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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05
Kansas Comment
WORTH on BHAur.

WORTH Or BEAUTY.
e = quite natural that men should
pursue beautiful women bat II II also
natural that In choosing . wife there
arc things Of vastly greater import
ance than beauty OF form or fAces
Iustrous hair. sparkling eye, rosy
tants. and symmetrical graceful form
are very nice IL they are accompanied
by . soul. by lofty purpose. by gem
erou1 principles. II not what u q
beautiful woman more than q painted
dou or toy. And how long does It
take even the best Of men to tire Of .
Nothing II more desirable in . mana
lie than the possession Of Z good sem
sible woman for . wife. A woman
whose knowledge does not end with
the latest gossip. whose ambition and
desires reach NO higher than to b
the best or most expensively dressed
woman In tho community REGARDLESS
OF how much money 1t takes to gain
that petty distinction. Beauty can at
tract q man but only true worth of
girl who brings nothing but q beauti-
ful shell to her husband will soon find
MIN seeking elsewhere for the good
qualities he expected to find in that
shell.-Norton County News
MEMORIES AND INSPIRATIONS
No boy, no girl, can ever come to
be utterly bad who remembers only
love and tenderness and sweetness an
associated with father and mother in
and womanly example. give them
training, give them the inspiration of
devoted lives, give them these higher,
deeper things. Do not care 80 much
as TO whether .,a. you you, are accomplishing
fortune. We really believe that the
chances are against that being bless
ing for q boy. But leave them an ac-
cumulated fortune Of memories and
SO that they are rich in brain and
heart and soul. Then IL you happen
to leave them q fortune besides, II
they have all these, the fortune will be
shorn OF tts possibilities Of evil, and
and nobler good.-Phillips County
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

Custom receipts under the new tar
If law are declining at the rate of
$1O.O0O.000 month. But the Demo-
cratic statesmen are chanting ''Ish ka
bibble." They figure on meeting this
deficiency from the returns of the in
come tax law and the new corporation
tax law. But. as far as the plain peo-
pie are concerned. this is a good deal
like robbing Peter to pay Paul. The
corporations and the folk who are
smart enough to have q sufficiently
large income to tax are likely to be
clever enough to devise ways and
means of getting back the sums they
pay in taxes from the people on the
lower rounds Of the financial ladder.
In the end they are the ones who pay
III the freight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

Iron the Philadelphia Record.1
Joy cometh in the. morning. but not Al
ways to the joy riders
Even the boW-legged man may flattef
himself that he has an arch look.
Perhaps It II better to take things a
they come than to take chances.
The Judge isn't the only person who
complains that life IL full Of trials.
Talk IL cheap. which may explain why
we are given 30 much gratuitous advise.
Some people are satisfied to take what
they can get. and others get what they
can take.
Many a man doesn't consider that he
Il holding his own unless he can hold
somebody else's.
The man never amounts to much whose
greatest ambition IN to be known a. Z
good fellow.
Marriage always changes people. but un-
fortunately it doesn't always alter them
for the better.
Wigg-'How IL Bjones getting along
with his poultry farm?s WaGx@s'Weu,
understand he makes = lot of money rais-
ing chickens. and then loses 1t raising
jackpots.
Blobbs- .'llatrimony seems to take all
the ambition and energy out Of some
men," Slobbo-'eWell sl1pDoeo it's nat
ural Tor . man, after he . married. to
aEtft with the tied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

A large sum, to he sure, is the s1S.-
100000 that is carried in the aericul-
tural bill now before congress. But it
IL only 100000 more than the cost
OF modern battleship of first class
proportions. 1t is only one-ssventh of
annual appropriation for all naval
purposes, and only one-fifth of the
amount set aside for the conduct of
the army for year. Yet small as it
is in comparison with these appropria-
tons, it will be of more benefit to the
whole people of the country than both
Of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05
Euenin9 Chat

BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

Tho Household Efficiency Club.
I have always held that one Of the
peculiar little psychological differ
ences between the male and female
mind IL that men like to read direc-
tons, prefaces. foot-notes, etc, while
women usually skip such things. A
man mas just Joined our Efficiency
club by sending in his contribution,
and this IL what it IL.
II take it even mere man may give
you a hint for your short cut In
housekeeping. Years ago took time
to read ono OF the little ads that each
package OF soda contains, and since
| than have been putting q tablespoon
of baking soda in the dishpan and
washing the silver in that without any
soap in hot water. Consequently We
do very little securing Of silver in our
kitchen. Try it and SEQ. OF course
egg stains need the securing COM
pound"
Mere man IL more than welcome in
our club. Also any OF his brothers
the by. I think 1t may interest some
OF my readers to know that he is not
q man. who stays at home and does
the housework. while his wife is q
wage-earner. but the president OF a
large ana successful coal company.
housewife" writes q feminine reader
friend, than to ruin a bit Of nice
ironing by scorching 1t. The next
time you do this, instead Of washing
the garment all over again, try scrub
bling the spot with a damp cloth and
II the scoFch is not too deep It can be
removed in this way
Another reader tells about a pet
motion saver used by a woman who
has to get UP lunches for several in
her family. It is device which she
calls 1.-THE lunch cart a small wash
stand or commode which stands in
front Of her pantry window and not
Tar from the kitchen table. IN the
large top drawer. wrapping paper.
parahne paper and paper napkins are
kept: above the lunch wagon hanIn
q ball OF cord and pair OF scissors:
In one Of the small drawers. cookies.
waters, ETC.. are kept: in the other.
little jars OF sandwich hllines. also
pickles. relishes, ETC.: and in the re-
naming compartment are kent ernntv
boxes of convenient size for lunches
The possessor of this UNIQUE con-
trtvance can put up a dainty and at
tractive lunch in ten minutes without
moving three feet from the ''lunch
wagon -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the chicago News.1

fFrom the Chicago News.J
Many are called. but few are bluffed.
Electric signs let out some brilliant re-
marks.
A grass widow IL never NJ green a. she
pretends to be.
But a crank ceases to be crank when
he does you = good turn.
A woman seldom nags her husband un-
less he IL that kind OF husband.
They say that happiness 10 a habit.
Wen here's hoping you'll get the habit.
Indifference II the one thing capable Of
freezing the milk Of human kindness.
No man ever lived long enough to do all
the things his wife wanted him to do.
Some men wait for things to turn up.
and some others turn them up while they
wait.
There are two sides to every story. The
victory we win spells defeat for the other
chap.
Had one OF our suffragettes been in
Mother Ewes place. what fool she
would have made Of that snake!
A man thinks he has = right to enter
tain lot OF thoughts that would prob
ably land him IN jnu e he Weso 70 1T
them escape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

their own fat, Ike q sort Of Central
African whitehall. Also there was q
special dish, much favored. Of stafchy
boiled grass. green and glutinous."
Mrs.. Crawford also told Of the Central
African 'Iknuts." The young brice-
groom wore q necklace Of teeth and
hairs Of the Elephants tail, and a Eur
boa which any West End lady would
envy, Of squirrel skins, gray and white.
the toilet being completed possibly-for
all European garments Wero fashion
able-by one Of Mrs. Dan Crauford' q
skirts specially lent for the &C.
casion.-J>ondon Tit-bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05
CArib Tribes Use cosmet,c.

Just before entering a part Of French
Guiana which. SO far az IL known. has
never been visited by white men. DIR.
william c. Farabee. leader OF the
south American Amazon expedition OF
the University Museum, dispatched a
courier to the Dadanawa river, in the
extreme south of British Guiana, with
mail and several cases OF specimens.
One Of the letters In DIR. Farabee's
mail has just reached the University Of
Pennsylvania Museum. The explorer
said that the members Of the expedifion
were In excellent health.
several cases OF specimens. which
the expedition collected among the los+
CaF1o tribes in Brazil, have arrived at
the museum. The specimens include
wearing apparel Of the Caribs. war CO.'S
TUNES. and implements. specimens Of
mineral snakes, lizards and vipe-s.
Inc wearing apparel consists Of head
dresses Tor men. worn ON kind of has
Ket crown. and feather aprons. There
arc also other aprons made Of Scad-
work which show intricacy of pattern
and artistic arrangement Of coio-
schemes There are several native
coi6ures. which are long hollow tube
ABOUT inches In diameter, in which the
na1r ts placed. The exterior Of TIE
tubes is deliberately decorated with the
brilliant piumage OF the macaw and
cockatoo and with beads and paint.
Several yards of native cloth made Of
tree cotton are among the most inter-
esttng OF the exhibits. There are also
a number Of looms and spindles in the
specimens.
Some "refinements' Of civilization are
indicated by number of boudoir cascs
deliberately wrought and filled with
cosmetics. There are pretty 1eck-
laces, several knives decorated With
feathers. with blades Of peccary teeth.
and q large collection Of very firmly
woven strips of cloth with elaborate
fringes. all dyed red. These are wound
about the body and the limbs by he
Caribs to make a complete costume.
The war implements consist prtnci-
pally Of clubs and one sealed culver II
poisoned darts. The darts are small.
and are shot from a blowgun TIL.
slightest abrasion Of the skin by the
poisoned tip brings paralysis. and suj-
den death.-Philadelphia dispatch to
the New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05
Journal Entries

Contentment and success seldom
travel hand In hand.
.
Every man has one or mere kicks
in his system, oven II he isn't noisy
about them.
. .
A joke doesn't often make much
Of hit with the man. at whom 1t In
directed.
Q .
The faults that q man II willing to
admit that he has. are not likely to
amount to much. -,
Everybody IL not only looking for
q little the best Of It, but he. also
thinks he u entitled to Il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

San Francisco school children are at
present engaged in transforming va
cant and unsightly city lots into flower
gardens, notes the Christian Science
Monitor. and it adds: The season is
Just far enough ahead in San Fran
cisco to make it's example valuable for
cities to which the planting season
comes later. The great thing is to get
the children interested beforehand rath-
er than afterMard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05
.oUR NATIONAL FENCES"

"OUR NATIONAL FEANCEA0
It Is now stated in the newspapers
that the present administration is con-
fronted by the problem OF an excessive
Hindu. immigration. writes Huntington
Wilson. in the March number OF the
North American Review. Because OF
the low scale of wages of the Hindu Ia
borer this. like Chinese and Japanese
labor immigration, and. indeed. quite
likely labor immigration from certain
parts of Europe, is against American
public policy because tending to DIS
turb the wage scale and the economic
conditions in this country. Therefore,
its exclusion should be squarely placed
upon economic grounds. 1t Is not the
concern of the United States II the
wage scale is low in a particular part
of the world. This government mas
quite enough to do to safeguard the
economic welfare of its own citizens.
We cannot maintain the wage
scale of American labor and admit par
ticularly cheap foreign labor any more
than one can maintain two connected
reservoirs at different levels. 1t is
physically impossible.
The immigration to the United States
which should be cut down is that of (a)
low-wage labor, which is economically
detrimental (b) races which tend to
live apart in groups and are not easily
assimilable to the American nation in
blood, traditions. sympathies. and
ideals: (c) those of whatever race who
are defective or who. even if they ap-
pear normal themselves. are the seed of
multiplying numbers Of defective chill
dren to become through disease and
crime a heavy public charge and q
widely vitiating strain in the nation.
Confronted for years and years by
this great vital immigration question.
we are seemingly on the eve of adopt
ing the literacy test. while continuing
to tackle with prayerful opportunism
each special question like that Of the
Hindus. Even the friends Of the literacy
test seem to support it without convic-
ton. and merely because 1t il perhaps
the only exclusive law that there 10 a
chance Of passing. How can the literacy
test possibly achieve any Of the desired
sitting OF the seed Of the future Ameri-
can nation?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

Now that the basketball season is
on its last legs and most Of it's cham
pionships decided. the college students
will have a chance to devote their at
tentions to the necessary preparations
for baseball, rowing, golf. tennis and
track and field sports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

A report comes from Washington
that the United States army is unpre-
pared to take up war on any extensive
scale. And in this connection. is it
impertinent to inquire what the war
department has been doing with the
S0-odd millions a year that have been
appropriated for the past decade for
its PURPOSES?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05
Extraordinary Dishes

Mrs. Dan Crauford, whose book
Thinking Black has created consid-
cradle controversy, mentioned some ex-
traordinary Central African 'dishes''
In the course of a recent lecture. These
rhinocerOs foot, boiled hippo torxue
(stewed IS hours to make it tender),
roast wild donkey, etewed monkey.
roast water rat. head, tail and all, and
the luscious morsel. which = chief 2ro-
vided ~ state delicAcy. Of mess CT
Thousands OF white ants. frizxled Ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

Senator Stone, of Missouri, is the
new chairman of the foreign relations
committee of the senate. Just the job
for a "Gumshoe" man. A diplomat
who is equipped with a pussyfoot as
well as a soft and elastic voice is
doubly fitted for duties of the side
stepping Ind palaverous variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal IL a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news NJ
g1ni1ation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka. e
The news IL received in The state Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pux-
BOSE,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

There's a chance for swell joint
debate between the theorist who de-
clares that corsets are responsible for
the bulk of divorces and Vice Presi-
dent Marshall who insists the divorce
evil can be reduced to a minimum by
husbands kissing their wives daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

Excellent food for the thoughts OF
many are to be found in the reason
ing of Judge jackson in his decision
sustaining the Kansas blue sky law.
He points out that neither the law nor
the courts harass the man who acts
on the square.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

Colonel Roosevelt finally has the
opportunity to put Armageddon act
ually on the map. He can so name
the hitherto unknown river that he
has discovered in South America. But
it has probably already been called
PoosovoJt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

If Mrs Minnie Johnson Grinstead, of
Liberal, becomes a candidate for the
Republican nomination for the United
States senate, she is likely to gather
larger punches of experience than votes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

Present indications are that the for
eign hen is entitled to the honor Of be-
ing styled the "helpful' one. She Is
credited with having cut the price of
eggs in this country, but with the as
sistance of the new tariff, Of course.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

About the only difference between
Huerta and Villa is the number of
miles that separate the City Of Mex
leo and Chihuahua.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

As the impossible happens. London's
board of education has actually issued
a warning against the perils of tea
drinking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

New York also seems to be a great
city for unusually severe storms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05

What do you mean o. dis idea Of send
IN. Indicators Of great wealth to Jail 90
asked Meandering Mike. "Greatr' replied
Flooding Pete. II always did say some
thing ought to be done to make de jails
more luxurious. "-Washington Star,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05
Uncle Abner.

OnCA3 AUUGFs
Hank Tumms. who put half dozen
eggs in the safety vault down to the
village bank three weeks ago. is re-
Quested to call for the same, as the
bank clerks have to move into the next
building. If Hank fails to come for the
eggs. Anse Hudson, the proprietor of the
bank, is going to start certiorari pro-
ceedtngs or nunc pro tune or something
like that in a few days.
What has become of the smart A1eck
who used to come along and write stun
with lead pencil on the back Of your
clean collar?
A Teller who lives on a corner lot GER
tainly has a snap. In the winter all he
has to do is to shovel snow and in the
summer all he has to do is to cut grass.
Lem Higgins, who went to Californy
for his health. has come back without
it. He says he believes he would rather
have the money it would cost.
The fellow who has brains but no
nerve Is almost as bad OF as the Teller
who has nerve but no brains.
What has become of the old-fashion-
ed village dudes that used to part their
hair in the middle? They are now part
ing their hair on the side. but they are
wearing green vests SO there amt
much Improvement in civilization after
all.
1t don't seem as though there is ever
going to be a time when money amt
going to be OF some use in this world.
Rev. Hudnutt of the Hardshen church
has had a cover with a slot in it put on
the collection plate so that nobuddy kin
make change.
One of the most disappointing things
OF this life at present Is to pay five
cents for an egg and then find that it
has outlived its usefulness by several
years.
Hold Peters says he believes the life
insurance agents are gofn' to scare him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-05
On the Spur
of the Moment
nv DOW MONT
By ROY K. NOULTON.

Poor Financing.
There was an ancient mariner,
For three score years and ten
He'd worked uponsa submarine
Until the proud day when
He'd view his warlike craft complete
The happiest Of men.
Tho government inspectors came
And marveled greatly Ger
The wonderful Invention that
Was moOred down by the shore.
The old inventor glowed with pride
And dreamed of wealth galore.
They sped across the oceans foam.
The men began to think
This craft the great problem had solved
Its wonders made them blink
In fact. it would do anything
Required Of It but-sink.
The old man was no financier;
His purse was not rotound,
He'd just enough to float his craft,
But not a cent beyond.
You see, he'd been unable to
Provide sinking, fund.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

the vivid green and purple hills in the
distance are a mere background for the
columns Of black smoke that the artist
has piayfully painted for their own
sakes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

the vivid green and purple hills In the
distance are mere background for the
columns of black smoke that the artist
has piayfully painted for their own
sakes.
IT WENTY-SEVE charming pic
lures by Alfred Vickers have
been placed on public view in
the galleries Of Moulton & Ricketts,. 637
Fifth avenue. and will repay study. 1t
is astonishing that this artist Is SO little
known. His work Is so unaffected and
simple. 30 modest and Quakerlike in
tone. that II can easily be understood
how single examples in great exhibit
tions might escape the eye. Once seen.
however. Its sheer sincerity and hon.
esty will command respect forever The
present show. the second In this coun-
try Of this work. comprises twenty
seven examples. mostly landscapes. with
few marines. All Of them are In
teresting and some Of them quite ex-
ceptional.
Vlckers was a sek-taught English
man. born in Surrey In 1856, who was
impel!'.h by an enthusiasm acquired
| after seeing pictures by George Nor
Ian, to take up the brushes himself.
Despite a parental Objection to the ca.
| reer he soon gave all his time to the
art. going often to the Isle of Wight
| of which place he was very fond, visit
ing North and South Wales, painting
| scenes on the Thames and old English
country lanes with cottages, figures and
cattle.
| His feeling for nature comes nearer
| to Constable's than does that OF any
other English painter but there Is no
| copying of technique. The trees oc-
| casionally remind one Of the Constable
| manner. but then Constable caused all
the world to restudy trees. With
Vickers II Is scarcely a question Of
brush stroke. He IL In love with nature
and in love with the subjects he paints,
| and he cares no more for technique
than merely to achieve his work with
British thoroughness and completeness.
The brightness and freshness to-day Of
these one hundred year old landsca pes
attest that, though self-taught, this ar.
tist understood paint.
| This being In love with his subject
sounds academic and for that matter 10
academic, but the public wouldn't quar-.
rel so much with the classic institutions
II they kept up tho Vickers tradition.
Putting aside the attraction of power
ful personalities 30 potent In the pres
ent art fashions, there will always be
a value upon a good thing thoroughly
well made.
But Vickers Is by no means strictly
literal. He sings In praise of the land
he loves and makes a beautiful report OF
1t. The big canvas Of South Wales,
I'm the Taft Valley" Is a delightful
scene, which any one would wish to
visit. and of which n native could be
rightly proud There are distant hills
fine trees. a foreground lake with cattle
In the shadows. and q hint OF Q com
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

at Venice. There Is Il hint here Of q
Bellini and touch there of Titan. That
is remarkable in these days when Jonas
Lie. quite naturally and almost next
door, has htched his muse to Il steam
shovel. Perhaps We ought to be thank
full to one who repeats softly FOR us
something that those Italians once
pleased us with. instead Of grumblng
about lack Of finish.
But now that we have said il We i'm
slst upon 1t. These pictures should
have more finish. They are built upon
that plan and the lack Of II leaves them
cheap. in some cases blatantly cheap.
Most Of the nudes and many OF the
backgrounds are done with a chilly
smoothnass that suggests porcelain, and
the high lights are thrown upon them
with q roughness that makes one
shrink. BY the time you are far enough
away from the canvases to lose the
roughness NJ tho high lights you are
too far to take any other pleasure in