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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01


Being n fat man has it's disad-
vantages. but belonging to the Society
for the Prevention of Surplus Avoir-
dupois, that has been organized in
Illinois, would seem to be means Of
aggravating them most materially
Membership Is open only to men who
tip scales at 200 pounds or better. And
a member must take an oath to alb
stain from beer, to take q cross coun-
try run Of at least three miles twice
q week. and enc of six miles once a
month, to work daily in gymnasium,
and to eat not oftener than once a day.
Cutting down ON the meat consump-
ton and cutting out the beer wouldn't
be SO burdensone. But imagine Mr.
Fat after staging his three-mile and
six-mile runs. and in the summer
when the Temperature in the open and
under the sums brilliant rays mounts
- 13o ana 1stt6E. ~ :, Z. s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
Globe Sights

Smut is also common in Wild oats.
Most Of the theories are all right rs
such.
A true friend is one you can get
along with on a camping trip.
It il the man who smokes who IL
most frequently out-of matches.
When your influence IL Iessened you
are apt to be the last to find It out.
Modest man doesn't care II the girls
Show Through IL they aren't his girls.
We have heard farmers kick about
nearly everything but q lack OF exer-
else.
1t takes \ man 30 long to read q
borrowed book that he forgets who
loaned it to him.
There are q large number Of dogs.
among the other causes Of the in
creased cost Of living.
By the time q man has paciffed his
wife q few times he feels qualified for
the diplomatic service.
Fly swatting might attract more EN-
thusiasts Il 1t required q license and
much expensive equipment
Before election. you can convince =
politician OF almost anything but the
fact that he Isn't . statesman.
When an Atchison man was told to
take more exercise he commenced
rolling twice a. many cigarettes.
Some dogs are prstty woxsh1ess: Al
MOI - ornery, IN fAc&s - the co2nR4-
0sak 80 slprs11e us1ne1 - -.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

EVERY NHGHF.
Ino victims BEGIN to afnG S
-. tns sound Of hasts ning feee.
Gives dgnalAs thsillln8, aVeet-. -
Evesy nlehts
" mirror ahows M shaning eyes
-! 1s@een . ouoky cloud a. hair.
1ne <pelx0ned rouge pot ready M
70 neap mo brave the footiiahta glaro-
Every night
bare my soul before them an.
ana tnrough . mist I zee ara hear
AneE csappdpnG hands then HrayH onll
Al oiur ana jar. alfho' 70 neax-
Evary night
He comes through. painted woode to me-
mocktng. painted moon smiles down,
! DOW my head to Fate'a decree,
Accept with fainting heart tho Crown
Every night.
He plays the lovers part. vhiao T.
= yield With joy to his embraces.
ashamed. yet glad-A maiden shy
AND this before that sea Of faces
Every night
You smile and watch the minnie strife
the love and heartbeAts We portray:
To me. it il the Cup OF Lfe-
To him. and you. tbs but Z play
Every night,
Louise Won Wettsr. in the New York
T1me0.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Dodging q creditor il one form of
commercial activity
To dream about q horse isn't neces-
sari1y q might mare"
The people who cast their bread
upon the water wish It many happy
returns.
When q man suffers from insomnia
he can hear the bed ticking in the
silent watches Of the night
Wigwag-"Has your yacht q CENTER
board ?" 0uxxler-'No. but It has q
we1l-stocked sideboard"
hair done mp by q hair dresser?' Belle
-"oh, yea; on ana on"
Life II q game in which many q fell
low doesn't think he II getting his
moneys worth unless he sees 4 dou-
b1oheader.
Many . mans idea OF charity II to
cut down the salaries OF his employees
In order to contribute to the foreign
missions.
Capital Il going to the
bow WoW2" Slobbs-.sWhat'e mn
now - Blobbo-"Even the dog fam
ciers are organising trust
Why DO you always shake . man
by both kAnds?'' asked the Optimist.
when do that he can't BE- picking
my pocket. replied the poanlm1St.
A man realizes that even fame has
it, drawbacks when he has yellow
dogs and nve-eent cigars named after
him.
None bot the brave deeerve the
fair." quoted the Wioo Cuy. ssVvoll.
guen they'll ned an thedr beaverY
be1oee meU 81 tn1Uugh," aAoo1 the
5zsssss5z
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

that creates prosperity. I know Of .
woman who has created crocheted
hats and waists that are cheap and
beautiful. and thereby added to her
own income besides expanding and
Identifying her own and her daugh-
ter's wardrobes with the garments
made And she has added to her in
come still further by writing articles
to the magazines telling how she does
the work.
There are little opportunities around
you for adding to your income. Ana
after you have developed and Inn
proved q few Of the opportunities.
your mind becomes more creative in
that line and you begin to expand in
the direction Of prosperity. But you
will never see the opportunities ana
your mind will create nothing SO long
as you are held in bondage by the
pinch the pennies thought and feel
ings of envy and jealousy.
This is not saying that the worlds
wealth is justly distributed as it might
be. But it doesn't help bring better
conditions to sit down and just find
fault, and it cuts you off from realix-
ing your own share now. Do all you
can to promote more just conditions.
but don't waste time brooding in bit
terness over the fact that there are
many flaws in the present economic
system Don't let the desire and hope
for better things destroy all enjoyment
of what you now possess. Our stand
ards of living advance faster than our
incomes, and SO we are no happier
even when our incomes are multiplied
many times.
There Ia sunshine and fresh air and
green trees and flowers and books
and paper within the reach of nearly
all of us. Do not forget to enjoy
them.
Concentrate your desire first upon
those things which are not too far In
advance. When you have realized
some of them. you will be in a better
condition 70 take further steps toward
prosperity and freedom.
Organize your forces for victory.
Plan Do not expect to drift into sue
cess. Do not expect to jump from
darkness into light in one moment.
You may have to work harder to earn
success now than you would under
more Just economic conditions. but
faith, concentrated thought. good will.
will open the path before
YOU.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
Journal Entries

Too many people aim high without
being equipped with adequate ammuni-
ton.
Some men gain distinction through
their dogs winning prizes at bench
shows.
.
Neither il there anything very fine
about the success achieved at the ex-
pense Of others
Almost every man is sure he could
shine more brilliantly in some field OF
endeavor ~ther than his own.
= -
What has become on the oid-fashioned
man who squared his cussing With his
conscience by saying, go to Haiifax.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
On the Spur
of the Moment

By ROY K. AoULTON.

Musical Comedy.
Take the following Ingredients:
One lieutenant (tenor).
One princess (soprano).
One girl friend of princess (con-
tralto).
One chum of lieutenant (baritone3.
One angry. father (basso).
Twelve merry village maidens-
Six clothing dummies (chorus menu.
One lightning rod agent Glow come
diam.
One old maid aunt.
Two jokes Gone for each act).
= One pale moon.
One yacht In distance
One set Of shifting clouds
One balcony.
Sixteen songs that have nothing to
do with the plot Of which there Z
none.
Nix these ingredients thoroughly
ami divide Into two par6 With = ten-
minute 1u1efxntGuton botUeen ana f1Aowu
- ~ ~ - zz<sss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
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Jayhawker Jots

AS the Valley Farmer points out.
good husbands have never been
spoiled by good cooking.
There are no failures more pitiable,
perhaps, observes the Nortonvfile
News, than those which result from
too much success.
The Sedgwick Paragraph explains
that the ':-ouble with most of US is
that we forget to do tomorrow what
we have put of today.
According to tie Jewell County Re-
publican, the jackrabbits like. to get
in the road and show motor-car men
that there is no speed limit on them.
The woman who fiirts because her
husband Is inclined to be gay. would
probably fiirt anyway, insists the
Howard Courant. A flirty woman can
always be depended on to find an ex-
cuse as we'll as an opportunity.
You know the weeds known as but
ton weeds. says the Jewell County
Monitor. A little country girl under
stood it mutton weed. and so she
mutton weed b. ause tho sheep
eat it,
Rawlings, in the Marion County
Record: Nearly every fellow thinks
he Is the busiest man in town. If
everybody could only raise the other
folks childre- what a model set of
youngsters there would be. +. The
scorn of the fat man for the thin man
is equaled only by the fun the thin
man gets out of seeing the fat man
pun. Rain must be wetter on
Sundays than on other days. See how
1t keeps folks from going to church.
Opportunity is very kind-heart-
ed. When she sees q fellow sitting so
comfortable like on the whitfield dry
goods box on the shady side Of the
grocery she seldo molests him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
PERSON OR PARTY

Senator Bristow doesn't appear :. De
much interested in the success of the
Republican party in Kansas. His yelled
threat to bolt the party again. or. at
least. to deny it his support In the
event that its United States senatorial
nomination il voted to ex-senator Cur
tbs can mean only one thing. Senator
Bristow reaf6liated with the Republican
party merely for the personal political
profit that might accrue to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

In all probability. the happiest man
In major league baseball circles is Leon
Ames. a pitcher with the Cincinnati
team. He is one of the cast-offs of the
New Yorks Giants. in whose service he
saw many years. And the other day,
he not only treated his former team
mates to shut out. but he also scored
one Of the few victories of the season
over the mighty Mathewson. Could
there be anything swceter in the line Of
baseball revenge?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
HOW TO sUCCEED.

1t is not wise to try to s'pun'' pros
perity to you. 1t IL better to try to
deserve 1t. The. basis of prosperity il
the right mental attitude. Get out Of
the mental attitude OF ''pinching PEN
nies." No matter II you spend but Z
dollar week. spend it with good wiz
and praise and bless it when you part
with it Then watch for opportunity
and use your Imagination. Thus
writes William e. Towne in August
Nautilus. and he continues:
It - the attitude OF mentn1 alertnaaa.
that 49, $500 ana sa6pr16>o 8 61onI,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
Euening Chat
Love ana Little Thines.

Love IL great and wonderful force
and any love worthy the name par
takes of the spiritual. Yet even the
highest and most wonderful love must
also partake of the material and be in
fluenced and affected by material things.
and by very little thing too.
I thought Of this the other day. when
a friend Of mine was ridiculing an as
scrtion. made In e newspaper interview
by a well known customer, that i'll fit-
ting corsets had great deal to do with
divorce.
Now, Of course. the connection be-
tween c0rSets and divorce il sensational
but dig deeper. and perhaps it won't
seem SO absurd.
Ill fitting corsets cause i'll health.
Ill health causes i'll humor.
Ill hunor certainly leads towards di-
vurce.
thing as an i'll fitting garment may have
q tremendous effect upon such q great
and spiritual thing as love.
Especially Is love subject to insignifl-
cant and material influences at the be-
ginning Of its existence. Just as the
little rivulet may be turned into q new
channel by the falling of q rock or by
years OF labor or some c:itaclynn OF
nature to turn the course Of the same
stream when 1t has grown into a NIGH
ty river. 20 the love which might have
become great and powerful force may
be easily turned aside at It's inception.
A man who is unusually devoted to
his wife was asked to tell IL his was
a case of love at first sight. NO." he
said. mot exactly. fell in love with
my wife the second time I met her. but
the first time I only saw her for a few
hours and she had ON an unbecomfng
gown and had q cold in her head and
didn't say much. and wasn't at alt
attracted to her.
so, II It had not been for that second
meeting, a cold in the mead ana an un-
becoming gown would have prevented
the inception Of a love which Is now
as deep and true a. any that know.
Again. q woman to whom the great
Disraeh offered his heart and hand re-
fused him because he had such a bad
BREATH"
Yes. love Is a great and wonderful
force but. like many great and wonder
full forces. It II not Independent OF the
influence Of the big little things that
help to make up life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

In the maneuvers preliminary to q
possible general European war, what
is England doing with powerful fleets
OF battleships? Sending then. quietly
but with well-timed speed in the di-
rection of the German coast, of course.
All Of which is likely to make Kaiser
Wilhelm hesitate about rushing to the
aid Of Austria.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State Journal
away from homo during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address ut tho rate
Of ten cents . week or thirty cents
Q month (by mail only). Address
changed as often as desired. While
out OF town the State journal will BIC
20 you like q daily letter from home.
Advance payment II requested ON
these short time subscriptions, to save
Bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IF'rom the Chicago Newa1
Men without enemies have but few
friends
Food for thought IL found in empty
Ecupboards.
If q friend pulls his watch on your
funny story cut 1t short.
You can't hatter an honest man by
telling him he's honest.
It il not nec -sarily . small matter
when q woman puts her best fx~t for
ward.
BY covering mp their tracks some
men get credit for walking in the
straight and narrow path.
Some are born rich, some acquire
riches and some get into politics and
thrust riches upon themselves
Almost any young man will do any
thing pretty sister asks-that Is. IL
she happens to be some other fellows
sister.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

II the news from st. Petersburg is
correct to the effect that Emperor
Nicholas IS expected to lead the Rus
SLAMS in person in the event of a gen.
eral European war, it is likely that the
steel-workers to his majesty are now
busy on a bullet and shell proof porta-
BILE enclosure for his use in the field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

They do some things better over in
Belgium. A get-rich-quick artist, who
swindled the public out of $3,400.O0O
was recently sentenced to ten years
imprisonment and to pay a fine of
$500. The rule in this country is to
impose a large fine and short term in
prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

Isn't Austria generous? She is will
ing to pay the way home of her way
ward sons for the purpose Of standing
them in battle line to be shot at.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

Gear Nicholas, by the way. who is
doing so much to bring about general
European war called the first universal
peace conference at Tie Hague.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal II q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news n
ganizatfon for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news IL received In The state Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

It's ill wind, etc. The rumbling of
the war clouds IN Europe make the
prospects for dollar wheat exceedingly
bright.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

without batting so much as a single
eyelash, the Chicago Herald observes:
The male flirt is usually chicken
hearted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

Nothing is forgotten quicker than the
annoyances of warm weather when 1t
IL suddenly supplanted by cool spell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

Only a few more days now and the
agonies Of the primary campaign will
be over. Too bad 1t isn't election day
that is so close at hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

No longer is It the River Of Doubt.
BY a mandate of the Brazilian govern
ment it has become the Rio Theodore.
Skeptical geographers will please
change their maps accordingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

Some Of the European monarchs are
likely to have the truth forcer home to
them that Might doesn't always make
for Right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

Some Of the American ports are also
being blockaded-but with wheat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

More balloting and less bulleting i.
what the people of Europe need.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
From Other Pens
WISCONSIN IDEA ExPENsIvr

For years we have been told that the
Wisconsin idea of politics as demon
strated by Senator La Toilette was the
only simon pure reform in the world
and that 1t was sure cure for all ills
OF the body polite. We even sent out
committee of prominent men from
this city to sit at the feet Of the Wis
consin Gamaliels and learn wisdom.
The principal part Of TIL idea was to
have everything done by commission,
and most Of the Commissions were
headed by members of the faculty OF
the University OF Wisconsin. where
multiple :: f4fies are common. No
state can show such d flne array. Of
academic commissions a. well AZ some
OF an administrative sort an Wiscon.
sin, and II Mr.. La Toilette missed any
opportunity to erect more It was be-
cause he did not see It. Now the state
II IN the midst OF bitter campaign
and La Toilette policies are under fire.
deemed the state the expenses
amounted to - per capita, and no one
can deny that Wisconsin always haa
oeen q prosperous commonwealth.
now the expense IL IS per capita, ana
the increase is almost entirely due to
nearly everything. The people do not
seem to be proportionately grateful and
there is going to be the hottest sort Of
time this fall when q full set Of state
officials and a United States senator
are to be eIected.-Philadelphia In
Quirer.
WHAT KEEPS US POOR.
While Mr.. Rockefeller is generously
disclosing the secret of acouirinr
wealth. President Lily HaxwOrth WnI-
lace of the National Associated Dornes-
TIC Science Clubs 70 advising the eoun-
try at large how to keep It. save =
nickel and spend q penny. saws M.
Rockefeller. sagaciously. Find use Tor
mere ana wagte for less says President
wallace tersely. Good advice. trulv.
and between the two lies the road r.,
fortune. OF the two precepts, however.
e must be admitted that President
few Of us in these days can MANAGE 70
sups1st on one-stxth Of our incomes. and
those who can do not need To. NJ
Rockefeller can. Of course, and pIav
golf. too. but he IL an exception. presi.
Dent WalIace's advice. ON the other
nano, may pc followed to advantage bv
every one. 1t 10 q simple direction r.
economist. and she expands II inns:
II isn't 20 much food for our bodies
az 1000 Tor our vanity that II kaenine
us poor today. Man goes into dent nof
Tor bread bit for cake. It's the keenir~
up with Lizzie that makes the hoie n
the salary envelope have known -
several women's clubs fhaf No. hsr
70 disband because each koateas fried
10 outoo the others In the mater -
refreshn.ents. Lately in waking - ma
rom my home in the early mornfn~ Z
nave been artounded by the appcaras,ce
u J. tne carnage cans-at the food n
ncte hash. know. but there e no nsed
OF nash. Tor there are dozens ~ vs~.
10 prepare left over meat. prorSrSv
seasoned anc reheated, not recooke6 e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
Kansas Cos5u5,ejii


This basebali striks. which 1lmSst
happened. interests ~ greatly. AZ
though lar removed from the acenel
ncene o. big league ball One can eao-
NY understand why coal miners Strtke
to get out In The open air. and = raise
which may be sufficient to pay The ex-
penoes Of .he only availehle vadaftc6-
Indeed. It II fairly easy 70 undefstand
why any organisation employed At =
modest wage In the un0nofonoue ael1s
Of industry might strike occasionally
ventilation. shorter hours and longer
emolumonts. But for these tempegA-
mental ana high priced artists Of the
big show to think Of riSk1ng their f5ch-
es In common conflict - great strain
on the imagination. It r. deeply In
teresting OF itself. and also for what
It may forecast TO think Of the mighty
0atheweOn turned walking Celeo4te, -
Walter johnson doing picket duty ont
side the turnsti1o Of 4 ball park seems
~ plausible A. strike Of United States
senators, or 4 waIkout Of wan street
br0kerA Just about. A strike Of army
officers Tor . readjustment Of their
retired pay would be about ~ startling
and unexpectetd. or . riot Of chorus
ladies because they are requested to
think it didn't happen.-Atchison Gibbs.
REASONABLY MEN.
In the conference at Chicago to ad-
just the differences between the engine
men Of the western railroads and the
railroad managers the railroad mama
gers asked federal mediation Viewed
In the light Of past railroad strikes.
this IL different. Then, the employees.
not the railroad managers. always
made application for arbitration. The
railroad managers were accu8tomed to
defying the demands Of labor. That
was before labor became organised.
yon say? True. 1t was also before cap
ital took q humane view Of the relation
between labor and capital. For years
even after labor became organised
capital refused to recognise the de-
mands OF labor. without the use Of
strongarm methods. or threats to CO.
cree. Az the old saying runs, the
minds OF great men change; those Of
fools. never. The same type Of men
don't run the railroads that used to-
The old-fashioned railroad man IL ex-
tinct. There probably win not be q
strike Of the enginemen on the western
railroads. not wholly because mediation
VIII be success. but partly because
the railroad managers are usually reas-
enable men.-Ottawa Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

A1ser years Of married life. 4 man
, ~ never to tell his wife twice that
the same woman q rood lookinr.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-09-18
OUR UNAMENDABLE
STATE CONSTITUTION
The Situation In Indiana AS Shown
By tho Experience Of Sixty.three
Long Years.

Ii is now almost universally agreed
that We need either wholly new con
stitution or Il substantial revision OF
our present constitution. IL is also
agreed among those who have In
vestisated the workings OF our mode
OF amending the present constitution,
that IL Is practically unamendable.
During the past s1ty-three years S22
amendments have been formally pro-
posed. and our constitution has been
but twice amended-once by single
section In 1873. and once by seven Sec
tions In 1881. And these amendments
were or but minor Importance.
a more obstructive system of con-
amendment. .ths..Srs-could