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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22
EVENING CHIT
Does IL PAY?
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Does tt Pay?
Lust 1 consume my life-this little
life,
In guarding against all may make
1t less?
1t is not worth so much!-it were to
die
Before my hour, to live in dread of
DEATH byron.
We were discussing travelling and
the dangers incident thereto the other
evening.
There's one thing I hate to do"
said the Author-Man, land that's to
sit on the side of the train toward the
other track. 1 always go through the
train till 1 find a seat on the other
side.''
II never thought of that" said the
Wants-to- be-cynic, but I must say L
hate to sleep eight or nine stories up
in s. hotel. I won't go above the
fourth story if there's another hotel in
town. One night 1 went to five hotels
before 1 could find a room I'd take"
IT never stayed in a hotel but twice
in my life," said Observation-Disclosures
ographer-lady, land then 1 was too
pleased to be there at all to mind
what story 1 was in. But there's one
thing that always frightens me, and
that is an elevator. I never get into
one of those things without expecting
to be killed. When l have only two
or three stories to go. always walk.
How about you?" said someone,
turning to the Man-who-thinks, you
travel a lot, what's your special pre-
cautions ?'
"Me?'' said the Man-who-thinks, Il
don't believe I have any"
aren't you ever afraid of any
thing?" asked Molly.
"Oh, yes" said the Man-who thinks.
ST suppose so, and I used to have
quite a lot of precautions to follow. In
fact, I used to carry private life
preserver for ship travel, because To
heard that the ordinary kind are like
~ to turn you upside down and drown
ally decided it didn't pay"
''Why?" asked Molly.
well, I figured it out this way,
said the Man-who-thinks. by fussing
using up a certain amount of time and
energy that 1 could never get back.
OF course might possibly save my lie
that way, but the chance was so small
that 1 thought it didn't pay. It's like
insuring your life at so high pre-
MUM that by the laws of probability
you'd pay in twice as much as you'd
ever get out. There's something in
julius Caesar about it's being better
to die once than every day, and that's
the way I feel about it."
"Oh, I learned that in school, said
Molly. isn't this it
''Cowards die many times before their
deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but
once,
OF all the wonders that I yet have
heard,
1t seems to me most strange that men
should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come, when it will GOMEZ"
And yet if Caesar had only been
willing to heed the warning, and take
a precaution or two, he could have
lived twenty years more said the
be-cynic.
But he couldn't have been Caesar"
said the Man-who- thinks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22
GE1rING an rHE TRurH.

The Illinois vice commission has
rendered a great service to the coun-
try by taking what seems to be a
wrong line in its investigation. Its
apparent assumption that the denizens
of the red light district are recruited
from working girls whose pay is in
adequate to support them has called
forth a storm of protest from those
who know more about the women OF
the underworld than it does. The re-
suit is that a better insight into this
sad and heavy problem is being OBJ
tanned by the public than has ever
been afforded it before
Miss Heard. superintendent of the
temporary shelter for women in Phil
adelphia, adds her testimony to that
of others who know. in declaring that
most of. the fallen women have drifteo
into their present position from con-
ditions under which they lived COM
fortably and decently.
AS to the fundamental cause of the
downfall of girls, she says: Mother
hood in this country is at a low ebb.
Parents pay too little attention to
the actions of their daughters, anu
many would be surprised to learn that
the daughter who has gone wrong
started her life of shame in her moth
er's parlor. We who work here in the
vice district and who come into con-
tact with the women themselves, know
that what / have said is true
The majority of men ought also to
know it is true. They have come in
contact with the class of young men,
scattered through every calling of life,
who consider the leading of a girl
from the straight path something to
boast of among their fellows. And
they should know, from the circum-
stances as gleefully recounted, that
such thing would have been impos-
sible if there had been the proper
motherly care and vigilance
No, the girl doesn't always go wrong
because she has to work hard for little
pay. 1t is because she has not the
right kind of home training and pro-
lection and because there are always
men ready to take advantage of the
fact
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

into space. Her father touched her
gently on the shoulder. She looked
at him, then suddenly burst into tea rs
Old Henri. unused to the ways of the
weaker sex, sent her upstairs and told
her If she wanted anything to call
him. Then, leaving the partition
door between the shop and the green
houses open, he went back to his be-
loved flowers.
Toward evening a young man en-
tered the darkened shop, It was only
after pounding loudly on the counter
that he aroused Henri from his work
in the greenhouse. The old man came
running out in the dark very apollo
getic in manner.
Excuse me, sir, my. N.Y." he pratt
tied, as he turned on the lights, 81
clean forgot to turn on the light. My
little girl. Beryl. generally attends to
this but she is not feeling well to-
day, sir" He stopped short.
The young man was shifting the
air suspiciously.
Pardon me- he interrupted, a
troubled look on his face, "but isn't
there strong odor of escaping gas
somewhere o.
Old Henri's eyes dilated. His face
became a picture of terror. He
bounded up the steps two and three
at a time, across the hall, and into
Beryl's room, the young man follow
ing him closely. AS the door swung
towering.
Beryl lay on the bed, as if sleeping.
an envelope clutched tightly in her
hand. The young man quickly threw
open the window and picked the girl
up in his arms, and carried her
downstairs.
phone for an ambulance, quick
he shouted to Henri.
Bery1 was taken to the hospital.
All night long old Henri and the
NUTff n IN
them, fingered and died; then fiared
up, and fingered again. Finally the
doctors came out.
''She will pull through" one doctor
said.
Old Henri and the other wrung the
hands of these two young doctors and
babbled their incoherent thanks.
But" cautioned one of the doctors,
holding his hand up in gesture of
warning, 'she has fallen asleep. You
will have to wait until she awakens.
Nurses darted in and out during
the long night. and it was not until
the slanting streaks of gray morning
dimmed the electric lights that Beryl
awakened.
Old Henri. in his chair. had dozed
off; but the young nan sat b 5nefe.
dered intake of her breath, Beryl
looked around and saw-him. She
half arose; and then his arms were
around her. Her mind suddenly be-
came clear. She remembered every
thing.
You read the letter?'' she ques-
toned.
Every word, Beryl.'' he breathed,
''and-I-love-you Only-you
made one mistake. I am not Ray
Mitchell. I was only Miss Gibson's
manager The roses were required in
the show.'-(Copyrigh 1913, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Iceland. Indeed, although the fleecy
flakes fall each winter on many of the
higher mountains in Palestine. for
Jerusalem itself to be covered by a
white mantle is regarded as quite
notable event. This particular snow
storm visited the Holy City in March,
1912. Indictment and cold weather had
been experienced for some days. when
suddenly snow began to fall heavily,
and continued to do so on and off Tor
two days, to the perturbation OF the
natives. The result was that the en-
tire city was buried two or three feet
deep in soft snow So anxious were
the European inhabitants to take full
advantage of such an exceptional oc-
casion that primitive sleighs were re-
Questioned and the sport INDUCED in on
the Mount of Olives.-Wide World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

The amount of corn in farmers
hands, as computed by the department
of agriculture, is less than the trade
has anticipated, because the last crop
was enormous; but the amount is
greater than ever before except that it
was slightly exceeded in 1907, follow
ing the largest crop we ever had until
that of last year. The amount is esti-
mated to be 41.3 per cent of last years
crop. Corn was less affected by the
government report than other grains,
because the trade had looked for still
larger figures. The amount of wheat
in farmers hands is large. but it was
exceeded two. three and six years ago.
It amounts to 21.4 per cent of the last
crop, and this percentage is rather low.
Oats were an unprecedented crop last
year and more than Al per cent Uf the
crop remains in farmers hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22
Bowlegs and Equatorial Surplus.

At the instance of Senator William
Alden Smith, the president now has
under consideration the question of
whether bowlegs should keep a man
out of the marine corps. Accompanied
by a constituent whose legs will not
conform to the arms of a compass, the
Michigan senator went to the White
House and asked Mr.. Taft to make a
personal examination of the warped
underpinning of his constituent. At
the outset, it is understood, Senator
Smith said he did not k1steve his con-
stituent should be kept out of the ma
rine corps just because of this phys
zeal defect Yet. sorrowfuIly explained
the senator and hope1essly acquiesced
ton had been turned down. The story
goes that President Taft caused Sena-
tor Smiths protege to back up against
the wall in the presidents office. Mr..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22
by The WY
By HARVEY PARSONS.

Spring arrived, officially, sometime
yesterday, but official subdivisions OF
the calendar are about as unreliable,
in Kansas, as the Spring Robin and the
Spring crocus- The Spring robin is
hiding in the hen house, and the
Spring crocus is paling beneath snow
bank.
But to some the advent of Spring
is not decided by the robin. the crocus
nor the calendar, and in this country,
where book beer is comparatively I'M
known, the druggists display of sas-
safras is considered the surest sign.
Not long ago this department heard
the story of funny drunk. The
story. was funny, as told by the sober
narrator, but exaggeration is suspect
ed. So far as we could testify upon
oath, there is no such animal as a
funny drunk. If there is, he should
be captured and put on exhibition
A 15-year-old New York kiddo can't
dress on the $4,000 per year of her
allowance, so it has been raised to $780,
600. And with that sum at her COM
mand she may be able to dress in the
proper style to captivate some dry
goods clerk or chauffeur.
The Paris chief of police who served
20 years before he resigned, should
not be so stingy. Thousands of peace
officers in this country would like his
recipe for staying on the job more than
two years at a time. and he should
put it in book form for distribution.
Amos Piff1eberger telephoned this
morning to ask whether it was right
to hang a jury. He was instructed
that while it might be right, it was
not customary. and that it was the
consensus of opinion that a light jail
sentence was sufficient punishment.
Willum Alum White has found the
climate Of California very beneficial to
his eye sight. He no longer views with
alarm, and can even see the good
points of Democratic administration
and the good work of a Democratic
legislature. A trip to California might
benefit other Kansas politicians.
When the Biblical patriarch observed
that "all men are liars he probably
had in mind the fact that the most
truthful of men will lie about the good
time they had on their vacations.
The younger a man, the more ne
thinks he knows about women, and it
is just before he reaches mans estate
that he knows it all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22
HUNOR OF THE DAY

How can you tell?" "By the size of
the salary I'm getting.
, Transcript.
whats that you say?" ct say our
ancestors didn't know beans" Well
if prices keep going up, our descend
ants will become very well acquainted
with them."-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
why does Miss Schreecher close
her eyes when she sings?" Perhaps,
she has a tender heart" Il dom
quite understand Maybe she can't
bear to see how we suffer. ''-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
Mrs. Willis-''Im afraid the young
man who married our Emma is very
parsimonious' Mr.. Willis-"How SO %
Mrs. Willis-"She writes that their
honeymoon is scarcely costing over
his first ten years salary. Life
What I object to-" said Mr.. Dustin
Stax, lis the fact that you campaign
gentlemen don't reciprocate with any
enthusiasm when 1 contribute to your
fund" How can you say SO 2" re-
Joined the energetic worker. You en-
dorse our policies, don't you?" Il
suppose So" And we in turn are
willing to endorse any number of
checks that you may draw in our ia
vor. star
"A man may have great conversa-
tional abilities, and still have very few
conversational opportunities. I
know; I'm married myself. Houston
Post.
I'm a little suspicious of this, it
may be spurious" What is 1t "A
dealer offers me a portrait of Rem
brandt by Titian.'-Louisville Courier
Journal
Ma" said Ethelinda, sis my hat on
straight % Perfectly, my dear.
Then it's wrong. 1t ought to be on
one side of my head and down over
my left eye."-Washington Star.
One of the rules issued by a certain
Balkan power for the guidance of war
correspondents says that such per-
sons may be suspended at will. Not,
we trust, from the nearest tree!
Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22
MPASS IT on

'sPASS IT ON"
If you have an old lead dime,
Pass it on.
Do not fuss and waste good time,
You may feel real mean, it s true,
But in just week or two
1t will come right back to you.
Pass it on.
Cincinnati Inquirer.
If you have a cure for grip,
Pass it on.
Do not let your chances slip,
Pass it on.
Never fear that you II forget
The prescription that's your pet;
Twill drift back to you, you bet!
Denver Republican.
If your kid says something bright,
Pass it on.
Tell your friends by day and night,
Pass it on.
Tell 1t loudly on the street
And some day a dad you'll meet
Who the same thing will repeat.
Pass it on.
Allentown Democrat.
If you've got smile to spare,
Pass 1t on.
1t will tighten some ones care,
Pass it on.
It will make the skies more blue.
It will make hearts seem more true,
And it will come back to you.
Pass it on.
Do you know some scandal, friend,
Pass it on.
All crea ton will attend,
Pass it on
Whether false or whether true,
Twill be multiplied by two
When the tale comes back you.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Up at Portland, Maine, the county
commissioners have just paid SIS, 900
for $50 acres of land to be used as a
county farm for the shelter and pos
sible cure of habitual drunkards.
There is no better cure for the drink
habit than plenty of farm work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Nebraska has decided to let the rail-
road decide how many cars it shall
have in a freight train, and the rail-
road ought to know. 1t had been pro-
posed in bill offered in the legisla-
ture to limit the number to fifty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

The S. r. o. Skirts worn by women
are not without their advantages.
They allow a greater number of the
wearers to occupy the election booths
at one time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22
TFT FPH0NES
FULL. LFASFD wTRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal IS n member ~ tne
Associated Press and receives the run cav
te1egranh report OF that great news or
Eanfzatfou for the exclusive afternoon
publication I'm Topeka
The news is received I'm Tho State jour
nal brildinx- over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

A Wichita negro died as the result
of eating too much fried liver. Prob
ably the next legislature will pass a
law limiting the amount of liver that
may be eaten at one sitting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

They had to police the course of the
Oxford-Cambridge boat race for fear
some suffragette would throw out a
marmalade tin and wreck a boat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Much has been said about the
pitcher that goes too often to the well
but how about the pitcher that goes
too often to the box?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

president Woodrow Wilson anoth-
er Abraham Lincoln" is a headline in
the Salina Union. Sounds of Jealous
rage from Oyster Bay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Presumably Mr.. Morgan is maxim. a
farewell tour of Europe just to see
whether he has overlooked any lily
desirable masterpieces
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

A messenger boy dropped dead
while delivering an Easter bonnet to
a woman in Spokane. Wait till you
hear from the husband of that woman
when the bill comes in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

If the revolutions for revenue only
are to be really barred. lot of earnest
patriots will be able to give more time
to the raising of bananas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Chicago professor announces that
the human race will soon be toothless.
At least that's one way of getting back
at the beef trust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Senator Dixon has been calling at
the White House. Was he seeking his
reward for the great aid he gave in
electing Wilson?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

So far, it appears that President
Wilson has declined to receive any
presents except an annual pass to the
ball games
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

The Republican statesman who
went to Panama recently and wit
messed two landslides must have felt
quite at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

They have a clubhouse party over
in England. This looks like an at
tempt at infringement on an American
copyright
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Since the colonel went out of office
the cry has become better babies"
instead of more babies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Reforms instituted by the Wilson's
are coming thick and fast. The girls
wear no rats in their hair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

]. K. Sniffer has the garbage con-
tract in Omaha. This seems to be the
right man in the right place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

The colonel says he is glad he was
defeated. That seems to make il
nearly unanimous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

No gold mounted weather forecaster
for President Wilson. He has return
ed gilded razor strop to the donor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22
IRON OTHER PENS
PENAL1zING MOTHERHOOD.

Women teachers in this city may be
wives but not mothers. That is what
the vote of the progressive board of
education. refusing to Mrs. Edgell,
high school teacher, a leave of absence
for the purpose of giving birth to and
caring for a child in it's earliest in
fancy means. This vote does nothing
for the schools, even If it be conceded
that a woman who has children of her
own is any less fitted to teach the
children of others. Married women
teachers will continue to do their duty
by their husbands and by society In
spite of the singular attitude of the
board of education. They will simply
be less honest about the reason for
their absences than Mrs. Edgell has
been. The board of education has
merely put a premium upon deception
and encouraged the partial neglect OF
the babies of teachers, who, concealing
the cause of their absence, will have
to return to their work in the schools
after bearing children sooner than they
would if the school authorities had
adopted more humane policy. The
attitude of the board of education Is
without excuse. If women who are
mothers become inefficient as teachers
thew should be dismissed because they
are inefficient and not because they are
mothers. There must be no penalty 1or
Motherhood. The law has denied to
the board of education the right TO
dismiss women teachers for marrying
TT is time the law denied to IL the right
to dismiss them after marriage Tor
having children. Here is an oppor-
tnnity for the Iegislature.-New York
Tribune.
SECRETARY OF LABOR.
since there is to be department OF
labor and a secretary of labor, a GER
tain curiosity arises in the mind as to
the sense in which the congress IN
creating the department used or meant
the word "Iabor.' In the usage OF
politicians and labor leaders labor
means organized labor and no other
t. happens that much the larger part
Of the labor of the United States is
,,norganized. Will the department OF
fabor be under the control of and
largely devoted to the interests of or
ganized labor or will it be faithful to
ali labor? This question is asked in no
unsvmpathetic spirit and without pre-
i,,dice The matter is difficult. nearly
es difficuIt perhaps as If there were a
denartnent of theology to be filled. Mr..
Gompers end his friends will gobble
the department of labor IL they can;
and no blame to them. We should say
that the appointment of secretary OF
labor would not be the easiest of Mr.
wilson's many perplexities and difficult
duties.-New York Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22
Snow i'm Jerusalem,

AS one would naturally imagine in so
generally genial climate, snow in
Jerusalem is as rare as heat wave in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

The Inventor-'-That machine can do the
work of ten men," Visitor-"Gee whiz.
My wife ought to have married it,
Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Ma" said Ethelinda, sis my hat OF
straight?" Perfectly, my dear
..Then it's wrong. 1t ought to be OIL
one side of my head and down ovel
my left eye."-Washingto Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

One of the rules issued by certain
Balkan power for the guidance of war
correspondents says that such per-
sons may be suspended at will Not,
we trust, from the nearest tree =
Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Its going to be a hard winter"
How can you tell?" by the size of
the salary I'm getting"
Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

why does Miss Schroeder close
her eyes when she sings?" perhaps,
she has a tender heart" Il don't
quite understand Maybe she can't
bear to see how we suffer. ''-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

I'm a little suspicious of this. it
may be spurious What is it z" "A
dealer offers me a portrait of Rem
brandt by Titian."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

Whats that you say?' 81 say our
ancestors didn't know beans" well,
if prices keep going up, our descend
ants will become very well acquainted
with them.''-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

The younger a man, the more he
thinks he knows about women, and il
is Just before he reaches mans estate
that he knows it all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22

"A man may have great converse
tional abilities, and still have very few
conversa tional opportunities' Il
know: I'm married myself. Houston
Post.