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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21
Jayhawker Jots

AS the Sedgwick Paragraph OBJ
serves: Age makes some people wise
and others only stubborn.
Maintaining big army in the inter-
est of peace. suggests the Dougless
Tribune. is like regular drinking in the
interest of temperance.
I'VE cuss the banana peeling fire.
quently,". the Lansing News quotes
Phillip Flipflop as sayin. but 1t does
MT throw a man down as hard nor as
often as women do" a."
That time of year has almost come.
sings the Clay Center Times in a re-
vised version, when the frost is ON the
pumpkin and the fodder Is in the silo
Speaking of a bald-headed man, one
boy remarked, according to the Marion
Record, that he must save lot of time
by not having to comb his hair. Eyes. -
replied another boy, but see how
much time it takes when he washes his
face
The new boast OF Kansas is over the
intelligence of her toilers, says the
Blue Mound Sun, and cites this ex-
ample: The section boss, who filled out
q form reporting the killing Of q COW,
answered, disposition of carcass?' by
writing, Kind and GENTLE
There were some minor examina-
tons among the pupils who entered
school this week, reports the Lansing
, the physiology class was asked to de-
fine the functions of the stomach. She
replied: The functions Of the stom-
| ach is to hold up the petticoat" This
girl was raised in the country, where
pettfcoats are still worn.
| If Dave Leahy. known years ago
when a newspaper correspondent as
the Wichita sensation, were not settled
down and modestly editing the Ell Do
RADIO Republican. one might think, says
the Sabetha Herald. he had moved to
Humes. Mo. A newspaper story from
Humes says that a mans corn Is SO
high and thick 1t Is perfectly dark in
the field and lightning bugs work "a
hours a day.
| Gems in the Jewell County Repub-
l1can: No girl can win golden opinions
with brass performances. If a
man Is big headed he isn't level head
ed. If man is a fool and knows
1t, he's l.o fool. No matter how
dark your night is you always know
there's morning somewhere on the
way. The gray horse has an ad.
vantage the same as a gray-haired
man. He doesn't have to go to war.
DO your best every day and dom,
weep over what you couldn't help.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21

OF treason" which dictates that such
things shal not be? WIN they not turn
to ayone tho teaches that It shall be
taken o 1t of the hands of one man or =
group of men to say whether . nation
best that II IN It:
For German-Americar whose heart
goes back to the country that gave him
or his fathers birth there shr--'" be no
difficulty in deciding whore his sympa-
thies should lie, II he be truly an Ameri-
can citizen. Sorrow as he must for the
German masses, II he places reason
above emotion and sympathy. he can
but withhold his support from the
Kaiser who approved In principle the
Austrian ultimatum to Servia and made
no better than a dicer's oath the solemn
promise of the empire to respect the
neutrality of Belgium. II he be loyal
to the principles OF this republic the
German-American can only hope that
absolutism has brought about its own
DOWNFALL; t this may mara the end
OF kaisers. AZ of great ornaments. If
he has owed anything to the great
minds Of Germany. its men OF peace. OF
knowledge. science and art. let him now
pay the debt by being true to their
ideals. He might we'll remember that
Gothic himself faced rman army.
when 1t had been beaten by ragged
French republicans. to assure 1t that
then and there 4 new epoch had begun.
The undesirable sins Of the rulers Of
Europe and their militarists can only be
expiated now by the beginning Of a new
epoch which shall mean that the masses
shall be the kings OF Europe a. they are
the rulerc with us today: that the last
vestiges Ct fcudalism shall be swept
away to make room for government by
and for the peoples.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21
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WSS@ BY ms EHNZ1LHER
BY MRS AM4LHER

said Billy Pig, as he picked up a stona
and threw it at them.
They lifted their heads anu stood
looking at him very intently for a
He held his head very high ana raw.
sly glance over his shoulder to see
the erect his appearance was making
upon the cows.
But his heart almost stood still IN he
saw coming toward him with lowered
head one Of the number and IooItn~
ANYTHING but friendly.
Billy Pig ran, but his pursuer ran
also. and Billy Pig could hear the stens
come nearer and nearer. and then he
be flying through the air. and the nert
thing he knew he was on his back in a
puddle of muddy water on the ofhar
side of the stone wall.
Billy Pig jumped up and ran. and this
Farmer Browns.
What has happened to your asked
rlge1e Brown when he saw Billy Pig.
xou look as though you had rolled in
q puddle and where IL your cap?"
Billy Pig did not want Piggie Brown
10 know he had been chased bv fhe
cows. so he said, in a very brave MAJ
ner: had most exciting experiences
TINS morning. / met Billy Goat. and he
was rather saucy and impolite. and 7
gave him bit of a lesson to teach him
- oCiAov " AiAS UcllST8. Oh
took or my coat. and, not nofic,r~
wnere threw II: found It had landed
IN muddy puddle. But do not mind.
Tor taught that Billy Goat to stand in
fear of me after this. and he win not
bother me again. I am sure"
Tege Brown looked with admirinx
eyes upon the brave Billy Pig. and he
told his mother how brave Billv PIE
was. Tor he had whipped Billy Goat.
But Billy Pigs pride took a fail when
a few minutes later Billy Goat came
along and said. THE last time 7 sar,
you. Billy Pig, you were on your hecr
In a mud puddle. How did you like nv
ing over the fence?" ny
Billy Pig ran into the house ana
locked the door. but when BiIIv Cot
passed no heard something that .ounds
ed like crying. and he heard q voice
saying. You go right to bed witho,t
your supper. you bad fellow. Yo,,r ~.
red coat tst i e spoiled ana now you viii
wear the o'o green coat all the time
paper Syndicate. New York city,
Tomorrow's story-'Peter ana 5,ns~
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Kansas Comment
woMEN.s WORK.

war il the work Of men ana Of men
alone. and woman has no business
upon the battle neld only to give ten
der relief to the wounded. But Defore
the battles begin 1t II the tyomen who
have reared the boys and men tor tho
fierce and bloody work. It was Ma
poleon who said that The greatest
woman in France was she who reared
tho most sous" That was the great
warriors estimate OF woman's patri-
otto duty. The weight and force OF
Napoleon's assertion. and the light
ness in which tho women Of France
have regarded 1t, IL strongly illustrat-
ed in the present conflict. The ma
tired between the French and the Ger
mans IL q matter OF established his
tory. Each race has cultivated the de-
sire to fight and to conquer the other.
The present war IL but the harvest Of
ripe grain that for years has been
growing on either size OF the Rhine.
Germany has been long preparing for
It: France has been eager for an OPP
portunity to do damage to her adver-
saries. Meanwhile the women Of the
two rival races have been doing the
work that 10 deciding tho destinies OF
the nations. The wives OF Germany
have been rearing sturdy sons: the
| wives OF France have, been giving
themselves to flirtations and frivoh-
ties. and resorting to means that have
depleted tie numbers anc tho force OF
the race. No matter what the nnal
result Of the war may be. the strength
and prowess Of the German race is
already demonstrated. No matter
though the allied forces may keep
back the German hordes from Paris
and project France from being over
run by her enemies. 1t will be by force
| Of her sturdy neighbors, and not by
her own power that France is pro-
tected. Men may fight the great bat
ties, but 1t Is apparent that it il the
women OF the rival races that have
| furnished the men for the tragic
work: The Germans in great and
| forceful numbers; the French in in
ferior quantity and quality.-Dcug-
| less Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21
GATHERS, CLuBs.~

"what sort Of a father are your
This question is found on every pro-
gram of what il claimed to be the nrss
fathers club in the United States. or
eanized at Council Bluffs, Iowa. a little
| over a year ago. according to informa-
ton received at the home education
division of the United States bureau
Of education.
Ten clubs, with an average men,
bership Of fifty. have been formed
during the year for the purpose "of
bringing the fathers into closer toucn
with the children. the teachers. ana
board of education. in an endeavor TO
bring about the very best results Tor
the betterment of the children" The
motto of these clubs Is. Make the In
different Different" Membership Is
limited to males FL years of age or
over.
Each month the fathers clubs
debate such questions as: Are our
children trained for. or away from.
the age in which we live? How many
children out of 1000 reach high
school in our town? What about the
rest? Or they discuss topics like the
|following: Comparative public ex-
penditures in verious states; juvenile
courts; schoolhouse instruction; COM
pulsorv education; open-air schools;
Fairgrounds: medical inspection; the
sex question:: business education: the
cultural influence of newspapers.
magazines, music, books. ETC.; women
on the school board; the school house
as community center.
Guests representing various COM
munity groups are invited to the
meetings, interested fathers from other
districts, clergymen, physicians OF the
neiehborhood, members of the board
Of education, mayor and city council
and the bar association. The clubs
were addressed at different times dur
ing the year by a judge Of the United
States circuit court. university pro-
fessors, senator's. school superintend-
ents, a Judge Of the superior court. q
member of the state board Of educa-
ton as well as other interested
citizens.
It is planned in the near future to
form the existing clubs into a feder-
alton. with a uniform program for all
the clubs every month.
Why not start something like this
in Kansas?
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From the Chicago News.l

IF'rom the Chicago News.1
With some people there's no such word
as enough.
Some people talk so much that they
have no time to think.
A woman's mirror casts and causes a
variety Of reflections.
Don't blame your wife's relations. You
selected them yourself
Fortunate 10 the man who can see the
finish Of his enemies
A woman always wants another woman
to help her keep a secret
II a bachelor has no opinion Of his own
he should annex . wife.
Even a poor barber is seldom as unsat-
isfactory as a bad ra1or.
The first time a girl goes to Europe
she expects q proposal from q prince
The worst ordeal q small boy has to
face Is plenty q pie and limited ca
pacity.
A wom.n seldom makes a fool Of a
man. She mereflkpotnts tho way and he
does the rest himself.
The average woman may not be much at
mathematics. but she does lot OF dgur-
ing In striving to perfect her figure.
It may be more blessed to give than to
receive. but most OF us are willing to let
the other fellow have the blessing.
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QUAKER MEDIrATIoNs.

from the Philadelphia Record.1
In travelling the road to success some
people always want to cut across lots
A man must suffer frfghtfully from in
somnia when he can't sleep even in
church.
1t may be permissible to call a girl a
live wire when she is always shocking
some one.
You never realize what winning ways
some people have till you play poker with
them.
It's the unexpected that happens. and
even then there Is generally somebody to
say: II told you ro.'
Many fellow who sweary he would lay
down his life for q girl absolutely neg
lects tc lay anything up for FER.
In a business deal, when a man realizes
that he has been squeezed it naturally
makes him feel pretty small.
Mrs. Muggins-"My husband is SO alb
sent minded. He is always forgetting HIM
self" Mrs. Buggins-" Humph! Mine Is
always forgetting me.'s
Behind the darkest cloud the sun is
shining" quoted the Wise Guy. That
may be very comforting" replied the
Simple Mug. but it won't keep the fell
low dry who has been caught out In the
rain without an umbrella"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21
EUening Chat
The AfoIoch Of roa.v.
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.


There is a certain bug-a-boo idol in
existence today to which moro happi-
ness. comfort and money are sacrificed
than ever went into the service of any
old time divinity.
And the name Of this idol-you shall
guess!.
An old neighbor OF ours who moved
away from the town eight years. ago
came back on visit the other day.
When she left town she anticipated
I asked her If she d grown to ike
her new home as well as her old.
I've liked it better" she said, lever
since the first homesickness wore off.
And think shall tell you Just why.
"As you probably remember, my
husband had had business troubles for
a year or two before we left and
we were terribly hard up, more 20
than anyone realized. That was the
trouble. We couldn't bear to have
anybody realize how much we had to
economize. And 30 we tried to keep
up appearances. I used to sit up until
or 2 o'clock night after night maxi
ing clothes for the children and my
self SO that we could be just as well
dressed as If could afford to have
the dressmaker and do all sorts of
other things like that.
"Of course we economical to the
bone wherever it didn't show but even
then we were spending more than we
should. The first of the month when
the bills came in was terrible. I shall
never forget how miserable Jack
would look and how his voice would
sound flat and queer We had enough
to live simply and happily on. but we
couldn't do that. We had to strain
every nerve to keep up appearances. ]
was fond OF the old crowd and hated
what miserable strain had been
living under. until we moved
we went to a city where We didn't
know a soul and we had a flash OF
common sense and took simple
apartment that was within our meana
can't imagine what q relief it was tc
be rid of that strain. 1t was like get.
ting out to the country in the spring
or stretching when you have been In
q cramped position for long while
We made friends, delightful friends
but mostly people with about the same
income as we ourselves. We had to
do without some luxuries but we had
the bigger luxury of not being afraid
OF the first Of the month or Of what
anyone thought of US.
we nave more money than we did
at first but we are not irving to Heer
up appearances. We are too busy be.
Ing happy and getting the most rea]
pleasure and comfort out of life tc
tnink now we appear. OF course we
mind each other that 1t doesn't pay
Jack had a chance to come back here
but we wouldn't do it,. because we
were afraid We might drift back into
the old ways"
AS I said before, there is a certain
bug-a-boo idol in existence today tc
which more happiness, comfort and
money is sacrificed than ever went in.
to the service of any heather divinity
And the name of that idol Is Keep
ing Up Appearances"
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ANr1-TUBERCULosIs WORK.

For the benefit Of the numerous or
CARNATIONS who helped to sell nearly
100000 Red Cross Seals last year
and for the general public. the Ameri-
can Red Cross and the National Asso-
citation for the Study and Prevention
of Tuberculosis have framed a defini-
ton of anti-tubercu1osis work showing
how the proceeds from these holiday
stickers are to be used. The definition
limits the expenditure Of money only
for the year ending April 80, 1915.
The definition was framed at q re-
cent meeting Of the National Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention Of
Tuberculosis and states that the term
| "anti-tuberculosis work. as 1t relates
| to the expenditure Of Red Cross Seal
money shall include the following
activities:
The construction Of hospitals or san
atoria for the care of the tuberculous.
The maintenance Of the tuberculous.
The provision Of day or night camps
for the Tuberculosis; the provision and
maintenance Of dispensaries, visiting
nurses, open air schools, fresh air
classes. or preventoria foir the cure OF
treatment of tuberculous cases or for
the prevention OIL Tie SPl eau "a S0OCA
culosis.
The maintenance of educational or
| LEGISLATIVE activities which have Tor
their object the prevention of infection
with tuberculosis.
DR.. Charles ]. Hatfield, executive
secretary of the national association
says in commenting on this definition
1--WE hope by this means to prevent
the spreading, particularly Of small
sums of money, in useless activities
and to direct the efforts Of all anti
tuberculosis agencies along the lines
which will produce most results fol
the money invested. We are in thor
ough sympathy and cooperation with
every movement for better community
or individual health. but II this Rec
Cross Seal money is to be spent. a:
we advertise, only for tuberculosis
work, we wish to see that it is expend
ed to the best advantage"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21
THE GERMAN MASSES.

The masses Of the Kaiser's empire
To them, writes Oswald Garrison Viii
lard. in the American Review of Re-
views for September. surely the sympa-
thy of the world must go out as to the
poor Beligians who have died about
Liege without knowing why. realizing
only that a nell of shot and shell hao
burst without warning upon them as
lightning from the sky. On the heads
of the German masses lies not the
homes, from the castled hills of
Thuringia, the vine-clad banks Of the
Rhine. the plains of Prussia. the pop
pied fields of Bavaria. They and thef-
kind have been rising st adily against
fearful odds, helped on by favorable
social legislation, held back by the
heavy taxes imposed by the military
Moloch. and by their three years of
army service; harpered in the cities by
grinding poverty and checked every
where by iron castles. Their villages
have only just begun to grow, to give
signs of a development corresponding
to that of the cities; to them have come
at least the harbingers of social justice;
something Of the prosperity of the ma
F., ton was beginning to be theirs But
now the mother Of every son between
nineteen and twenty-four years must
know her t-y upon the firing-licc is
there to destroy the sons Of some other
mother-because the triple" alliance
demanded IL. For these solid peasants
the backbone Of the country. war can
bring nothing save woe and debt
Will it avail to tell them that the
Slavic peril must be combated: that In
this world-war destiny speaks and that
it had to come sooner or later? Arr
they not inevitably to count the cost
when the slaughter IL over? Will they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21

ing the comirg winter wheat growing
season in Kansas as they were during
the last one, the Sunf1ower state will
have a wheat crop next year whose
bulk will make the record-breakins
one of this year look sick. Reports
from all over the state are to the ef-
feet that the farmers are putting in
an enormous wheat acreage. one that
will be larger by far than Kansas has
ever had before. The farmers are
wisely figuring that the great Euro
pean war will create a profitable mar
ket for American wheat next year, nc
matter how much Is raised.
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Journal Entries

Although the demand for worries il
tremendous, the supply 10 always ade-
Quate.
. .
Nor IL there any reason why q poor
man should wax enthusiastic over the
sympathy he gets.
Most Of the acute grouches Of ma
turer years seem to be among the I'M
married folk.
= .
A person will tell the same lie so
as the truth.
Many Of the humorists would be
more popular II they did not try to
cultivate such a serious mien when not
displaying their talent.
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THE MOTHER.

THE MOTHER.
So quietly seem to ut apart:
think she does not know nor gueeo ct
all
How dear this certain hour unto my heart,
When in our quiet street the shadows
She leans and listens at the little gate.
sit 20 still, not any eye might see
How watchfully before her there wait
For that one step that brings my world
to me.
She does not know that. long before they
meet,
$50 eagerly must 30 o love athirsO
Ny heart outstrips the flying OF her feet.
And meets ana greets him drst-and
greets him first.
by Theodosia Garrison. in the August
ScTibner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21

Americans shouldn't worry If they
disagree over the pronou- cling OF the
names of many Of the places and rivers
that figure frequently in the war news.
They are pronounced with distinctive
adherence, even in times Of peace. by
the people of the differing nationalities
who live near them. and who are fight
ing in and around Their. The river
Meuse can be cited as an example. The
French pronounce it one way. the Ger
mans another and the Belgians a third.
that il when they speak their own Ian
guage, which few Of them do. The Bel
gians usually talk in either French or
German and many Of them use both
languages.
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From Other Pens

MAKE INDEMNITIES TO VICTIMS!
The warning nations in Europe are
thinking and talking about peace.
Their thoughts and their speech,
though still mainly so, are no longer
entirely of prosecuting the war to the
utmost extremes. Peace, when 1t
comes, will mean the payment OF in
IDENTITIES. Why not make them real
indemntties to the greatest sufferers
and the actual victims? Heretofore
war indemnities have been paid by ma
ton to nation. They have gone into
the public treasury, to be expended
for all sorts Of purposes. and too often
in armament and other preparation
for future wars. Since all hope that
this great war between civilized ma
tons may also be the last would it
not help to make It the last by maxi
ing at least a portion Of the indemni-
be used for more wars? This war. at
the lowest estimate. will make half
million widows and q million or
phans. They are the Immediate vic
Tins and the continuing sufferers Not
the nation at large, but these women
and children! Let the war indemnitt6s
be pensions to them. for suitable terms
Of years, or for life. Such a pension
roll would not be like the usual war
indemnfty-pafd in q lump sum and
then forgotten or remembered only al
the chance comes. 1t would be a
standing reminder for many years of
the folly and wickedness Of war. And
the money would go directly to the
relief OF those who need it most. to
the women and children who have
lost their bread-winners on the field
OF battle.-ChicagO Herald.
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Just before the British parliament

Just before the British parliament
was prorouged the other day the
members Of the house of commons
Joined in singing God Save the
King" But he doesn't appear to be
in any particular danger as long as
he keeps the English channel between
himself and the firing lines where his
soldiers are entrenched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21

AZ the Chicago. Herald suggests:
Congress has apparently had to give
up looking around for a war tax that
everybody wanted to pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21

With the evacuation Of Vera Cruz
by the American forces, Villa and Car
rama would do we'll to set their house
in order with decency and dispatch.
Uncle Sam has a keen eye, q long
reach and an effective punch. And
while he is a good, watchful waiter,
his patience is not inexhaustible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21

AZ the Cleveland lain Dealer most
pertinently remarks: OF course. the
worlds trade will not be won for Amer
lea by merely talking about winning the
worlds trade for America.
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That Austrian army which was ut
terly annihilated by the Russians a
week or SO ago seems to be doing a
vigorous business now at a new stand.
Evidently the war news that comes
from Petrograd is 10 more reliable
than that which comes from Paris.
Berlin or London,