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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24
WINTER VACATIONS BEST.

Writing O. the effect of weather and
climate upon work in Harper's Maya
zine for January, Ellsworth Huntington
brings out some interesting facts in re-
gard to vacations.
I'VE have an idea that people need
vacations in summer, but apparently
the need is much greater in January
and February. OF course. there are
strong arguments for taking vacations
in summer, since that is the time when
it Is pleasant to be out of doors,
whereas during the winter the major
ity of people have no means of enjoy
ing themselves. In spite of this the
work of our operatives suggests strong
ly that in the management of factories
1t is eminently wise that work should
be light during the winter months.
Already it is a custom in many places
to slow down during January, and now
we see that there are strong physical
reasons for doing this. If the opera
tives of a factory, or people engaged in
any kind Of work. are to be speeded up,
the time to do it is when nature lends
her aid. To speed up in February is
analogous to whipping a tired horse and
expecting him to win race. Later in
the year. however, during the spring,
and especially in May and early June,
people may be pushed to the limit and
will not suffer. because their energies
are naturally increasing. This is still
more the case in October and early Mo-
vember. After the middle of November
pressure may produce important re-
suits, as we see at Christmas. Never
theless, the chances are that if the pres
sure is continued straight through the
winter it exhausts people to an undue
degree. 1t may be that a considerable
part of the nervousness of Americans
is due to the fact that, although we
relax during the summer, even in years
when We do not greatly need 1t. we
keep ourselves at high pressure right
through the winter. when the need of
relaxation is much greater
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24
FOLK HIGH SCHOOLS HERE.


That the Danish Folk high schools
for "grownups," which have made
possible the recent wonderful develop
ment in rural Denmark, can be sue
cessfully transplanted in modified
form to the United States. is the con-
clusion reached by H. w. Foght of the
United States bureau Of education In
bulletin just issued. Mr.. Foght has
studied both the Danish schools and
American rural conditions at first
hand. and he believes that what the
Folk high schools have done for rural
civilization in Denmark they can do
for the United States.
The place to introduce the new type
of school is the region known as the
South Atlantic Highland, according to
Mr.. Foght, embracing all of West
Virginia, AZ counties in western Vir-
GINA; 23 in western North Carolina
and four in western South Carolina;
25 in northern Georgia; II in north
eastern Alabama: As in eastern Ten
nessee, and Sc in eastern Kentucky.
sar,ly behind other parts of the coun-
try IN education. though much litter
acy prevails, but that the peculiar
tuition like the Danish schools.
There are already a few Folk high
schools in the United States, estab-
lished by Danish immigrants. While
grave difficulties have been expert
Of the opinion that. they are due to
certain special causes that could
easily be overcome in a real attempt
to odo ut hn I'll jcrHr col n
American life in the mountains.
THE Folk high school spirit has
emancipated the agricultural popula-
ton of Denmark" declares Mr.. Foght
at has at least made country people
the peers of their city brethren. They
have become leaders in affairs, in
production, in distribution, in poll
tics, chiefly because they have learned
to think for themselves and to act in
dependently of the industrial classes.
I'm the United States there is great
danger Of going to the extreme in the
Immediately practical and technical.
The work of special schools is in dan
ger of focusing too much on making
two blades of grass grow where one
grew before, on teaching girls to cook
and keep house according to sanitary
regulations and the like.
'"1hese things are all necessary and
must be taught in the schols, but they
are utterly insufficient to make us a
really great agricultural nation. 1t
was not the local agricultural schools
and household economies schools that
primarily made Denmark a great
scientific agricultural nation, but the
Folk High schools We need such
schools in the United States; schools
that would teach a greater love for the
soil: that would help us to measure
the good in life by spiritual standards
and not by man-made rules; schools
that would help US to rise above the
limitations OF locality and state, and
teach an understanding of the ma
tional and even universal in the Unit
ed Sfatas''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24
DRUsILLA CLEANS HOUSE.

1t was late enc summer night when
Bobby Jones looked out Of his box and
inquired Of Drusilla what had happened
that day in the play room.
I'VE have been cleaning house." ex-
planned Drusilla. land looking for
moths. This is the time every one is
cleaning house and looking for moths,
and my little mother said we must
clean the playroom and look over my
clothes just as her mother and the maid
were doing downstairs with the winter
clothes. They had to be brushed and
sprinkled with some powder or some
thing that smells and keeps away the
moths.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

Miss Heppy-oh. do you know her?''
He smiled. she's my only aunt.
I've travelled i've hundred miles to
spend Christmas with her-do it very
often.''
t Your aunt?'' echoed Amy. .Why,
then you must be Paul Werdon. She
never mentioned that you were COM
Ing. she added, a little breathlessly,
Tor Miss Heppy talked Z lot about her
clever nephew. who was q Chicago
Il am Paul Werdon," he admitted.
Then he added in q few words his
gratitude for her ministrations.
After that a silence fell between
tnem- Amy felt strangely happy over
the coming OF the young man. Some
lonely.
She blushed at the thought and she
gladly welcomed the arrival of Miss
Hetty and Purdy. who came in laden
with bundles, among which was q bulky
package from Chicago.
Paul has actually sent no a talk
Ing machine!' cried Miss Heppy,
breathleasly. and she glanced at the
sofa and saw her nephew's amused face,
sou came after ALI" she
screamed. going to him.
Amy crept upstairs to her room quite
contented. Il WONDER" she paused
oreamiiy before the mirror and touched
ner iair hair; Il wonder why Miss Hep
py didn't tell me she expected him?"
downstairs in the living room Paul
vernon was smiling into his aunt's
guilty eyes.
So-you have picked a wife for me,
nave you. Miss Matchmaker? well.
aunt HepDy, I've capitulated: Remem-
Der. 1 won't be happy till I win her
and you'll have to help"
from what saw" declared Hep.y
mysteriously, you won't need any heln
young man!"-(Copyright, 1914. by ne
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate, New
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24
Euening Chat

BY RUTH CAMERON.


To try to think of some kind little
one comes into contact every day Is
an ideal of conduct well worth striv-
ing for. Yet, I know an even better
id al, and that is to try to think not
merely Of any kind speech, but of that
particular kind word which will best
please each. A friend Of mine fulhlls
this ideal to rare perfection, although
doubt If she knows It.
Walk down the street with us on a
summers day and listen to her. and
you will know just what 1 mean bet
ter than can explain it.
Our first encounter is with little
Mrs. r. MY friend does not even stop
for the conventional little parley
ane1- the weather before she asks
how that dear baby is and remarks
t, the last time she saw him he
looked so much plumper. 1t is plain
to be seen from the expression on
Mrs. RS face that nothing in the
world could please her quite SO much
as that. She lost her first baby; her
second baby was puny and delicate:
needless to say such reinsurance
makes her world take on a different
color.
Mrs L. is sitting on her veranda.
My friend stops to bid her good morn
ing and incidentally to admire the
veranda- w nat Splenolo OToAO
veranda it Isl" she remarks. land SO
nice to have one end shady and the
other sunny" Mrs. L beams with
simple pride. She has wanted We
randa ever since she took that house
and has at last contrived to AFFORD one
Because she has wanted 1t 90 long. II
seems like q wonderful thing to her
and nothing pleases her more than to
have 1t admired.
| Miss M, whom we next encounter, Is
delighted with an inquiry about her
mother, q delicate little old lady, to
whom her daughter is deeply devoted
while old Mrs. r il equally pleased
| to be asked If she has heard from
her daughter lately. And to have an
opp, tunity to tell US about her
| daughters new home and the latest
cute saying OF the youngest grand
daughter.
So with exquisite, yet unconscious
skill. this woman touches the spring
that opens up the heart Of each hu-
man being tn whom she comes into
contact. Do you wonder that she ID
loved by all In the neighborhood? Do
you wonder that we call her-perhaps
you have -eady guessed her identity
the lady-who-always-kno
how?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24
War and Life Insurance.

How will the European war effect those
insurance companies which have extended
tneir operations to foreign lands and have
insured hosts Of persons among the now
s WIRING nations? Undoubtedly they will
suner somewhat more than in normal
times. for many Of their policy holders
are on the fighting line and a certain
proportion of these is likely to be Killed
BUT the leading American companies do
not appear to be alarmed over the death
cam cam possibilities, though they are exer-
asency FORCES and the consequent loss OF
new business. Policies containing war
clauses exempting the companies from
PAYMENT IN case Of death in battle, and
the fact that large numbers Of policy
no,oers have passed the army age are
safeguards against excessive mortality.
Sn'd the extra premiums paid by policy
noioers insured for military service will
go lar to reduce the net losses OF the
companies. One OF the American COM
panies found that in the smaller wars ~
the past sixteen years its excess Of NOR
tally was almost negligible. OF course,
in this world-conflict the death harvest
VIII be much larger. but. it is claimed,
not So much SO as to embarrass the big
companies. These are fortified with inn
mense reserves and are fully prepared for
any emergency.-From Leslie's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24
Journal Entries

Almost every man has a little pet
grumble that Is all his own.
A crouch must have the meanest
time of his life during the holiday sea-
son.
=
The happiest people are proba bly,
those who have no good idea why
they're happy.
Another unlucky chap is the fellow
who is a stranger to the Christmas
spirit.
= =
What a happy arrangement it would
be if people could pass their trouble
to the fellows who are always looking
for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24
Hurr,or of the Day

whats the matter with our morose
friend" political indigestion" replied
Senator Sorghum. THE pork barrel and
pie counter were too much for him.
Washington Star.
zone hundred and nine degrees at
Radcliffe" was the headline that greeted
Mr.. Fallguy's eye Great Caesars ghost, -
he exclaimed. How can people live in q
town like that?"-Buffalo Express
Mafd-"My brother Is a cook in the
navy" Bridget-"Shure 1t must be turri-
BILE to be cook where We can't quit when
We feel like tt.'-Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

Doing Christmas shopping early ap-
pears to be another Of those excellent
theories that is not practiced very ex-
tensively. At least, this conclusion
might be reasonably drawn from the
crowds in the Topeka stores during
the last few afternoons and evenings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

Another Kansas slogan that should
be practiced with avidity may be
summe up in the one word. Fertilize.
According to c. o. Swanson Of the
agricultural experiment station at
Manhatt 4, the cultivated soils of
Kansas have already lost on an aver
age more than one-third Of their or
ganiC matter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

One of the news dispatches from
Berlin tells that the Turks are most
fully equipped with firearms and all
the other modern agencies for war
fare. But the important question is as
to whether or not they are intelligent
enough to use them to the best adj
vantaUo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

brushed and put in my little trunk and
my muff and neck piece with them.
then my little mother looked around
for something else to do. and, seeing
Teddy Bear On the floor in the corner
she ran over to him and picked him up.
Teddy has fur on him. she said. I
think we better brush him and put
some smelly stun on him. too; he might
get moths
'.And would you believe II, Bobby
Jones, = moth had actually eaten
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

National prohibition having been
sidetracked in the house Of represen-
tatives for the time being. at any
rate, Congressman-Capta Richmond
Pearson Hobson will probably revert
to his Japanese war scare as the cas-
lest medium through which he can re-
tain a place in the limelight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

Regardless of the nine inches of
snow on the ground, Topeka's Christ
mas will not be as white as it would
have been if it's people were using nat
ural gas Tor fuel in their heating
stoves and furnaces instead of soft
ena1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is n member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
ganization. for the exclusive afternoon
publica ton in Topeka
The news II received IN The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

OF course, the lower prices for
Christmas foodstuffs make it le
easier for those who can afford to
buy such things. but they must only
add more irony to the fate of the
many who haven't the means to con-
meet with holiday goodies" no mat
ter how cheap they might be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

In all probability, the wish fathered
the thought with Grand Admiral Won
Tirpitz, Germany's minister of ma
rines, in his observation that a var
between Japan and the United States
is inevitable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

According to the annual report Of
the general education board which
was founded by him, John d. Rookie
Teller helps those who help them
selves. But it would have been nearer
the mark had the statement said that
Mr.. Rockefeller helps those who help
themselves three and four times as
extensively as he does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

Strenuous efforts are being made
by the Allies SO that Greece can get
into the war with the least possible
danger to herself. But if Greece is
as wise as Italy, she will stay out
of it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

Slowly but surely are the cranber-
ries reaching their proper station in
life. They are now retailing at cents
a quar- And there are many people
who are likely to consider even such
q nrice excessive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

Right away now, and there will be
a thorough test of the prediction of
the goosebone weather prophets that
when the days begin to lengthen the
cold commences to strengthen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

While the Allies are so busy driv-
ing wedges, Uncle Sam is saving
wood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24

MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Circulation.
American Newspaper Publishers As
ISOLATION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24
By ROY T. l1OULToN.

TWas. Ever Tht.s.
tell you what, your friends come
round and slap you on the back:
And friends you never knew before
hand you hearty whack.
The things they say all make you feel
just like you are q king.
They listen and they laugh right out
when you say anything.
There's nothing in the world too good
for you.,' that's what they say.
They tell you that the world will talk
about you some fine day.
They go and kill the fatted calf when
e'er you heave in sight:
They spread the pleasant salve ON you
and surely spread it right
They're proud to know you, yes, they
are. and flatter as they should:
Your friends besiege you day and night,
When you are
Maxim
Good.
You never see a single soul you know
from morn till night
You gaze around quite anxiously, but
no one heaves in sight.
You wonder where those friends have
gone you used to know SO well.
You somehow miss the hearty laugh
when your best yarns you tell.
Nobody slaps you on the back or treats
you like a king.
You cannot find an audience. You feel
OF failure in the atmosphere and can
not tell just why
The nattering friends of yesterday are
wont to pass you by.
You miss the glad acclaim they gave.
the Overwhelming shout;
For very few will stick by you
When you are
Down and
Out.
Signs of the Times.
The young lad will hope that the
does not grow popular with the school
teachers.
There seems to be some doubt on
the part of the czar as to how Krakow
should be Internationally or rubbed
on.
to Europe once on a Cooks tour and
owns a set OF books on history.
Transatlantic traffic Is about as
heavy as ever, only the people are
coming instead Of going.
Santa Claus will maintain his neu-
trality by staying away from Europe
almost entirely.
The Servians say they need help. So
does everybody else.
Man who has just died in North Car
DINA held county Office sixty-four
years without opposition. But there
was no salary connected with it.
George Fred Williams says the AL
banians begged him to be their King
George Fred would make a better court
jester.
France has built three battleships
secretly. 1t must be they didn't use
any Of those pneumatic riveting ma
chimes.
BY Our Once Expert.
The Belgian flood (which 'ud drown geese
or ganders,
Now binders
Inose bounders,
The British Commanders.
The great War Machine with it's near
AlexandcrS -------s-
Al pounded to flinders
In Flanders. Il $500
Uncle Abner.
It takes a millionaire's wife to wear
a 81 gown and not be talked about by
her dear feminine friends. A poor
mans wife has got to wear the real
goods.
The main difference between a gen.
uine calabash pipe and an imitation
calabash pipe is the price.
There amt no man who kin offer
you as much advice on how to run your
business as some Teller who has failed
in his own.
A Teller with. thick eyeglasses is
III {r h,ra
Imperial Valley press., 1914-04-04
Oldfield Is To
Drive a Stutz
tRy Connie Miles,

Barney Oldfield will drive a Stut2
car in the indianapolis speedway
event. with Eearl Cooper and Gil An
derson as his teammates. Barney ar
rived at this decision Monday even
ing after urgent letters and telegram7
from the Stutz factory and the en-
treaties Of Manager Brown of the Los
Angeles Stutz agency. With Old
field and Cooper together it may be
said that it win be California against
the world in the great speedway event.
IL has ben known for some time that
Oidfield was seeking to make a
change from the Mercer people, and
ii was question whether he would
90 to some factory or buy a car of
his own. The proposition put up to.
him by Harry Stutz was so fair, he
said Monday, that he could not turn
il down.
sT've got enough patriotism in mt
to want to drive an American car in
the indianapolis event and try to beat
the invaders said Barney. Il real
ize that we have tough job on our
hands this year to trim such European
stars as Goux, Boillot, Duray, Christ /
inas and Chassagne, and its up to US
to show what we can do, but / be-
lieve we can beat them.'
Oldfield's tying up with the Indian
apolis concern will give Stutz one of
the most formidable teams in the big
Imperial Valley press., 1914-04-04

race. There is no danger OF Barney
being barred from the race by Car
Fisher, owner of the track. That
old feud has been forgotten and Fish
er will be glad to have the former
speed king as one of his trump cards,
Alfred Reeves, stepping into the
shoes of S. A. Miles as general man
ager Of the National Automobile
Chamber Of Commerce, has conceived
an idea that, it is believed, viii be
the greatest boost the sport and in
dustry ever has had in the encourage
ment of touring. In brief, Reeves
wants to have a natioanl touring
week supported by both the Nations
al Automobile chamber of commerce
the industry, and the
Automobile association, repSI
resenting the sport.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-04-04
Efficiency Exposition Opens

New York, April Am "eff.
cient office" an efficient kitchen, "ar
efficient laundry" and other similar
exhibits were on display at the Crane
Central Palace today when the frs:
National Efficiency exposition and
conference opened to continue eight
davs. Gov. Glynn today delivered the
opening address on Efficiency in
Government"
Imperial Valley press., 1914-04-04
GIVE REPORT ON
ROAD CONDITIONS

tsOhD
Los Angeles, April 3.-Southern
California motorists, from the Mexi
can line to the Tehachepi Pass, are
interested at this particular time in
the road conditions throughout the
Imperial and Coachella Valleys, ac-
cording to the touring information de-
partment of the Automobile Club of
Southern California.
In order to ask all questions asked
by its members, the Auto Club, unde.
the direction of Secretary Standish
L. Mitchell, has just completed sur
vey of the two main routes into the
valleys, and Frank M. Jordan, of the
touring department has reported ex-
pertly on road conditions.
Which is the best way to reach Mec-
ca, Thermal, Brawley, Ell Centre,
shall ew go by way of San Diego or
by way of Banning and Palm Springs
the motorists are asking. Some are
driven by business necessity to the
valley regions, and ohtres, anxious to
observe the opening of new territory
desire to make pleasure tour of the
trip.
1t is a land voyage, according to
Frank Jordan, that requires plenty of
water in the radiators, but either
route is entirely feasible. The Auto
mobile Club has assumed an impair
tial attitude toward all transconti-
mental highways, and the report made
on the section of the great Ocear
to Ocean Highway followed between
/ San Bernardino and Brawley by way
of Thermal and Coachella is unbias
ed.
"There is no question about the
great demand for road information
bearing on the highways Of the I'm.
perial and Coachella," said Mr.. Jor
dan. "In the first place, the Auti
Club is announcing that both route,
to Ell Centre and Imperial are open
but that the road from San Diegi
over the famous Moutain Spring.
grade is at the present time in bettei
condition than the road across thu
desert from Mecca.
However, we have been assured
that the Ocean to Ocean Highwa,
people are going to improve and Of
the latter route, which will make th'
going much easier. Auy difficult.
found on the run now is not from al
impossible location of the road, bu
from the sand which must first b
packed to avoid giving the necessit.
for low and second gear work.