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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25
Globe Sights
By THE ATCHJsoN GLOBE

A Ioafe. never knows what 1t means to
get good rest.
Evidently there are lot Of women who
don't believe in signs.
Short jerks knows the horrors of war.
for his cellar is fun Of dead soldiers"
Many men believe a man is entitled to
one bad habit bust most of them go fur
Their.
habeas corpus, so 1t wouldn't sound sc
serious.
reconciliation is seldom able to con-
ceal the patches with which the friendship
was mended.
but there is such a thing as placing the
tuition too high.
Very few Washers are brazen enough to
from the mashee.
brutes. and something should be said
about imposing on Father.
Jude johnson paid his war tax this
morning. He was fined SIS in police court
for having been whipped by Mrs. John
son.
We question the feasibility of soaring a
man into heaven, although fear doubtless
helps the good behavior percentage in this
world.
The plaintiff in the breach of promise
suit is apt to put the price OF her affec-
tons higher than she could sell them for
in any other market.
Alb Adkins says football probably de-
mands the largest noise for the amount of
sport produced. Alb lacks the ADVANTAGE
OF q college education.
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CAVALRY HORSES.

CAVALRY HORSES.
These slim swift legA these shapely
These spreading noatrils-.Forward.
And hurled down ali the sursine ranks.
Breast forward 10 the fray-what eyes.
What brave brute courage and delight.
Father. that watcheth from the skies.
do believe they love to fight!
SW1ng-ho. the click, the sabers' click.
me boot and spur. and away!
The cavalry horse shall do the trick
In the white foam Of the fray!
Come, now. here's where the battle passed.
And here are the dead men-see.
Those elbows twisted above the head.
That knotted and outturned knee.
Men? Here Death has ridden his course
Over the brave. swift cavalry horse,
Deep in the trenches, thick on the plain
Brave. great. noble and beautiful Fellows
God. how the heart In me weeps and mel
lows!
swing-ho. the lance and the cleaning
The foaming nostrils. then.
A dark pile here where the moonbeams
dance.
"A thousand horses-and men.
The remount station will soon get word.
And they'll send fresh mounts. and the
VIII try them out like a wind-blown bird.
And ride them out till the world grows
mad:
But these that lie on the crimson ground,
These once SO strong and bright;
All. how they charged at the trumpet'a
sound,
These horses that loved the fight.
Swtng-ho. and on, while the bright
swords CLEAN,
The drums roll, Oh that eye.
And the cavalry horse has had his
dream,
Poor fellow. to dash-and die!
Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25
DISEASE AMONG wORKMEN.

DISEASE AMONG WORkMEN.
In a recent issue of the health re-
ports issued by the surgeon-general
of the federal public health service
appears q discussion of the need for
the prevention of disease among
workers in the industries.
The economic loss from preventable
illness among workers is very large.
1t was stated in q memorial addressed
to President Taft by the First National
Conference on Industrial Diseases in
1910. that there occurred annually In
this country some 100000 cases Of
illness among workers occastonfng
an economic loss of $3.O0O.00O,OOO-
This statement is doubtless somewhat
exaggerated, but there is ample evil
dence for supposing that the economic
loss from illness is very light. In Ger
many 1t has been found that the aver
age annual loss on account of illness
among workers is about days In the
case of males. and about IL days in
the case Of females. large part OF
this loss is preventable.
A very effective method for reduc-
ing this lass from illness is the medical
supervision of workers. Present inter-
est in medical supervision had its
origin in the ''scfety- first movement
which is now spreading SO widely over
the country. This safety movement
has served to concentrate the atten-
ton of the industrial world in a way,
possible in no other manner, on the
importance of health in the abstract.
1t has caused an extension of meas
ures. originally intended only to pre-
vent accidents, SO that they will also
serve to prevent disease.
Any system of medical supervision
for workers should include the follow
ing points:
Physical examination of workers
Careful records of the physical ex-
aminations.
Prevention of communicable dis
eases among workers.
Education of workers in methods of
keeping well.
First aid and medical attention. and
prevention of occupational diseases.
The introduction of systems of med
ical supervision will be of incalculable
benefit to the Industries, because by
them the efficiency of the individual
will be very greatly increased. the &C.
currence Of disease will be lessened.
and very valuable data as to the prev
alence of disease among workers will
be secured. Practical Recommended
ton for the improvement of the health
of industries can be made on the data
secured by the physical supervision as
a basis.
If medical supervision of workers
were general. the enormous annual
economic loss due to to DreVentable
illness would largely disappear.
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QUAKER fluctuations.
[From the Philadelphia Record


Even in the cunning season many
fellow leads an aimless existence.
People who have rheumatism in their
fingers naturally don't feel very WELL
Have no fear that your sunny disposi-
ton is going to cast anybody in the shade.
The mortgage brokers are very careful
not to lend any money on castles In the
air.
There is no reason why even the man
with high ideals shouldn't begin at the
bottom.
A beautiful woman is simply one whose
looking-glass doesn't give the lie to her
vanity.
Just because fellow feels he Is q big
gun is no reason why he should go or and
get loaded.
A girl can never be able to hit what she
aims at. but she can successfully throw
q fellow over.
: Wigg-"Skinnum il the sort Of man who
never gives up" Wagg-'Yes he keeps
everything except his promises"
Guzzler-sT can always screw UP my
courage with drink Wigwag-"Yes,
but you want to be careful not to screw it
too tight
Blobbs-.-Bighedde claims to be . great
athlete. What do you think Of him ~ =
|Wrestler? Slohbs-s.AW, that FELLOW
couldn't throw nj
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..Wait-let me ten you! Let me show
you that realise all about ~ before
y0u tell me your excuse" she laid em-
phasis on the last word.
sGeorxe-my brother-tOld me when
he saw me ,pinning 1t on you that you
would never be seen wearing yellow
flower-that it was the emblem of the
suffragiet! So you let some one ridi-
cule you out OF It. did not pin II on
you because of nay views on this wOm-
an question-though they are very
strongly in favor OF it-but because
was beginning towel, to like you. ana
1 always give father and George q but
tonhole bouquet when they leave In the
morning. I-IAwas very foolish to 40
It," she said.
young man said. leaning toward
her. SO that she could see his race,
il she would. This sounds 50 funny
can hardly tell you. though assure
you it isn't funny to me. The morning
you gave me that flower was called
out to the estate of Mr.. Phillips to see
what was the matter with the foot Of
a very fine goat. While was looking
at it's foot the animal chewed my flow
er on and the stable man who was with
us roared with laughter. II you doubt
this. I will show you the withered stem
stili pinned to the under side of my coat
lapel. 1 had not put 1t in water on my
desk. but was still wearing IT. Now.
do you see how badly YOU have treated
me? Do you. Dorine %
Dorine turned and looked squarely
into his eyes for moment and then
she burst into laughter that was very
close to tears She laughed only to
save the situation. for her nerves had
been sorely tried. ''And--and it wasn't
because 1t was yellow. them" she
asked
! Search me! Maybe the goat was an
ti-suffragist. but I'm not responsible
for his views. Seriously. Dorine, aren't
you sorry?''
Dorfne nodded.
Aren't you so sorry that you will
dance with me the rest OF the evening
and let me whisper something to you
every time put my arm around your
Dorine nodded again.
And won't you tell your brother
George for me that-that@'
Never mind George-he sees what
he's done and L know he's sorry. Lis
tenr'
"Yes-it's another hesitation. Will
you come?''
And. true to his word, DIR. Hanscom
did whisper three little words in Do
rine's ear every time he danced with
her that night.-(Copyright. 1914. by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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WSA~ BY ms E4N4LKER

dle?" asked Nj. Dog.
My pajamas." replied Billy Pig.
That is all 1 have left of my clothes
Let me see Them said Mr.. Dog
Billy Pig handed the bundle to Mr.
Dog. That is fine looking suit"
he said. Il wish could try them
on
You can. but they will he too small
for you,'' said Billy Pig.
Mr.. Dog put on the pajamas, and
Billy Pig laughed when he saw how
short they were for Mr.. Dog.
But Mr.. Dog thought he must look
very fine. although he could not see
himself. II will get your breakfast
for. you," he told Billy Pig, III you
win let me wear this suit today"
Billy Pig was SO hungry he didn't
care by that time how ne got his
breakfast. SO he told Mr.. Dog he could
wear them il he wanted to.
Mr.. Dog jumped to the window sill
and disappeared on the other side. but
he soon returned with q big pie and
dish of creamed potatoes, and IL
there was anything in the world that
Billy Pig liked 1t \. creamed pota-
toes. Mr.. Dog handed them to Billy
Pig. and then jumped down beside
him. Take them away from here
said Mr. Dog. The maid will soon
be down and she Is very cross and
might take them away from you IL
she happens to catch you"
So off they ran to a place where no
one could see them. and Billy Pig ate
his breakfast.
Il believe I need a vacation. safd
Mr.. Dog. II never had one. 1 believe
I will go along with you. Where are
you going?"
at don't know" replied BtIpv Pi~
"That will suit me-" replied NJ
Dog. Il don't want to know where 7
am going. 1 might not like to 20. ana
do want to enjoy my vacation. We
will be two tramps on a vacation. ana
I'll bet you we will have great f,,r
We can beg all our food and sIsen
out in the woods"
well. will go along for a wbile :.
answered Billy Pig. III I do NOT III.
being tramp will go home. II isn.t
the sort Of vacation planned on nav
ing. You look like Z tramp. ana
think you better do the bexeinr. he
cause don't look the way Won a. ;.
Mr. Dog did not take the least a.
tense at Billy Pigs remark. ooh thet
is all right" he said. Wait until
you have slept outdoors and tramnSd
for day or two ana no one Srif1
doubt you are q tramp..
Tomorrow will tell vo,s ,,,<,~.
about Billy Pig and Mr.. Doe.--fCofv.
right 1914, BY the Mcclure No.
payer pyndte4tes NeWHBNeH e1oli5 = -
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Euening Chat

Different Kinds of Laughter.
Don't you just hate to be laughed
IT," queried Molly, the little stenog-
rapher lady with the warmth of one
who speaks from recent and bitter
Depends" said the Author-man
thoughtfully.
"On what % said Molly
ION the character of the laugh and
the character OF the person who
After a moments consideration,
Molly agreed.
And so do I--emphatically.
A laugh Is almost as great q variable
as the tone of the. human voice. The
may convey dislike, neutrality or af-
lection. Similarly a laugh may be an
insult or caresS.
There are almost as many laughs
as there are human emotions.
For instance, there is that most ex-
asperating and unbearable OF all
laughter, the sneering, superior laugh.
l know a man who has a way OF
greeting any minor mistake his wife
may make with a hard little laugh
own superiority. 1t exasperates his
wife more than anything he can say
and leaves him Furthermore in the
maddening position OF having said
nothing which she can answer. That
is one of the noteworthy things about
laughter, by the way-that 1t is so I'M
answerable. Let two people be argu-
ing before a group, and let one OF
them say something witty enough to
make the audience laugh. and no
matter how untenable his position or
how unfair his witticism. he has his
hearers with him and his antagonist
has lost their sympathy.
To take as great a contrast as pos
I,
tender than the laugh which the
whimsicality, the quaintness, the Iowa
BILE little faults of one whom we love
call forth? Who does not like to be
laughed at in that tone? Indeed such
a laugh does not laugh at you at all
but with you at your own little faults
and foibles. and there Is an Il love
you" in every note of it.
The flattering laugh is another ia
miliar variety of laughter. This is the
laugh which the socially clever keep
always on tap. Whenever you say any
thing which could. be remotely con-
strued as a witticism, 1t is ready for
you, and you are sure to leave the
presence Of anyone talented in this
direction, agreeably convinced OF your
Laughter leaves US doubly serious
! shortly AFTER said Lord Byron. and
| 1t is certainly true, but not of all
laughter, merely of the nervous bra
VaQO klnQ- maven YOU AHOWH ueEV-
Gus. high-strung people who laughed
and carried on" most hilariously
when they were anxious OF over
wrought And haven't you learned to
recognize the half hysterical note in
! their laughter?
| Laughter is associated with joy, and
| tears with sorrow, yet we do not al
ways laugh when we are happiest OIL
! cry when we are saddest. by any
means.
/. Do you remember the picture OF
{; Melancholia in Kiplfng's THE Ligh1
/ That Failed?" Itiwas a girl who had
!, seen all the sorrow in the world and
threw back her head and laughed al
| it, And on the other hand are not
life's most exquisite moments "nearel
still to tears than laughter" What 6
/ queer old world Of contradictions this
is when you stop to think OF it.
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THE EXCEPTIONAL Is SOUGHT

THE EXCEPTIONAL is SOUGHT.
The interesting news is published
that the most lucrative teaching posi-
ton held by 1914 graduate of the Uni
versity Of Oregon is occupied by q
young woman. who il receiving 81. 200
for nine months work, says the Kansas
Industrialist.
The size OF the salary, though consid-
cradle for a young graduate, is not SO
significant az the recognition it accords
to the educated woman 1t is common
ly assumed that a girl will receive a
lower salary than q man, not because
she does less efficient work but be-
cause the proportion Of available and
capable young women to the demand il
larger than the proportion Of young
men. The law Of supply and demand
operates here as everywhere else.
The salary paid to the Oregon grad
uate does not mean that the law o.
supply and demand IL imperative on
the Pacific coast. 1t means presum-
ably just this-that the young woman
il able to do school work for which
th6re y he6viet demand IN proper
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From Other Pens
LESS sEyEN-DAY wORk.


A recent report of the bureau of labor
statistics Of the United States depart
ment of labor states that there has
been a marked reduction in recent
years in the percentage of employees
working seven days per week. This
was made possible by a more general
adoption Of the custom of employees
taking off one day per week. In the
blast furnaces. the proportion Of seven
day workers declined from 97.2 per in
1907 to 50 per cent in 1912, and during
the same period the proportion of such
workers fell from 24.1 to 14.9 per cent at
Bessemer converters and from IL to
o. per cent in bar mills. Between 1910
and 1872 the proportion fell fDm 17.5
to 1863 per cent in rail mills. This Is
gratifying. for 1t shows the truth of
what we have contended in these coll
umns that the fact plant il in opera
ton seven days week does not neces-
sarily mean that the employees must
work seven days. No man should
work continually seven days per week
throughout the year. He il better mem
tally and physically If he takes one day
on.-Iron Trade Review.
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UNPREPARED FOR PEACE.

Ida NJ. Tarbell is beginning in The
American Magazine new series of
articles entitled 1.-The Golden Rule in
Business In her article in the De-
cember number. entitled keeping
Men at Work. she shows how careful
planning and scientific management
can pr.>ide steady employment for
men in place of the seemingly ncces-
tsary laying of Of hundreds 81 smenzan
critical times such as the present. She
cites many instances of businesses In
the United States which are being
operated on this principle. The intro
duction Of her article follows:
war thrusts sure lance into a
nations weak spots. be that nation
neutral or combatant. Hardly had
the first sound of the European crash
reached us last August when to every
body's lips sprang the Mortified COM
ment, And we without ships A
peaceful nation unprepared for
Peace!
But closed seas were not the only
weakness the European war disclosed
in this country. AS quickly we were
face to face with a vast out-of-work
throng-true it might be short-lived.
but again it might not. The worst of
it was we had no plan for handling
the situation. If it had been neces-
sary we could have promptly raised
an army in an orderly. well-thought-
out fashion. Individuals. states. the
federal government, would have
known the immediate and logical
steps to take. But when it came to
the greatest business of Peace in the
time of calamity-keeping men and
women at work-nobody knew what
to do, unless to contribute to a soup
kitchen.
There were employers without a
sense that patriotism as we'll as pol
icy demanded that their wheels should
run; there were communities thai
looked alphabetically on the closing OF
factories, as II they had no urgent
duty in the matter. States, for the
most part. were helpless; SO was the
| federal government. Thus 1t was re-
yealed on the instant that there is IL
this country no organization for han
ding labor. 1t takes care of itself
cropping hither and thither as instinct
rumor, hope. greed may call. WheI
the decentralization of panic. disaster
war, comes it is the first to feel thu
pinch, for industry. like money. is {
natural coward. In times of trouble
! it seeks u hiding place."
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'Come with me and will show you
how you can get your breakfast:
have had mine." said the dog
Billy Pig took his bundle and fol-
lowed Mr.. Dog along the road until
they came to farm house.
There. jump in that window said
Mr.. Dog. and you will find plenty of
all kinds of food"
They were standing In front of an
open window and Billy Pig looked up
at IT and then he said to Mr.. Dog:
You don't expect me to steal my
breakfast, do your"
mo. just take it, said Mr.. Dog,
Go ahead and jump in. I'll boost
you,"
NO." said Billy Pig Il never stole
anything in my life and cannot
begin on my vacation. Besides that,
could never get In cannot climb as
y0u can.
what have you got q your bum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25

Following the bumper wheat crop
of this year, Secretary Mohler of the
Kansas department of agriculture is
able to report a winter wheat acreage
that is within 2 or 3 per cent as large
as the biggest acreage in Kansas his
tory, and that the average condition of
the crop at this time is good. with the
brightest prospects in the eastern Sec
ton of the state. OF course, there
may be many a slip with the wheat
crop before the time for harvest. but
good start is far preferable to the
other kind.
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President Wilson Is carefully con-
sidering means for reduction of
government expenditures next year
because OF the European war" So
If there were no war, 1t is reasonable
to assume that the president would do
nothing in the premises. and yet it is
one Of the most important projects
that a president could undertake. The
expenditures of the government are
excessively extravagant and have
never been more so than under the
present Democratic administration.
which was elevated to ONCE on q plat
form that pledged it to the strictest
economy in the conduct Of the ma
tion,s asEsira
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Another campaign Of the right Sol

Another campaign Of the right sort
II the one that the Kansas state
board of health and the Kansas Medi-
cal society have planned to make to
are pretty healthy. but there is no
good reason why they should not be
more 50. Much of the sickness that
prevails in the state is of the pre-
ventable variety. And the board Of
health and medical society will be do
ing great work in telling the people
about 1t.
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Journal Entries

Among the rarities is the woman with
nothing to say
> =
The average mans idea of justice is
getting the best Of it.
, = y
Chasing rainbows is much better all
around than living in clouds of gloom.
.
Neither would some people have to be
very wealthy to be possessed of more
money than brains.
You can't convince the fellow who
labors with pick and shovel that
mental work is fatiguing.
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ticn to the supply Of capable persons
than is the case with the teaching done
by any other member Of her class.
Exactly this point, by the way. is
worth consideration on the part of
every young man and young woman
from the standpoint not only OF finan-
cial success but Of social service. The
world is seeking those who can do the
exceptional. the original, the unique.
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BILLY PIGS vACATION-PART IL.

Good morning." sal. the dog as
he came up to Billy Pig: aren't you
out early? Have you had your break
fast?" he asked without waiting for
an answer to his first question.
mo, 1 have not had any breakfast -
answered Billy Pig. II am very hum
cry and tired. for I have Travelled all
night"
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

TFrom the Chicago News.I
Some men talk like PISS phonographs-
And many a man lends a hand only
when 1t is empty
A good man has no time to waste on q
good fellow
II you can't talk Of anything but your
troubles. why talkz
Crumbs Of comfort never come from
eating crackers in bed.
Small practice can lead to great perfec-
ton in the art Of laxiness-
Speaking Of angels in disguise-but what
business has an angel to wear . disguise
Is not the cook who prepares q good
dinner greater than the man who makes
the after dinner speech3
A woman's idea Of q f1atterer II q man
who tells her that there are not sufficient
words In the English language to describe
her many charms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25

Pittsburg. Pa. has the right idea.
and one that will kill two fine birds
with a single stone. 1t is prepared to
spend 100000 this winter to pro-
vide work for its unemployed The
money will be expended for the i'm
provement of the city's highways and
Oarka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25

If mo news is always good news"
the silence of Berlin relative to the
tremendous battles being fought in
Poland and East Prussia would indi-
cate signal German victories. But all
of the ordinary rules seem as unre-
liable in war as signs are in dry
nafhar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25

December 10 is the date set by
Kaiser Wilhelm when his forces, in
the western theater Of the war must
reach the coast And wonder natur-
ally arises as to what he will do II
they don't deliver the goods. Maybe
the aerial ends of his famous mus
tache will sag a little bit. if they
haven't done SO already s''.sse
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OF course it is impossible to APP
prsciate the magnitude of the great
European war. but a faint idea Of the
extsnt of it's operations may b Of
tanned by the admission from Paris
that the French casualty list. includ-
ing the wounded, missing and sick.
reaches the enormous total Of 5000.