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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
KANSAS COMMENT
MOTHERHOOD.

She was a young girl; she was
happy Life filled her, she loved. II
was too much for her; life overcame
her, and one day she knew that the
great mystery of motherhood was COM
ing upon her.
She faced it-faced the shame that
society put upon her. The baby cams
"a nameless baby, and society, which
makes such to-do about motner-
hood. shamed the nameless, helpless
child, the nameless child she loved as
only a mother loves.
The birth was one of the saddest
things in the world. If the girl had
murdered the child, before it was
known it, she would have been
shamed less; if she had stolen money,
she would have been held in high
er esteem.
Yet the time will come when
motherhood as motherhood will be
respected, when the mere fact of
motherhood, unaccompanied by any
religious or social service, will do
somewhat to atone for the social in
frfngement that comes from relations
assumed outside the law. Time will
come when women will say of moth
er who has a nameless Childhood
mas forgiven her, for in pain and in
anguish she has gone down to the
waters of death. She has loved life
and brought it forth; so she is one
~ u.s. AOl uo lnho HST HdHu anu nSlp
her.
Great miracles of iron and steam
and electricity have changed the face
of the earth in one hundred years.
But chiefly these material miracles
have opened human eyes, and are
opening human hearts. In another
hundred years miracles of love may
change the world, and make it more
wonderful in justice and mercy than
iron and steam and electricity have
made it.
Then motherhood as motherhood
will count for something, and we will
say to the mother of the nameless
child, 1T is infinitely more punish
ment than you deserved that your
Child, the tiny, blameless child, that
you love SO passionately-bone of
your bone, flesh of your flesh
should have no name. Come, be of
good cheer, you have passed through
the great atonement, you have borne
life into the world, and love for life
has burned in your breast. The bill
is paid. Society is satisfied. Let us
help you and cherish you and guide
and guard you and the child."-Em-
poria Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
RY THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

The Lusitania, passenger ship, is GO
ing to be equipped with a cluster OF
cannons. Carl Bolmar, who has been
across the Big Drink on one of them
says passenger boat can hold you up
Tor a plenty without using artillery.
We hereby tender our regular an
nual bunch of congratulations to King
and Mrs. Alfonsy. (Note to compos-
ing room: just set this paragraph out.
We will need it again next season.
Every town man who has raised three
geraniums and half a dozen assorted
guinea pigs, feels that he would be a
bowling success as the manager of a
big ranch.
The name of the man who won
the Transmississippi folf tournament. is
LiInberg. 1t is said he came in strong
on the finish.
The Atchison girl got $4,000 worth
of heart balm out of her damage suit.
That amount should repair a number
of broken hearts and purchase a fine
collection of diamonds as we'll.
Resolved, That we shall attempt to
stay out of the nuttery while longer
or at least until the board of control
gets over the pcrnicious habit of pur-
Add Alfonsy family affair: Six years
ago it was an event; the event was
followed by several incidents. and now
it begins to look like habit.
But ALT and Mrs. Alf are said to
be fairly well fixed, SO they do not
have to worry about the added ex-
pense of another pair of shoes.
George Perkins, who spent what
change he had left after Incorporating
T r in the benevolent assimilation of
the harvester industry, is shocked at
the discourtesy offered him by gov
eminent prosecutors. He cites the
case of a Canadian who was knighted
for putting over the same kind of deal.
He misunderstood the motives of the
government. Not having the power to
knight him, the government wants to do
something else to him, just to show
appreciation.
Report from Medicine Lodge that
wild man is frisking around through
the flint hills in that neighborhood.
They think he is wild just because he
wears no clothes, but that may be on
account of the weather.
Like every other movement" the
white slave" bunk has opened the
field for a lucrative graft. Reports
from southern Kansas indicate that a
lecturer on the subject is making his
talk about it pay larger dividends on
the investment than the white slave"
traffic ever paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

constantly deserted him flowed back
stimulated doubtless by the excitement
OF the afternoon and her sympathetic atti-
tude, and, clad as no other lover was ever
clad, and under the most unusual circum-
stances, David found his tongue and I'M
burdened his heart.
why, yes, David was Mary's quiet
reply, II have always cared for you. Now
run along or you will catch your death"
David hustled, but he never knew that
1t was his young nephew that sent the
notes to the spinsters for fun, and uncon-
sciously hustled the climax of his delayed
love affair.-(Copyright, 1918, by the Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
EVENING CHIT
On Letting Folks Alone.
BIZ RUTa =AAgERoSe.

| A friend of mine has recently had
! to take a long vacation because of a
threatened nervous breakdown.
This was the cause of her trouble:
She is a woman of high strung, nerv-
Gus temperament, she does very SIREN
uous brain work, and is peculiarly
dependent for the strength to do it
upon her sleep. All her life she has
slept eight or nine hours a night.
Now for the last two or three months
she has cut her sleep allowance down
to six or seven hours a night. The
result was inevitable.
Why did she do such a. thing Won
may ask. Was there any financial or
family pressure that necessitated it?
None whatever. She was persuaded
into it by friend who is devoted to
the Edisonian theory that we all sleep
too much. The friend is of a phleg-
matte temperament, she is not a
business woman, and she gets along
easily with six hours a night or less
Consequently she is always trying to
persuade her friends that they are
wasting time in sleep and that they
might easily have two or three more
hours day to themselves If they
would only get into the habit of sleep
ing less. She is a woman of a good
deal of persuasive force and she final
ly inVeigled this woman into trying
to cut down her sleep. The result T
have already chronfcled.
Why is it, L wonder, that we all
want to force our habits and tastes on
ether people?
We all know that what is one mans
meat is another mans poison and vet
we go about trying to persuade other
people to like what we like, think as
we think and live as we live.
When L am sick I like to have all
the light shut out of the room and
then to be left severely alone. I don't.
however, believe in fasting. Now I
have a relative whose tastes in in
validism are exactly opposite. She
wants someone to stay in the room
with her every minute and she wants
plenty of light and sunshine, but MOTH
ing to eat.
Whenever she takes care of me she
forgets to pull down the shades. urges
me to let her stay and tries to per
suade me that 1 shall be better OFF
If do not eat.
conversely, when take care of her.
find myself pulling down the shades
and leaving her alone, and I try TO
persuade her that she will feel better
II she will only eat something
And so it goes. To freely permit
others to differ from ones self is
the hardest thing in the world. n
mas taken centuries to teach ms pot
TO try to club others into thiukfnr ss
we do. 1 suspect that it will fake
centuries more-and then some-to
Leach US not to even urge others to
think and act as we do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Instead of the old straw hat with ear
holes, a Kansas farmer has provided
his buggy horse with a ca5-opy which
protects the TANKS. as we'll as the head
OF the animal The canopy. which is
made of imitation leather, and is pro-
cided with fringe to discourage the
flies. is attached to the shafts by four
metal supports. A picture of this I'M
usual eQuipage appears in the July
Popular Mechanics Magazine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

bulk of sugar at a glance" and all
senator's speeches may be circulated in
the same way. Had that sugar pamph-
let paid regular postage, 1T would have
cost $4,000 to put through the mails.
This $4,000 the public must pay. Thus
is the public foced to foot the bin
for something it did not ask for and
does not want. Down with the frank
ing privilege.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate
of fen cents n week or thirty cents
month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out of town the state journal Will be
TO YOU like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

the increasing foreign demand, which
now exceeds the figures of any year
in the last dozen, and which doubtless
will mount higher before the old world
consumers can Law settled back into
the traces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
SAYS UNCLE CIV

Be chary of your condolences. You
may wish to exercise the wise man s
prerogative of changing his mind. Many
a welI-meaning person has built a rip
utation for unreliability and inconsist-
ency by telling his half formed opin-
ions and unripe intentions to his enigh-
Dor.
If your opinion concerns another,
better keep it to yourself for vari-
ETY. of reasons. The best one is that
the man you condemn today you are
likel yto praise in the ripper judgment
of the morrow. When you get a good
second look at him you may want him
for a friend 1t would be embarrass-
ing to have to explain that once upon
a time you thought him unfit to as
sociate with or not worth cultivating.
Your career depends almost altogether
upon your relations with others, and
you can't get far along the high road
to success if you are dragging behind
you a chain of unWise utterances. Cen
orally speaking, your opinion of others
is for your own guidance and, short of
preventing a calamity, you are not
bound to share that opinion with any
body else. This truth comes home
with double force when you remember
that you are not correct in your views
much more than half of the time and
that you are likely to be doing an in
justice to someone upon whom you
may later want to call for co-opera-
ton.
The man who boasts of what he in
tends to do sooner or later attainS the
reputation of a weathercock. Few
efficient men act upon decisions made
Offhand. No wise man ever confides to
another the purpose conceived upon
the spur of the moment. The plan
that stands and works out is the one
that has been subjected to many mod
ificationS. Few reliable courses of ac-
ton ever sprang full blown from the
brains of their creators. The scheme
that seems perfectly feasible at first
blush proves itself utterly impractical
BILE upon close inspection. Your neigh
Dor seldom thinks of these facts. OF,
if he does, he assumes that you have
carefully weighed your decisions be-
fore announcing them. When you tell
him what you intend to do, he is JUS
titled in assuming that you have given
him the fruits of ripe judgment. He
that if you abandon this course of ac-
ton you are unreliable.
Keep the lid on your condolences.
Don't parade your mental processes in |
and your thoughts to yourself. Then |
you will be able to change your course |
of action at any time without having |
betrayed yourself to the criticism of
your neighbors. The man who doesn't |
know your original plan can never ac- |
cuSe you OF WdNeTlnS inconsistency |
If you keep your mouth shut about |
your intentions, he'll judge you by re- |
suits. He'll never know whether you |
shoot ahead or fall short of the mark. |
To use an Irish turn of expression. |
he who keeps his mouth shut seldom
puts his foot into it.-(Copyright, 1913. |
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.) |
Flood Work of the Army.
Again there has been a demonstration of
the value of the military establishment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

The Wichita commission are asked
TO pass an ordinance prohibiting I'M
necessary noise within a block of the
hospitals. The idea is good one, but
why the limit? II people can be pre-
vented from making unnecessary noise
near hospitals. why not extend the
scope of the regulations to the whole
CITY?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

In readjusting the affairs of the
Frisco it might be well to give some
attention to the name. The road never
has got within a thousand miles of
San Francisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Chicago minister declares that no
man can be religious if he gets but a
dollar day. Perhaps not. Neither
can he be particularly sporty on that
income
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Emerson says: Write 1t in your
heart that every day is the best day
in the year. That's too much for
most of us. The home team doesn't
win every day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Sugar at a glance" was circulated
through the mails to the extent of l.
$4,000 copies under Senator Lodges
frank. The senator was within his
rights, inasmuch as he delivered
speech in the senate embodying the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

II England wants a poet laureate
who can do justice TO the militant
suffragists, why doesn't it turn Rud-
yard Kipling loose on the job?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

The insanity plea in New York
again. A justice of it's supreme court,
accused of graft, declares that his ac-
cuser is crazy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

On Memorial day there were only
1900 survivors, of the civil and fewer
than 1000 of the Mexican war; SAYS an
exchange. This means an average pen
sion payment of about $1,000 a year for
each one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Reports coming in from over the
state Indicate that pussy has nothing
on the Kansas wheat crop in the num-
Der of lives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

The Chicago Post has Joined the
simplified spoilers. to the extent of the
IL words endorsed by the National
Educational associat ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Summer Resorts Are Calling, says
a big black headline. Oh. don't rub
IT in. We can all hear if we are I'M
able to heed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

A woman writer says that woman
Is the soul of man, which explains
satisfactorily, says the Washington
Post, why there are so many men who
cannot call their souls their own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full Gay
telegraph report of that great news n
ganizatfon for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication in Topeka
The news il received in The State Jour
mel building over wires for this sole puT-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

If the senate succeeds in its investi-
cation of the lobby, it will be able
to get out a Who's Who" for Wash
ington which will be of some real use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Keeping the resources liquid is the
modern policy" Especially during the
fishing season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

ALFRED Noyes, the English poet, is
suffering from nervous breakdown"
Perhaps he fears that laureate thing
will get him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Don't forget that June, besides be
ing the month of bride roses, is alsC
the month of bachelor buttons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
Flood Work of the Army.

Again there has been a demonstration of
the value of the military establishment
in directions other than burden upon
the people. 1t is not difficult to imagine
the increase in the calamity of the western
floods had it not been for the prompt
availability of the reserve supplies of
tentage rations and medical and hospital
material rushed to the scene of distress.
The readiness with which an important
personnel trained in the prevention of
disease, was equal to the emergency cam
not fail to impress those in need of relief
and protection in the area stricken by
flood and fire and confronted by pest-
lence.
Recalling other occasions when the gov
eminent has been able to render substan-
tial aid in time of real and overwhelming
disaster, this latest manifestation of the
efficiency of the war department and the
army should add to public approval and
support of the military establishment. Its
uses to country are not confined to war
or when war is threatened--Army and
Navy REGISTER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

A returned traveller says that New
York is a tonic. But some tonics
leave a bad after-effect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Love conquers all things" said
Virgil. But he forgot the tight shoe
with a corn inside il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Baker-'I hate to be an outsider at a
family reunion. They're awfully trying
Barker-"Yes, you never know whether
the shabbily dressed old lady is a poor
relation or rich one."-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Mother Cat the shore)-"Now, you must
be very discreet with the young men you
may meet here. Louise Elderly daugh-
ter with a sight, know, mamma; they
scare dreadfully easy.''-Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
Chickening

Chickening.
Breathes there a man with soul SO dead,
n.lo never to himself hath said:
This is my own, my corner lot,
I'm very sure of this one thing,
I've got to raise some chicks this spring
Ind utilize my garden plot"
Breathes there a man whose dream came
true,
AS he expected it would do?
Did he raise fancy chicks a lot?
Did he wax richer in that way?
Can amateurs make chickens pay?
Perhaps they can, but think not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

why do you term your wife an angsl9.,
SoWard-"Because she's always ready to
fly, she's continually harpinE. and she
hasn't an earthly thing to wear."-Ldfa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

The Lusitania, passenger ship, is go
ing to be equipped with cluster of
cannons. Carl Bolrnar. who has been
across the Big Drink on one of them,
says a passenger boat can hold you up
Tor a, plenty without using artillery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

We hereby tender our regular an
nual bunch of congratulations to King
and Mrs. Alfonsy- CNote to compos-
ing room: just set this paragraph out.
We will need it again next season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Every town man who has raised three
geraniums and half a dozen assorted
guinea pigs, feels that he would be a
big ranch.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-13

J. r. McMurray and family, and
his mother, Mrs. J. L. McMurray, of
Mystic, were in Leon Monday, being
on their way to GAINESVILLE, Mo-,
where they will locate.
w. NJ. Glover and wife, of near
Pleasanton, were in Leon last Thurs
day, being on their way to Ridgeway,
Mo-, to consult a physician in regard
to Mr.. Glover's health. q.
Mrs. Ella Smith and daughter,
Marie, of Eden township, went TO
GAINESVILLE Monday evening to visit a
I.4rs. Lewis Hamilton.
Chas. D. Newlin and S. E. Bene-
fiel went to Council Bluffs Tuesday
evening to assist H. D. DeKalb at
his big sale of Hampshire hogs held
in that city yesterday.
Mrs. John Matthews and Mrs.
John Malone returned to their homes
at Saline, Mo-, Tuesday, after short
visit in this city at the homes of AL
Elwell and Fred Barrett.
H. w. Potts, of Garden Grove,
was a business visitor in this city
Monday and went to Charlton on
the afternoon train to look after
some business in that city.
Mrs E. A. Brown returned to her
home at Eldorado Springs, Mo-,
Tuesday, after visiting a few days in
this city at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Pullin.
Edmo Marie went to Clearfield
Tuesday to visit few days and at
tend a wedding. Mrs. Marie had
been at Clearfield for some days, and
will return home with him.
Mrs. w. F. Hinkle and SON,
Charles, returned to their home at
Fl. Dodge Tuesday, having been
called here to attend the funeral of
her grandfather, Uriah Mitten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Reynolds re-
turned Saturday evening from Mt.
Ayr, where they had been visiting
at the home of Mrs. Reynolds par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Scadden.
M. S. Jones went to Des Moines
Thursday to attend the annual meet
ing and banquet of the agents of the
Central Life Assurance Association,
which he represents in tlis territory.
H. L. Northrup returned to his
home at Garden Grove Thursday,
having been in this city for a few
days attending to his duties as a
member of the board of supervisors.
E. w. Sloan, of Dodson, Montana,
a former resident Of this county, was
visiting with old time friends in this
city last Saturday. Mr.. Sloan is run
ming a ranch and prospecting in the
west, and we notice by the Des
Moines papers that he also has taken
a wife, as a marriage license was is
sued in Des MOineS for himself and
Lizzie Brown, of Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-13

Mrs. Erwin Spencer returned to
her home at Pleasanton Tuesday,
after a short visit in this city at the
home OF her neice, Mrs. Leslie
Grimes.
Miss Alice Vanhousen returned to
her home at New Hampton, Mo-,
Tuesday after a visit in this city at
the home OF her cousin, Mrs. C. NJ.
Harris.
Bert Teale, the we'll known banker
city, looking after some business in
terests and visiting his father and
brother.
Miss Clara Leahy. who had been
visiting for some weeks at the home
Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. D. P.
Leahy, returned to Des Moines last
Saturday.
MIR and Mrs E. H. Sharp returned
Friday evening from Grand River.
where they had been visiting at the
home OF Mrs. Sharp's sister, Mrs. l..
J. Lands.
Mrs. NJ. L. Edgington, of southeast
of Leon, returned Saturday evening
from Beaconsfeld, where she had
been called to see her sister, who was
quite sick.
Mrs. Thomas Hatfield, of Red
| Cloud, Neb.. came Tuesday evening
to visit for short time at the home
of her neice, Mrs. Charles Sanders
in. this city. -
Ed Owens and W. A. Grogan, OF
southeast of Leon, went to Beacons-
field Saturday and visited over Sun
| day with relatives and friends in
that vicinity.
A. J. Young. one Of the old time
residents Of the vicinity of DeKalb,
and life long friend of the Re-
porter, was business visitor in this
city last Friday
Grover Jennings ana wife, who
moved recently frcm HunestOn to
Charlton, came down last Thursday
and visited a few days with rela-
tives in this city.
Mrs. Mary Hall and daughter, Mrs.
B. w. Keller returned Thursday to
their homes near Weldon after visit
ing a few days at the home of Henry
Oney, near this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Hutchinson and
son Glen, of east of Leon, returned
last Thursday from Cambria. where
they had been visiting with rela-
tives for a few days.
H. D. DeKalb, of Dekalb, return
ed to his home last Thursday after
spending a couple Of days at the
home of his sister, Mrs. L. P. Van
Werden, in this city.
Ross Sanders and Frank Pickering
went to Pleasanton Tuesday evening
where they will be engaged for sew
eral days painting the bank build
ing and other work.