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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-23

A complete line of Corsets,
Skirts, Muslin Underwear.
Towels, Bed Spreads, Pillow
Cases, Sheets, Trunks, Suit
Cases and Bags at a guaran-
teed saving of p to 80 per
cent.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-23

For years we have been supplying Garden Seed,
in bulk by packet, to hundreds of satisfied
patrons. This is garden making time and buying
fresh dependable seed here means that you have
taken out insurance policy covering the success
of your garden.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
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@A@ BY rms EANz4kKER
BY rms EAM4kHER

I'VE will plan the dresses tomor- >
row." her mother said when she kissed
her good night.
The next day Mary brought out four
dolls she had not played with in a
long time. their arms or legs or what
ever parts needed repair were patched
and then the dressmaking began and
at the end of the week, Mary had
two dolls fitted out with a complete
wardrobe, with her mothers help.
I'VE will take these to the home.
and then you can see just how much
pleasure your work has given" said
her mother.
How much Mary saw and how
good would take too long to tell, but
the children were SO pleased and Mary
felt so sorry for the motherIess and
hn ,,;+a little e+. ones that she vent
and all she had, and. best OF all, her
father and mother 's7T.s
Then the other dolls were dressed
and Mary and her mother bought a
dozen cheap dolls, to dress. for By this
time Mary was SO Interested I'm the
home and the children that. she unite
forg OF her playmates and being lnnelv
Books that needed meHdfhG ana
attic. repaired and taken to the, home I'd.
ana the summer paxsed - QuicK1y
that when her mother-said one morn
Ing. we must begin to think Of
cSAAoVh ASAS WSekE 8Q6. could not be.
iie We vacation wae over:
why, mother.s she said, IT have
been SO busy, have not missed the
That is because you have Thought
OF others and not about yourself" her
mother replied.
Mary had learned to sew and make
dolls clothes. which IL the first etan
toward making larger clothes. r. vo,,
see she had learned MANY fhtnc.
which little girls should know.
All through the year Mary gathered
from playmates all. their diecardeS
toys. dolls and books as well a. piece
OF ciotn and bits of trimming until
one OF the attic: rooms. in her home
lookeo IKE g junk shop. But at va
caaon TIME. when her playmates were
away, sne worked and the broken ana
discarded toys were taken to tha i,t4
tie cnildren at the home loolfn~ 81
most like new. a.
NARY never again knew what n ~.
70 De lonely or have nothing to do. ana
am telling you this story because W.
cation time will come and many Istt1~
elris ana boys. too, will be etavfnc =
none,- ana sometimes thew will SseL
Ior something to do: then thew -.
mink OF Mary and get out their hr.sn
Ken toys ana torn books, which - :,
pe repaired ana given to eome 1tts,.
10y OF e1rl who has none and viii 'he
made happy. Az %
And to make SOMEONE h.n,,,, :.
Of the greatest pleasures Il ~ y one
1oF you are far happier chan ~" 10
sc Wnom you give the pleasure. ~
u and see.-(Copyrieht iS1s ~
lecture NeWspaper SvnStcs..o y xne
I 10rk C1fy.1 - s'ySs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
QUAKER DECLARATIONS.

(From the Philadelphia Record.]
The sting of defeat isn't always as
smart as it sounds.
1t generally takes experience to
teach a man how little he knows.
About the only sure thing man
can bet on is that he is going to die.
When q man has a note to meet it
doesn't always come with a letter Of
introduction.
Rather than to be forced to NEEDLE
with the things that don't concern you.
don't get busy.
The church choir singer isn't the
only man in the world who pursues
the even tenor of his way.
I'm wine there is TRUTH" quoted the
Wise Guy. Eyes, one swallow makes
me feel like q bird" added the Simple
Mug.
The big potatoes get to the top of
the heap. ut they wouldn't be there
II it wasn't for the little fellows at
the bottom.
Blobbs@ girl is as pretty as
q picture" Slobbs-s'Whose picture
I'll bet she is never az pretty as a pic
ture OF herself"
Any practical philanthropist will tell
you that it is better to suffer from
| fatty degeneration of the heart than
from the same symptoms as applied to
the pocketbook.
| Muggins- old Bjones is suf-
fering from quick consumption" Bug
gins-'I thought his trouble was
merely Indigestion Muggins
that comes from the quick consump-
ton Of food.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

Most Of those who have gone the
pace are gone.
+ We are shown. "the worlds great
est" too often.
A mans friends always seem very
liberal when he can't eat.
The biggest joke is the man who
takes himself seriously.
A doctors confidence doesn't de-
pend on how much he knows.
Except in the field Of noise, a baby
is the most helpless creature.
No man can successfully disguise his
bald spot without keeping his hat on.
If you should ever be so foolish
as to write a letter you want burned,
burn 1t yourself.
1t doesn't hurt so much to be bluff
ed, if the buffer doesn't show you his
hand afterwards.
There is also the kind Of boy who
won't belong to the gang unless he
can be the leader.
Women are not so spirituelle but
what the party grub attracts more at
tention than the decorations.
The villain in tho melodrama also
has some difficulty trying to make
his glances as dark as his moustache.
Probably there is a good deal of
flapdoodle to your favOrite poem; SO
many people care for that sort OF
thing.
Ii the defendant isn't confident OF
is no such thing as justice in the
courts.
Telephone girls, no doubt. have
their troubles, and there are times
when the line is busy that we wish
them more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

CONGRESSIONAL BADGES.

The police stayed up at night in q
Maryland community to raid q pool
room. They gathered in sports OF
varying kinds and degree, among them
certain whisperers who claimed inn
munity upon the ground that they
were members OF congress. Con-
gresham Cary OF Wisconsin IL con-
WINGED these visitors were takers. They
were impersonating gentlemen too law
abiding and too fond OF their beds to
enter pool rooms. The incident has
moved him to introduce q bill calling
for the issue Of badges, such as those
worn by secret society members, iden-
tifying congressman and preventing
any such posing or impersonation Of
them as occurred in the neighboring
Maryland village. The idea il not
without merit. The badges ought to
do more than save congressman from
SANDER and undeserved criticism. It
is matter well known in lodge circles
that harum scarum young men have
mended their ways and notfceab1y inn
proved after a badge has been stuck
into their, .lapela. The buttons have
given them something to live up to-
They have been sobered and developed
into responsible minded cftizenA Why
should not q congressional badge do
as much for q representative or q sem
ator Toledo Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
Jayhawker Jots

Shut up your chickens, urges the
Ottawa Herald. One energetic hen
can play the very old scratch in q
neighborhood.
AS the Arkansas City Traveller ex-
plains: A man buys a hat that fits
his head; a woman buys one that fits
her pocketbOok.
War seems to be more potent than
yeast, remarks Dave Leahy in the
Eldorado Republican, In raising the
housewives loaf.
A young man seafching for a wife
with domestic tastes might gain an
Introduction, suggests the Lawrence
Journal-World. to Miss Kitchen Of
southern Kansas.
Within a week., notes Charlie
Blakesley in the Kansas City Star, rain
has fallen in central Kansas four days
necessarily. And he adds that II the
wheat growers are indignant they
manage to conceal the fact.
Hi Statzell says. according to the
Newton Kansan-Republican that
speaking of the war, there is enough
energy burned up in the newspaper
business in Kansas every day to whip
either side OF the belligerent parties.
One of the bloodiest battles of the
war has been fought in Champagne,
one of the provinces of France. notes
the Hutchinson Gazette, and, it adds:
Thus the crimson of war vies with
the red of wine In depOpulating the
devastated land" All of which is q
significant thought very POLITICALLY
expressed. only it happens that the
wine which takes its name from this
French province is white. or yellow
ish, or amber, but never red.
Atchison women are not "entertain-
ing now; it is Lent, says the Atchison
Globe. To be sure, in homes where
society reigns, every day or SO there
are a few tables of bridge whist pre-
ceding or following refreshments .
In cases where the guests do not play
bridge the guests arrive carrying work
bags, and the afternoon is spent in
work, talk and refreshments" Were
it not Lent, such an affair would be a
Kensington. Occasionally there is a
luncheon in.the homes of society wom-
en- at fhis season, but because It, il
Lent, none OF, these affairs get intQ. the
paper. So IL the society column is a
little du1ler than usual please be leni-
emit; the society reporter is keeping
Lent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

CFrom the Chicago News.1
Some men are born foolish and
some fall in love.
Silence is a virtue that is frequent
~ overlooked.
TITS never too late to lend'' is the
motto Of the chronic borrower -
Perhaps even the laundryman may
have too many irons in the fire.
Any man can start a woman talk
ing. but no man can stop her.
No, Maude, dear; free speech isn't
altogether limited to giving advice.
An old bachelor says that matri-
mony IL the best cooking school.
Virtue il it's own reward, and q
good bit Of it il counterfeit at that.
Some mems idea OF pleasure is to
do the things they can't afford to do.
Religion is good thing that never
cuts a wice swath in a horse trade.
It is easy for a man to behave after
he breaks into the has-been class.
Between the engagement and the
wedding, the man in the case is kept
guessing.
The man who flirts with trouble IL
apt to get it where Uncle Bill got the
carbuncle.
The average man displays lot OF
enthusiasm when he gets a chance to
t.-lk about himself.
A. girl never. fully, appreciates i
young man until some other girl tries
to get a corner on his affections.
An egotist is q man VINO insists on
telling you the things about himself
that you want to tell him about your
self.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
HOW OUR LANGUAGE GROWS.

Language can be made in the Ii
brary, no doubt, and in the laboratory
also, but it is most often and most
effectively created in the workshop
and in the market-place, where the
imaginative energy of our race ex-
presses itself spontaneously in swiftly
creating the lacking term in response
to the unexpected demand, writes
Brander Matthews in Harper's Maya
zine for March. Nothing could be
better, each in it's own way, than pic
turesQue vocables like scarehead and
loan-shark. wind-jammer and hen
minded, all of them American contri-
buttons to the English language and
all of them examples of the purest
English. Hen-minded Is an adjective
devised by Mr.. Howells to describe
those women who are so common
In all walks of life and who are made
up of only one aim at time, and of
manifold anxieties at all times
Scarehead and loan-shark are the
products of the newspaper office,
while wind-jammer was put together
by some down-east sailor-man. inher-
itor Of the word-forming gift Of his
island ancestors who helped to harry
the Armada. 'Wind-jammer," re-
marked Professor Gildersleeve,
trained by his intimate knowledge of
Greek to appreciate verbal vigor as
well as verbal delicacy, "Wind-jam-
mer is a fine word, grant, and so is
every -Anglo-Saxon compound that
grows and is not made"
But all new words are not of neces-
sity good words. Ben Jonson, who
was himself a frequent maker Of new
words, displayed his shrewdness when
he declared that Custom is the most
certain Mistress of Language as the
publicke stampe makes the current
money" adding as caution, "But
wee must not be too frequent with
the mint, every day coyning.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
COAST DEFENSE PROBLEM.

1t would appear that the time ap-
proaches for the advent OF larger
caliber guns in order to secure the
necessary longer ranges to compete
with the modern naval armament,
without disproportionate amount of
loss in the life of the gun, and it would
seem that it would be. pursuant to the
recommendation Of the chief Of the
coast artillery, the best policy not
to rush too quickly into a complete
rearmament of all our defenses. Thus
writes Lieut.. M. H. Thompson, in the
February number of the North Amer
lean Review, and he continues:
In the light of the advancement in
modern gun construction during the
past ten years, it is not without the
range of possibility that such an
armament constructed now would in
an equal time prove to be inadequate
to meet the defense required of it.
Would it not be better to provide each
modern fort with one battery of mod
ern high-power guns (the present
period points to 16-inch guns) and
pursue this policy during the periods
of advancement, discarding the old
and making way for the new and
modern equipment as time proves
necessary?
If this condition of affairs should
obtain, there would be at all times an
adequate defense against all corners
at minimum of cost and danger. It
is very probable. in the opinion of the
best authority. that one two-gun bat
terry of 16-inch guns on land, assisted
by the smaller guns emplaced. could
at any range hold it's own against a
very strong attack by the latest mod
ern dreadnoughts. This Is due to the
fact that the ranse-ffnding system on
land allows of great accuracy and the
level gun-platforms on land allow OF
much better craftsmanship than on
shipboard. 1t would be hard to est.
mate the relative value of land guns
, in terms of naval guns of the same
, caliber, but land gun should be more
. effective than numbers of it's sistel
! guns of the sea under ordinary condi.
TONS
The question. therefore. II not how
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
Evening Chat
Where Charity Begins Ends.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Where Charity Begins Ends.
One of my letter. friends writes mo
that she believes that sympathy with
the Belgians, expressed in charity, can
be carried too far. She cites the case
of woman she knows who has striv-
en- for years to keep her children in
school. This last winter she has been
forced to give up the battle, because
the people who formerly helped her
now help the Belgians.
Now feel for the mother. But I
also feel for the Belgians. I wonder
If, by any chance the people who with
drew their kindly aid from the for
mer and rendered it to the latter, are
in the same category as = man know
of.
This man is the head of a big cor
poration. He was approached last
winter by an acquaintance who want
| ed him to subscribe toward fund
she herself was raising to buy flour
time and energy. as well as money.
toward the project.
"wen.'' said the great man. "of
| course what you say about sufferinG
/ is true. But il give to the Belgians,
who is going to go without? I give to
such and such (naming half a dozen
personal or organized charities)
Which would you advise me to cut
! DOWN.
He thought of course, that he had
l
named were quite worthy. To turn
the money he usually devoted to their
| assistance to some other purpose
would most assuredly work hardship
And he leaned back and smiled, quiz
! zically. He had put his applicant in
| a hole.
Shame upon him! Here was q mil.
i lionaire-for he is all Of that and
/ more-who has his costly home, his
fine food, his automobiles, whose wife
i has jewelry worth thousands and
1 thousands of dollars. Yet so narrow
was his vision OF charity that he could
| not see how he could give money II
4 a time of unparalleled suffering with.
out taking it from some other charity
I He could not take q penny that would
Z spell a moment of comparative sell
Belgians. In fact he never ever
i thought of that.
say that the people who are taking
the ten dollars that formerly pur-
! chased some poor old woman's GOA
for the winter and are giving it to the
Belgians instead are not practfcinf
real charity. They are simply being
4 II the terrible sufferfngs of the Bel
/ gian women or the Belgian babies
make you feel so uncomfortable (az
i 1 hope they dol, that you feel yOI
must send something, do SO, by al
i means. But instead Of Withdrawing
your assistance from someone who
/ needs it as much now as ever, make
greater need than the world has evel
known before. real charity by depriv'
; ing yourself, and not somebody whf
depends upon you. -
4 Give not what you usually do-bu'
ian yoa can!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
CARRYING CHILDREN 10 SCHOOL

CARRYING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL
At least - states authorize the
transportation of pupils to public
schools at the expense of school dis
tricts, according to q bulletin by A. G.
Monahan of the United States bureau
Of education. In certain states trans
portation at public expense is per-
missive only, in others obligatory.
Ohio. for example. requires transpJr-
tation for children 2 miles or more
from the school, while other states
require transportation when the dis
lance is u miles or more.
In several Of the states, according
to the bulletin, the school authorities
may pay parents or guardians a fixed
amount per day for transportation.
while Maine, Vermont, Minnesota,
payment for room and board for pu-
pills in homes convenient to the
schools where the cost of so doing
does not exceed the cost of transpor-
tatiOn.
AS to the means Of transportation
the bulletin says: Sentiment seems to
favor the school wagon where prop
erly managed; yet while the wagon Is
the usual form of conveyance fur
nished. many children are transported
by steam railroads, electric cars. auto
mobiles. and even by gasoline
launches"
Competent drivers are essential In
any plan for transportation. The
character of the driver is SO impor-
tant that state legislation in some in
stances, for example Wisconsin, re-
quires that leach driver contracted
with must be of excellent moral
character. trustworthy, and respon-
sible, and must furnish safe team
with suitable conveyance. The kind
Of the wagons used is regarded as so
important that many states purchase
their own wagons and hire only driv-
ers and teams. THE best wagons"
declares the bulletin, .'are those where
there are glass sides instead of cur
tains." In cold weather rugs and lap
robes are used, and sometimes the
wagons are heated by means of oil
stoves. -.
The cost per pupil for transporta-
ton, as given by the bulletin, ranges
from 10 to- Is cents per day. The
average expense for the school year
is about $23 per pupil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

IAN "A NIT
When you get into Z rage
Hit the fol1les Of the age.
Hit the breeders Of Distress.
Hi the pulpit and the press.
Hit the hoWlers on the street.
H En- The The h 3.aI'f whom you meet
Hit the hobos ON the trail,
Hit the advocates; of peAce,
Hit the warlord's ducks and geese,
Hit the culprits hailed to court
Hit the cops who 60 1t blind.
Hit the burglars close behind,
Hit the doctors countless calls,
Hit the patent cure-a11e,
Hit the absent treatment fads,
Hit the humburg lfver-pad0,
Hit the fakes Of high finance.
Hit the zealots Of romance,
Hit the hOlier- than thous,
Hit the tenets they espouse,
Hit the race horse and the track,
Hit the jockeys, white or black,
HI the pool rooms and their tools.
Hit the orators who roar,
Hit the auditors who SnOre,
Hit the fOlunkies when they funk,
Hit the tunkshOps and their junk,
Hit the ball teams, bought and sold,
Hit the movies, new and old,
Hit the tippers and their tips.
Hit the sailors and their ships,
Hit the l0an-sharks and their balls,
Hit the Wall Street puts and calls,
Hit the takers and their fakes,
Hit the rakers with much-rakes,
Hit the bOOt-leggers and booze,
Hit the Gentiles and the Jews,
Hit the shoes with tooth-pick toes,
Hit the high heels and their woes,
Hit the wish bones, on the street,
Hit the gazeboos they greet,
Hit the wOe-begOnes, who wall,
Hit the TRUSTEES at the jail.
Hit the postage stamp that sticks,
Hit the ground-hog lunaticks.
Hit all else beneath the sun,
Inc h hn kv~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
MARY's VACATION.

Mary's father was not a rich man.
SO when vacation time came she did
not go to the country to stay all sum-
mer, as most little girls do. -.-
One day she came into the room
where her mother was sitting. Moth
er, / do wish I could go away in the
summer like other girls. 1t is SO lone
ly around here; am the only little
girl who stays at home" she said.
''Why don't you play with your dolls
or read a nice story book, you have SO
many books you should not be lone
w." replied her mother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

Just how the educational institu-
tons of Kansas are to be developed
to desirable proportions and to meet
their ever-increasing requirements
without additional equipment in the
way of new buildings, and especially
when their plants in this respect are
woefully inadequate, is a mystery. the
key to which is apparently in the
possession of the wise men in the
house of representatives. The least
they can do, though. is to let their
constituents In ON the secret.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

II am tired of playing with dolls
and have read all my books" replied
Mary. II want someone to play with -
TRY to do something to make
someone else happy" said her mother.
Il saw in one of the papers this
morning that home for poor chill
dren was in need OF playthings for the
little girls who. live there and have no
fathers OF Mothers"
what can I do to help them 20
asked Mary. Il have no money to
buy p1aythinEs, and my old ones are
not worth anything
I'm the first place you can get the
scrap bag. and we will see IL we can
es." said the mother. Mary ran and
got the bag and before long they had
cloth for dresses and underclothes and
trimming for both
Before Mary realized the time had
passed and her father came home Ter
supper, and she was % Interested 80
did not want to stop. 8 s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

was the first time he had ever seen
her confused. Suddenly she remem-
bored to hold out her hand. How
do you do. Mr.. Washburn? am
doing tho honrs today. Won't you
sit down."
You seem to be doing more than
honors, Miss Katrine. It makes me
ashamed Of my hardness. How IL
matism? Ii the baby q boy or a girl p
IT'S . girl" piped Lizzie, age ten.
AN pap's srheumatism.s something
awful It was fierce when Miss Whar-
ten came day fore yesterday. We wuz
all hungry. too. an II was mighty
ton. She"
flush. Lizzie. hush!ss
IT was just going to tell the preacher
She sent US coal, and stuff to eat. and
took care of the baby, an bought
Jerry an mo shoes. an an oh-ev-
erything.'
An hour later, when . relative ar
rived to look after the family. the
Rev. Samuel started home with
was singing. There was no doubt In
his mind now about this sweet. char
liable girl. why didn't you want Liz
zie to tell me. Miss Katrine z"
Because / hate to do things and
have everybody know"
But you won't do anything In the
missionary societies and l thought
we all thought"
Eyes know what everybody
thinks, but it doesn't matter to me.
am my own missionary society. I
have my own way of doing things"
IT'S a pretty good way. Katrrtne."
| 1t was the first time he had for
gotten the Miss" He was afraid she
would drop his arm. A dreadful min
ute passed-then she snuggled q little
closer as IL away from the storm.
II am glad you like it-Samuel. But
1 have been thinking it over and have
decided to join one Of the church So
cieties too."-(Copyrfght. 1915. by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)