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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
Close SIGHTS
BY THE ArcHIsoN GLOBE.

Because you say you didn't say 1t
is no sign that you don't believe it.
A glance over the old files always
reveals that newspapers are also poor
prophets.
A man sure hates to admit anyone
else has stronger will power than he
possesses.
This is a fairly busy world, but that
isn't the main reason so many people
need sleep.
When a farmer retires, he wants to
live in a flat where there will be no
back yard to NOW.
Another reason for telling your
troubles to the policeman is the time
he has to harken to them.
We don't know much, but enough
to tell that no trance medium can
communicate anything of Importance
After a youth has been out of col
lege a while, he doesn't care much
what color his meerschaum pipe as
sumes.
Our sense of humor works steadily.
but it hasn't got around to the joke
which consists of a hunter shooting
a guide.
Advocates of short life and n
merry one should bear in mind that
there isn't much merriment in n
headache.
In favor of the vigilance commit
tee, and other mob methods, it may
be said it takes something pretty
bad to start them.
No one is disposed to blame post
master for supporting the administra-
ton; turn about is still supposed to
represent fair play.
Sometimes a man puts on a con-
tinuouS smile, and gives the impress
sion he is laughing at you, instead of
Scattering Sunshine.
Old stories have a way of bobbing
up ever so often with new trimmings.
And memories average SO poor that
it is a fairly safe experiment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
AYHAWKEK JOTS

"Crawdad" of the Galena Republic
can reports: Everything high around
here except civilization.
There is always room in the world,
declares the wellington Monitor
Press, for people who know how to
make good things to eat.
Scientifically explained by the
Whitewater Independent: Every pos
tive has a negative; consequently the
always positive person is logically I'M
balanced.
You can find out more about a man
by trading horses with him on Thurs
day morning, advises the Harrington
Times, than by hearing him at prayer
meeting Wednesday night.
Overheard by the Atchison Globe:
''She f1irts with only her friends, SO
why condemn herr" man asked to-
day, as a gay skirt glided by. 81
condemn her because she has so few
enemies" replied the friend to his
right.
Chanute reports a peculiar twink
ling light in the sky the other night,
and holds it to be something of a mys-
terry, notes the Emporia Gazette, and
it modestly adds: No mystery at all.
That was just the reflection from EN-
poria.
possibilities of sweet clover" writes
State Treasurer Earl Akers in his
Stafford County Republican. "Inves-
tigation leads me to the belief that it
is the one best bet for whatever bad
soil any farmer may have about his
place"
Bob Green, the popular representa-
tive of the American Type Foundry
company, who makes the Kansas ter
ritory for it, is married. among the
announcements of this interesting event
is dainty little postcard seven by
ten inches in dimensions, that is be-
ing sent out by the company to the
newspaper men of the state. Printed in
a rich red and in delicate letters of
the largest possible proportions. H.
reads: Hes a Married Man Now! Sep
TENDER 90 was the date. and he picked
out a handsome Chanute girl. Bob is
a wise old owl. The Bride goes with
him on his next trip, so hold your or
ders. Green's Coming Soon; Sos Mrs.
Green. Wait for Little Bob of the
American Type Founders company-He
has a family to support Few men
get such an elaborate sendoff. But Bob
is worthy of the best there is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
Don't Give Up Your Work.

MANY business men at the age of SO
or SO work eight hours a day and en-
joy it. They will tell you they feel
as young as they did 10 years before.
Then some of them conclude they
have enough of this worlds goods and
retire.
1t is a we'll known fact that brain
or muscle work forms in the system
poison. and if we keep on working
condition which doctors call auto in
toxication is produced. Which means
that the antitoxin nature has produced
in our bodies has not been enough to
offset the poison of our@-burned up
energy.
Rest and sleep are supposed to clear
the body of all poisons and waste.
But it has been proved in the cases
of persons who use drugs that after
they have taken into their system a
certain drug in increased amounts
for some months they can stand an
amount which would kill dozen per-
sons not accustomed to the drug.
From the minute the drug was in
their system nature started to work
to produce in that body an antitexin to
fight the poison they were taking. Ma
ture gets many habits of her own, and
she gets into the habit of expecting to
form an antftoxin to battle with that
poison or drug which that body has
been taking daily, and she produces
it daily.
Now suddenly let that same body
stop taking into it the drug it was used
to; nature does not stop forming the
antitoxin. No, indeed; she goes right
on for weeks and months forming the
antitoxin she has been accustomed to
form, and the little fighting army of
cells in that antitoxin, finding no poison
to fight and being of a poisonous ma
ture themselves, turn from good little
workers, when they have their own
work to do, to bad workers, with no
work. and start fighting the good cells
of the body, producing a self-poisoning,
which is likely to cause death.
If a man has been working daily for
years and the energy used up by work
has produced a sort of poisonous waste
enough to cause auto intoxication IL
not cleared out by rest and sleep, would
it not seem reasonable that nature had
daily in that mans system been FORM
ing an antitoxin in offset the poison
Gus waste and that when he suddenly
stops work the same condition takes
place as with a person who takes poi
son? The antitoxin cells, finding no
poisonous waste to work on, turn and
work ON the good cells of the body,
causing auto intoxication and sickness
and many times death.
1t would seem that a man giving up
work should do so acknowledgements
Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
It's the ups and downs of life that
wear out some men, and all UNI
brellas.
About the only thing in this life
game of golf.
ed unless he has an ability to Ilind
his own business.
1t is really the absence of hard work
that has sent many a man to the rest
cure.
The only people who can afford to
sneer at luck are those who never
expect to have any.
Some people are so accustomed to
looking out for number one that they
get positively near sighted.
In the matter of making mistakes,
most of are willing to concede the
superior industry of our friends.
She-"Oh, I am so happy How
true it is that love maketh a light
heart" He-"Yes, also dark par
lor."
Charity covers a multitude of
sins" quoted the Wise Guy Don't
let that worry you" added the Simple
Mug. "A lot more will spring up"
Blohbs+seWould you rather be
born great, or acquire greatness %
S1obbs-''Pd rather acquire it The
man who is born great misses the
pleasure of telling how he did it,
Muggins- has always
been a curse to me-" BugginS-"How
do you figure that out" Muggins-
ST am always making q fool of my
self Just to please some woman"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS.

| Abolishing the crossroads one-room
! school and establishing consolidated
or centralized schools is advocated in
bulletin just issued by the United
States bureau of education. The bu-
reau recommends this wherever it can
| be done without too great expense and
without breaking up or disintegrating
| existing communities. The bulletin
| is an educational survey of Mont
gomery county, Maryland, where con-
ditions are fairly typical of the rural
school problem in general. 1t is
hoped that by a close view of one
rural district, other rural communi-
ties may be encouraged to investigate
more efficient.
That sentiment in the country dis
tricts is not everywhere ready for the
consolidated-schoo idea is freely adj
mitted by the authors of the bulletin.
In Montgomery county majority of
the school patrons expressed them
selves as opposed to the idea. They
realized fully the deficiencies of their
rural schools, but they were not yet
willing to accept consolidation as the
remedy. The writer's of the bulletin
endeavor to show that most of the
patrons-poor teaching, low salaries,
lack of thoroughness in the common
branches, few special subjects; work
not advanced enough-are inherent
in a system of one-room country
schools, and that the way to remedy
the situation is to have fewer and
better schools, with transportation
furnished to pupils living at a dis
lance.
1t is pointed out that the rural
school conditions found in this Mary
land county are by no means peculiar
to it, but are typical of what is still
found in country districts elsewhere.
In several respects Montgomery coun-
ty is superior to other rural locali-
ties in it's educational facilities. 1t
has, for instance, a school year of
$50 days, as compared to terms as low
as 40 days in parts of some states;
and like every other Maryland coun-
ty, it has county supervision of
schools which educators consider the
most effective means of building up
rural education.
To make the one-room rural schools
as efficient as possible, but to do away
with them by consolidation wherever
practicable. is the motto the rural
school improvers have adopted. Con-
slant improvement is reported in the
facilities offered by the one-room ru-
raj school. particularly in relating
school work to farm needs, but side
by side with this improvement has
gone the movement for consolidation,
until there are now several thousand
consolidated schools in the United
States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.l

IFrom the Chicago News
But it isn't blind if it is self-love.
There are lots of '-also-rans' in the
human race.
You can't measure the enjoyment
of others by your own
The woman who does her own
homework has no time to flirt.
Self interest is the motive power
that requires the least oil.
A woman can jump at conclusions
without any display of hosiery.
1t is the uncertainty of the weather
and women that makes them interest
ing.
Strange how many invitations to
lubricate man gets when he is on
the water wagon.
And some men refuse to quarrel
with their wives because it costs them
too much to make up.
Said the maid to the bashful youth:
I'm going to scream anyway, so you
might just as well kiss me-
Perhaps the high cost of living may
be due to the people who have per
mitted their appetites to outgrow
their incomes.
Some men never make good because
they spend most of their time in try
ing to convince themselves that luck
is against them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06

"She's-she's married. To Judson
Locke at Renford, just nowr'
How NIGEL" said Torrey.
Nicer fairly screamed Anne. Mice!
Why WHY
The one taxicab the village boosted
at that moment came putting noisily
up the drive. It stopped at the steps.
A head was thrust out.
where's Amer" called Roy Carlton.
Anne ran onto the porch. Roy was
out of the taxi. He was helping some
one else out.
Anne" said Roy, this is the Mrs.
We were married just now at the rec
tory. You know her, Anne 1t is
that is, she was Alice Dean
Gile had the presence of mind to slip
steadying arm under Anne's.
When the taxi had gone putting
away, Anne turned furiously upon Gile.
Il see your hand in this" she accused.
Il don't deny the allegation, Anne,''
said he calmly. why should /? Alice
Dean is nice girl. She'll be the MAX
ing of Roy. A bully good manager she
is; and Judson Locke is the salt of the
earth; he's got barrels of money, too.
You ought to be proud to have him in
the family. Yes. I aided and abetted
the matches, and It was at my instiga-
ton that they both eloped."
He put his arms about her again.
Where's Anne now" he laughed.
Little old Torrey Gile wants her; the
rector's waiting, and listen! It's strik-
ing now"
throat. Then she laughed well,
come on then. Hurryr she cried,
catching his hand and running beside
him down the road towards the rec
tory.-(Copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
EVENING CHAT
The Psychology of Sex.
BY RUTH CAMERON

The dictionary defines sex as a
physical difference between man and
woman. But sex is vastly more than
that. 1t is really a wide, psychology
ica1 difference, as difficult to define as
it is easy to feel.
The peculiar way in which we clas-
sify certain things as feminine and
others as masculine is an interesting
expression of the psychological side of
sex.
For instance, almost every one
speaks of cat as she and a dog as
he, without regard to the actual sex
of the animal in question. You know.
yourself, that it is quite impossible to
see the clumsy, irresponsible, lovable
gambols of puppy and think of him
in anything but terms of masculinity
(you notice 1 wrote him; did that
quite ,unconsciously). On the other
hand, the cuddly softness, the domes-
ITCHY, the grace and Quickness, in
fact the whole temperament and
quality of cat, is quitee as distinctly
feminine.
That we should speak of a COW as
she has of course a physical founda-
ton But why should a horse always
be he? And yet almost everyone ex-
cept horse fancier or a horse owner
naturally refers to a horse in the mas
culine.
Our bestowa1 of sex upon vegetable
and mineral life and upon inanimate
objects is an even more striking proof
of the psychological character of sex
Theoretically, all such things should
be referred to as lit Actually we
express our sense of their mascuIin-
ity or femininity by the use of he or
she. Take the sun and moon, for in
stance. The sun is "he" and the moon
is she" Sometimes to be sure we
do call either of them it" but it
would be quite impossible to call the
sun she and the moon he, would it
not?
That the ancient peoples felt this
too their deifications show. In all
mythologies the sun was a god and
the moon a goddess. One feels just
why this is but it is rather difficult
to define. 1 suppose it is because the
terful. while the moon is his gentler
and paler satellite.
Why flowers should always be
she" is obvious. Imagine saying
The roses lips are warm and red,
and burning with desire, his heart
why all kinds of ships should be in
variably spoken of in the feminine
gender rather puzzles me. The small
yacht. to be sure, with her lissome
lines, her slim whiteness, and her
flowing sail, is like a beautiful
larly feminine about the huge liners
that push, so forceful and unafraid,
across the wide ocean.
Mountains, L believe are generally
thought of as he, at least my own
sense of them is masculine and their
names are usually masculine. But
I do not think the ocean has been
classified as either masculine or fem
mime. Is it, l wonder, because in it's
vastness, it's mystery, and its chang
ing moods it is neither masculine
nor feminine. but both and something
more?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06

The publication of the long hidden
Bronte letters unlocks the f1oodgates of
feeling in a region where the emotions
have always been intense. The author
of Jane Eyre appears always to have
produced that curious effect of inten-
sity in others which she and her gifted
sisters derived from their motherless
and unkindly childhood. She enthralled
George Smith, the publisher who dis
covered her genius, and she repressed
even the conviviality of Thackeray
The same fierce enthusiasm has GER
tainly affected her biograpllers, and
there has been as much controversy
concerning the simple outlines of her
life as if they had been ten times as
complex and obscure. One man alone
escaped the infection, and he-the OBJ
ject of her devotion and the center of
her one romance-lays a claim our
respect by the correctness of his atti-
tude. The caracter of Prof. Heger is
indicated by the disclosure of these
condolences of his impulsixe disciple;
and if they transgress the bounds of
prudence, they are not merely mild
compared with the extravagances of
other women of genius, but they never
exceed the dictates of virtue. If she
took life earnestly, she did no less with
duty. The utmost she asks is the
chance of defeating a book to her
mentor and friend, or the courtesy of a
reply which the professors prudence
withheld. The elder Disraeli might
have written a volume on the ardors
which are recorded of the women de-
voices of literature, and not the least
interesting chapter would relate to this
strange little genius who was nurtured
in loneliness and harsh repression.
That her one moth-flight in the direc-
ton of rapture brought her bitterness
and disillusion is SO much the more a
gain to literature, and though the
worlds complacency is cruel perhaps
it is not ungrateful. We recall the say
ing of Shelley that the poets learn in
suffering what they teach in song"
and this is as true of the genius of
Charlotte Bronte as it was of any au-
thor who ever nved--Pan Mall Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
THE ROBINS I'VE DEITM.

, Il II
robin sang in the old oak tree;
"Oh, am happy and glad" sang he
The rain comes pattering on my back,
But what care I though the clouds be
black?
No more the whitening hot winds blow;
The bugs run scampering to and fro:
The angle worms grin up at me
As sit and sing in the old oak tree.
But tuck my feet in my feathers dry
For my crop is filled. and what care I?
No more 1 pant in the binding heat,
No more 1 follow the village street
For a kaffr seed or bit of corn,
But I wake and sing in the early morn;
For the clouds drift up from the rainy
south
To fill the rivers and break the drouth;
And bless the rain that falls on me
AS sit and sing in the old oak tree"
Mrs. E. E. Kelley, in the Toronto Re-
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

disappointment in love is sometimes
the best of luck.
A good many bargains would be
expensive at any price.
+ I. =
What has become of the old-fash-
toned old maid who wore curls?
=
Most peoples Judgment Is faulty
because it is based on impressions.
T. + y
And the trouble with a man having
a hobby is that he is likely to ride it
too much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
HVNOR or THE DAY

"a banker told me lately that he had
experienced a scarcity of small change -
''Ha. he is a married man."-Baltimore
American.
What makes you stand on one foot and
move your shoulders in that way?" asked
the snipe. We'll. replied the crane,
so I'm practicing to see If I can't become
a classic dancer."-Washington Star
Here is another definition of an eeotst.,
never disappoints himself. no matter how
often he ,disappoiuts others.'-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
weeks vacation with full pay, Jimmie"
Ofice Boy-"Thanks, sir. Where's a GOOD
fashionable place to go and spend six dol
lars ?'-Puck.
A Sympathetic Look Ahead-"Thev saw
the English language is growing at the
rate of five words day." Great Caesar
think Of the vocabulary, of the wives who
land Plain Dealer.
What is this 'uplift movement I hear
50 much ABOUT! Wen, In great many
tacle of too many people trying to talk At
once-"-Birmingham Age-Herafd. -
Secondhand Lover.-'Dobbs tells me be
don't know of any man who enjoys seetn1
the picture of a sylvan dell in a mac Us
more than Dobbs does-''-Bfmingham
Gladys-~Oh. Bert, 7 wonder If there -.
any stala cities in this cave?" Bert ssyri,
II there are, haven't got this stick ta a. a.
fend you withT'-Punch- oe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
KANSAS COMMENT

THE LIGHTING OF SCHOOLROOMS-
Public school children's eyes are Oft
en- seriously damaged by poorly lighted
schoolrooms. This fact should be re-
membered in building schoolhouses.
Modern school architects and hygienists
have worked out some definite plans TO
conserve eyesight, which should not be
forgotten. For instance, in northern
countries, where sunlight is less prev
alent than in southern countries, and
where fog, clouds and smoke are COM
mon, schoolrooms should have one
fourth as much window glass as there
is floor space. In southern countries.
where the atmosphere is clear. one
sixth window glass space is sufficient.
The bottom of the windows should be
four feet above the floor. Windows
should be as numerous as is consistent
with safe construction. They should
be as far back in the room as posi-
BILE, and to the left of the pupils. The
windows should be contained between
iron or steel mullions, and their edges
should be rounded, to permit the in
gress of light and its useful distribu-
ton, and to prevent shadows falling on
the desks. AS the best light comes
from above, the windows should extend
to the ceilings. If hills or tall build
1ngs are close to the school prismatic or
ribbed glass should be used in the up
per portions of the windows, but not in
produced. Sliding or slat blinds should
not be used. They are expensive and
inefficient. Use double shades so large
that chinks of light cannot enter. They
should be fastened in the center of the
window and should roll up or down, so
that light can be admitted from either
above or below. The curtain should be
light green in color. Blackboards absorb
much light and should be covered by
hight curtains on dark days and when
not in use.-St. Johns Capital.
BE AN 'ISSER"
The world is full of has beens" and
"goin' to bes,'' but "issers" are in de-
mand. The work of today cannot be
done in the past or the future, but must
be performed in the present The
has been" may occupy his time tell
ing the stories of the war, the "goin'
to be" may have beautiful dreams which
never come true, but the "isser' gets
busy an accomplishes something to-
day. The has been" once was, the
goin' to be-" may possibly become, but
the 'isser" is. The world needs "is-
sers." Can it count on you?-Staford
Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06

Henderson Martin withdraws as a
candidate for the United States SEN
ate primarily for the reason that it is
a job for a rich man, which he is not.
Possibly he has based his estimate of
the job on the fact that Senators
Bristow and Thompson have pur-
chased fine homes for themselves in
Washington where realty is held at
fancy figures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06

With biting, but nonetheless de-
served sarcasm, the Pail Mall Gazette,
in discussing the recent threatened
deportation of Marie Lloyd, the music
hall singer. has this to say: "One can
only hope that the excessive propriety
which governs the regulations for the
admission of aliens to America COR
responds with the daily life of the
citizens within its discreet borders"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06

Democratic tariff legislation is now
an accomplished fact. The new tariff
law, with material reductions all along
the line from the Payne-Aldrich
schedules, has begun its career. Now
watch the cost of living remain where
1t is, or keep on getting higher, re-
gardless of the promises made by the
Democrats when they were hunting
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06

Much time, good money and nerv-
Gus strain that has been devoted to
swatting the hookworm might have
been saved had the Spondylotherapists
been more prompt in announcing their
discovery that the mere wearing of
something red, such as a cravat on a
man or a hat on a woman, is a sure
cure for Iaziness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06

There seems to have been a decided
difference of opinion between many of
the students and the faculty of the
state university about the establish
ment of a course in tango dancing.
But differing opinions are always sure
to develop concerning matters of great
amportance