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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21
TRADE SCHOOLS.

The educators advocate traoe
schools SO strongly that one must CON-
strue their stand as a belief that these
schools can really solve the problem.
says Engineering Record. But what
does the record show? For thirty
years trade schools have been urged,
vet so per cent Of our children still
leave school after the sixth grade and
get no further training. Evening
classes are doing some good. but the
number which use them is exceeding
w small. Yet in the face OF these
cord,t,ons the demand for trade
schools goes on.
Only two weeks ago the super1n-
tendent of public schools of New York
berated the board of estimate, Tor re-
fusing to appropriate money Tor sucn
institutions. His theory is correct
that means should be provided for
giving vocational training to the 49,
900 children who annually leave new
York's schools at the age of IA; but
his remedy is wrong. The thousands
Of dollars appropriated for his plans
would go to educate only Few neg
lecting those thousands whom neces-
sitv forces to earn their living, no
matter how alluring the trade courses
offered.
The trade school does a good work
so far as 1t goes, but 1t educates
hundred where the same amount
spent on the continuation plan would
help to prepare 1900 or $500 for
better citizenship. Records of thir-
teen trade schools in the United States
show that the cost per pupil is about
$3.50 per annum, exclusive of cost OF
plant. Contrast with this the record
of 'Wisconsin's first year with the con-
tinuation SCHOOL, cost per pupil of
only SO. In that state the enrolment
for the first full year was $4,000, and
this without a penny's outlay in new
buildings, and only small expenditure
for equipment. This year $4,000 pu-
pills at least are expected.
| The employers of the state Of Wis
consin are warm in their praise of the
movement. and though there was op-
position in some quarters at the
start, it melted away when the meth
DDS and aims were clearly compre-
hended. Continuation schools must
them jointly with employees and en-
ployers, the two latter classes, as in
Germany, forming a majority of the
board. Any other arrangement will
prevent the schools from working. in
close touch and sympathy with the in
dustries and commercial life and
seems foredoomed to partial or total
failure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21
RADIUM TOO HIGH.
Berlin Scientist Says Prices Not Pm,
pofttonate to Cost Of Production.

There have been in circulation for some
time whispers to the effect that the enor-
nous prices charged for minute ouanti-
ties Of radioactive compounds were due
somewhat less to the cost Of their manu-
facture than to the WILLINGNESS ana de-
termination of the few manufacturers to
try in which none except themseives " Wsre
- YET prepared to engage. To these ac-
cusations definite form has now been
given by Prof: Welt. distinguished SCI
He says that the prices demanded-and
optained-for radium and the related ele-
ments are far out Of proportion to the
dfniculty and expensiveness of their pro-
calls business maneuvers" the NO. Of
t et.ese suDstances, known to be OF some
therapeutic efficiency and rather conf
GENTLY expected to cure several of hui
made cheap and therefore general.
THIS Is a grave charge, and perhaps it
would be well to suspend Judgment as to
its truth until Prof. veit proves that he
It has, however. no little pIausibiiity. For
one thing, the opportunity for Just such
exploitation as he describes IL obvious.
and such opportunities are rarely neg
stances more or less vigorous are found
everywhere and the minerals in which
they are most abundant are found in
iarge quantities in moro than n few
justification for putting high prices OF,
the product must lie In the cost Of ex-
traction-a matter Of process.
We have seen aluminium change in a
out OF which pots and kettles can be made
Tor almost everybody. sufficiently in
genious metallurgfst may efect-cr even
liar reduction In the price Of radium.-
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21

DO you think that Binlxs has given Sc
rious thought to getting married?" He
can't have done 80. He has decided to
marry."-Buffalo Express.
The idea Of dosing. while was sing
Ing" You s,.. were singing rs lullaby;
pay your art any higher compliment.''-
Have you decided what you win tell
your constituents when you get homer
yes" replied the cautious statesman.
'.Tm going to tell 'em funny stories. exc
clusively, X they win listen to thom."-
Washington Star.
Farmer GIN absolute safety, at square
Leg" to golfer who has 1ust dr1vene
I" Ere, young Teller, yer didn't oughter
to It yer ball when I'm ~ close ~ this!''
Golfer 40 you know anything q all
/ do. 1 was once It in the stosnaahss..
Punch.
what sort Of . proposal do you sup-
Gladys? what was itr' Il eupposS
he was negotiating for some real eetato
1t the same time, for he asked her to
eve him the refusal Of her hand."-
Baltimore American.
Are your views on currency going to
mo hope Of it!'' replied senator eorghun.
II have . lot Of constituents who Wouldn't
be satisfied with any kind Of . currency
system that didn't enable 8 man q ~
SIX one-dollar b1lls In change Tor Z fivSS
-Washington star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21

Goodbye. Bunny Hug.
They tell US
Reformer8
Are taking no chances.
They will put
The lid ons
The passionGte dances.
No longer the sinuous Kangaroo Flop, 4
The dance Of the Grizzly is wrong. Il
N: No 1 'enssf { ass i Xxi.
No longer the hug or they'll call In the
cop.
Reformers you see.l are shocked out OF
their boots
By the hugs and the nops and the Jumps
and the scoots.
They re .pained and surprised
That young folks civilixed
Should go out On these wild terpsichorean
toots.
Reformers say that there il no excuse
For young man to dance like q bucking
cayuse.
And to hurdle around
Till the hair Of his partner hal all been
yanked loose.
And all they'll allow
In dance halls right now
Are the two-step. the waltz and the staid
minuet.
No more bunny-hugging,
No swinging or Juggling.
No more may any man dance ON his head.
It's best to get hep
That the passionate step
Is going to be banished forever.
Nun said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21

chance to develop. will amply repay
me for my dime and trouble. You
live around here, suppoee1''
Yea" gasped the bewildered wo-
man. OF his entire speech she had
caught little else but the last Ques-
And through the rest Of the after
noon. she continued to wonder and to
gasp. She could not quite understand
now this stranger got In their party:
how he happened to be walking along
beside Lefty: how he managed to be
one Of their circle ON the picnic
grounds At lunch time. His animated
talk about perspective and CHAR
oscuro." which Lefty seemed to be
absorbing 10 understandtngly, was
wholly uninteligible to her.
Have you ever seen that man be-
fore. Lefty" she asked suspiciously
at the end Of the day. when. after
had started on their way home. You
two seemed mighty familiar"
Lefty turned her face away In the
gathering dusk.
NO" she answered softly. I've
never seen him before. or any one like
him."
Mrs. James sat q moment in ST.
lence.
DO you really think he meant
what he said about giving you les
SONS? she asked then. do you
really think you'll ever SEQ him again.
But the girl did not seem to be in
q talkative mood. Steadily she ga1ed
at the distant cry skyline.
.entIS dresm,1y Hs sne 's ss,d 1 he
mother 1918. by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21
HOW no ATTAIN OLD AGE.


The chances Of attaining old age
are much greater II we live much Of
our life in fresh country air. Statis-
tics go to show. according to DIR. Desc
Of Budapest, that the fourth generation
Of the town dweller Is unknown: but
enough IL currently reported to make
the conclusion inevitable that the sine
qua non Of longevity is a certain
amount Of time spent in the country.
The city child 10 subject to number
Of disturbing conditions other than
mere absence Of creature comforts.
which undermine the constitution by
throwing too heavy a burden on the
sense organs, through which exhaustion
Of the central nervous system follows:
among these conditions are noises, a
perpetual round Of hurry. and unend-
ing sequences Of incidents exhausting
the attention. to which are superadded
the physical discomforts Of Initiated air
and effluviA from human beings and
waste organic products. besides often
sive gases and infection-laden dust.
To attain old age we have to relieve
ourselves from worry, strains. and
anxieties. withdraw periodically from
the whirl Of effortful existence, modify
our diet. omit the use OF stimulants and
narcotics, and spend reasonably long
periods of time under pleasant condi-
tions in practical retirement. Above
all, amusement should be simplifed
and accepted rather than sought after.
Only vegetable and semi-animal foods
should be eaten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21
Art Of Conversation.


This Is q fine morning"
IT'S that all right
It's a dandy morning"
Yes, great morning.
Makes . fellow feel guod-this kind of
weather."
Yes. Puts new life in you
This kind Of weather Just suits me-
1t makes fellow feel like he has some
pep In him"
IT'S too bad to have to stay inside q
morning like this
THAT'S right Makes me feel like
wanted to get out and ramble around"
''rd IKE to be out In the country .
so would L.
We'll; We always get good weather
about this time o. year.
YES. We generally have good fan
Gee. it's . great morning."
You couldn't beat II"
hope this weathern last"
TT suits me, all right"
IT'D be great II wa could have It this
Way al winter
You betchA.''
They can't beat this anywhere.'
Mot In q million years..
Il don't think ever saw finer morn
Ing.
this"
IT'S some morning"
'.some morning - s1xhAf-Chicago Rec-
ord-Hexald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21

WHAT Good Would mas DO Ne?

-, friend of mind had some expensive
ing lingerie stolen from = suitcase which she
she did not discover the loss for come
to eek iai ana nc she was then told that 1t was
Whereupon she dropped the matter
without notifying the company or making
Do you think that was right?
! told her SO. and she said. But why
Because II you tell them Of your loss.
to catch the thief, and thus save other
people from losing their lingerie"
But what good will that do me?" she
Altruism, the belief that it is up to you
20 make the world a good place to live in
surely needed in this world.
What good win it do me?'' is a barrier
c csyohH w W S many people are quite In
In this particular line. for instance. I
cont cont. suppose that one person out of ten
It is too late for him personally to be
t. Nor Is This. TITS indifference confined to
generous and kind-hearted woman VINO
was The victim Of an inexcusable careless
ne ness In regard to the transmission Of q
railroad accident and was dying. Three
successive telegrams were sent to her
telling her of his condition, and urging her
to come at once II she wished to see him
alive. All three kilograms were delayed
twenty-four hours and did not reach her
until too late. She never reported the
matter at all What good would It do
% dSsc ;. she said. bitterly. my husband Is
OF course an investigation would not
have done her any. good. but 1t might
nave saved some other woman from u
similar terrible experience.
Mind / do mt that che
always be making complaints about fool
ish little things such as q shop girls i'm
patient answer, or q telephone operator
mistake Such fault finding is inexcus-
able. OF course But when serious wrong
Is done you. that is quite another mat
ter.
ITS no good to lock the barn after the
horse is stolen" Is not always q true
proverb. You may prevent the thief from
coming back after your carriage. More
over, II anyone else has property in that
same barn. you may save him from loss:
and beautiful quality which the world
and the willingness to do this Is that rare
needs SO sorely,-altruism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21
NJ 7KE WY


The Squash IL atill peeved because It
failed to connect with news item. nuf
should mot 70 70 FAR a. to blame tina
holdup victims for neglecttng to report
the occurrence to the police. The last
holdup victim who reported to the po-
lico was fined $40 aor the olfense.
HOWEVER: It may be some time be-
fore Rev Beers can properly enjoy look
ing At . dentists display case.
The crying drunk n. OF course. the
worst Of the outfit. but the singing
drunks should be classified. ana the
one that slobbers gospel hymns given
the lowest grade.
Over 100000 Immigrants landed In
this country during September. NO
chance tossput Tammany on the per-
manent FfttS while FREQ and independ-
emit Tammany voters are coming In 1t
that rate.
The New York courts have held that
when q man Il sentenced to life Inn
prisonment, he is legally dead and his
wife needs no divorce before wedding
another. But it doesn't improve the
situation much. It would be nearly az
much trouble to stick q husband for
q life sentence as it would to get a
divorce.
Filling Fuller says he intends to do
his Christmas shopping early-before
the Kansas City express omces are all
balIed up with holiday shipments.
Not all the crops failed out west. A
man near Oakley harvested his snake
crop recently. It went los snakes to
the acre.
A Missouri girl is suing a preacher
for the price Of kiss he swiped. She
wants 5000. Jack Supp says before he
would jar loose from any such sum he
would give the kiss right back to her.
We marvel not that Hon Huerta IL
raising taxes. They do 1t in this coun-
try with less excuse.
There are even Disadvantages to hav-
Ing lot Of money. You are a tight
wad II you don't spend 1t. and a blamed
fool If you do.
1t doesn't pay to take q slogan too
literally. A pair Of colored ladies were
pinched yesterday for doing their C.
.. e.
When a man loses his wages on q
bet. he at least has the satisfaction of
knowing that his family didn't spend 1t
foolfshly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21
.AYHIWKER JoTy

Barber county has an up-to-date
clergyman who makes his circuit on
a motorcycle.
Nearly all wise men are married. in
sists Editor burst, Of the Sabetha Star.
and he explains: That Is how they got
their wisdom.
Some men who boast that they are
self-made, relieve their parents ana
the Almighty Of big load. thinks the
Elk County Citizen.
One of the Plum Creek news notes
in the Agra Sentinel reports that the
new cement church "is improving"
and it may be finished by Christmas.
What the country needs. urges the
Clyde Republican, Is a man big enough
to get a motion to adjourn through
congress. The country would be in bet
ter shape if congress would adjourn
for two or more years and let business
adjust itself without so many fool reg
ulations.
Drouth. or no drouth the old re-
liable turnip always does it's duty. We
gust, reports the Council Hill CORES
pondent of the Wellington Monitor
Press, and pulled turnips the other
day that weighed six and seven
pounds. Some of them were ten inches
long. Pretty good that for a dry year.
Inc AlueIlCuS NdIccl1uS kSGS I1SAe
down to brass tacks in arguing that
Japan would like to finu some excuse
for controlling one end Of the Panama
canal and Great Britain the other end -
Riley's poem may have been all right
ten years ago. observes the Russell
Record. and the frost is still on the
pumpkin. but most Of the fodder is in
the silo.
An Atchison family, according to the
Atchison Globe. Is hard up and it was
up to the young wife to economize. She
almost fell for an s. hat last week In
which she looked like an angel, before
she happened to remember the need for
stringent economy. The next day she
took down some old velvet and the mil
liner. charged her $1.50 for making it
into shape, added a wing at 1898 and
a 1eweled band to hide some worn spot
for $3.50. The now the young wife II
telling her friends she doesn't really
mind hooking like a trump in a made
over hat and that economizing is easy.
II one will just do a little planning and
sacrificing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

{. Good regulations are more easily
ruined than made.
Many a woman has little use Tor q
play that fails to make her cry.
Too many people fail to count the
cost until after 1t has been paid.
-
It's mighty difficult for a man to hirt
with a woman IL she isn't willing.
This honor among thieves that you
hear a good deal about IL pretty much
OF a myth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21
Sighted phantom ship..

According to Capt. J. A. Durkee, of the
four-masted steel bark Annie NJ Reid,
which has arrived In port from Adelaide
via Queenstown. his ship made q record
passage out from Aontevideo to the Aus
traitan coast In IS days Her average for
four days she made 30 miles z day
Between the Cape OF Good Hope and the
the ship was struck by squat. which
carried away her mixzen topsail The
same night the officer ON the poop re-
the sailing ship 1t considerable speed.
She looked Ike . big freighter with her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21

How thoughtful the American peo-
pie are after all. They are showering
the White House bride-to-be with
bushels of onions, fifty pound cheeses.
boxes Of laundry soap, coolies OF pre-
serves and variety Of other like me-
cessities and luxuries which viii as
sist her materially in her battle to
come with the high cost Of uvine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
fFrom the Chicago News.l

Even the stfngy manicure is Willing to
treat all hands.
A soft answer doesn't turn away the
young man who Is in love.
How scornfully women look at q man
who is the father of eleven children!
Love Is responsible for most OF the hap
piness and unhappfness In the world.
Keep on asking q woman to marry you.
and your bluff will be called some time.
Even with abundance of free raw ma
A man stands well with women II he al
ways gives up his seat to them In .
crowded car.
After reaching the pinnacle sof fame.
Portable roost.
It's up to you either to take things a.
they come, or turn your back and let
them meAnder by.
No girl should forgive . young man for
stealing q kiss unless he sets busy and -
turns It promptly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21
kAlkSAy CQiElGEN7
PRISON REroRN.

In the federal prison at Atlanta
hereafter. the Erring Ones will be
known by their names, instead Of the
figures which formerly designated
forms win no longer be labeled with
the letters which point them out an
prisoners Hon. Julian Hawthorne.
since his release from durance vile
has pointed out in large letters sew
eral other reforms which are needed
OF all modern conveniences and q
quiet homo atmosphere. and sob sis
tiers OF several sections arc busy
planning this and other pen1tentiaries
in an energetic effort to make them
more pleasant for the prisoners. But
stiN the barbarisms Of our busy bas-
tiles fail to excite W greatly. Develop
ing detectives into desirable cttisens.
and converting convtcts to the cause
OF culture all represents q Noble Work.
no doubt. and yet we doubt that
the scourEe Of society can be entirely
eliminated by the soft methods. which.
like the soft answer. are supposed to
turn away wrath. In prison are many
desperate characters. and they have
to be handled In a rough way If ham
died at all, and there are difficulties
in inaugurating an Honor System
Globe.
FOR THE SOB SQUAD.
II you occasionally shed q silent tear
over the weakness Of humanity. get
q bucket. Below is the confession or
card Of thanks, or amende honorable.
or retort courteous Of e. r. Beneflel OF
Independence. the Sunday school
teacher who was suspected Of having
thrown the dead body Of an Legitimate
child into q well. 1t was published In
the Independence Star under the head
ing. The Mistake Of My Life" He adj
mits taking the body from the homo
Of his widowed sister. Mrs. Bright. who
had asked him to bury 1t, but claims
he did not throw It in the well. In
stead, he hired q man. a scavenser.
who agreed to bury It ON the farm
where he dumped refuse. Mr.. Benehel
then enumerates his honors: points to
the fact that he has been seven times
elected to city and county Offices, and
held church. lodge and political posi-
lions of trust. and closes by saying: II
feel grateful to my many charitable
friends who have said to me, Go thy
way and Gin no more knowing tho
bird with the broken pinion can never
fly again." Get q tub: tho bucket il
stopping over.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21

lights burning. tho captain said, but no
one could be seen on her decks or on the
bridge. The Annie N. Reid burned rock
steamer passed about an eighth of . mile
astern.
phantom ship, as the superstition sun
holds among sailors regarding the ships
which have gone down near the cape OF
are still trying to weather it--New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21

Some Of the Georgia peaches are
Of a most unusual variety. A man al
Macon has invoked the habeas cor
pus for the purpose of compelling his
wife to talk to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21
FROM OTHER PENS
BURBERRY AND WAR CONTRACTS.

BRIBERY AND WAR CONTRACTS.
At one time there was disposition
in certain circles in Germany to sneer
at the charges made by the Socialist
Liebknecht before the Reichstag that
Krupp employees had bribed ordnance
OFFICERS to disclose Official secrets. That
time is past Several officers have been
convicted. The chief Berlin agent Of
the Krupps has been convicted. Ono
Of the Krupp directors, formerly in the
German foreign office. has been con-
victed. Despite the cautious regrets Of
ingen, last April, that SO much pub
licity should be given to the affair. the
system of bribery that was carried ON
continuously has been revealed In tho
courts. Not content with corrupting
poor young officers in order to secure
artillery contracts, Krupp's agents
conspired to incite the French press in
its attacks on Germany by supplying
it with information. To make business
for their firm they resorted to the
despicable method Of exciting interna-
tional jealousy and ill-feeling. To
make more contracts for Krupp's. they
planned to provoke in France q state Of
alarm that would react upon Ger
many's policy. lingo politicians have
invented many schemes for bringing
nations to the verge of war. but moth
vealed.-New York World.
NOVELS AND MORALS.
In blaming the sex problem novel;
as the chief cause Of a condition which
it terms immortality in the United
States, the report Of the International
Purity Congress il obviously putting
the cart before the horse. In fact. q
really captious critic might contend
that the report was not only doing
that but that It had the wrong cart
and horse to begin with. The problem
novel must obviously be an effect
rather than q cause, q reflection d
actual conditions rather than a creator
of them out Of the novelist's imagina-
ton. But even II the novel did create
bad conditions by giving idle-minded
people q lead in the wrong direction.
the blame should not be shouldered
upon those serious writer's who write
problem novels. The problem novel
appeals to the intelligence. and all
thinking has an antiseptic quality. 1t
il the frankly nonproblematical novel.
the very emotional slightly daring"
best seller, which does any harm that
may be done. And the immortality
that these fighters for purity attribute
to the thought provoking novel is GER
tainly too complicated a thing to be
Jumped under a single epithet OF con-
domination and attributed to q single
cause. The phrase about our being In
the midst Of a ''time of transition" II
worn threadbare, but its implications
do not seem to obtain even the most
elementary recognition.-Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-21

The high school instructor who
quit to become janitor of a bank
didn't mention associations among the
advantages gained.