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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
Kansas Comment
THE SCHOOL TEACHER.

THE SCHOOL IEAC11LAe'
She has mounted her throne with
all of her grace. tact and kindness II
is nothing new under the sun, al
though we are constantly seeing new
types of school teachers transform I'M
kempt school buildings into really
habitable places and work the same
transformation in the lives of many
youngsters whom she teachers. She
has become as much a part of our
system of education and therefore gov
eminent as the congress or state rep
resentatives. We laugh at cher"
sometimes and she frequently is the
subject for cartoonist and witty writ
ers, but our smiles are not in ridicule.
We got over that years ago, when we
laughed because a mouse flirted with
us from a corner of the old school
room while she was looking our way
The fact is that the modern school
teacher is so representative of this
dashing, energetic age that she is no
longer bookish, but rather, broad and
thoroughly constructive. Her influ-
epce is unmeasured. Her associa-
ton with pupils leaves a permanent
impress on their lives. The task may
seem to be measured merely by the
length of the term of school she
teaches. but it reaches farther than
that. Many youngsters receive an in
spiration for a successful life while
under her guidance. The influence
she permits to develop in the school
room reaches into the manhood and
womanhood of her pupils. Her duty
is no small one. The Kansas school
teacher better than any other has been
able to live IN to the full obligations
of it, and here's to her-the most i'm
portant official in the state. because
she trains boys and girls for citizen
ship.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
Globe Sights
BY THE ATcHIsoN GLOBE.

If there ever was a necessary evil, it
is brOmO seltZsr.
Reform is sometimes just another
way of creating a new job
One gets tired of the man who is
always saying that he loves his work
1t is so easy to file a bill away for
future reference and then forget all
about it.
Speaking about German efficiency,
how about a hen that lays two eggs
every day?
Seasickness is one thing that always
comes up to advance notices Comes
up" is right.
We sincerely hope you are not the
person who is always the first to
cry at a wedding.
Father will observe Dress Up Day
this fall by taking off his belt and
substituting a vest
What has become of the old-fash-
toned woman who admired spotted
horse with glass eyes?
once in a while there is football
PLAYER who seeks to gain recognition
by assuming that he was kicked on
the head and knocked silly
1t is said that Jude Johnson's hide
is so full of alcohol rnat when he gets
a lighted match too close to his head
fire springs out of his ears.
When a reporter is at a loss for
something to write he can always go
back to his stock squib: another
young lady is wearing diamond ring
After a man has met three or four
discouragements down town in the
course of a day, he hates to have some
one remark that Rome wasn't built In
a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
Journal Entries

EsDecial1v unfortunate is the tenn
nerate man who has a bright red nose.
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If people had to think in order TO
talk, a great silence would envelop the
earth.
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The punishment must be terrible
that awaits the person who invented
surprise parties.
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What has become of the old fashion
ed youngster who did not speak until
he was spoken to?
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Wives always take the credit for
making their husbands what they are
except when they become bankrupt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
EVERYBODY ExAGGERATEs.

Perhaps the Wholesale Liquor Deai-
ers' association has appropriated soo'
100000 to fight the adoption Oh an
amendment to the federal constieulioh
which will assure national prohlo1llon'
as one of the officials of the w. I: l,
U. reports, and perhaps it hash l. Anu
the chances are that the latter pei
haps'' is nearer the mark. NO oouot
this association is prepared TO spehu
a large amount of money to defeat nd
ttonal prohibition, if possible but Pow
0OO. 600 is a sum so large as TO seem
to be out of all proportions to the
probable resources of such an organ
izatiOp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

does she take in a year? How many
miles is this, allowing 20 inches 10 the
step? If a quail in the course OF
year eats % cents worth of gram anu
destroys two dollars worth OF harnn-
full insects and weed seeds. how much
has a farmer injured himseit py XIII
ing three pairs of quail rsaei0i
more sensibIe-isn't it ?-than calcutta
tions as to the weight of the pyramlos
Of Eevpt. or the distance reached be-
low the water line of an iceberg that
sticks nm hundred feet into the air?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

The horrors of war and the horrors
occasioned by war are many and
divers Some of the sociologists of
England are calling on all available
women to do their duty" by marry
ing the MANNED and broken heroes of
the battIefields and thus ameliorate
their future lot in life. And that
seems to be asking considerable OF
the women, and especially in England
where they are not deemed equal to
the RESPONSIBILITIES of the ballot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau OF Calculations.
American Newspaper Pubttshex~
Association.

There is only one thing to regret in
connection with the financial condi-
ton of the people of Kansas, as is
indicated by the recent reports of the
state banks, and that is that the
prosperity and plenty which prevails
so generally throughout the SunfloWer
state is not of nationwide, yes world
wide proportions. There's plenty OF
room in Kansas, though, and whose
ever will may come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
THE RIFT m THE Lutte.

He's Ruler of the Macaroons
And Master of the Knockers,
And he has been for many moons
Panjandrum of the Shockers,
In the great order of the Bun
He's Supreme Controller,
And in the Soldiers of the Sun
He's Knight and Chief High Roller.
He's Inca of the Fiddledees
And the Captain of the Boosters,
High Cockalorum of the Bees
And rusher of the Scooters.
Yet what are titles such as those
But merest sham and shoddy
When in his home Gas well he knows)
His wife thinks he's nobody!
Nathan NJ. Levy, in Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
From, Other Pens
THE SUGAR BLUNDER.

ALI reports agree that strong eff
forts will be made in the next con-
gress to undo some of the follies of
the last congress. Among other
follies that cry aloud for attention
is the sugar tariff. The only things
which congress succeeded in accom-
plishing by it's free sugar program
were to disturb the sugar growers of
the United States and cut millions
off the federal revenue in the shape
of sugar duties. 1t did not, as every
body who buys sugar knows, reduce
the average price of that necessity
Now there are rumors of a specula-
tive campaign aiming to control the
supply of raw sugars. The consum-
nation of such a scheme can only
profit the originators if the price of
refined sugar is advanced. Thus we
behold dear sugar upon the table,
coupled with a loss in future of tens
of millions in revenues, and all for
what? Nothing except the gratifica-
ton of legislators who had a politi-
cal campaign mapped out and put it
into effect Congressional lncompe-
tence rarely goes so far as this. No
benefit to anybody in the United
States on the one side, no bars
against a corner and u rise in sugar
on the other, and on top of all a big
deficit in the United States treasury.
If free sugar meant cheap sugar,
something might be gained. Unfor-
tunately, there is no guarantee that
it will ever result in any such thing.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Among the many who are not paw
paw fans, little surprise Will be oc-
casioned by the news from Baldwin
that several of the Baker university
football players were badly poisoned
by eating of this fruit, if it be fruit
And, indeed, there are not few folk
who are firm in their opinion that the
mere odor of the pawpaw is sufficient
Iy noxious to overwhelm all but the
most hardy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
Considering the fact that DIR. Dumba

Considering the fact that DR.. Dumba
is the most prominent discredited
diplomat extant, his mouthings that
Australia and Germany will probably
declare war on the United States if
she does not cease manufacturing
munitions for the Allies are without
the slightest significance. And, be-
sides, the United States doesn't happen
to be engaged in this business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

For once in its exceedingly unre-
liable career, baseball dope" scored
a signal success in the results of the
worlds championship series. The base
ball wiseacres insisted that on form
the Boston Americans should have
little trouble in defeating the Phila-
delphia Nationals, and they didn't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Kansas City's AID club flnds thal
the large majority Of advertisers are
thoroughly honest. And permanent
business success demands no less thEh
this The fraudulent advertiser soon
rurs out of customers. He seloohh
hooks the same fish twice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

The very last word on both sides
of the question as to whether or not
the United States should abandon the
Monroe doctrine will be pronounced
during the forthcoming open season
of the Kansas high school debating
league, that having been chosen as
the subject to be discussed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Those are the various rooms of nv
homc,'' said the gopher proudly.
NOW do you think I am crowded?
Fly home goes all over this field.
Give me and my little mate another
day and we can make still more
rooms to show you We dig our way
back and forth across this field many
times in season, eating away the
juicy, tender roots as we go. To be
sure, the farmer does not like us,
for we spoil his grass. But what care
we for that2 We eat and dig, and
are quite happy If only I was bigger
1 would have nothing to wish for at
all," = Copyright = Clara Ingram
Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

In all likelihood. the automobile
statesmen are hot on the trail of the
members of the teams that played in
the worlds championship baseball
series, in order to give them an OPP
portunity to invest all or most of their
prize money to the best possible adj
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Nor dc the October brides appear TO
he any more numerous in these parts
than are the petitioners iE the o1Vorce
courts. Matrimonial misfits seem 60
be the rule in these days of grace or
disgrace. whichever way you'll nave IT,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

1t doesn't take much to cheer Eng
land these days. The British states
men are expressing ratification over
Russia's promise to give aid in the
Balkans against Bulgaria-as soon as
she has troops available for this pur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Dry-farming and irrigation are
probably no more than mere theories
in the Gulf coast section of the coun-
try A full twenty inches of rain has
fallen in the New Orleans territory
during n recent IA days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

"what are you rummaging for?" "Some
wife before we married" ''That bit
of sentiment does you credit. Want to
peruse 'em again, ell 2" law, g'wan. She's
away for the summer now. 1 promised
to write frequently, and want to give
those old letters to my stenographer to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Why all the gibes at Carranza's ia
cial copse? asks the Chicago Daily
News. Uncle Sam wears q bunch of
chin foliage himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
A FOUNDATION OF SAND.

No structure can be stronger than
it's foundation nor can it last longer.
When the foundation falls, wreck and
ruin must follow. American prosper
ity. under Republican rule, was
founded upon protection of American
labor and assurance of permanent,
profitable employment. When the
Democratic administration tore out
that foundation, the structure fell and
millions of American workmen Joined
the breadlines. A much smaller and
incomplete prosperity has been found
ed upon the European war, which
shut out foreign products and created
a new demand for our own. Such
foundation is as unsafe as it is un
certain Remove the foundation and
the already dilapidated American
prosperity will instantly fall. The
foolish man in the parable, who built
his house upon the sand, was wise.
indeed, compared with that pretended
statesman who is content to let Amer
lean industry depend upon continue
ton Of war in Europe.-Fort Madi-
son Gem City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Isn't there just a little bit too much
protesting that no matrimonial en-
gagement exists between President
wilson's unmarried daughter and
prominent Chicagoan?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
FRIsKY NEARLY CHoKEs.

could see many tiny hillocks-some
running one way and some another,
and all an inch or two higher than
the rest of the meadow. Yes, 1 see
those" he replied. But what of
those 2"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

What an accommodating old chap
Yuan Shi Kai, the president OF China
is? He announces that he is perfectly
willing to restore the monarchial sys-
tenn of government and serve as en-
peror if the people of China so desire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
Contributed Advice to Autoists.


In passing a hospital or any place
where nervous or sickly persons are
congregated, always toot your siren
1t will stir them up and put them hep
to the fact that some one is passing
in an auto.
Never heed the traffic cops signals.
He's just stationed there for orna-
mental purposes.
If you fear fire in your auto, install
a spark extinguisher on your spark
plug.
Never use toilet soap when wash
ing your ma chine. 1t Is too ex-
pensive, and old-fashioned dishwater
suds will suffice.
If you wish to confuse the trafflc
cop, when speeding, place your tan
light in front and headlights IN the
rear. The officer will not know
whether you are coming or going
Who Are They Anyhow?
Non-smokers' league met in San
Francisco last week. Huh! A league
like that could hold it's convention In
a telephone booth.
They Might Stop 1t.
Every day or so the Italians use
a pass to get into Austria. Austria
should abolish the free list.
The Bonchead Contest.
Here's one for your champion
Bonehead" contest:
The champion bonchead is the man
who, dressed in his Palm Beach suit,
goes to lunch in a crowded serVe-seH
restaurant.-R. R. r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
On the Spur
of the Moment

BIZ ROY X. MOULTON.

Those Picture Postcards.
The cards / get from travellers, they Con-
stitute a bore
l get dozen every day; they surely make
me sore.
labor in an office hot; it makes me wild
to think
The beauties of a western trip are for
some other gink.
I get 'em from the mountains and get 'em
from the plains,
And every one / get gives me q large
three-cornered pain
I'd like to choke the guy who sent the
one 1 got today,
Which showed the wondrous beauties of
the fair out Frisco way.
Those pretty cards all emphatic the fact
that / must sweat,
While others are out seeking all the JOY
that they can get.
be,
While those fool friends of mine do
naught but frolic by the sea-
But when the evening rolls around, do
not care to roam;
With my young kin upon my knee, L III
doggone glad I'm home.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-18
Farm Notes

The cost Of keeping a calf during Its
first four weeks is nearly double that
OF any other four-week period OF It's
life.
Crops grown at a potential profit
may, by being fed to a poor grade of
live stock, be turned into an actual
loss.
The average annual value to the
farm family OF food, fuel. oil, and a
roof overhead as reported for several
hundred farms studied by the depart
ment, was found to be S595.OS, OF which
S42117 was furnished by the farm.
The total cost OF the minor items OF
equipment needed on a farm is much
greater than the average person is
wont to think. II has been found By
inventories taken on number OF
farms that the tools and implements
actually needed on the average farm,
from a wheelbarrow down to a husk-
Ing peg, cost nearly 5000.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-18
Patriotism and Preparedness

There is nothing OF the swashbuck-
er in President Wilson and therefore
lis plea for reasonable preparedness
should receive greater attention from
thoughtful people. In his Manhattan
Club speech he also mentioned an
other matter of grave concern. which
should not fail OF consideration. He
referred to American citizens whose
alien sympathies are stronger than
their sense of allegiance. II is high
time he says, that such should be call
I'd to account. and then:
THE chief thing necessary i'm Amer
lea in order that she should let all the
world know that she is prepared To
maintain her own great position is that
the real voice OF the nation should
sound forth unmistakably and In ma
jestic volume in the deep unison of n
common, unhesitating national feel
ing. do not doubt that upon the first
occasion, upon the first opportunity.
upon the first definite challenge. that
voice will speak ( rth i'm tones which
no man can doubt and with commands
which no man dare gainsay or resist ="
This is a higher ideal Of citizenship
than that maintained by the small but
clamorous minority who so fagrantlv
abuse the liberties this country gives
them. But II is the ideal of every
true American. whether native born or
naturalized learned professor of
foreign birth exhibited different
ideal when he said that men who came
from his land to America became nat
uralized for economic reasons. This
is putting citizenship on the same low
plane as that OF man who marries
woman for the sake Of comfortable
boarding place I'm her fathers house.
Such an ideal OF citizenship is un-
worthy OF any man capable OF think
ing. II is not an ideal that will ever
contribute to this country's greatness.
No nation can live and be great II its
people are not united i'm their devo-
ton to II. Like marriage. patriotism
admits OF no divided allegiance. The
American people owe II to themselves
TO preserve their institutions. They
cannot do It unless they nourish ideals
OF patriotism that will not permit cit
izenship to be sought for sordid rea-
sons and that makes odious every
form OF utterance approaching TO trea-
son against their government.-Hunt-
ington Advertiser
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-18

IL any newsboy wonders why Thos.
A. Edison has risen to such distinction
that the decision OF the secretary OF
the navy TO make his chairman OF his
the navy TO make him chairman OF his
lay committee OF experts on national
defense was unanimously approved.
he has only TO consider the kind OF
a newsboy Edison was.
The great inventor has told the
story himself
He began to sell papers I'm 1859
when he was twelve years old. Later
he became n train butcher on the
Grand Trunk railroad running out OF
Detroit. He usually sold 200 papers
a day. When there was big war news
he sold more, and he made an ar
rangement with printer I'm the office
OF the Detroit Free Press TO see the
proof OF the most important piece OF
news before the paper came out and
he regulated his orders according TO
his opinion OF the public interest I'm
the news. selling 300 copies on the
report OF Union Victories. One night
In the first week OF April, 1862. he was
then about six weeks more than is
years old-the printer showed him a
proof OF the big story for the next
morning. the first news OF the battle
OF Shiloh. containing the report OF
$4,000 casualties. He straightway tel
egraphed brief bulletin OF the news
TO the agent at every place where his
train stopped, asking that IL be posted
In the station. Then he tried TO get
credit for 1000 copies OF the Free
Press. but the circulation manager re-
fused to let him have them. He went
to Wilbur +. Storey, the owner. and
asked for credit for 1900 copies and
got II. He found mob waiting for
the train at the first station at which
the train stopped. He usually sold
two papers there, but his bulletin en-
abled him to sell two hundred. nj fye
cents copy. He sold three hundred
at the next station at ten cents. and
at the other stations he had no dificul-
ty In getting twenty-five Gems, and dis
posed OF his whole stock.
He was so impressed with what n
telegraph message could do that he de-
cided to become telegraph operator.
Then he became interested in electric
ity. And the rest is history. The
newsboy who is made OF the same kind
OF stun as Edison will not find Il
difficult to be Edisonlan I'm his achieve
ments-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-18
HOW CHEAP CUTSMEAT
MAY BEMADEDELICIOUS

spread the onions over the top and
pour tomato sauce around the steak
For the sauce half can OF tomato
soup can be used or the regulation
sauce may be made.
Hamburg Steak Espagnole
Have l pound OF round and 2 ounces
OF beef suet put through the chopper
add "a cup of finely chopped onion and
season with pepper and salt. Have
ready u cup OF dried bread crumbs,
make the beef into balls and roll the
balls in the crumbs. Broil over a
clear fire or pan-broil and serve on a
hot platter garnished with parsley
with Spanish sauce.
Spanish Sauce-Melt 2 teaspoons
butter, add tablespoons each of on
ion, celery. ham. red pepper and par
sley and tablespoons -four, u tea
spoon salt, little cayenne and 2 cups
OF brown stock. Cook as minutes.
strain, add tablespoon OF ketchup
and serve.
W ANoaoN vi
Wipe, roll and skewer the fore
quarter of mutton from which the
bones have been removed. Brown in
a small amount of fat in frying pan
Parboil 40 potatoes. drain and put a
layer of the sliced potatoes in a deep
pudding dish. Cover with sliced on
ion. add salt and pepper and dredge
with a little -four. Put the meat on
the vegetable. add cup of hot water
or stock. Cover and cook in a slow
oven three hours. Add more LIQUID II
necessary, but If the oven is not too
hot this will not be necessary. Serve
with brown or tomato sauce.
Stuffed Beef Heart
Wash the heart, remove the gristle
and skin hanging about it. Clean the
inside and stun with a dressing made
OF bread crumbs, minced onion brown
ed in butter salt, pepper, a pinch of
sweet marjoram and thyme. Sew the
heart securely and brown in hot drip
pings. Add 2 cups OF hot water and
steam for hour. Drain off all the
water but / cup. add pint OF stewed
tomatoes. highly seasoned, and cover
again. Bake until the heart is tender
and then thicken the sauce with -four.
Veal Pie
Brown pound of stewing veal (cut
from the knuckle) in hot drippings.
Brown also sliced onion. Put In a
'tewing pan with water to cover. sea-
son with salt and pepper and cover
closely. Simmer until tender. Then
add l tablespoon finely minced parsley
and thicken with -four. Do not have
the gravy too thin. Pour into a deep
granite baking dish. slice a hard boil
ed egg in 1t and cover with a tender
pie crust. Bake until the crust is
brown.