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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
FRANCHISE is APPROVED.

Iowa Falls Electric Company to Ex'
tend Service TO WeIlshurg.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, Sept. 16.-By vote OF -
to 1s, the people Of Wellsburg nave
granted a franchise to the Iowa rams
Electric Company to furnish electricity
for light and power in Wellsburg. Inc
company will commence at once tne
erection Of line to carry the hlgn ten
sion service to that place.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
FALL FESTIVALS GALORE.
Bows Celebrates 1uttsrmilk Day, ane
Ellsworth Will Observe Day.

ELLSWORTH VIII ObserVe Day.
Special to Times-Republictn.
Iowa Falls. Sept. 15.-Yesterday was
buttermilk Gay at Bows, and tomorrow
viii be rrec-from-care day at Els
worth, this ushering in two Of the
fall festival events arranged for the
entertainment of the public in this
part of the state. Others are on the
calendar and include creamery day,
which will he celebrated at Popejoy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15

Creamery Day Postponed.
Special to Times Republican.
Ilanawha, Sept. 15.-On account OF
the bad condition of the main street,
due to several large buildings being
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
Jayhawker Jots

The Christmas spirit may not stay
long, signs the Anthony Bulletin, but
the Christmas bills will be with us
when the assessor comes around.
No wonder Shakespeare says:
Whats in a name % observes the
Leavenworth Labor Chronicle and Re
submissiOnist, when Christian county,
Kentucky. goes wet and Bourbon
county goes dry.
Notwithstanding the fact that we
were strong for woman suffrage, says
the Washington Republican, Register.
We want it distinctly understood by
prospective lady candidates that we
in our cigars-we don't want to ap-
pear curt, but our palate rebels.
We have found in the Agents Bull
letin Of the Missouri Pacific, say Edi-
tors Lowe of the Blue Mound Sun,
such a glowing account of Arkansas
that we have sent 1t away. lest we
would want to move there, to an Ark
ansas man to make him willing to
stay there. 80
The Neversweat bunch were dis
cussing the admiration and respect a
boy shows his father, reports the To-
ronto Republican. LAS q rule,'' vol
unteered old Bill Slivers, my boy al
ways did the most braggin on my
ability and good judgment about q
minute and a half previous to askin'
me for another dollar for pocket
change"
A few Of Obey Viewers observations
in his Sedgwick Paragraph: A Mule
makes no Roadway while he il kicking;
neither does a man. All is fair
in love and war except the actions of
the other fellow. You have this
alternative; il the advice your doctor
gives doesn't suit get another doctor.
Two men once started out to
achieve fame; one of them succeeded.
The other man lived. When you
see man eager to confess g. small
fault, the chances are he has larger
one to conceal Some men with
their promises are like a lot of flddlers
they are all the time tuning up but
never play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16

had much advice 70 otter to Ethel and
her companions.
The nr1t Of October found John Gray
|impatieutly counting the days boeOre
tho Moon1and could be expected to
arrive In New York. Perhaps he dis
liked the services OF the round-eyed
girl who had taken Ethel's place at Hrs
elbow Perhaps he didn't give anything
Z thought save that he was hungry for
the sight Of = certain fair head and
dainty form to which he had become
accustomed for 30 many months that
unawares their owner had crept into
his heart.
Then when the lGoonland locked
John Bennington Gray was there to
eagerly scan the passengers as they
disembarked.
Ethel spied him with quickened
pulse, his head towering above those
Of lesser men. Suddenly their eyes met
and q look leaped across intervening
space-a look that asked q question OF
Ethel Smith and received it's answer in
her averted glance and rose invaded
face.
And, seated in q tAxicab which con-
veyed them to Ethel's boarding place.
Ethel confessed her loneliness when
starting on her voyage to Europe and
how his steamer basket had come as a
glad surprise. She also told Of the other
gfrl-the heiress, Ethelyn Smith-whose
stateroOm had been OVERLOOKING with
farewell gifts. and smile came into
John Gray's eyes.-(Copyright, 1915. by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLO1E

You are crooked If you suspect every
body.
When is a man old enough to take caro-
of himself?
Sometimes they marry in haste ana re-
pent with equal alacrity.
1t doesn't take much of a remedv to col,
lect few testimonials.
1t is grammar, but the expression This
Is she.' sounds peculiar.
Jude Johnson will soon move to Rest
Kan There is such a town.
A lot of men should be equipped with
sand boxes. like the street cars.
Sympathy isn't SO important az to war
rant specializing in under dog roles.
A diplomat is woman who can boss
her husband without letting him know it.
Plenty of sons loaf around ANA COM
plain because their fathers didn't do bet
ter
We never heard anyone contend that
the saloon is much OF a help to the saw
ings banks.
The biggest words used in the average
newspaper probably were written by the
cub reporter.
1t is possible to admire a man withou.
agreeing with him. but. as Ruggles, the
valet. would say. 1t isn't done.
Comparatively few men buy tobacco by
the pound: so many of them expect to
quit before they smoke that much.
The attorney for the defense feels that
his chances are better IL there Is q woman
to do the weeping for his client.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16

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you hold your dress and catch her a.
push her on tn carbon"
But the pole was too short. ana Mary
Agnes began to cry again.
sobbed Mary Agnes, .'and she viii BE-
frightened to death. I know
There IL father" said Luella: he will
So Mary Agnes dried her tears. and
both little girls told their sad story to
Luella's father.
He gave Rosalind gentle push with the
her little mother, none the worse Tor her
exciting experience.
Wen never speak to John Morton
bad boy" Some months went BY. and
every time that John was seen by either
Luella or Mary Agnes he was passed with
and called after them. Girls ana dolls
One morning Luella said: John Morton
answered Mary Asn e.n Ssss n Do
said Luella- II guess he won't be 10
smart. calling US names. now" A few
John Morton IL not going to get well,
cause his mother was crying this morn
ing; saw her at the door With the doc
ne was sick
80 am l." said Luella.
John did get well. but he had to stay
was aittins by the window. when Lueiia
and Mary Asnes passed: Both little girls
waved their hands and called. Hello.
John; are you well again.
John smiled and shook his read; he was
too weak to ansWer through the closed
window. His mother came to the door.
asked them.
John looked very foolish when they
came into the room, but the little girls
put him at ease In = few minutes, and he
listened to an account Of All that mad
happened n the nefghborhood since 10
Luella and Mary Asnes went to see
John often after that; they played games
with him and took all their nice booko to
read. Ils - y
One day John said to his mother: II
think the girls are much nicer than boys
when You are sick: they do not make %
much noise playing earness and they are
willing TO stay in the house with you:
none OF the boys has spent m Afternoon
with me since I was Sick guess had
to be sick to find out how nice girls could
be- said John. and then they laughed.
(Copyright 1S1k by the Mcclure News
paper syn1fcate. New York City,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16


times. has been consistently followed
ever since. In reply to the British
minister, Mr.. Jefferson wrote: ''Our
citizens have been always free to
make. vend, and export arms. It II
the constant occupation and livelihood
OF some of them. To suppress their
callings. the only means perhaps of
their subsistence, because . war exists
In foreign and distant countries, in
which we have no concern. would
scarcely be expected. 1t would be
hard In principle and impossible in
practice. The law Of nations. there
fore. respecting the rights OF those ut
peace. does not require from them
such. an internal Encouragement in
their occupations. 1t il satisffed with
the external penalty pronounced in
the presidents proclamation. that of
confiscation Of such portion of these
arms as shall fail into the hands of any
of the belligerent powers on their way
to the ports of their enemies. To this
penalty our citizens are warned that
they will be abandoned, and. that even
private contraveltions may work no
inequality between the parties at war.
the benefit of them will be left equally
free and open to ALL
But It IL not SO much the accustom-
ed trade that is likely to give rise to
complaint. as the new trade arising
from the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16

No less than 26 bills have been
urafted for presentation to the legis-
lature by the League OF Kansas Mu-
inequalities. Each Of them author
ises the municipalities Of the several
CLASSES to do one thing or another that
they apparently haven't the power to
DO withou. the permission Of the
state. Some day, maybe. there win
be . much-needed and general legis-
lative revision Of the various charters
under which the cities of Kansas do
business that will make them SUM-
cfently elastic to permit every city to
run its affairs pretty much as It
pleases and as the local necessities de-
fnand. For a city (, have to run to
.4he legislature every time 1t desires to
make any kind Of move in any d.
fsction borders ON the ridiculous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16

TWO GIRLS AND A Roy.
John Morton sat on the top Of the fence.
In one hand he held a doll by one foot.
which he dangled before the sorrowful
faces Of two little girls. who stood on the
ground. Mary Agnes owned the dol,
and Luella Reed was her bosom friend
''You are a bad boy, John Morton,
screamed Luella. ''You give Mary Agnes
her doll this minute, or viii tell your
mother"
GO tell her. called John. land I'll run
of with the doll and you'll never get It
again.
please hold her head up sobbed Mary
Agnes; sit will just kill Rosa1ind to hold
her head down like that
"Oh. no." laughed John. still dangling
Door Rosalind by her foot: do you think
she ID alive? I'll cut q hole in her and
let you see the sawdust."
'Oh. no. mo-" cried both little girls try
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
From Other Pens
AN1I-AL1EN Law.

ARIZONA'S ANTT-ALIEN LAW.
The three fedez..l judges who have
found the anti-alien employment law
of arizona to be in conflict with the
federal constitution deserve high
praise for their courage and clear
heads. Feeling with respect to such
legislation II strong in tho far west.
and the particular measure in Ques-
ton had the highest sanction Of tho
state, having become law ~ an initia-
tive measure by popular vote. The
exact ground on which tho court act
ed is not altogether clear from the
dispatches. According to one account,
the court took the position that the
Fourteenth Amendment applied to all
aliens, irrespective of any treaty
rights. There il the further ground.
and in our view the more important.
that the treaties Of the United States
form part of the supreme law Of the
land and 1t is beyond the power Of a
state to legislate against q treaty
right There is a question to what ex-
te ut conflicts of this character have
been placed under the Jurisdiction of
the federal courts. but we can con-
ceive no reasonable doubt Of the ma
tons plenary power in case of con-
fiict. 1t il much to be hoped that the
present litigation will raise this ques-
ton in clear fashion and that when
the supreme court speaks we shall
have a final and unmistakable utter
ance upon this issue. which goes to
the heart of national ascendancy in
national affairs.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
CONTRABAND TRAFFTC.

One Of the great services of the
Hague Peace Conferences writes Prof.
Percy Bordwell in the January Case
and Comment. the Lawyers Magazine,
was the putting in succinct form of
many of the accepted rules Of inter-
national practice. An instance of this
was the forwulation of the duty Of q
neutral country with regard to contra
band traffic. There were two conven-
lions drawn up with regard to the
rights and duties of neutral powers;
the one concerning war on land, the
other maritime warfare. Article of
these conventions 10 identical 1t reads
as follows: "A neutral power il not
bound to prevent the export or transit,
on behalf of one or other Of the bell
ligerents, Of arms. munitions of war,
or, in general. Of anything which can
be Of use to an army or fleet The
doctrine here enunciated was laid
down as long ago as 1893 by Thomas
Jefferson and, despite objections by
many of the great powers at various
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
Kansas ConlJs,e11t


The campaign Of education in nro
prevention carried on " the state IaDe
year saved Kansas in the netghbor-
hood OF half hundred lives ana near
. million dollars, according to the re-
port Of Harrison Parkman. the nre
marshal. The los last year In the
state amounted to >s.411.13l and y
$827.15s !, J than the estimated flg-
ures for 1913. Great - this saving
may seem there are still great oppor-
tunittes for this educational campaign.
Fire prevention il Z Tight against
carelessness and ignorance, ana the
f1re maruhal's, report indicates that
much may yet be done In this line to
save property and lives. CAeclesoDoes
ON the part OF tho smokers last year
il charged with So flrea and Q money
loss Of $45,22z. Gasoline started ~
fires and cost the state SIS SIS. Burn
Ing rubbish was responsible for eight
fires with q loss of $3.50. Defective,
fiues scored 335 fires with q loss Of
$223.410. Tramps started IL fres
that destroyed $3.50 worth OF prop
erty. Kerosene was responsible for
ia fires and $56.3s1 in damages
Against the entry, unknown causes. IL
charged a damage Of $1,1s9.446, or
more than half Of the total-salina
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
rFrom the Philadeiphia Record.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record
A broken promise dOes..'t worry the fell
low who feels that he can easily make q
new me
My time is not my own remarked the
fellow who was carrying borrowed
watch.
You never can tell. Many a man keeps
hss wife guessing who never told q
conundrum in his life.
A womans life is full of perplexities.
She can't always decide even which COM
plexion to wear.
1t isn't absolutely to necessary to supply
a woman with scales in order that she
may have her own way.
The difference between theory and, prac-
tice l.. often exemplified by the man who
breaches economy to his wife.
His music is SO Violent complained
the critic with shudder. well. sup
pose 1t 10 possible for even violent music to
be composed" replied the jokesmith.
making a note on his cuff.
MugEins-'T believe every boy should
have . college education" Buggins-
That SO? I'm giving my boy one" Mug
gins-"What IL 1t fitting him for?" Bug
gins-"Well. 1 have sneaking idea KS
principally to be supported by his family
for the rest of his life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16

Kaiser Wilhelm's arrival on the fir
ing line in northern France was the
signal for a successful forward move
ment on the part of some of his
troops :-.ere. But while this was go
ing on the Russians began to push
back the German forces in Poland.
In other words, the several German
armies might be able to do better
were the kaiser twins or triplets so
that he could be with each of them at
one and the same time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16

WOULD IT TROUBLE HUMANITY
Would It trouble humanity II an the birds
Held captive In cages were ree1
II all Of the elephants were loet At homo
In their jungies Tar over the 50?
II an the cute monkeys with faceo 20 sad
That peer from the depths Of their woe
Were back In their forest homea. playing
their tricks
with the birds where the wild flowess
groW?
II ali OF the lions and tigers that roar
In the dens till II gives you the chills
Were providing again In their dark. hid
den lajrs
In the wilds OF their own native hills?
II all Of the polar bears. troubled and
sore.
Who rock there IN anguish and plight.
Were back to their icy-bOund regions
Their world is . world that il white?
Would 1t trouble humanity II we were
kind
7 To these as we are man to man
And left them alone where the Maker has
placed
Each one in accord to His plan?
Horace Seymour Keller. in the New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
Journal Entries

Apparently there is no such thing
as an unanswerable argument.
Probably the largest satisfaction q
man can enjoy Is calling another's
bluff.
The man who is quick to wrath
usually has a difficult time getting
anywhere.
A financial genius is not the man
who can make much money but the
man who can save some.
At any rate women didn't launch
the equal suffrage movement to pro-
vide them with opportunities for
making speeches..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
EDUCATIoN FOR THE HOME,

. EDUCATION FOR THE HOME.
Study Of home Relationships. ~ an
essential part Of education. IL the only
cure for the divorce evil. according to
DIR. B. r.. Andrews, in . bulletin on
Education for the Home" just issued
by the United States bureau of educa-
ton.
In the making and the conduct of
q home mans responsibility il equal
to woman's. according to DR.. An
drews. ''As we have lately been en-
phasizing woman's responsibility for
municipal and civic matters" he says,
80 we may urge thai men become
more conscious Of the home and their
relation to it. 1t takes two to start a
home and the child has father as
well as a mother
THE basis Of appreciation Of the
home il laid in the kindergarten.
Household arts will henceforth be
taught in the elementary schools, in q
in domestic science will be given to
girls whose education is to end with
the elementary school"
Practically all the state normal
schools have organized household arts
departments, according to DR.. An
drews. OF the colleges and univer-
stiles. over $50 have definite courses
Of instruction in home economics.
A number Of government agencies,
including the home education division
of the bureau Of education. the chill
dren's bureau. the public health serv-
ice. and the department of agriculture,
are all. according to this bulletin, en-
gagged in reinforcing the home and the
school in social betterment.
THE child is school minded" says
DIR. Andrews. For this reason the
child can be reached through the
school. The school can help the
home by reinforcing the natural in
terest of the child in the home. by
imparting knowledge necessary for
sharing in home activities and by
affording some practice in them.'
Among the plan for connecting the
home and the school. that Of giving
credit" at school for Homework done
at home IL becoming widespread. The
application of this idea il seen in what
is known as the "Crete plan" 1t has
been in successful operation for ten
years in Crete, Neb., and has been
adopted in fifty or more high schools
in that state and in neighboring ones.
This plan secures the cooperation of
women able and willing to teach
cooking Of some given article. AS
many as twenty articles are included
in the course. Girls thereby see the
interior Of many good homes and gain
impressions Of good housekeeping.
Girls become interested in cooking
with the result that they are often
found in the kitchen when their moth
ers entertain in the parlor. The plan
has been said to be 1.-The most demo-
cratic form of cooperation, and the
best method of philanthropy yet dis
covered -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16

Womans suffrage followed the fate
of its boon companion, prohibition. in
the national house of representatives.
But, after all. it may be better and
more in keeping with the spirit Of our
forms of government If each of the
states is permitted to settle these ques-
tions to it's own liking. Both of them
are righteous propositions that will
sooner or later prevail throughout the
entire nation, but they are essentially
and primarily state questions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
Euenine Chat


Poverty Stricken Vocabularies.
When one knows q persons intimately
just about what he viii say under sny
given conditions.
It IL more or less common experience
with most Of us to find ourselves echoing
IN our mind the answer of some friend
before he has spoken. Is it telepathy?
Perhaps 80. 1t Is by no means unthfnkable
Wsxes i nc 80 att tune should send thought
Instruments send sound waves. But
think there is also q less interesting and
One reason why We know what our
frien. is likely to say IL that we know his
vocabulary. And that vocabulary is not
to select the words he will use. Because
know what he viii think: because We are
how he will express 1t.
How Many Words DO You Use?
The vocabulary of the average man has
uneducated uses three hundred or less
Shakespeare used about 5000. That
shows what the human mind il capable
OF. Compare that with the 900 that you
or I, as the average man, use and let Us
think shame to ourselves that we are con-
tent to be-. be SO poverty stricken.
words in the dictionary Il am computing
roug.ly from my dictionary. as have no
exact information at hand). and you and
l. with all this wealth at our command.
q hundredth part of our whole resources.
what misers we are, to be sure.
or course you understand that 500 words
represents mans speaking and not his
reading vocabulary. We meet words in
books day after day and understand them
perfectly and yet never think of intro
ducing them into our conversation. Why
should we, you ask. when we have fa-
niliar. simple words that express our
meaning just web.
Because these words do not express our
meaning just as well. In a broad way
express exact shades of meaning. They
make it possible for us to be articulate,
but not be accurate.
The artist, expressing his conception of
a landscape in pigment ON canvas. has
recourse not only to the tube marked
Green to pOirt trees and grass, nor
only to the tube marked Blue to paint
express. The better the artist. the closer
and more subtle his Interpretation OF the
many shades of nature. And the better
the .conversationalist, the closer and more
subtle his expression of the many shades
of meaning.
Making q Friend Of the Dictionary.
The breadth and accuracy of q mans
mark of his culture. Don't be afraid to
Cse the words you find In books. If you
can't pronounce them or fully understand
their meaning, look them up in your die
tionary.
And have the dictionary handy. Don't
stow away in the bookcase where 1t is a
painful task to consult it. Make 1t a part
family circle. Make a friend Of it and
teach your children do the same and 1t
will surely be a good friend OF you and
yours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16

From the terms of one of the bills
that has been presented to the legis-
lature it appears to be necessary for
the cities of the second class to get the
permission of the state to expend
small sum Of money each month for
the development and maintenance Of
parks. What a travesty such a bill
and others like it, concerning ordinary
municipal activities. are on the 'home
rule" that cities are supposed to en-
Joy and should have.