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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

Almost any man is in receptive
mood.
There are worse things in the world
than freckles, Maudah, dear
1t occurs to us that a tramp is too
anxious to see the country, such as
it is.
A woman should discard kittenish
ways when she takes on the middle
age spread.
1t is generally assumed that the
gent who wrote Home Sweet Home,'
wasn't henpecked.
And the Pittsburg smoke nuisance
wouldn't be so bad if they didn't make
stogies there.
Sherlock Holmes has been boosted
a good deal, but the star detective is
really jealous woman.
In George Washingtons time men
wore powdered hair and silver buck
les, but they were not mollycoddles.
When knighthood was in flower. the
bathtub wasn't, we ascertain in our
effort to learn one thing every day.
While scandal is a horrible thing,
sometimes it is denounced by people
who are mighty fit subjects for scan
DIAL.
A woman is so apt to think she can
afford anything available on the in
stallment plan, that the agents do
well.
When some agricultural expert sue
ceeds in eliminating chores it will be
easier to keep the boys on the farm.
Only one man in a thousand is a
leader of men, while 999 out of every
thousand married women are leaders
of men.
An elopement might save Father
money. were it not for the danger of
having to support a son-in-law ac-
quired that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
Jayhawker Jots

Say it yourself. Miss Esther Axe is
schools this fall.
How stubborn, The Barber County
IndeX's correspondent there reports;
1t does nothing but rain on Mule
creek.
In after years, says the Hum boldt
Union, the perusal of a love letter that
he wrote to his wife before marriage
makes a man feel like lead nickel
with a hole in it.
Problem propounded by the Mar
quette Tribune: Who can figure out
how much gasoline it will take to haul
80 tons of new auto tags over Kansas
in the next year?
Attica is one town in Kansas whose
people are not afraid TO invest their
money in public improvements worth
while. Attica has population of 63S
of $5O2,34S. At a recent special cleo
ton, her citizens voted, the count
was 155 to "A, or about to 1, to issue
$4,000 worth of bonds to provide a
light and water plant.
Two small boys crawled into the
H. G. White hearse one day last week,
reports the Jewell County Republican.
The doors snapped shut and there
was no inside way to open them.
Then the boys got scared, thinking
perhaps that they would have to stay
there till somebody died. They yelled
and screamed, but nobody heard. In
their desperation they kicked out one
of the glasses and escaped. They
won't get into the hearse again until
they have to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27

Benz" she gasped at last, in a
frightened tone.
Ma'am?" he stammered, still star-
ing in that bewildered manner
Let me out, please" cried Imogen,
and when she had escaped from the
steel cage she sought the store man
ager and asked him, breathlessly:
vator?"
With unfailing courtesy, they traced
the record of the man in the car,
finally discovering that he had been
recommended to them by we'll
known physician, DR.. Abel When
Imogen visited the doctor she found
him more than willing to discuss the
man called John Smith.
EARLY in June this man was
brought to the hospital, the victim of
an automobile accident: his head was
injured and he was suffering from
loss of memory. An operation was
performed and every care given the
case because I was personally inter-
ested in the unknown patient We
had found no identification papers on
his person and decided that some mis-
creant had robbed the unconscious
victim before the ambulance arrived
upon the scene.
LAS he regained health 1 exerted
every effort to identify him, and fall
ing to do so, 1 obtained the position
for him as an elevator operator.
"He is my husband said Imogen
brokenly. He looks at me and does
not recognize mel
-. That That is only a temporary phase of
identified and can be with those he
loves his early cure is a foregone con-
clusion," smiled DR.. Abel. "Suppose
you return home to Linwood. Tomor-
row 1 will bring your husband back
to you"
1mogen went, in a chaos of uncer-
tainty as to the outcome of the ex-
pertinent, fearful that Ben, confronted
by the old scenes, would recall that
last dreadful morning when thew QUAR-
relied. Would he choose to remain
with her or would he go away again !?
DIR. Abel brought Ben as far as the
gate.
Your wife is waiting for you, Dix
we'll he said forcibly.
My-nny wife?p stammered Ben in
a dazed manner.
The doctor gently pushed him
through the gate. go on he laughed.
They met at the foot of the front
steps-lmogen, pale and thin, in a
and hollow-eyed, still looking puzzled
L am so glad you have come home,
Ben," said Imogen softly
He smiled, frOwned, and the puZ-
zled look disappeared from his good
looking countenance. He smiled again
and his arms went around his wife.
I'm glad to get home, Hon." he
said with his old CHEEKY manner
Imogen drew his head down to her
shoulder and sobbed thankfully There
was SO much to tell him-so many
gaps of memory to fill-so many econ
omies to relate that her heart was
fall
DR.. Abel moved away from the gate
with a significant glance over his
shoulder at the reunited couple.
1915, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
QUAKER fluctuations.
[From the Philadelphia Record

IFrom the Philadelphia Record. ]
Just because a fellow is knock
kneed you don't need knock him.
Some fellows are always getting
stuck. They will even pay a stiff
price for a soft hat.
There is no such thing as the big
gest half, in spite of the fact that most
people want it.
For one man who always knows
just what to do, a hundred never know
what to do.
The bail player will tell you that all
things come to those who wait, except
a base on balls.
All the worlds a stage, with the
free list absolutely suspended during
this engagement.
Wisdom often amounts to this: Peo-
pie know a lot of things that are really
not worth knowing.
Don't jump to the conclusion that a
woman is a perfect jewel, just because
she is set in her ways.
It's one thing to stretch the imagi-
nation, but it's quite another matter to
make both ends meet.
The Cynical Bachelor observes that
even the fellow who is dead sure he
is in love is apt to come to life.
Wigg-"Sending out wedding cards
is curious game Wagg-"Yes, it's
the brides deal and the groom's
ante
Muggins-"That fellow Bjones posi-
lively glories in being under his wife's
thumb" Buggins= YES Just as
though being henpecked were some
thing to crow about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
..NfEXICO IRREDENTA.,

Bizarre items of news currently ap-
pearing include the San Diego idea, 3"
the purport of which is to kill all
American males over sixteen in the
territory between the Rio Grande and
the Neuces. notes the New Republic,
and it continues: This region, thus
liberated from the American yoke,
would return to the ancient and legi-
innate dominion of Mexico. pre-
posterous project, but translate it in
TO European terms. Texas south of
the Nueces is Mexico Irredenta The
Mexican element in the population is
much larger than the Italian ele-
ment in Istria or the Serbian element
in Bosnia. The Mexican nationalist
has no more forgiven US for the rape
of this part of his country than the
Serbians have forgiven Austria for the
annexation of Bosnia. True, the
Mexicans under our dominion are hv-
ing in peace and ought to thank their
stars that they are not forced to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27

The Montessori movement, consid-
cred by many a radical departure
from traditional educational methods,
is reviewed by Miss Anne E. George
in the annual report of the United
States commissioner of education re-
Gently issued. The method is summed
up as freedom for development of
the child under best conditions, dis
turbing as little as possible but help
ing by every means this development"
DR.. MontesSori'S particular contribu-
ton to the world, according to Miss
George, has been that of applying the
method of experimental science to the
study of man. The Montessori "di-
dactic MATERIAL it is explained, tends
to replace the teacher at the earliest
stage of education and to make it pos
sible for the child to accomplish his
first work independently of a mature
mind. "Out of such experiments and
the environment that DIR. Montessori
establishes" declares Miss George,
"she confidently expects others to
bring fresh facts, and to build up the
content of scientific pedagogy
through a method of research, limited
by no personality, allied solely to hui
man beings who develop in liberty"
AS an instance of the capitalization
of sentiment and effort in connection
with the Montessori movement, Miss
George describes the organization in
May, 1913. at Washington, of the
Montessori Educational association,
formed ito promote and develop in
America the educational movement
based on the principles and theories
of DIR. Montessori, and to assist in
the establishment and maintenance
of schools for children, and schools
of observation and practice conducted
according to these principles This
association now numbers approximate
ly 700 members.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27

not alone for their intrinsic food
value, but also for accessory reasons
The specific fermentation products
action in the digestive tract. Special
virtues have been attributed to the
Tactic acid bacteria, particularly in
alimentary tract Aside from any al
legged therapeutic virtues, there can be
no doubt of the nutrient value of the
beverages. With the growing atten-
ton devoted to the bacteria which
milk may harbor, and the recognition
of the dangers which they may entail,
it is not strange that buttermilk also
should demand bacteriologic consld-
Grafton. Heinemann, of the depart
ment of bacteriology and hygiene at
the University of Chicago, has demon
strated that the presence of Tactic acid
in milk will destroy the germs of
dysentery, typhoid, diphtheria and
cholera. The slower milk sours, the
greater is the danger of disease germs
surviving. Acids other than Tactic
acid are frequently present in butter
milk. This beverage, Heinemann re-
minds us, should therefore be looked
on with suspicion, especially if heavily
polluted, unless it has been prepared
from pasteurized milk. There is, how
ever says the Journal of the American
Medical Association, a remnant OF sat
isfaction to all lovers or the ferment-
ed product to learn that the chances
of buttermilk becoming a carrier of
Infection are small.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27

choose between Villa and Carranza-
The Serbians in Bosnia, however, had
equally good ground for congratu-
lating themselves their escape
from the incredible horrors of the
second Balkan war. Let us suppose,
first that Irredentism in Texas is
financed by a powerful organization
in Mexico. including among it's lead
ers cabinet mem bers, senators and
generals; second, that some foreign
power. say Japan, is quietly but not
secretly encouraging the revolt against
us; and third, that Vice President
Marshall, proceeding recklessly to de-
liver an address in Brownsville, is
shot down by agents of the organ
ization. What would we do about it
-arbitrate?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
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QUEER DIARIES.

Some morning when the early
milkman wakens you with his clatter,
don't say: "Oh, dear. I wish they
would deliver milk some other way,''
Just wake up wide awake and think,
Il wonder how other countries get
their milk" Fer indeed, there are
as many quee- ways OF delivering
milk as you can imagine,
Milk IS such nourishing, whole
some food that people from the
earliest times have used it when it
was obtainable; and the ways Of get
ting it from place to place have been
most curious. But suppose you count
the ways in which milk has been de-
Hvered this very day-not in olden
times, but today.
First there IS the auto milk wagon
which rushes around and delivers in
lightning time the milk which has
been brought from the country
dairies on milk express trains.
Then there is the more common
in the morning travels through
streets and alleys leaving clean, cold
bottles of fresh milk on all the door
steps.
In smaller towns and villages the
nilkman drives down the streets and
stops in front of prospective custom
er's homes There he leans out of
his wagon and rings a bell loud and
milk, she must rush out to the wagon
with her bowl or pitcher and have
her amount ladled out to her from
the big can of milk in the back of
the milk wagon NO caring for
germs or flies in that method, is
there?
IN many countries the milk is car
ried about in great covered buckets
which are hung one on each side
of oxen and in that way are carried
to the homes where it is purchased
The oxen are always driven by young
boys or girls, or. in case there are no
children in the dairynian's family.
the old father or aged mother drives
the oxen on their rounds.
But strangest of all are the Gus
toms in the countries where goats
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
GFrom the Chicago News.1
-Ou can't forge ahead nv haunn

IT IOIu the SIlCdSO NEWS
You can't forge ahead by hammer
ing.
The rolling stone never takes a
straight course.
1t takes no more time to be polite
than otherwise.
Most women would rather be grass
widows than spinsters.
A woman is always saying that her
ambition exceeds her strength.
Untidy women are always asking for
a pin to fasten something on with.
The mind of man who goes wrong
is always a blank while he is gone.
When married couple gets along
we'll. the neighboring women always
say "Oh his wife known how to man
age him.
We sometimes hear of a woman
who is said to be worth her weight
in gold, but we never heard of one
who was worth her weight in dollar
bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry / could not travel both
And be one traveller, long 1 stood
And looked down one as far as / could
To where it bent in the underground;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Ihough as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
oh, l marked the first for another dayi
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
L doubted if 1 should ever come back.
| shall be telling this with a sigh
somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
l took the one less Travelled by,
And that has made all the difference
Frost, in the August Atlantic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
DANGER IN PERSONALITIES.

Attention is called by the federal
department of agriculture to the fact
that with the season of preserving and
canning fruit at hand, many house
wives who like to put up their own
fruit are urged to use some preserving
or canning compound The argument
is that this makes the work much
easier and insures the keeping quail
ity of the food. AS it happens, the
principal ingredient in many of these
powders is salicylic acid, which is well
known as a poisonous substance and
which frequently leads to derange-
ment of the digestion. In cases of
acute articular rheumatism and GER
tain other diseases salicylic acid is
useful as a medicine when properly
administered but may be a dangerous
ingredient in food. Other powders
and preserving compounds contain
boric acid and are frequently sold I'M
der fancifu1 names at prices much in
advance of their real value. The
worst feature about these powders is
that, while they may prevent the
decay of the fruit or vegetable, they
also encourage uncleanly or careless
work. In addition, if they are eaten
with food in excessive quantities they
may very well have a bad effect upon
the health. The housewife who takes
pride in her work will realize that
heat, sugar and cleanliness are all
that she needs to put up excellent
fruits and vegetables that will keep
perfectly. Therefore, there is no ex-
cuse for running any risk by using
powders. Uncle Sans de-
partment of agriculture has issued
many bulletins and pamphlets show
ing how to put up fruits and vege-
tables and these it will be glad to sup
ply to any one without cost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
Journal Entries

Not few women consider every
man a villain.
i. - J.
Quite a number of family trees are
also of the shady variety.
= 4 =
Most men are at least equal-to the
task of eating three square meals
day.
i. + +
The man who refuses to change his
opinions hasn't any that are worth
while.
j = j.
The closer the friendships, the more
violent the ruptures when they come
along.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
EUening Chat
A Plea for Short Sermons.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A~A
This is a plea for short sermons in
our churches.
make it not flippantly or irrev-
erently but in the sincere belief that if
our ministers tried to say what they
have to say as simply and concisely as
possible, instead of trying to fill a GER
tain set time, we should all get more
out of our church-going.
How often do you hear a sermon
which could not be boiled down to a
thereby made more effective?
IF there is anywhere thing said
in two sentences that could have been
as clearly and as engagingly and as
forcibly said in one, then it is amateur
work. a great writer once said.
That is true of course. But we do
not ask the minister to shorten his
sermons merely for the sake of arts
try We want him to do it for the
sake of results, for the purpose of
holding the attention of his hearers
every minute and of leaving a simple,
clear-cut expression.
A minister has a thought. Some
thing impresses him and inspires him
That is the seed of his sermon. Now
suppose he. were to tell that thought
to some friend. He would put it in
as clean and simple language as pos
sible; he would light 1t up with illus
tration, and incident perhaps, but he
certainly wouldn't bury it in rhetoric.
Well, now, shouldn't a minister
congregation be his friends? Shouldn't
they have the right to have that
thought presented to them in the same
simple, friendly fashion? What have
they done to deserve that he should
offer them the thought SO completely
surrounded by words, so obscured by
rhetoric. by gestures and posturing
that Oftentimes they don't get it at all
What have the congregation done?
Well, the've put the minister in the
strait-jacket of a set form. They
have prescribed that his sermons shall
last a certain time and so they get
sermon which lasts a certain time,
irrespective.
Do you know I think it would be
beautiful if the minister should stand
up and speak just as long as it took
him to give US his thought simply and
forcibly and clearly, and then sit down.
What would we do with the rest of
the time? Well, if we must fill GER
tain set time with our worship there
are many ways.
fsBeethoven's sixth sonata said
Stevenson. has done me more good
than all of the churches in Christen-
DOM
Why not have Beethoven's sixth So
nata q use this merely as the symbol
of the beautiful music that is a form
of Worship played?
Or train the congregation to sing
some of our fine OLD hymns in a way
that shall thrill and inspire them as
congregational singing should
Or let the minister or someone else
with the gift of musical speech read
some of the finer passages from the
Bible.
Or let the minister tell us of some
inspiring deed he has read or heard of
during the week. Reading about the
man who gave up his fortune to the
families of the girls who were burned
in his factory thrilled and inspired me
as much as a sermon.
The main functions of religion. as
see them, are to give us peace and
make us want to be better.
Surely whatever form of church SER
vice can accomplish these ends is SUI
perior to any form of service that fails
of them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27

The wardenship of the Kansas PEN
itentiary may be the "lemon" that
Jerry Botkin characterizes it, but Kan
sas has yet to see political patriot in
any party who has not been keen to
squeeze it. In fact there is always
big scramble for the job among the
deserving faithful" And were there
not lot of political juice in this said
'1emon" the chances are that the
powers-that-be in Kansas now would
not be trying to pry Mr.. Botkin loose
from his hold on it. He, too, seems to
be reluctant to give it up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27

Germany may be able to give sat
tsfaction to the United States relative
to the destruction of the Arabic that
will be sufficient to ward off a rup-
ture between her and this nation, but
no satisfaction that Germany can give
can recall the lives of the American
and other non-combatant citizens who
went to their death with the Arabic
ana the Lusitania- These murders
will ever stand against Germany as an
indictment of engaging in type of
warfare that was as unnecessary as
it was brutal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27

Just imagine going to your door
ano saying to your milkman: ssstoD a
pit. want milk from that third
spotsr'-wouldn't it seem f,Innv3
BUT the people who are used 10 that
method think their way is the ve,-,,
pest or all For in that way they get
their own pals. And the preff1 utt1a
goats can be heard every mornins-
as they gaily clatter, clatfer mn tbs
village streets-they must like deiiv-
tentedIyl % con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal away
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Advance payment 10 requested on these
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27

Placing the ban on the use of in
toXicants. either by the operators or
passengers of jitneys. is one of the
reasonable provisions of the Topeka
jitney ordinance that is in the pro-
cess of formation. Experience has
taught pretty forcefully that booze
and gasoline don't mix at all or with
any degree of safety
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27
On the Spur
of the Moment
BY ROY X. MOULTON.

That Vacation.
Same old skeeters,
Same old chuck,
Same old fishing,
Same old luck.
Same old beaches,
Same old skies,
Same old peaches,
Same old flies.
Same old dances,
Same old moons.
Same old string bands,
Same old tunes.
Same old hammockS,
Same old swings,
Same old camp fires,
Same old things,
Same old widows,
Same old girls,
Same old face tints,
Same old curls.
Same old rowboats,
Same old sands,
Same old blisters
On the hands.
Same old backache,
Same old fleas,
Same old gossip,
Same old wheeze.
Two weeks outing
Fades from view;
Same vacation,
= Nothing new.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27

Turkeys cup of trouble appears to
be running over. A powerful tribe
of Arabs has launched a revolt against
the Ottoman empire. The predAc-
tions of several months ago that TTr-
keys entrance into the war means
the end of Turkey in Europe, at
least, seem to grow more certain of
fuIfillment daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-27

Lightning is reported to cause as
much as % per cent of the fires in
Kansas. A large part of the other 75
per cent is due to the carelessness and
negligence of the people whose prop
erty is destroyed by flames. And Fire
Marshal Hussey points out that a
large part of the fire loss due to
lightning can be avoided through the
use of the right kind of lightning rods