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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
En- ening Chat
Two WAYS of Saving.
BY RUTH CAMERON.


Some people are extravagant about
| little things and saving about big
| things. Others are saving in small
/ ways, but willing to spend for large
| things. George AIDE has a most true
! to life fable about the couple who
couldn't understand why they didn't
save money. The wife said she occa-
sionally spent money for something
worth while like a diamond necklace.
but she never threw away money on
| little things; while the husband said
that of course he paid fifty cents for
his cigars like a gentleman should
| but he was very economical about
such things as automobiles and race
| horses.
| In the same way some people give
generously in little ways but seldom
give large gifts. and others who are
| almost stingy about little things will
| astOnish everyone by giving laviShly
| on state occasions.
I know a girl who was very exact
about dividing all small expenses.
When she went to the theatre or when
she dropped in for a college ice with
| a group of girls, she always wanted
to go Dutch treat. She never, by any
| chance, paid any ones car fare. she
was ready to pay her share Of the box
of candy but never to stand treat. In
short she was just but not generous
about little things. And yet, when it
came to wedding or birthday presents
Sne was the most generous girl you
can imagine. She gave not Just
something to cover the occasion and
pay her entrance fee to the wedding,
but something really beautiful and
desirable, spending lavishly of time,
taste and money.
On the other hand, know people
who found it easy to be generous in
the little ways but always trimmed
their sails as close as possible in the
bigger giving.
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the other, which is, of course. very
foolish. One of the two ways seems
the better to me just because it is my
way, but know very well that have
no more right than the people who
feel differently, and that I have no
more reason to criticise them than
they me.
There is one class of generous give
ers, however, VINO do deserve criti-
cism. And that is the people who are
generous il their charities but always
try to grind down those who work for
them to the very last penny.
I know woman whose name often
appears on subscription lists. I should
think her a model of generosity if
did not happen to know one or two
things. One is that she always tries
to keep her dressmaker an extra half
hour or so and drives ser so hard
that she is utterly exhausted. Anoth-
er is that she pays her washerwoman
less per hour than anyone else in the
neighborhood.
Charity without justice is like an
elaborate house without any found
alton.
When we stint labor of it's due with
! one hand and give to charity with the
| other, we are not giving of our own.
We are stealing from Peter to give to
Paul And that is meant for both the
woman who underpays her seamstress
and heads the subscription list and
for the man who keeps his workers
on a death in life wage and gives
millions to charities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.1
The chap who suspects his neighbor
is not above suspicion.
Some people are so disagreeahle that
they feel ashamed when they laugh.
There's something missing from the
life of a boy who never owned a dog.
1t doesn't look as if the fool killer
will ever be able to take vacation.
When a man becomes a chronic
loafer he begins to prey upon his
neighbors.
If all women were mind readers
every man on earth would take to the
tall timber.
But a woman always stops talking
long enough to give a man a chance
to propose.
The trimming of a woman's hat is
all on the outside; that of a mans
is all on the inside.
But, even at that, what our neigh
bors think about us isn't apt to be very
far out Of the way.
If a 10 year old boy had the privi-
1ege of selecting his parents he would
pick out a different set.
y man may be willing to admit that
he is a coward, but how he resents
sucn an inference from anotheri
And most of the people who try to
vindicate themselves by saying they
did the best they could, didn't.
We have often wondered how, a
young man who really and truly loves
a girl can be SO selfish as to ask her
to marry him and leave her happy
home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
FACTORS IN COST OF MILK.

Milk-wagon routes in large cities
retrace and "crisscross'' one another,
thus adding to the cost of distribution.
This duplication of effort has a direct
bearing on the retail price of milk, as
it increases the expenses of the milk
dealers On the other hand it is also
a tax upon the farmer. for it tends to
keep down the price paid for milk on
the farm. 1t must be understood,
however. that much of the waste in
milk delivery, under the present sys-
tenn, can not be entirely prevented,
because there are so many dealers in
each locality, and competition is keen.
According to the dairy experts of the
United States department of agricul-
ture, efforts should be made, never
theless, by the dealers to concentrate
their business as much as possible so
as to lessen the distance travelled by
the wagon for each quart of milk de-
livered, by securing a large number of
customers in a small area.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
Clio be. Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

Don't aim too high. or you may
miss the diamond at your feet.
A man who talks politics all of the
time hasn't many friends.
If you have no kodak, your friends
will find some other way to work.
You have to show resentment with a
club to make some persons notice It,
When the fish he catches are small
them.
Some men are popular because of
their utility as bundle carriers and
meal tickets. a-.
Every father secretly hopes his son
won't inherit his fool notions and other
bad habits.
Speaking about dismal failures,
every once in a while a crow builds a
nest in a scarecrow.
Surgery probably was discovered
when the Lord amputated Adams rib
and made September Morn.
An Atchison man has done nothing
but make plans and specifications all
of his life and has never built any
thing.
Methuselah was somewhat ahead of
time; think how well he could have
done writing testim onials in this pro-
gressive age.
How do you feel the Public Pulse ?
Or do you? Don't you merely form
an opinion of your own and then go
around and say everybody believes
that?
is more tenderhearted in dealing with
tramps and agents than in her treat
ment of the low-brow who brings
home the bacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

Then he happened 70 think of some-
thing. How in the world" he
thought to himself. did all these de-
licfous goodies get in here ready for
me?" Another bite. ''Who is this kind
creature who fixed so good a meal for
me?"
Now. at the very minute when Tim
my was eating all the goodies stored
away by Reddy and Cyclops. Reddv
Squirrel said to his friend, DO voi,
know. Cyclops, 1 feel very funny not
to see that meeting house this whoia
day long. Let's go over there lust q.
minute and see If everything is all
right" So they dropped their game
and went. They reached the door inst
as Jimmy asked, who fixed such
good meal for me?"
With a scream, they both ran inside
They were too late-every bit of their
goodies was gone, every scrap was
eaten up! They turned sternIv re
Jimmy, who stood s1ckly by. II am
truly sorry" he said. II didn't reaIix
need to eat it all, but-I'n help
you stock it UP again tomorrow" Ana
he did. So Reddy and Cyclops foreave
him and they were good friends ever
afterwards : Copyright = Clara In
gram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
Kansas Comment
PEACE IN THE FAMILY.

PEACE IN THE FAMlL
The decision of the United Sta.eSS
supreme court this week puts an emu
to long standing controversy
tween two states, West Virginia any
Virginia. When the loyal peopie y.
the western part of Virginia reIuseo
to follow the state authorities IN
bellion, they formed provisions.
state which was admitted to the unlo "a
as West Virginia. At that time oiu
Virginia had a debt and in the Oh
dinance creating the new state, ~. ~
was provided that it should pay us
Just proportion of that debt. Inc wa wa
prevented any consideration OF liliS
promise for several years, ana Wnen
that was over, old Virginia began
life of financial foolishness, refundins
and reputation, which prevented any
solution of the question of the amount
West Virginia should assume. more
than fifty years have passed, ana .he
supreme court has finally decided the
dispute. The court placed the Original
proportion due by Vest Virginia at
little over 100000, and, then nS-
ured interest at per cent, not COM
pounded, so the judgment was mace
for $12,000,000, with deduction OF
100000 for some extra work placed
on the new state. West Virginia is 10
pay sS,0OO,000 to the mother state,
and peace in the family is insured
Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
POLLUTED FARM WATERS.

In selecting a country home for the
summer special attention should be
given to the question of a pure water
supply. Farms which are generally
remote from towns, cities, or other
areas of congested population, seem to
be almost ideally situated for obtain
ing pure and wholesome water. In
reality, however, polluted water is ex-
ceedingly common on farms, and
typhoid fever rates are usually greater
in country districts than in cities.
Typhoid fever is transmitted largely
in drink or food taken into the stom-
ach and is especially likely to be COM
municated by polluted waters obtained
from shallow wells near spots where
the discharges of typhoid patients
have been deposited and subsequently
carried into the wells, and it is doubt
less principally this fact that makes
the disease so common in farming
regions. The sources of the water
used on the farm are numerous
lakes, streams, springs, wells of vari-
Gus kinds, and cisterns-all being ex-
tensively used. although the water
from lakes and streams is generally
used only for stock. Each of these
sources under some conditions may
yield entirely safe and satisfactory sup
plies. while under other conditions GER
tain of them may be a constant men
ace to health OF the various sources
of water supply the ground water is
the most satisfactory for farm use,
because it is least liable to pollution.
and streams and ponds are the most
unsatisfactory, because of the ease
and frequency with which they are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
BRYAN WRONG AGAIN.

Mr.. Bryan also seems to be talking
through his hat again when he re-
marks about that portion of the press
of these United States which is en-
deavoring to force this country into
war; If any part of our press is en-
gagged in such an indefensible under
taking it is of insignificant proportions
and made up of units of such plea
yunish caliber that their opinions are
not worthy of the slightest considera-
ton. Mr.. Bryan does not seem to be
able to read the newspapers with any
better understanding than he gave to
President Wilson's second note to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
UNITED STATES GOES AHEAD.

If any class of men is aware of the
general business situation. it is the
bankers, says Golfers. They see many
sides of our economic affairs and have
to keep the future constantly and
carefully in mind. In the long run
they succeed or fail according to the
accuracy or inaccuracy of their men
tai picture of the country's continu-
ing business life. They must look for
the main factors and see the major
tendencies. 1t is significant, there
fore, that Mr.. James X. Manning.
president of the Savings Banks Assoc
citation of the State of New York, de-
voted most of his annual address be-
fore that body to discussing the ''un-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

Surely the Savages have demon
strated by this time that they have
been keeping company with the lead
ers in the Western league not on ac-
count of the favoritism of the God of
Luck but because they are capable of
playing as good ball as any of the
teams in the league. And the right
kind of support and encouragement
from the local fans will be big fac
tor in keeping them on their toes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

Resta- the professional Italian auto
driver, did pretty. well in establishing
an average rate of speed of 97.6 miles
an hour in the 500-mile race that he
won recently at Chicago. But there
are some ,mateur drivers in Topeka
who could show him their dust on
shorter distances. Or, at least, they
often seem to be making something
better than 100 miles an hour when
they get in a real hurry on some of
the streets where the travel is not
heavy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

Apparently, Germany is doing the
handsome thing while her controversy
with this country about her sub
marine warfare is in progress There
has been no repetition of the Lusitania
affair even on a small scale. And
ships with munitions of war and nom
combatant passengers are probably
making British ports pretty regularly
through the submarine war zone,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
Journal Entries

Compared with the town loafer, the
hobo is a prince.
i. +
Reason and instinct generally work
in opposite directions.
+ + +
Few girls pick out girl friends bet
ter looking than themselves.
+ r
There's a whole lot of beauty In
the world that's not even skin deep.
+ !. +
Many opinions are valued altogether
too highly-by those who hold them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

mistakable signs of rapidly approach
ing prosperity" Our enormous crops
and other natural resources are the
real basis of this prosperity. because
we are the only great nation that has
food and metals to sell and money to
loan. The coming harvests promise
great yields to the farmers, and this
will mean good times for manufacture
ers and merchants also in the long
run. Copper, iron and steel are also
moving on the uptide with great
strength and volume. Better condi-
tons are reflected in the reports of
the United States Steel corporation
and in the earnings of the railroads
There is every reason for believing
that this will be an increasingly good
business year as the months go by.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

If history repeats itself in this coun-
try those higher up" in the Huerta
plot will have little difficulty in main
tanning their positions in safety and
security. AS a matter of fact, though,
most of the men higher up" that SC
much is heard about in almost every
variety of criminal incidents. are
purely mythical 1oersonages. They're
the rainbows that the detectives get
rich chasing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
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 or
thirty cents n month (by mail only). Ad-
dress changed as often as desired. While
out of town the State journal VIII be to
you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on these
short time subscriptions, to save bookkeep-
ing expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

When General Joffre turned the
German advance against Paris in the
early stages of the war, he became the
popular idol of France and was hailed
as one of the greatest generals that
the world had ever known. But all
this has apparently been forgotten by
the volatile Frenchmen. They are
now expressing great dissatisfaction
with the manner in which General
Joffre is conducting his end of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

Harry Thaw's prosecutors, some
folk style them prosecutors, lay en-
phasis on the point that he is particu-
larly crazy" about women. And there
are millions of men the world over,
and not in captivity, who are in an
Identical hnaf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

Some more uncomfortable statistics
for the brewers and distillers to
wrestle with. The enforcement of the
prohibitory law in West Virginia dur
ing the first year of its operation has
cut down by more than one-half the
number of arrests in thirty-five of the
cities and towns throughout the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

AS Mr.. Cohen, assistant chief fac
tory inspector of Illinois. said in his
recent address before the government
labor officials of the United States and
Canada, in convention assembled at
Chicago: a child labor law uniform
in all states would be a good thing for
the children, for children yet to be
born, and for the whole human race,
including EMPLOYERS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

1t is not easy for the American peo-
pie to whoop for joy over the value
of war prosperity, says the New Or
leans States. when the fact is consid-
cred that the American dollar will buy
more in any foreign country than
at any previous time but will buy
less in this country than for many
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

Presumably the goosebone weather
prophets are as certain as certain can
be that we will pay dearly later on and
with some intense heat for the rather
comfortable brand of summer wealth
er that is now in order
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

The Chicago Herald notes that Mr..
Bryans resignation from the owner
ship of his Texas farm for consider
alton of $4,000 has peen running in
the Commoner for several months
without being accepted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

That earthquake in CALIFORNIA; val
ley, thinks the New Orleans Times
Picayune, may be a sympathetic dis
turbance traceable to the CONFUSION
which is shaking Europe's imperial
rs-tN q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
ganization. for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in Tho State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
MYSTIC HAMMERS.

MYSTIC HAMMERS
The frost with little soundless wedges
Can pry the cliff apart;
Yes, 1t can heave the ancient lodges
And make the mountain start;
So Love with stroke of delicate sledges
Opens the flintfest heart
Edwin Markham in Nautilus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30
From Other Pens
DOES 1T PAY TO BE COURTEOUS

DOES TT PAY TO BE COURTHOUSE.
Being courteous is a habit which is
likely to develop into a bank account.
There have been surly men VINO sue
ceeded in business. perhaps because
their employees were not surly, put
fortune, nevertheless, has usually pre-
ferred to keep steady company with
gentlemen. Good will is what every
business is looking for; IL is part OF
it's capital. 1t is never got by sour
faces. The public will not accept dis
courtesy, even in fiction. 1t demands
good humor, happy ending, a
thereby pleased-you'' attitude on
the part of the author. And one of
the strongest assets of a corrupt po-
litical organization is the fact that
publicity concerning its acts is neces-
sarily more or less discourteous,
wherefore the public does not like it.
Vice becomes attractive when descrip-
tions of it are impolite, so much does
humanity applaud pleasantness, which
is another name for courtesy. Yes,
courtesy pays, in business or out of it,
even if dividends are sometimes de-
ferred. 1t pays in politics, often at
the sacrifice of public morality, but it
pays most of all right in the home in
the form of happiness coupons
Philadelphia Ledger.
GUNS AND PLOW SHARES.
If the Krupp gun factory in Ger
many were suddenly changed into
plant for the manufacture of agricul-
tural implements, it could turn out
enough pillow shaI es in one day to last
the entire United States for fifty years.
The wealth which is required to oper-
ate this great cannon factory for six
days if applied to the manufacture of
grain binders would make enough
binders to supply every wheat grower
in the United States for the next TWEEN
ty-five years. The uselessness of war
can well be demonstrated by these fig
ures.-Farm Machinery.
MANY marriages are simply blunders."
perhaps it is because there is such a lot
of ss-taking in marriage."-Baltimore
American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-30

Amateur Poem contest.
BY ROY K. MoULTON.

Amateur fOem contest.
Come on in, boys and girls. the wa
test is open to all. The first prize Will
be a grand pair of genuine ball bear
ing suspenders and the second prize
Will be a solid bone collar button. The
the first crop of poems in the contest:
He and fag Ss1ered ga! qIGn tie Rs street
His car was new, he didn't know
That it was apt to skid.
And d cn uase = in m nafE 9ot tones.
Then went and got his auto fixed,
Now when he drives he keeps his eyes
Upon the street ahead.
He wouldn't flirt with any skirt,
And love, all, love is dead.
Sing a song of sixpence,
Our towns local option,
That's the reason why. E. A.
I'd like to go to Frisco
But haven't got the price.
1 have to spend it all for
Gas and rent and ice. Fred.
Two months of summer.
That's what we get.
Ny stove is a hummer.
Alas for the garden
l started this spring.
And talk of the thing
My language is dense. sir.
Oeleted by censor) C. G.
Uncle Abner.
Elmer Jones says he can eat almost
anything. Mince pie ought to hit him
right, then.
Hold Purdy says he very rarely goes
by a saloon and he never does unless
his wife is watchin' him.
Some fellerss don't believe in signs,
but the fact will always remain that
tho best buckwheat cakes are the ones
that have the most holes in them.
Elmer Jones has written a musical
comedy that will probably never be
produced. He made the fatal mistake
of putting a plot into it.
One of the worst scandals know of
is fer Winter to 1inger in the lap of
Spring.
A Teller refers to his automobile as
"her,' bekuz it is SO expensive.
A good many wimmen wear watches
on their ankles when they should be
wearing speedometers.
Unnecessary Noises.
Those new spring socks.
Joe Bailey of Texas.
Popcorn wagon whistles.
Moving picture orchestras.
The New York divorce court
Amateur vocalfsts.
Evelyn Thaw,s press agent.
Talkative BARRIERS.
Squeaky cork legs.
Back to the Tall Grass.
Tom Marshall says If war depended
upon his vote there would be no war.
What right has a mere vice president
to poke his views into the situation?
The Weather Man.
The Weather Man Il know him welD,
Who has charge of the station,
1t quite a decent sort of chap
Outside his occupation.
When not connecting devilish schemes
To poster us with weather,
He is a charming man to meet
Delightful altogether.
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GUNS AND PLOw SHARES.

MANY marriages are simply blunders.
of miss taking in Observation-Disclosures
American.
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MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers As
ISOLATION.
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No.

r. K. M: Ever hear of a grounder
that wasn't a scrseching grounder be-
tween second and third &c. r. B.