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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
Jayhawker Jots

It's the Coffeyville Suns idea that
pleasure Is one of the things we in
dulge in that we cannot anord.
AS the Baldwin Ledger advises: 1t
always is In season to plant seeds OF
kindness.
Wages arc SO good in this country.
observes the Neodesha Register. that
q man who doesn't like it easily can
save enough money to get out Of it.
Brue Ure. Of Dust Corner, Cove coun-
ty, also gets in for honorable mention,
at least in the Kansas short name con-
test. So does Frank Fee Of Greenwood
county.
About the only thing that win drive
the average boy away from . ball
game, says the Smith county Journal.
is a big poster showing q lot Of wild
animals.
According to tho Lyon county as
SCISSORS Emporia IL growing. Possibly
they considered tho ever-increaa1ng
girths of William Allen White and
Walt Mason.
inexperienced young men often
wonder, according to the Colby Trib-
une, whether girls wear those big
back combs to hold the switch onto
the hair or the hair onto tho switch
Dry Creek, Butler county. has EVIL
IDENTIFY been belying its name OF late.
wild Goose" tho Augusta Journals
correspondent tu0Kcs EepOItS~ NAy0S
Wolf is chasing stray bridges carried
away by the high water.
When q man makes a success OF
some enterprise. says the Spring Hin
New Era. he generally initiates his
chest and gives himself all the credit
for the achievement. But when fall
ure is his lot, he puts the blame on his
grandfather or his wife.
A few observations by Mrs. Tom
Thoynpsou IN her Interesting column in
the Howard Courant: Patient people
are apt to be proud Of 1t. Peo-
pie pay too much attention to talk.
Talk is never evidence H news
is bad you wire II It Is good. you
think q letter will arrive In plenty OF
time. So many fools have money
that the justly celebrated parting no
longer causes special remark.
Some men who object to Mothers hen
pecking accept It from Daughter with
out even making a face.
"wise and Otherwise" from the pen
Of Editor McNabb Of the Richmond
Enterprise: The editor quite often has
to fight for his writes. Many q
young man gets fresh who cannot earn
his salt. A man eats because he
IA hungry. A woman eats to keep the
stuff from spelling. Darwin
speaks of a living principle in fruit. No
doubt he meant tho worm. :. Z. 1t
seems to US that 1t would save q great
deal Of trouble nowadays II the rich
man would state in his will which law
yers are to have the money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
By the Way
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OLD Doc Crumbine II boosting the
sen-stafter trade by discovering now
disease- Auto-cfanker's backbone" 1t
10 something like houDemaid's knee
by q self-startinx device ON tho auto
OF the patient
It took four lines Of Associated Press
La. negro who Committed the usual
! crime. A. rule. the natives OF
Louisiana u0e but one Nno-clothes or
telephone-in disposing Of such cases.
Anyone who has the nerve to raise
his voice for war. should contribute
% the Second Regiment band. That
Topeka band may have now valves
shot into its brass horn before the
summer 10 over. and 1t wouldn't do to
INTO bul!et-swept 1one while some
banker held q mortgage on them
At last competition to Doc Samuels
shrine that contains q fragment Of the
femur OF deceased saint. It ID said
to have cured everything from yellow
fever to pip.
Tho political porch climbers who
contributed to frisking Of Dick Thomas
arc said to be accommodating worries.
They are entitled to all the worry they
can find. and no ONE win be 90, cruel
a. to charge them interest on the
accumulation.
The A-B-C mediators have started
to frame system OF separating Mr..
Huerta from the Job. Details Of their
proposition have not been made pub
lie: put the neatest system, should they
care to use 1t. would be to oil said job
and slip 1t from under said dictator.
And ono OF Mr.. Huerta's generals
has assured Funston that the Ameri-
can soldiers will not be slaughtered
without fair notice. That should be
indeed refreshing assurance to Fred,
as well as to the few thousand harm
less, defenseleas. local-and-long-dis-
lance gun-fighters who are encamped
with him at Vera Cruz. But should
MT. Huerta's general go back on his
word. pity those timid youths clus-
ter OF gentle children who sit around
ana scratch matches on each others
necks and wonder wynel they are not
permitted to go up country and see
what makes Mr. Huerta tick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From the Chicago Newa.'

IRON the Chicago News.J
Moro shopping. less buying.
Tho successful aviator is an aerial high
roller.
A wise man questions his own wisdom:
but . fool never.
Every woman expects her husband to
make more mistakes than he does.
Necessity knows'no law, yet It FREQUENT
ly brings q man into court.
The man who permits his wits to 20
wool gathering risks being fleeced.
When our spirits are on the ebb we
think We haven't the ghost OF show
But many q smart housewife has been
able to mako q dumb waiter answer
Perhaps love does make the world 70
round when the lovers are intoxicated
with happiness.
He is a wise man who never trifles with
an unloaded gun. . woman's opinion or
a busy little bee
Speaking OF appearances, a youth with
a red nose may have been counting q Girl
with hand painted cheeks.
For about three weeks after marriage
every woman thinks her husband il
smarter than any other man Of her &C.
QuatntAnce.
The girl who declares she wouldn't
marry the best man living usually
stands pat and hooks up with a dead
one.
How q married woman does envy a
spinster who has money OF her own
and doesn't have to ask any one for
cent!
young man who imagines that he
has been called to preach the gospel
may discover later that few people
have been called to listen to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
EUening Chat


Every stratum Of society has its slang.
Every class takes up certain words and
phrases from time to time and uses them
~ and appropriately. In short merciless-
~ overworks them until they finally die
OF exhaustion.
always been anathema. But IL It really
any more to be condemned than the slang
OF the class that ought to know enough
20 avoid overtaxtng unonending words?
so.caueo. or perhaps should say self
called She can talk vaguely but grace
1uiiy about the philosophy OF Bergeson:
sne loves to jugE1e with such names As
Nietsche, Toistof. etc; she belonEs to
several fashionable woman's clubs: she
keeps her library table Uttered with ex-
penslve mesa4ineN and aeathar bound
happened to be with her the other day
when a jolly flittlA clerk in a shop said,
IL should worry My COMPANION turned
this vulgar and worn out phrase a more
panied and disgusted expression I have
!. seen. And yet, would you believe
work and vulsar1xe an expression a.
thoroughly as she does. And the mere
TACT that the Original expression IL diner
emf th does not MAXI her any less culpable
woman picked up the phrase 'I love that"
ana she has used 1t ever since appro-
priately and inappropriately with nause-
On the lips Of this woman and several
more OF her cult. IT love that has grown
just as tiresome and vulgar to me a. s.I
should worry" and II you happen to
know any woman Of this particular typo
you have probably been bored in the
same way.
Attractive" 10 smother word which this
claes converted into slang by their abuse
OF II A year or two ago everything they
saw, did, ate. heard. liked, laughed al.
Of IN any way approved was ATTRACTIVE .
Inc WORD was squeezed az dry of In
0lv1dual meaning as a lemon that has
ade. 'o'AAoAA-
Slang 10 often powerful and expressive.
or amusing and whimsical In ffself II
- not necessarily Objectionable, Its Of
Tense against the language is that IL IN
taken up by the people who do not tl1fni.
ngence.
Instead Of expressing their thoughts
with words they themselves have chosen.
and which therefore have the virtue OF
Individuality. they fall back upon these
reaoy-made expressions. Slang has the
same effect upon the vocabulary a uredi-
gested foods have upon tho INDIGESTION.
And this IL just as true Of the sIanr
OF the educated classes as Of that Of the
uneducated. --'o
Anyone who takes refuge from the
EFFORT OF self-expression In some over
worked word or formula, however re-
spectacle, IL just as slangy az the per-
petratorS OF IT should worry"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
Journal Entries

A night IL always q fair one to the
man who wins 1t.
= =
The most successful man II the ono
who attains real happiness.
Much Of the vocal work 10 harder ON
those who must listen to Il.
Too many people are merely in favor
OF the Golden rule for others to follow.
Poor. old Father! Just getting his
hands in shape from Z season with tho
furnace, he must put them ON the cal
lous-making handles Of the 1AWnmoWer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
OAKLAND NOTES.

(Items for this column may be
phoned to 1915 or the State Journal
ofice.)
Mrs. L M. orner entertained the
members of the Wild Rose Needle
club Tuesday afternoon 1T her home,
present included: Mrs. Mary BevelIe,
Mrs. q. e. Cole. Mrs. w. H. Doorley,
Mrs. w. N. Houser. Mrs. Upton Irwin,
Mrs. J. w. Nelson, Mrs. H. 8. Schrei-
Der. Mrs. r. J. Stephenson, Mrs. w. A.
Thornburg, Mrs.. J. r. Taylor, Mrs w.
L. Wilkinson. Mrs. Orner. The guests
were: Mrs. HI. Lang Of Kansas City.
Mrs. May Bower. Ars. Phil Ward. Tho
next meeting win be held with Mrs.
H. s. Schneider. 3037 Buchanan street.
Comrade and Mrs. George Ralsttn
viii entertain the members Of tho
Oakland Veteran club Friday evening
ut their home in Winfield avenue IN
anniversary. An club members are
cordially invited to be present.
Mrs.. Joseph Gordon Of wabash
avenue has returned from Buflin-
game where she was called BY the
illness Of . relative.
Mrs.. George Newton Of Oakland
avenue. who has been visiting rela-
has returned home.
The Missionary society Of the Oak
land Presbyterian church win have an
entertainment tonight at the church.
A short program has been arfanGed
ana reffeehments will be served. No
admission fee but . free WIN Offering
will be taken. The public are cordial
ly invited.
Mrs.. william MeelEer has returned
to her home in waldo. Kan, after .
weeks visit with her sister. lfrs. L. D.
ouigley. and family. 3se winneId
avenue.
Niss Mona Bell will entertain the
members Of the s. o. D. n. Embroid-
cry club this evening 1T her home In
Reno street.
lGiss Ruth Taylor went to Perry to-
day to spend q few weeks With rela-
tives and friends.
The Young Peoples Social club az
the Oakland Presbyterian church Win
have fts regular Bible study and ooci6l
hour Friday evening - tho church.
The Oakland I. o. o. r. ana RE-
pekahs Will have dedication coromon-
halls next Tuesday evening 1t their new
hall IN Wabash avenue. Elsboeafo
plans are being worked out ana tiD
a6air - for the Oakland membof1
only. IS
8 MrH James Hiebee Of sss oakr,na
avenue, who has boen saaRoring 6ur
epvoeal nouths from in1ur16e eooesv16
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

"You-you're an agent who has heard
Of my failing?" she asked.
David removed his hat and stood
below her on the steps. ''No-that is
I've heard Of your fancy for CANDLE
and stopped talking.
Carry laughed merrily. "But-
what?''
II was led to believe you were
queer. I had pictured q native old
maid whose upper story had more or
less suddenly become vacant. and
well, you're not at all what expected
and don't know how to apologize"
David blurted out. He was very boy
ish at times, and AZ he stood there in
the sunlight, blushing like school
girl with confusion, Carry Reynolds
thought him most attractive.
Let me see the candlesticks.
please" she said at last, enjoying his
embarrassment
Morally l."
But must see them. They're
stunning! Como in and let me SEQ
how they look on my mantel. Dol"
And David Reaves stepped over the
threshold of the little room ana
knew that he had found some atmoD-
phere for his work. He sat in the old
horsehair armchair and listened while
the girl told him why she was there
and why the neighbors thought she
was queer. 'And oh. do wish you
drove me to this" she laughed. throw
ing out her arms to embrace the room
full OF candlestick&
Don't wish that on me, 1 beg Of
you," David retOrted.
II won't IL you'll peer about this old
village from time to time ana find
me some more beauties like these two
candlesticks." she said.
'.I'll do it." David aid firmly.
"And to reward you I'll ask my
cousin. Corinne Arnold tn emma ana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
KINDERGARTEN PROaREss.


In ten years kindergartens In the
United States have grown from S.244
kindergartens with 205. oo0 children to
1857 kindergartens enrolling 546. 1Ss
children, according to q bulletin is
sued by the United States bureau Of
education.
Notwithstanding this encouraging
increase in schools ana pupils. the
great majority of children are still
without the ADVANTAGES Of kindergar-
ten training. Only = per cent Of the
children of kindergarten Age-4 to 8
were in kindergartenA
much constructive work must be
DONE" declares Miss Myra Winchester
Of tho kindergarten division of the bu-
reau. reviewing tho :hgures. Tho
child of kindergarten age IL 30 young.
SO impressionable. 80 incapable Of de-
Tending himself against the faulty
words and actions and mental atti-
tudes OF the teacher, that means must
be devised to eliminate or at least d.
minish the number Of faulty teachers.
Standards Of requirements as to per-
sonality and academic and profession
al training must be raised and MAIN
tanned, for the surest guarantee Of the
extension of kindergartens In good
work done by good teachers"
Miss Winchester traces the path Of
progress in kindergartens from pri-
vate philanthropy to public support.
First there were private kindergar-
tens. regarded as moro or less Of a
luxury for the weil-to-do. Next. good
men and women began to provide
charity kindergartens for the poor
and neglected children: churches. set
Elements. kindergarten associations
and mill owners gave and continue to
give glad and generous support to
such kindergartens. Then as a direct
outgrowth Of the work of tho kinder
garten associations there have evolved
training schools for kindergarten
teachers: the state legislature has
been induced to pass a bill making it
legal to institute public school kim
dergartens: local boards Of education
have partially, then entirely. taken
over the care and education Of little
children. and finally state and city
normal schools have incorporated the
kindergarten training schools. making
them into q regularly integrated de-
partment.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
SUCCESSFUL WOAfEN's CLUBS.

SUCCESSFUL WON4ExN'S CLUBS.
In tho juno Woman's Home Com
panion Caroline French Benton tells
what women's clubs are doing and lays
out several programs for the use of
such clubs. On tho general subject of
women's clubs she writes in part as
follows:
women still seem to like to study
educational themes. To some of them
their club 10 their one opportunity for
intellectual development. Some have,
perhaps for years, been absorbed in
home-making and collaborating, and
the world of books has been closed to
Them. Others lack self-confidence,
and are unable to express themselves
freely In social life; these find an in
valuable training in the mere reading
Of a club paper or in a discussion of
simple current events. Still others
have had perhaps few advantages, and
the study of foreign countries or
poetry opens new fields Of delight.
so there il no need for apoloKizinR
for belonging to what Is sometimes
referred to as a mere study club
There is. and always will be. a place
for such. Any woman will make a bet
with the great artists.
ON the other hand. there IL cry
Ing need for. women who understand
civics and philanthropy and the laws
which govern women. and the great
living issues Of the day. This II true
especially In cities; and where a study
club has existed in a community for
years 1t may often expand and take up
| this larger field Of work. And yet 1t
will undoubtedly be found that in the
long run the most successful clubs are
those which have combined the two
great needs-of study for the sake OF
the individual. and practical work for
others.
Just a word might be added ON the
more personal side OF club life. Some
times there II noticeable lack OF
comradeship among the members,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

According to a noted visitor. To-
peka also has the distinction of being
an American city inhabited by Ameri-
cans. This il some distinction, even
e Topeka has to share 1t. as matter
Of right. with many other cities In
this section of the country. AZ q mat
ter OF fact. this particular part OF the
United States II ''our country In the
-4tillest sense Of the expression.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14


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FerDonnl Mention.
John d. Zimmerman, pastor Of the
Central Avenue Christian church. Is
attending conventions at Loavenworfh
ana Saltna- Friday evening he Win
speak before tho Elmont Booster club
ON. whats Under Your Hnt?''
Mr.. ana Ms. e. II. Klngman Of
Shorey arc the parents OF Z baby girl
born Sunday. evening. Th6y have
given her the name, Marxarot Elfs-
abeth.
lava Wauace' principal OF Lyman
at the city track meet.
1907 North Van Buren, street, Il maxi
ing ner home with her aunt In Wa
mego.
!ttiA Luke. formerly Of North To-
peka ana who recently received mo-
uce Irom washington that he was to
a. q reward for hard work IN ~
Kansas university Laboratories. va IN
North Topeka for q short time
Wednesday evening. He has left for
Warrington and will sail for the Arc
TIC In about two weeks.
team defeated the North Tcror.
Giants by = score Of 10 to wedmss:
day at Garfield park.
John Winter has returned to his
home in Hoyt after q business trim 10
the North Side.
short time In North Topeka on busi-
ness Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Z. Reeves, who has bean
spending the last week with friends
ana relatives In North Topeka. 10
LETT Tor her home in Barnard.
A. Pr1n8le has returned to his home
IN Harveyvtlle after = business trip to
the North Side.
w. A. Baird Of Elmont has returned
home after q business trip to the
North Side.
Brigham Uhl has returned to his
nome In Silver Lake after 4 businaaa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.

The absence Of responsibility in re-
gard to immediate, thorough and de-
pendable service on government own
ed railroads Is admirably brought out
in a popular discussion on government
ownership in France which appears in
q current issue Of the Saturday Even
ing Pest. -.-....-.-.e ...--...-s
In the matter Of railroads the artt-
Gle states that one Of the finest SUBJ
urban trains ever seen runs over the
state railroad for IL miles from Paris
to Versailles. but that with this ex-
ception there is nothing whatever to
admire in tho governmental manage
ment Of railroads. Indeed, many Of
the cars arc strongly suggestive of q
dingy caboose Of a way-freight train
on a third class American line.
The writer admits that the privately
owned roads in France. as well as that
publicly owned, may be criticised. but
he insists that there is an overwhelm-
ing mass Of testimony to show that
the latter has given the poorest serv-
ice and been the slowest to make i'm
provements. Since the advent Of state
ownership. tho operating expenses
have increased in a much greater ratio
than the operating receipts, and tho
operating ratio increased to 30 per
cent. caused mostly by the padding Of
theoretical payrolls. When such man.
agement results in less efficient serv-
Ice and poorer financial returns than
were obtained under private owner
ship. 1t most assuredly II not an argu-
ment or even an excuse for public
control. as the Electric Railway Jour-
nal insists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

According to the findings of a Chi
cago jury it is all right II you kill an
other, while you are walking in your
sleep. This calls attention to the fact
that the clever lawyers have developed
20 many excuses for murder that are
swallowed by juries. that it has be-
como a reasonably safe pastime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

that Huerta has his courage with him
from sunup to shutdown. He begins
each day with a breakfast that con-
sists Of a raw egg. q large glass Of
claret and an equally large glass OF
brandy ---l.- -i'5-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
Postmaster General Burleson

Postmaster General Burleson is
evidently one of the old-fashioned
axemen who never spared a tree. He
has cut down nearly $4,000 Republican
postmasters in IA months. More than
that. he's proud of it. But the Repub-
licans really have no kick coming.
They have waxed on the fat of the
postoffices for many years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

Attorney General Dawson's stand
for the enforcement Of the pure shoe
law - assuredly the only one he can
take. 1t Is certainly not for the states
attorney general to pick and choose
~ to which of the laws of tho COM
monwealth he will enforce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

Barbados also became a conspicuous
place on the worlds map during the
time that T. r. sojourned there. Only
. comparatively few people. in all
probability, knew that there was q
city on the island named Bridgetown,
until the Colonel set foot in II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

Topeka's motor cop has the ability,
At any rate. to mako an elaborate re-
port Of his failures to deliver the
goods But maybe his wife wrote it.
ehe was an author before she was a
policewoman, one Of her masterpieces
being Hell Up To Date
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

It is the belief Of the Philadelphia
Ledger that not until every woman
will be able to get a spring hat salts
factory to herself at q price satisfac-
tory to her husband--wtil the mil1en-
MUM be at hand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

Colonel Goethals could probably
build another Isthmian canal while
the United States are talking about
one little detail Of its operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

A report comes from Washington
that the federal Industrial relations
committee has evolved a plan for leg
islation that will stop strikes. But the
arbitrary and elaborate efforts Of New
Zealand in this direction haven't
worked out very well IN practice. al
though they looked fine on paper and
before they were put to . test
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

Sometime tho temperature in Kan
sas IL going to drop 30 suddenly and
20 far that It will be smashed beyond
repair. Then what will happen? A
riot Of weather, presumably.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

Presumably the first vessel to go
through tho Panama canal will be
stuffed and mounted and placed on
display in the Smithsonian Institution.