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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

A chicken becomes a hen after she
gets married.
An Atchison woman is so ugly her
husband backs into the house.
A lot of men preach Brotherly Love
to strangers and kick their own
brothers.
Many times a doctor pronounces it
malaria when he knows it is only
hook worm.
Piscatorial is another word report
ers are shy about using, even after
they know the meaning of it.
A forced laugh is like a forced to-
mato after it has failed to attract a
buyer at a grocery, and has been
thrown out.
IT have Observed said a man to-
day, that after a man gets an auto
mobile he feels that blue grass thriVeS
best If permitted to go to seed now and
then"
Son." said an Atchison father to-
day, you have been such a spend
thrift that 1 have left you only 81 in
my will" Well replied his son,
give me the dollar now"
Speaking of the range in fashions.
A woman was on Commercial street
yesterday in furs, while another was
on the street in hers, and by the way,
that was about all the second one had
on.
What has become of the o1d-fash-
toned man who believed baths were
weakening? While of course there
are still some who are strong in one
way and another because they don't
battle often enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
If you have to do things over, 1t
isn't necessary to overdo them.
Many a man draws on his magma
ton, but it's poor bank account.
You never can tell. 1t isn't always
the high flyer who gets to the top.
don't put it off till you forget how.
A mans good and bad points are
seldom demonstrated by good luck and
bad habits.
If you can't keep body and sole to-
gether. it's a good plan to consult a
shoemaker.
From the tippler's point of view
none are so blind as those who refuse
an eye-opener.
Some men climb upward and some
are on the down grade. Others re-
main neutral and are on the level.
Nell-''Mr. Harduppe certainly has
a vivid imagination" BELIEVES, he
even talks about love in a cottage"
Some people believe everything they
see, and nothing they hear. 1t is
more pleasant to overlook our faults
than to overhear them.
Il suppose you have to exercise a
great deal of discipline here" said the
prison visitor. "Oh, yes" replied the
jailor. Il can't afford to let my pris-
oners get too free with me-"
Success is mental rather than ply
sical," said the Wise Guy. II don't
know about that" objected the Simple
Mug. 1t generally means that man
has either lot of backbone or a lot
of cheek
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
EU ening Chat
Buying Clothes on Schedule.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Buying CIOtQcS on SCneQuIe.
Do you buy your clothes on sched-
That is. do you plan at the begin
ming Of the season exactly what
clothes you need and when and where
to buy them at the best advantage?
And, having made such schedule, do
you keep reasonably close to it, or do
you let yourself be beguiled from it
by any passing fancy?
For two years I've wanted one of
these flat sailor hats a girl said to
me the other day.
Then why don't you get one?'' I
asked She is girl who has a COM
Portable amount of money to spend
on her clothes.
well, last year 1 had planned to
buy. one and L fell in love with a
stunning leghorn and it cost so much
that I had to make my year before
hat do for every day. And then this
year L had the money laid aside to
buy the sailor and what did I do but
get crush on a little lavender chip
hat 1t is a dear hat, but it wasn't
at all the thing I needed, or really
wanted. 1 knew it before I got it
home, but I bought it at a sale and 1
couldn't change it. I'm always do
ing things like that"
She sighed, and 1 laughed. Not be-
cause 1 didn't sympathiZe with her,
but because she described such a
common experience.
The average woman has a limited
frequently very limited-amount of
money TO spend on her wardrobe.
She can't afford to spend carelessly,
or fmpulsively. And yet how few
women plan the expenditure of their
clothes money systematically and car
ry it out efficiently.
OF course, a schedule is not thor
oughly efficient unless you permit it
to be modified when good cause
arises. But a crush on a pretty dress
which does not fit in with the rest
OF your wardrobe, a passion for some
garment to expensive that you will
have to curtai1 all the rest of your
plans, it not a good cause.
In planning ones wardrobe for the
summer 1 think one should first of all
into your own life for the summer
Picture your daily occupation and
imagine what kind of clothes you will
need the most. The average woman
doesn't buy what she needs, but what
she needs most, and so her problem is
one of selection and elimination
Next, plan your color scheme. A
friend of mine has decided that the
dark blue, for dark things, and law
ender, for light gowns, and she al
most never wears anything but these
two colors. OF course, this results in
monotony, but on the other hand it in
sureS her becoming clothes and is less
expensive because, if your clothes all
follow the same general color scheme
they can be carried over from season
to season more successfully
I suppose many women will laugh
when 1 suggest that having made
these plans, you put them on paper in
a definite schedule. covering colors,
style and price you can afford to pay.
Perhaps such a business-like proceed
| ing is funny, and then again perhaps
| it isn't
| How shall you know? Well, my
friends, that's part of your business
as the manager of the family money.
All responsible positions demand the
| ability to make decisions How wise
ly you decide is the measure of your
| fitness.
RUTH CAMERON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

WHAT MATTERS 1T?
What matters it that all the skies were
And black the night and tense?
with morning came the singing of the
And joy for recompense.
What matters it that ever day by day
Up rugged slopes we fare?
Do not Loves roses blossom by the way
And sweeten all the air?
Lies pathway is a toiIsome one 1 know.
Th1ck strewn with many a thorn;
But oh, the Joyance of the noontide glow
And rosy smile of morni
And slacken near the goal
But one clear bird song seems to lift the
And cheers the fainting soul.
And so what boots 1t though the skies
And black the night, and tense
since morning brings the singing of the
And joy for recompense?
one day of golden summer amply paws
For winters storm and sting;
One brief hour of pleasure well outweighs
Long weeks of sorrowing!
Richard Braunstein, in Farm and Home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
Kansas Comment
MORE DISAPPOINTMENT.

When the European war broke out
the cry arose in this country ''See
America now" and it was hoped that
because the European tours were
stopped there would be a rush to visit
American sightseeing points. Now
most people are content to stay at
home and sleep under blankets at
night. 1t was also believed a few
months ago that the crops produced
this summer would break ali records,
but Fate had a hand here and cut
down the production materially. The
railroads, which expected to haul I'M
precedented passenger trains and un-
heard of freight loads, are doomed to
disappointment Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

According to Count Won Bernstorff,
Germany will welcome arbitration Of
all the questions that the war has
developed relative to the rights of
neutrals on the seas. But the impor-
tant question is as to whether or not
Germany is willing to give assur-
ances that she will observe the exist
ing tenets of international law relative
to these rights while the questions
in dispute are being arbitrated. Ar
bitration of these questions is impos-
sible, if, ad interim, Germany is to
continue to wage the kind of subma
rine warfare against merchant ships
that she has been.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News

From the Chicago News.]
A lazy man makes much ado about
nothing.
Men. like pins. are no good if they
lose their heads.
Opportunity never troubles man
if there is nothing in him.
Women do not like new wrinkles
any more than they do old ones.
The early bird that monkeys with
the early bee is apt to get stung.
Those who suffer in silence usually
have a lot to say about it later.
The man who says he is glad he is
married is either an optimist or a liar.
But it is better to quarrel over
trifles than over something of real i'm
portance.
Poverty is said to be a sure cure for
dyspepsia, but the cure may be worse
than the disease.
What would the world do without
woman? Nine-tenths of the dry goods
stores would go out of business, for
one thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
THE OLD, OLD MEXICAN STORY.

Carranza is in possession of the
City of Mexico again, it is true. But
the indications are that he will have
to put a most vigorous defense to
retain it. The news is that Villa
forces are bent on wrestling it from
him. In other words, the Mexican
story of today is the same old story
that has been developed from time to
time since the assassination of Ma
dero and the subsequent elimination
of Huerta from the Mexican drama.
And it will undoubtedly be the story
of tomorrow, and as long as the
'swatchful Waiting of Uncle Sam is
continued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

And the great conflict in Europe is
also a war of words. Austria has
just issued another ponderous volume
which she labels Red Book, a char
acterization, by the way. that is signif-
icantly appropriate of the CORY strug-
gle in which she is participating, and
in which she charges that all the rules
of war have been broken by the Allies.
AS a matter of fact. each of the
nations engaged in the Great War
seems to interpret the rules of war
as permitting it to do exactly what
it pleaSeS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

Should the London Times be cor
rectly informed as to a declaration OF
the Kaiser that the war will end in
October, it follows naturally that the
German emperor is firm in a behe1
that the Teutonic allies will have con-
vincingly defeated all their enemies
by that time. But this would seem to
border on the impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

s0Tflcy are nlinc!" cried Mistress Neil
Proudly.
land master and mistress will need
no other pets"
So he faithfully helped Mistress Nell
raise her family. They slept by him
and followed him all over the place.
He helped her train them in the way
they should go-and in the way they
should not go-which was quite as in,-
portanti And he was as kind and
helpful as he could be. Jack and
Emma were so pleased that they made
a fine new dog-house big enough for
all seven-Shep, Mistress Nell and the
kittens-and there were no more pets.
.(Copyright-Clara Ingram Judson.J
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal away
from home during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day to any
address at the rate of ten cents a week OF
thirty cents a month (by mail onlY). Ad-
dress changed often desired. While
cut of town the State journal will be to
you like daily letter from home.
Advance payment IL requested on these
short time subscriptions, to save bOokkeep-
Ing expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
From Other Pens
PERvERs1oN OF BOOK TASTES.

PERvERSION OF BOOK TASTES.
A picture in Life presents a most
clever satire on the superficial char
acter of present day book reading.
Two open-shelf sections of public Ii
brary are labeled to indicate the con-
tents. A StudiOus, sober-faced old
man, looking through his spectacles,
is porting over a well-fiEed stack
neatly labeled Shakespeare, Haw-
thorne, Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot. At
the other side is a variegated lot of
men and women, young and old
scrambling for a pick of the books
remaining on depleted shelves bear
ing the illuminating names Myrtle
Mush, The Countess Katherine Kiss
more, Natalie Mutt. Translated into
word drawing, the good old substan-
tial works of what are known as the
standard authors remain Undiscovered
and readerless, mere reminders of by
gone days, while the effervescent.
sentimental, passing. transitory output
of the so-called popular authors have
their brief run one after the other
because they appeal to passing fancy
or happen to hit upon a fashionable
fad Is the picture overdrawn? Per-
haps. But alas! there is much more
truth than poetry in it.-Omaha Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
GETTING AT THE TRUTH.

One can get almost any proposition
into controversy, and when it is there
that ends it, SO far as truth is con-
cerned. You can get up a dispute on
anything, and weaken the truth there
by. One can take two and two and
make four or the whole is equal to
all it's parts into controversy, and very
soon some people will begin to lose
faith in them. Just get up contro-
versy about some matter and the truth
will leave you to yourself. Lug in a
lot of one-sided facts and there is no
end to the dispute. Controversy is
only moderate quarreling and always
ends like a quarrel It is the same
in court, in pulpit, in office, in legis
lature. The more we discuss the far
Their we get from the truth. If you
want to dim a truth, begin to discuss
it. All the great facts of history
have been disproved. An accepted
idea of one generation is given up the
next, for the reason that it is the
emanation of a particular state of fact
belonging to that generation. We
would just as lief get stuck in a swamp
as to get into a controversy with
man. We are perfectly sure neither
side is right, because each side relies
upon it's own set of facts.-Ohio State
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

Great news for the little toes with
big corns on them. All of the impor-
tant associations engaged in the shoe
trade in this country have Joined
hands in placing the taboo on freak
shoes and will put out shoes in the
future that are built only along nor
NAL and sane lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

Although the lawyers insist that 1t
is almost impossible to tell what a
jury will do, the opinion has been
pretty general that the first time
jury was given the opportunity to pass
on the sanity o. Harry Thaw, since his
Incarceration in Matteawan, it would
declare him to be sane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

Tip O'Neill, the absentee president
of the Western league, declares that
his umpires are all right and abso-
lutely competent to discharge their
duties. How does he know? He sell
dom, if ever, sees them work. Chi
cago is many, many miles from the
nearest Western league town and Tip
sticks as close to Chicago as the
chigre does to the meat it likes best.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
SOME CHEwERS.

1t has been observed that the Amer
lean people chew enough gum each
year to build three modern battie-
ships. And it might be added that the
same bunch chew enough rag on
the subject each year to clothe a re-
spectacle standing army. If the worst
comes it will only be necessary for us
to sacrifice a little of the pleas
ures of chewing in order to put UP the
greatest fighting front in the world.
Hutchinson Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

German efficiency is apparently not
confined to any one field. Reports
from Berlin are to the effect that her
financial status is in just as good shape
as her armies, and that it will be able
to hold up it's end of the game until
a complete victory perches on the Ger
man standards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

Harry Thaw is free. at last. But
this is not so important, except to
him, a is what he will do with his
freedom Probably he could best
please the most people by retiring
from the hmelight for all time.
They've already heard more than
enough of him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
sHEP Statistic HIS MASTER
. Clara ln&ramJOdscn =

kittens Shep had ever seen. They
are mine'' cried Mistress Nell proud
ly, "all mine!"
'Then I'll help you take care of
them cried Shep with a glad bark;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
On the Spur
of the Moment
The Bluegiu.
By ROY X. MOULTON.

Inc B1ueg1u.
When the blpegill are a-bitin' and the bait
1t is then the restless spirit gets its grip
You kin have ali Of your brook trout and
There Is just one kind of fishin' in the
DOM, care for fancy tackle. just good
And a hook and line to drop in some
prolific hole.
Now Of Of al the sports a-goin', I consider
To sit right there a-fishin' till the sun
sets in the west.
cam, IT, always syso sometimes tell if I will
Most gent,ally I don't, but that don't
You see l don't go for the fish so much
as for the chance
y. view the vast expanse
or heavens blue and see the clouds go
sa1lin' by all day.
homeward way.
I pass right by. a butcher shop and my
bluegi1 from a sturgeon, so that's how
come to go.
-Thump -rattlety bangF' went the piano:
ca What on are ~ YOU trying to play, Janet"
Its an exercise from my new instruc
ton book, First Steps in Music,'" she an
Well, I knew you were playing with
SO heavily on the keys-it disturbs my
Contributed.
t1ghtwad once met a soubrette,
dainty. cute thing called Yvette;
He asked her to dine,
But when she mentioned wine,
He fled-and he's on his way yet!
An esthetic young maid called Cora
Had a very devoted adorer;
He'd million or more
And cars by the score
If floor
l.. l.. r.
Uncle Abner.
This is certainly an ungratefui
world. AS soon as a Teller dies, the
relatives all rush to the newspaper
and put in a card of thanks.
There are only two kinds of women
in this world that are hard to under
Stand-the married ones and the sin
gle ones.
Lem Higgins says if them Ameri-
can helresses are so crazy after fur
rim coronets, he has got a good B
flat, that was made in Germany, for
sale cheap.
A la carte is one of the greatest
causes of dyspepsia in this country
and old-fashioned cooking is the best
cure.
William Tibbits our postmaster and
proprietor of the general store, always
reads all the pust cards that pass
through our midst. Mrs. Anse Frisby
called at the store some time ago and
ordered among other things, a ham
and two pounds of cheese. Two days
later she called at the store and asked
why the goods had not been delivered
and Tibbitts said: II saw by the pust
cards you got that your friends wasn't
comm, SO 1 naturally thought you
wouldn't need them things"
1t Happened in Our Town.
II don't believe L can invest any
money in the motion picture bust
ness" said the local banker when i'm
portuned for a loan. THE business
is too ephemeral."
Well" replied the would-be movie
owner. I'VE have got to cater to the
women a good deal, you know"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

81 have. come to ask the hand of your
daughter in marriage, sir" why do you
ask me?'' Aren't you her father" Yes,
but I'm the kind of father who would
hesitate to join a club without my daugh-
ter's consent rmingham Age Herald.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Association.
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contributed.
A tightwad once met a soubrette,
A dainty, cute thing called Yvette;
He asked her to dine,
But when she mentioned wine,
He fled-and he's on his way yeti
An esthetic young maid called Cora
Had a very devoted adorer;
He'd a million or more
And cars by the score,
But his GRAMMAR 1t simply did floC
l.. L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
1t Happened in Our Town.

81 don't believe L can invest any
money in the motion picture busi-
ness" said the local banker when i'm
portuned for a loan. THE business
is too ephemeral."
Well" replied the would-be movie
owner, I'VE have got to cater to the
women a good deal, you know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

Noisy FoOtnotes.
Thump- rattlety- bangr went the piano.
What are you trying to play, janet"
called out her father from the next room.
Its an exercise from my new instruc-
ton book, First Steps in Music," she an
swered.
We'll, / knew you were playing with
your feet" he said grimly, but don't step
SO heavily on the keys-it disturbs my
thoughts"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17

RUTH CAMERON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-26
WHAT'S DOING TONIGHT

Sunday revival. tabernacle. 18TH ana Vine
streets: $50 o'clock. Free.
University OF Pennsylvania class OF 1915
dinner, AdslPhia Hotel; 9:3o O'clock 100
Ohio Society dinner. Adelphla Hotel; $50
Bets Beta Theta Phi dinner, Adslphia Hs,sl; 7
Norwegian consuls' dinner Adslphia Hotels
omar night, Adelphia Hotel: to / O'Clock.
Smoker. Robert Morris Club. 126 North 18th
'syimposinm st on animal Experimentation in
Adyancing Practical Scienee'' Society OF
Normal ard Pathological Physiology Lecture
Room 3. New Medical Iaberatorles Uniyer-
Studies, Girls High School. Spring Garden
5iav Handy Andy,F Hayerford School
students. Merton Cricket Club. s O'clock.
Iectufa on tPhilipplnes." BY Arthur Stanley
Riggs. DFexel Institutes O'clock Free.
Dinner Princeton Club OF Philadelphia. Bel
play. ,'J"hn barleycorn," Bryn hawr Thea
Exhibition Of PAINTINGS. Plastic Club; 8
RsS5ing from ''Plekwiek." b. Frank
EnsaIght Withefspeon Hall o elaeki
PLAYS ana Players. New Century club,
sssast ssasast s11ssf 1eaafslIss q % Bssss stat
-f,eaiiirs Fashlon a Art Arthur HsahsF
Aaaaans II che Flas Ana. 8 cIeek
EaHa HaFlH Hna daHee. Auefleau SallaAa =
HslfaEaIHf5 faH HaflHAaet4 s4eeA
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-26
Boy Scout to Become Poet?

Inspired by the balmy airs of spring
which he encountered on his l4-mile hike
test for the frst-class scout badge, Scribe
William q. Porter, Troop 90, is contem-
plating writing a poem on Spring"
Scout Porter and Scout David Rothheld,
of the same troop, passed their hike test
Sunday by clipping off the required Il
miles between S3d and York streets and
Indian Rock along the Wissanickon.
Porter describes the hike as follows:
Probably the most interesting things
we saw were the unmistakable signs of
spring. Had we desired, we could have
easily counted dozen couples enjoying
the weather. Again, there were the nu-
merous horsemen, whose steeds seemed
to recognize q relative in my companion,
as did all the other animals we met-with
the exception of two little dogs, who
absolutely refused to admit any klnship
At ene Valley Green Hotel we stopped
70 dine, as did the ducks wadng about
near our bench. Probably they had had
many better feeds, but they seemed TO
enjoy the banquet held for their benefit
and ours
1--WE followed the river drive until we
reached that magnificent Indian who
watches, and watches tirelsssly. day and
night We carefully Inspected him and
made several efforts TO get acquainted,
but ne did not move an inch. Most like
ly he, too, saw the numerous signs OF
spring and. busily Watching for her ar
rival. was too occupied to see u.s."