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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23
EVENING CHAT
"ours. or .eHis" and Oilers"
81 RUTH OANNRoM.


A young married woman was offering
zine.
Are you sure your husband is
through with it?' asked the older wo-
| man.
''oh he doesn't read that" said the
younger matron. That's mine. Those
are his magazines on the table,"
must say 1 can't get used to your
talk of his and mime said the wo-
man OF the older school. In my day
we used to call everything ours and
IL seems to me that word brought us
closer together. Tell me, child, why
should some of the magazines your
husband buys be called his and some
yours? Does he buy some of them
especially for you?"
No. he doesn't" said the "chiId"
warmly He buys his own magazines
and buy mine.''
The older woman smiled inuulgent-
~ But it's all his money, isn't it?''
1T IS not. My magazines are
Dougnt out of my allowance No
won't call it that. Out of my salary
mat Fred pays me for doing my part
OF the home-making. Fred gives half
OF what is left from household expenses
anu saving TO me and keeps the rest.
Now do you see any reason why 1
shouldn't call what I buy, mine and
what he buys, his?"
WelI' L don't know" said the wo-
man of the older school. with the I'M
convinced air of the woman convinced
against her will. 'It does seem to me
as II married people ought to be able
TO nave a common purse without quar-
rellng over 1T. I know I'm old-fash-
Toned, but I do like the word ours
and I think home has a better foun-
dat1on when it's built on that word"
Whereupon the young married Wo-
II, fray al
ing in circles, wisely changed the sub
ject.
Which point of view appeals to you?
Which do you think is a better foun-
dation for financial satisfaction in the
home, an uncertain, indefinite 'torrs'"
(Which is painfully likely to be a syn
onym for "his") or straightforward
square division into "his'' and 'hers?"
don't suppose I need to tell you
which way my sympathies lie
1t is hard for an absolute monarch
not to become a tyrant. 1t is hard
for a man who is absolute master of
the purse strings not to become tyran-
nical. And by tyrannicaI 1 do not
necessarily mean stingy or selfish, but
arbitrary and unreasonable He may
give with lavish generosity one dav and
grumble at being asked for a few cents
another.
Absolute power is as bad for the
ruler as the ruled
Can the wife who has to ask her
husband for the money with which
to buy his Christmas present he as
contented with her financial lot as the
wife who is made financially indenend-
ent by receiving fair share of the
surplus, be 1T ever so tiny. and who
receives it not as an allowances given
her out of her lords kindness of heart.
Out as Well earned salary for her
services as home maker?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23
QUAKER MEDITATIONS
[From the Philadelphia Record. 7

[From the Philadelphia Record
The door of adversely is always omen
It takes a lot of luck to push a man I'M
hill. i man up
NO man is such kicker that he would
care to kick the bucket
1t is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive, but it isn't so popular.
There isn't any headache like the one
we acquire from butting in.
It's all right to take fellow of vour
size, but don't overestimate your size.
Even the people with high ideals have
to begin at the bottom of the ladder.
We would never suspect what fine fell
lows some men were if they didn't tell
us.
It's when we turn over new leaf that
we realize one good turn deserves another.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady," quot
ed the Wise Guy. "And thereby has fire.
quently lived to congratulate itself" added
the Simple Mug
Cupid never grows any older" cried
the romantic spinster. We'll, guess it's
a good thing" replied the crustv old
bachelor Considering what he has to
wear, he'd probably get arrested if he
should grow any Older
He was procuring license to marry
Tottie Twinkletoes of the Hoighty Toity
theater. Has the lady been married be-
fore?' asked the clerk. "'Um-yes but
er-not very often,' replied the prospec-
tive bridegroom, apologetically.
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Personal.


II see here a man drowned his autorno-
Bay" II think I'd rather choke n1ine
to death."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Nell-Miss Yellowleaf makes In fer
ribly. Believes. I really think that
woman makes up everything excen+i -
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
With But a Single Thought ''-"yvbat
are you thinking about darling?'' .sryofh
Ing" $50 was T. It's wonderful the syra
pathy between two loving hearts.''-Sie,-
gende Blaetter.
How about your geometry? 7 vvoo.
you to do something in that" s'WelI its
this way, father. Unless 1 mako a car
tain percentage in football they wor,+
let me take geometry at alI."SKansss
City Journal. Kansas
Yes, my friend, 1 was about 10 rnar.
the countess when suddenly Learned
that she spent more than $1,000 a YEA
on her dressmaker." Then what -
you do?" Married the dressmalxe- 1
McCaIls Magazine. =
Poet-All my life seemed to en- int th..
poem. / was perfectly exhausted v1ba. y
mad finished writing It. Sporting rditor
I can sympathize with you i was -,
exactly the same condition when ~ ~
1nlshed reading t.-Pathfinder
People can be very much ashamed ~
liking corned beef and Cabbage xs1it1,,'O,tt
being at all ashamed of nor 6sviro ~,
butchers bills for porterhouse steak ~.
York Press. We"
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says UNCLE CIV

I!nkeT1ng with the Things that Are i-
mg1hty good exercise for the supern,en and
Lot or folks who are still circulating al
little below par. Quite as often as not
the practice does some good in the Lon
run BUT dont take the job too serious
~. Light into it right earnestly while
you're at II, but always remember that
you are playing game with the forces OF
nature, humanity being the most volatile
you can't be entirely sure what is going
to happen when you disturb the equi-
librium.
Being the mill of the gods. Nature
grinds exceedingly slow and is doing rath-
er an exhaustive job of it. You're not
entirely free agent in the matter, but
you may play the part of loose cog and
rip the stuffing out of the works if you
don't go slow. Pretty nearly everything
will be attended to in time, and you c:ln
have the very human and very healthy
fun of monkeying with the machinery fo-
the good of the order, if you don't get to D
much excited about it. But don't breal,
What you are trying to do may be a very
good thing for the race at large-and it.
may not. You never can tell.
1t doesn't always pay to revise the
schedule of the lower forms of creation
much less of humanity. We experimente3
once with English sparrows and the only
thing that most of US have against Eng
land is that she didn't prohibit the eX-
portation of the little pests which prompt
Iy became menace when transplanted
1t is a rule recognized of naturalists
that to fool around Natures work shop
usually means to spoil something.
Old Sparta at one time thought she had
figured out a way to reach the Greek
equivalent for the modern Christians
millennium. At any rate, a race was pro-
duced that was as near physical and
moral perfection as the world has ever
seen. But in producing that fine flower
of humanity, Sparta wore out the racial
constitution and the Spartan became de-
cadent.
France. inspired some say. by the
widely accepted Malthusian doctrine linz
tied her birth rate and brought eugenics
to high state of practical application.
France has reached what she would
once have considered the millennium. but
isn't entirely satisfied She takes day
off now and then to establish a commits
sion to devise means of boosting the gen
eral birth rate
No one who likes to whack away at
world problems should be discouraged.
It's mighty good sport for those who are
fond of it, and occasionally some good re-
suits. But the main thing is to enjoy
the whacking. If you depend upon re-
suits for your pleasure, you're likely to
be unhappy.
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PoRRIDGE AND POTATOES.

These are perilous times for the
Scotch and Irish Their sacred insti-
tutions are being attacked on many
sides. In the case of the Scotch the
danger is greater for the aggression is
internal ''Porritch' is threatened.
A news item from Edinburgh calls
attention to the growing distaste of the
Scot for his traditional oatmeal and ex-
presses the belief that something should
be done at once to check the evil. What
leak means to Holland dixie this
breach in the Scottish dietary means to
the nation The Scot is strong and
healthy, canny and thrifty, because of
oatmeal, he thinks. 1t is in the bone
and sinew of the man and of the nation.
Anything else might make citizen and
state f1abby, the old-fashioned argue.
1t is not the ''whusky" which gives
spirit to the Scottish character, though
one might have a different belief after
the course of the st. Andrews Society
at Washington, which was given its
choice of a dramless banquet graced by
women or one with John Barleycorn
taking her vacant seat Its members
voted against the women.
1t is oatmeal which has built him and
kept him up. 1t is cheap, and that's
no argument against it in his eyes. 1t
is easy to prepare, which gives him
more time for work and for theological
discussion. And it is nourishing. If he
will overlook these virtues and take to
other and less historic food, then he
cannot blame fate for his subsequent
misfortunes.
In like manner Ireland is threatened.
Some wild-eyed scientist has found
a substitute for the potato and
proposes to plant it here in
place of the famous tuber. What
folly! Aside from the iconoclasm
of the idea-the blow at history and
sentimental traditions-this new veget-
able called the ''dasheen" doesn't come
within hailing distance of the potato for
taste. It is more meaty than potato
which is one item against it, and an
other opinion of it described the flavor
as similar to that of a roasted chest
nut.
That alone would cause Ireland and
the Irish. no matter where they live,
to rise in righteous anger against it.
The Italians have supplanted the Irish
in construction work, almost entirely
That doesn't breed any too good feel
ing And now to seek to GUST the po-
tato for the chestnut is too much
Donnybrook Fair will be a mild sun
day school picnic compared to the
meeting of the Irish with the man who
wants to palm the dasheen off on them.
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science VS.. NATURE.

The fact that today rubber may be
made alphabetically, and that the syn
thetic product is strictly compare BILE
with natural rubbers, and that it may
be made into automobile-tires and into
all the multiform> objects of rubber
manufacture. has been verified by
many chemists working independently
and is positively beyond dispute, writes
Professor Robert Kennedy Duncan. in
Harper's for February. Our interest in
this wonderful achievement is enhanced
by the fact that it required the labors
of many men, of many kinds of men,
and of different races of men
In 1860 an Englishman, Greville Will
Jams, isolated from the destructive dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23
GLOBE SIGHTS
By THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

One way to keep friends is not to need
them.
1t seems that cheese has to be ancient
before it is honorable.
If you admit it was coming to YOU the
chances are you didn't deserve it,
A lie doesn't amount to much unless
there is some reason to believe it.
Youth is always eager to assume a lot
more responsibility than it can handle
Railroads manage to pay dividends by
not paying all the damages asked of them.
A blow to the high cost of living would
be a return to jeans pants, but it will
never be struck.
An Atchison woman seems to find all
forms of economy as distasteful as the
smell of mothballs.
Link Preston has been for the recall of
court decisions ever since his first wife
was given alimony.
You may have observed the tendency of
the boss to be on time on the rare oc-
casions when you are late.
This is a busy world, regardless of the
fact that the simplified spelling fans
find time to print a paper about it.
Don't worry. Every neighborhood has
an expert willing to do the worrying for
all mankind, why should an amateur
dip in?
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AN ACHING VOID.

Things have been moving along Ia
rnously in the legislature so lar ex-
cept in one most important respect
No bills of the veritable freak variety
have been introduced as yet. Surely
this is no more than an oversight.
Every two years, Kansas is advertised
70 the four ends of the earth by the
peculiar mental Vaccinations or one
or more of her legislators in the pro-
duction of proposals to stick another
spoke in the wheel of progress. A
little ridicule has been punched with
this advertising, to be sure. But what
of it? Every knock is a boost. The
theatrical performance that is roasted
most viciously by the critics is always
the one to draw the biggest receipts
to the box office. Any old kind OF
advertising pays. And isn't there one
or two sufficiently hardy and able
heroes in the legislature who are will
ing to sacrifice themselves on the
altar of their states good, and provide
a bill or two that will cause the whole
world to smile again at Kansas? And
while smiling, incidentally give a
thought to Kansas that would not
otherwise have been given. At the
last session, the piece de resistance
in this line was a measure that sought
to prohibit chorus girls or any others
made in the mould of Eve from ap-
pearing in public in skirts that did
not reach below their patellas. OF
course this resulted in the destruction
of lot of perfectly good dictionaries
in the unseemly haste of inquisitive
folk to find out just what the location
of that portion of the anatomy might
be. But the bill knocked down the
persimmon in attracting attention to
Kansas. Gentlemen of the 1918 ses-
sion of the Kansas legislature-get
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23
THEY PREACH AND PRACTICE.

When a man insists on economy,
his good faith can best be judged by
the extent to which he is willing to
have it applied to his personal affairs.
The same is equally true Of a political
party. So when the Democrats, who
have been preaching economy in the
handling of public funds these many
years, get into power and their repre-
sentatives in the legislature start the
ball a-rolling by denying themselves
the customary legislative perquisites,
no one can rightfully question the sin
certify of their professions in the
premises. The action of the majority
of the house in refusing its members
the usual privilege of using telephones
and the telegraph to their hearts con-
tent and at the expense of the state;
and also cutting out the customary al
lowance of $50 in cash per member
for postage-such action speaks
volumes for the Democratic intentions
along economical lines. Republican
taxpayers as we'll as those of Demo-
cratic faith can join in the general re-
joicing. Let the good work go on.
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KANSAS COMMENT
PLEASING THE PEoPLE.

1
| NOT long ago many writers on
health topics handed down a decision
that bread made of white flour was
the origin Of most of ills flesh is heir
to, and that the hope of the nation
hour. Many who follow faithfully the
footsteps of their fathers didn't hear
the alarm, and still more were dis
posed to pay no attention to it, but it
created considerable noise, just the
same However, the vast majority
who followed their accustomed feed
without contracting appendicitis o.
any of the other ills charged against
1t, nave reason to feel better. Comes
now the journal of the American
Medical Association to reverse the Or
der, and 1ndorSe white bread as a fair
ly nourlsh1ng and easily digeSted food
as foods go, and one will no longer be
relegated to a diet of kippered oats
or shredded hay in order to insure
perfect health, the pink of condition
and midseason form. Contradictory
statements from the highbrows may
easily leave the 1ayman in a double
frame of mind, but there is a ten
dency to swing the other way frora
the doctrine of stunning this or that
on the bill of fare. More and more
eminent authorities, including medical
men and physical trainers are permit
ting the appetite to indicate the need
ed food, the theory being that you
need what you want Doubtless that
rule may be followed too far, but
there is something in it; at least the
something that contentment makes for
health and happiness, and that the
well fed nations are the ones that
nave added most to the worlds prog
ress. Then it is barely possible that
the authorities see the importance OF
pleasing the. people if they would have
formidable following. Old Doc
Woods Hutchinson, whose name is A
household word, set a fine example
in this line, and his unprecedented
success may have led others to initiate
him, but whatever the reason, it is
now possible to have a more varied
menu within the health regulations
than it was a few years ago, and likely
you will be just as we'll off that way
if you tackle it in moderation and the
cheerful frame of mind which aids
digestion and assimilation.-Atch
Globe.
SEES THE OTHER SIDE.
Already since the parcel post went
into effect one express company has
discharged seventy-five men from it's
employ in its New York headquarters.
Never thought of that, did you? All
of us were tickled to death with the
thought that the new scheme was go
ing to smash the express companies.
but we were all thinking of the puffy
plutocrats who have been drawing the
big dividends. We never thought of
the two dollar a day laborers and
clerks that would have to hunt a new
job, and that in the dead of winter.
1t only illustrates again how seldom
the right man is hit when some
economic reimbursement is forced
lola Register.
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FROM OTHER PENS
GET AWAY FROM MEAT

Argentina, one of the great beef
producing regions, reports a dimin-
ishing supply of cattle. Three wears
of drouth were suffered there, and the
dreaded foot and mouth disease raw
aged herds. Cows and heifers were
also slaughtered too heavily in order
to supply the beef demand of Europe.
All this appears to be true, because
legislation is pending in Argentina
which seeks to limit the number of
cattle slaughtered to the probable
yearly increase, and it is sought TO
prohibit the slaughter of cows under
seven years old and of calves entirely.
Australian cattle breeding has been
Kindred by seasons of drouth. the
cattle industry of Mexico has been
crippled by revolution. and England
VIII probably eat all the beef that
canada can raise No doubt there will
be a continued shortage of meat in
be a suff1ciency for all purposes il
people didn't eat more than thew need
ed. We all eat too much meat in
this country and we ought to cuJti-
vate the vegetable habit more. Not
only cultivate the habit but cultivate
the vegetables. And this is within the
range of easy possibility for nearly
everybody. There is plenty Of ground
available and all that is needed is the
Will to do it. Spring will soon be here
and now is the time to get hold of a
patch of soil and plan the garden II
is really wonderful what can he done
with little ground, a little muscle
and ordinary intelligence and industry
TOWARD cutting down the expenses of
the taole-St. Joseph News-Press
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ON TIE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT.
Old Love Letters.
BY ROY x. MoULToN.


There's one thing makes me hoppin'
mad,
There's nothin' else that's quite so
bad,
Or makes me feel more like a cad,
In this world 1 opine.
Than when my wife starts in to quote
And with knowing eye does gloaf
Upon the CUFF that once 1 wrote
Those old love notes of mine
she's got 'em saved up, every one,
And when the family rows begun.st
she starts right in and has her fun,
TIL every one is read.
She says: Now sit right still, my dear,
know you're dying just to hear
Those things you wrote to me the year
Before we two were wed"
she says: Now this one will please
you,
You wrote it back in ninety-two.
Now, listen please, till get through,
was your angel then.
It says: oh, listen to my cry;
l m always happy when you're nigh;
The envied of all men,"
And then she reads a lot of CUFF
OF silly mollycoddle stuff,
must have hung an awful bluff,
When 1 a-courtin' went.
me oogle-google talk is there,
The worst I've heard most anywhere,
she throws ii at me when I dare
To give my feelings vent.
IN spite of all that can do
She reads: zoos lovey dove is oo?''
zee Wnlz, 1t makes me sick all through
And makes my woe increase.
n ere's my advice to all young men.
~ r1Snt TO WOO and win, but then
Don't do it with fountain pen
If you would live in peace.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News

Singers seldom sing the praises of each
other.
It's the fall of the year that breaks the
backbone of summer.
Lots of people pray for things they
never think of working for
When it comes to rejecting a woman is
not in it with her mirror
Money makes the mare go-but it isn't
ALWAYS the mare you bet on.
Some men haven't sense enough to dis
tinguish between friends and acquaint-
anceS-
IT is never safe to tell a newly married
man a secret unless you wish his wife
to know 1T.
Possibly you may. have noticed that
MANY a young mans success in life was
due to the fact that his father was poor
when a pretty coquette gets busy with
her handkerchief, some silly young man
is anxious to find out what the wiic
waves are saying
When woman gets to thinking how
unhappy her husband would be had he
married some other woman she always
feels more or less sorry for him.
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THE ROAD TO FAIRYLAND.

Did you know-know even the road you
must go?''-
'Oh, a certain way to fairy1and no man
alive may knowi
But dream called in the morning ana
led us up and down
Past the market-place and gardens, and
the white streets of the town.
All the folk were dancing-all the worio
was gay
But darksome was the mountain-road, and
there we lost our wayi
All worn you are with fasting anu green
with weather-stain,
And you'll never go a-seeking Tor iairS-
land again?"
oh, yes, for there's fairy-oream d
lurking in the wind
And when that dl cam goes flying FORTH
Wen not be left behind!
Follow-follow-follow over mouhtain'
vale and stream,
Bad luck upon the lazy looms who never
heed a dream!
Margaret Sackville, in Pail Mall Ga
zette
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Work comes doubly hard to those
who haven't peace of mind.
+ + =
And the day dreams that come true
seldom amount to much.
i + j.
The bitter pills of life are generally
made by those who have to swallow
them.
Nearly everybody is occasionally
overtaken by fear, but some are clever
enough not to show it.
j. = i
When man goes to pieces not many
hands are extended to pick them up
and put him together again.
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DAFFYDHS
BY q. wOALL.

Could you say every dog owns ship
because he has a bark?
Cha! Hal. Hail! I'm laughin' at
yuh.)
Can you measure a peoples riches
by the extent Of their commonwe :?
CNo more aviation stunts like that,
pleaseD
Would it be possible TO make a key
to a cryptogram with letter-file?
CWorse and worse, and more of it.
Good nightD
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Through an inexcusable blund

Through an inexcusable b1under,
Mr.. James Whitcomb RileyS poem
.sThe Land of Used-to-Be," from the
book, Rhymes of Childhood" pub
lished by The Bobbs- Merrill Company,
of Indianapolis, and copyrighted by
them in 1890, was printed recently on
this page without any copyright cred
It and without authority from The
Bobbs- Merrill Company, Mr.. Riley's
publishers and the holders of the
copyrights on his writings. Such apol-
ogies as are due in the premises are
hereby extended by the State Jour
nal to The Bohbs-Merriu Company.