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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
REALTY UNADORNED.

Speaking of the sensible thing. all
hail to the girls OF the Topeka high
school who have knocked the props
from under the high cost of gracua-
ton by agreeing to limit the cost or
their dresses for the great event to
five dollar note, and the size OF their
bouquets to six red roses each. Beauty
unadorned. as a matter of fact, is the
real thing; and the forecast is haZ-
arded that the Topeka high school has
never presented a class of girl grad
yates of more attractive appearance
than the forthcoming bevy Will be
with their simple frocks and modest
cOrSag eS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

sense in which we use the term love
1t is in this sense that we are ex-
horted to love our neighbor as our
selves-nay, to love even our enemies.
This type of love is quite another mat
ter 1t signifies a certain attitude to-
ward all mankind, showing itself in a
twofold manner in a disposition to re-
spect every mans rights and will
ingness to minister to his needs. ITO
do justice, to love mercy" these are
the cardinal doctrines both of religion
and morality, according to the old
Hebrew prophet. 1t is easier to obey
the first than the second of these
commands. 1t is easier to respond to
the appeal-especially when it comes
to US at time of calamity AMI wide
spread suffering-to love those in dis
tress and to give them true sympathy
and substantial aid, than it is to main
tain both the spirit and the letter of
justice in our dealings with those who
are not in distress and who neither
ask nor need help of us. Nevertheless,
the love of our fellowmen is only a
name. and therefore a mockery, un-
less it recognizes and respects the law
of just and fair dealing not only be-
tween man md man. but between ma
ton and nation as well.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
Jayh awker Jots

| The home merchant is the man who
will build up your city If he is per-
| mitted to prosper, as the Harrington
| Sun declares.
Announcement is made by the Cha
mute Tribune that doc" Moore of the
| Pittsburg Headlight has a new spring
| shirt, printed in four colors.
Charlie Blakesley of the Kansas
| City Star declares that after the mat
ter has been thoroughly threshed out,
it will likely develop that two of the
first persons who discovered Jess
Willard were his parents.
The spring chickens have a COM
plant against the weather. declares
the Leavenworth Times. Backward
ness of the spring has kept gardeners
| back so that scratching in the neigh
| bors gardens has not been good.
Another old fashioned man has been
obliterated, points out the Mayetta
Herald. He is the one who predicted
that the automobile would never be a
| success because every man who runs
one would have to be an engineer"
If you shoot into a bunch of ducks,
says the Altoona Tribune, none of
them will jump, flutter or squawk ex-
cept those that are hit. So it is with
a sermon, speech or an editorial in
a newspaper, none will take umbrage
unless he is guilty.
Chris Larson has bought a Ford and
as soon as one can be secured he will
Agra Sentinel, and it argues: We
have always contended that the farm
er was the man who needed the cars,
and are glad to see them get their
rights.
A great many queer things are
heard by cross-talk on the telephone
wire, writes Sallie Gassaway in the
Osawatomie Graphic. While we were
waiting for our party to answer our
call the other morning we heard a
party describing a blooming "amaryl-
lis lily with seventeen beautiful bios
Soms-just gorgeous-a1l blue mes
saline-click.''
Among the expressive landscape
word-painters is the Beanville CORE
spondent of the Troy Chief. Contem-
plate this picture that he has created:
How the wheat is humping itself.
Yes, and the alfalfa and clover also,
and the fruit trees are nearly out in
bloom. The country looks just now
like we want paradise to look when
we arrive there. It beats any movie
ever made, as the real colors are here
and you can feel the pleasant breeze
as we'll as see it's effects.
Every man whose name is Smith,
writes S. NJ. S. in the Eureka Demo-
thing like this every day: So your
name is Smith, is it? Har, har, har!
Smith is such a strange name. Har,
har, har! Don't you know, I used to
wonder where all the Smiths came
from, until one day I was in Kansas
City and saw a sign that read, Smith
Manufacturing company" (More
business of making merry. Some
time a Smith will be arrested for muir
der, but if tried by a jury of Smiths,
he will be acquitted and awarded a
hero medal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

CHANGING OF FASHIONS
The girls have grown weary of dresses
That bystanders leery said they were a
They were SO scanty I often have wept.
stepped.
None could be more helpless in pinions of
Yet patient atsaa5 and yelpless they stood the
For women will suffer in silence and smile.
They think twould be tougher to be out
Of style
No women have scampered or frolicked
for years,
Their garments have hampered the 1ovab1e
dearS,
But fashions ASH, are changing and soon the
Will be raging and rushing all over the
town.
Our Bessies and Armies may dig from the
The gowns of their grannies and trot with
Their legs-beg your pardon their limbs
should say,
may play.
The fashions improving distinctly this
Like circus tents moving. the girls viii
appear.
And when we behold them in flounces and
The silks that enfold them in tassels and
loops.
Wen cry. Holy Moses. is fashion gone
She surely discloses the craziest fad"
ROBT. FITCH, IA Years Old.
Pleasanton, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
MIR. AND MRS. FRISKY

Mr.. and Mrs. FriSky Cottonta1l had
lived several days in their new home.
the pile of grass in big back yard,
before they had adventures You see
there was great deal to be done.
Although the grass pile was just to
their liking it was far from ready for
the little family of Cottontails that
would soon come to live in that Cot
tontail household; and father and
mother must lose no time in making
things snug and ready
First there was the entrance to plan
and make II think on the whole,
we'd better have two entrances. .
said Mrs Frisky thoughtfully, then if
danger threatens at one door we can
run to the other" So a long hallway
was made into the center of the grass
pile; from the north it led inwards
Then from the south, but at little
different angle, another hallway,
equally big, was burrowed.
Nor was that all. The whole center
of the pile of grass was followed out;
and so cleverly was it done that the
could you, looking your very careful
est, guess from the outside that the
grass pile was hollow.
When everything on the inside was
quite to Mrs. Friskys liking, she
slipped outside to reconnoiter. That
surely is a handsome home" she said
with a satisfied sigh, land aren't you
glad, Frisky, that we left that tiresome
woods and came to such nice
place."
"Of course I am Frisky assured
her, but you have worked SO hard
that you haven't had a minute for
fun. Do come over into the garden
with me- There is some lovely let
tuce there, quite as tender and young
and much more tasty than anything
we have eaten before"
Together they slipped over to the
garden and were nibbling to their
hearts content when they heard soft
whisper Hush, There they are!
Now watch.' was what they heard.
Both rabbits scurried to the shelter
of a golden glow bed near by and
peeped out with sharp black eyes to
see what there was to be, seem But
not a thing did they see-not a sound
came to their ears.
For a minute more they waited,
then Mrs. Frisky whispered, "Frisky,
do you see anything"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
Globe Sights
BY THE ArcEIsoN GLOBE.

There are no snaps. If it pays the
pace is fast.
If man has right to be conceit-
ed, very likely he isn't.
Don't spoil a good days work by
raising the devil at night.
Why do old people get up early in
the morning? They haven't much to
do.
Squirrels seems quite harmless, so
where did squirrel whisky get its
r:ane?
AS far as some towns are concern
ed, dog days prevail all the year
around.
A town gardener is usually willing
to quit after his occupation ceases to
be sport and becomes work.
While there are two sides to the
argument. of course the side of the
opposition doesn't amount to much.
Adam and Eve are also entitled to
some credit for not trying to blame
their domestic troubles on the other
woman.
A lot of men are honest enough with
themselves to believe that if they had
an income of $500 a month and plenty
of time they would go to hell.
An Atchison man refuses to take
the leading part in an amateur play,
because he has discovered during ten
years of married life that he is not cut
out for leading roles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

1000, giving the results of tests OF
craftsmanship. There were three
series of thirty shots each No alco-
hol was used before the first series,
and the average number of hits was
twenty-three. The evening before the
second series two to two and one-hal1
glasses of beer were taken, and ike
quantity just before firing, with the re-
suit that the average number of hits
was three. In the third series no al
cohol was used, and the average num-
Der of hits was twentysix. These IL
lustrate the principle, and it is need
less to multiply examples. for it is OF
universal application.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
A Skin Game.

In describing the animals that sup
ply most of the furs on the market,
no account would be complete without
reference to the host of imitation furs
that are sold. Apart from their de-
cept1ve appearance, there is nothing
fraudulent about these faxed skins,
since the names under which they are
traded are mostly sanctioned by the
London Chamber of Commerce.
Combed skins of white lambs from
Central Asia are called Iceland fox
Caracul fur comes from kids Dyed
goat is called bear goat" and dyed
hare sable hare" or fox hare" Calf
skins pass as Siberian pony" Fin
ally, rabbits, wild and tame, of vari-
Gus colors, generally dyed, and often
sheared or prepared in other ways
are traded under a number of curious
titles, such as sable coney, chinchilla
coney, seal or musquash coney cleo
trio, inland. or coast seal, mock or
French ermine, and-perhaps strang-
est of all-Baltic lynx.
Many, too, are the devices, apart
from dyeing and clipping. adopted for
disgusting the identity of cheap furs
Imitation heads of foxes or fitch, with
peads for eyes and a piece of black
wood Tor nose, are shaped on the
skins OF rabbits or cats, and pieces of
cats tails are attached to all manner
OF furs to give them a fictitious re-
semblance to sable. Yet so little do
the wearers know of natural history
that they accept these impossible COM
plnatlons as unaltered skins of genu-
Inc wild animals.-R. 1. Pocock, r. r.
s., in The Strand Magazine for March,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

Martin farm and spent such an after
noon and evening as they had seldom
spent before m all their tenement
housed existence.
Cora, having no mother of her own.
fell in love with Mary James mother
and Immediately made herself at
home with the children ard the
work She helped to churn, she
helped to set the sponge that night for
the Sunday morning rolls, she enjoyed
every minute of the visit.
And John could see nothing but
Mary Jane He had learned to believe
that she was the only girl for him,
and was looking forward to the time
when he could support her and ask
her TIC marry him.
Are you sure it wasn't my bread
and butter that you loved first % ask
ed Mary Jane when he told her of his
hopes some weeks later.
1T may have been, but the bread
and butter amt one-two-three row
with you Mary Jane he said earn
1915, by the Nc
|Clure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record.l
The school of experience gives
mighty few holidays.
He laughs best who realizes that
the laugh isn't on him.
Even when they stick to the water,
the Camden ferry boats go across lots.
The man who borrows trouble gem
orally gives his peace of mind as Sc
curity.
Even ball players don't have to
train in Florida for their florid COM
plexions
Size doesn't count for everything
Many a big man doesn't come up to
our expectations.
There are sermons in stones in
spite OF the fact that lots of churches
are built of wood.
Clothes may not make the man,
but, just the same, he'd get arrested If
he didn't wear 'em.
Time is money" quoted the Wise
Guy. Il suppose that's why so many
people buy on tick suggested the
Simple Mug.
Mr.. Talkalot-''All men are born
equal, Uncle Eph, but the trouble is,
they don't stay that way" Uncle
Eph-"Dat's right, sub; OATS right.
Some of 'em soon gifts to be a pow'ful
sight equalizer dan de odders."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
THE HIGHER PATRIOTISM,

Madame de Stael has said that the
patriotism of nations ought to be sell
fish, This must be interpreted,
however, within certain limits, writes
John Grief Hibben in the May num-
Der of the North American Review,
and he continues: And it is the Of
flee of the higher patriotism to de-
fine and to transcend these limits. AS
no individual dare live unto himself.
so also no nation dare live unto itself;
it fails to fulfil its destiny if it is
wholly self-centered and self-absorbed.
But is it natural to love a stranger
and an alien as we love our own kin
and kind? Most assuredly it is, if we
are discriminating as regards the sense
in which we use the word love-" The
word indeed has two quite distinct
meanings. There is the love which is
identified with affection-that affec-
ton which is bred of intimate inter-
course and community of interests
and desires. 1t is the love we cherish
for the inner circle of family and
friends. There is, however, another
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
Evening Chat
The Meanest Thing.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

What is the meanest thing you
ever did?
A magazine has been asking its
readers to answer that question. And
thought of it the other day when I
sat in the headquarters of a medical
charity.
was talking to the secretary She
was telling me the struggle the char
ity was having to get the money for
contribute their services free. In the
middle Of the conversation her eyes
suddenly blazed fire, and color mount
ed up to her cheeks.
"Listeni" she said
heard an automobile stopping
outside.
She caught my arm and drew me
to the window THAT woman she
i'll that automobile for treatment.
What do you think of that?"
1 found it difficult to select words
that should be strong enough to ex-
press what I thought and restrained
enough to express It with prOpriety.
Do you know of anything much
meaner, reader friend, than to accept
charity when one does not need it in
order to have more money for lux
urieS?
Personally I can't think of anything
much worse. My three examples of
the meanest thing one can Go have
hitherto been, to wantonIy disappoint
a child or an old person, to tell any
one the disagreeable things II third
person has said about him, or to offer
a men a drink when you know he is
fighting the habit. 1 shall add steal
ing charity to my list.
You remember O'HenryS definl-
ton of the ultimate meanness, 'steal-
ing the pennies out of a blind man s
hat Well, isn't this just about the
same thing? Isn't anyone who ac-
cepts charitable help when he doesn't
need 1t stealing that help from those
who do need and for whom it was
given just as surely as the blind man s
pennies were given to him?
Heaven forbid that I should turn
aside anyone who really needs charity
from accepting it. Charity is the
right of those who need it. They are
only collecting a debt from the world.
There is no degradation whatever in
accepting it. I think we should all
give when we can and receive when
we need with the same undisturbed
spirit / know a generous woman
whose gracious response to all thanks
is, II know you would give to me if
needed it Perhaps you will some
day"
The only time when charity is a
degradation is when those who do not
need it accept it and then it is indeed
trailing ones flag of self respect in
the dust, selling ones birthright for
a mess of pottage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
WATCH OUT, BAD MEN.

Shawnee county and Topeka have
the opportunity at last to shake
hands with each other and exchange
Fluctuations over a development in
their midst of far-reaching Importance
and promise to the advantage and
welfare of both. The sheriff of one
and the chief of police of the other
are working together in the preser-
walton of the peace and the running
down and prosecution of the violators
of the law Such situation always
should prevail, but it seldom has be-
fore Petty jealousies and chickering's
have been the rule between these de-
partments, with the city police force
and it's head usually as the chief of
tenders One chief of police of not
very distant memory was actually so
silly in this respect as to notify the
members of his force not to give
ifs office about any law violation or
criminal case they might be working
on if it happened to be an offense of
county caliber The result of such
peanut policies has been peace pro-
motion activities hereabouts of the
cross purpose variety and which have
to respect the law. But such foolish
ness is a thing of the past in this
community for the time being, or as
long as Mr.. Parsons is chief of po-
lice and Mr.. kiene is sheriff. Nor is
this due to the fact that these gen.
tlemen are personal friends of long
standing. Rather is it because both
are equipped with common sense and
discerning judgment. They appreciate
the possibilities of teamwork between
them, not only to their own advan-
tage, but also because of the large
benefits that must naturally accrue to
the communities they serve. It's
strong combination for the repression
and suppression of vice and crime in
this neck of the woods; and one that
strikes considerable ter
ror to the evil-doers in the city and
county And this is more than half
the battle won for peace officers. Once
they establish a wholesome respect
and fear for their authority and power
in the hearts of the recalcitrant mem
bers of society, and the crime wave
in the community, of which they form
the undesirable but unavoidable part,
begins to ebb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
ALCOHOL AND MILITARY EFF.
CHENEY

The great nations at war have been
forced to deal with the liquor problem,
states Andrew Wilson. in the May
Case and Comment. Two phases of
it have been of the utmost Importance
efficiency of men and the civic
economy. When the chancellor of the
exchequer states publicly that intoxi-
cants are a greater menace to Eng
land than German arms. is it strange
that almost daily the press announces
victories for the enemies of alcohol ?
The difference in efficiency of men
when they drink and when they do
not is well illustrated by the report
Of Lieutenant Bengt Boy (Sweden,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

There seems to be a disposition to
kick over the traces on the part of
many members of the house of COM
mons in respect to the plan of the
British government leaders to reduce
the consumption of liquor by imposing
additional and heavy taxes on its sale.
In other words, the dissenting MEM
bers of parliament on this proposition
haven't the best interests of their con-
stituencies at heart. They may be
taking a stand that is popular with
some of their people, but the things
that are often most popular with folk
are not things that are good for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
MR. BRYAN MUST BE HAPPY

The federal department of agricu1-
ture having made a ten-strike with
Mr.. Bryan by developing a process for
concentrating grape juice. his breth-
rem in the cabinet in charge of the
army and navy should assuredly do no
less than to add it to the rations OF
the men in the services over which
they preside. With the navy minus
its flowing bowl and the army its
csnteen, the necessity for some re-
treshing and invigorating beverage for
the units of these handy arms of the
government would seem - be patent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
From Other Pens
MOONS AND EDUCATION.

MOONS AND EDUCATION.
President Wilson, in his informal
talk with the Presbyterian ministers
at Washington-a talk that showed
again his gift of making any subject
interesting-told a number of anec-
dotes of his home training under the
best instructor, the most inspiring
companion, a youngster ever had"
OF these, perhaps the most suggestive
was his account of how he helped his
father edit the minutes of the south
ern general assembly, and of the 'lot
of hard work" he did verifying long
columns of addition and calculating
from the almanac the exact time of
the meeting of a presbytery convened
on the second Monday after full moon
at candle-light." Could anything more
strikingly illustrate the difference be-
tween the old system of education, OF
which the president is an awful ex-
ample, and the new? Fancy setting a
modern boy to the task of calculating
candle-light from a full mooni Under
the principle of present day education,
his time would be much more profita-
bly, employed modelling a moon in
clay Educational reform has inn
proved on these crude methods. Yet
somehow the boys who went through
the old school courses and picked up
an education managed to learn the
essentials. In spite of their limita-
tions, they became college presidents
and presidents of the United States,
and that after all, is as much as can
nationally be required of any system
of education.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.l

From the Chicago News.1
. Matrimony may cure loves blind
ness.
A man who is pound foolish may
not be penny wise.
It's a good brand of fertilizer that
will raise a mortgage.
And many a corporation has been
sunk by its floating debt
Some people borrow trouble for the
purpose of giving it to others.
PLEASED TO meet you is one thing
a man never says to sight draft.
The world seems all the brighter to
lovers when the gas is turned low.
Perhaps pin money is SO called be-
for it.
It's enough to disgust hypocrite
when he discovers that the man he
has been posing for is no better than
himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

the morning breeze, ran romping into
the housed Tomorrow we'll bring
them some cabbagei Then / guess we
can see them" was the last thing the
rabbits heard.
Now that is an adventure!" ex-
claimed Mrs. Frisky proudly. such
a thing as that would never happen to
us in the woOds But I wonder IL
they really will bring us something"
And Frisky assured her that he be-
lieved they would.
Sure enough. First thing in the
morning, Mrs. Frisky spied two fresh,
crisp cabbage leaves lying on the gar
den walk. And SO sure was she OF the
little girls good intentions that she
ran right out and dragged the leaves
home. But she was SO quick about it
that the children couldn't even guess
where she -(Copyrfght-Clara
Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

Ideas and many persons are as ut
ter strangers.
+ + +
Hope is a fine thing, but hustle
beats it to the prizes of life.
d +
The impartial man usually manages
to get into more or less hot water.
E r
Some debtors evidently put into
practice the theory that time is
money.
J. + p
Expert alienists have testified in
court that self-conceit is a symptom
of insanity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

1t is also often the case that jay
walking is a contributing factor to the
collisions between automobiles and
pedestrians that happen so frequently
on city streets. 1t is just as incum-
bent on the people who walk to use a
reasonable care in crossing the streets,
and especially at points other than
. corners, as it is for motor car drivers
to do so in the operation of their
machines