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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
CATION is NECESSARY.

After pointing out that the war
again asserted it's depressing influence
on the stock. market last week, and
calling attention to the fact that the
terrific waste of the European strug-
gle. the cost of which is estimated at
from s.OO0,OOO,OOO to s2O,000,OOO,-
900 yearly until the finish, cannot but
profoundly affect the worlds capital
markets and REIMBURSEMENT of values
to such abnormal conditions, Henry
CIews the New York banker, dis
cusses purely home conditions in his
current weekly financial review, as
follows: The weakness in railroad
shares was mainly due to foreign sell
ing. especially in st. Paul and few
other standard stocks. At the same
time American railroad earnings. out
side of a few eastern and transconu-
mental lines, are not satisfactory in
spite of better rates The adverse in
f1uences are dull business; diversion of
traffic through the Panama canal; slow
movement of cotton; effect of the Mis-
souri, Pacific collapse, and the finan-
cial condition of some of the weaker
lines 1t may be that these mishaps
and the new British loan have been
fully discounted for the time being;
and they are cited merely in explana-
ton of this weeks fall in values. On
the favorable side of the account is
the steady growth of activity in the
steel industry, which if continued will
soon run into a veritable boom. I'm
der either peace or war the American
steel industry must benefit for some
time to come. When peace arrives
there will be an immense demand for
tools and semi-fabricated steel for re-
construction purposes. Foreign plants
with impaired facilities and general
scarcity of skilled labor will be ut
terly unable to meet requirements; all
of which will be of advantage TO the
American manufacturer and exporter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
SECRET OF GOOD WORK

we hold our material possessions too
tightly for our own good. writes
Shirley in Farm Life. After all it
is not materials things that make life
wholly satisfying. We want to reach
out and grasp the things chat delight
the eye. the ear. the mind. the soul
See the sunrise, find the wild flowers,
have a merry talk with a neighbor, go
to church and hear good sermon and
the organ-that always thrills the soul
of the music-lover. Do not say to
yourself on rising. 81 must drive myself
around with a knotted cord until I
have accomplished so much The
bare thought of so doing makes one
tired before he begins to work. Work
quietly, but steadily, and you will find
that you accomplish much. The great
secret of good work is concentration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News. ]

From the Chicago News.
This is the open season for July
brides.
You can't tell a womans age by her
store teeth.
Ministers are not the only men who
marry for money.
While there is life, there is hope
for everybody but the undertaken.
A woman's age is like herself; after
it begins to tell it keeps 1t up.
Hope is all right in its way, but
men who try to live on it are hopeless.
It's often easier to acquire a good
reputation than it is to live up to it.
There would be fewer divorces if all
husbands and wives could be their
own bosses.
If a man isn't satisfied with the
rules of the game it's up to him to
start a game of his own
Perhaps G. Washington was never
asked by a fond mother what he
thought of her cute baby
A new baby begins to cry as soon as
it discovers what sorry mistake it
made in getting born.
What woman can't understand is
how any man could possibly make a
fool of himself over any other woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
o,-R MOST IMPORTANT CROP.

Mrs. De Vilbiss the chle1 OF In ie
child hygiene department OF 'iie =
hoard of health. has the faculty OF
n,++ing the punch in the campaign
tbat the state has undertaken to cut
down the infant mortality. She points
ont that the deaths last year of 5,OOo
Kansas babies under two years old,
most of them needlessly, were a cas-
ualtv similar to one that would arrest
the attention not only of Kansas put
of the whole country if a tornado, 1or
instance. should sweep down on
town of the size of Wellington, Galena
or Concordia, and snuff out the hVes
of the entire population After ALL
the baby crop is far and away the most
important of the Kansas crops, ana II
should be cared for most asslduousiy-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

anyway" he said cheerfully as he went
down Stairs
AS the days passed by Mrs Waring
lost her first luminosity toward her
nurse But her eyes continued to fol-
low Sylvia around the room
why does she care whether l am
pretty or not" the girl asked her
self impatiently, las long as 1 do my
duty?"
1t was Waring himself who en-
One April morning. Mrs Warning.
sitting in chair by the sunny win
dow, watched the girl as she noise
lessly put the room to rights.
Where is Miss Young?' asked Mrs
Waring abruptly.
Miss Young? 1 am afraid I don't
know who you mean"
Miss Young is the nurse who has
always attended me-
Perhaps she was engaged on an
other case"
Mo- my son sent for YOU. Miss
Ewing"
Yes, ne sent Adolph with the car"
Did you ever meet my son before
Miss Ewing?"
Sylvia's look of surprise was gem
uine.
why, no, Mrs. Warning. Why do
you ask such a question? ?"
Mrs. Waring frowned.
Because you are so pretty" she
said. and remained silent
Sylvia s thoughts were chaotic Her
position was growing disagreeabIe ard
she determined to speak to Richa I'd
Waring about it. The son of the
house spent his days in town and his
evenings, when his mother was unable
books in the library.
1t was here that Sylvia found him
that same evening.
May l have a word with YOU. Mr..
Waring?" she asked timidiv, for she
was rather afraid of the handsome
reserved man.
With pleasure, Miss Ewing" he re-
turned cordially. He placed a deem
chair for her in front of the fire and
stood leaning with one elbow on the
nantelplece m so gratified that
mother has made such progress under
your care. Laidlaw thinks she NAV
regain the use of her hand and arm;
Il am glad" said Sylvia with n
smiling flash of gray eyes. But I'm
AFRAID, Mr. Warning, that your mother
color flickered in her cheeks.
Not happy with you?" he ex-
claimed. THAT is absurd"
She asks me why 1 came and she
inquiries for a Miss Young who has
always nursed her. May I ask. MIR,
Waring, why you did not send for
this Miss Young?"
Waring regarded her thoughtfullv.
Ihen rueful smile OverSpread his
face.
TO tell you the truth, Miss Ewing.
L did send for heri"
Why didn't she respond to your
call?"
III be hanged if 1 know, There,
its out, and perhaps you'll help me
clear up the mystery. I sent Adolph
AFTER Miss Young and he came back
with you! l supposed she had sent
you as a substitute. l spoke to Dr.
Lafdlaw and he complimented your
work, but he also said that Miss
Young was idle. Then I put AdoIDh
through the third degree-he decIa res
that he went 10 33 Cypress street"
Number 33 Cyclamen streetr' in
terrupted Sylvia.
'Cyclamen street? Then he made
mistake in the street and the SINH
larity of the thanksgiving and
Young-added to his confusion our
telephone was out of order that day
and l did not call her by that means
am sure it was happy mistake for
us He bowed courteously.
II am afraid your mother does not
think So said Sylvia. Under the
circumstances 1 feel that L ought to
yield my place to Miss Young. 1t is
really her case"
please do not make any change;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
From Other Pens
KIPIINGs HYPERBOLE.


D'Annunzio may serve in Italy ny
his public utterances to stir the mar
tial ardor of the southrons, but one
of the lessons of the war in England
is that the best spokesman of the
great cause are not the poets and
dramatists and novelists but the
statesmen and soldiers. Mr.. H. G.
Wells and Mr.. Arnold Bennett will not
measureably increase their repute by
the part they have taken in interna-
tional controversy. Mr.. Rudyard
Kipling undertakes on the platform to
induce men to enlist and falls to
cursing like a very drab." His vio-
lent denunciation of Germany may be
momentarily satisfying to the less ar
ticulate whose feelings have been
wrought upon by recent atrocious
deeds, in the same way as the strong
language of the London omnibus mo-
torman in a street blockade may serve
vicariously to ease the temper of the
passenger who is in a hurry. But a
little reflection over the cabled report
OF Mr.. Kipling's utterance shows that
he gets nowhere, accompanies no
purpose. a$1his remarks are illogical
and extravagant. If his manner of
delivery was as impassioned as some
of his sentences he may have secured
some recruits at. Southport, but the
report of his speech will not enhance
his reputation.-New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
LESS IT'S YOU.

LESS IT'S YOU.
Walking in the woodland, fishing in the
brook,
Lying the cool green moss, in a shell
tered nook,
Eyes half closed and fancy wandering to
some mystic cline.
That's the way I'd like to spend the good
old summer time.
Hear the bees humming, fit from flower
to flower,
Hear strain of music from some hidden
fairy bower,
Watching clouds go sailing DER me in a
sky of blue,
And l want nobody near me-1ess it's YOU.
In deep old cushioned rocker, sitting in
the gloom.
See the freight shadows go a fitting
round the room.
Listen to the chestnuts popping. hear out
side the sleigh BELLS chime.
That's the way I'd like to spend the long
cold winter time.
The wind goes bowling round the house,
let's have the curtains drawn,
The fire leaps higher in the CRATE content
i sit alone,
With no voice to break the silence that's
to me a friend so true,
And want no one to share my comfort
less it's You.
KATE KEYES.
Mankato, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

mother is Whimsical and-I wonder il
l may tell you the real reason why she
prefers Miss Young?'
Pray be frank with me, Mr. War
ing, she managed to say.
With the long, curling lashes
against the pink of her cheeks the
becoming white of her uniform, with
its dainty cap perched on her red
brown hair, Sylvia was indeed charm
ing.
MY mother is a woman of preju-
dices," he began, land when her
brother. in his late middle age, sue
cumbed to the charms of q really
noble woman of your profession my
mother became very angry and from
that date she denounced all trained
nurses as-you will pardon me, L am
sure-sirens! She eeiieved them to
be designing, and with a grown son
to protect from their wiles she uttered
a decree that if sickness required a
trained nurse in her house it must be
one of such homely appearance that
| would be quite out of danger" He
laughed ruefully, and Sylvia was
forced to join in.
$50 mother made a business of
searching for a thoroughly reliable
nurse, whom she might call in when
sickness should overtake our family,
and she finally discovered poor Miss
Young, who is plain and middle aged
and devoted to the memory of long
deceased lover. She is faithful soul
your coming here was to my mother
a menace"
How absurd" cried Sylvia. But
now L am convinced that my presence
here could only worry her, and You
must promise me you will send Tor
Miss Young at once"
Sylvia flashed through the door and
vanished up the stairs.
An hour later Miss Young appeared,
tall, rawboned, strong visaged, a
woman of kindly heart and skilled in
her profession. Sylvia bade Sood-by
to Mrs. Waring with some relief. II"
her surprise the invalid pulled her
face down close to the pillow.
You are going, Miss Ewing. she
whispered, but 1 feel sure that you
will come back some day. I've
watched you a long time and Richard
has confessed to me and if fate has
ordained that he is to marry a trained
nurse I'd rather it were you than any
one else in the world. - Copyright
ed, 1915, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
pRODDNG THE SENATE.

In all probability. the gag rule that
the Democratic leaders of the senate
are framing to apply to that body Will
he popular with the people of the
country. They want action in all
things. even if the action is not always
TO their best interests. 1t is always
hotter that legislative bodies do some
thing rather than to devote the bulk
of their energies to endless talk that
results in nothing more. If the some
ching that lie done turns out to be i'll
advised if can be corrected in time
and without much harm having peeH
done. But doing nothing, as the JIM
ed States senate has too OFTEN uohe'
gets the country nowhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
Journal Entries

The would-be hero seldom becomes
one. True heroism is spontaneous.
- - II
40 long as it's his money, what mat
tiers if the fool soon parts with it.
= = =
There'd be many more gam blers in
the world if the chances of winning
were greater.
= + =
And the biggest of thoughts can be
expressed in the smallest and simplest
of words.
T. j. +
The old-fashioned females who
pinch their feet with shoes too small
for them are getting scarcer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

The creatures called spiders who live
in the cellar where | came from were
no such wonderful workers as you,
No indeed, They spun tight little
net down in a dark corner and there
they stayed They were not bit like
YOU" And Tommy's admiration ex-
pressed itself in his voice very plainly.
"Oh, those" said the spider. as he
wove an intricate design in his glisten-
ing web. those are the tiny black
spiders. those creatures who live in the
cellar. l am glad to say that they are
only distantly related to me. But now
| must ask you to excuse me. My net
is ready and i must hide myself so
that l can catch my luncheon. Come
and see me again some day"
Tommy thought of a dozen things
he wanted to ask Mr.. Spider, but there
seemed nothing for him to do but to
take the hint and go away-for this
time. So he and Mr.. Toad slipped out
of sight and Mr.. Spider rolled himself
up in a tight ball and waited for his
prey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

A glance at the percentage column
of the National League would appear
to indicate that George Stallings. the
manager of the Boston team, and the
marvellous miracle man" of the base
ball world of last year, isn't working
with much success this year along the
lines that made him so famous year
ago. Is George merely a big flash in
the baseball pan?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

Charlie Blakesley is no more. Not
only has the Kansas City Star lost
valuable member of its staff, but
Kansas has also lost valuable native
son who never tired of singing her
praises, and his songs had the power
that genius alone can give. This be-
ing true, Charlie was one of those
rare fellows into whose shoes no one
can step. It's too bad that his call
came so soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

One has no idea how strong a control
he has of his mind until he uses It.
If you have a disappointment, or loss,
do not dwell it. Yesterday mas
past, tomorrow is yours to make ana
carry out new plans. Do not visit the
cemetery of dead hopes too often, nor
pass your time in raking over deac
leaves. Summer is here. All out-ot-
doors is open without an entrance fee.
Let's roam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

Although the official government
thermometer registered a maximum of
only 90 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday.
the weather hit the man on the street
or on the porch as b eng much warm
er. But such is the way the first really
hot day of the summer season strikes
humans. and especially when it sud-
denly jumps into being after a cool
spell. Cheer up, though, friends, and
be coura geous! The worst in the sum-
mer heat line is yet to come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

DR. Crumbine has issued an uka Sc
against unclean dish towels. And the
inspectors who may be sent on the
trail of dirty ones will have as unde
sirable jobs as those of the judges of
the old-fashioned baby shows. Imag-
inc the treatment they would be GER
tain to get from not few ladies fair,
who might be politely requested to
present their active dish towels for in
emotion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

What an anomalous condition of af-
fairs in respect to amusements. or
theatricals, prevails in Kansas these
days. The use of a blue pencil or a
rubber stamp by the movie censors is
all that is needed to suppress the ex-
hibition of a film depicting the play
Three Weeks" yet the play can be
presented by a company of actors and
actresses at any theater in the state.
IT'S an unusual world, mates, and
these be strange days in which we live
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

That Kansas will have to work out
her own salvation in the field OF flooo
prevention, and without any aid from
the federal government, is no unusual
situation for Kansas. The Sun1loWer
state has had to work out her own
salvation in a variety of essentially
important undertakings, and she seems
to have done an uncommonly good JOB
ON all of them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

More power to the school reformers
who are moving to shorten the sum-
noer vacation, urges the New York
World. schedule that lets country
bows out for haying and harvesting lets
CITY boys out for mischief in the
streets. and cuts two years time out
of eight years schooling This coun-
trv IS wasteful in many ways; in none
more wasteful than in this squander-
ing of the time of teachers and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

Uncle Sans naval authorizes seem
finally to be awake to one of the neces-
stiles of the navy. An announcement
comes from washington that plans
are being rapidly perfected when VIII
provide the navy with the most etrl-
Gent undersea craft that it is possiple
TO construct And why the navy hash
always had submarines of this variety
anDroacheS a scandal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

STYLES change in warfare, the same
as in anything else After days OF
fighting an advance of the French
forces in the western war arena OF
900 yards on a front of 500 yards is
hailed as a victory of rather monu-
mental DrOOorfionS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal away
from home during the summer may nave
the paper mailed regularly each day TO any
address at the rate of ten cents a week or
thirty cents a month (by mail onl')- az
dress changed often as desired WINE
out Of town the State Journal Will be to
you like a daily letter from home
Advance payment is requested ON tnese
frg expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

Retributive justice, possibly Al
Jennings, the former Oklahoma BAN
dit, was among the passengers on a
California interurban electric car VINO
were held up the other evening oy
masked men and relieved of their val
uables at the point of revolvers-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

Carranza is said to be setting up a
civil government in the City OF Mexico
again, but its foundations are almost
certain to be of the substance of straw.
And it will likely be blown away before
1t approaches anything like good
working order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14

How unreasonable of the mayor of
wichita! He asks the good citizens of
the town who are DESTROYS of having
the Joint and "bootlegging" evils
wiped out of their midst. to set good
example by dumping the beer and
booze out of their own ice chests and
ralIarS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full DAY
telegraph report of that great news OF
ranization for the exclusive afternoon
publica ton in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
On the Spur
of the Moment
BY ROY X. MOULTON.


Strictly Apropos.
The weather man, The weather man.
he surely is a beaut;
Since time began he never has
Been able to suit.
It's always much too cold for us,
Or else it's far too hot.
Oh. weather man Oh, weather man.
1t sure has rained "a lot!
Ode to Car.
The wife took ride
BY her fond husbands side.
whit Ba1 they the , had not go gone very far
I'm getting a blister:
Please buy us regular car
No Holds Barred.
zone of George Randolph Chester
wrestling matches.)
AT last my love- and the dark
handsome mans voice thrilled with
triumph as in his embrace he clasped
the pale, beautiful runaway bride.
For moment she stood, faint and
exhausted, and then she turned up
her large, lustrous eyes to the black
ones which glowed down at her, and
her taperfng white arms stole about
his neck. With her head upon his
shoulder she sobbed out her sur
renderi
With a key he opened the door
through which he had Unexpectedly
and in the doorwaJ- he
paused to once more fold her closely
in his arms.
Always Some Recompense.
So far as is known, with all her
troubles, Europe doesn't have to Crap
pie with jitney bus problem.
Important.
They say the end of the war is less
than year away But which end?
And Bryan.
Queer how great men are dropping
out of sight these days. Where's Jack
Johnson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-14
!alea1
- - chnalperaalSdson Ssasss
~ TITTLE-MOUsE MAKES FRIENDS WITH MIR. SPIDER
Wy clasa ln&raAJOdson

Dear me, l wouldn't say that if 1
were you!" exclaimed Tommy excited
ly. Il think spiders are wonderful
beings-that is spiders like you are!
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Who Knows

1t seems to be a question whether
Harry Thaw is suffering from demen-
tia Americana or a superfluity Of law
yerS.
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Mankato, Kan.