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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

Maybe, suggests the Salina Journal,
| if motors were of the non-skid, non
kid variety there would be fewer &C
cidentS.
can be overlooked, thinks the Pea
body Gazette-Herald, if he keeps his
word and pays his bills
A woman's smile may wreck a
mans heart, says the Pittsburg Head
light, but it is usually another kind
of smile that wrecks his constitution.
Wanted-by the Minneapolis Bet
ter Way-A new law which will make
it possible to enforce the old ones.
One of the things that keeps civili-
cation from being even more shock
ing, points out the Galena Republican,
is the rubber heel.
Speaking of hyphenated Americans,
remarks the Coffeyville Journal, they
are about as much out of date as the
hyphenated partisans who f1ourfshed
a few years since but have now passed
to the discard. Better leave the by
phen out and be what you are without
prefix or suffix-
Reported by the Junction City
Union: Albert KurtZe, who has been
threshing up in the vicinity of Wake
field, one day last week threshed out
this years crop of mfllet for Paul K.
Rau. Two years ago when coming
home from school one day Paul found
a head of millet in the road Last year
he took the seed from the one head
and planted it and saved the last
years crop for seed this year, which
he planted and this fall threshed his
crop which he grew from the one head
and had a yield of two bushels that
sells for a dollar a bushel.
Related by the Horton Headlight
Commercial: A Horton merchant sells
a certain grade of flour, and is justly
proud of its good qualities. A newly
wed came into the store recently and
addressing the proprietor. said: you
have misrepresented that flour; it's
no good at all why, what was the
matter with it?'' he asked. 1T was
tough-awfu1ly tough the young
lady said. Tough ?'' the grocer en-
quired a puzzled voice. Yes, tough"
she said. II made some of the mic
est biscuit with it, but they were so
tough my husband couldn't eat them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
Globe Sights
) BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

There is never as much excitement
as nervous man imagines.
Give any man sufficient opportun-
ity, and he will air his fool streak
Father may not dress for the part,
but he must play Santa Claus just the
same.
After a man has paid his taxes he
stands in need of a little Christmas
cheer.
1t is said an Atchison man is so
stingy that he never changes bill
or his shirt.
Sometimes there is more sentiment
than sense to some of the patriotism
one encounters.
Why don't more ministers follow
in the Lords footsteps? The Lords
prayer is very short
Nine-tenths of the stuff labeled
comedy should be served with four
fingers to get a laugh.
About the time a Tilted lover thinks
he may die of a broken heart, an
other girl comes along.
Reporters are always willing to run
help the poor items in the hope they
will be recognized.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who used to slap a quid of
tobacco on a fresh cut?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
FINE Bur, FUTmE ADVICE.

Most of the doctors advise that the
grip more easily fastens it's tentacles
on those who work indoors. And. I'M
fortunately, most of the workers at
this and other Seasons of the year
are forced to- labor under those con-
ditions to make a living, and incident
ally connect with the coin that is nee
essary to pay their doctor bills. If
people who are susceptible to colds
and other ailments could only take
the advice of their doctors as we'll as
their medicine it would be one con-
tinual round of vacations for a large
number of the toilers. They'd be
frisking and frolicking in the open
with nature most of the time. and
resting up on the side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record ] =
All the worlds a stage, and some
fellows seem to think it's tank
drama
In her search for an ideal man many
a girl passes up a lot of real ones
Even the man who is looking for a
second wife should look out for num-
Der one.
Everything can be overdone- Many
a fellow has been fired with enthusl-
asm by his boss
In order to succeed the young doc
tor has to be more than merely a pa
tient waiter.
When a girl is fond of being kissed,
does she prefer a fellow who keeps
stiff upper lip?
You never know whether people
want to share their joys or their sor-
rows when they invite you to chatting
dish party
You can't always spot a millionaire.
Some men have the airs without the
million, and some have the million
without the airs.
Wigg='Have you ever noticed that
when a girl is nervous she always bites
her Iips?" Wagg-@Not always.
Sometimes she chews her gum"
acknowledgements seems to worry
a great deal about matrimony-" Bug
gins-'tAfraid he won't get married,
eh % Muggins-''No: afraid he will"
Scribbler='tThat fellow Phil Space
is a plagiarist- He is always stealing
my thunder QuibbIer@ That's
nothing He came around the other
day and swiped my umbrella .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
HABANA A FLYLEss TOWN.

Not so many years ago Habana
was one of the filthiest cities on earth.
1t was a veritable feshpot for dis
ease. Now it is as clean as a hounds
tooth, so clearly in fact even the fly
has become a rare bird there Ger
rard Harris, a special agent of the
United States department of COM
merce, writes that the visitor. from
the United States can not fail to be
impressed with the absence, of flies in
the Cuban capital. A fly is a real
rarity-so is a mosquito-and screens
are not at all a necessity. Further
more, the absence of these pests is
simply the result of municipal clean
illness and care. Illustrating the gem
eral understanding of the necessity to
watch out for breeding sources
Mounted Officer Pedro Sierra reported
November 80 to the chief of SANTA
ton that he had observed a plant in
the Vedado PRESIDENTIAL district) that
apparently was a source of flies. The
plant has a fruit resembling a fig, in
which, Sierra asserts, larvae are to be
found. He conducted some expert
ments himself, becoming convinced
that the plant afforded a breeding
place for the pests; then he so re-
ported. If the experiments of the de-
partment of sanitation confirm him,
undou otedly an order will be issued
for the destruction of all such plants
in and around Habana; and, incident
ally, Officer Sierra will be rewarded
There is no need for ''f1y-swatting
campaigns around the clean capital
of Cuba The sanitarians make flies
an impossfbility and confirm abso-
1utely the doctrine that municipal
cleanliness will prevent the appear
ance of flies altogether
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

She lay there in me. bed. thisssing-
thinking-and reminding herself all
the time that she must stay cross
All right, mother. let's do it. cried
Mary, interrupting by springing out OF
bed - You go and ut on your royal
clothes and I'll beat you down stafrsi''
She scrambled into her clothes
washed and tidied her hair and was
sitting at the table wnen mother came
down stairsi They pretended that the
breakfast was royal food and found il
very jolly; then Mary danced around
and got herself ready for school
W men she kissed her mother goodbye.
she whispered, ~ know a good niece
to lose crossness''
w here ~ asked mother; and Mary
whispered back, I'm pretend-land!"-
eCoyr1gpt-Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
GRACE SUICIDE. TALK UNJUST.

In the January Woman's Home
Companion a writer says: Some years
amo there was quite stir about race
saiicide People began to say that
YSonen no longer looked upon moth
erhood. as a glory, but considered it a
bfarden unjustly imposed upon them.
statisticians worried us with figures,
ana even statesmen began to consider
ne subject seriously Now the pendu-
l,4ra is swinging the other way On
every hand we hear women discussing
With the keenest interest Trained
Afotherhood. Better Babies and sim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
Household Hints



Watercress Sandwiches-Some wa
tercress, hard boiled eggs, bread (rye
preferred) and butter, juice of lemon,
Wash. well some watercreSS and then
dry them in a cloth, pressing out every
atom of moisture as far as possible;
then mix with the cress hard boiled
eggs chopped fine and seasoned with
bread (rye preferred) and some fresh
butter, and with a sharp knife cut as
many thin slices as will be required
for two dozen sandwiches; then cut
the cress into small pieces, removing
the stems; place it between each slice
of bread and butter, with a slight
sprink1ing of lemon juice; press down
the slices hard and cut them sharply
on board into small squares, leaving
no crust.
Spring Vegetable Soup-Half pint
green peas, two shredded lettuces,
one onion, a small bunch of parsley,
two ounces butter, the yolks of three
eggs, one pint of water. one and a
half quarts of soup stock. Put in
stew pan with one pint of water and
let them simmer till tender. Season
with salt and pepper. When done
strain off the vegetables and put two
thirds of the liquor with the stock.
Beat up the yolks of the eggs with
the other third, toss it over the fire
and at the moment of serving add
this with the vegetables to the strain
ed soup.
Orange-Pine Marmalade- Flor
sized pineapple. Wash oranges and
lemons, slice thin; peel and shred
pineapple. To one pound of fruit add
two pin+s of water, cook one hour and
set aside until next day. Then cook
until -!nd is tender; allow to cool
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
HOW TO GET THE FACTS

The paragraph of the Presidents
message, which doubtless was written
with the tariff in mind, is remarkable
for its vagueness, says the Iron Trade
Review. 1t is as follows: MANY con-
ditions about which we have repeat
eddy legislated are being altered from
decade to decade, 1T is evident, under
our very eyes, and are likely to change
even more rapidly and more radically
in the days Immediately ahead of u.s.
when peace has returned to the world
and the nations of Europe once more
take up their tasks of commerce and
industry with the energy of those who
must bestir themselves to build anew
Just what these changes will be no one
can certainly foresee or confidently
predict There are no calculable be
cause no stable, elements in the prob
lem. The most we can do is to make
certain that we have the necessary in
strumentalities : of information con-
stantly at our service, so that we may
be sure that we know exactly what we
are dealing with when we come to act,
if it should be necessary to act at all
We must first certainly know what
it is that we are seeking to adapt our
selves to. I may ask the privilege of
addressing you more at, length on this
important matter a little later in your
session" Evidence that the President
really had the tariff IN mind when he
wrote the above paragraph is furnish
ed by the report that in an address to
the members of the national commit
tee of his party he spoke more plainly
and declared that nobody knows today
what ought to be done in regard to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. ]

From the chicago NeWS.J
It's poor farm that can't acquire a
mortgage
Girls shouldn't cry; it is more pic
turesque to sob.
The younger a man is the more he
has to unIearn-
To diet is one thing. To eat ones
words is something else.
The poor man who raffles for a tur-
key is apt to go hungry.
Feminine compilations often resem-
BILE small boyS-they won't wash.
Any married man can agree with his
wife-but what's the use2
1t often happens that man who is
his own boss sees few pay days.
If a man has money to burn some
dear young thing is willing to strike a
match.
No doubt most of the happiness in
the world is due to the fact that ig-
norance is bliss
Lots of men who have no faith in
Darwin's theory are busy Transforming
themselves into monkeys again
Wise men change their opinions oc-
casionalIy but the fool who can
change a $1,000 bill commands more
abject respect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations
American Newspaper Publishers
= Association.

Secretary of Commerce Redfield is
quite right in the generality of his OBJ
serTation that it would not be an1iss
for the United States to indulge in a
little preparedness for the trade war
that is almost certain to follow the
European struggle in arms Whether
some of the definite proposals to this
end that he makes in his annual re-
port are sufficient is a question that
is open to debate. But the right kind
ofsa protective tariff law would I'M
doubtedly help materially to turn the
trick
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
suppose the European war should

Suppose the European war should
come to an end in two or three
months. which isn't at all likely, but
suppose it should? What of this war
tax law that the Democratic states
men are so rapidly re-enacting to con-
tinue in effect until December 81,
1916. AS a matter of fact, its charac-
terization as a war tax measure is a
sham, a mere effort to fool the people.
It. is no more than an emergency or
special tax law that has been made
necessary through the failure of the
Democratic economic policies to pro-
vide the government with the revenue
If needs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
BETTER BE SAFE THAN SORRY.

BETTER BE SAFE THAN SORRY.
The season of the year is at hand
in which amateur Santa Clauses, with
cotton whiskers and inflammable pad
ding, offer themselves up as sacrifices
to the Christmas spirit. The trouble
is that they often endanger the lives
of others. especially women and chill
dren, by their failure to use non
inflammable materials and to exercise
ordinary conmonsense precautions in
the neighborhood of candles and tin
der-dry Christmas trees and decora-
lions. There are numerous cases of
terrible burnings because of Christ
mas tree fires, and in the holiday en-
tertainmentS at schools and churches,
with large throngs of children pres
emit, dangerous panrcs are likely to
occur if a fire should start in the
decorations. There are plenty of fire
proof materials which can be used for
Christmas tree trimmings and decora-
lions. and cotton should never be used
to represent snow, especially where
the tree is lighted with candles. 1t is
better to be safe than sorry, or to turn
the Christmas season into a time of
mourning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

mo. 1 don't want to get up, moth
er!" exclaimed Mary GROSSLY, as her
mother called a pleasant good morn
ing" through the door of her room
81 don't want to get up and 1 don't
want any breakfast and L don't want
to wear my old dress and l won't go to
school! So therei'' And Mary turned
over and pulled the covers up high
clear to her chin.
Now, Mary" said mother kindly.
YOU know that is no way for a little
girl to talk Come, be my dear little
girl and surprise me by being all
ready for breakfast before 1 know you
are up!'
81 don't want to surprise you re-
piled Mary fretfully, because know
you are just trying to get me into a
good humor by talking that way. And
I feel so cross this morning, mother
/ feel so cross that l never want to
get into a good humor again.
-.A1l right, DEAR said mother,
laughing with what Mary considered
very provoking good-nature. You are
missing a good deal though, for L
was just going to play q nice game
with you. Never mind, Maybe you
will enjoy your crossness more than
my game Good-byei" And without
another look mother turned and went
back to her room.
That surprised Mary exceedingly
And she couldn't help a bit of Won
dering as to what the new game
might be. She lay there in her bed.
reminding
herself all the time that she. must stay
cross. But. to her surprise. staying
cross wasn't half as much fun as she
thought it was going to be. On the
contrary, it was ratl-cT tiresome. And
what was that new game2
At last she could restrain her curl
osity no longer. Mother she called.
do come tell me about the new
camel 1 think I'd like to get up and
play it,
Mother came into the room at once
and said, Il thought We would play
this was a, happy world and that
everything we had to do was exactly
what we most wanted to do. Now of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

No doubt about the people of To-
peka approaching the many advan-
tages of well paved streets. The city
already has more paved streets than
most cities of its size. But the people
are petitioning for new street pave
ment to be laid during the coming
year that would cost $27o,SO2. This
is also more evidence of the general
prosperity in the city. The people
wouldn't be figuring very extensively
on new street pavements if they could
mt well afford 10 pay for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
Journal Entries

The game a man likes best is the
one he can win at oftenest.
Il j i
A wise man never carries an espe-
cially attractive umbrella.
= s II
Many singers go on the theory that
noise is all they're expected to make.
j. j %
The more foolish the idea, the big
ger the hit it will make with some
people.
1. j.
Not only is the cost of experience
heavy, but more often it isn't worth
the price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

liar topics; and remarkable campaigns
for child-saving and child-improving
are being inaugurated in different
parts of the country The twentieth
century is to be the Era of the Child.
people are saying, and it is to be a
wonderful record of Better Babies
and better men and women"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

Austria's reply to our Ancona note
is 5displeasing to the powers that be in
Washington So was the first reply of
Germany in the diplomatic contro-
versy engendered by the slaughter of
the innocents aboard the Lusitania.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

In union there is strength. but
once in a while mere virtue gets its
reward The Santa Fe has voluntar-
lily increased the wages of many of
its clerks, stationmen and other en-
ployees who do not happen to be a
mart of organized labor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

If the reports are true that Mrs.
Wilson made many of the hats in her
wedding trousseau with her own
hands, the probabilities are that they
look the part. A homemade wOman's
hat usually fails most miserably in
meeting the millinery standards
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

Kansas certainly wouldn't be the
healthy state from the death rate
standpoint that Mr. Deacon. state reg
istrar of vital statistics, is able to
prove it to be did that annoying all
ment which travels under the name of
the grip" have fatal tendencies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

1t is only the Sixty-fourth congress,
observes the Springfield Republican,
yet that means a fairly venerable an
tiquity as national assemblies go. And,
perhaps. no country has packed more
politics into the same period.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

Physicians attribute the good health
of the people of a Wisconsin COM
munity to their general practice of
eating literally of limburger cheese.
But for not a few folk such a cure
would be worse than the disease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
falegraph report of that great news or
ganization. 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, 1915-12-20

Not a few women are probably find
ing it impossible to understand why
Mrs. Wilson did not manipulate things
so as to have her marriage to the pres
ident staged in the White House.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

If the Chicago judge who is going
TO refuse to marry people who are not
mentally fit takes the word or opin-
ions of the confirmed old bachelors
and old maids. he won't marry any
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
%Cbara lp&ramJudson
PRETEN D-LAND

course, it's horrid for you to have to
dress MARY looked to see if her
mother was making fun of her, bus
apparently she was not) but pretend
you like to dress. Then pretend that
your breakfast is exactly what you
want to eat AND
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

1t will also soon be too late to mail
your Christmas packages sufficiently
early to assure them reaching their
destination on time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
On the Spur
of the Moment

BY ROY X. MOULToN.

Huh. No Sort of kiss.
| Kissing may be INDUCED in with perfect
safety by observing the following precau-
Hygiene association: Cut out square of
/ tissue paper, give it a bath in an antiseptic
safeguard viii prevent the kiss doing any
harm, provided you don't wear out the
paper or break through it.
Uncle Abner
Ansel Jimkey has been appointed game
because what a he don't Know about fu base,
ball and draw poker amt worth tryin'
to find out.
l have seen a lot of French horns on
automobiles, but. by gravy, l have seen
a lot of blame sight more greenhorns on
A fellow who puts a matrimonial ad in
the paper is running long ways down
the road to meet trouble.
1t is getting so nowadays that Teller
who chaws tobacco is almost as much of a
freak as Teller was twenty years ago who
Lem Higgins has sold two tires off
his oatmobile and expects to use the money
through the orient and accident.
There is a time when victrola music is
a sin and shame, and that is when 1t is
in the next house.
Uncle Ezra Harkins is startin' to let his
whiskers grow, which is a sure sign OF
Am Tilson, our gentlemanly barber, has
has subscribed for two copies of the
Police Gazette instead of one.
NoIn1n looks SOOu TO q IeIler VINO mas
got a toothache.
One of the horrors of war is the war
poetry
Mrs. ,Anse Judson says she is sure if all
the women in this country would go bare
headed business conditions would be q good
deal better. She never asked her husband
for a new hat yet, but he told her that
business was the worst he ever see it in
his life and the whole blame situation was
goin' to smash in about four minutes.
We Must Be Patient.
With the man who, about this time of
the year, boasts to three times a day
that he doesn't don 'heavies' all winter
long.
With our ll-meaning acquaintance who
tell US we are burning the wrong kind
of coal oil in our furnace and explain how
we can save three tons by using their
methods.
With the gink who is always finding
some place where he can buy his winter
suits and overcoats for much less than
paid for ours.
With the football player who explains in
about 10000 words how his team got beat
last Saturday.
With the auto agent who describes the
machine he is selling the only one
the market.
With the laws that acquit, parole or par
don about 9S per cent of all the murderers,
grafters, burglars, speeders, etc, we read
about.
Seek No Further.
An eastern paper has started a contest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

And the marriage license conveyed
the news that the first lady of the
land is forty some as well as fair and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20

Mt. Etna is unusually active again.
but the usual attention is not being
paid to 1t, probably because the con-
WILSON'S that have been wrought by
the war are far more terrible than
ANYTHING a mere VOLCANO can do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
Mhatever That Mean.

Whatever That Means.
Lady tippers wanted at once, also one
or two roughers. Rundel1 Bros. Poultry
HouSe.-AdV.