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The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16
POLICE.

If you have ever been a police re-
porter on a newspaper you know how
soddenly Indifferent to new ideas are
many members of 1.-The force" writes
a contributor to The Survey. You can
call to mind typical "coppers." strong
armed, florid-faced, loving in air of
dark processes by which criminals are
caught and society saved.
Turn from that picture to another.
Thirty-two uniformed policemen
are listening to a speech. In the au-
dience sit eight or ten heads Of city
departments. The chief Of police has
arranged for the meeting because he
has been attending all the sessions of
the state conference Of charities and
wants to secure some Of the benefits
for his men.
The speaker is talking about the po-
liceman of the future. He asks his
hearers to throw their imaginations
forward to the day when the last thing
that will come into our minds about
policemen will be the arresting of
criminals. At that remark the au-
dience pricks up. The best traffic
can handle a busy corner with the
fewest accidents and least delay. The
best copper on a beat will be not the
one who makes the most arrests, but
the one who most effectively serves
as guide and mentor to his people.
forestalling and preventing trouble
instead of apprehending those who
make 1t.
In his treatment of children. also,
the policeman must get over regard
ing them as naturally bad, says the
speaker. AS he pursues this point.
declaring that some day kids will run
to a cop just as instinctively as they
now run from him. one seasoned blue
coat in front. his eyes dancing. and
the words bursting from his lips, cries
out, "Some of 'em do now. SIR
Other things happen to show that
the blue-coats are getting a new
vision. but enough has been set down
to prove that your notions formed
when you were a police reporter will
have to be revised. The speaker was
Alexander johnson and the place the
municipal court room of Newport
News, Va. The chief of police is de-
scribed as the best that the town evel
had
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

Is there . motor around here I car
take, porterT Bettah not try it, sab Dc
Baltimore American,
Dick-"Aamma. can I have Just on>
piece OF candy before I 20 to 49,
MammaCYes. Dick, just one" DicE-
Namma. think I'll take . piece tVice %
little Elsie latter being lecture0,-
Mamma, the commandments bresF -
iui easy. oon't they?'-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
SUNDAY school teacher-ssBenuy. can vo,,
seLL me what prophet is?'' Benny-ssHnv-. ~
Tor Quartef.-Judge =
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

Great is the rejoicing among the
storks. no doubt. that their time
honored prerogative is not to be in
fringed upon. In the fullness Of its
wisdom the postoff1ce department has
decreed that babies are not mailable
by parcel post.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16


Here are a few characteristics that
nave helped me understand cities:
some have an atmosphere OF hauteur.
E1olnpurgh, with her castle sprfn1fne
out OF a rock, her narrow streets. her
iong lines OF gray houses squeezed to-
getner. how haughtily does she look ont
upon the Forth! So is 1t with Boston.
Again. there are cities like lovely pa
tr1cian ladies. who are more reserved
tnan proud. Stand above the melan-
cnoly splendor of Florence, above val
encia, or above Philadelphia, You be-
come conscious that you are gazing at
one who holds her spirit apart with
chaste reserve.
Still other cities are shy, shy a. a
blushing demoiselle: you need a guide
book to seek out their treasures and
their pretty spots. How shy IL Venice
ana Seville! Along with the proud and
the reserved the shy and the naive, are
cities that are as blown roses such az
New Orleans and Charleston. with
Wnom still fingers the perfume Of sweet
days. How odd would Dusseldorf an
pear without a dust cap. And can you
imagine Cologne or CopenhaEen or
Amsterdam apart from the broom and
the furnishing cloth?
Contrasted with these are the cities
that are like capable business women;
managers OF shops, mistresses Of
schools. and SUCH In the mari bv dav
tney rush and barter; and yet at night
the days work seems to rest light upon
them. Such are many ports OF the
world-Antwerp. Trieste. Stockholm
and even the slant-eyed little Miss
Shanghai and Miss Yokohama.
I have found cities that are like fras-
ctble, hed-haired women, always ON the
point Of boiling over. cities that I'm
inclined to believe exist mainly for the
purpose OF being painted red How un-
certain is the temper Of Warsaw, of
Kharbin. and Constantinople, where
Siav meets Oriental; of Budapest.
Some cities seem to be like women
who exist for pleasure alone: Vienna.
breathless in her mad race for FUN:
Buenos Aires, languid and not a little
melancholy because she is living be-
yond her means. Others seem to live
their life as II under the spell of an
anodyne: Suez. for me. must ever be
weary chansonnette.
Then come the gray-haired marchfon-
esses, Rome and London, st. Petersburg
and Paris. They seem to be ever ad-
mirfng themselves in the glass Of yes
terday. II you want t. get along with
them you must listen patiently as they
tell the story Of their lives, and pre-
tend to have an interest In It, though
you really have none at alls-Richard-
SON I. Wright. In the BelIman.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16
EUening Chat
Being Sorry.

Being Sorry.
A distant relative Of ours has a very
quick tempered husband He is perpet-
ually getting upset over one thing or an
other and-as is usually the case with
quick tempered husbands-f1ytng out At hia
wife, whether she is to blame for the an
noyance or not.
Then. as soon az the fit Of temper Ii
past. he is usually sorry for his harsh
words and tries to make 1t I'D to her by
being especially sweet the rest of the day
happened to be there one day when
OF the banfsters in carrying a trunk up-
stairs. The man Of the house discovered
eonrss eo1 sS and tbs flew At his wife or
cept as mother ts always to blame for
anythinS that goes wrong in the house.
she. herself. had done it. and done it de-
liberately.
After he had gone out of the room with
nice thines K tRss wno cO1ld dl9p keen
them decent. she told me I mustn't mind
snt h1% as IT. + bs Just wer his ,esy wsy ;ne said
In a little while he'll be sorry and thsen
hen be extra sweet to me to make up
back into tie room 1sm and orssed as ss
DO little household job that she had
Now do you think he wiped out the score
don't
and know they are mighty hard to live
with. " A'o
Quick temper and equally facile repent-
ance make up q climate whose violent
changes are bad for the health.
Fain and modification, such as this man
inflicted upon his wife by his outburst in
my presence. actually drain the nervous
force. and repentance. however sincere.
cannot undo this HARM
know woman who has lived with
such man all her life and she is q
nervous wreck. Experiments have proved
that II you speak sharply to q sensitive
mn.tay n1rss you f incssass hi. heart beats per
cannot undo this harm by pattinT him
and giving him sugar an hour OF two
Surely a highly strung woman is not
less sensitive than a horse.
To my mind the only thorough, worth
While repentance for a fit Of temper is
tnat Sa which makes the offender try to keen
ms temper the next time. But when re-
Rentfnee atf is 500 soon followed by another out
infinitum. do not think that being sweet
and obliging for little while by anv
means undoes the harm or wipes clean the
score. S"A 'Ae
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

Chicago is pointing with pride to the
fact that it is the first city to put
grand opera on a paying basis. And
this. undoubtedly, will stand for all
time as Chicago's most remarkable ac-
complishment. even If it has added its
bit to the cost Of living in the Windy
Citv
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

Lincoln's fame continues to grow in
all directions. Now comes an aged
lady who declares he was such a won
derful ball player that he could hit
every ball pitched to him. That's even
better than Ty Cobb can do. But, Of
course, the pitchers were not so clever
in I.incO1n's dAy
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

q Connecticut Yankee what was rep-
resented to be q pullet. and. by
gravy, 1t turned out to be . hen 30
old she couldn't lay fresh eggs."
Hard lines. hard lines" sighed the
other who had q red nose, but think
Of me being marooned for q whole
month in q Kansas town which was
so teetotally temperance that even
the COWS had gone dry at the last
election."-NeW York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

Louis Brandeis has declined to be-
come chairman of the board Of
trustees that is to be named for the
job Of rehabilitating the Boston &
Maine railroad. This may be consid-
cred as further evidence Of his craft
mess. It's barely possible that his
many and divers theories for the ef-
ficient management of a railroad
might not work out in practice. And
why should he take any chances of
destroying his reputation in this par
tjoular7
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

In all probability, Andrew Carnegie
will now direct his peace fund COM
mission to devote its attentions and
money exclusively to the suffragette
war in England. This burning of Car
negie libraries surely will not be toll
Grated without strenuous efforts to
eliminate the cause of such atrocities
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

San Diego has already celebrated it's
annual straw hat day. But wearing a
straw hat most of the year around is
not likely to strike most men as some
thing attractive in the outdoor sport
line. In fact, some Of the straw hat
shapes that fashion frequently de-
crees are veIitable instruments Of
fort,,ro
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

1t has been deemed necessary by
the treasury department to issue a
book explaining the income tax law
that is much more voluminous than
the law ITSELF But the wise man who
must know about this law will do well
to enlist the services of Philadelphia
lawyer to elucidate many of the pas
sages in this explanatory treatise.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

New York state seems to have the
right kind Of an antitrust law.
Eleven violators of it, because of
their participation in a poultry trust.
have actually been sent to Jail. Their
terms are only for three months each,
but this is good beginning in the right
direCtinu
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

Another "Jim Bludso" Of the Mis-
sissippi has gone to his reward. And
this sort of heroes will continue to
put in an appearance almost as often
as the necessary opportunities present
themselves.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

Tax riots in Toxic may be the fore
runners of a revolution in Japan.
But it's to be hoped that If the Japs
go into the republic business. they
will build along different lines from
those followed in China
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

Already the sister of the campaign
cigar has put in an appearance. A
Chicago candidate for alderman re-
Gently distributed 1000 boxes Of candy
among the women who attended a
political gathering he addressed.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

Wisconsin's progress in wickedness
has also been considerable, If the find
1ngs OF its vice commission are based
on actual facts and not Impressions.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16
torture.

Probably the last thought in John
d. Rockefeller's mind is to dodge the
income tax law. However, the fact
that he will have to pay a big tax pro-
vides the opportunity for an "impor-
tant" internal revenue collector OF
two to attract little notoriety by
suggesting that the oil king may at
tempt to evade his duty.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

Another advantage of a man being
president of these United States Is
that he can loaf around in bed when
ever he overtakes q cold.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16

One Of the mysteries in the baseball
world is the fact that Johnny Killing Is
not mixed-up prominently in the i'm
broglio between the Federal League
and it's major rivals.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news NJ
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16
Hard-Luck ExDeriemces.

Two New Yorkers Of some expert
ence in travel other than by the rapid
transit lines of the metropolis were
telling hard luck stories.
About the worst ever got up
against" said one. was buying from
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16
On the Spur
of the Moment
Two Brothers.
By ROY X. MOULTON.

Two Brothers.
Exry Haskins was q feller
With a disposition meller:
Never graspin', never greedy.
Always helped the poor and needy.
Ezry made an honest million
And he might have made a billion
Il he aa hadn.t alwsy, % parted
Never got it in his noodle
And l.e should save every nickel.
When twas too late to repent It.
Ezry found that he had spent it
All that he'd accumulated.
Carriage to the poorhouse waited,
Ezry passed to life eternal
AadiIh And the hon home , towns weekly Journal
He t attracted sd NON no attention. ter "''o"'
1t was Just q "Vila8e Jottin,''
Poor old Exry was forgotten.
Hiram Haslkins. Ezry's brother.
Seemed like he was OF another
Breed Of cattle-and he looked 1t.
Il there was q cent, he hooked It.
And his voice was hard and raspiu'.
He was always with the bidders
On the mortgages Of widder.:
He grew most amaz1n' wealthy,
In q manner sharp and stealthy,
Even when 30 rich he couldn't
Count his piles OF gold he wouldn't
Give a nickel to the needy,
He was that tarnAtion greedy.
But the folks all catered to him.
And gave him all honors due him.
And his funeral was glorious,
Like an emperor victorious,
And the paper had q column
OF a notice sad and solemn,
And the whole town Joined in grieving
Ger the old man who was leaving.
We don't know what happened to 'em
When they both got what was due 'em,
But we bet old HI Is wishin'
Fer a change in his condition
Wishin' the eternal graces
Would let hdm and Ez trade places.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16
Lies Little Ironies.

Having the minister call when You are
in the midst of a stag poker game.
Being in . hurry and having the man
ahead Of you in the barber chair take q
hair cut, egg shampoo, electric massage
head rub and shave.
Having lady who IL a stranger to your
wife meet you and your wife on the street
and greet you afkectionately b- your first
name.
an dhaving them come up sunfoWer1.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16
A Good Joke.

For ten long but blissful years they had
walked along the path Of love: but as yet
the lovesick youth had never mentioned
very .narming. but when there does not
seem to be altar rails at the end of 1t
girls naturally begin to lose interest in tho
game.
Anyhow, Jane thought it time tho mar
riage day was fixed. SO she threw out a
gentle hint to her lover by way of en-
couragfng him. ENCOURAGEMENT, she
thought, was all the dear fellow wanted
Nathaniel" she whispered, they are
saying we're going to be married soOn."
''Are they. though?'' answered the stolid
swain. what a joke It will be on them
wnen they find out we amt
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16
Slams of the Times,

Matthew Jones has been pardoned
from the Maryland penitentiary, but re-
fuses to leave. Probably his wife Is wait
ing for him at home with a rolling pin.
In order to control the beef business,
Chicago may decide to annex the Argen-
tine republic. There is nothing small
about Chicago.
Billy Sunday has collected $4,000 as
an evangelist in four years. which is al
most as much as he could have made
playing ball.
Pittsburg man, aged seventy five, has
Just married his fifth wife. Marriage IN
Pittsburg seems to be either a habit or q
disease.
New York reports scarcity Of good
loolinng chorus girls, but then, there has
always been a scarcity OF that kind.
When General Villa does not like man
he kills him. Drastic but effective.
Dock Hobson for his absence from con-
gress? No. sir! Pay him.
C. W. Morse wants to start q govern
ment inquiry as to why he was sent to
the penitentiary. but what most people
want to know is why he was let out
The Detroit man who went out with
q lantern to hunt gas well has not yet
returned. Probably he never will return.
at least on foot.
Boss Murphy is Just about to be ousted
from the leadership OF Tammany Hall
again. This will be going on when the
world ends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-03
New York Cotton Futures
Port Movement

New Orleans: Middling, 1s 9-16c; re- ceipts. 329; sales, 57o; stock, 7s,641.
 Galveston: Middling. 13ssc; receipts, 1267; exports. 919; sales, 77s; stock, 79760.
 Mobile: Middling, 1aAc; stock, sss6.
 Savannah: Middling, 1SMo; receipts, 26S; stock, 17,509. [ Charleston: Nominal; receipts, 19; exports, 210; stock. 1619.
 Wilmington: Nominal; exports, 300; stock, 10,915.
 Norfolk: Middling, 1sMc. receipts, 107, exports, 490; sales, 19; stock, 1s.- 775.
 Baltimore: Middling. 1sRc; stock, 2466.
 Boston; Middling, 1s.25c; exports, s4s; stock. $500.
 Philadelphia: Middling, 1s.5oc; stock, 1925.
 New York: Middling. 1s25c; exports. 3505; stock, 1144S9
 Minor ports: Receipts, 1587; exports, 15S7; stock, 4413.
 Total today: Receipts, 95T7; exports, 7s6o; stock, 349, 40S.
 Total for week: Receipts, 29,745; exports, 74,179.
 Total for season: Receipts, 1o,337, ,7os; ex- ports, S,759, ,139.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-03
URGE TEACHINGS OF JESUS FOR WRITERS s. Eber Price Addresses the B. Y. P. U. Meeting in
 Kansas City

Kansas City, Mo, July 2.-Education of newspaper and magazine writers in the teachings of Jesus is one of the first tasks before the church people of this country, S. Fiber Price, president of the Ottawa. Kan. university, de- clared today at the joint convention of the Baptist Young Peoples union of America. and the Baptist Young Peoples Union of the South.
 Our task is to seek out these men and women." said Mir. Price. "and train them In the proper way. Relig- ion would be a determining element in their lives and they will be a tre- mendous influence to Christianity"
 The Rev. H. L.. Winburn of Louis- vile Ky. declared spiritual spiritual ity was entering into business more than ever before.
 "Men everywhere now are called on to answer the question, fs 1t right ? instad of is 1t profitableT is about to be discounted and our Christian Pres ident, for the first time in the his tory of national life, has raised the question. is 1t right? instead of is it this in the Panama canal embroglio,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-03
AGAINST TEACHING
 BIBLE IN SCHOOLS Dr. Cope Says Parents Should Perform This
 Duty at Home

Detroit. July 2.-"Those who would have their children taught religion in school are shirking the duty they should perform themselves" declared Dr. Henry Frederick Cope of Chicago secretary of the Religious Educational association, In his address on '"The Recent Progress of Religious Education" at the annual meet ing of the Central Conference of American Rabbis here today. He urged against the teaching of the Bible in public schools.
 We should all stand unalterably op- posed to the attempts that are being made to establish reading of the Bible in pub lie schools" said Dr. Cope. "The outcome of the new interpretation of spiritual training to which we are looking forward will be the application of religion to the social problems of every day life.'
 Dr. Cope also attacked modern religious revivalism. "Revivalism of the modern type with its profanity and indecency is the death struggle of an old-time fal- lacy of religion" he said
 After the speaker had left the hall. Rabbi Stephen s. Wise of New York crit icized the Religious Educational associa- ton, an organization non-creedal in it's scope, of which Bishop Charles D. Will Hams of this city is president.
 "Although the Religious Educational as- sociation is 10 or 12 years old" said Rabbi Wise, mot one Jew ever has been asked to sit in its councils or take part in its meetings Some of us have been asked to lend the organization our finan- cial assistance, but we have something more than money to give the movement. I am sorry Dr. Cope IS not here 80 can express my sentiments directly to him."
 Another subject on today's programme was discussion of the use of the Bible as a textbook in the religious schools, led by Rabbi Ephraim Frisch of Far Rock away N. Y. Rabbi Frisch contended that before the Bible is used in religious schools certain passages should be-strick- en out, if they were of nature not clear and intelligible to the child
 Among the others who took part in to- days programme of the conference were: Rabbi Dudolph H. Gossman, New York: Rabbi Abram Simon. Washington; Rabbi Isaac F. Marcuson, Charleston. and Rabbi Max Merritt Evansville, Ind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-03
BRYAN AND CLARK ID
 STUMP TENNESSEE
A Administration Leaders to Help Democrats in Com
 ing Primaries

Nashville Tenn, July 2.-(Speeia1) ) President Woodrow Wilson has again shown his deep interest In the suo- cess of the democratic party in Ten nessee. and in addressing himself 10 this subject in a letter to Col ". h. Carroll. one Of the old time leaders Of Memphis who was prominent in party leadership in the days of Senator Isham G. Harris. the President says that he hopes outside aid will not be necessary 10 accomplish success this time. but if 1t Is the administration at Washington stands ready to lend n helping hand
 It Is already arranged that Senator Clark and Secretary Bryan are to dou- lie team for the democratic ticket in two national party leaders will play n. little part in helping democracy to recover the state after two successive defeats when the governorship was lost to republicans first four years ago, when Bob Taylor was candidate, and again two years ago when Benton Mo- Milan opposed Governor Hooper
 Democrats do not intend to be caught mapping thls time in the fight to re- gain control of the state and this time there will not be the overconfi- dence thA< hlndered success in two campaigns. The once dominant party faces tho stern case that if the q. Q. P. is successful this time that Cover TOT Hooper will so strongly entrench himself with two moro years that 1t would be we'll night imposEibility to defeat him. Already the republican governor has the strongest political machine that was ever known in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-03
4 FURTHER SHARP DECLINE IN COTTON Prices Make New Low Ground-Oct. Contracts
 $3.95 a Abale

New York, July s.-There was fur ther sharp decline in the cotton market today with prices making new low ground for the movement. October contracts, for instance, sold at l2.27c, or ss.s5 per bale under the high record established on June 1. There seemed to be some trade buying on scale down as well as real izing by recent sellers for short account, but the talk around the ring suggested much more bearish sentiment and the close was easy at net decline of 15 to g points.
 The market opened barely steady at a decline of to s points in sympathy with easy cables. Reports that rains had fallen in the central belt were con- sidered responsible for much of the sell ing abroad and appeared to be one of the most important factors around the local ring. Houses with Liverpool con nections and the spot house brokers who had been good buyers here on the de- cline yesterday afternoon were again sup porting the new crop months and after showing a net loss of about Il to IA points the market rallied or points from the lowest. The failure of the offi- cial forecasts to indicate further gen. eral showers or rains in drouthy sec tons probably helped the slight improve ment but the market weakened again during the afternoon on reports that it was raining in Arkansas, South Caro- lima and Alabama.
 Stop orders were uncovered as prices broke below the low level of last week and the close was at practically the lowest of the day
 New York Cotton Futures