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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20
Globe Sights

A liar must be original to e interest
ing.
Some times disrespect for the law Is
the laws own fault.
No man can swear and catch q horse at
the same time.
On any important street you can zee q
lot of insane people.
Some men wear whiskers 90 they can
chew something while angry.
An Atchison mans enemy II doing more
Ter him than his friends are.
Shave your whiskers today for no man
knows what tomorrow will bring.
A message that peTmeates the speakers
full being usually 10 napdoodle.
A man with q cold he cOught last week
win say he caught 1t three months ago.
Losing q job sometimes does q man q
lot OF good and puts him on the road to
success.
How many young men were converted
by their fathers? Why such profound
silence?
This season If you are n slouchy in
appearauce as an unmade bed In q her
mit's cave you are in style.
You are a lumf,'' q German said to a
reporter today. Does that mean the same
rs statesman. or something etill worse?
The small Tee OF g." charged by q
number OF eastern firms to read an
amateur writer's manuscript. does not re-
duce the high cost Of living much for .
struggling author.
With all due respect for perfumed
just plain plug ashes. from Fathers ci-
gar, will go further towards giving
Daughters teeth that peAriy look she SO
much desires.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20
Bu the Way

A large number Of respectable To-
| pekA citizens are signing cohplaint
against the commiasion form OF gov-
ernment. With which they arc dis
satisned The 1issatisfacfion = J9s-
tiled. but they may be taking the
wrong route to . solution. A man
! who buys IN automobile ana fails to
get whit he expects out OF it. should.
before throwing 1t Into the junk heap
and reverting to the old family nag
and try another. Maybe It isn't the
fault Of the mechanism, but OF the
mechantcian.
The first syllable Of that .simp-
atico" Pet name they call Col Roose-
velt down In Brazil. sounds Ike the
Braxillians might have . sense OF
homa showed q nash of it II years
ago.
One may readily SEQ where Col.
Bryan il right In his efforts to main
tain peace with Mexico. Col Bryan
willie, Texas. and IL he peeves Huerta.
the dictator may lead . punitive Ak
petition against tho Colonefs onion
patch.
Every man does something foolish
sooner or later, and usually sooner.
He usually pulls the fool stunt with
his mouth; deaf ana dumb he would
write It; deaf, dumb and With both
mitts chopped on, he would probably
develop q faculty for conveying fool
ish ideas by weighing his ears.
Az we understand It. Mr.. Medley
candidly admits that he 10 the only
man capable OF representing his sena-
torial district. but that several others.
like nosey prosecuting attorneys. arc
inclined to look for evidence regard
less Of his plea OF guilty.
And after reading the advertising
| matter Of the heroic H. H. Tucker. 5r..
who SO bravely loaned his parent to
the defense Of Beechers Island. we
are unable to say. positively. whether
| 1t II Mr.. Tucker. his father or his In
FAINT daughter that IL going to repre-
sent US in tho marble halls at Wash
ington.
A few Of the city churches have
been robbed OF source Of Sunday
entertainment. Mary Chesney has de-
cided to seek pastures new.
Mrs. Eva Morley Murphy nails the
report that she IL to withdraw from
the race She expects to be in until
the polls close in November. and may
be sho will. Tho closing of the polls
in November IL q station that will be
largely patronized by political pas
sengers.
There are no sales counts worth
bringing to trial, but it seems to be q
consensus Of opinion that one Of the
! police ladies' could be stuck for keep
ing and maintaining q nuisance. And
believe ourself, he IL some nuisance.
However, indignant gentlemen. the
commission form il not responsible
for q pest like that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20
[From the Philadsiphia Recon-


Many . fellow who thinks he II all
right occasionally ID left
Fools rush In with advice where wise
men fear to tread
When marriage Is . failure Cupid u
never . preferred creditor.
About the only thing some people ever
succeed in borrowing - trouble.
Few men are as accomplished ~ .
banana skin In giving = fellow the slip.
Peorle who are blind to their own faults
are never aware Of the a6hction.
Come fellows can even TAN into . for
tune without making much Of an impress
sion ON It.
Lots Of men have very prominent feat
ures, but the most noticeable one IL al
ways cheek
sorae people seem to have An idea that
It's . poor rule that won't work both
ways at once.
BJobbs-''Young BJoneS father = some
high dignitaFy IN the church, isn't her
elobbs-ssYes. / think he's q canon. At
any rate I know young B3ones y . son
Of . gun
quoted the Wise Guy. no wonder some
people are up IN the clouds AL the
time" added the Simple Mug.
Mrs 0oodheart-"ru sfve Jon . GOOD
meal II you viii cut some wood for me.'
R1llingxeoEo Nomoos-"lladam, evoo 1t
the height Of my fame ~ literary man
= always fafused - deecsnd to hoclk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

Neither the Associated Press dis
patches. nor tho special dispatches in
the newspapers printed in the big cit
les throughout the country have given
much. II any space. to the major Ia
grees as he details them himself.
Maybe there IL conspiracy among the
newspaper correspondents at the cap
ital to deny him the prominence and
publicity that he II certainly entitled
to. according to his own estimate Of
his congressional activities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20
THE NEW EDUCATION OF GIRLS

THE NEW EDUCATION OF GIRLS
The new education OF girls has no
quarrel with men. but it leaves them
to make their own arrangements.
writes E. 8. Martin. in Harper's Mag
azine for May. It does not under
take to provide wives for them. It
bothers with men very little. It's aim
is to turn out girls SO far developed
mentally, and so trained and instruct
ed, that they can make their own
choices in the world, can earn their
own livings If they wish or If they
must, can take a man If one that suits
them offers, can turn all men away
for as long as they will and still con-
trive for themselves a life Of activity
and employment. The new education
aims to give to girls such an equip
ment as will relieve them Of the need
to marry for q living. That Is no
more than to start them on the same
level with the men, and that Is no
more than fair. A man that must
marry for support Is rated as rather
a pitiable figure. A young woman
who must marry for support is not in
SO much better a case as We have
been used to think. For support that
one buys with ones life IL dear bought
and should be a good article, and
every one knows that famine prices
are high, and that who would make
good bargains must see to 1t not to
be pinched by need.
Moreover, in marrying 1t IL often an
advantage to be able to bide ones
time. The best and safest man to
marry. all things considered, seems to
be one who works for his living, and
such are seldom able to marry young.
To wait for q man may be q hazard
Gus adventure. but there are men
worth waiting for: and to be 80 little
the mistress of ones fate as not to
dare to wait for q man Of ones heart
ia to be in q NIX at least as hazardous
as the other. Every marriage il more
or less a woman's experiment with a
man to see what she can make OF him.
and OF course there are men whom
women, trained In self-help and self
support and self possession, may fair
ly take q chance on, whom women
more Injured to the dependent life
should hardly risk. To have in one a
trained capacity for self-support IL
like having q fortune. A girl 20 quail
flied can marry moro for company
and less for maintenance than one
completely dependent ON a husbands
efficiency . a money-setter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

Bill Sulzer was governor of New
York for only nine or ten months.
The Public Papers Of Governor Sui
ger" have just been published in book
form. 1t is volume of no less than
1851 pages. All of which indicates
that Bill is as prolific with his pen
as he is with his tongue. and pre-
sumably no more profound.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20
Journal Entries

A man who minds his own business
usually han = GOOD one.
. .
Few people appreciate good health
until they become Ill.
.
It's the easy propositions that al
most everybody stumbles over.
The man who thinks he has mort
gage on wisdom thereby confesses his
Ignorance.
There ID some hope for the man
who can realize 1t when he has done
something foolish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20
The Eue,,i,,e Story
Tho Man She Wanted.
(By Laura Kirkman.)

y ~ -
Clayton went up to her room ana
ting her vera pictures of the men she
-, - ne. -. u.-av
sau Ano c..e ~ ''s1 r,.o. c-..,v .ra
Seioon 1a1ton' H~on es1ees anu
Its q man like one Of these that
T nru.+ ynarrv" she told herseh. look
,n,- ove, the una NJ handsome faces.
90. -.-..,., ..,,,a,,t A. .+.r+,,r~
Men VINO Slmpv coulon w ss11 .1ins
Things In pubic AZ 1onn Oanses ooes'
could never have stood Johns west
ern ways. 1 did right In refusing
him..
T,., .a ..a..a h..r +r,.d hv
Ee nau .nu ~a.,s-. sS.
Jonn eAoN es ~,..M -. 49,
S =. "a Nsts. NJ, dc-n EiTth
I-ano iaseLwalk "1sn a nun 1o"" III. s
a ans W. s,;+,. e.-rsds ~ornd bout
Cv"Doy I.1s VII . ,'-Sss.
the Grown. as un1 c.l .. ,aue ~, ,o.
- INC :ne.. sz.n mau .N.rs ~ +s,s.v
.n0 9nAo $3.50
as 81. ..
sninss, sne ,n sns,"ct,cr nc" - ~" NH ~.
- - ..nss ~, +ho,,Sr AZ low him
ccu,dr.t marry him"
VIII, -hsc1 decIara%,or .h> en-
ia.svo-aa - .h.I~ tha vrette- fror,
~ .N..s.S =. - ~
~ " U., Ietss.. - ~ I'll
ano CIner.. e s .r. ~ nc" - III IT, 50
o .
cpck D..,. ~...,,4 -.
oOn Dan HH." - 800 ~" =
wdn1e1"e ~eSeSeS oso"e
way. .~,u..
sae u ~, nc w..
n nimsen saoy. nan n ne Tue
H.aS. lver =. nc ..Iu - =.
But ne was not coward enougn 20
either. kn0W
tnat ne wouo poo on through me-
happy or unhappy.
There are PACKS OF ooWn-ano-outs
Just IKE me. ne rememoereo. AZ ne
crossed Inifty-iouEtn st n0
came face to face with a red-eyed.
pale-faced young g1rL VINO might
nave been an ex-snop e1ri or an OK
stenographer.
After giving her two or three
glances. Johns great western heart
was touched. Since his first hour in
New York, he had never been able to
pass an unfortunate without offering
help. It had become q habit with him.
Now, he was glad he had formed that
habit.
Almost forgetting his own trouble,
he turned and followed the girl along
Thirty-fourth street, instead Of pur-
suinr HIS course down Broadway.
ar onlv T could ret acme money
into that little limp purse ON her
wrist" he wished.
when the two reached the corner OF
me- The virI turned .harn,v and began
70 r.trace her stems
..T1a Sha lot .c,reth,n~ mr. doe.
.,..nart that IN roiior5snS her %
~ ..".sSessa .tornicv a. !. shon v,n.
d ne "V IN nhserv s' her s,rr.nt;tson.,w IN
COW 20 observe her suFrep'ieious's :"
the glass.
put apparen..s me I'll .,du ,,;s ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20
Euening Chat


Abusing . Courtesy.
To abuse or presume upon q court
esy which has been extended to you
by a friend il extremely bad manners
isn't it?
Nobody denies that and nobody
would boast Of doing it.
But to abuse q courtesy extended by
| q business house.-that's an absolutely
different thing.
At least q great many people seem
to think SO.
Let mo tell you a few samples OF
this sort of abuse which have recently
come under my eye.
The giving Of samples to q prospec-
! tive customer IL q business courtesy.
1t costs the firm q good deal more
| than most people realize. The mana
Rer Of q wholesale house which nan
that their samples to retailers cost
them about $4,000 q year. How the
cost Of samples for q bte department
store compares with this do not
know. but I am sure It y not ~! sma a,,-
tesy by carelessly taking half q dozen
samples where one or two would DO,
| but others abuse 1t in q much worse
1 way. The shop Of which spoke has
q retail department which nsno ond
l
! bfocades, selling at from IS to SO z
yard. In order to show the figures
they used to give q sample several
| inches square. But they aren't doing
tapestry fancy work. what's the con-
| nection you ask? Well they found
| that a great many women who asked
| for samples used them in making
tapestry bags and other things OF that
I sort.
Again, permitting q customer to
take goods home to examine IL q busi-
ness courtesy of which advantage -
| often taken. A salesman In an upnoi-
stery shop told me Of q woman who
| to take home on approval. They were
| sent back the next day. This was not
unusual 20 he took NO notice OF the
| incident until he read that the same
shop. She had bought some costly
rugs there the same day and sent them
back also. The point was that she was
giving a party that night and wanted
to dress up her apartment. The man
who sold her the rugs found this out
| in some way and refused to receive
them back. He finally sued her ana
won his case.
Taking the prospective customer to
see q house in his automobie 10
the real estate agent. A woman VINO
ought to be above such things aston
ished me by calmly announcing that
several times whom she felt like hav-
inG an automobile ride she had gone
to a real estate office and feigned in
terest in some property they had ad-
vertised.
Now of course We all know that the
business courtesy IL not extended for
love OF the customer. but through
hope Of landing him. Nevertheless q
courtesy is q courtesy and to abuse 1t
il to demean yourself Futhermore 1t
injuries the innocent public. for In the
last analysis It IL the public which al
ways suffers from such abuses. either
bv having the courtesy withdrawn or
by paying for 1t in the overhead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

Possibly the petitions that are being
circulated in Topeka in favor Of the
discontinuance of the commission sys-
tenn OF government and a return to
the old-fashioned mayor and council
plan constitute protest not 30 much
against the commission form of gov
eminent as against the way 1t is being
administered. II this were the case,
the proper remedy would be the re-
call
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

With his usual commendable frank
ness. Ex-President Taft has pointed
out that the Panama tolls exemption
provision was passed by congress and
signed by him, not in the light of ig-
noring treaty obligations, but simply
as a subsidy to American coastwise
ships. There was doubt in his mind
as to the meaning of the treaty on
this point. and he believed it was q
matter for arbitration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

Colonel Roosevelt. who was "Bwana
Tumbo" in Africa, is "Muy Simpatico''
in South America. This is a most
complimentary monniker in that coun-
try. 1t means a congenial spirit. q
bully, good fellow, a most desira BILE
companion, or something of the sort.
And this is pretty good evidence that
+ r.. has not been mixing in politics
on his long journey that is drawing to
= clola
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

Congressman Medley appears to be
an ardent disciple of the theory that
II a man doesn't speak we'll of him.
self nobody else need be expected to.
As matter OF fact. the modest man
in politics has become an extinct
species. But not few go to the 9TH
er extreme.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

The state Journal 10 Q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full aAy
eolegraph report Of that great news ~.
oaniaat1on fDr the exclusive afteDoeo
oublicatlon IN Topeka
The news II received IN The state Joue.
ri building ever wires for this sole po9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20
On the Spur
of the Moment
nv nov r N0TN TON
BY


Tho Kicker.
am the mutt,
am the prize jay
OF the universe
Or worse.
II you can imagine
Such q thing,
BY jung!
am the rube,
The verdant boob.
The empty pated,
Rattlebrained galoot
And more
To boot,
Who kicks
And SHES the bricks
And mud
With sickening thud
At everyone,
Mud by the ton
leave when things
Political do not go right.
I fight.
bite,
cuss, swear.
I tear my hair
When poll returns I read
And they don't suit my need.
paw, claw.
I have a Crouch
Ouch!
I criticise,
Call men unwise
For voting as they do.
1t makes me sick,
Right quick,
And anger surges
Through my dome
When others vote,
I am the rube,
1 am the boob
Who stays at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20
Ku..sos Comment
ANOTHER FOOLISH BILL.

ANOTHER FOOLISH BILL.
There was introduced IN the Mouse
Of Representatives on January II. -
bin to establish . bursau for the study
OF the criminal. pauper ana detective
clAsses." It was introduced By Con-
greasman TaGgart. q xan1as, appar-
emily by request Of an organisation
devoted to study OF mar" Tht bill
creates some salafied onlces. The In
cumeents Of which win study criminals
A. though they wore Of . different
species than the rest Of as. One feels
tempted ON observing suegestiono Of
thAt kind to inquire whether II would
not be good idea to create Z COM
mission to study the "criminologists"
ano learn why they do not So that
20 DO with crime than any abnormal
characteristics Of criminals. Nine
criminals out OF ten are victims Of CIR
cumstanceA Mine men out Of ten who
are not criminals would be, had they
been placed in the environment and
Deen sub5ected to the circumstances In
which existing criminals have been pro-
duced. With conditions such that all
can not honestly earn their living, some
WIN resort to di1honesty In preference
g starvation or beGgary. Fear Of pow
erty VIII drive many to crime who are
not suffering from actual need. Very
Few Of these are abnormal creatures.
normal who win abstain from crime In
spite Of necessity. Instead Of bills Gre
at1ng commissions to study existing
evils. what II needed IL q bin to apDly
knowleo8e already acquired toward re-
moving the cause Of poverty. II our
ieeasiat0rs could be reduced to do that,
crime would be reduced to q minimum
II It did not actually disappear.-Atchi-
SON Champion.
ESSAY ON NAN.
Ian that II born OF woman IL small DO
tatoes ana few In . hill. He raiseth up
today and flouk1ehed Hike q rag weed And
tomofrow Or the next day the under
taAe< hAth him. He goeth forth in the
morning Wafbung like . lark and 10
knocked out IN one round and two Sec
onds. In the midst Of life he y in debt
and the tax collector pursusth him
wherever he .goeth. The banister Of life
ts full Of splinters and he siideth down
With considerable rapidity. He cometh
nome at eventide and meeteth . Wheel
oaxFow IN hes path. It raiseth up and
sm1teth him 70 the earth and falleth upon
ear. In ono gentle spring time no put
teth on his summer. clothes. and . blix-
xard str1keth him far from home and
thleeh him with cuss words and rheu-
matism. He buyeth q watch dog, and
Wnen ne cometh home from the club he
treeth him and sitteth near him until
rosy morn. He goeth to the race course
and the bay gelding winneth. He mar
r1e-h red headed heiress and the next
day tho parent ancestor goeth under with
crash and q great liabilities and
cometh homo to live with his beloved SOM
in-law.-Beaver Valley Booster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

A revolution is in order in Colon
bia to determine just what group of
distinguished and needy citizens will
have the handling of the SIS, 1000. 900
that the United States il to pay as
balm for Colonel Roosevelt's swiping
OF the Panama canal strip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

Perhaps the results Of that special
congressional election in New Jersey
has stimulated the worry of many
Democratic congressman for an early
adjournment so that they can get
home and attend to their fences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

In the Washington Post il a daily
department labeled Congress Con-
densed." Now II somebody will only
''can" 1t. the country will get much
needed rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

AZ the Chicago Record-Herald says:
War with Mexico might affect bust
ness one way and another. but there
10 no danger that It would hurt base
ball
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20
Value OF .sClippanesr

Novelists a. we'll ~ journalists know
the value Of newspaper cutting, but few.
perhaps, collect 20 aSs1duously - did
ing were devoted by Reade to cutting out
interesting items-polico reports and sta
tistics Of all kinds-Which he pasted into
huge scrapbooks and carefully tndexed.
To these scrapbooks he turned for tie
illustrative materials. and sometimes thu
Inspiration. of his stories. and Il was DUE
to such methods that ne could write PR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

Not only was the Topeka ball team
tested yesterday, but most of the fans
tested their lungs for the first time in
long while. and all of them seemed
to be in good working order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

Assassins have the advantage over
their victims. points out the Philadel-
phia Record, in that they have a long
or time to cry for mercy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

Observed by the Boston Transcript:
The navy has gone prohibition. but
Alabama hasn't. Hobson should have
stuck to the quarterback.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-20

Presumably. tho keg Of beer that
was arrested in the streets Of Leav-
enworth recently will be sentenced to
the sewer.