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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
TERRIBLE COST or ILI1TERACY

The annual cost of adult illiteracy
to the United States is enough to builo
a new Panama canal every year, be-
sides constituting a menace to repre-
sentative government, writes con-
tributor to Leslie's. The difference IN
productive power beween those who
can read and write and those who are
illiterate is 800 year. and since the
census of 1910 showed that there were
over 100000 illiterates in the United
States, the economic loss easily reaches
the stupendous amount of 100000
900.
Speaking at the Industrial League
Conference on Adult Illiteracy. Mr.. p.
P. Claxton, United States commission
err of education, brought out the fact
that while during the last twenty years
illiteracy in the southeastern group or
the southern states has been decreased
by 100000. in the same period the
number Of illiterates in New York.
New Jersey and Connecticut has in
creased by more than half that
number being foreigners. These con-
ditions are easily susceptible to
remedy.
Men ana women loTty anu Any
years old have been taught to read
and write in a series of ten lessons.
The problem is to secure cooperation
of industrial managers and boards of
education in providing free instruction
during working hours.
The Standard Oil and General
Chemical companies with large plants
at Bayonne, n. j.. have arranged with
the local board Of education for in
struction to be given to a thousand of
their illiterate employees. George b.
Clifford, general manager of the Stand
ard Oil company. thinks that a vocab-
ulary of about 500 words would be
sufficient to enable the average work.
men to understand directions and to
answer ordinary questions. Having
that to begin with. the ambitious man
could rapidly acquire more. The in
creased economic efficiency both to
the workman and his employer.
amounting, it Is estimated. to $780,
O00.0 year is scarcely second to the
benefit the civic life Of the country
| would receive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
QUAKER MEDITATIONs.

[F'rom the Philadelphia Record.J
The longest way round has it's short
comings.
It's long lane that has no turning. not
to say returning.
When people are at odds. they general
ly try to get even.
Even the man who jumps into prom
inence should look before he leaps.
The fortunes Of war are considerably
overshadowed by its misfortunes.
It's a good plan to aim high. especially
II you are aiming to become an aviator
When a man says he has eevrything he
wants, it's a safe bet that his wants are
small.
No. Maude dear; you don't have to do
your counting in the dark to prove that
love is blind.
Lose your money and you will be sur
prised to find how quickly your friends
can lose you.
Muggins-"My wife is very much in
terested in the questions of the day.
Buggins-''Mine is more interested in the
questions of the night. when 1 get home
late
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

No such thing as q graduation day
is on the calendar of the school of
experience.
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You always know exactly where an
avowed enemy is, but the same is not
true of a friend.
There is also some hope for the man
who will accept honest criticism in
the spirit in which 1t is given.
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When a couple Of women have q
confidential chat it is likely that one
of their dear friends is being panned.
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Truths location at the bottom of
the well is reasonably secure because
so many people are such poor and un-
willing divers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
Siens of xf5e Times.
Euening Chat
The Gift of Love.
By RUTH CAMERON.

The Gift of Love.
People think that there are condi-
tions excluding the necessity of love in
their intercourse with men, but such
treated without love; one may chop
wood, make bricks, forge iron without
love, but one can no more deal with
people without love than one can ham
bees Is such that If you handle them
carelessly you will harm them as well
as yourself. 1t is the same with peO-
pie. And it cannot be different be-
cause mutual love is the basic law Of
human life. "-Tolstoi.
A friend of mine has two daughters.
One of them will do anything on earth
for her mother, but she has a sharp.
irritable manner. and have never
heard her speak a tender work or Of
fer her a caress. The other Is not in
q position to do much for her mother,
except love her, but she does that with
all her heart, and not only with her
heart. but with her manner and her
voice.
And to see her mother expanding in
this atmosphere Of love and tenderness
which the presence of this daughter
creates, is like seeing a bud expand
into a blossom when the sun comes
out after a storm
Her face lights up. The timidity of
manner which she is apt to show in
disappears She smiles. and the mois-
ture of happiness greater than the
happiness of smiles and laughter often
comes into her eyes.
This daughter sometimes grieves
that she cannot afford to give her
mother more. She does not need to
grieve. She is giving one OF the great
est gifts that one human being can
give another-the gift of love.
The atmosphere of love Is to human
beings what sunshine is to plants. It
makes them grow and blossom. To
expect human being to flourish in an
atmosphere of bad temper. of sup
pressed irritability. OF disapproval or
dislike. is like expecting plant to
blossom in q dark cellar.
The atmosphere Of love is the great
est gift that a mother gives to her
children. Another might mend their
clothes, look after their health and
supervise their manners and morals as
well, but no one else could give them
that blessed atmosphere of love and
Tenderness, in which a child will flow
er into a man or woman most per-
fectly.
OF course, do not mean that low
ing takes the place Of doing. There Is
something wrong about love that talks
but will not serve when 1t is in a po-
sition to do so. Love without service
| Is an anomaly. 1t is like sunshine CIV
| ing light but not heat Service Is a
part of true love. just as heat u a part
of sunshine. But on the other hand,
neither is heat without light sufficient.
Real love gives both tenderness and
service, just as naturally as the sun
gives out light and heat. And no love
which is lacking In either OF these eIe-
ments. is q true love.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

TN put it behind the bushes at the
end OF the garden" said naughty Billy
Pig.
Now. it happened that Billy Goat had
seen Billy Pigs mother go down the
road, and he thought he might find
Billy Pig alone. 30 he trotted toward
Billy Pigs house and saw him go out
II wonder what he IL carrying" said
Billy Goat "I'n watch and see where
he goes
After Billy Pig had hidden the Jar
in the garden Billy Goat went and
looked
$50, my fine fellow" he said, you
have been eating your mothers pre-
serves 1 shouldn't mind having a
taste myself; Mother Pig can cook
nice preserves"
He waited until Billy Pig had been
in the house a few minutes and then
he knocked at the door.
''How-dy-doT' said Billy Pig. but did
not ask Billy Goat to come In
. Billy Goat waited. and after being
sure he was not to be invited to enter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
FIFTEEN MINUTES LONGER.

Someone has said, @The English SOL
der can fight as long as any other
soldier-and fifteen minutes longer. :"
This statement can be applied to every
man or boy who succeeds in life, says
the Manufacturers Record. Out OF
every hundred few only can fight as
long as anyone else-and fifteen min
utes longer, and that fifteen minutes
turns the tide of individual success as
it has in the past turned the tide In
England's victories. Probably 80 per
cent. of the people Of the world go
alone in the even tenor of their way.
content If they can only fight LIES bat
ties as well as those who are marching
by their side. but the one who makes
Ia pre-eminent success is the one who
c. 4 work fifteen minutes longer than
the other man or boy. Not n1teen
minutes longer in length of time. but
fifteen minutes longer in its meaning OF
being able > overcome every obstacle
and still be ready for emergencies
The world is full of complaints OF
men who have not succeeded. VINO
blame their lack Of success upon con-
ditions rather than upon themselves.
They were not willing to undergo the
training. self-denial, self-control and
Acknowledgement that enabled them to
fight as long as anyone else-aho the"
fifteen minutes longer. They are the
people upon whom 20 can never en-
tirely depend as to absolute rellap1llty.
They may be truthful to the extreme,
SO far as intention is concerned, anu
vet their statements cannot De Wnoiiy
depended upon because they have not
gone to the limit of settling the ques-
lions committed to them. They are the
men and the boys who. when sent 10
do a thing or to find a man. come pack
and report that the thing could not De
done or the man could not be found
merely because some difficulty pre-
sented itself and they lacked the
initiative and the energy to go to the
very bottom Of the matter and not re-
turn until they could give the final
word.
Every business man longs for men
around him who, Wien sent to do JOB
of any kind will absolutely. do it if it
is possible to be done. Such men 90
not return with a statement that II
could not be done unless they nave
gone to the very bottom and proved
that point. They do not return anu SOY
that the man to whom they were sent
could not be found unless they nave
proven that no man could find him.
No man nor boy need expect to sue
coed in life more than to mediocre
degree who is not willing to train ana
develop himself, to master every rae
ulty that he has, regardless OF the
hardship that may be required to DO
it. in order to fit himself as good
soldier. fight as long as anyone else
land then fifteen minutes longer.
The man who wants to make h1mseii
absolutely Indispensable IN the business
world must go through this training.
He must make himself & 'endable he
must train himself to such accuracy
that when he makes a statement 1t VIII
he known that it is the final word on
the subject. These are the people VINO
make the great soldiers in the business
world and they are the only ones wno'
by mastering themselves. master con-
ditions and make themselves superior
to conditions and environment-ano
aucCeed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
PLANNING TO PREVENT CRIME.

The first step in what is described
as a program to step outside of the
prison walls and meet crime on its own
ground-in the midst of society-has
been taken by the management of the
state prison at jackson, Mich, de-
clares the Survey. An extension work
department has been organized with
the three-fold purpose of keeping
young men out Of prison, of aiding
paroled prisoners to meet the terms
Of their pardon and of preventing dis
charged prisoners from coming back.
Four years ago Jackson prison was
called one of the worst managed penal
institutions in the country. In 1909
the legislature abolished the contract
labor system and all but one OF the
pending contracts at jackson expired
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

Premier Asquith's speeches calling
the Englishmen to arms are even more
forceful than the many brilliant ones
he has delivered in times past for the
cause of peace. But that is usually the
case. The man who loves peace best
is generally the fiercest fighter when
he is compelled to engage in a com bat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
BILLY PIG AND THE PRESERVES.

Billy Pigs mother had been preserv-
ing all the morning. and when she went
to town in the afternoon she told Billy
Pig to keep a close watch on the closet
where she put the jars
Billy Pig watched her out of sight.
Then he opened the door to the closet.
''She won't mind II just count the
jars" he said.
Then he did very wicked thing. He
took a jar from the shelf and opened
it. First he smelled it. then he tasted.
He tasted again and again, and by and
by 1t was all gone. He wondered what
he should do with the empty jar. II
he left it on the shelf she would find it
a. know lie had eaten II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

And the fact that a federal grand
jury at Washington. d. c., has located
u food trust that took advantage of the
war to boost prices, holds out the hope
that federal grand juries in other Sec
tons of the country may be able to do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

The crime wave that is doing bust
ness in Topeka seems to be of a va
riety of waves that has no ebb. 1t ap-
pears to stand at flood all the time. No
one should get the idea that the num-
Der of burglaries in town is limited to
that. the news of which comes through
police channels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.J

Ignorance Of a lawyer Is anything but
bliss to his clients.
Many a man who says nothing saws
precious little wood.
We cannot blame some men for not
taking their own advice.
Husbands are as anxious to make money
as wives are to spend 1t.
Success seldom comes to q man who il
too lazy to meet 1t halfway.
Opportunity knocks once. but envy is q
continuous hammer wielder.
There's no place like home when a man
goes broke at summer resort
All the labor saving devices ever in
vented have failed to make the loafer pop
ular.
1t may be some consolation to 4 spin
ster when she sees 4 married man loaded
to the slopping over point with corn juice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

Austria's war against Servia. and
this was the torch that started the
European conflasration which had
been smouldering for so long, evidently
hasn't progressed very WELL A re-
liable report has it that there is not a
single Austrian soldier on Servian soil.
And Austria was planning to eat Servia
alive and make the meal a brief one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

Some of the military experts in this
and other countries. who are watching
the titanic struggle from the side
lines. are voicing the opinion that per-
haps the German emperor is making
a sentimental mistake in his furious
and seemingly irresistible rush on
Paris. They insist that the Allies will
b. far from defeated even If Paris
falls into the hands Of the Germans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

Topeka is a peace-loving community,
but the chances are it would be pleas
ed to be the scene of a war on the part
of its police against the burglars and
the hold-up men who are having such
easy shedding these days and nights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

A little thing like participation in a
war of almost worldwide proportions
doesn't disturb Japan in the slightest
apparently. in the pursuit Of the even
tenor of her way. An announcement
is made that the war will not interfere
with her plans to make a big display
at the Panama exposition at Frisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
A Severe Mother.

A very estimable widow in German
town. Pa. is the mother of a son who
has given her much trouble by reason
of his waywardness.
Il am afraid" said q friend one day,
in speaking of the boy. that you are
not firm enough with him.
ION the contrary" said the mother,
II sometimes fear that I am much too
harsh.''
"Indeed!"
"Oh. don't mean to say" the fond
mother fastened to explain, that I
have ever really taken any summary
action, but have talked to him q
great deal.''
And what have you said?"
why. I have said, Richard! Rich
ard!' and other severe things."-Lip-
pincott's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

Can the present success of German
arms be attributed in any way to the
prayers for German victories that are
being uttered by the Turks in their
mosques? Probably not. The last
prayer that 1t is reasonable to expect
might be answered is one made by a
isle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE. ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal IL a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegrap report of that great news or
gani1ation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news Is received in The State JouA'-
nal building over wires for this sole pur.'
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
likewise.

Bat the rat is the newest war cry
to come from DR.. Crumbine. 1t is clev-
erly conceived and fitting companion
slogan for Swat the fly" The rats
feed bill in Kansas is estimated at
100000 a year. More than that. the
rat is a carrier of disease. So Bat the
s.af
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

If Cristabel Pankhurst desires to
render the highest service to her coun-
try. why does she content herself with
returning to London to carry on a
campaign of patriotic propaganda
Why doesn't she organize a regiment
or q brigade of the militant suffrag-
cite furies and march 1t to the front :?
Even the mighty Germans would have
to retreat before such force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
nended,

History is merely repeating in re-
spect to the showing that is being
made by the Austrian soldiery. 1t is
famous principally for the defeats it
has sustained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

when will the war end ?" suggests
the Charleston News and Courier, is
really a less vital question than,
Whom will the war end?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
Real Gentleman Farmer

A Real Gentleman Farmer.
II hear Wombat is a gentleman
farmer now"
Right up to the notch, too. Puts
evening dress on all his scarecrows
every day at dusk. Cour-
ier-Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

For those who are seeking some
kind of a publication that is free from
the horrors of war news. the Congress
sional Record can be highly recon-
mRndpd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

Have you noticed the wonderfully
lustrous moon that is now on the job?
Or are you too-long married to have
such a moon make an appeal to you?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

How time does fly. Little Mistress
Sans Merci," the youngest daughter OF
the late Gene Field, became bride the
other day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
Uncle Abner.

Elmer Sphinx threatens to go to the
European war II Miss Amy Stubs does
not accept his offer of marriage this
time, but before he made the threat he
was careful to look into the matter and
make sure that he couldn't get across
the ocean,
The public il never satisfied with q
fire. If the fire company puts 1t out
too soon, they are disappointed. and II
the place burns down they blame the
fire company and say it's no good, and
there you are.
Occasionally a day goes by when a
Teller don't have to read a lot of junk
on the tariff. 1t Is the first time this
has happened since the Revolutionary
war.
There may be some fellers that never
had any ambition to play in the silver
cornet band. but they are the few who
are now our billionaires.
A man who will take a restaurant
Irish stew on faith amt got no need of
the other two virtues. hope and charity.
The American.
Let mighty king or potentate
Go forth to war in gorgeous state.
Let him ride out in grand array
And lead his troopers to the fray.
Mid wild huzzahs and flare of band,
To stretch the confines of his land.
| And spread the glory of his race
With valor bold and kindly grace.
| Let others revel in the deeds
OF blood and plant the growing seeds
| OF discomfort and thirst for gore,
That burns a land from shore to shore.
Let others seek the glad acclaim
OF multitudes and worldly fame.
Let others rant and others rage,
In history to win a page.
Let Greek and Teuton, Latin, Slav
Proclaim the giant force they have.
Let Europeans brag at will
+! On how they burn and rape and kill.
When war has gripped the eastern
| world.
With banners by the score unfurled.
And peace is not within the plan,
| I'm glad I'm an American.
Signs of sise Times.
One Pennsylvania, county fines any
man 65 cents a word for cussing. 1t
would take millionaire to- express his
feelings when tire blows out nine
miles from civilization.
| A New York paper says the gates of
Matteawan are yawning for Harry
Thaw. The public has been yawning
| for some time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

New York city has established a
drafting department designed to aid in
the drawing up of measures submitted
to the aldermen or presented to the leg
is1ature on behalf Of the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

How Mexican! One of Carranza's
finds in the City of Mexico is a human
heart preserved in a glass jar full OF
alcohol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
From Other Pens
BOMBS FROM A1RsH1Ps.


1t must be presumed that the drop
ping OF bombE into Antwerp from air.
ships was much in the nature Of an
experiment to see what could be done
in case OF regular siege OF the city.
The cutlery against it ID universal in
neutral CO ntries and that is perhaps
enough to deter from repetition of 1t
for the present. The rule has been
agreed 10 for q long time that a city
shall havs notice of bombardment
long enough for noncombatants to
leave it and get out Of the way OF
harm. The usual time limit is "a
hours. 1t seems hardly civilized, then.
dropped without notice from airships
when there is no siege and no force
of an enemy within miles Of the place.
1t must lead to reprisals and step by
step to barbar us practices which
leave wounds not to be healed by
many years of peace. Whenever Ant
werp, or any other town in the region
of war, is besieged no one will have
a right to question housekeeping for
the practice is certain to be held fair
in war when noncombatants have
been given time to get out OF the way
of the fighting.-Buffalo Express.
SCHOOL DAYS.
School days are almost here, and
soon an army of teachers will take up
the never-ending task OF teaching the
young idea to shoot. The small boy
at present Is extremely DESTROYS OF
starting to school. His summer vaca-
ton has obliterated all the cares and
troubles of the previous year and now
his thoughts picture school as a fairy
land where fun, and q few little girls
with enticing pigtails, abound. Great
will be the change in a few short
weeks. BY that time he will grace the
front seat, his teacher. having been
informed privately by his former in
structor that he was most unruly
boy. and adopted this method as
precautionary method of avoiding
trouble. His firm resolve to be the
teachers pet, being blasted by this
move, he wreaks his vengeance on
teacher in general by shooting paper
wads and carving initials on the front
seat. With the advance of time. frac-
lions, addition, subtraction, and null
tiplication tables will charge up and
down his toil-worn frame and the map
Of Africa will dance dramatically up
and down in front of him during his
sleeping hours. BY the end of the
month all the innumerable horrors OF
school will have fastened themselves
upon him. But always. just before he
gives out completely. vacation time
comes again. his troubles fade away
like the morning mtsts. and there Is
left only the memory Of that dazzling
array of pigtails and a few whippings.
-Kinsley Graphic.
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