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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-17


the medium wage. that below which
half the employees in each industry
were registered, is given to indicate
the general level for . group
The most and the least skilled em-
ployees are ON time wages. OF over
10000 persons for whom weekly rates
were entered more than three-fifths
Of the male workers receive less than
SIS when working full time. and more
than three-fourths Of the women and
girls. less than SO q week In the
stores, half the males get less than
$14; half the female help less than
$3.50. In shirt and box factories. half
the males receive less than $12. and
half the females less than $3.50 q
week. while In the confectionery trade
wages fall below 81 for half the
males. and below IS for half the fe-
males. More than 1000 female en-
ployees in all lines (one-sixth Of the
total number Of women and girls) are
quoted at rates under IS per week."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-17
Globe Sights
By THE ATCHIsON GLOBE

You may have observed that a stag
party il never a dance.
Some men are ffniclky, and insist on
catching fish when they go fishing.
You can't drive much Of q bargain
when the other fellow holds both
lines.
So much talk is flapdoodle that the
conversation should lag more than it
does.
The after dinner speaker il so often
disposed to stick around until break
fast time.
There is also the careful citizen
who is so thorough he never gets any
thing done.
Do you also tell people to try to ba
reasonable when you want them to
agree with you?
Next to a degenerate the most
loathsome man is one who Is always
talking about duty.
Short jerks: IT have never in
sisted that my birthday be referred to
as my natal day.
bile. the average reporter IS tempted
to say it turned turtle.
Some people go q roundabout way
to avoid trouble, while others pursue Z
similar course to find 1t.
( A man and his wife have few tastes
In common, but he learns to rely ON
her for news of the neighbors.
1t would be well for you to make a
personal success before you start In to
place the nation on . successful basis.
As busy as Americans say they are.
somebody can usually be found who
viii spare enough time to pass the
hat
Mrs. Link Preston - what is known
~ nasty nice hous6keeper. She in
sists on washing the alt cellaru amer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-17

.Butyon -. I live here" Ne lid
1t . too-absurd to be true!'' she
protested. looking a. II she would cry.
the door Of the apartment opened and
his sinter. dressed for the street. ap-
|peared.
John. John. you home % soon ~
cried 0rA Remer: and catching tight
Of the gtri. and you Faith! w.s
you remember?"
I'll foredf," faltered the girl.
'.Aad-John. let me present you to
my old clasBmAte. Edith Emmons.
and did not know that I expected
Edith Have you ever met before p
she asked. struck by their embarrass-
ment
ssWhy-er-yes," said John hastily.
and MiD Emmons blushed deeper and
Ia dimple came into her cheek
I'VE are going to Throcton's to tea,
John; will you GOMEZ" asked his sis-
ter.
John looked At e. v. e. and her
eyes said, t~ DO ooms h 20 be ~ wens; and
that her initials stood for Edith Va
lerie Emmons, but he said that he
thought Eve was much the prettier
name.
And Burgess has never ceased won-
dering about the white chiffon VEN.
Once he asked his employer II he
had ever pierced the mystery OF itz
appearance In his office.
oh. It belonged to my wife," re-
piled John.
But, sir. you were not married
then" faltered the bewildered clerk
NO." said John cheerfully. but
am now
And poor Burgess is more puzzled
than ever.-Copyright, 1915. by the
Mcclure Newspaper SyndicAte.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-17

He held them in his hands and ca
ressed them Us though they were alive.
Then he put them carefully in an
earthen jar and put them under his
bed.
The next morning when they had
only black coffee made of beans for
do you not sell one of the beautiful
then we could have food
What do you mean? % asked her
uncle; you must have been dreaming.
I have no valuable stones"
Nella told him what she had seen
glass;" he said. 81 have them to keep
away trouble. but you must not touch
them. for IL any one else handles them
they will lose their charm"
Nella did not believe him and after
he went to the mill she took the jar
from under the bed and took off tho
cover.
The gems sparkled n the light
touched them One looked like q coal
OF fire. and Nella reached In and took
it out 1t turned q BLUSH shade and
~ she rolled It over in her hand It
became yellow and all colors.
This II the prettiest OF ALL" she
said Il am going to keep it; uncle
will never miss this bit Of glass, and /
need something to keep away trouble
~ well ~ he does. I did not touch
the otherus 20 they win still protect
him..
But what was that the bit Of sl.su
seemed - - Glnolng1
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Jayhawker Jots

A Sabetha stenographer, reports the
Sabetha Herald. tries to Impress her
employer by typewriting with her
hands crossed.
one, insists the lola Register, and it
explains: It's after marriage that the
trouble commences
The Kansas Industrialist has con-
siderably more respect for the man
who says he likes to shovel snow than
it has for his veracity.
Now is the time to get busy with
your seed catalogue. advises the To-
ronta Republican. Pick out what you
want and then buy it at home.
1t is also observed, by the Americas
Greeting, that when q man is out of
tobacco he will come to town in a
worse storm than when he is out Of
meat
Philip Flipflop is quoted by the
Lansing News as saying: Women
have to love something: when they
can't find anything better. they love
man.
''Why do automobiles run after
dark without lights" some one asked
the Mankato Advocate, and 1t replied:
Because folk who notice the violation
Of the law do not make complaint and
have the drivers fined.
The man who gets the most out of
life, explains the Jewell County, Moni-
tor, is the one who sees most Of; life's
incongruitieal-and doesn't take them
seriously. And here 1t is-today is the
tomorrow you worried about iyester-
day.
In view of the fact, says the HQlton
Signal, that large portion of the time
is spent by our legislatives bodies by
one faction attempting to prevent the
other faction from putting through
any legislation, it Is a source of won
der where all the laws come from.
Another discussion Of the pure
noodle bill before the legislature, this
time from the Downs Times: Noodles
of the sort indigenous to soup will be
given ample protection in this state
If bill now before the legislature be-
comes q lev. Under its beneficent
provisions, the use OF artificial color
ing for noodles is prohibited. Thus
brought about day by day. and 1t il
interesting to reflect on the popularity
of the slogan of free and unco1Ored
boiling of noodles at a ratio of sixteen
to one-sixteen noodles to one bowl
of soup. AS the late Patrick Henry
remarked, "Give us unadulterated
noodles or make it vermicelli."
Musings Of the Village Deacon, in
the Osborne County Farmer: With q
lot Of fellows reform should begin at
home. Whenever you see man
who Is really henpecked he looks the
part all right -. Experience is the
stuff that is generally floating thick
around the nicely baited but very
sharp hooks. One way a man can
| convince the people that he has re-
formed and is trying to lead a better
life il for him to go around and pay
up some Of his old debts. If a
man could get half as much energy
and enthusiasm into his business as
he exerted when he was trying to
hook his sled on behind wagons or
learning to throw the out curve he
would be a rich man in five years.
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When Nella's father and mother
died she went to live with her uncle.
He was a miller and lived in a little
house by the mill.
He told Nella he was very poor, but
If she would do the work and help
him she could live there.
So Nella worked very hard to please
him. but he was a miser, and never
thought she did enough to pay for her
board.
One day after she worked very hard
and was tired and hungry. he told her
they could not have any supper that
night, as he did not have money
enough to buy food, as the people for
whom he had ground corn had not
paid him.
Nella went to bed, but she was 80
hungry she could not sleep. BY and
by she heard q noise and she went to
the door of her room and looked out.
Her uncle was sitting by q table,
and in front of him, sparkling and
cleaning like fire. were beautiful dia-
monds. sapphires. rubies and other
precious stones.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Once q coward, always q liar!
Concealed knowledge Is as useful as
buried treasure.
It's so much easier to pay complf-
ments than oils.
Always try to get a front view OF q
scene with a mule in it.
Be carefulhow you drop remarks;
they may hit the wrong chap.
Those who offer bargains get rich
quicker than those who seek them.
I Az a matter OF fact. women don't
think any more Of their relatives than
men do.
Some people are never happy unless
they are in position to make others
miserable.
Your neighbors have a lot OF nerve
to imagine that they are az good rs
you are.
No man can love his neighbor al
himself unless the Aforesaid nefghbor
In a female Of the species
A bachelor says the simplest kind Of
simple addition - the adding OF one
and one to make one.
The woman who says she wouldn't
marry the best man on earth usually
WEEDS one that is no good.
There are knockers enough In this
great and glorious land Of the free to
beat all the swords ON earth into foun-
tain pens
1t II more satisfactory to 60 and
turn something mp than It - to ait
down and wait tor 4 to turn mp Of tts
own o0oQr0
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Il nave caught the sun OF India
And stolen In the moons soft ray.
Keep me for q day.
Nel1a pushed the jar under the bed
and put the opal (that was the name
Of the beautiful stone) in her pocket.
After her work was finished she went
to the mill to help her uncle.
She watched the yellow corn as it
was poured into the hopper to be
ground. II wish 1t were all gold." she
thought as she walked away. Then
uncle and could have Z nice dinner"
A cry from her uncle caused her to
look back. and she saw gold dollars in
the hopper in place of the corn.
where did they come from p"
asked Nella, as she helped to gather
them; she did not think about her
wish.
IT do not know" said her uncle as
he poured more corn into the hopper,
but, of course. it did not turn to gold
as Nella did not make another wish.
Uncle" she said. you must go to
the market and get q nice dinner and
I will cook II. -
NO" said her uncle, I'VE will eat
bread and milk and save the money"
What makes you 30 miserly?" said
Nella- Money IL Of no use only for
what 1t buys for our comfort. 1 am
so hungry" she said, II wish had q
table before mo with q good dinner"
Up from the floor Of the mill rose a
table and Nella sat IN her chair be-
fore 1t SO quickly that she rubbed her
eyes to make sure that what she saw
was real.
Her uncle ran to her and shook her
by the shoulder. wish again." he
said.
Wait until / finish my dinner" .aid
Nella. Il am hungry. You eat, too.
uncle"
But the miser was no anx,cv. =,
have her wish for gold that he couid
not eat. and when Nella had finished-
and the table and chair had disan-
peared he said: "Now wish that the
mill pond may become gold
Neiia wished a. he asked her 10 do
and the mill stopped grindine. for
there was no water to turn the wheel.
The miserly miller had no thought Of
that. "a
Now see what has happened" sasd
NeHa You cannot grind any more
corn and what will the people 10 20
food z You are 4 bad oId m.r ~
think only of yourself. I wish I ala
not live with you" ~.u
As she spoke she BEGAN tn 80,
without touching the ground her feet
Llew along the road. On and n M
went until she wished she cou,6 49,
and then she stopped 20 suddeniv III:
she almost fell over. snas
Sne sat down by the roadside vor.
germs wnat strange power had come
20 ner Wnen she heard the sinrine
said. taking it from her nocE:t s sns
looking It it. 81 wish I had 4 AZ.
aer Old dress fell to the ground .nS
~ Its place was . beautiful bIue cs,~
..r 49, n never do" thought NeIIs.
no home. So she beean to vis,. - ~
All the things she seemed to n~-~ Aor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-17
Evening Chat
The Buying Intoxication.
By RUTH CAMERON.

A staid and rather reserved neigh
Dor OF mine astoA ished me when met
him on the street the other day by
telling me enthusiastically and at
length about beautiful fur cap
which he had just bought at q great
bargain.
OF course there was nothing aston
I fishing in his buying 1t. The surpris-
ing thing was that he who had never
before spoken to me except on an i'm
personal. conventional subject, should
conffde this personal detail to me.
Couldn't he have been under the
weather." hear some one suspecting.
No, my friend, he's not that kind.
He wasn't intoxicated, at least not in
the common sense of the word. In
the less common sense he waS"intox-
icated with the delight of buying.
Cant you recognize from your own
experience that there is such an in
toxication and haven't you often seen
| people under its influence?
Men are less frequently affected
that way than women. partly because
they buy less, partly because its
| feminine form Of excitement.
1 met a quiet little friend of mine
on the trolley the other day. Her
cheeks were flushed, her eyes shin.
| ing. she talked fluently and we'll. II
was evident that she had been sttmu-
lated out of herself by some expert
ence, and sure enough, 1t soon came
| to the surface. She had just bought q
new suit. And actually glass OF wine
couldn't have reused and stimulated
and elated her any more than the ex.
element of buying that suit.
| Any fairly important purchase fill
us with some Of this elatton and ex'
! citement. but purchase of clothe.
\ seems to have an especially powerful
effect. The desire to look well II ont
| Of the primitive passions. 1t Seems
| to go even deeper than human nature
| and has it's roots in the universal law
of the all nature. Some one has said
There is a comfort In being vel
dressed which religion cannot give
An irreverent over-statement. o.
course. but with a grain OF trutf
tucked away in the husk.
OF course, like all intoxfcants. thu
elation Of buying is apt to leave III
rather depressed when it passes away
and that is a good time to look thu
realities in the face and remember
that after all things" aren't the big
ger part of life.
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Journal Entries

Any number Of folk seem purposely
to seek unhappiness.
Some people are as easy to satisfy
as others are difficult to please.
Pay day isn't the event for the
married man that 1t was when he was
bachelor.
. = .
Each halfsof the world is also of tiae
opinion that it's none Of the other
half's business how it lives.
The longer it takes a man to hit
back the harder he il likely to hit
when he finally gets worked up to It.
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Kansas Comment !
erIr.s wrrH THE DODO NoW..

SHES wrrH THE DODO NOW.
Tho country cousin has become -
tinct. No more dos ene- eS a
clothes q few seasons 0en!nu w
mode. She has learned quite - wea
Is her city relatives to Distinguish tno
present from the past tense IN .ss
tauRht her that She also knows
shades and hues Of the season ana enS
proper cut Of Z garment. HAVING the
modern improvements In her 0nmS
and q motor car In when 20 treves
she Il moi unlearned In the use OF
many things which used to embarrase
her. Chautauquas and concerts bring
to her knowledge Of the best in music
and literature and the travel bureaus
Nv that they draw ~ much patronage
from the amall and middle class towns
a. from the cities.-Sabetha Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-17
From, Other Pens
FIGURES TALK FOR KANSAS.

FIGURES TALK tOS AASoASs 2
During his incumbency Of the $50
OF the board Of agrtcul-
ture OF Kansas. Foster Dwight CO.
burn, as the newspapers OF the coun-
try know full well, missed no oppor-
tunities Of placing before the Amert-
can people information concerning the
productive possibilities OF that great
state. One Of the customs he tnsti-
tuted, as q means OF interesting the
public at large. was that Of prepar-
ing and sending broadcast through
the mails . card OF Kansas stattsttcs
at the beginning Of every year. We
in office, J. c. Mohler. IL keeping up
this custom. Kansas and its accom-
plishments are always more or less
in popular thought. Nearly every
body likes to hear the very latest from
that remarkable commonwealth, and
the very latest to be said In figures
concerning 1T il to be found in the
statistics card just issued by Mr. Moh-
Ter. Take q running summary. as
closely condensed as possible. OF the
card statistics: Population, 1,67z, 106 |:
grand total value of farm products
for 1914 4638, 253.2O7; excess value
Of these products over any previous
year. $5s,os7.731h increase Of value
Of farm products over q decade ago,
$167, .347: increase Of value of
live stock in same period. $1O2,s44.-
49, value OF wheat crop OF last year
|-1S0.s24,SS5 .5s5. O3l ;
value Of corn crop in 1914. $780,
lat; total value Of meat products for
last year, $6s,263.920; total value OF
poultry raised, more than $11, 900, 900.
Kansas il dry from end to end; from
center to circumference. Only in
this sense can it now. by any stretch
of the Imagination, be called q desert,
term once applitd to 1t by explor.
ers.-Christian Science Monotor.
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WAGES In NEW YORK STATE.

For over year the New York state
factory investigating commission has
been investigating wages in four low
paid s-confectionery, shirts,
paper boxes, and retail stores. The
results Of this study have just been
published in the report Of the COM
mission and ON the data collected rec
concentrations regarding minimum
wage legislation will be submitted to
the legislature. Discussing the results
Of the investigation. DIR. Howard b.
Wolston. its director. says in The Sur
vey:
The statistical tables show wide
variations in the wage-scale, accord
ing to the kind Of work and type of
workers In q brief summary only gem
erAl tendencies and striking excep-
lions can be noted. Behind the aver
ages for the trade are concealed gen
erous payments of well organised
firms and the starvation wages OF
their less scrupulous rivals.
AN average for all employees may
also include the salaries OF two 310,-
0O0 buyers and Of thirty 81 meesen-
! ser Girls But d the following epttpma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-17

Nothing could be more ridiculous
than the current talk of a possibility
of Germany and the United States en-
gaging in a war at this time. How
would either get at the other under
present conditions? And it is incon-
ceivable that the United States would
join forces, either military or naval.
with the Allies. The quarrel that is
the basis of the European war is none
of 0lIra
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-17

Nothing like a pruning knife is be-
ing used by house ways and means
committee on the appropriations for
the state institutions. It's an axe, and
a heavy one, too. And while economy
In the administration OF the affairs OF
state is most desirable, the Gripping
Of the efficiency of any of the states
institutions would be an economy OF
the false variety. 1t would only mean
heavier burdens later on, unless Kan
sas and the development Of her insti.
tutions are to stand still.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-17

There must be much honor and
glory connected with service in the
legislature. Certainly the niggardly
legislative wage that Kansas pays is
not compensatory for the long hours
of rather arduous and exacting labor
that are put in by the legislators. A
full ten hours work a day, scattered
over morning, afternoon and evening
is the program for the sessions Of this
vvAok
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AUSTRALIANS MINIMUM WAGE.

AUSTRALIANS MINIMUM WAGE.
The working of the Australian min.
imum wage boards is discussed in The
Survey by Prof. w. b. Hammond,
vice chairman of the Industrial COM
mission in Ohio, who went to the dis
tant continent to make a first hand
inquiry. He says:
1T is a mistake to suppose that
under the wage-board plan, wages are
commonly forced up to the point
where industries are actually driven
out Of the state. Employers are as
strongly represented on the wages
boards as employees. and are fully as
able to protect their own interests
No sane chairman would vote with
employees to fix wages at such a
point as would be likely to drive out
we'll managed industries, conducting
business in a fair way and with rea-
sonable profits, nor Is 1t likely that
wage-earners themselves would be
willing to see this done.
Interstate competition is frequent
ly brought into the discussion in these
boards to show that 1t IL impossible
to fix wages as high as employees are
asking, and as employers would 9TH
erwise be willing to grant,
Interstate competition does not,
however. prevent employers in estab-
lishments paying low wages from be-
ing forced up to the level OF their
higher grade competitors. 1t tends,
therefore. to throw the management
Of an industry into the hands of men
able to carry 1t on under conditions
which make possible a living wage to
their employees.
IL Victoria. as in other Australian
states. there has been a steady growth
OF manufactures. In 1896, when the
factories act. containing wages board
provisions. was passed. there were in
Victoria 1870 factories: in 1911
there were 5.s3s; in 1895. the number
Of workers in factories was 40,814; in
1911. 1t was 1854"
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0atlsficd.
love an old -fashioned winter. seq
Il suit. me, yea, riEkt to a r.
lore the snOW.I Rive the sleet.
with them my 10y = quite complete.
where ~ - - M91e a. Al
A blixxsrd does nsst ~ nv ~n.t
Or make me wear q 3nr-lined ccat
don't comNdains a chiIly- blast
0r shiver Wien 4 Nanders past.
When 3 sn ~ mercr .re1e !, the coolest spell
do not freeze nv ~ az nose.
You ask me Why never scold
ApouE tne w1neers 1now and cold!
NJ NJ M 5 one ol nose guys, you Know.
~ winner ~ New Aexaco.
rasier...,.
q 3 w.
eone Out OF s1yie.-Dut not among
la'1 1Ts o..
Iy mas spent the iast TWO
OF three WEEKS "a New York city. Isn't
en1S punisamenS enough!
- = 1AOVF - parrei 1Oo
s.o n@ve 70 OAy HOUR BUY pa1er
,
wen: one tnan9 the starving Bel
p e-.o ~ Aos I've 20 w. ~ leaSt, -
80 - ~ .OA4suS u AnAu- wAneeE u1x-
49, ~ VIC ~ in tnis county. We
~ S+sN Deaeve rnere - eOmo -
Gss C,Ns Seislan; A1eer I'll.
v Sse et, % COiotAoo recentiy
o.nou ~. nceU .eaAt No mas app0anteo nus
WE 1 sH eovernor Helore the
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-17

Virtue, evidently, doesn't always
bestow rewards. Italy, for instance,
which has managed to keep out of the
great European conflict, was ravaged
recently by a tremendous earthquake
shock, and is now in the throes of
devastating floods
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-17

This is a time for a display of calm
ness and good sense by the American
people. The chances are that most Of
the bitterness in Germany against us
has been inspired by the firebrands of
the press. Of which Germany has her
quota inst the same ~ has this and
every other country. And due allow
ances must be made for the Germans,
too. The war and its terrors and pos
sibilities have undoubtedly put them
in q frame of mind where they are
ready TO believe that every hand ID
raised against them.