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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
A CONGRESS OF HEALTH.

With the closing of the Fourth In
ternational Congress of School Of
Hygiene. one fact stands out wildly,
according to report made by rep
| resentative of the United States de-
partment of education, who attended
this important gathering. The school
hygiene movement has become a posi-
| tive movement for the advancement of
the health of the school child, rather
than a negative summing up of dis
ease.
The health emphasis was particu-
larry noticea BILE in the scientific eX-
hibit held in connection with the con-
gress. Visitors to educational exhi
billions on hygiene and sanitation do
not need to be told how frequently
these have been of the chamber of
horrors variety. There were sur
vivals of this type i'll the Buffalo eX-
hibits. but for the most part the posi-
tive. sane. normal exhibit was conspic-
uousIy present. There We're wonderful
pictures of city girls engaged in out
door sports and games-the New York
school girls, for instance. who in their
Public School Athletic League illus
trate the newer health spirit of the
hour. the spirit of wholesome recrea-
ton, to which even the tenement
seems to succumh.
The old familiar exhibits of wan
and careworn consumptive children
We're replaced in the exhibits with
cheerful pictures of 'pretuberculosis"
youngsters busy in the school of the
out-of-doors. their faces bright with
the hope of health, typical of the
knowledge that fresh air and sunshine
can and will drive tuberculosis from
the earth.
There We're more illustrations of
healthy teeth than decayed, in the
Buffalo exhibit; there was less en-
phasis on the pitiable condition of
! bad teeth and more stress on the adj
vantage of good teeth; and above all,
there was the spotIess school deEtal
clinic of Cincinnati and other cities.
with its promise of better, cleaner
mouths for future school children.
Exhibits of the old sort there were
d few: just as there were a few
speeches of the kind that were I'M
doubtedly necessary in the early days
OF the health movement to arouse
public sentiment; but the one big CEN
trail fact. both in the exhibit and in
the speeches, was that school hygiene
is to be henceforth considered from
the point of view of health, not dis
ease; that sound bodies, clean minds,
normal development, air and sunlight,
rational living. education to fit for nat
ural productive life, are the things to
be stressed; that it is not so much a
fight against disease as it is a fight for
health. 1t was almost as if the dele
gates of the nations at Buffalo had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
EVENING Chat
Sham Democracy.
BY RCTH CAMERON.

~ t1ere is anything in this world 7
6eard young woman declare the other
Gay: I don't see why one person should
think she's much better than another
just because she has a little more none
or comes from more aristocratic family
Alter all, its what YOU are yourself. not
that counts
[ wondered what had caused this sud-
den burst of democratic feeling. 1 was
son enlightened
Il seems that its author had just re-
celNed a painful snub from a woman
somewhat above her in social station. Snt,
had met this woman at a small summer
PLACE where distractions We're few and so
clal distinctions somewhat lax, and the
latter had sought her out and seemed to
ENJOY her company very much. Some
summer acquaintance in the CITY and at
once started to. greet her with the in
timacy and cordiality their former friend
snip warranted. Enter the snub Not an
out and out cut; they don't do it quite
that o, way: But with a formal poitness
friendship in two; and while she was
verbally expressing her pleasure at meet
ing her summer friend she was making it
hoped never to meet her again.
Naturally the object of this polite rude
ness was somewhat wrought up.
And yet ] confess that I don't feel one
particle Of sympathy for her;
YOU why. Because / Know that her out
ragged democracy is only skin deep.
# lis is the o kind de- Of DEMOCRACY that wants
she doesn't see why one person should
think she's any better than another. she
means she doesn't see why anyone who
has more money or a more ariStocratic
family than she should set themselves
above her. She doesn't mean that she
has no reason to set herself above those
who are below her in the social scale. In
fact l happen to know that she is quite
as cruel to those she considers beneath
her as the other woman was to her.
A great many people have just this kind
of democratic feeling. Unless YOU are on
the top or the bottom round of the social
ladder there are always some people
the natural human instinct is to resent
the lormer fact unjust and acquiesce
in the latter as right and unavoidable.
/ know girl who stands behind n
counter. She resents it bitterly because
q former friend of hers who has become a
stenosrapher looks down upon her And
vet I know that she looks down just as
hauehtily upon another girl who is a do
nestle worker.
Heart democracy, the golden spirit
which counts all men as brothers. is very.
very beautiful. and in the last ANALYSIS, |
believe it is the only force that will ever
make this old world of ours right. But
sham democracy. the kinl that levels
down but not up. is ugly the real
thing is beautiful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
by THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

Just why any one should regret the
ina bility to acquire an expensive souse
in Topeka is hard to explain. Ihey
can get a greater number of reels Tor
a nickel at the movies"
A comparison prepared no DOUBT by
the City Hall club, compares Topeka
water rates with Seattle water rates.
1t is all very, very interesting, but 9TH
erwise like the flowers that bloom in
the spring, tra-la, and if the admins
tration wants to silence knockers by
making comparisons, why not do
good job of it and compare Topeka
rates to Death Valley rates.
We would like to impart the joyful
informat ton that the end of the CHG
ger season is about due, but as we
know not whether to spell it 'chigger
or "chigre." we will be unable to do so
at this time.
Well, if they must play cricket at
Washburn. let US hope they will 1niti-
gate the offense by refraining from
serving tea with it.
Cricket is an English game which
was invented for those who have plen-
ty of time and no sense of humor. 1t
is un-American to the extreme, as it is
considered bad form to pan the UNI
pire.
Jack Johnsing is trying to become
the smoke nuisance of Paris. He wants
to be called a Frenchman.
The eXtrava gance of the American
public is again fought to view in the
importation of Lady Constance Ste
Richardson at great expense,
when there are plenty Of homegrown
legs in this country.
Reporters who write hay fever stories,
cling to the old theory that 'ka-choo"
spells a sneeze but it doesn't. The
right way to spell a hay-fever sneeze is
''Wa-a- nhgk-pt-CHOWF"
Mr.. Bryan's widest ride was
through Pennsylvania in an auto, but
his longest on the water wagon.
Gen Felix Diaz is not making rapid
progress toward Japan. In fact, the
attitude of Felix is much like the at
titude of a small boy who is sent on an
errand just when some other boys are
sharpening their knives to cut a wa
termelOn.
And, in view of the political history
turn from Japan to find nothing but
rinds, is fairly reliable bunch.
Brooklyn girl who was pinched for
wearing trousers and other he-raiment
is entitled to her 'holler'' With suf-
frage gaining by long strides, the girl
should be eulogized futurist in wo-
mems fashions instead of being cooped
as a freak
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
QUAKER NIEDITATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

lFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
An ounce of prevention is generally
worth a pound of curiosity.
What little flattery isn't expended on
women is saved for tombStoneS.
Even the man who is in the commissi ion
business may commit sins of omission.
If you treat A man like a dog you can't
very well blame yourself if you are bitten.
No. Maude dear: a superb bundance of
lofty ideals isn't all that makes the high
flyer.
Many fellow never kicks himself with
out feeling that he is going back on his
best friend.
Few of us care for second hand things
and yet balk at advice that has never
been used
Blobbs-"One mans point of view is as
good as another's- Slobbs-''Yes, until
You try TO sit on it,
Ambition is a curious thing. BY the time
we eventually get the thing we want, We
generally want something else.
Instead of telling man what you would
do if YOU were in his place. it might be
wiser to tell him what you wouldn't do.
'.All the worlds a stage" quoted the
Wise Guy. Yes, but that IS no reason
why a fellow should want to be the whole
show added the Simple Mug.
Love is like Kitten gursled the
sweet young thing. 1T is born blind
Yes. but it only takes a kitten nine days
to get its eyes opened" replied the brute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.l

rom the 1nlCdRO News.
Sometimes a word to the wise is too
much.
When we sing our OWE praise we must
supply the encore.
How drearey yesterday was, and how
bright tomorrow promises to be!
Optimism teaches us to let the other
fellow worry about what we owe.
He is a smart man who makes mistakes
only a the other fellows expense.
A fool may be as happy in his folly
as wise man is lonely in his wisdom
Many man has about as much use for
his neighbors as he has for his wife s
folks.
The bathtub has cut more of a figure
in the onward march of civilization than
the sword.
Most people are of forgiving nature:
at least they are always ready to forgive
themselves
AS u rule, it takes less time to refrain
from telling a man just what you think
of him than it does to recover from the
effects thereof
Young people used to set out for life's
journey on the sea CT neutrality-suspicious.
many of them are satisfied with short
excursion trip.
We are told that one good turn deserves
another, but when one good turn actually
begets another perpetual motion will be
an established fact. Also the millennium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
HUHOR or THE Day

80 that's your new bathing suit.
But why don't you go in?'' I'm TAX
ing lessons in a correspondence school,
and haven't got to the water yet
Life.
Maud-"My grandmother reached her
hundredth birthday" Ethel-"She
couldn't have stopped at twenty-three
so long as you have."-Boston Tran
script.
You have made two hundred hearts
happy" Have you such a large fam
ily?'' inquired the heiress. Il refer to
my creditors said the duke.-wash-
ington Herald.
Mrs. Younglove-"If I wasn't afraid
baby was sick. 1 do believe I should
spank him." Younglove-"Well, let's
make sure. You begin spanking, and
I'll go for the doctor."-Puck.
When did you learn that he was
one of the banks most trusted en-
ployees?" THE day after he alb
seconded with the funds. detroit
Free Press.
Friend-"What does the doctor
say" Casey-'He seems to be elated
because he has the fever nearly down,
to where it was when he started."-
Puck.
BaIer-"I understand your late wife
could make everything in the cook book"
Dyspeptic-'She not only could. but did"
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
OPTIMISM Is GENERAL.

KanSanS haven't a mortgage on opt1-
mism in the face of a little adversely.
In fact, this is the spirit that pervades
the people throughout the central west.
Up in Nebraska, hot and dry weather
has been about as severe as it has in
Kansas. But Nebra skans, generally
speaking, are not in the dumps. OF
course. there are a few pessimists
among them, just as there are in Kan
sas. For the most part, though, the
temper of the people is pitched in a
happy key. as is illustrated by the fol-
lowing from one of their spokesman,
the Nebraska Farmer:
During that hot wave last week
when the sky was cloudless and a 30
mile wind sent waves of heat through
the cornfields and the mercury went up
to 100, there was an eight-day Chau-
tauqua held at our county seat. In addi-
ton to that, u circus came to our town
on Thursday. We met folks from ev-
cry part of the county, and some from
other states. We met former govern
ors, congressman, suffra gists and jubi
lee singers from the south.
We listened to lectures given by
men of national reputation, and We en-
joyed the music furnished by bands as
good as the best. We saw beardless
youths strolling around among the tall
trees in the gIimmer of hundreds of
electric lights, happy in the thought
that their Jane was with them, and
that the supply of ice cream cones
was abundant. Women We saw who
were dressed in tight fitting skirts
Of ~, hoIt &c
away up near the arm pits, other
dresses had the belt line near the
knees Some of those dresses were
made from pillow castings, and one
stout old lady's dress looked large
enough to use for bedtick in case of
emergency.
There We're things that made us sad
and things that caused us to laugh un
til the tears trickled down our cheeks,
but the saddest thing was the pessimist
the man with good health, With his
barn bullying with hay, his granary
bullying with wheat and oats, the trees
in his orchard bending with ripening
fruit, money in the bank to pay for
gasoline for his automobile. And yet
the ungrateful old crouch was going
about from place to place with his
mouth looking like a crack in a pump
kin. and his face looking like a cast-off
sweatpad that had been used for a
sore-necked horse
TT is the gospel truth that before the
'showerlet' came on Sunday evening
our corn crop was ready for the hospi-
tai. We now think that ten or fifteen
bushels an acre is all that is left. The
so acres of sweet corn grown by the
canning factory was canned in the
field. Yet, l cannot help but ridicule
that poor old shriveled-faced, whining
soul who pours his stories of distress
into the ears of every one he meets I'M
til he causes his hearers to feel like
they had been dieting for weeks
green apples and sour milk. L will go
for miles to meet the optimist-the
man who is full of hope, who is fgur-
ing on the averages of the country. who
shuts his eyes on the failures and re-
calls the years of big crops and good
times. He is like the man who would
not complain of misfortune and who,
after having had both feet amputated,
said: I shall not be bothered again
with cold feet"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
SAYS UNCLE CIV

| If you are going to be master of
Your fate John Henry, it's time you
/ got busy. Perhaps one man in ten
million succeeds in that undertaking.
Perhaps no man does. Very likely
! the latter speculation is nearer the
! truth than the former. One thing is
certain-if you are going to get the
toe hold on that huge, monstrous,
your fate you've tackled a mans
sized, lifetime job. Ten seconds off
watch are likely to nullify your eff
forts.
Fate is made up of many things.
To begin with, there's heredity and
! whatever influence environment may
have upon you. Perhaps you like to
| believe that you We're born into the
| world a free creature. Nothing is
farther from the truth You We're
born in Shackles, visible and invisible,
and If you ever possess freedom you
attain it.
Then there is the thing called cir
cumstance.' After you have come to
the realization that heredity and
home training, and the physi-
cal and moral surroundings of your
childhood have made an ineradica Bile
impression upon yOC-an impression
which. consciously or unconsciously,
affects your future acts-you meet
circumstance" 1t is the soil upon
which you live, the weather climate
and the activities of your neighbors.
Jnasmuch as all the world is your
neighbor in this day of rapid and
the last factor of circumstance is in
itself a highly complicated one. Cir
cumstance" then is the nut for you
to crack with such equipment as here
dity and environment may have given
you. You've got to whip the whole
combination if you're going to be
master of your fate
Like all other big things in life
and this is the biggest-ma st ering
fate depends upon the mastery of de-
tail and the marshaling of details
into a systematic whole. primed and
pointed for single, definite purpose.
First. You set your goal. Then you
grasp the circumstance closest at
hand and twist it to your purpose.
Then you grasp another. fitting that
to the groove of your mbition and
keeping it in line with the first. So
you marshal your army with infinite
and with unflagsinS courage. Cir
cumstance" is the most watchful
enemy in the world. II is like water
ever seeking a leak. a moments
cOwardice wrecks the work of years.
An hours WEAKNESS when the fight
is on undoeS the whole task.
This is no job for the cracker-box
whittier. John Henry. The loafer
may dream of mastery, but all that
he ever knows of it he learns some
fine morning when he awakes to find
that he has been battered to bits on
| lee shore by the waves that mas
tered him. He who makes more than
half an effort to master his fate is a
demigod, and he who does is a little
lower than the angels.
1t is easier to drift than to direct
your course. To little minds, it is quite
as safe. There is less heartbrea< in
floating out with the tide. But if you
really want to be one of those mag
. nificent figures that are said to hew
their own destinies-though the state
ment is only partly true-buckle down
to work. Cut the pose and get on
your overalls. The mastery of fate is
not achieved by day dreams.-(C Copy
right. 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Few people seem willing to profit by
the experiences of others.
= +
Most of the uplift movement appears
to be devoted to talk.
+ i =
Common sense is synonym for a
mans idea of his own opinions.
j.
Neither are there rules or for
mulas for solving the problems of life.
j.
Many of those who try to sing are
better qualified for an auctioneer's job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
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 ten cents a week OF thirty cents
o. month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out of town the State journal will be
to Won like a daily letter from home
Advance payment Is requested on
these short time subscription % save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
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 oe that great news IL
gaDization for the exclusive afternoon
publica ton in Topeka.
The news is received IN The State Joir-
nal building over wires for this sole puT-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Nat Goodwin insists that Maxine Ell
lott. one of his former wives, has all
the characteristics of a Roman sena-
tor" And yet. the fair Maxine refuses
to be toted on the stage by a couple of
F-thioDianS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

What will such a political purist as
President Wilson say to the charge of
Senator Hitchcock, one of his promi-
nent Democra tic brethren. that the
senate is in the control of a machine .?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Another small nation. Honduras. that
wouldn't have the slightest chance of
success in any kind of fight with the
United States. has given its approval to
the peace plans promulgated by Sec
rotary BRYAN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

declared to the world: There are
many things to be done; we know the
evils nows; let US remedy where we
can; but let us above all do our best
to point the way to clean, healthful.
normal living for the generations to
come
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Members of the American Bar asso-
citation are formulating plans to reform
court procedure so as to eliminate de-
lay and reduce the expense of all Iiti-
cation. But the important thing is to
put these plans in operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Governor Dunno. of Illinois. declares
that if the control of public utilities
fails, the only alternative is public
ownership. But the control of public
utilities will not fail if it is intelli-
gently and fairly directed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Unless congress adjourns before the
last Thursday in November, President
Wilson is going to have a hard time
drawing up his Thanksgiving procla-
ma tinn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Mr.. Bryan managed to work in four
lectures on Friday and Saturday
These probab bly, provided the where
withal to assure him an adequate sup
ply of grape juice for some months to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Still the wonder grows that so many
entirely new legal technicalities can be
introduced into one case when it's lib
orally financed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Governor Colquitt. of Texas, would
send every United States soldier into
Mexico And, of course, he is not in
Guided in their number
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Considering what happened to Ma
dero, it might be We'll for Envoy Lind.
when he is leaving Mexico, to walk
backward, with his hand on his hip
nOcket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Switzerland has just discovered that
the aeroplancs have frightened it's
storks away. That, undoubtedly, is
the matter with France
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

And the lesson from the burning of
the Imperator seems to be that none
but fireproof materials should be used
in the construction of steamships
Just suppose this fire had occurred at
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pocket.

Now there is a dispute as to who
saw the blonde EskimOs first. Two
trappers claim the honor and insist
that Explorer Stefansson is DR. Cook
ing in this particular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

President Wilson seems to assume
that there may even yet be some
Americans in Mexico who are able to
get away
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

1t is to be hoped that Senator Pen
rose before he wipes Mexico off the
map, will give the noncomba tants
time to escape
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Paraguay has ratified an extradition
treaty with the United States. Soon
there will be no place for criminals to
flee but New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

King George may visit the United
States next year" But has anything
been heard from Queen Mary on the
subject?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Bees took possession of an Indiana
hotel and stung the guests. Still, they
were bound to get it. bees or no bees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

OF all the teachers now hurrying
home from Europe not one has been
held for trying to smuggle a diamond
necklace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

II understand that your wife is a stu
dent of the dead languages" Yes" re
piled Mr. Meekton. But her studies are
of no particular advantage. When she
talks to me she insists on using language
that I can't fail to understand. Wash
ington Star.