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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01
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IFrom the philadelphia Record.1
Extremes meet, even in the butcher
shop.
I All flesh is as grass but It isn't always
The Army-Navy game might be played
in Mexico next fall
You can't stamp q thing out by SWING
It the stamp II approval.
The value OF expesience depends largely
upon what you pay Tor 1t.
You never can tell. Many q man with
a weak voice uses strong language.
The industry Of some people seems to
consist Of finding something for rs to do.
II have a pain in my back" complain
ed the cuckoo clock. "A stitch in time
chr chuck3ed the cuckoo.
Tommy-"Pup. what do We mean by q
level-headed mAn?' Tommy's Pop-"A
level-headed man, my 1on, II one who
AWAY agrees with W. %
What does the Bible mean by cast.
ing our pearls before sWfney' asked the
sunday school teacher. TT means thai
q fool and his money are soon parted, .
replied the boy at the foot Of the class,
sThis il my busy day." remarked the
professional Army Of the DnemrIoSed
man. What are you busy about!'' aSked
his friend I'm trying 70 dodge = maS
$50 wants - give mo : -" tsplssa n
- ~ y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

man cutranks Austria. both in. the
numbeE u shefber8eu" sn0 In point
OF attendance.
The word ''herberge" signifies .
"place Of shelter" and 10 here under
ot io " a. whepe t4svelinS stud
ents can ind lodging for the night
There are SIC Of these hefbergen IN
Germany and Austria, which furntBh
lodging and breakfast FREQ Of charge
to all students provided with tho
proper cards.
The institution of tho schueler Her
bergen was the outgrowth OF . desire
to enable young students to SEQ a.
much ~ possible OF their own country.
During every vacation large numbers
Of students make foot tours through
the picturesque parts Of the father
land. and 30 general has this tramp
ing become among the young gem
GRAFTON that It Is beginning to assume
tho guise Of q national trait. Wander
clubs have been organized to further
Systematic outings and excursions,
and these have made walking almost
q science. An ample knapsack pro-
vides abundant space for the neces-
stiles of q trip, and with his alum
mum cooker the tramper II enabled
to prepare q savory lunch whenever
the occasion may demand. It was
in order to provide these wandering
tions at q low cost and also to keep
| them away from the public inns and
taverns that the herbergen association
was established.
Practically the only expense attach
cd to enjoying the benefits Of the in
stftuti0n IL tho payment OF marks
Approximately so cents) for q men,
bership card. Students must be at
least 16 years Of age and attending
q high school or university in order
to obtain membership cards. These
cards entitle the holder to make use
of the herbergen twenty times: that
is, he may spend the night in twenty
different herbergen. and IL also fur
nished good. substantial breakfast
each time, all free Of charge. This
places the cost Of nights lodging
and breakfast at ~ cents.
Tho herbergen are usually private
homes. small buildings especially
equipped for the purpose, or, in some
cases, schoolrooms or other halls fur
nished by the municipality or by in
dividuals. In only rare instances are
taverns made use of. 1t being the aim
of the herbergen management to keep
the youths away from tavern life az
much as possible. During the vaca,-
ton period Of 1912 tho various her
bergen offered a total of 60,4O8 &C
commodations, consisting Of lodging
and breakfast, to 1000 students.-
Daily Consular Reports
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01
From, Other Pens
orNrts M NArfoNa

The annual award OF the four Nobel
prizes for the highest achievements II,
PHYSICS. chemistry. medicine. and litera-
ture can hardly be regarded AZ entirely
trustworthy indices Of tho relative intel
ligence and capacities of the various ma
tons, At all events II they were, the
United States. Having now bean awsrded
only since 1901. these prizes, in spite Of
the conscientious care With which their
yet constitute q field upon which any
statistician would venture to place i'm
pllcit reliance. And yet the distribution
1912, inclusive. to IS persons (the prizes
being divided in some instances) who
have represented fourteen different coun-
even ss1 r. ,t Of suTss wncn is
easily be overemptJasized. According to
the Journal des Debats of Paris. which APP
pears to have taken its figures from tho
compilation Of Science Progress, the four
teen countries In the order of the number
Of prizes awarded to them are: Germany
IS; France, ID; England. 8: Sweden. 4:
Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium. Russian
Poland. Russia, and tho United States. 1
apiece But a more interesting tabuIs-
gained in proportion to population. On
this basis, Sweden, which has bat $780,
600 people. and has gained four prizes.
being numerically equivalent to Ts for =
population Of 1oo,oo00oo> which Is taken rs
tho convenient STANDARD. Next comes
Holland, whose three prizes and 1901 900
people would mathematically give her
sos prizes for 10o.0oo.ooo people The index
for Norway. with 100000 people ana on~
prize. 10 rs; for Denmark. it is 3kl: for
France. 3zS: Germany. III; Switzerland.
267: Belgium, LIS; England. Ia; Spain.
1N2: Italy, Sc; Russian Poland, 80: the
United State. IL: Russia. 8. II the tab
ulation had included the pfises awarded
for service in the cause of peace and
thus added Col. Roosevelt ana senator
Root to Prof. Michelson, Of the Univer-
sity Of Chicago. who won the prize for
physics In 1907. It would have given thu
United States a higher index figure. but
obviously would not have changed our
standing. The theory upheld some years
ago by Edmund G0sBe that small nations
are more con8enial than large to the
production Of geniuses finds support IN
the figures that have bean given There
is also something a the point that genius
il there more easily recognized and moro
apt to be internationally rewarded, but
the manner IN which the Nobel prizes are;
decided by the Swedish Academy after
long correspondence and consultation. to-.
gether with the. recognised fitness Of
past awards, makes them significant Of
inherent value in the contributions to
science and literature to which they have
directed added acknowledgements Re-
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01
Hl,,,or Of the Day


There 10 only slight difference OF
opinion between myself and that politi-
cal economist" remarked Mr.. Dustin.
stax, blandly. '.And what IL thatr. HE
thinks my business should be managed
for the benefit OF the pubic. while my
idea IL that the public should be man.
aged for the benefit OF my business"
Washington Star.
Fond Father-'~Tommy writes US . real
feeling letter from boarding. Dot
ing AOthef-"And what does the poor
darling sayr Fond Father-''He says
he's been whipped 20 Often he can tell
what kind Of wood the teachers switch IL
made Of By the feel. Age
Herald. >
Aliee-esa10W many times would you
make . man propose to you before you
said yesr Nar1e-'.If you have to make
him propose better say yes the drst
ttne..s-BoQtou Tfaneeriptss = assz5
E1de-.slamma, don't feel WE'LL" No
ther-ssThae6 -t66 bed, dear. where do
you feel WorDtg" El9le-"ln school. man
3un1oG "a 81 ~ E
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01
Euening Chat
Amusing the Children.
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

xA8AA9AkWAA8 tAh0 AAA1M18CWs
What do you do to amuse your chill
dren on q rainy day?
I mean especially the little ones
from three to six or seven, who can't
amuse themselves, and who require
more watching than the older child
rem?
It il a long while since we have had
q symposium. Suppose we have one
on this subject.
And while we are about It, don't
necessarily confine yourself to things
you do on rainy days. Every mother
has certain little ways Of her own de-
vising with which she amuses her
youngsters. Let's have q grand trade
of ideas. ~f. :.
TO start the ball rolling rMecpAss
along some Of the sugSestions that
have come to my notice. -
who has three children under eight
keeps soap bubbles for q rainy day
diversion. She has big waterproof
aprons made especially for this and
similar water sports: she puts them
on the children, rolls up their sleeves
hearts content. Furthermore. being
q very wise and Intelligent mother. she
has found that you can do a good
many things with soap bubbles besides
blowing and watching them burst.
The house has hot air heat and in
the soap bubbles over tho register and
see them rise ceilingward.
Closely allied to this il the game of
seeing how long you can keep a bubble
in the air by blowing underneath 1t.
Contests along this line are an almost
endless diversion.
When an old piece of wooden cloth
is laid over the ironing board, and the
latter is tilted from the windows to
the floor at an angle Of 45 degrees. 1t
makes an ideal coast for bubbles. The
wooden cloth IL q necessity az bubbles
break on touching cotton.
On the rare occasions when father
ID home he adds to the delight by fill
ing his mouth with smoke and blow
Ing 1t into a half formed bubble. The
result Is a very beautiful bubble with
lovely colors in 1t like an opal When
| 1t breaks the smoke discharges and
the children invariably shout with
delight.
Another mother who has two small
boys between and sometimes helps
pass away an afternoon BY supplying
them with splinterleSg pine board
apiece, two tiny hammers and a hand
full Of tacks. They'll actually spend
an hour or two hammering those
taclks into the wood and pulling them
out again." she says.
Another mother dedicates beads to
a rainy day. You can buy q box OF
many colored beads for ten cents. She
has q large supply and the children
love to string them in various color
combinations
We all sometimes pass by the most
simple and obvious ideas. That 4
why 1 venture to remind you Of soap
bubbles and beads. You would think
every child would have strung beads
and blown soap bubbles. But q boy
OF five came to us the other day. who
| had never done either, and wyaS en-
- ID H1~><s2 =.
| Now send US your raniy day ideas,
Don't be afraid they are too obvious
Some mother may have missed them
from their very obviousness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01
Journal Entries

It doesn't require much speed to
catch g. cold.
.
The READ genius is the man who can
live well without working.
Some women are never happy unless
a new worry develops daily.
=
Not a few fathers may be pardoned
for wondering why men want to marry
their daughters.
+. Az man who makes his living by
fishing is apt to consider the fellow
foolish who thinks it's sport.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01
ORION.

-
Out Of the ancient east he cannaa.
Tho radiant hunter, clad Ina aGnrDs
Nor noise Of war. nor beat Of drums
The deep supernal stiffness mars.
Above the shadow Of his eyes
A starry helmet circl1ng lies.
Infinite suns about him CLEAN:
Bright Bellatrix. with warlilre ray;
And Betelguese. whose sullen beam
Was crimsoned In eoniau fray:
And Ri9el. flashing at his fest
In fierce. white lightning. young ana fleot
Stars gem the bright sword 1t his side.
Forged In the fire Of seething SUNS;
And round his strong loins, circling wide
A starry girdle flaming runs:
And leashed In silence, star with star.
There follow him his dogs Of war.
M. 8. 8uhler, In the New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Twelve years ago, Dodd CASTOR
saved up - and went on q long va
cation. The gang In his office knew
when he would get back. and the day
before his arrival. they wrote his
colyum; they initiated his little per-
eonal Quirko: they were students Of his
work, and they outdid him in trade
marked stuff. And the general pub
certain paper Just to read Dodd Cas-
tons paragraphs. thought he had ar
rived . day ahead Of schedule. That
Dodd CASTOR colymn was a pip. and the
writer OF this alleged colyum was call
ed upon to endorse the good work.
hadn't done anything to brag about;
that our office boy could do as well
with q little coaching, ana that the
only test of a Photographer was time.
years. and the writer of this bunk for
dozen. We have anything from pip
to typhoid-pneumonia, and keep on
filling - certain space. Long ago the
volunteers gave up their effort to
break in on Dodd. but they still try
SCORED. Our North Topeka cub
one Caylor. submitted the following
string. He might not be able to keep
It up Tor years. but you will have to
admit that he has the paragraph idea
Ladies and gentlemen-CAYLOR
The Kay See papers say that the
preachers are frequenting dance halls
to get material for sermons. We've
been to Kansas City numerous times
and it's our bet they're getting it.
Should there be a. law passed
against the violation OF the English
language q number Of our most popu-
lar novelists would have to quit busi-
ness.
Huerta has made the statement that
all Americans can leave Mexico for all
he cares-he can't be blamed to any
extent. IS
/. Personal to Josephus Daniels: How
in thunder do you expect tho young
1ieutenants In modern novels to enter
tain their lady friends If you take
away their port?
What IL the reason that a majority
of the women who possess common
sense are as homely as mud fence
It's safe bet that Ruddy Kipling's
wife never presented him with q box
1 of cigars before he made his COM
parison Of women and cigars.
| They use some sort Of an arrange
ment on gas engines to deaden the
noise. Can't someone buy one. Of the
man Medley?
Just because an old maid wears q
low necked gown and slit skirt, il nc
sign that she can be a stripping of q
girl re- ssz-
The report &fiat Mary. Cheney had
| left town has been run to earth and
found to be untrue Strange ~ 1t may
seem. this fact will provide q few
preachers with - few more texts fol
when > modsk4 girl says that she
has very little to wear she only makes
a slight exaggefAtton. -
ss;s ;ss 8 sssRaI 8 ss 4;
rs Eyery 1imsfE man ads an account
Iof. IS great 1an 4thnk e. state pro
! duced he IS forced to buy new hat
a size larger than his old one.
Almost any man who marries a sol.
dier.s widow will agree with Sherman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01
By ROT K. MOULroN.

Thanks.
You Rave our thanks, o congressman,
The garden seeds are here.
The g ,lf-same kind that we've received
In many q by-gone year.
They are we'll mixed, as usual,
The radishes turnip, squash,
The ruatbagas, parsnips and
The pumpkins. too. b'gosh
In years gone by we've used these seeds
And made a garden plot.
And spaded. raked and dragged ana hoec
And spent our time q lot.
We've bought the finest garden tools.
And we've done what We could,
But never raised a doggone thing.
The free seeds want no good.
There is q man whom we don't like,
He'll get our seeds, you bet;
Well let him hoe and spade and rake
And swear and cuss and fret
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01
THE TREATY-MAKING POWER.

The recent action Of the state of
California in passing an act prohibit
ing aliens ineligible to citizenship in
the United States from holding land
in that state has produced wide dis
cussion. and brings US face to face
with the question whether a treaty
between the United States and any
foreign country which guarantees to
the Inhabitants Of such country the
right to hold land within the bounds
Of the United States is a constitu-
tional treaty and valid. as against the
law OF a state Of the union prohibiting
such holding by such foreigners
writes Henry st. George Tucker in the
North American Review. No ques-
ton Of more far-reaching effect than
this has arisen in our political his
tory within the past few years. -. j..
II. the claim Of the advocate of the
supremacy of the treaty making
power over the laws of the states de-
claring their domestic policies can be
maintained. and the fundamental
laws of the states." as described by
Judge Story. can be uprooted at the
pleasure Of the president and senate.
then is our form of government
changed; for it has always been con-
templated that these rights remain
with the states and are necessary to
their complete autonomy and devel-
opment II the power. asserted be
admitted, there Is not q domestic right
now claimed by the people in their
local communities, sanctioned 1t may
be by the usage of a hundred years.
that may not be surrendered to this
imperial power. What then becomes
of Judge Story's statement in Sec
ton 1903 Of his work, "a treaty to
change the organization. Of the gov
ernment i. - would be void - To
override Judge Story's position would
be to allow the alien to enter any
community or state of the United
States protected under a treaty with
out the obligations of citizenship and
without the restraint which these OBJ
legations bring. and enjoy In some
cases even greater rights than the
American citizen; he might become q
voter without being required to COM
ply with the laws Of the'state. which
alone gives the right to vote: he
might become an ONCE holder. denied
Ito a citizen Of the state, without full
nllinE The reauirenenti 81 the local
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01
Uncle Abner.

Rem Binks hassgot a letter from his
cousin Hank, who has recently moved
down to the city. Hank had to give up
playing the slide trombone. as there amt
enough room in his fiat to practice ON 1t
unless he shoves 1t out'n the winder, and
then he is liable to poke somebody who
IL goin' by.
There amt much sense In tryin' to
NOW a lawn with a pair OF hair clippers.
but 1t Is just about ~ sensible a. ex-
pectin' to get results by putin a y man
in a $17,000 political job.
Anus Butts, our popular HveYyman has
got the most versatile span Of nags in
this state They haul the hearse and fire
engine. They got mixed on their dates
the other day and yanked poor old
Amariah .Teeter out to the cemetery in
2:0sA.
one Of the poorest ways to get rich
from canvaseers.
I never see a successful business man
who depended upon fencerial advertising.
Rev. Hudnutt was talking over old
times the other day with Hank Tumms
and said Hank, what motive brought
you to this town, anyway? Hank re-
piled that to the best OF his recollection
1t was locomotive
Mr.. and Mrs Hod Peters expected to
announce the engagement OF their daugh-
ter, Amaryllis. to Mr.. Renfrew Haslkins
nouncement temporarily. az the Groom-to-
be was placed in the county Jail yester-
day on q charge Of non-support preferred
by his wife
There are still a few old-fashioned fell
lers in this country who persist in being
uncomfortable by wearing two-piece UNI
derclothes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

And these Americans who are finally
being forced to leave Mexico to save
their lives are unable to take anything
else with them. That probably ex-
plains their previous reluctance to quit
the land of trouble sooner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

The fact that the city commission
ers arc away below their budget for
the year in the matter of expenditures
and the fact that this is the closing
year of their term Of service are pos
sibly no more than a coincidence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

How about that worm that began
to destroy the Kansas wheat crop a
couple Of weeks ago, or was 1t merely
the creation of the imaginative crop
killers? They've had mighty hard
shedding SO far this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

taught to shoot, in the elementary
schools. 1t Is evidently instructed how
to jump. in the higher educational in
stitutions. At least. there is q big de-
mand at the state university for frogs
for classroom purposes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Ex-Governor Guild of Massachusetts,
and a former special ambassador to
Mexico. insists that the United States
should waste no time in cleaning Mex
leo and be done. with 1T. And it is
probable that this will have to be done
sooner or later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

( Henry Aliens. declarations that the
repeal Of the, Panama tolls exemptions
for American ships is solely in the In
terest of the transcont1neutal rail-
roads, doesn't jibe very well with the
fact that the Panama canal tolls will
not be of sufficient proportions to ef-
feet transcontinental freight rates in
the slightest degree.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Some Of the agitators who indulge in
soapbox oratory would be more es-
teemed. thinks the Washington Star. II
they would disregard the box and take
the soap under consideration. ~ 'e-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Upton Sinclair must have a new book
in the press. Else why his bid for
notoriety and FIRE advertising by call
ing on the Rockefellers. when he must
have known full well that his card
would be returned with scant courtesy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Much Of the poetry and romance OF
the occasion was necessarily eliminated
because the Queens of the May were
forced to seek comfort in their winter
underwear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

As to whether i'll luck trains with
13 Is a mooted question But this
much is certain, the great majority of
the IS candidates for the supreme
court will be holding the sack after
tho votes are counted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Colonel Roosevelt and his exploring
party have discovered a hitherto un-
known tribe Of savages in Brazil that
wear no clothes. This should prepare
him for what otherwise might have
been shocks on his view Of fashionable
feminine parades when he returns to
civilization. M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Bank Commissioner Sawyer would
have a "chinch dug day for Kansas
All Of which has merit. but 1t also sug'
gests that Kansans soon won't have
time left for anything but swatting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Huerta and the other Mexican ma
RAIDERS would not be human were they
not getting considerable satisfaction out
Of the condition of affairs that pre-
vail in Colorado. E.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Suppose the mediation that is under
way should result in the elimination of
Huerta from the Mexican situation.
How would that help matters to any
appreciable extent?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The 0tate Journal II . member OF tine
Associated Press ana receives the full DAY
0nloGraph report Of that great news NJ
0anisatlon Tor the exclusive anenoon
Dublication I'm Topeka
the news IL received In The STATE Joue.
al building ever wires for this sole -.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Jack Frost is a veritable amateur
waudevillian. He responds with an en-
core without any encouragement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Kansas should worry. Secretary Co.
burn reports the best wheat prospect In
years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

Attention, aviators! A carrie
pigeon has travelled 10 miles in IL
miuute3.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01

3 Whoever put the "co" in Mexico GER
tainly did not have cooperation In
mind.