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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

our office building" Polly began hest
tatingly. II feel sure he would be in
terested if
You are taking far too much
trouble interrupted Crawford. IF
you will agree to take half the profits
L will be glad to get the thing off my
mind We are busy at the office Just
now" He arose because he had al
ready trespassed on her time. THE
thing was useless without your i'm
provement''
When he had gone Polly had time
to realize that Crawford was most
generous and that his personality was
decidedly pleasing. After that she
skipped out to the telephone in the
corner chemists and made an APP
pointment with John ellsworth.
The big flnancier received her the
following day in his luxurious office
His philanthropy was well known
Polly approached him with no fear
and put her model before him.
raS Gaisw s9H5 remembered having
evening in the subway. Her magnet
ism, together with the undoubted
value of the egg boiler which she
demonstrated to him, quite worked
When she had left the office Gals
worth sighed. He felt the girls
presence even when she had disap-
pared from sight and again re-
GREETED the fact that women must
struggle in the business world save
in this particular instance. He re-
joiced that Polly Woodward had en-
tered his life.
And Polly returned to her office
with a light heart She went imme-
diately to the telephone and told
Crawford the good news He was so
delighted that he asked her to lunch
with him by way of celebration, and
Polly agreed. She was glad that she
had worn her new blouse to the of
flee that day.
When she returned to her office
after a most happy lunch hour spent
with Crawford, she rejoiced for the
second time that she had worn her
new blouse John ellsworth had
telephoned her. He wanted her to
tired of talking business. There was
And if at dinner there were red
roses on the table for Polly, and roses
in Pol1y's cheeks for ellsworth and
only short talk on the subject of
egg boilers, no one minded overmuch
The evening passed with wonderful
promise of happiness in its trail, for
Polly and ellsworth had found one
another
Crawford went up that evening to
the home of the sweetheart who had
been waiting impatiently to hear the
news of the egg boiler. But all Craw-
ford did was to take her into his
arms.
Can you be ready for that trip in
about four weeks ?" he asked her
| copyrighted 1915 by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
GFrom the Chicago News

lFrom the Chicago News.
Large hopes from small ideas grow.
Many woman has a fine carriage
who never owned a horse.
An ocultst cannot remedy the short
slghtedness of selfish man.
It's the iron grip of poverty that
makes mans clothes look rusty.
Just about the time man sue
ceeds in developing a theory it ex-
plodes.
The man who makes light of other
peoples troubles usually swears at his
own.
A remarkable man is one who does
a remarkable thing and doesn't talk
about it.
The woman who wants to vote
should be able to sharpen a pencil
with which to mark her ballot.
However, the average man doesn't
realize how lucky he is when wo-
man refuses to marry him.
So there is a~fool born every min
ute? This would be a tiresome world
if there was none but philosophers in
it.
1t is an easy matter to keep a stran-
gle hold on your temper if you know
that it will cost you your job to turn
it loose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

CFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Look out for the man whose record
won't bear looking into.
You never can tell. Many a man
has a face as red as a beet who isn't
one.
The only time some fellows are new
er behind time is when it's time to
quit.
Peace hath her victories, but we
them.
Man is made of clay, but don't
jump to the conclusion that every man
is a brick.
Queer thing about the baker. No
matter how big his hands are, he al
ways has lady fingers.
Many a man has never married be-
cause he has remained true to his first
love, meaning himself.
When a woman is disappointed in
her husband it is almost as great a
tragedy as when her dreSSmaker dis
appoints her.
Nature plaS a scurvy trick on a man
when she furnishes him with a ter
ripin and champagne appetite and a
tea and toast stomach.
Tommy there is no such
Tommy's Pop-"No, my son, in spite
of the fact that most of us want it,
Wigg-"Do you believe in weather
signs?" Wagg-''To an extent. For
instance, if have my umbrella
stolen, it's a pretty sure sign it's going
to rain
"If you want thing done, do it
the Wise Guy Yes, even when a
man can't count on his friends he can
count on his fingers snickered the
Simple Mug.
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ETH2E &h p G9SI%
WWSSS% BY mrs EHN4LHER
BY MRS EHW4LYER

dies in the attic that the old woman
was to call for"
open them" said her husband. IT
do not think she will ever come for
them and it is so long ago that she
may be dead"
The wife brought the bundles to his
bedside; they were yellow with age
and the paper fell away at her touch.
The first bundle contained a golden
goblet. Fill it, said the old man,
land let me drink from it,"
His wife filled it, and as he drank
the water became wine and he grew
strong. They opened another bundle
and found a coat and hat. In another
were shoes for the old man.
But the other bundles caused them
to gaze spellbound when they were
opened. Beautiful Jewels gold and
precious stones rolled in a heap at
their feet.
The wife was the first to speak.
you must sell Them" she said. you
have rich looking clothes and you
will not have trouble in disposing of
them. You will be thought a rich
merchant
The old man hesitated. 1.-The old
woman may come for them" he said.
land she will think we are not hon
est"
But you said it had been so long
since she left them that she may be
dead" replied his wife, land we shall
starve if we do not have money"
30 the HUSBAND set out Win Ino
treasures and sold them for a large
sum.
That night he sat before the fire
telling his wife that he put most OF
the money in the bank, land if the old
woman comes he said, 1--WE can give
it to her. 1 am sure that she will be
willing for to have the little l spent
for food for keeping the bundles
Just then a knock was heard at
the door, and when it was opened the
old lady to whom the bundles be-
longed hobbled in.
They told her what had been done
with the bundles, "but that was not
until today" said the old man, after
everything had been sold to keep us
from starving
the old lady You were the only one
L met who was willing to carry them,
because they did not look nice.
81 am Dame Fortune, and often
hand out good fortune when the COW
ering is not good to look upon. Mis-
fortune many times comes in the garb
of beauty and pleasure, but those who
are willing to carry the burdens that
have a covering that is not good to
look upon and pick them up and carry
them along willingly will find in the
end that good fortune will smile upon
them"
The old lady opened the door and
stepped out into the darkness and dis
appeared.
The old man and his wife lived in
peace and plenty the rest of their lives
and were kind to all who asked for
help at their door.-(Copyright, 1915,
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
New York City.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

Remorse is so often prompted by a
headache, or getting caught.
Putting up a good losing fight
doesn't get one much but a beating.
Some of your friends may be the
sort who insure you plenty of enemies.
Some reformers can become de-
lirious without the aid of drink or
disease.
Some men are extravaganza while
others are kept poor by a sympathetic
nature.
A toothache sufferer is in no mood
to smile and show his hurt to a heart
less world.
Alb Adkins says his son-in-law
couldn't eat rabbit without feeling
like a cannibal.
Some of the latest dances are so late
they really should be subjected to
further postponement.
With due regard for national pas
time, we refuse to let any base ball
player select our smoking tobacco.
The care-free gent who can be hap
by though broke is rather too Optim-
istic for rainy day purposes.
There being exceptions to all rules,
some lawsuits to break the will arc
ended before the estate is exhausted.
The Thirty Years war, however,
was not the longest, as some old mar
ried men would be willing to testify.
All the statesmen are for economy,
but where it should take effect is a
disputed point resulting in increased
taxes.
Students of animal industry will
have observed that pup exerts itself
good deal, compared with what it
accom- plishes.
Mere man, however, has rarely
managed to sacrifice enough in Lent
to meet the millinery bills he will en-
counter shortly after Easter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
CoLoRADo,s RURAL SCHOOLS.

while city children enjoy the best
that money can buy. country children
must be content with the ragged edges
of our public school system asserts
C. G. Sargent of the Colorado Agri-
cultural college, in a report on Colo
RADIO rural schools, received by the
United States bureau of education.
Prof Sargent, who Investigated the
smaller country school districts in
Colorado (there are 1,725 such dis
tricts with less than $50 children of
school age), is led to the conclusion
that 'the district system has some
thing fundamentally wrong about 1T. ;"
One county was found that had 107
independent districts. consisting of
321 directors, with supervision over
1922 children, a director for every 20
children. One district did not for
seven years report a child, yet kept
its Independent organization, elected
it's school board each year, levied no
taxes and spent no money for educa-
ton" In one county were found
three and a two teacher school just
one mile apart on a level road with
the only impossible barrier between
them," Mr.. Sargent declares, IAN i'm
aginary line forming district boun-
DIARIES. Furthermore, the teachers
passed each other twice a day in going
to and from their schools" In an
other section of the state "a four
mile radius will include all of the
habitable posts of seven separate in
dependent school districts, having
total of 500 children of school age, IL
teachers, and property with an assess
able value of over $1,000,O00."
Of the 1925 school districts of the
state having not over $50 children,
the average school census for the past
eight years was S2,174, while the
average enrolment was only 64,3S5,
or rs per cent of the census. while
Colorado has compulsory attendance
laws says the bulletin, "17,7S9 boys
and girls of school age in the rural
sections of the state were not in at
tendance during each of the eight
years, from 1906 to 1913" Bureau of
education officials point out. however,
that school age includes all chill
dren from to p years of age, an un-
usually high standard of measure
ment for any system of schools.
OF the 64,385 pupils enrolled in the
1,725 districts, 1.-The daily attendance
of those who did ENROLL continues
the bulletin, makes a far worse
showing than the enrolment ITSELF
The eight-year average for the 1,I25
districts was only 81 per cent of the
total enrolment. The per cent was
in some instances as low as 81.
The bulletin discovers that "a per
cent of the teachers of these rural
schools are women, and concludes
that for schools of this class at least
Education has ceased to be a mans
job The average salary was found
to be about $50 month.
Rural-school experts in the bureau
of education consider the Colorado
situation better than in many of the
states. 1t is felt that careful investi-
cations, like that just made in Col
orado, will do much to make educa-
tiona1 opportunities in the country
equal to those in the city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

to furnish the public cheap and nu-
tritious bread. 1t is interesting to note
that the soy bean and cottonseed
flours when mixed with wheat flour
in proper proportion-about rs per
cent-give a bread with twice the
amount of protein that ordinary wheat
bread contains.
Wheat bread has long been the
mark of aristocracy and if anything
is likely to prevent the use of the
cheaper products, it will be the feeling
that they are marks of inferior social
standing In America, however, it is
doubtful if such will be the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
Jayhawker Jots

A man considers life a grind, says
the Lawrence JournakWorld, when his
grist isn't worth grinding.
A wise man makes the best of it,,
declares the Yates Center Advocate,
when he gets the worst of it.
One reason why so many young Ia
dies attend choir practice must be be-
cause of their fondness for hims
thinks the Wilson County Citizen.
Two years ago pork was so high it
sought a divorce from it's life partner
beans, states the Wichita Beacon
Now beans is contemplating filing a
counter suit.
In the opinion of the McCune Her
aid, about the meanest trick a woman
can play on a man is to look nice,
dress as neat as a pin, and be partic-
ular about herself in. every way before
marriage, and then turn out TO De q
dirty housekeeper.
Charles F. Scott, who took Kansas
shipIoad of food to Belgium and dis
tributed it, is home again, notes
Charley Blakesley in the Kansas City
Star, and he adds: and if he, can re-
sist the impulse to lecture on the sub
ject his restraint will be wonderful.
Shafts from the Gridley Light: Wise
is he who answers only when called.
. The hardest job we know of is
to find a soft job. . Ignorant Is
the fellow who can give no advice to
his nefghbors Those with whom
you always agree consider you a
simp and an easy mark. You
seldom have a good time yourself, I'M
less you are helping someone else have
a good time. The reason more,
men don't make a success of life is
that they try to take a short cut and
lose the trail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

Lese majestic apparently isn't being
enforced with much rigor in Germany
these days. Or else the story is a
fake that German iron manufacturers
have had the temerity to suggest the
melting down of all the monuments
that have been raised to the honor
of the emperor and the other mem
bers of the royal family as one of the
means of staving off the metal famine
with which their country is threat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

Before they are married, observes
the Cincinnati Enquirer, she will let
him brag about himself for hours at
a time and she will let on that she be-
lieves every word he says. But later
on, when they are married, he is
afraid to do any Dragging for two
reasons: she wouldn't listen to him,
and, if she did, she would know that
he was a Wall Eyed Liar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

Just why the Montana legislature
should think it necessary to pass law
prohibiting the employment of Ameri-
can women in restaurants conducted
by Orientals, and about which Japan
has lodged a protest with the federal
authorities, is another mystery If an
American woman wishes to work for
and associate with Orientals that
should be her privilege. Certainly
there is nothing but her own fancy
and initiative that could make her
do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

Oklahoma justice also gains a little
additional notoriety by decreeing that
certain brands of profanity give the
person at whom they are directed the
right to shoot the one who applies
them That, however. is about all
that can be said for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
From Other Pens
MOVING HABIT.


One of the costly habits of Ameri-
can farmers is their penchant for
moving Every year, in nearly every
farming community, a certain per
cent of the farmers, tenants or owners,
may be depended upon to hold sale
and migrate to some other locality
which looks good to them at a dis
lance, but which usually proves dis
appointment after a year or so of Nv
ing there. Then they hold another
sale and move back to their former
neighborhood, or else drift out west to
try dry farming or up to Canada,
where their stay usually is very brief.
The vast sum that is spent in the ag-
gregate every year by the sale holders
must amount into millions of dollars,
if there were a way to compute it.
Many fairly prosperous men, who
have become dissatisfied with their
surroundings, have almost beggared
themselves by acquiring the moving
habit. 1t is the man who sticks that
succeeds in the end, all things being
even. A rowing farmer gathers no
moss. Missouri Kansas Farmer.
did your take anything at school
this season, Mrs. Jones?" "Oh, yes
what did he take. The first prize" mo;
the ADMINISTRATIONS American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

Maybe the senate killed the resolu-
ton proposing an amendment to the
constitution that would increase the
pay of the legislators from SO to Sc a
day because of the evident predilec-
ton of the lawmakers to do their best
and hardest work during the closing
days of session when they receive no
nav at all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

In the matter of volume, the mem
bers of the Kansas legislature will
probably dispose of much more bust
ness during the remaining few days of
the session when they will work with
out pay than they did during its first
fifty days that they received some
thing for their services.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
Journal Entries

Too many grown-ups have forgotten
how to play.
4. + p
Characterizfng an argument as
''driyeI' is far from answering it.
j. + =
Practice doesn't always make per-
feet, especially with many would-be
musicians.
+ + +
Some people are in the habit OF
burning their bridges even before they
reach them.
= = =
Professional secrets have faculty
of leaking out just like the more or
binary kind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

Mules may be used for cavalry pur-
poses in the European war before it
is over, as London predicts, but they
will hardly be serviceable as models
for statuary purposes after the war is
over. A statue presenting the figure
of a heroic cavalry leader astride
mule would approach the grotesque.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

In the matter Of appropriating the
peoples money for this purpose and
that one, congress has a snap COM
pared with the legislatures of the sew
eral states; and because of the clever
ness of those who devised the method
of raising the bulk of the federal
funds by indirect taxes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

Possibly the anarchists have been
concentrating their energies on the
development of plots for the assassi-
nation of the wealthy men in this
country on the theory that they would
be wasting their time in chasing the
crowned heads of Europe because
many of them stand a chance of being
put out of business as one of the re-
suits of the great war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
SEEDS.

There is something sweet in life
Something new and bright,
Like q whisper in the heart
Or voice at night.
For it bids me waver not,
Pressing toward the right
Beauty blooms a constant power
Born of kindly deeds;
Counting not the cost, nor hour
When we sow the seeds:
Friendship-from the sun and shower
Ripens to our needs.
Rose De Vaux- Roger in March Nautilus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

Typhoid incubation has banished
the fever from the European troops,
notes the Philadelphia Ledger, and it
adds: But it seems grim sarcasm for
science to protect men from germs
and then use all its ingenuity to in
vent explosives to kill them by whole
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OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is member OF the
Associated Press and receives the tull DAY
telegraph report of that great news or
ganizatlon, for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

Congressman Campbell may be right
in his suggestion that the foreign
policy of the United States is the
worst in the world, but it keeps us
out of entangling alliances and wars
and that is something to its advantage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

If the plan of the Allies to starve
Germany out is at all successful the
heaviest pinches of the resulting fam
inc in Germany will be felt by her
prisoners of war. Their rations, prob
ably not very extensive at best, will be
sure to be cut down first.
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Work for the Legislature.

Work for the Legislature.
The legislature doesn't seem to have
very much to do just at present and
in order that the members may not
suffer from ennui we would suggest
that the following bills be introduced
as needed legislation in this state:
A bill making Grounding day le-
gal holiday.
A bill to widen and deepen the ali
mentary canal.
A bill providing a state board of ex-
aminers of false teeth
A bill regulating the length of words
used in banquet addresses.
A bill providing for a closed season
on political job hunting.
Editor? That's No Job.
If we had it to- do over again we
would pick out some other kind of a
job. Last Monday we observed one
of the fairest of our village damsels
go tripping down the street. She met
the postmaster and gave him a CHEEKY
smile. The bank cashier was good
for a pleasant greeting and the village
president consumed five minutes of
his time in chatting about the wealth
er, etc. We were next in line and had
deluded Ourself into thinking that we
came, but, so help me, when she went
by she had her head tilted to an angle
of 95 degrees and the mercury drop
ped to IL below. Well, whoinnell
could love a printer, anyway?-Pew-
amo (Mich.) News.
Our Classified Department.
Found-Lady's handbag. Contents:
One powder puff, calling cards, hand
glass, needle and thread, matinee
tickets, chewing gum, face VEIL five
samples of lace, channels skin, sewing
silk, smelling salts, bottle of per-
fume, nineteen hairpins, one back
comb. cold cream, nine recipes for
combination salad. photographs of
William Faversham, door key, nail
file, nail polisher, two postage
STAINS, club program, shirtwaist
pattern, street car ticket and
nine cents in real money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

Peckham-'My wife talks, talks, talks all
the time Underthum-'You 're mistaken.
She must listen part of the time my
wife wouldn't be with her SO much. ''-BOS-
ton TRANSCRIPT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

BookIover-"Have you something for
light reading?" Librarian-'Yes, ma am.
Here's the gas company's annual report. -
Buffalo Express.
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On the Spur
of the Moment
BY ROY X. MOULTON.

Dead willing.
I surely want my wife to vote;
Oh yes, indeed, 1 do.
Quite long enough I've been the goat
And that is very true.
When issues do not go Alright
She lays the blame on me:
For I'm responsible, yes, quite,
Because / vote, you see
I'm simply waiting for the day,
Like lots of other men,
To see her first vote go astray
And hear what she'll say then.
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