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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

cial plea support TO- the Palmer
Owen federal child labor Bit now be-
fore congress. In the hope that many
people will SEQ In Child Labor Day an
opportunity to write their congress-
men urging tho immediate passage Of
the bill. With the federal child labor
bill favor ~ reported by the house
committee ON labor and supported by
congressman of all arties. It IL hoped
that Child Labor Day this year will
prove . national expression Of belief
in tho vital need Of protection for the
working child.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15
EUening Chat
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Lets Pretend" and "SOme Day"
There, that's 1iiy house, heard
young girl on the1trol1ey say to her
companion, eagerly leaning forward
and pointing outN pretty saittle brown
frame house with brety ssrden.
Your house ?',s blankly, from him.
"Yes, you know, the house chose.
We girls have to take this long ride
every day and we amuse ourselves by
each picking out our favorite house.
We pass through several towns and I
have house in every town. It's
great fun We take such an interest
in Them"
The girls companion listened to this
outburst with an air somewhat SUI
perior, somewhat amused, but not at
all Interested. When he spoke 1t was
to change the subject. ~: {,
Without knowing one thing more
about those two people, felt assured
from that scrap OF conversation that
they were not meant for each other,
and hoped that L was not witnessing
a budding romance = For 1t was plain
to see that she was a citizen Of a
country that he never could and never
would care to- senter-the beautiful
land Of lets pretend"
Wonderful Land OF Lets Pretend"
| If all the happiness in the world
comes from real pleasures and alb the
happiness that comes from antfcipa-
ton and from just pretending could
be compared, I wonder which would
be the larger accumulation.
| Not to know the way into the land
of lets pretend or having once
known. it to have forgotten 1t as one
travels farther from the east" IL one
Of the greatest tragedies in life.
The hack of money can rob you of
some pleasures; the lack Of health and
vitality or Of congenial companion
rob you of all the happiness to be
found in the land Of s"fet's pretend"
II you keep the key to the gate of
that wonderful country in your heart.
| Journeys That Cost Nothing.
| 1 know a girl who IL passionately
fond of travel and cannot afford half
enough of it to satisfy her craving.
yet she is not; unhappy or dissatis-
fred, for she Is q, citizen Of the land OF
lets pretend and during the long
stretches that elan9e between her trips
she keeps herself happy by collecting
time tables and steamer schedules and
Baedeckers and planning wonderful
trips. She may take them some day
and she may never take them. but the
happiness of planning and pretending
and anticipating - hers, and nothing
can take it away.
| Again know two young folks who
can find infinite diversion in porting
over their catalog of musical records
and compiling fascinating lists Of the
records they are going to buy when
their ship comes in
child without toys is considered a
pathetic sight. but to me he Is no more
pathetic than the grown man or wom-
an who does not know how to play
with the wonderful playthings OF
''iets pretend" and ''someday."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

In his inaugural address. Governor
Clarke of Iowa. devoted considerable
attention to the European war and the
Everlasting peace on earth that he Is
h,,re it will bring about. This is rem
lniscent of one of the messages ex-
Governor Foss of Massachusetts sent
10 his legislature after he had been
mentioned as a possibility for a Dem
ucratic presidential nomination. 1t was
devoted almost exclusively to a discus
saon of the tariff, the trusts and other
national questions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15
Journal Entries !

Any number Of folk are utter stran-
gers to real thoughts.
Mans will is a weak thing when q
woman gets busy with 1t.
When a fellow is not feeling well time
ambles along with q laggard's legs.
What one man loses another wins.
but that isn't a very consoling thought
for the losers,
. . =
That Representing theory il Sanoth-
err of those fine ones that are dihicult
to put into practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15
HEALTH IN OUR ARMY.

The report Of the surgeon-general
Of the army for 1914 is a document of
unusual interest. The outline of the
report in the letter Of transmissal
states that the non-effective rate for
disease ~ 1913 (the calendar year
covered by the report) is 1897 a
thousand, the lowest rate ever record
ed for our army. This rate indicates
the average number Of men in every
thousand incapacitated for duty each
day during the year. The death rate
for disease was PSI, the total number
Of deaths being 397. 40 of which were
from tuberculosis. % from pneu-
monia, II from nephritis and 5 from
organic heart disease. Probably the
most interesting portion Of the report
is that dealing with the control Of
preventable diseases. The record
made in our army in the obliteration
OF typhoid fever has become a sub
ject Of worldwide comment among
military and sanitary authorities.
Only three cases Of typhoid fever oc-
CURED in the army during 1918; two
were in recently enlisted recruits who
were admitted to the hospital with
the disease inside Of the first six days
of service. while in the third case,
only partial immunity through vac
cination had been established. All
three Of these patients recovered. By
in 1912, there were 18 cases with 3
deaths; in 1911. "A cases with s
deaths; in 1910, 142 cases and 10
deaths, and in 1909, 173 cases with
16 deaths. Among all the troops
scattered along the Mexican border
and in large camps in Texas, not a
single case of typhoid has occurred
in an inoculated man since June 4,
1912. This means that typhoid fever
as a military disease, as an accompan-
iment of military service and camp
life. is practically a thing of the past.
Only those familiar with the awful
ravages of this disease in all previous
wars under all conditions in which
large numbers of men were herded
together under unfavorable conditions
can appreciate the enormous econom-
ic and military value of this fact
The report is full Of interesting data,
so numerous as to make it possible to
refer only to the most interesting.
The medical department Of the army.
June 80, 1914, consisted of 426 medi-
cal officers. 81 reserve officers. 16 con-
tract surgeons, % commission dental
surgeons. 80 contract dental sur
geons. The remainder Of the 5,O44
persons connected with the depart
ment were army nurses and members
of the hospital corps. OF the 10 can
didates who had passed the prelimi-
nary examination for appointment to
the medical corps. II successfully
completed the course of instruction in
the army medical school and 16 were
recommended for commissions. The
library of the surgeon-generaIs office
contained on June 30, 1914, 219,49l
volumes and 30,32O pamphlets on
medical and surgical subjects. The
army medical museum contains A.
12O specimens. Reports from the va
rious hospitals. laboratories, terri
tories and provinces are all of great
interest and impress the reader with
the wide range and scientific thor.
oughness of the work done by ouI
army medical corps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

Why not include county officials in
the proposed amendment to the con-
stitution fixing the tenure Of state
pf{ices to a single term of four years?
Even alone the suggestion is Of much
merit and worthy of the careful con-
MODERATION Of the legislature. But II
it included county ofnces it would likely
be more popular with the mass OF peo-
ple. To say that they are tired and
sick Of the incessant boiling Of the
political pot il to express their senti-
ments conservatively. The plan. also
would not only save the people a goodly
sum of their public funds 1t would
Also tend to more efficient service ON
the part Of those elected to state and
bounty offices. AS it now y. as soon
As a successful aspirant for Office gets
6n the Job. his chief concern il to OBJ
tain q second term. And he usually
devotes several months Of the last year
Of his first term to little else than cam
paigning for the second one. An ade-
ouate recall law IL all the safeguard
heeded against an officeholder taking
advantage Of q long term to render
etthee Lax or dishonest sarvice.
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Kansas Comment
THINx rfIIe OVER,

When q newspaper gives you . 1Oe
Of free advertdning In order to boom
some concert or entertainment -
which you are interested. keep track
OF the lines printed week by week
q. multiply that number BY the reg
ular advertising rates OF the paper
Compare the results with tho actual
money value OF any favor that you
&c. from any other business concern
Then take into consideration the fact
that Advertising Ind circulation are
the only tWo thinen that Newspaper
has to sell. Nodes N these days q
higher prices how Wuch do ron think
C0urant. = =. y g
A FEE. FOR DELIvE1sX. -
So long a. marchants ofEer ..ffeo da1iv.
ery'' Of merchandise, there WI b tA1n-
fairness and injustice: to both cMsomsr
because many OF them feel obliged .
accept q very expensive service which
they do not especially need or care for.
called upon to make no many usyless trips.
all Of which must cost somebody lot Of
money. The free delivery service IL q
wastefu, Wien each merchant does It III
himself. The only logical delivery services
il cooperative In its nature, Tor by CO.
operative 1t 10 possible to avoid expensive
Many merchants are coming to the opin-
ion that the only fair and equitable way
to handle the delivery question 10 e
charge q small Tee. merely big enough
pacIxsxe delivered. Some Of the grocers
stores are already working. ON this basis
In Topeka there are several stores which
charge nickel TOR delivery Their price,
are all based on the primary assumpnoi
that no goods are to be delivered. Ths
scent Zee IL supposed to ctver the COY
Of delivery. Az q matter OF fAcsSxf
toward the mark. Furthermore by cha<g
ing definite fee for delivery. ana thereby
scgregating that expensive special service
and making It stand on it, own teet. IN,
kick Of the farmer who says he u re
quired to help pay for the free deliver!
| tho city folks enjoy.-Merchants journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

! Next to annexing as many fat legis-
1htive Jobs as he can for his consti-
tuenfs, the average legislators idea OF
his major functions seems to be to IN
produce as many bills as possible ana
20 deliver a speech about everything
In general and nothing in particular as
nften as he can get recognition from
The presiding officer. Af-~ 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

.sBy no possible stretch of the mag
ination can even a poet characterize
the spring that is soon to prevail IN
fhe European war zones as being OF
the gentle variety. Each OF the peille-
erents Il busy with plans now that
would make such a season Impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

s,War is even more terrible than an
Earthquake of the tremendous proper
hons that shook Italy so disastrousiy
ihe other day. Compare any section OF
Italy that was damaged by the earth
1uake with a similarly, large or small
urea of Belgium that has been ravaged
nv the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

Governor Blease would have rendered
6outh Carolina a larger service mao
he resigned his office five days after
Ms term began instead Of five days be-
R6rn II ended.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15
NULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
~ OF THE ASSOCIATED FREES

The state Journal IL a member OF the
xIe~rerh renorf of that great news or
Snixation. for the exclusive aftefnoo"
Publication in Topeka. g4.
The news Is received IN the state Sou.'
ii buiidinr over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

From the news relative to the oper-
ntions Of the Kansas legislature during
ats first few days, a stranger to Amer
lean legislative methods might draw the
conclusion that the major function OF
I legislature in this country is to dis
tribute it's patronage to the best ad-
Vantage of it's members and their par
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

lit may be all right for DR.. Tivnen
b Chicago, to define love as Anaphy-
laxis. But supposin' her namesis Hor-
hknse or Gwendolyn or Imogenesor even
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15
1t Happened in Mexico.

The weather forecaster was making his
report.
indications for the next twenty-four
hours he said, "are cloudy. with sii9ht
insurrections in the afternoon: clearing
toward night. Tomorrow cooler, with
growing temperature; probably revolt in
the evening. Public ledger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15
DORA's LESSON.

Dora had been in the habit Of using
things that did not belong to her. II she
wanted to play school she would go to tho
library and. without asking, take the pen
and ink to her playroom. and when her
mother wanted to use 1t of course 1t was
II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

;tIsn't it nearly time for folk to oesin
their worrying over the capers that tne
aroundhog may cut on Candlemas Day.
which happens to be less than three
weeks in the distance? f'tt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

II appears now that the auto
mobile hasn't even put crimp In the
buggy business. Statistics show that
the buggy sales in this country last
wear broke all previous records. and
reached the rather staggering total OF
1000. 900. However, this is not so strange
As 1t appears at a glance. There are
3ust as many young fellows and girls
to do their counting nowadays as evel
before. more in fact. And you CAM
drop the control OF an automobile ovel
the dashboard. or wind shield. and lei
the gasoline engine and front wheels
pluR along on their own hook.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15

MEMBER: ~lsss -....:
Associated Press.
Hndit bureau OF CALCULATIONS.
i American Newspaper Publishes As"
Notation. 8 si.ss-1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-15
From, Other Pens
GREAT BRITAIN AND, THE U. 8

The increasing friendliness OF Great
Britain for the United States has been
manifest, Of late, in the diplomatic re-
lations between the two countries.
But the restrictions on exports for
United States manufacturers, just re-
moved, is a sign not only of diplo-
matte friendliness, but of CONNER
cial good will. The British list of
expectations to be prohibited was is
sued nearly two months ago, and 1t
included many articles on several OF
which England and her colonies ex-
ercisde a practical monopoly. Users
Of rubber faced great embarrassment.
One firm, for instance, had planta-
lions in the Straits Settlements, but
owing to the British order. it was I'M
able to secure the products of its own
plantations. The arrangement now
reached will provide for the exporta-
ton Of certain articles which the
American manufacturers can show
they are badly in need. Tho action.
therefore. will greatly improve con-
ditions IN several important indus
tries-Boston Advertiser.
- AMERICAN DEFENSES "a
Persons who sing with the ultra
peace chorus and oppose the strength
ening of American defenses have On
object lesson at the moment In the
for torpedo boat destroyers to guard
the neutrality OF the canal zone and
it's approaches that it Is perilous not
to be strong enough for all emergen-
cies. The sieren song of the pacifists
is that preparation for war leads in
evitably in the direction Of war. But
is the burglar as likely to invade
premises he knows to be well guarded
as places he believes to be undefend-
ed? The British golfers which have
been acting extensively at the APP
proaches to the canal zone and In de-
fiance of the neutral position Of this
country have presumed to do 80 be-
cause Of their belief that the Ameri-
can government was not in a position
to deal with them adequately. And II
the United States deals adequately
with such offenders. what then? There
are possibilities of trouble in such
situations which appeal for American
defenses strong enough to compel
respect. = Pittsburg Chronicle-Teie-
graph. =
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-23
Copyright, 1918, Tacoma Times)

Copyright, 1918, Tacoma Times)
In my six months service in
the city council of Los Angeles l
have acted as president of the
council several times, appointed
not in Difference to my sex, but
in regular rotation with the men.
I was mayor of Los Angeles for
q day and a half, acting in the
absence of both Mayor Sebastian
and Martin F. Betouski, president
of the council, whose duty 1t
would have been, ordinarily, to
fill the mayors chair.
/ am chairman of the City
Welfare committee and have act
ed on nearly every official well
coming committee thus far ap-
pointed. II an eminent woman
comes to town it usually falls to
me to receive her.
At the mass meeting to decide
whether the San Diego fair should
be continued l was the only wo-
man speaker.
/ was the only woman speaker
at the concluding rally of Gov
ernor Johnson's campaign where
1000 people were present.
mention these things merely as a
matter of record, not to be egotis-
tical.
Finds Two Roads.
MY half year of service In pub
lie office has brought home one
fact with great force. 1t Is this:
Elected officials must choose
between an honest attempt to
carry out advanced ideas and a
consequent storm of misunder-
standing or they must decide to
slip unobtrusively through their
terms with the hope of attracting
as little attention as possible, 30
that the voters will return them
because they did nothing where
with fault might be found.
Women going into office dis
cover these conditions with
promptness.
They must then decide how
they will adjust themselves. VIII
they exhaust their strength try
ing to carry out the ideals they
were elected to express, or will
they adopt the methods Of their
brothers who, old and wise in
experience that comes Of much
buffeting, sit tight and work
stealthily?
Women Should Help.
The decision of the women Of
ficials will rest largely upon the
actions of her sisters who helped
elect her. II they sit silent when
she is criticized; IL they speak re-
gretfu1ly or are sorry that poor
so-ar-so has gone off at tangent
and Is wasting valuable time on
matters of no Importance" the
woman In office will begin to UNI
derstand and sympathize with the
tactics of the English milltants,
because, say what you will, II was
the heroism Of these women that
took the women's cause out Of the
comic supplement and gave Il .
place on the front page OF every
Newspaper In Christendom.
WHAT THE WOMAN IN OF
rlCG WANTS is CONSISTENT
6{]froRT FROM THE WOMEN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-23

That the only safe way to attend
to city business is to perform il
In a willy and surreptitious fash
lon-slip measures through when
the populace is looking the other
way or has gone to the Saturday
afternoon baseball game.
have learned, too, that not all
private interests are big intere.
sts.' Many are very small. But
the small ones raise as loud a
clamor as the big fellows and
sometimes they make nasty
fight.
Old Ideas Harass.
That women should be i'll in
formed on government affairs is
small cause for wonder, seeing
that but yesterday they were ad-
mitted to share in such activities.
The mistakes of the men come
from another cause.-The belief
that government is an arrange
ment among friends. whereby IA
vors are apportioned, jobs distrib-
uted and woes given personal at
tention.
1t is the old idea that belongs
to a regime fast passing, but 1t
still keeps enough life in its an
cient body to harass city officials.
To those cherishing memories of
the old program, civil service is
an undigested bit of freak legis-
lation,' which any councilman
can set aside at will.
The "Pie" Lovers Lament.
We of the council use tons of
energy vainly trying to make the
public understand that we have
no appointing power aside from
the right to choose a surgeon for
the receiving hospital. And we
would be happy not to have that!
When men call on me for city
jobs and l explain, they shake
their heads sadly and tell me that
l have no political influence and
that / must acquire 1t forthwith
or I will be defeated next time.
The women just as frankly tell
me that / can help them il l
want to.
Ito Be Continued
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-23
HORSES IN TEARS

Paris Nov 2o.By Mall-Runs weeping SHELF
by the Germans regiment French cavalry dis
back of the line of fire. August of caught the
i umes and waited them gently where
men were at their Suddenly without
eavalryman behed his horse burst
mad suddenly risen figure beyond possibilities
though In sudden sympathy the caaymen also burst into
tears The situation declared by the officers nced
IDLY iudcous The cavarymen mpeled such gales OF
laughter sight
tackled that the entire regiment easily been
wiped
So could be asceraned suffered
consequence avaled themselves
lege The distance the wind reduced
their
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-23

who Is serving a six months sem
tence In the county jail. will be
released for Christmas as result
Of Z plea made BY his little niece
to the governor.
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SAYS THE GIRL ON THE FILM

DIR. Daniel Riraud Elliott,
zoologist and writer of natural
history, died in New York last
night from pntumonia.
All British officers interned in
Holland will be released hence
forth on parole.
An automobile crashed into
the cable car last night at 18th
and Pacific ave., injuring Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Crosby and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Grim, all of Burnett, Wash.
DIR. Robinson, Dentist, Naticnsl
Realty building. adv.
Ed Anderson, laborer, was hit
by w. B. Goss' automobile and
avoided injury by hanging on un-
til the car was brought to stop.
Cut flowers and floral work
Him., florist, So. 18th and X. adv
U. s. cutters are searching for
the barge Potomas, reported
abandoned at sea off the Virginia
coast.
sTAN-.EY BEL. PRINTING co.
Twenty women began operat-
ing motor buses in Berlin. They
are the first women to be trusted
with this position of public safety.
Francis j. Honey, prosecutor of
San Francisco's graft cases. has
accepted the position OF city at
torney for Santa Monica.
Cut Flowers. Smith Floral Co..
1112 broadway. Main 4078. adv.
An English aeroplane, after
dropping several bombs on mu-
milton station near Bruges, met a
German aeroplane and battle to
death followed. Both machines
were wrecked and the occupants
killed.
Frank G. Riley. lawyer, has
moved to 519 Bankers Trust Bid.
adv"
Andrew Larson, aes 90, on
complaint Of his wife, was SEN
touCed IN norvc n. fho .if.< 4. a.
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Henry Camus and Susie Raw
mum. both Of Tacoma: Albert
Leve Of Portland and Hazel Yudi-
son Of Tacoma: Fred L. Jacobson
snd 81. stIns 4cc Pei both of 81.