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The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
CHARITY BALL GIVEN DP'
Because X. c. Welfare Board Won't
Allow the Tango.

Kansas City, Dec. The annual
charity ball OF the Matte RodeS
Memorial society. a social event here.
VIII not be given this year because
the board Of public welfare insisted
the tango and other so-caued new
dances would not be permitted. This
announcement was made today by
Miss Mary Karnes, president Of the
society. who declared the society had
decided to abandon the project be-
cause of the ..impossibility Of getting
our patrons to give up the new
dances."
that recently made that the college
ball. another event participated in by
leading society folk Of Kansas City,
had been abandoned for the same
reason.
The charity bail has been an an-
nual event since 1895.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
ANIA6AIs vs.. HTJ1fANs.

Inquiry was recently made Of tho
Minnesota state board Of health AZ to
a certain family affected with tuber-
culosis. The family was large and
the house small, SO that such care
could not be given to the afflicted as
to prevent the infection Of others.
The father had means and could at
ford to care properly for those dis
eased. IL compelled to do SO. A state
board inspector was sent to investi-
gate and this is what he found. A
well-to-do farmer. with farm Of
800 acres worth 500 an acre or more;
a breeder OF horses, having at the
time of inspection seven imported
Percheron horses and a herd Of about
twenty-five horses in all; a breeder Of
registered hogs. his hogs being among
the first in the state to be given the
serum protective against hog cholera
This farmer has lived in coun-
ty for about thirty years. Sixteen
years ago his first wife died of tuber-
culosis. leaving three children. He
married again. His second wife has
thirteen children. The family now
consists of father. mother and four
teen children. A daughter Of the Sec
ond wife, aged Is, died last August OF
tuberculosis. A son of the first wife,
aged -. has been Ill with tuberculo-
sis for at least two years. No precau-
tions have been taken to prevent his
injecting others. The mother. with
one newly born child and another too
young to walk. is responsible for the
nf fnjc 70 1Vy nf Ixy3v1
children. There is no medical care
being given the son afflicted with tu-
berculosis. Apparently this farmer
can appreciate the breeding Of horses
and the protection of hogs from hog
cholera. But he cannot appreciate
the danger of tuberculosis or the need
Of protecting not only the members of
his own family. but others also, from
this disease. The annual loss, in the
state of Minnesota, caused by the
death of wage-earners from tubercu-
losis is about $12.Ooo.Ooo. The num-
Der OF deaths annually from tubercu-
losis In Minnesota Is about 2,250. The
estimated number Of cases Of tubercu-
losis in Minnesota at the present time
is 10000 or more.
Similar situations exist in most. II
not ali of the states. And 1t would
seem that this human disease is
worthy Of the same efforts for its ex-
termination as are the hog cholera
and glanders. Kansas has made q
good beginning in the fight by estab-
fishing a state institution, soon to be
opened, for the treatment of tuber-
cular patients.
But tuberculosis will never be
stamped out, or its dangers reduced
to the minimum by state aid alone,
no matter how elaborate or extensive
1t might be. This is one of those cru
sades for a better public health. the
success Of which is largely dependent
on the assistance that is given to state
and local boards of health by individ-
uals.r Just SO long as there IL q ten
dency on the part of families TO cover
up cases of tuberculosis or neglect
them. just that long will the effective
ness Of the struggle against the dis
ease be DELAYED. Il
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
Dinner FOR CARMEN.
Topeka Railway Company Has BAN
quet-Theater Treat for Employees.

Tomorrow night the Topeka Railway
company will banquet all Of the employees
and families Of the local street car in
terests at the club rooms adjoining the
offices ON jackson street. Tomorrow
afternoon and night the employees will be
given tickets to the vaudeville entertain
ment at the Novelty theater.
Owing to the necessity OF employing ex-
ira men for the accommodation of the
football crowds THANKSGIVING day. the
Topeka Railway company postponed the
will be set up in the car mems club rooms
where the dinner win be served. Albert
NJ Patten, assistant general manager of
the Illinois Traction company in charge
Of the Kansas lines. will be IN attendance.
Also Howard Patten, superintendent OF
the local lines of the company.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Any fool can give advice-such az 1t IL.
Every guest who cannot play always
tries the hotel piano.
The worst thing you can do for some
men II to praise them.
When you search for honor among
thieves take a policeman along
Love couldn't be otherwise than sweet,
as its principal ingredient il taffy.
Some thieves have no higher ambition
than the top roost in q chicken house:
The man who follows his inclination sell
dom travels long in the straight and mar
row way.
Expert swimmers keep their mouths
closed. Many women are the most ex-
A popular love song 10 entitled III
Hut Knew" II either she or he did know.
the parson might by shy another fee-
ring with . glass set in 1t will make
any little girl happy until she meets an
other little girl with ring that has two
glass sets IN It. >.
A widower never invests In q guitar for
the puSpOse Of serenading a spiuster. He
heains right where he left or at the end
Of hiu' nrst courtship
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

JOURNAL ENTRES

Nothing is compelled to work hard
er than q good old joke.
husbands bad habits are seldom
as numerous as his wife imagines.
=
When it comes to indulging In gos-
sip the politicians have the women
beaten several blocks.
And the price of most experiences
cuts an important figure in the high
cost of living.
At that, q joy ride which ends in
finishes in q coffin.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
ny zHE WY

A little more of the gentle spring
weather will fool the gentle spring
poet. mayhap, and bring him out In
time to be frosted.
Such weather has a tendency to in
cubate mistaken ideas, not only as to
ye spring poet. but as to We gynk who
Ii led to belfeve It safe to otherwise
expend the sum he has been holding
out for heavier"
The political bankruptcy Of Mayor
Lew Shank Of Indianapolis would in
dtcate that there is little difference
between politics and any other kind
OF business He tried to be the friend
OF labor" and wound up like the mer-
chant who staked his wad ON the fur
overcoat trade In Cuba
The New York girl who tried sui
eide as a substitute for regular meals.
has been offered a choice Of several
good homes since her attempt to
shuttle. thus offering an incentive for
others to try the same game. 1t is.
however. a risky way to acquire q
home. almost a. risky an marrying for
one.
1t now appears that the ''Interna-
tional Stock company which waz
supposed to be'a cattle. and not theat-
rtcal concern, was not satisfactory to
some of the local officers. Mayhap
you remember the International az the
company that was going to build a
cow ranch and spur railroad before
breakfast.
A live one'' Is missed for two days
at the place where he did all the
spending, and on the third day some
other simp blows in to take his place.
and he Is forever forgotten.
always be kind and gentle to a
woman who opposes equal suffrage
is the ironical. and plying advice
of suff editor. In the interest of
gentle also with the woman who il
for it." It will give her less excuse
for busting your crust with club
just because you are shrimp of a
he-thing.
"Huerta wonders what Wilson will
do" observes the correspondent. BY
which we gather that he has nothing
on the general public.
But perhaps Hon. Wilson intends
to gather Hon Huerta's angora by the
worry route. It il said care will kill
q cat" Maybe it will put the fixings
on that other animal, the mephitis.
What is Home without several
dozen Orpn1ngS adjacent thereto
Quite satisfactory. thank-you-and-
Merry Christmas. say the C1aystreet-
ers. They do not seem to yearn for
So many little assorted fairies near
their homes.
Is this Ashantee any relation to
Unk Thomas's CABLING? Mebby not,
mebby not However, this back to
Africa movement will be quite pop
ular-but not with the colored people.
One would naturally-butm mistaken
ly-presume that colored people
would welcome such a good chance
to settle where they could James Crow
visiting whites. But co1ored people
like to minglaJuand the mingling is
middling poor in Ashantee.
Hence our prediction that the
Ashantee movement will not tax any
steamship conpany for special boat
service,
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
DELAY MURDER CASE,
Preliminary Hearing Of Maras Post
pOned for Fourth Time.

Kansas City, Dec. The prelius1
mary hearing of George Maras, a
Kansas City, Kan. laborer, charged
with the murder of w. L. Cowden, an
attorney. was continued for the
fourth time today. The continuance
Is for two weeks Cowden disap-
peared September az. after going into
the foreign section to collect q bill.
Maras was arrested because Of q debt
Cowden had been trying to collect
from him. Cowden's body was found
on the Missouri river bank. Evidence
said to incriminate Maras was OBJ
tained by a detectaphone placed in his
cell during his conversation with an
acquaintance.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

As with everything else, there are
two sides to the cold storage question.
No doubt the cold storage system Is a
factor in maintaining prices at high
levels. But in the matter of eggs. for
instance. With the hens all over the
country on a prolonged strike, 1t would
not have been possible to have gotten
eggs for love or money, had there been
no such thing as q cold storage system
to preserve the surpluses of the periods
when the hens were helpful
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

With the closing of the Kansas foot
ball season, the question as to which is
the champion high school team Of the
state Is no nearer a solution than it
was a couple of months ago. However,
there is no dearth of claimants for the
honor
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Nor is 1t at all remarkable that a
dozen Russian couples were able to
dance in a room in Topeka that meas
ured only ten by twelve feet. TIE
dance of the Russian peasant is not
a series of sweeps. glides and trots like
the dances with which Americans arc
familiar. 1t goes perpendicularly in the
mir
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

North Topeka now occupies a bigger
and more important place on the map
Of Topeka than ever before. And what
wonderful testimony this is to the ccur-
age, faith. ability and hard work of the
North Topekans who have stood by
their guns and builded a prosperous
community against tremendous Odds
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Speaker Clarks daughter should be
awarded a prize for purchasing a we'd
ding gift for the presidents daughter
which pleased both the majority and
the minority of the house.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

II the suffragists are no more sue
cessful in getting definite statement
from President Wilson on his attitude
toward their cause than they were with
Colonel Roosevelt, it will take them
several years to accomplish their pur-
roae
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Neither is there any danger now of
the British arsonettes running short on
their supply Of matches. The 0,0c0
that Mrs. Pankhurst is taking home
with her will buy few. -@41 -
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
Omcer at Every Door.

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 1.-Declar-
ing that threats had been made
against his life and his home since he
had ordered the suspension OF busi-
ness by all saloons in Nashville some
time ago, Judge A. B. Neil today d.
rected the sheriff to post a deputy at
the door OF every drinking place II
necessary to keep them closed.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

There may be nothing in a name but
the Glass currency bill was altogether
too fragile to Withstand the knocks
aimed at 1t by the members Of the SEN
ate committee on banking. As a mat
ter Of fact, there isn't much Of the
Glass bill left in either Of the bills that
were reported to the senate by this
committee.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The STATE Journal 10 q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report. Of that great news NJ
0Anisat1on for the exclusive afternoon
Solicitation In Topeka.
The newH II received IN The state Jous-
al building over wires for this sole pur-
pooa.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

II there were anything like a colored
vote in the south, it would be possible
to understand why Secretary of the
Navy Daniels had opossum and rer-
simmon beer on his Thanksgiving
menu.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Florida strawberries are about the
only rival of eggs on the Chicago mar
kets these days. They are selling for
$1.25 per box, and there are not many
more than a dozen in a box.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

The First Gold.
I snort.
I sneeze,
I bark,
Wheexe,
And nausht II fair to see.
Nor girls,
Nor gold.
While this
burned cold
Is fastened unto me.
I grunt,
/ groan.
I wall,
I moan,
And all the world seems blue.
There's naught
Worth while,
Naught to
Beguile,
My cold sticks ON like glue.
I've taken 5a
Dope
Enough
I hope
To float q battleship.
My friends
Have all
Prescribed
This fall,
To cure my case Of grip.
I've taken
Pills,
Quinine and
SQuills
Too numerous to tell. ,
I'm going
To quit
These "cures''
A bit.
Then. maybe. I'll get we'll
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
HUA0R or 7nE DIY

! ..lfuch Of our coal energy goes to waste.
Many economic problems still ba6le SCI
ence." THAT'S right. And no use has yet
burnt matches."-Washingto Herald.
: Louiae-s'Troubled with loss Of appe-
tite isn't she?" JuIia-"She doesn't even
want to eat the things that the doctors
forbid Lila.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Huerta will be able. at any rate. to
stage a few more bouts with mag
NUNS Of champagne. New York banks
recently shipped $1S0,oo0 in gold to
MoYicO
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Presumably there are smiles on the
faces Of the undertakers doing business
in San Diego. Aviator Beachey is loop
ing the triple loop in his aeroplane in
their vicinity.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

King Ferdinand. of Bulgaria. evident
ly finds the climate of Austria exactly
to his liking. He has SO prolonged his
stay In that country that there is good
reason to believe he will make it per-
YnAnanf
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

That society which IL about to be
formed for the prevention of cruelty to
the English language will be the busiest
organization extant. If 1t does its full
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Secretary Bryan will have to work
In an extra chautauqua lecture. He
entertained Premier Borden Of Cauado
at dinner the other evening.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

To the credit Of Mrs. Sayre. nee VIII
son, it must also be said that nobod!
ever called her the Princess Jessie.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Carranza's constitutionalists. appear
70 be out-Huertaing Huerta. And that
- going some.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

It should eppear that q harmony CON-
ference Of the women politicians Of the
state is in order.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

V0udev11Ao.
A gent who jugsles cannon balls.
A gal from English music halls.
Who hops and wiGgles,
Chirps and giggles
And some magnify ballad 0QuAWt0:
Aluminium chimes,
Atr0cious crimes
In way Of sketches Of the times;
Hoop rollers. too.
And boys who do
Some fancy steps and pun them through
A jolly dog
In mono1ogue,
Who leaves our brain cslls in = fog:
Who works In ~One"
And has q red nose and = bun.
A saucy Tangna3h tmitator.
A tall, thin prelti41g3tAtof.
A sister team
That In 4 scream
with tones AZ rough as . nutmeg crater
A Dutch comedian.
A ham trzgedtan.
A biack-face turn with . dancing stunt.
A .sMelodiouS Four
with ragt1me score:
A girl who perhaps can sing. but won't.
Just shake them up,s and away they 90
To make . modern vode-vflle show.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
Whoa Boss?

Who's Boss?
A youth about to embark on tho sea
of matr1mony went to his father and said:
''Father, who should be boss, I or my
wife?" The old man smiled and said:
Here are a hundred hens and q team
Of horses. Hitch up the horses, put the
hens into the wagon. and wherever you
find a man and his wife dwelling, stop
and inquire who Is the boss. Wherever
you find q woman running things. leave
q hen. II you come to . place where a
man is in control, give him one Of the
horses.'' After 50 hens had been disposed
Of he came to q house and made the
usual inquiry. I'm boss of this farm,
said the man. So the wife was called
and she affirmed her husbands assertion.
Take which horse you want" said the
youth. 'T'll take the bay" But the wife
did not like the bay horse. and said things
to her man. He returned and said to the
youth: 'sI believe I'll take the gray"
mot much." said the young man. you
get hen.'
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

The A. c. T. club will give ball in the
honor Of the Smart Set Musical Comedy
Co. Tuesday evening Dec. s, at the Elk
hall. 4l3 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

w. o. Rigby. who has been recon-
mended for the position of postmaster at
Topeka. and has returned from q trip in
the east, received the congratulations OF
a large number Of his friends at the Com
mercial club today.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Take your luncheon at the First M. e.
church Christmas shop Tuesday and
Wednesday. Chicken pie.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

rrv state Journal ADJ Soe ResulaA
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

s. J. Shook Of the Strickler Business
college has been attending the CONNER
cial Teachers association at st. Joseph.
ana returned yesterday TO IOpeke.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Turkey o'clock dinner Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings at the Christmas
shop. First M. E. church.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
All the new lockers at the high scno
building are now in use.

paul Arndt. German. 10 travelling
in Cermany which IL paving him -
month Arndt arrived In Topeka Sunday
evening and continued ON his tour west
|ard this morning. From Topeka he VIII
% tn Denver San Francisco.s south 70
fSmrbmlent Mexico. Central ana South
America. Africa and Europe Arndt le9
=, finish his Journey February, II, 1913.
Ne ~ is n years Of age. Arndt speaks only
a few words Of English but has managed
to get along on those few. He landed IN
work q few months ago after travel
tng in many Of the European countries
I5ss purpose on the trip. he says, is TO
write for q musical and weekly publicA-
s;cr ON his return to Germany. provided
Re arrives before 1913. he will receive 5000
marks, or under z. 900.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Book Of Ramblings." by Myra Will
nams FARRELL. will be on sale in q few
days. Wait for it.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Don't miss the Christmas shop at the
First NJ E. church Tuesday ana Wednes-
day, December 2 and &-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01

Every business house in Topeka that
has a leaky gravel or tin roof should
be re-roofed with a guaranteed water
tight. fire-proof Elaborated roof, which
will wear q to 30 years and never needs
Durability considered. Elaborated roof
cost only about 2Oc per square per year.
Ask to see the many Elaborated roofs
White, TO Polk. 1887 Black.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-01
ON THE SPUR
or THE MOMENT
BIZ RoY Z. 1lOULHoN.

Tho First Gold.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
Whoopinu Cough.

WASHINGTON, January Ga time
ly warning against the ravages OF
the "whooping cough is being circu-
lated broadcast by the U. s. public
health service in an article by Dr. w.
G.. Rucker, the assistant surgeon gen
eral. With the advent of cold wealth
er, when people crowd into close quar-
tiers with fires lighted, windows clos
ed and ventilation shut off, contagious
diseases begin to spread more rapidly.
..Whooping cough" says Doctor
Rucker, us one of the most serious
of communicable diseases to children
in it's immediate and remotest effects.
The disease is by no means uncom-
mon in underfed children and is often
followed by tuberculosis OF the lungs.
Paralysis and many serious affections
of the eye have also resulted from
the excessive coughing. 1t is thus
seen that whooping cough, which, 1t
Is estimated, killed over 10000 Amer
lean children in 1911, is disease ser
iously affecting the public health and
demanding ehINese deeonsion'
! AS a means of identifying children
affected with whooping cough, Dr.
Rucker suggests that they be plainly
/ labeled with a green arm band SC
/ that other children may be warned
/ Parents should also caution theil
1 children, he said, against the dangers
of exchanging pencils, trading gum
promiscuous kissing and other means
by which sputum may be transferred
1 from one person to another
"Any disease which kills 10000 PEI
annum is a serious one" DR.. Ruckel
lieoncluded. IF bubonic plague were
to kill that many children in thu
United States in one year, the whole
4 world would quarantine against ou
4 country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
Alaskan Strawberries.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.--More than
100 varieties Of Strawberries now
grow in Alaska, according to the an
nual report Of Alaska Agricultural
experimental stations of the depart
ment of agriculture made public here
today
Because of the climatical condt-
lions in Alaska 1t was hard problem
at first to get strawberries to thrive,
but by hybridizing cultivated varieties
with pollen from the native Alaskan
strawberry, of the coast region, SPLEEN
I, did results were obtained. The most
remarkable feature about these hybrid
plants is that they were decidedly
more vigorous than either parent,
Welding more, growing larger, and
seeming suited to almost any climate
in the territory.
| In connection with the growing
apples the experts in Alaska wrote
that only trees with crab apple blood
produced fruit. An apple is being
made to hybridize the crab apple
with the ordinary eating apple II
hopes OF getting fruit that VIII
stand the climate and be acceptable
| to good table use.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
Hanged the Br1gand.

BEL GRADE, January 6-Marchina
against the Turks, company OF Ser
Wan troops found an opportunity OF
avenging two year old crime, by
hanging Abdul shalan, a notorious
frontier brigand. Two years ago ABB
dull treacherously decoyed a Servian
schoolmaster to his home near Gull
lam and shot him, afterwards boast.
ing of the deed and defying the Serv-
ians to capture him. The schoofmasr
ter was a popular writer Of national
songs, and finding themselves in the
neighborhood of Guillam, company
of infantry obtained leave to hunt
the murderer They tracked him to
his lair, and a gypsy was found to act
as hangman.