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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
EU ening Chat
The Real Thing.
BY RUTH CAMERON.


The Wants-to-be-cynic had been
playing cards with a partner addicted
to that most trying of partners faults
over bidding his hand. At crucial
point in the game this ultra optimistic
partner had capped the cynic'S bid of
three royals Thoroughly justified) by
four hearts mot justified) and there
by had lost the hand, the rubber and
the game.
The cynic had taken it very calmly
on the whole and we were congrat-
ulating him upon his self-contro1 af-
forwards.
''Well,'' he admitted, there was a
time when I wouldn't have been so
calm, but 1 think I've learned to put
cards in their proper place now
I've learned to put cards in their
proper place now, that sentence
leaped out at me and L sat revolving
it in my mind while the conversation
drifted on to other matters.
It's a pretty big lesson, isn't it? OF
course, [ don't mean merely putting
cards, but putting things in general
in their proper places.
A true sense of values is one of the
biggest and rarest assets in life.
To put things in their proper places
is a lesson that neither wisdom nor
experience alone can teach 1t takes
both the passing of the years and the
ardent desire to understand the issues
of life to enable us to sift and weigh
and eliminate and appreciate toward
a true standard of values.
A man might live a century and
still have an utterly false standard
and a man might live but half that
time and have begun to glimpse the
truth.
You've got to get down to brass
lacks and actually think for yourself
to learn to put things in their proper
places and thinking" someone has
said lis just what no one wants to do.
You've got to analyze your own de-
sires. You long passionately to pos
sess some pretty thing. You covet
some honor, you are eager for some
pleasure. As penny held close to the
eye eclipses the sun, so this particular
desire bulks out of all proportion,
and if you cannot fulfill it, Temperate
ly blots out the sunshine of life. You
must learn to put it farther away and
see it as small as it really is,
Things, material things, are only
a small part of life, but some people
never realize that and those who do
glimpse that truth are continually los
ing sight of it.
Friendship, honor, self-knowledge,
courage, wisdom, love, self-control,
character building, aren't these after
all the realities of life?
Whether you win the game of cards
is a minor matter, but whether you
play it honestly and without losing
your self-control is tremendously
big matter.
Help us to learn to put all things
in their proper places is very big
prayer in a little sentence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26

volume of mail transmitted, feature
that adds greatly to the problem con-
fronting the postal authorities. The
decrease in commercial mail has been
offset by an increase in mail of a per-
sonal nature, and as a result the total
amount handled is almost as great
as it was before the beginning of hos
tilities Increased correspondence be-
tween residents of the United States
and friends and relatives In
countries engaged in the war is given
as the main reason for the enormous
increase in personal mail.
In spite of the reduction in facilities
for transmitting the mail, a fairly reg
ular and thoroughly reliable mall
service extends not only to the allies
but to Germany and Austria, coun-
tries that are practically hemmed IN
by their enemies. The reliability OF
the service is indicated by the fact
that the 50 bags of mail that went
down with the Lusitania was the first
mail to be lost by the United States
as result of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS

Before the outbreak of the war the
Atlantic ocean was interlaced with
the paths of steamers carrying mail to
and from Europe, says Popular Me-
chanics for August. This well-organ-
lied and efficient service was disar-
ranged and all but destroyed, practi-
cally in day, when the bulk of the
international shipping was driven
from the sea at the beginning of hos
tilities, and with the progress of the
war the problem of maintaining any
kind of regular service is becoming in
creasingly difficult. There is now
only five routes regularly available for
carrying the mails between this coun-
try and European ports. Most of the
fast steamers have been withdrawn,
sailings are frequently cancelled, and
of the ships remaining in the service
few are able to maintain regular
schedules. At the same time there
has been only a slight decrease in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26

from the unjust. This is the real sort
of season for alternating. The cold
of winter braces the nerves and pltes
one into action, but just try to wake
child in time for early breakfast some
warm misted morning and note the
difference-that is if you get up early
enough yourself. There's real SUD
ject for debate in the question Whetn-
er a lazy summer rain is droWsler
than bees in clover. 1t should De
argued before a jury or dormlce anu
the victor crowned with blue corn
flowers dropping full of dew. with
these rain wreaths down the sky, ana
the greenness of growth everywhere,
and the soft airs healing touch upon
it-surely there is gentleness now at
the very heart of things, and summer
herself is smiling upon us through the
oil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
AN UNEXPECTED FIND.
NcGara lnsramJodson

"That just serves me right" ex-
claimed Billy Robin as the lovely but
terfly flew away; when will l learn
to say kind things or nothing? And
have always wanted to play with a
butterfly! Oh, well, what's done is
done, so there is no use of worrying.
Only I hope 1 do remember this les
son. and with that sage advice TO
himself he flew over to the pear tree
where he hoped to find Tommy Spar
row. But no Tommy Sparrow was
there.
He flew to the pine tree in the next
yard, to the log where Tommy Title
mouse had his nest and to the Usage
orange hedge, but not sign of Tom
my Sparrow did he see. Billy was
just about to give up and play some
thing by himself, when who should
come rushing into the yard but Tom
my himself. Such an excited, Hurried
Tommy, Billy had never seen.
"Oh, Billy Robin, come right over
to the park he cried, there's the
most fun! And 1 flew home on pur-
pose to get you and my little mate to
share the feast with mel" (Which
just goes to show how much kinder
Tommy was than some sparrows who
are selfishD
Feast. exclaimed Billy Robin, "a
feast at this time of day, Where is it
and what is it and what a pity it
didn't come earlier before 1 spent SO
much time hunting my lunch.
Never you mind about questions
replied Tommy Sparrow as he called
to his mate in the pear tree,
you come along and see for yourself.
You won't wonder 1 am excited"
So Billy Robin darred away behind
Tommy and his mate, and they flew
very quickly over over to the big,
beautiful park.
Now just follow me- said Tommy
importantly; he didn't often have the
chance to do Billy Robin a big favor
and he was so proud and happy he
could hardly speak, They flew right
up to the edge Of the little lake and
what do you suppose they saw there?
You never could guess!
There. close up to the waters edge,
they saw a funny looking, old tin can.
1t had no cover and was partly rusted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
COOPERATIVE MARKETING.

A pamphlet Just issued by the United
States department of agriculture, on
cooperative Marketing and F'inanc-
ing of Marketing Associations" pre-
sents the results of Investigations that
have been made into the practical
handling of such organizations, en-
phasizes the difficulties to be met
and the methods most likely to over
come them, and points out the prac-
tees that experience has shown
should be avoided. In relation to
financing, it is shown that a better
basis has been reached through the
fact that perishable products, mar
keted through an efficient organiza-
ton, are now considered good securi-
ty by many bankers in making loans
to cooperative associations Only a
few years ago it was impossible to
secure loans from a bank with a
perishable product as collateral.
There is also noted a new kind of re-
lationship between business men and
farmers which seems to have its in
ception in the realization that agricul-
ture is the primary industry of the
nation and that anything affecting the
economic status seriously involves the
entire community. 1t is declared that
capable management is the first
requisite in establishing a cooperative
farmers organization that the sue
cessful distribution and marketing of
perishable products in a large way
requires ability of a fine order;
and that the manager should be well
paid for his services He should be
employed by the board of directors
and have large powers. He should
crl1 al nv nd oil al
information as to crop and market
conditions, and encourage the produc-
ton of the best varieties of products
demanded by the trade, making con-
tracts for their sale, while the MEM
bers should be forbidden by their
agreement to sell to any outside par
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
QUAKER MEDIITATIONs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

[F'rom the Philadelphia Record.l
It's really no fun to loaf unless we
have lot of work to do.
An egg trust would surely make us
feel the yolk of oppression.
It's easy enough not to cry over
spilled milk, if you don't like milk
Some people are kept so busy
preaching that they have little time
for practice.
An extremist is a person who either
extends the glad hand, or points the
finger of Scorn.
The people who believe in second
sight are generally those who fall in
love at first sight.
The man who sees his opportuni-
ties should be quick about it, or some
other fellow will seize them.
You never can tell. Lots of people
who are in the swim have some diff
Guilty in keeping their heads above
water.
Happiness is largely a matter of
watch man who pays rs cents for a
10-cent cigar.
Wigg-"Saphedd boasts that he
always says what he thinks" Wagg-
And he hasn't a very extensive voca-
bulary at that"
Mrs Buggins-'I gave a dime to a
blind beggar today" Mr.. Buggins-
That's a laudable charity A dime
was enough to furnish him with an
eye-Opener."
Ills better to have loved and lost
than never to have loved at ALL" quot
ed the Wise Guy. "'Oh, that was writ
ten before the days of alimony and
breach of promise Suits added the
Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News. ]

IFrom the Chicago News.
The wise man has doubts, but the
fool is always positive
A woman never outgrows her emo
tions-she wears them out.
Most of us have loose purse strings
when the purse is empty.
When a man starts on the down.
ward path he seldom buys return
ticket.
The easier a man takes things the
easier it is for him to let them slide
Few men live long enough to dis
cover how much their friends appre-
ciate them.
It's seldom difficult to induce a
young widow to swap her weeds for
orange blossoms.
How beautiful a handsome woman
might not look if she were to discard
her artificial makeup!
1t is dead easy Cor a girl to be the
village belle-in the local newspaper
report of her wedding.
As a rule people don't believe more
than half you say But, candidly now,
can you blame 'em2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
Kansas Comment
THE SILO

The primary purpose of silo is to
preserve the forage part of the crop.
Making the most of the by-products
of grain farming is a profitable prac-
tice at all times. The adoption of this
policy may easily make the difference
between profit or loss in farming. In
a year when fodder is the whole crop.
the silo becomes of even greater inn
portance than in ordinary years In
the good crop years, we waste much
of the feed value that has been pro-
duced-a bad habit to acquire. The
farmer cannot afford to waste an
ounce of nutrient material in the poor
years. The partly grown crop may not
seem to be worth much, but if neg
lected it will be a total loss Stored
in the silo, its maximum value can be
realized and a real profit secured.
from what would have otherwise been
lost completely. The silo becomes a
badge of agricultural progress in any
community.-G c. W., in the Kansas
Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE
How high is Gilroy's kite?

How high is Gilroys kite?
Don't shun work, for art and science
were born of industry
Rain seems to be like money, in
that it is not properly distributed.
Having had a Sane Fourth, let
every one pull strong for Sane Dog
Days.
boys idea of a mollycoddle is
boy who will take a bar of soap to the
old swimming hole.
A number who are old enough to
know better are trying to get into
heaven on half fare.
There was a little baby, who got
little chigre, and from that day on
his voice grew bigger.
Social service is fine, but building
an institution that will put another
man to work is also important
Jude Johnson can't hold a job and
it probably is because good working
days are also good days for sleeping.
Because a man is able to travel
eighty miles an hour he is apt to mis-
take scientific triumph for civ1l1za-
ton.
What has become of the old fash
toned colored woman who carried
basket on her head, and the old-fash-
toned boy who collected bird eggs?
Resuming our classical studies, we
learn that in the Arabic language the
word gush means heart. To which
we may add that most girls have big
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
Jayhawker Jots

Do not buy an adding machine, ad-
ViseS the Stockton Review, TO reckon
up the profits of peanut stand
The Columbus Advocate notes that
the boat rockers are doing their pest
at the summer resorts to keep up the
average vacation fatality record
Helpful Hint, from the Neosho Fails
Post: A little kerosene on the water
in your rain barrel will stop the breed
ing of mosquitoes and not do the water
any damage.
Sunday was an ideal day for pic
nicking and fishing and several from
here took the opportunity TO ENJOY
themselves in that manner, reports the
Smith County Journal. And such a
Sunday is also an ideal day on which
to go to church.
Entries on the credit side of w. c.
Marham's Baldwin Ledger: A lawsuit
is seldom tailor made Never run
into debt, you can go fast enough by
walking. q. Musical directors are not
the only people who try to beat time
A man sends his shirt to the laun-
dry to be done up-and it often Is
Women use more switches on them
selves than their children these days
t.. AS a rule, man who goes TO
the dogs very seldom gets any re
spect from them. Honesty may pc
the best policy but it isn't always the
best policy to tell all you know.
Related by the Jamestown Optimist:
A jamestown married man was stay
ing all night alone last Tuesday night
when the electric storm came up.
About the time it began raining he
decided to go to bed. The electric
lights went cut during the storm so
he CROPPED his way to bed without
lighting a lamp and laid his lighted
cigar down on a tray that he found
on the dresser. A few minutes later
there was a sharp flash of lightning
and presently he detected the odor of
something burning. 1t reminded him
of sulphur and he felt sure the house
had been struck by lightning. By the
time he got out of bed and struck
light the odor was something fierce
and smoke was rapidly filling the
room. And then he found the cause
of the smoke and smell. His lighted
cigar had burned through the cellulo1d
tray, singed an assortment of false
hair burned through fancy dresses
scarf and was going down through
polished oak dresser. The next day
he was sorry lightning didn't hit the
house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
FLIES AND SICK BABIES.

The Bureau of Public Health ana
Hygiene of the New York Association
for Improving the Condition or the
Poor, in cooperation with the depart
nent of health, has conducted an IN
vestigation into the relation between
the presence of flies in houses ana the
occurrence of diarrhea in small chill
dren 1t was desired to determine
whether the house fly is the chief car
rier of diarrhea or whether dirt In the
home and artificial feeding are more
deadly factors in this serious condl-
ton The cases investigated were d.
vided carefully into Unprotected
group and a fly-exposed or control
group. These groups were mace as
similar as it was possible to make
them. The infants were visited every
five days by nurses The fly-eXposed
or control cases received all the IN
struction given in child hygiene work.
but no special emphasis was laid on
the absolute protection of the baby
as far as possible from contact with
flies. For the infant in the cradle, in
the go-cart, on the bed and even IN
the arms the constant use of netting
was insisted on. over a thousand yards
Of netting were distributed among the
suits of the study are now being pub
lished in order to emphasize it's lessons
for the present summer. 1t was found
that almost twice (1.9) as many in
fants were attacked by diarrhea among
fly-exposed as among the Unprotected
infants. Apart from the influence OF
flies it was found that almost twice
as many infants were attacked by di-
arrhea in dirty homes as in the clean
homes. The most important factor for
child mortality, however, was found
to be artificial feeding. Nearly two
and a half (2.4) times as many in
fants were attacked by diarrhea among
the artificially fed as among the
breast-fed infants. The influence of
flies and dirt combined was found to
be almost exactly equal to that of arti-
fetal feeding, even in reasonably good
surroundings Almost two and half
CAD times as many fly-eXposed in
fants in dirty homes were attacked by
diarrhea as were Unprotected infants
in clean homes. The combination of
dirt and artificial feeding made life
extremely difficult for the infant. Con-
siderably more than one out of two OF
them were attacked by diarrhea. Con-
crete studies of this kind, says The
Journal of the American Medical Asso-
citation, are of great service in impress
sing the fact that disease among chill
dren is not a mysterious dispensation,
but the result of common factors: flies,
dirt and artificial feeding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
PArTER OF RAIN.

Our umbrella hand is getting cal
1oused again; the score board detains
no office boys; outdoor games and
plays are at a hoarse discount. and all
our golfing friends are sIuffling in
their speech, writes an editorial con-
tributor to Golfers. Since it rained
on this or that saints day, must it
rain forty other days and nights :?
The talk one hears about the war is
gloemier for these lowering clouds
and fiercer for the flashes that split
them. No wonder the wise fathers
put their elections in the fall. when
crops are gathered and roads are
sometimes dry. No administration
that ever blessed our country could
stand up for a spring campaign under
the burden of a. long rain. Glass
hatred is fostered by these swishing
automobiles which know not the just
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
Journal Entries

The best in the world is much too
good for most folk.
+ !.
Many of the oldest saws have ex-
ceedingly sharp teeth.
= j. +
Some people get lot of good run
out of things that would bore others
4. i II
If many people got no more than
thev deserved they wouldn't get much.
- j. %
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who always insisted he was
as fit as fiddle"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
BURNING UP MONEY

Your Uncle Samuel has quite a
bunch of heavy smokers. For in
stance. millions of men and some few
women spent $7OO.OO0,OO0 for tobacco
last year. Many people have been out
of work and times in some localities
have been hard" yet the tobacco
habit has been going right along en-
tirely undisturbed by lack of work or
hard times, it seems. For cigars we
spent $446,000.000i Cigarettes cost us
$73,000,000! Smoking and chewing
tobacco set us back $157,OOO, 600!
Snuff extracted $24.000,000 from our
pocketbooks! Despite the great anti
cigarette fight that has been waged in
the United States, the production of
coffin nails has increased $50 per
sent in the last 10 years. Cigars and
smoking tobacco increased a little
Plug tobacco has about held it's own
The production Of snuff has about
doubled in the last ten years.-Wich-
tia Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26
From Other Pens
THE RETURN TO REASON.

THE RETURN TO REASON.
All reasonable men are delighted to
observe the tendency of the courts to
do justice to American business men,
Notwithstanding their prominence.
The fact that the courts are not to be
Influenced by clamor and prejudice.
but are determined to mete out JUS
tice according to the facts and the
law, is most reassuring to men who
have been bounded and harassed be-
cause of their conspicuous success. 1t
marks the passing of the hysteria
which was fOnented by the muckrak-
ers who undertook to prove that any
man who was successful was neces-
large business was necessarily crook
ed. The courts now make it plain
that honest and great efforts resulting
penalized, but on the contrary, that
rich men and big business are to
be treated as the equals before the
law of poor men and little business.
This does not mean that maIefac tors
are to thrive, or that monopolies are
to be tolerated. 1t means merely that
all offenses alleged must be proved:
that the truth, and not prejudice, shall
be the guide of action; and that the
law shall be impartially applied to
rich and poor. 1t means that the
courts are not seeking out trifling de-
tails and errors in an attempt to tear
down the honestly built structures OF
American industry Suspicion is no
longer taken a Su bStitute for proof
Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26

And they saw-down in the bottom
of the can were-worms! Yes, really!
Worms. Nice, fat, wiggly, Slick
wormsI Just the very kind Billy liked
best of ALL He and Mrs. Tommy COB
bled up three apiece bfore they said a
word, then Billy asked how the can
happened to be there, and Tommy
told his story.
you see," he explained, II have
been playing around here all after
noon almost, watching a fisherman
who had plenty of worms And / saw
him go hime so flew down at once to
investigate-Sure enoughi He left
some and / came after you at once"
We're surely glad you did" said
Billy, and then the three birds perch
ed on the edge of the old tin can and
ate their dessert.-(Copyrigh
Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26

More power to the good right arm
of DR.. Crumbine in the swatfest he is
about to stage against the cost of liv-
ing. He will show folk that the cheaper
cuts of meat and some of the cheaper
foods are just as healthful and nutri-
tious as those of higher priced varie-
ties. But the achievements of this
campaign will rest almost solely with
the willingness of the people to accept
the advice and information that DR..
Crumbine will disseminate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-26

John Wanamaker is one of the
worlds greatest business men but there
doesn't seem to be much sense to his
suggestion that the United States pay
Germany q hundred billion dollars for
Belgium, and then later turn it over to
the Belgians. Mr.. Wanamaker is evil
IDENTIFY of the opinion that the war will
end with Belgium in the possession of
the Germans. But the Allies have
other plans. even if they are not pros
ecuting them very successfully just
now.