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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

months of the year was particularly
noticeable in the case of Argentina
and Brazil, the shipments to each in
June, 1915, being double what they
had beer in June of the previous year.
The official preliminary returns are not
in sufficient detail to ASCERTAIN the
lines In which the great gains oc-
Cured, nor their extent, but there is
sufficient unofficial knowledge to war
rant the statement that they were
almost entirely in manufactured
goods Imports into the United States
from South America during the fiscal
year ending with June 80, 1915, were
larger by 80 million dollars, or s per
cent, than those of the preceding year
In the month of June the excess was
nine million; in May there was little
difference: April, March and February
showed a gain of five million in each
case, and in January the increase was
nearly four million. The imports
from Argentina in June last were over
y million dollars, nearly double
those of the same month a year ago,
and imports from Brazil were s u
million, One-half as much again a
year earlier. This increase in imports
from South America was larger than
the gain in imports from any other
section of the world, and it served to
partially offset the decline that took
place in imports from Europe The
gain was due almost entirely to in
creased imports of crude materials for
use in manufacturing or other raw
materials. This fact is particularly
significant, for the reason that if the
United States hopes to sell larger
quantities of goods to South America,
one of the primary requisites is that it
absorb a larger part of the native
products that continent has been send
ing overseas. On the whole, there has
been a general improvement in the
trade relations between the United
States and South America in recent
months. The recovery has not been
as rapid, perhaps, as had been antici- |
pated in some quarters, but there has
been that persistent, if slow, progress |
essential to the establishment of trade |
on a permanent and healthy basis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Hand over hand, pulling as hard as
she could pull, she hauled in her line
ana what do you suppose sine found
de une emu a great, big turtlei
mary Jane was so surprised she
shouted, Father. Come quick, I've
caught fish,
That walked father up Eyes, he was
asleep, he had to admit IT'D and he
nelped her take cut the hook. Then
they fixed box with tiny holes for
air ard that evening Mary Jane car
RED her turtle hcme. All summer she
kept L in a tub in the back ward and
the family called it Mary James
fish = Copyright - Clara Ingram
Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

painted the steps. He was rewarded
each night by en- hour of Emerson.
At the end of two weeks the wander
ing parents returned and Mildred S
duties were at an end.
How did you get along, Milly .
''Splendidly, You are all wrong
about the chauffeur being lazy. I've
reformed Robert"
Robert" they exclaimed.
Yes L didn't approve of calling
him Bob. He is really a model young
man. I've been reading to him nights
and everything"
Her brother-in-law hastily left the
room and his wife Joined him few
seconds later, and sounds of merri-
ment came back through the door.
The energetic reformer was puz-
zled, but forgot about it in the excite
ment of getting ready for the Country
club hop that night.
That night picture in dress of
blue Chiffon, Mildred met many Young
men who were eager for dances. Sud
denly she found herself face to face
with Robert, the chauffeur. in evening
dress He asked hesitating for a
dance.
Mildred, this is Bob Trevor, my best
friend and next-door neighbour said
Emily's husband quickly. But, per-
haps you are already acquainted
Mildred's face famed, but she stuck
to her colors pluckily. Perhaps. dear
gentlemen, you think the joke is on
me, but I'll wager Robert has some
blisters on his hands to pay for his
fun. He deserved all the hard. work
he did" she declared.
Perhaps said Bob meaningly, but
how about the wound in my heart %
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
THE OTHER ONE

THE OTHER ONE.
m sorry that l cannot love
The maiden who loves me-
She's not considered beautiful.
But very learned, see?
An, she could teach me lots of things
common man should learn
MY II she were the other one
My heart for her would yearn.
The other one. ali, sad to say,
She loves me not mite
She is dream of beauty, but
She isn't very bright.
And L could teach her lots of things
A pretty maid should learn
NO; l cant teach her how to love
And madly for me yearn.
And so L am the victim of
A situation sad:
II either were the other one
Yours truly would be glad
Horace Seymour Keller in Judge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Gentlemen, be calm, This is ad-
dressed to the City Fathers who, or
some of whom, seem to be getting I'M
duly excited over their trying job
of budget building. Inasmuch, as the
law fixes a limit to the sums they can
appropriate, their problem would not
appear to be such a hard one. And
Topeka seems to be fortunate right
now that there happens to be such a
law governing the financial operations
of the cities of the first class. Other
wise, what might the local taxes be?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
Kansas Comment
AUSTRIA AND FRANCE.

AUSTRIA AMI fN<A4NSA|.
The French and Austrians are not
getting their share of the glory of the
present war, if there is any glory in Il.
Both peoples are doing their parS OF
the fighting, not only with great de-
votion to their respective flags, but
with extraordinary loyalty to their re
spective alliances And both of them
are fighting under a definite Impulse
Austria is at war to aVe1ge the muir
der of the heir to it's CHROME, and his
consort-a murder that undoubtedly
had the encoura cement of Serbia, IL
not the cOuntenance of prominent
Russian influence-and France is at
war so evidently in self-defense that
even it's major enemy does not dispute
it, And yet both are fighting and
dying silently so far the outside
world is concerned. 1t is the tongues
of Germany and England that are
speaking to America, and the other
nations of the globe, and telling them
what is going on. In the United
States, for instance, we scarcely know
the names of half a dozen French aud
Austrian generals. and hear nothing
whatever of the exploits of their more
humble heroes. That they have them
goes without saying; for two nations
that have taken so much OF the brnnt
of the fighting can not be without men
who have given examples Of Vaior
that history, when it is written, II Writ
accurately will acknowledge to be
equal to any performed in the great
wars of the past, when the Two ma .
lions referred to were dominant mill
tary powers in the continent OF
Europe. The lovers of the square deal
all over the world would like % see
the French and Austrians get more
credit for their sacrifices in the pres
ent European war-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE

A sewing circle is also a knowing
circle, in most cases.
War and lawsuits are alike in that
the winner usually loses.
Seems like this is a poor year to
carry a chip on the shoulder.
1t is really easier to keep out of
trouble than to get out of trouble.
In the moving pictures entirely too
many rich people die of heart failure.
1t seems that the purpose of some
mems stomachs is to hold up their
trousers.
Life is a real stage, and a lot of
women dress as though they fully
realized it.
Nest things are interpreted nova
days without any clothes. Speaking,
of course, of art.
Probably prison reform will be car
ried along until it reaches weekend
parties for convicts.
A portion of the grouchiness of this
vale of tears is also due to the mem
bership of the Sunshine club.
Like whisky. some men improve
with age. Men who, however, like
whisky, don't improve with age.
A man who has to shave every day
is complaining, but he should worry,
for he doesn't have to put on a corset
every day.
Some men spend their nights down
town, not on account of down towns
attractions, but because of distractions
in their homes.
An Atchison man is so crooked he
scratches the chigre bites on his neck
with his heel, which is calloused and
almost as effective as a curry comb.
1t is fine to be brave, plain spoken,
and all of that, but very few married
men are Phools enough to call a spade
a spade in their own homes. Down
town is the place to protrude the chest
and be brave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
On the Spur
of the Moment
The Rival.
BY ROY K. MOULTON


pal named jim he set about,
BY g1ngerpop, to cut me out.
He saw her home from singin' school,
And carried on just like a fool.
She seemed to like him pretty good;
Doggone If see how she could
But wlmmen have peculiar ways;
To take 'em seryus never pays
1t drove me dippy, yes. it did,
When she looked at some other kid.
When Jim fused round and stroked
her hair
She said twas none OT my affair.
And finally she said she guessed
That she liked Jim a mite the best
That Teller was a traitor sure;
He knowed my love for her was pure.
He acted like a measly bloke,
Although he knowed my heart was
broke.
[ lost my faith in wimmin kind
And thought I'd almost lost my mind.
1t lasted only bout week,
And got even, so to speak.
I've got a sweet revenge on Jim,
For later on-she married him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
IS 1T GERMANY,s REPLY

Until all of the facts surrounding the
torpedoing of the arabic are definite
ly known, the judgment of the Amer
lean people in the premises must be
suspended. The affair. though, has an
ominous look. If it is Germany's an
swer to the last American note pro-
testing against the feature of Ger
many's submarine warfare that in
wolves the murder of on-combatants
on unresisting ships, it would seem
that friendly relations between the
United States ard Germany can no
longer DE maintained. But this
doesn't necessarily mean that we will
go to war with Germany. There are
plenty of other sufficient ways of
showing Germany cur displeasure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Old-fashioned people are never very
keen to admit it.
+ = +
1t is also harder to live down mis-
takes than it is to make them.
= j
A whole lot is heard about cussing
parrots, but did you ever hear one
swear?
4. i. %
When most men and women con-
slider themselves they think only of
their virtues.
= !. =
Neither are married folk inclined
to be frank with their opinions about
married life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

man and senior classes is sufficient
proof that a course is required that
will fit the needs of the large num-
bers who drop out after the sopho-
more year. y course that is definitely
planned to end with the second college
year, carrying with it an appropriate
certificate, would induce many thou
sands of young men who now stop
with high school to take up the two
years course
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Topeka's ball team has delivered the
goods this season. The fans should
exert themselves to do what they can
20 have it break even financially. And
it is deserving of something better
than an even break. 1t would be n
great thing for Topeka in this year
of baseball rot if it could re heId up
to the light as one of the few minor or
major league towns that carried its
team across the financial shoals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
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From Other Pens
NO STRIKE BY WOMEN.


The men who view women through
the ewes Of Schopenbauer. Otto Vein
niger, Sir Almoth Wright and their
disciples must have been somewhat
shocked oy the simultaneous spectacle
of 10000 English women marching
through the rain tc implore Lloyd
George TO employ them in munition
making. and 2GG, 600 ballot-casting
Welshmen refusing to mine coal for
the fleet. The men are taking adVan-
tage of the national peril to secure
privil eyes which they could not obtain
in time of peace; the women have dis
dained to add to England'S burdens in
order to secure their deSire-the vote
Ninety thousand women already are
engaged in farming in England, ana
the women demand that they be called
upon to fill the places of the 100000
male farm laborers of military age
who still remain on the safe SIDE or
the channel Fifty thousand women
work in inunitior factories; they ask
that the number be doubled or treb-
led. Women have invaded all the
government departments, and in Lon
don last week 400 men teachers were
replaced by women. They are not
striking or mobbing ministers for the
vote but they are winning it in sub
tier way-Philadelphia Ledger
WHAT is A TIP?
Travellers should beware how they
give tips, or rather WneFe tney give
them, for a law has just gone into eff
feet in Iowa which makes giving or
receiving a tip an offense punishable
by fine and Imprisonment. The at
torney general announces that the
law will be rigidly enforced, and the
public may look for some interesting
decisions from the Iowa supreme
court before long. Before the matter
comes clear the court will have to say
what a tip is-and that difficulty
alone is likely to give as much trouble
as the what-is-whisky question ever
did. The line between the outright
tip and the payment for extra serv-
ice may not prove easy to draw, but
it is useless to speculate on diff
culties of the administration of the
law without a study of the statute
and it's exact terms. 1t may he af-
firmed, however, that the public will
be, glad if Iowa has made workable
law which will abolish the tipping
nuisance, whether it results in com
polling employers to pay their EN-
ployees fair wages or in the estab-
lishment of fixed fees for extra serv-
ices in hotels, restaurants, sleeping
cars and everywhere else where the
palm of the underpaid worker in
vites a contribution.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Every little bit helps, hut the fact
that the state institutions Will obtain
their coal a trifle cheaper his year
won't help much, as the taxpayers viii
discover when they glimpse their next
tax statements
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

1t borders on the impossible OF
course, that all the teams in the Ma
tional League can get in the 500 class
in the percentage column, but each of
them is unusually. close to it. The
leaders are only SS points above that
mark and the tailenders are only 81
points below it. Or, this was their
standing Friday morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Prominent among the trouble Dor
rowers are those who are predicting
that an Industrial Workers of the
World menace threatens to sweep
Kansas in 1916.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
N Clara hqSramJodson,,,

as she had seen fishermen do, and
fished on.
For an hour she sat there without
a move or bite. then she felt sud
den jerk, A pull at her line And
she began to haul in. Dear me, but II
was heavy,i She called softly to her
father, but he did not answer; could
he have dropped to sleep?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

In bringing about the downfall Of
Novogeorgievsk, the last Russian
stronghold in Poland, it's a moral GER
tainty that the Germans didn't have
to conquer its name. That would be
an impossible task
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Nor are the 'war stocks" in which
SO much speculation is going on these
days very stable things. The news of
the torpedoing of the Arabic was all
that was needed to cause their prices
10 tumble
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Possibly this Southern chivalry that
you hear so much about was respon-
sib1e for the compliance with Leo
Franks dying request that his wedding
ring be delivered to his widow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

once in a while. says the st. Paul
Pioneer Press, a movie fan wonders
whether there are any heroes in the
world besides cowboys and idle New
York club men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

Attention is being called to the fact
that while he was campaigning Gov
ernor Capper did not promise to re-
dUce taxes. Neither did he intimate
that they might be Increased during
h il t.1nIn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the 1ull Gay
Eanization, 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, 1915-08-21

Inasmuch as the weather in Kansas
is abnormally cool for this period Of
the year, it is only playing true to
Kansas climatic form.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
Lie Still. Edo.

Latest report is that the Turks have
been attacked by the allies in the re-
gion of Mush. Must have hit 'em in
the stomach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

If the Germans continue with their
successes in the eastern arena of the
war there surely won't be much left
of the Russian Bear to hibernate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
The HickeyviIle Clarion.

Old man Hanks went to the post
office to ask for his mail. He got a
horse collar, two jars of pickles, a
posthole digger, a wagon tongue.
three churnS and a bushel of parSnipS.
Miss Amy Pringle, our popular mil
styles out of shapes that she had left
over last fall. She bends them up in
front instead of in pack and puts the
trimming on the east instead of the
west side.
A Teller came along here and tried
to get moving picture of the town
marshal of Hockeyville, but the mar
shall didn't move for three days, and
the fellow went away disguised.
Deacon Pringle has got mewl
which is the stubbOrnest critter in our
township. When the deacon wants
the mewl to stop he hollers '-Giddap."
he holIers Whoa" so the mewl does
just what the deacon wants him to
without knowing it. The deacon uses
the same system on his wife.
Hank Tumms says he has practiced
until he can be polite to anybody eX-
cepting a life insurance agent.
Notes.
1t takes more than a German note
To rouse my ire and get my goat.
The English notes do not make me
Go hang myself or seek the sea.
The diplomatic letters punk,
1 realize are mostly bunk.
But there's a note that does not fail
Each month to reach me in the mail.
The only one l really fear.
1t turns this life from gay to drear.
1t sends me hiking to my friends
That cauStic note my tailor sends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
,Nother Unnecessarx Noise.

There is young man not more than
a thousand miles from Lyons, who
drives horse that whinneys after
dark There is some talk of having
him taken either FOR maintaining
nuisance or disturbing the peace
LYONS Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-20

~ ths riiro!s theatre Tomorrow an
crnpca azf evcainE Jean Bsa.nFE Mis-
.chief Makers~ viii caGcavo- 20 eater.
tain with shat IL claimed 20 b one %
TIE most expensive productions ever
Fat 90 the rad The eomranF does
sot ne auyth,aE beioEEirE 20 the the
asru osrTy -as ever thc furniture used
o. iee sc;ti1z VITA capable CON-
rz1y - Players ard = large choTu. Il
seozid sursiy - che OF The years best
embellishments and draw big houses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-20
STAGE GOSSIP

SCI ayu o. Co.'S product ON of Twin
BedE 90 the FULTON theatre. Rev
YORK. has passed Cos -5nth pegfor-
nance This O. the longest run on
ans p.ay Goa NcW Yl-s this season.
Two Sampll. lre also pa. ms
"Te.u Beds an tle road
Margaret u-uetou continues TO tas,
the capacity OF the Harris theatre i-
NCW York lu Henry Arthur Jones
newest play. The Lee" Better than
iu The Thief " i- the general verdict
rceari.ng Niss Illusions acting I'm
the play
THE theatre is uI OF THINGS one
must not do and OF men who have
made fortune doing them writes
Charming Pollock The Green
BOOK" william Archer wrote rglms.
show ue she imp5ssib.Hty OF Keeping
secret from the audience. and now
behold Under Cover ono is remind
ca rf clio ur roncr vino was told. They
can't ruf sou iu JAN os shat and re-
.gcndsI. . know &c. rut i'm .u.'
Zelda scans. the leading comodisuac
OF The show shop. James Forbes
satire uf enc stage. has Just received
from Ruth Chatfer.on O. charming rep
Hca ot Daddy f-ouslcr doll. with
O motto Erum Miss Chattrri1n. recalling
tls joyful occasion uhHu Nss sears
had r.reu heF her GrEt rel. chance 1t
a good part. Iu eth. Hl sister bs
ElEart FrE ~. e. .a- Miss Scans
.rlrref Ta fr. note. Ais Sears re-
Piled Elf.r. I-..a.E .-H. .a ae-
trees alru 500 once
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-20

Angeles. where Mr.. Selwyn viii APP
pear in picture OF his own play, The
Arab"
one. Of the consequences of Onve
Mays coming into prominence again
or Broadway. by her work in James
Forbes The SHOW shop" has been
TO revive the canard tina, IL was she.
instead of the English Olive May, who
married Lord PaEet. Mss May lately
received haunting letter. from a wo-
man unknown 10 her, saying that it
served her right 10 have 70 go back
20 work. since she had married a for
eisner for his title.
RAY Cox has been talking about
love. n read" said Miss Cox, IAN in
tcryicw with "A little actress recently,
IN which she asserted that women
were wholly fashioned by love--hat
90 made what Q pleased OF them. Do
YOU know. 10 was all could do 10 keep
from going out 10 spank that child2
Z wanted TO tell her that love came 70
us and went from US precisely TO
what we were long before II either
came or wcnr-5ut I restrained my
self. am convinced that most people
do not know the dickens o. lot
about love But am just as sure that
women are leaving false ideas about
love more quickly behind them than
anything else. We're on the way-up.
George sydney says that the only
change he made when ne lef, burles-
que for the 'erit mate was q take on
his beard and learn his lines in their
proper order. 81 never wore the beard
in buElesque because ] thought it was
rl-ticuiariy funny. he said. And il
wasn't Z wore DO because ] got used
Co lL As for learning my lines in their
right p-1ec--that would have helped
O. Jos 4u hurlesqUe ri had not been too
aEy Goo DO d. Now you take it from
me. that's au there Is 20 this great
ehauEe iu my lif1'-ilat. and the pride
~ being legitimate. and the prosperity
OF IT,