plain Dealer.
Miss Rocksey-"What makes YOU think
that papa has no idea Of letting ne.
marry your Young Scads-''So far he's
given me three wrong tips on the stock
market. Life
You should not talk about that girl I'm
that fashion" why not?" THE Tihla
says we should love our enemies'' ..She
ain no enemy, she's a friend of mine -
Houston Post.
Crawford-''That old doctor of mine adj
y1sed me to take up golf" Crabshaw-
II always told you he didn't know what
ne was talking about. You wouldn't make
player in hundred years.''-Puck
Ethel-"Kitty hasn't a Thought for any
thinS nowadays except her new car She's
perfectly in love with it" lack (sadlv1-
Another case of man being DISPLACED nv
machinery boston TRANSCRIPT
"a, what is party loyalty7'' Hope OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
How

talk sensibly." he exclaimed. How
did you know it was 1 2"
You dropped a glove on the veran-
da roof in your exit. 1 climbed OUT
and got it after had coaxed her back
to bed. She was too much scared to
give an alarm, and 1 said to wait
until morning. or we might be shot"
GU knew the glover" He reached
for her hands and pulled her toward
And I'm a stupid. laundering idiot"
Never mind, Ben" she said, snug
Cling near him. LAS long as you
didn't kiss her. 1 don't care. L knew
what had happened. Kerry often
uses the veranda supports on his noe
turnal home-comingS, and you were
/ in evening dress. Burglars don't
wear it often. We won't tell. The
sl.ccl has been really good for Mss
Harrington. It's the nearest to a ro-
nance she may ever come. Brush all
the powder off your coat, and tell
Kerry to explain things quietly to
Stella. And, if you like. I think I
could coax a latchkey for you
Il don't want a latchkey. 1 want
you. Listen, Fay"
Around the corner of the hedge
came Elliston, sauntering leisureiy.
He stared at the picture before him,
Durmured softly. My word and
noiselessly crossed over into the rose
Copyright, 1913, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
Murphy Helped Keep House.

Murphy's wife was i'll. So Murphy-fol
he was only newly wed-decided, on COM
himself generally useful in the house
Accordingly. he bought a pound of ba-
con and pound of soap, and set about
so he thought, to prepare a savory mea
for his ailing wife.
The latter, however. even on her bed
of sickness, detected the ensuing smell
and shifted at it wonderingly.
Then, as the odor grew stronger and
more unpleasant, she fastened to the
kitchen as quickly she could, and:
What are You doing, Murphy" she in
Quired.
''Cookin Bacon came the blunt reply
Bacon. mani Why, that's Soapt
Then, bedad.'' exclaimed the Irishman
Il must have washed me shirt with the
bacon. Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
AYHAWKER .JOTS

1t occurs to the KanopoliS Journal
that it is about as hard to keep any
one from knowing what you do in .
little town as it is to attract attention
to what you are doing in a big town.
Related by the Gridley Light: A GER
tain young married man in town = ent
to a store the other day to buy a milk
crock. When asked as to the size, he
said, We'll, don't just know. 1 have
1900 pound COW, how big a crock do
you suppose it would take?"
Seems funny to Bert Walker, of the
Osborne County Farmer, now he is a
married man, that no person has
thought to invent a refrigerator with
a. gong attachment that would ring
loudly about ten minutes before the
pan is about to run over and spoil the
furniture.
The girls who wear the Balkan
blouseS are in a position to Sympa-
th1ze with the boys who wear shirts,
says Tom Thompson of the Howard
Courant, though the girls still have
the best of it; for it is easier to pull
a garment down than it is to tuck
one back in.
Noting news item in this paper to
the effect that during the year ending
July 1, Topeka consumed % carloads
of prunes. the Pleasant View cores
pendent of the Colby Tribune remarks:
We believe that fully explains what
ture.
A man in Turon, according to the
Osborne County Farmer, received a
package of government garden seeds
and noticed, printed on the envelope,
this warning: Three hundred dol
lars penalty for private use" He
wrote to Congressman Nicely that he
could not afford to pay SO much to
use such poor seeds himself and that
he had given them to his neighbor
Shafts from the GridIey Light: A
big mouth is not such a serious defect
II it is tongue-tied. Much of
what We learn from experience Is not
worth the price paid. . A man MAJ
lose his money. his reputation and his
wife and family but If he is still good
natured. there are hopes for him. " .
Another queer thing about this life
Is that while the farmer goes to town
for his vacation. the town man viii in
variably go to the country for his-if
he can afford one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
THE RECALL OF JUDGES.

| There appears to be merit in the
| plan for the recall of federal judges
| of inferior jurisdiction that has been
advanced by Representative Hull of
Tennessee. He suggests that the con-
stitution be amended so that congress
shall have the power to abolish any
inferior federal court and remove a
judge of such a court from Office by
resolution, if it be concurred in by
two-thirds of both houses.
AS Mr.. Hull says, the ancient pro-
cedure of Impeachment which has come
down to the United States from another
century is so proEx. involved, and
cumbersome as to render it most ex-
pensive and difficult of utilization. And
it has become manifest that a simpl-
fed method of procedure should be
made available.
Such a method is the one he pro-
poses. It's operation would undoubted-
ly involve an investigation by regular
committees of the house and senate
of any charges that might be made
against the fitness of 81 judge to con-
tinue on the federal bench. This would
conserve the full rights of the accused
and permit him to present his SIDE OF
the case. The reports of these COM
inittees with the evidence on which
they might be based could then be
presented to the full membership OF
both houses.
Requiring the concurrence of two
thirds of the representatives and sena-
tors to make a resolution removing
Judge effective would preclude the pos
sibiIity of any action in this direction
from purely political motives
Nor is there any likelihood that the
members OF congress, in the considera-
ton of the removal of a judge, would
be swayed by the passions and preJu-
dices of the moment, as might often
be the case if the recall of judges
were placed directly in the hands OF
the people.
At any rate, Mr. Hulfs suggestion
is worthy of most careful consideration.
It is also one that could be- applied to
the judiciary of the states by invest
ing their legislatures with the same
powers over the judges of the inferior
state courts that he would give to con-
gress over the federal courts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
fFrom the Philadelphia Record.l

from the Philadelphia Record1
Don't depend on other people to do your
kicking for you.
When a woman narries a man to re
form him it serves her right.
The fellow WHO would marry for money
finds it pretty hard work.
the average girl changes her mind sew
eral times before she changes her name.
Many a man who has a rafting good
wife.
When n mans character is whitewashed
the black is bound to show through in
time.
It's all right to take your own time
about doing thing but don't take other
peoples time.
The fellow who is willing to take things
as they come often finds that the things
are not worth taking
We never know how faithful our friends
when they think were sleeping
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
ON ZEE SPUR
OF The AOMENT
By ROY K. MOULTON.

The Auto Foot.
The auto foot is a new disease,
Which comes to folks who take their
And ride all day in limousines
Or other fancy gas machines.
The auto foot. they tell US, is
A new form of the rheumatic,
Which gives its victims heaps of
pain
And makes 'em howl with might and
main.
When they are ridin' round In state,
Their blood, 1t does not circulate.
They sit so long upon a seat,
The blood don't travel through the
feet.
1t is like all auto fads,
Twill surely take a lot of scads
To hire a doctor for to treat
You when you have got auto feet.
I do not worry-not at all,
To me the danger is quite small;
There's no. chance, far as I can see,
For the auto foot to bother me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Those who have to be leased to sing
seldom can.
= :
What has become of the old fash
Toned man who wore a Stiff-boSomed
shirt?
H. 10 -
And the man who isn't criticized
more or less doesn't often amount to
much.
+ = +
AS a matter of fact, nobody has
much use for parrot if it doesn't
swear little.
p % -
Nearly every small town points to a
citizen who looks like a beggar but is
said to be able 'to write his check
for $25, 900"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1
, 4 %aS1-

[From the Chicago News-I
Dead dogs wag no tails.
When money fails to make the mare go
It ge+s the horse laugh.
Men like to talk as well as women DO,
but they want pay for it.
some wives really believe that they
have faith in their husbands.
You may expect cold trea tment from
others If YOU make it hot for them.
A get rich quick scheme is a bait used
for catching suckers without a hook.
Why IS a baby nearly always good nat
ured in the morning when others are Ill
natured?
Some women lose faith in the efficacy
of prayer when their compilations begin
TO fade.
If an old soldiers story doesn't line up
with history he blames it on the historian,
who probably wasn't there
After a man reads a newspaper joke
that appeals to his sense of 1umor he is
anxious to make an after dinner speech
for the purpose of ringing it in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
The Diary OF a Bonehead.

Il don't believe in women's suffrage,
and that's all there is to it," re-
| marked toward the close of a rather
lively family jar. II don't believe
women know enough to vote"
My wife is a suffragist. really
don't care whether women vote or
not, but it was an evening for argu-
mont and L had a six cylinder crouch
in full working order, anyhow.
els that possible?'' asked the other
half of my sketch.
SYes,'' I replied. There are too
many weak minded persons voting
now"
"Can you explain the presidents
currency measure to me?" she asked
sweetly, just as though nothing at all
had happened.
Certainly / replied 1.-THE presi-
dents currency measure fs-Ahem,
You see it is this way, the presidents
currency measure is To make my
self more clear. 1 will say that the
currency meas
THAT will do" she said. 'I can
see from this distance that you don't
know anything about it. Now I want
to ask you whether the Underwood
bill will put buttons on the free list
and what about raw hides, fruit can
rubbers and photograph records"
THAT is easily explained" said I.
"Of course one can't keep all of those
details in his mind. 1 will look the
matter up tomorrow"
How about the duty on whale
bone and the duty on ginseng prod
ucts and how about wool, sugar and
Hcorice ?'
We'll. it is this way, about those
articles. You see-you see, it is just
this way
] hesitated and she started in and
explained to me the currency bill
from the ground up to the topmost
peak. She explained the banking
sysi EN- and told of coinage for one
hour and a half.
'tJust to inform YOU" she said, 81
will explain the Underwood tariff bill
from agate to zinc" And she did
She told me how many mousetraps
were manufactured in this country
every year and how many are manu-
featured in Germany, Switzerland
and Peru. At 8 O'Clock in the morn
ing she had just got down to "succo-
tash' and at 4 she had completed her
argument
She went upstairs and just before
she slamfR ed the door she said: And
still your Say. the women don't know
enough to vote. Think it over. Good
night"
There is no use in arguing with a
woman, especially. if she is your wife.
Convince a woman against her will
and she is of the same opinion still.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
KANSAS COAAENT
THOUSANDS OF USELESS WORDS.

THOUSANDS OF USELESS WORDS.
1t is really astonishing how few of the
$1,000 or more words in our Engllsh IAN
ton of 1000 business letters sent by the
different firms reveals that 1000 separate
words were used and that 751 of the mum
Der appeared but once. On the other hand
forty-three words were used so frequently
that they constituted one-haIf or the totat
number When one considers how often
such words as and" ''the, If, but.
and other similarly short words, denotlls
/ their Anglo-Saxon origin, are used one
can easily accept the analysis made the
English Bible, with all its comprehensive
ness, is written in less than one-third OF
the words found in an average dictionary
Shakespeare with all his wealth of ex-
John Milton even less, Notwithstanding
use very few different words whether IN
conversation, composition, or in public
study of some of the public addresses OF
our eminent scholars and statesmen. Ihe
tongue are rare and obsolete and thou,'
sands of others are technical terms used
only on special occasions HOY rea ,I re "
in the daily life may be seen in the tact
that the average English farm laborer
800 words. To him something like $1,000
words are as useless as Choctaw. That,
of course, is an extreme case. but 1t Goes
not indicate that to the ordinary mortal
the great majority is of no practical value
Spring Hill New Era.
THE NICARAGUA SCHEME.
Is the American government to reach
far south in its scheme for territory
control? Is Anti-Imperialist Bryan to
be the greatest imperialist of the age?
The state department has a new plan
to interest the people of the Central
American country. 1t is one that may
find no stopping place until the canal
zone is reached. 1t is a new method
of government and entirely opposed to
the fight made by Secretary Bryan in
his presidential contest in 1900. Then
he feared everything that mixed the
government of the United States with
any land outside it's borders Now he
hints at a protectorate for Honduras.
and is already arranging one for Mic
aragua. 1t is a vast change in the af-
fairs of Central America, Mr.. Bryan
proposes. 1t is a new plank in the
Monroe Doctrine. Is it necessary for
all of this to come about because OF the
building and the coming operation of
the Panama Canal? This may be the
answer and the only answer. Gut Il
is big step forward and one that has
no good place to back up, if the way is
not clear to making this move a sue
cessful one.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
HOME NEW WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address az TIE rae
az ten Cents a week or thirty cents
n month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. WINE
out OF town the State journal VIII NC
10 You like a daily letter from home
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
honlSlseeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

St. Louisians have been given the
privilege of sleeping in the city parks
while the warm weather prevails. To-
pekans would be satisfied with the OBJ
portunity of sitting in their parks. But
the city, with plenty of money, appar-
emily, for all other purposes. cannot
spare any for the purchase of an ade-
quate number of seats for the parks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

We should be no less progressive.
To suspect the servants nowadays is
to betray abysmal ignorance of the
ways and means of gentlemen burg
lars, of the wondrouS versatility and
marvellous resource of the modern
stage craeksman and magazine
marauder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

tically nothing along the same lines
Isn't it about time that the city should
help in caring for it's needy? 1t would
seem so. And an annual contribution
to the Provident association would be
the easiest and best way for the city
to discharge it's obligations in the
premises
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

The Duchess of Talleyrand. former
ly Miss Anna Gould, says that she
could destroy the character of her for
MGR husband, Count Boni de Castel-
lane. And this Is the first intimation
that Count Boni was ever possessed OF
ary such thing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

1t is pointed out by the New York
World that the first man to be elected
to the United States senate by popular
vote had been three times elected in
the old way, which shows that reform
Is not necessarily revolution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

Presumably, if Prince Stanislaus
Sulkowski, of Austria. had not married
a rich American girl, his erstwhile
laundress of Vienna would not have
chased him all the way to the United
States to press large bill she has
against him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

Tammany will be more anxious than
ever to get Governor Sulzer out of the
way now that the estate of the late
John Jacob Astor has paid an inherit
ance tax of about $4,000, O0O- into the
state treasury
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

While the pen may be migktier than
the sword under some circumstance
1t isn't particularly effective IN cutting
down municipal budgets as TOpeka's
city commissioners are competent to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

It is pretty difficult to think OF
Zbyszko as a possible worlds cham
pion in the heavyweight wrestling
arena. His name sounds too much
like nothing more substantial than a
breakfast food or a rink tea wafer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

About the only way the Balkan inn
brogIio can be ended, thinks the
Washington Star, will be for everybody
to get licked simultaneously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

Neither is the fact without interest
that no more lingo speeches on the
Mexican situation haze been delivered
in the halls Of congress since Presi-
dent Wilson ordered otherwise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
ENVY OF THE MULE.

ENN OF' The MULE.
I envy a mule the way he can be
Possessor of such philosophy.
AS he treadS all day along the row
Where the green corn Sways in the
winds that blow.
One eye shut, and the other about
Halfway doing, not worried about
The age of Cheops, or whether Adam
Was wrong in putting the blame on
Madam,
But simply taking his path each way,
With nothing to do through the Hve-Iong
day
But pull the plough and the cuftivator,
Content with beingg nondebater.
Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04

Not SO many years ago and Maud s.
startled the world of horsemen by
trotting a mile in 2:0S. During a re-
cent days races on the grand circuit
the slowest heat of fifteen was driven
IN 2:09 Il and the average time for the
fifteen heats was 2:O6 9-15