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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
KANSAS COMNENT
THE WHY OF 1T.

Some time ago in a Kansas town
a prominent citizen died. He was a
poor man, but because of his good
citizenship he had all the honors be-
slowed upon him the town people
could give. The citizens who had
honored him while living, also hon
ored him when dead. The stores of
the town were all closed and business
was suspended while the funeral was
being held, and his coffin was
smothered with flowers. Not long
after the event above happened, the
small child of a laboring man who
hVed in the same town died. The
funeral was poorly attended, there
were no flowers. Why this differ
ence? The facts are that the man
in the case was honored because he
was a man whom people could de-
pend on, whose word was as good as
his bond, whose example was worthy
of imitation, while the father of the
child was a man who worked little,
paid as few of his bills as possible,
poozed when opportunity presented,
TAXED profane and vulgar language
on the streets; in fact, was anything
out a gentleman, and his whole fam
lily suffered for it. Money had moth
ing to do with the case. The differ
ence was caused by one man being a
real man and the other being a thing
called a man.-Hope Dispatch.
NEED NOT BREED MOSQUITOES.
does Governor Hodges want to make
or Kansas a breeding pen for mosquitoes?
ASKS weather Observer Hal f. Hardin,
OF wichita. MIR. Hardin says that the
governors plan to have a pond built on
every farm in the state is piffle. He de-
cares that the ponds will not increase
rainfall nor will they cool the atmosphere
lie cites the lake regions to back up
his claims by asserting that it hasn't rain
ea nor mas 1t been cool in the lake regions
TINS summer. What Mr. Hardin saws
would be true if the artificial ponds were
but shallow pools mud holes. But il
high, strong dams were built to hold
deep water, that would not dry up and
that water was stocked with fish the
mosquitoes would not be bothersome.
Mosquitoes are not troublesome in waters
inhabited by fish. The fish eat the larva
of the mosquitoes before they can fly
Douglass Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A wise man doesn't have to an
nounce that fact.
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Most of the joys of camping out are
experienced through anticipation.
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Many of the house parties end with
the guests on bad terms with each
other.
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A man can end an argument with a
woman only by walking away from it,
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One good turn doesn't always get
another no matter how much it may
deserve it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

AS performer in ways mysterious
the Kaw river is in a class by itself.
During the last week or so of the
drouth, the Kaw put on the astonish
ing stunt OF increasing the depth of
its waters a few inches. Heavy rains
have been falling during the past few
days all along the Kaw valley, and
yet the river is now falling. Nobody
knows what the Kaw will do except
the Kaw and it probably doesn't know
why il does it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
HEARTS TIDE

1 thought 1 had forgotten you,
So far apart our lives were thrust!
Twas only as the earth forgets
The seed the sower left in trust.
Twas only as the creeks forget
The tides that left their hollows dry;
Or as the home-bound ship forgets
StreamerS of Seaweed drifting by.
My heart is earth that keeps untold
The secrets of the seeds that sleep.
My thoughts are chaliceS of sand;
Your memory floods them and 1 weep.
Ethel NJ. Hewitt in Harper's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Mr.. Bryan probably feels highly
complimented that he has been char
acterized by former Congressman
Watson as the John D. Rockefeller of
the chautauqua platform. This calls
attention to his prowess as money
maker, and that appears to be his
chief aim in life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Suppose the fish that Professor
Dyche distributed last year at cost
of 81 each weighed an ounce apiece.
That would make them worth $50
per pound. which is a rather classy
price for fish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Frozen fresh eggs have been APP
proved by the United States bureau of
chemistry as a wholesome article of
food. 1t is now distinctly up to some
poultry Burbank to develop a hen
that will lay them in that state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Each day in congress is now the
same as the day before. 1t is a case
of debate, debate, debate, nothing but
debate. And the only publication in
the country that gives any attention
to this tremendous waste of words is
the Congressional Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

There is some consolation in the
news that the supply of potatoes is
adequate for the winter season. but
the rub will come in annexing enough
meat to provide the requisite juice
and grease for the gravy. Potatoes
minus gravy are pretty much of a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Even the most pronounced anti
militarists in this section never have
a word of criticism to make against
General Rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Washington can hcast, says the
washington Post, of at least one popu-
lar amusement house that provides
the country with continuous perform
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Foster Dwight Coburn, secretary of
the state department of agriculture, is
a dealer in facts. His fine tribute to
the magnitude and worth of the To-
peka fair should be convincing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

And the chances are good that none
of the boy bandits who used for their
headquarters the cave near Hannibal
Mo, made famous by Mark Twain,
ever read either Tom Sawyer or
1.-THE Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Japan has fired an -ultimatum at
China. However. a strong string or
two is usually attached to Japan's I'LL
timatums. Like all clever people the
Japs are great buffers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

An arbitrary edict of fashion is not
nearly so effective in calling in the
straw hats as is a change in the
weather
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news IL
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

And the more Americans Senior
Huerta sends home, charges prepaid.
the freer will he be to keep the presi-
dencY as long as he likes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

The state censors have barred har-
rowing crimes from moving picture
shows in Ohio, perhaps on the theory
that the newspapers are enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Anyway, it isn't alleged that it's any
part of Secretary Bryan's duties with
the tent show to bay like a blood
hound
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Another popularity about the Kan
sas weather is that it is either far
above normal or away below it. In
other words, normal weather in Kan
Sas would be abnormal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
HIGHER STANDARDS.

We rejoice that 1t is increasingly
difficult to find recruits for the Ameri-
can army, for two especial reasons.
The first is that civil life is more re-
munerative: the second is that civil
life is more attractive entirely aside
from the matter of remuneration. To-
gether. these two reasons demonstrate
that the best class of citizenship is in
much larger proportion among the
younger men of the United States than
in the old days when there were an
abundance of recruits. 1t takes more
to satisfy the average young man-his
intelligence is greater, and his ambi-
tions not easily satisfied. In other
words, the percentage of riffraff is
growing smaller. Cor aside from that
regular army life because they were
born soldiers, and that other proper
ton of regulars who did not like SOL
diering but followed it because more
congenial occupation was not to be cas-
lily had, the regular army for the most
part was made up of riffraff not many
years ago. That this is all different
now is matter for congratulation for
the entire country. Now mind, we are
not rejoiced because it is more and
more difficult to keep the stated num-
Der of regiments full. We believe in a
regular army properly equipped and
drilled. What we are rejoicing about
is the prospect that the army quota
cannot be filled without raising very
materially the standards of life for the
soldiers. They must have educational
opportunities; they must have oppor-
tunity for refined and educational rec
reation; they must be treated as
equals-not in rank, but in the quail
ties that go to make up the gentleman
who is self respecting and of superior
intelligence. In other words, the reg
ular army must afford an education, a
home, religious life. In other words,
it must be a vocation, and not a pres
ent occupation for billiards, incompe-
tents. rowdies and roughnecks. This,
demand for something better by the
enlisted soldier and the would-be SOL
der evidences an improving civiliza-
ton, a higher average of intelligence
among the average of men, with cor
responding higher average conceptions
of patriotism ana duty.-St. Joseph Ga
zette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

California gets some more unde-
sirabIe advertising out of the fact that
the bubonic plague has claimed two
victims there recently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Now it is the turn of the New
Hampshire lawyers to smack their
lips over the prospects of large bites
at the Thaw bank roll.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Mr.. Thaw's outing has already en-
abled him to be seen in several states,
including that of great excitement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
FROM OTHER PENS

IN DEFENSE OF THE NEGLIGEE.
Fernand Labor head of the French
bar, which is almost as ceremonious
as the English, dropped into a Chicago
court the other day and was Mortified
to see lawyers appealing to the God
dess of Justice, with shirt sleeves
rolled back, sans coat and sans dig
nifty. NJ. Labor likewise shriveled at
the familiarity which permits an
American judge to address a reporter
as Jones' or Smith" Never would
it be done in France said the dis
tinguished visitor. mot that it mat
ters, of course. 1t is only question
of form" This is not the first time
American negligee and unconvention-
ality has shocked the foreigner ac-
cuStomed as he is to rigid obSerV-
ances of set customs. The trouble is,
the foreigner is too liable to believe
that the customs he has set at home
are those which the whole world
should follow, and that any deviation
from them must stamp the offender
as hopelessly declasse. He forgets that
Americans who go abroad are also
often shocked at customs which obtain
there, customs which would be mis-
demeanors in this country, and if not
misdemeanorS, then serious breaches
of good form. In Paris man slaps his
high hat down on top of his head as
soon as the curtain drops for the
entr'acte at the opera or theater. He
does not do that in America. And
tndI, 100, Is only question OF form.
1t is not a question, precisely, of good
or bad form in either case, but merely
a difference in form. Our court pro-
cedure, it must be admitted, is often
lacking in spectacular dignity. We do
live in a shirt-sleeve atmosphere, fig
uratively and literally. In a court
room. a hotel foyer, a cafe, the tenn
perature often in this country shows
scant respect for the time-honored
canons of etiquette. 1t becomes eth
er question of suffocating in defense
of decorum, or by shedding the coat,
of going on with the conduct of bust
ness Shirt sleeves and a collarless
neck may not improve the picture;
but they aid in preventing total dis
comfort and often total disability. M.
Labor may not have discovered this
practical side of it. But we venture
to say that, had he been obliged to sit
continuously in any American court
room throughout the past frightfully
hot summer, he would have done so.
TimeS-Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

Recent reports indicate that hari-
kari is still the popular sport in
Japan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

There is one bug in the ointment;
while the weather is perfectly lovely.
it has brought out a flock of green and
blue hats.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-02

single ripe blackberry. Maca-
rooms may form the accompani-
ment.
PEACH CUSTARD
Fill sundae glasses about a
quarter full Of chopped peach, and
then nearly to the top with soft
custard. When ready to serve
cover each portion with sweetened
whipped cream and invert half oil
a chilled peach in the center.
PEACH BLANC NANCE
Make a peach jelly by thicken-
ing a cupful of peach pulp with
one and three-fourths tablespoon
fuls of gelatine dissolved In q lit
tie water and adding sugar and
lemon juice to taste. Mold In q
single layer between two of plain
of fresh peach and decorate the
base with a border of alternate
peach slices and candied cherries
PTCKLED PEACHES.
Peel and weigh your fruit
Clingstone peaches are best. To
every five pounds of fruit allow
two and one-half pounds of light
brown sugar, one pint of vinegar
ten cloves, three sticks of CHINA.
mon and a blade or two of mace
Let peaches lie In this syrup fol
two hours. Drain and put juice
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-02
iss Rose" and inutive pupils the Play

ton to the problems in after
life."
"O-o-h. see what I have, Miss
Rose" (they all call Miss Sheehan
Miss Rose) some little tad will
say as he proudly displays a most
gorgeous scrawl of wiggly-wog-
giles and curly-cues which he will
promptly proceed to interpret to
Miss Rose" who Is pleased be-
yond bounds IL the diminutive
pupil display some new and more
advanced thought than he showed
the day before.
"The play instinct is uppermost
In child" Miss Sheehan ex-
planned, "but it can be guided
Experiences has shown that BY
training the play instinct into
proper channels, education can be
given to the tiniest child. This ID
the basis Of all the modern child
educational systems: the Monte.
sori, Secratie, Mrs. Harris and ali
the others. Children are the
greatest mimics In the world, and
this IL why they absorb so readily
the various little duties their play
develops for them"
Through music the child IA
taught rythm. Standing In &
great circle, they sway their little
bodies In perfect time to the tune
played BY miss Rose"
AS the children grow older. the
play becomes more advanced,
Tots OF ana learn tone by
color. For instance, every note IN
| the scale is represented by q DIFF
ferent color and by memorizins
the colors the child learns the
scale.
Girls from 10 up make has
kets. Still others. generally
younger than 10. take up folk
dancing. The older boys take
manual training. They are privi.
legged to make anything they wish
book shelves, tables boats,
coasters and even automobiles.
10 prove tho success OF the
play school, one needs only to
look at the waiting list. At this
years session there are over 100
waiting for . chance 10 get In,
and 1t was just an experiment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-02

Fruit desserts are far more
wholesome and enjoyable at this
season than are the heavy pas
tries and buildings Of the winter
bill of fare. They also require
less time and labor In preparation.
thus proving an inestimable boon
to the housewife during the
months when kitchen work IL the
hardest.
In my opinion, the peach
heads the list of summer fruits
in point of healthfulness and de-
licious flavor, and certainly none
lends itself to greater variety In
serving.
PEACH SNOW
Dissolve one-fourth box of
gelatine in half a cup Of boiling
water, after soaking until soft in
a very little cold water. Add one
and one-half cups Of cold water,
the Juice of a lemon, one-half
rRpful Of sugar and the same of
peach pulp which has been forced
through a potato ricer or a colan-
der. When the mixture begins to
harden whip In lightly the stiffly
beaten whites of five eggs and
turn into individual molds. Serve
in sherbet glasses, garnishing each
portion with slices of peach and q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-02

over fire. Boil rapidly. Skin all
scum that rises. When no more
scum appears put In enough fruit
to fill one can and boil for seven
minutes II the peaches are firm
and If they are nearly ripe boil
only five minutes. Remove peaches
from syrup and place on platter
and allow to cool. Add the spice
I to the syrup and boil at least
fifteen minutes longer or until q
heavy syrup is produced. Pack
cool peaces In glass Jars, pour
boiling syrup over them and seal
at once.
PEACH TRIFLE
Peel and slice enough peaches
to make one quart. Put one cup
of sugar and one cup OF water
into sauce pan and boil. Add
peaches and six or eight stones.
Boil until tender. Set aside to
cool, then press through colan,
der. Line O dish with stale
sponge cake soaked In some of the
peach syrup, spread over them the
peach pulp. When ready to serve
cover with one pint Of heavy
cream sweetened and whipped. = II
Desired add one-half teaspoon OF
vanilla.
PEACH GELATINE
Soak one box of gelatine In one
cup of cold water. Boil one and
one-half cups of sugar and one
cup Of water and the rind of half
q lemon for ten minutes. Pour
blanc mango. Turn out upon q
plate, garnish the top with half
hot syrup over gelatine and stir
until dissolved. Put one pint Of
sliced peaches In mold and add
half q cup of blanched almonds.
Fill mold with syrup and chill.
Serve with whipped cream.
PEACH FANCIES
This simple but delicious dainty
is q combination OF lemon sherbel
and sliced peaches, served In
glasses and garnished with greer
minted cherries.
PEACH COBlPOTE
Peel and slice two dozen ripe
peaches. Make syrup of ono cur
of water and one cup Of sugar
Add four small pieces Of stitch
cinnamon. When sugar is all dis
solved and boiling add peaches
Boil slowly until clear and ten.
der. Serve cold with meat.
PEACH MARMALADE
Peel peaches and remove stones
To six quarts OF fruit add one
quart of water and put In preserw.
ing kettle and cook for one hour
Stir almost constantly so It may
not burn. Add three quarts OF
graduated sugar and boil one
hour longer, stirring SO as not te
burn. Add three quarts of granu.
lated sugar and boil one hour
longer, stirring so as not to burn
The marmalade should be thick
smooth and glossy at the end o,
this time. Put In small glasses
or jars and seal at once.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-02

BERKELEY, CAL, Sept. g.
Ever hear Of an out-of-doors play
school where children are taught
to think?
One located at the University of
California has Just closed SIX
weeks session. Here ESQ children
ranging from four years up to
thirteen played three hours each
day and were educated while they
: played.
The purpose of the play-school
was to give the child an unre-
strained chance to learn; not by
rule and regulation, but by allow
ing him to develop his own
method of study and application.
Elm the beginning" said Miss
Rose Sheehan. superintendent OF
the Sacramento kindergarten. who
had charge OF the kindergarten
class in the play-school. "the OBJ
5ect was to develop the big mus
cles first and teach the child to
play with some purpose. whereby
laying firm foundation for study
in the grammar grades later on.
Left to themselves with objects
of various sizes and colors. 1t Is
wonderful to see many and vari-
GUS ways they will utilize them,
each following his natural bent,
and each learning the one big
thing Ito THINK. Concentration
j. one Of the most valuable things
IN the world to know. II doesn't
come natural; It has to be learn
led. If 1t IL learned In the begin
ming. then . firm foundation has
been laid for sturdy and applfca-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-02
SPEcIAL FEATURES OF INTEREST TO WOMEN READEl
Cynthia Grey's Answers


Dear Miss Grey: am the
girl who wrote the other day
about reform schools. You
said you would like to hear
my side of "Why Girls Go
Wrongf" SO l will try to give
1t. AS / told you in my first
letter, / have been in q re-
form school. and the under
world for a time, so I ought
to know something about IL.
Girls are thrown into tho
world while children IL their
parents die, or don't care for
her, or for other reasons.
She ia either put In one fam
lily for awhile and then in an
other. and 80 on. and as q
rule is abused. Or she is
put in a children's home, and
often starved and abused.
When SHE Is old enough to
work for wages she has no
education, nor clothes so she
may go into a store or
place of business, and de-
mand enough wages to keep
her without the help OF
someone. There are only a
few things she can do. She
can work in a laundry for 81
a day, or a fruit stand for
81 for seven days. Most
people want an experienced
girl for homework. She
must pay $3.50 a week for q
room that is anywhere fit to
live In, and that has neither
water. nor heat for the win
ter; $3.50 goes for a meal
ticket, and only certain res
taurants have them for that.
That makes Sc for room and
board. If she is getting ST,
it leaves only 81 for clothes
and laundry.
II she has a gentleman
{ friend kind enough to give
her money to help her, peo-
pie say she Is doing wrong.
What woman is there would
give her room and board for
nothing? None. / am safe
in saying that girl does
not want anyone to give her
money all the time for moth
ing.
She becomes a mother, and
people say, she is no good
because she is not married.
They say 1t isn't the mans
fault, that the girl is to
blame. Even If he marries
her, they throw it up that
'she had to marry" What
encouragement has she to do
right?
Now, we will say she
wasn't Is, and the Juvenile
court gets her. They send
her to a reform school
where she Is worked hard,
abused and half-fed. But
what does the law do to him?
Nothing. They don't even
arrest him, nine times out of
ten.
l will tell you about Mary
and the young man, next
time, which will be within a
few days.
A WANDERER.
A.-I am glad to have yo
side of the question, and KIM
many things you say are tr
today; but have you looked in
the way the juvenile court hs
dies these things at the prese
time? 1 know personally ma
Of the local Juvenile officers, a
they are anxious to improve &C
ditions. They are, less and lie
looking upon the young pers
who has made grave mistal
ut the start Of life, not as = erin
nal, but take into account
conditions that led to the mistal
and uphold all whose sense
right Is far enough developed
marriage and hOme-sns
Ing. Others they honestly try
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-02
UNCLE TED'S
CIRCLE

my Club Members:~
you certificates mailed
morning to the nembes and other boys and girls
THAT
excited about
Circle
The this week Vacation Write letter
telling whether vacation
Fill GU the application and send in and will mall n
printed certificate membership. q
land adventures. travels in other countries q
Yours truly, UNCLE TED.