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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

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tood supply. A. he talked on about
~ hopes and ambitions. sIbyl Hs-
| 1880 49, IAcuiky a1e!S AFTER All,
mere WerA men with high visions.
e 49, @Hu 49, - nlm with Ralph Cos
..nnnlst.it . -s- nor
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- 1870 - , s.u an.ys1 " Wn.e no
Eeer 49, N.nns D.0ke olI-nls
49, ..s 49, 0IS ~ ner rlneless nanos:
e NOT wearing your-yOur QSA.
IN, ~. !. 80. .
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aia mo,,S -, s.s s-Ss slsA ~, ~ elneS
let thron.h ms .c,,i I.,,t 49, -. -. 1 IS
longer wear r. Ism free "a ~ nor
have alwayr reneil for vc,s-
.sOh. ~ - =. -.s"4-.A :. :,
she protesfe1 nns 49, A.
taking tha ernrec.as.r q ~, -, ~ -...s
He elancod .~r,,,sS
ing dinin~ ronm .s@Sr ssc,,r.. ~ 80
the place to sDear- 4 - nj rs~ns
to the prescribed eettinr-m,norli~nf
and that sort Of fhinr-"
She spread out her hands depraca.
ttngly. 'sOh, It isn't thaf-4h~ nncr.
shine part In tact. I nrefer 41,e nrsc-
teal light OF day
ESQ do T,,,~
that q Life Contract srreed - h,
broad. sane daylight vonl6 he nr.ttv
apt to stand tha oun De pxeAty
time"
Especially when one - .. n,.,r
az I am-then there would he ~ 1as.-
illusfonments.'' Her amffe - : lsttle
bitter.
You-plain. Why, Sib. YOU'RE VIM
and thafs a1wava erc,,. 70 SOu
Her eyes grew misty. but before sne
could speak they were interrupted b.
waiter. who said apologetically: "Ber
pardon. sir: the man from the xaraee
ID mere.
Very we'll I'll be there in a min.
ute." Then to Sibyl: 'aIdme ana AM.
tomobiles wait for NO one. Nav r
come over tomorrow at 10? That's =
practical enough time to auit anybody"
she laughinCl-- nodded in assent.
sioyl got into her own runabout and
GROVE rapidly back home. She was
eiao not % encounter any one on the
veranda. or in the hall. and had a
long quiet time in her room for think
ing Of things. For a fine she wse ~.
certain. but the return Of Ralph and
MISS Martin to the house next door
decided her. There was q look Of ran
ture on his face a. he he,rsS <s,,& ~.
other girl that sibyl had not seen in
his face for her since their first enRar-
ed summer.
That engagement was founded on
moonlight and propinouity. hut this
other
She studied her face in the mirror.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

The governor of Massachusetts, has
4 plan for saving the state 5000 year
in salaries. notes the New York World.
and it pertinently adds: Reform that
begins with salary reductions OF Off
Gals has all the aspects of dangerous
and revolutionary radicalism.,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
En- Chat
'.How Little We Knew-
By RUTH CAMERON.

AADW ANAe1C Vv0 A0GW.
II Is the hremen who set fire to houses
That is why Immediately after Won .ee
the nremen rush to a house, YOU see II
burst into flames
suppose you consider these startling
statements. They are to me a,so mt
am not authority for them. They
come from the lips of INV four vear cId
nephew, who knows more about this
subject than his father or mother. his
sranoIather or grandmother his uncles
or mis- aunts, in short than all the world
OF grown-ups who try to convince him
to the contrary ~
The connection between firemen and
nreS mas been carefully explained to
MIN over and over again. But he
SIMPLY snakes his head and says, mo.
no. the nremen set the fires Naughty
nremen. I hope they won't set fire to
this house." And In his eyes is the su-
per1or look OF one who knows and who
mas half contemptuous pity for our
ignorance.
Funny little boy. How we laugh NJ
him and his amusing belief in his own
superior wisdom! And yet-and vet
We'll. do you remember when you grad
uated from high school how very wise
you We're? Could any grown-up with
merely forty or fifty years experfen ,e
in this vale Of laughter and tears ever
know as much as you knew then?
To be sure, you did not think that
nremen set the fires instead OF putting
them out. but were there no other mai
as my little nephew that Won knew
more than your parents or anyone else
in the world? Have you not come 10
laugh at some Of the ideas you held
then as heartily as my little nephew
in a few years?
What an opinionated little person yoa
were then! Now that you have crown
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

Mr.. Bryan is probably delighted over
the report that Alvey A. Adee. the vet
eran second assistant secretary Of state
and the nations expert diplomatist. Is
about to resign his position. 1t means
4 piece OF pie for another Of the
ssIaithfulm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal u . member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news NJ
onni8At1on for the exclusive afegD0ou
publication in Topeka
The news II received In The state Jour
nal building over wires for this 0o1o pUg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

Icebergs and ice foes are getting in
their terrible work in the northern At
lantic. This is the season of the year
when they reap their grim harvest OF
ships and souls. It was two years ago
this month. on April IA. that the Titanic
rushed to it's doom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

Most of the trifiine troubles that have
been worrying many men for a few
months will DE speedily forgotten as
soon as the umpires yell: play ball."
But more aggravating. ones will take
their places where the nome teams do
not make satisfactory showings..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

Fine news for the dentists. An esti-
mate has 1t that fully 50 per cent. Of
the 1900 900 school children in the
United States have defective teeth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

And the unreasonableness Of humans
Is again instanced in the walls from
Nine. Calve because she has been re-
lieved Of her jewels. If she had lost
her voice, she might have something to
Neen about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
be SYNONYMOUS.

Fewer gems are being imported. or
rather having duties paid on them
under the new tariff law. The higher
duties of this statute on precious stones
are said to have encouraged a perfect
carnival of smuggling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

Another certain indication that spring
has finally arrived is to be found in
the labor troubles that are cropping
out here and there over the country
Strikes and spring have almost come to
be SynOnymOuS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

A little dilatoriness is being INDUCED
in by the goosebone weather prophets
In the announcement OF their prognos-
tications as to whether the approaching
summer will be uncomfortably warm or
nthorwiso
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

Wisconsin's experiment in the liz
censing and regulation of boxing
matches appears to have been a sue
cess. That is, it Is feathering the
funds of the state to the tune of $780,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

Cleveland Plain Dealer MARBLES: Now
10Y once more may fill our cup. and
smiles replace the frown; the mercury
ID going up and eggs are coming down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

Parents being to blame for most Of
the incorrigible cases that get into the
Juvenile court in Shawnee county, more
Of them should be punished for their
negligence, as the laws Of Kansas per-
NIT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

Missouri gets two Of the federal re-
serve banks. one at St. Louis and one
at Kansas City. But Kansas City
would not be big nor important enough
for such an honor were it not for Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
On the Spi5r
of the Moment
By ROY K. MOULTON,

Unh0nOred and Unsune.
Scene shifters.
Second cooks in hotels.
Painters (house).
Section hands.
Advertising poets.
Lieutenant governors.
Stage managers.
Dill posters.
Moving picture operators.
Mr.. Marie COrelli.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

John Lind may need the vacation
from his labors in Mexico that he Is
now taking. but it Is scarcely probable
that his organs Of speech demand a
rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
km,sos oy,,,ns,,f
THE HUMBLE FRIEND.

The Angel Of Mercy in every day
NE sometimes dwells In forms that
lack much Of making any appeal to
tne popular imagination. When q
neaenDor Y stricken. IL it her wealthy
mo beautiful acquaintance that sits
oy ner side and Quiets her nerves and
coois the fever Of her brow? Not ~
AL # II tho little Obscure woman
t snat nke ~ not has Z houseful Of
slouoie OF her own. that throws her
*. I ~ oyer ner head and slips across
me BACK way and because Of her near
acquaintance with trouble brings
ympathy and hope ana cheer. does
the IN, instructive things that helm. When
=. ~ neaitn puts man ON his back. do
sle cronies OF his leisure hours, the
give him attention? No. II Il the
humble friend. who himself knows
SrleI ana 1t may be has admired Srom
aLar, that IL driven forwcrd bv 4 heart
oI sympathy to do things a. only heart
1aN. Hpatny can do for the at
THE RACKWOODS BOY.
Don't poke fun ut the boy who
comes In from the forks Of the creek
with sand in his hair, and mud on
ms race. patches on his pants and lust
one gailus" on. He may look seedy
now put ten years from now he may
- S1sOSusp Qa9I0T OF some
nig church, or pleading eloQuently at
the bar, or giving out prescriptions to
cure the sick and AFFLICTED. Just be-
cause q boy lives in town, wears two
kinds OF socks. parts his hair in the
miadle. sucks at cigarette, curls his
nan on NE mothers curling iron. with
z daddy who has the ''sponduIix'' to
BURN. that Is no sign he il Toine to
run this country in the future. Wen
put our money on the sound, sane and
sensible boy from the forks 81 tHo
creek'-McKfnley Courier-Gasette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

1t seems to be the idea of the deal
ers that the Kansas pure shoe law
doesn't flt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

The unl<indest cut of ala IL the up
nercllf s.---.-a-..- !. ..--....1'-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
Capt. Clarence F. True of New York National Guard
Describes the Newest System Used With Success
by the Seventy-frst Infantry

States in the combined army and mi
litia manpuvres in Connecticut, August
1920, 1919, by the commissary corps and
field kitchen wagons Of the Seventy
first Infantry. New York National
Guard. The members Of the Seventy
first Infantry, under command Of Col
William q. Bates. had their meals
served regularly during the entire nine
days campaign.
The Commissary Of the regiment
is composed OF three service corps
one for each battalion. A battalion SER
vice corps Is composed Of one battalion
commissary sergeant. three cooks,
three service men. one teamster and a
field kitchen wagon. These men are
enlisted for the service and form the
operating crew OF the wagon.
The wagon goes with the troops. on
the march the cooks. who ride. prepare
the next meal as they travel-peel
potatoes, cut bread. &c, and cook the
food When a halt IS made the troops
can be fed at once. When camp is
made the wagon Is cleared; that is made
into kitchen set up in the open. ANY,
thing may be cooked as in the ordinary
kitchen. 1t requires ten minutes, with
out hurrying. to pack or clear the
wagon. 4 battaliol-four companies
comprising from three to four hundred
mems fed from the wagon in twenty
minutes. the four companies in column
Of files coming at the same time to the
service tables.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08

AT Z A. NJ. the kitchen wagon left
the White Hills camp with the regiment,
which at noon made camp at Sandy
Hook. and within half an hour a din
ner Of stew. coffee. bread and butter
was served. This was followed at 6 80
l.. NJ. by a supper which consisted OF
steak. potatoes. bread and butter and
rice pudding. In this instance the
wagon train did not arrive at the Sandy
Hook camp until after 1880 4. NJ"
Under this system only seven men
are needed to provide for n battalion
Under the company mess system APP
proNimately thirty men are detailed for
the same work. At this ratio il the
United States was suddenly called upon
to put an army of 300 900 men in the
field 5000 men would he required to do
the cooking. &c. Has the army 5000
cooks ready? Under the consolidated
mess plan only 200 men would have
To he detailed TO do the same work. As
cooks are born. not made. the fewer
needed the better.
Men enlisted for the commissary
corps should not be counted with the
fighting force says Capt. True. but
should be trained only for the work Of
cooking. The corps as separate unit
can be readily inspected and the COM
handing officer can thereby control the
mess. The direct control and the super
vision OF the feeding of his command
should be an important part of com
mandcr's duties.
AS the field kitchen goes with the
troops. It Is designed to carry cooked
meal in the fireless cookers and in adj
d!tiun supplies. meat in the iceboN and
other stores in the Cansters for another
meal. Therefore the wagon train can
arrive in camp twelve or fourteen hours
behind the troops without the men
losing n meal
The criticism that the kitchen
wagons going with the troops would
increase III" length Of the column may
appear to be true on paper. but as in
actual conditions the column is always
from two To ten times longer than as
laid down in the regulations three field
Kitchen wagons to regiment will not
in reality make any difference. Then
again, what difference does II make
what the length of the column il II the
| men are not fed?
Most of the European armies are now
considering the consolidated mess. so
/ that the soldier will not. as rule have
tn look ont for his food himself"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08

The field kite zen wagon used by the
Seventy-hrst Infantry was designed
by Capt. c. F. True. the Commissary of
the regiment. and Is the only army
travelling kitchen OF the kind in this
country. Capt. True has made a deep
study of commissary problems since
the close Of the Spanish American war.
spending considerable time abroad for
the purpose. In discussing with a rep
resentative OF THE SuN the complicated
problem OF feeding an army in the field
and the methods now in vogue In this
country he said
THE recent advance In the science Of
war. of drills. war games, airships, &c.
will avail but little IL the soldier is not
properly fed. Especially is this true as
regards the United States. because our
country being opposed to consumption
our battles in the future as in the past
will he fought by volunteers, to whom
the elementary principles Of the COM
missary would be a sealed book.
THE direct issue of rations to the
volunteer would cause repetition of
the conditions Of our Spanish war. and
we would again have an army in the
hospital instead Of in the field. 1t
seems. therefore. that an Improvement
of methods. an entire change OF the
regulations Of the subsistence depart
ment, is necessary. Otherwise all our
other labor toward the making OF a
forceful army is lost.
I'm the problem Of the subsistence Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
Advocates Entire Change of Methods in Commissary
Department of United States Army Consolidated
Mess First Used in Manoeuvres in 1912

These cookers are the main reliance
Of the marching battalion. Soup or
stew in one and coffee in the other are
made by the cooks while the fire is
being used in the morning. They are
then pulled forward from the stove
TO their prepared place on the platform
and covered with insulators. The fire.
less cooking continues during the
march. When the camp Is reached and
the wagon brought up to the battalion
hot stew and hot coffee with bread are
at once ready for issue to the men. The
range is entirely free and may be used
which may be on the bill Of fare.
An iceboX large enough to carry one
days supply OF fresh meat Is carried on
the front part Of the platform. The sides
OF the wagon which are easily detached
can be fitted with legs. thus forming
serving tables, one on either side Of the
wagon. Two other tables Of substantial
construction. with folding legs. are car
ried. When on the march one finds a
resting place on top Of the icebox and
the other on top Of the insulators for the
fireless cooker When in place they
serve as seats for those who ride. These
tables can be used for cutting meats,
kneading dough or any other purpose.
The wagon carries the entire kitchen
battery. including barrel water can
and covered water can. There Is a hot
water tank directly behind the range
which furnishes supply Of hot water
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08

for cleaning mess kits and other purposes.
The wagon Is supplied with canvas sides
with which and extra canvas carried in
the tool box large tent can be made to
protect the cooks and the wagon In
rainy weather. The wagon also carries
axe. shovel. pick, rake, wagon jack,
ropes. lanterns. &c.
Asked to describe n typical days work
with the wagon in the field Capt. True
chose at random one day out of the nine
the Seventyhrst spent in Connecticut
during the manGuvres. He said:
THE regiment was in camp on Thurs
day at White Hills and received orders
in the evening to break camp F'iday
morning at Z o'clock. The cooks at
once prepared stew for the Friday noon
meal. it was heated to the proper tenn
perature and placed in the freless
cooker. Fresh meat and butter were
placed in the icebox for Friday nights
supper. Breakfast Friday morning con-
sisted of prunes. bacon. potatoes. cof-
fee and bread and butter.
Immediately after breakfast the cof-
fee boiler was filled and placed on the
stove. When the regiment was ready to
leave camp the coffee was at the proper
temperature to place in the fireless
cooker. Bread for dinner and supper
and potatoes for supper were put
aboard the wagon. Canistcrs, which
form n part of the equipment and hold
one days ratiOns. We're filled with Cof-
fee. sugar, salt. rice, SC.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
Seek New Drnce Steps.

~ A FTERWARD We'll all go to the
n theatre and see tango and
trotter. We hear they have
some new steps and figures for both
the tango and the hesitation. w" sim
ply must learn them
This followed the invitation TO dim
ner and is a recent phase of the dan
cling madness 1t is an intcrm"22o only.
After dinner dancing, either at home or
at one Of the popular resorts, is impera-
tive. 1t is not wholly bad form. how
ever, To take one or two nights on
weekly-counting Sundays
the time thus stolen from the dance Is
devoted To picking up new steps and
new figures.
Caharets or theatres are the only
places these may he acquired cheaply
If one is an adept. Dancing masters
are 50 Overworkcd teaching rudiments
that they have no time for retnemcnts.
So theatre managers with a pair OF good
dancers on the bill are sure OF a crowd
in the front seats. You take the guests
at your dinner along SO they may en-
joy the novelties offered
Then the visitors steal the steps. They
are rewarded the following evening by
being for brief hour, at least, the
exposure Of all eyes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08

Believes Travelling Solves Problem Feeding Soldiers

troops In the field these principles seem
evident: a solder without food Is USE
less. Our country will always have a
volunteer army. All future wars will be
short. The army in the field Is there to
fight. not to attend a training school.
1T was with these facts in mind and
to meet them that the commissary corps
was organized in the Seventy first Regi-
ment and tried in the Connecticut
mAneuvres OF 1919. The corps IN every
Wy indicated the judgment OF its de-
viSers. earning the commentator no,
only Of our own officers but OF foreign
military attaches present. We have
every reason To believe. therefore, that
the commissary corps with the field
kitchen wagon for feeding troops in the
field will do away with the present
archaic methods and inaugura,e sys-
TEN that will properly feed the soldier
and thereby conserve his usefulness"
The field kitchen wagon. built from
Capt. True's designs, is what its name
implies--a portable kitchen. When
packed ready for the march it is OF
the same size and weight as the army
wagon and requires the same power To
haul 1t, two horses on good roads and
when the roads are bad four. 1t is a
specially constructed platform escort
wagon with the necessary kitchen bat
terry arranged on it with the greatest
economy Of space.
a range OF special design is placed
on platform behind the rear axle
Ordinarily this range is used as i, stands
hut In the case of a permanent camp
it may he detached from the wagon and
set up in kitchen shack. There are
two freless cooker cans. each with a
capacity Of 400 pints. Under actual
test in the field they have kept food no,
and in good condition for thirty hours
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08

6. A y army travels on it's stomach"
n said Napoleon. meaning that
I \ the strength OF body Of
troops rests largely upon the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-03-01

sandwiches were served by the ladies
OF the school Improvement associa-
ton
This courtesy was highly appreciated
by many of the teachers who had to
leave home very early to catch the
seven O'Clock train.
At half past ten the meeting was
called to order.
The following program was given:
Singing-Pupils School No. 4.
Prayer-Eev. Bouterse.
Welcome address-Mrs. Fairchild.
Roll call--Reading of minutes.
Business.
Motion song and dri1l-Twenty lit
tie girls.
Address-"wiiI the Consolidation of
the Rural Schools Pay?" Mr.. Hamrick.
Music--Miss Dorsey, Mrs. Butler,
Mrs. Morris. Mrs. Barber.
Address-"RuraI Schools and the
S7ectaI Tax School District "Superin-
tendent Edwards.
Reading-Miss Mae wfIkerson.
Music-Quartette.
Dinner.
Music-violin and piano, Mr.. r Il.
Jones and Miss Lizzie Jones.
Lecture-Dr. Tina ckston.
Musio-Miss Lizzie Jones.
Address-'Is the County Teachers
Association a Success?' Miss Maggie
Ray.
Musfc--Mr. John Barber.
The teachers were driven over to
Olive in time for the four o'clock train
to Pensacola.
a number Of the patrons of the pub
lie school attended the association and
were much pleased with the program.
A most delightful picnic dinner was
served.
The association viii meet with Mus
cogee in April.
There were about fifty teachers pres
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-03-01

Westville, Feb. 2s.-Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Neil OF Bombay spent Sunday In
town with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs T. P Andrews Of Ponce
deLeon were visiting friends and rela-
tives for few hours Sunday.
Mr.. Johnson and Mr.. J. B. Andrews
spent Wednesday and Thursday in our
town collecting and assessing taxes
Quite a number of our town people
visited Caryville Sunday afternoon.
Miss Ruby F7ournoy is in Pensacola
taking in the carnival this week.
Mr. A. E. Weist OF Indianapolis. Ind.
has moved his family to our town
They are occupying the Mathews
house.
Mr.. Weist is agent here for the Geo.
r. Wood Co. and has succeeded in get
ting several families OF Bonemians 7.
locate on their land, north of town, and
is expecting more families soon.
Mr.. John Neil made a good crop Of
pecans on his grove near town, Which
he has sold at good profit.
Mr.. Miles Andrews of Hosford spe.
Wednesday in our town en- route 20
Darlington.