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

Being a rube denizen of the tall hay
district, we were never sure whether
goof or geek was the worst, but
they are soft-boiled words that ans
wer the purpose when cussing is not
justifiable but something must be said.
The early spring bird arrived tother
day, and proceeded to go in search of
the early worm Presumably he
caught the early worm, but our favor
lite cat, who had been out on tear all
night, met the early bird. Later he
came in with smile on his mug, purr-
ing that cat college yell:
Jay bird, jay bird,
RaW-raw raw.
F'EATHERSi''
MORAL: Sometimes it pays better
to be a late cat than an early bird.
John Brisben Walker is going 20
start home for decrepit newspaper
men in Colorado. 1t is about the only
chance some of US will ever have to go
to Colorado.
But he should name it, Home for
the Feeble Minded
Tallion, more or less short stop, is
IN our midst. Tallion may be remem-
bered as the youth who got through
the 1914 season with the expense of
but five words.
They pay Caruso $1,000 night to
sing, but the canned Caruso is much
better and cheaper. Furthermore, the
photograph doesn't smell of garlic.
6Lon Thomas please hasten in and pay
for this ADD
Two great disasters are coming, next
week, to the better who bets wrong.
There is a city election in Topeka and
prize fight in Havana.
A friend out in Thomas county
wants this department to send out a
tracer for the old fashioned boy who
gave his best girl heart-shaped candies
bearing such sentiments as Eyes, I
wilt ASK Ma" II am yours etc.
The last time any record was made
on that old fashioned boy, he was hoe
ing potatoes for the o. f. farmer who
used by Jocks" as a cuss word.
But any one having later reports on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

The natural seal skin is of a light
drab color, but it is generally dyed for
the market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

But any one having later reports on
the youth will oblige by mailing in
formation to this office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

Texas will compel school attend
ance of all children between and IA
years of age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

CataRsS- Spain, is a large producer
and exporter cf essential oils.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

A hard working carpenter in an up
town shop, is bothered with so-caIled
visitors. He works hard enough to
keep warm in his shirt sleeves, but it
has cost him SO per month to keep the
loafers warm. Last week he decided
to retrench and ceased buying coal.
This week he had to paint his stove
red to keep visitors from freezing to
death.
Ninety per cent of the guessers are
bum guessers. Forty per cent of the
guessers are guessing that Willard will
whip the lawge cul1ud pusson. So the
odds are in favor of the probability
that Johnsing will maui the tar out
of the white man in about three
rounds
No woman gets old enough to ad-
NIT that she is too old to wear bright
colors unless she has grown daugh-
ter.
About the only outing white rab-
bit gets is when he is moved into a
store window during Easter week
The difference, in this respect. be-
tween a white rabbit and a wage
Garner is in favor of the rabbit.
Among the things a girl will be
ashamed of to show her husband is
the mess of kodak pictures which
show her lollygagging with various
An army officer has been canned on
the charge that he was violently
drunk" Being violently drunk is a
serious offense, but a crying jag is a
worse pestilence.
This will be about all until after
election. Then there will be more to
write about, and it won't be so hard
to reach
the last line at the little end of the
column.
Texas will compel school attend
ance of all children between and Ia
years of age
The natural seal skin is of a light
drab color, but it is generally dyed for
the market.
CatahsS- Spain, is large producer
and exporter Sf essential oils.
Guayaqui1, Brazil. is inauguratng
extensive sanitary Improvements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

Guayaquil, Brazil. is inauguratng
extensive sanitary Improvements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

The last time any record was made
on that old fashioned boy, he was hoe
ing potatoes for the o. f. farmer who
used by Jocks as a cuss word.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

MORAL: Sometimes it pays better
% be late cat than an early bird.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

the last line at the little end of the
column
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

John Brisben Walker is going 20
start home for decrepit newspaper
men in Colorado. It is about the only
chance some of US will ever have to go
to Colorado
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

Ideas and ideals are twins. and
teammates. as the University Daily
KanSan points out
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-07

the realization that the few short pc
RODS of their association had aroused
in him certain feeling toward which
he had long been a stranger. In fact,
the sight of the girls beauty had
aroused the latent chivalry of the
man. AS his prospective wife he re-
garded Miss Vining with that defer
ence which lies in the heart of every
Frenchman.
"This is the first time we have been
together" he said lightly.
The girl stood facing him, her fin
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-07
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BY George Goblet
.. Copyright by w. G. Chapman.)
De Vincy, polished, Frenchman
and man of the world though he was,
felt strangely disconnected as he
found himself face to face with Miss
Elsie Vining.
They had never met face to face
before without the presence of third
person. Indeed, from the beginning it
had been quite obvious to observers
that an excessive amount of world
ly ceremony, amounting to the ridic-
ulous in the free land of America,
surrounded the pair.
In the big ballroom the cynics
looked at each other and grinned.
They've gone in to the conserva-
tory together at last" said Charlie
Twiss. Look at old Mamma Vining!
Doesn't she look conscious that she
has pulled off a good thing"
"And look at papa" said his friend,
Bobby Brooks. 'He seems to think
his millions have worked something
almost as good as STOCK exchange
coup"
The heartlessness of the marriage
de CONVEYANCE in America is so much
greater than in France just because
it is so unnatural an institution. In
France De Vincy would have been
conscious that it was fair exchange
his title against the dowry. Indeed,
he did not feel that he was about to
perform a disreputable action when
he started for America to win a
wealthy bride and thus replete the |
family revenues. The only thing real |
ly upon his conscience was that the |
agent, Smith, as he chose to call him
self, had specified Miss Vining as his
prospective bride.
"She's pretty enough, in the cold
American way" he said to the vi
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-07

"This Is the First Time We Have
Been Together"
gers twining nervously about the
fronds of fern.
YES" she answered in a mechan-
ical manner Then, with a sudden
outburst: Cannot we be utterly
frank with one another? l am so sur
rounded by hypocrisies and deceits.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
lncidental MuRic.

One of the most tiresome, not to say exasperating, traditions of the theater is incidental music-purticularly the music that Is presumably intended to accentuate dialogue. It has been a conviction of mine that the expedient is confession of actor weakness. No actor worthy of the name needs that kind of help. Some of you graybeards hurk back to Edwin Booth and try to imagine him in the fourth act of Rich Sieu." for example. delivering the Jurse of Rome speech in unison with the performers in the orchestra well!
 One difference between theatrical performances in Germany and those in America is ill this very incidental mu- sic. In our country every actor that holds Il prominent relation to the play in hand must have music to bring him on the stage and more music to take him off. The music cue Is ridlculously overworked. Many plays are made un- intelligible by the obtrusion of untime- ly music simultaneously with lines that nobody could catch. - Detroit Free Press
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Prolific Eunui.

An average sized mushroom will pro- duce as many us l.SOO.OO0,0OO spores. and common tUadstoo shaggy cap has been shown 10 produce as many as 5,000OO0.OO0. Fortunately for the other inhabitants of the world. how ever,- the probability of successful growth of any given spore is some what remote.
 The mushroom or toadstool plant is formed by fine hlamentous thrends which ramify beneath the soil. and if We assume that successful plant Of tue mushroom or shaggy caps pro- duces as many as ten mushrooms or toadstook we find that the chance against successful growth to maturity is respectively about lS.o00.oOoOO and 5O.0OO,OOO,uOO to one fin the two species mentioned. Even more prolific than the mushrooms and tuadstools proper is the giant purball. large specimen of which has been known to produce as many as 7yoOo.oo0.O 0.Ooo.O00 spores London Knowledge.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Self Belief the Key to Success.

Do you still believe in yourself? If 10. you cannot become a failure. You can at worst only have failed to learn ns yet the science of success. of which self respect Is the key In the great gamble of life We can afford to lose everything but our self respect. Money lost is little lost: friends lost. much lost. but self respect lost. and all is lost Self belief Is the husband of self respect just as self respect Is the mother of self reliance Believe in yourself and you will win through. for self belief. is the handspring of human activity and the principal source of human improvement. It inspires you to do things. It teaches you to try again, The man who retains his belief in himself will never give up trying. and success is the reward of persistent effort. Self reliance will pull us through many d struggle from which the coward fees in vain and in which the weak Succumb. The ability to ''get Ip again" is the reward of the self re- iant.-Seattle POst-Intelligencer.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Heather HospitaIity.

African jungle people are not very particular concerning their food. One of our missionary women was down with an attack of fever some time ago, This was a source of sorrow to these poor. unlearned yet sympathetic na- tives. who in their own way are really compassionate and want to help. One of these bush mammies" tried to ex- press her sorrow because the white mammy missionary" was so i'll. After time she left the station with a bright idea in her head and started for the jungle. A little later she returned with a large tropical leaf from one of the trees. Upon it were several big, crawling green worms. which she had caught and brought to the sick mission ary. She thought they would be nice unl tender for her to eat during her ill., ness.-Christian Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28

tect their children's interests. Yet, on election day the women stay at home and trust the men to do the voting on school matters which so vitally effect their children mentally, morally and physically.
 If the women of Connecticut can trust the men to do the voting on such an important matter, can they not trust them to do it on other questions Would they not do so even, if the ballot were forced upon them?
 Some statistics from Boston deserve consideration. Ill 1903, I3,655 women voted; in 1910, 6,483 voted; in 1914. only 3.949. Does this look as if women wanted the vote?
 Even in the western states where women have the full franchise they o not make much use of it. When full suffrage is first granted a certain pro portion of public spirited women go to the polls, the number growing smaller as the novelty wears of. Meanwhile the evil interests are forcing their women to vote and so. gaining their ends.
 These are not Anti Suffrage the0ries They are facts borne out by recent elections. Woman Suffrage is not a joke. It is a menace.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Thrift Versus Stinoiness.

1t ought to be easy to tell the differ ence between thrift and stinginess. But many folk don't know it. No tightwad does. A thrifty man Is al ways a liberal man, though not d wasteful one. When he spends a dol. lar his face doesn't show spasms of pain nor does he tremble with avarice until his dollar returns, leading an other dollar of profit. He spends in telligently and therefore willingly, and is content to await the outcome, be- cause he knows that in the long run he will get back from society about iu proportion as he gives. AS with in dividuals SO with communities. states, nations. Economy doesn't mean parsi- mony. It means when and how to be liberal It means having foresight Cleveland Press.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Empty Compliments.

 r Fifty years or more ago Sir Harry Smith. after whose wife Ladysmith was named. was governor of Cape Cot ony, and led number of campaigns against the Raffirs. Returning from a particularly lively one, be held re- view of his troops, who were in a most dilapidated condItion-barefooted. rag ged and half stnrving.
 When the time came for him to say few words he lavished praise upon them. dwelling upon their bravery, en- durance and even upon their soldier like appearance.
 This last compliment was too much for the patience of the old color-ser- geant. He stepped forward-tattered and unkempt-saluted most respect fully and then said:
 Begging your pardon. Sir 'Arry, we don't want no gammon; we want bootsv'
 This outspoken criticism was for tunately taken in good part and shortly afterward the men got their boots.- London Scraps.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Bedlan.

The word "bedlam" is n corruption of the word "Bethlehem" and origiuat- ed as a synonym for chaos at the time when the house of Bethlehem. occu- pied by a sisterhood of London. bc- came an insane asylum. The treat mcnt of the insane in the early part or the sixteenth century wns not we'll uu- derstood. and. according to the theU. ries then prevalent it was necessary to frighten the patient out of his lu- macy. An sorts of awful expedieuts were resorted 10. among them ''sur- prise floors." which slipped from under the feet; surprise baths" and fog gings at the periods of most severe ill., ness; hence the name "bedlnm," the result of incorrect spelling possibly, came easily to stand for awful things.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Rules For Success at Golf.

Writing in the American Magazine, Jerome D. Travers calls Harry vardon the greatest golf player he ever, met md says the bulk of his success might he set down to these few simple rules:
 Control of temper.
 Refusing to worry over any bud lie Dr any hard luck.
 Playing easily within himself and never pressing.
 Playing always for the hole. even when POO yards away.
 Studying his game and practicing at every opportunity.
 Making a point, even in practice. to follow all simple rules. such as keep ing ones head still. looking at the ball. etc.
 Keeping the body under control un- Ill perfect timing is developed.
 Using an easy, natural upright swing that stays as long as possible in line with the intended flight of the ball.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
A Fatefu. Game of ches-

1t Is a Spanish tradition that the fate of Columbus overnung on n game of chess. For years the great naviga. tor had haunted the Spanish court. try. ing to interest some one in his plans, but at last he determined tu abandon the country and visit France. The night before his intended departure he sought an audience with the queen to communicate his intentions and to take his leave. The queen asked him t0 wait while she made another effort to interest the king. She found Ferdi. nand engaged at Il game of chess and. disturbing him by her entrance caused him to lose n piece. Annoyed ana irri- tated by the incident. the king. after rudely. denOuncing Columbus mud his schemes. informed isabella that the result of the petition would depend on the result of the game. lt grew worse
 and the chances were all against the launching of the expedition. But the queen, overlooking the board, whisper. ed to her august spouse Il suggestion relative to n move that would be ad- vantaGeous. The king followed the advice. Nthe complexion of the game was quickly reversed. nnd Columbus dream of years was realized Ut last.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Army of Ancient Rome.

Consider the Roman army from the fifth century E. C. onward until the division of the empire. Its fighting organization was us complete us and possibly more practical than thut of any army of today. 1t was based on a territorial system which maintained the comradeship of locality without bringing it into antagonism with that of the corps, for each of the thirty five Roman tribes was required to furnish to each legion four centuries of 120 men each. each of which work ed together as Il local unit The legion was divided into five cohorts or bat talions. of which three were troops of the line. two were a kind of militia and the fifth was a depot battalion For almost eight centuries the army thus constituted not only conquered the then known world, but acted as explorers beyond its limits and at the same time made and unmade kings and emperors in Rome itself.-London Opinion.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Details.

Details are something beneath the notice of the majority. It requires A rare sort of mind to accord to them the proper importance. .. ...
 It is necessary for every greht artist to understand details in order that he may know when they should be ignored: Gulliver discovered this interesting fact when he woke up one, morning. The perfection of any masterpiece depends upon the strategic elimination of its details.
 Those who see only those things which lie between the little and the great see neither of these. 1t requires the same capacity of imagination to master details that 1t does to master immensities. To see big one must also he able to see little.
 Controlling events means controlling details.
 Nothing succeeds like details.-Life.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
SUFFRAGE-PRO AND CON
Pro-.

The opponents of woman suffrage contend that the cause is going not coming and the people in Connecticut are ceasing to take any interest in the question. The best and most practical answer to this assertion is found in the fact that woman suffrage is being taken up as never before by the labor unions, and that the Connecticut Grange unanimously passed a resolution en- dorsing it-thus following the example of the National Grange which in its annual convention at Wilmington last November gave similar endorsement.
 In spite of the efforts that the anti sutfragists are making to keep their heads in the ground and conceal from themselves the progress that the suf- frage movement is making it is very evident that they are we'll aware that theirs is, losing movement. In no other way can an explanation be found for the bitterness which they display in their published sayings. Instead of arguing the question of woman suffrage on it's merits they indulge in innuendo and personalities. The last number of
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Polar Niohts DeIioht Eskimos.

The polar Eskimos. the most mortimer. ly dwelling people in the world, are said to exist only by the exercise of great ingenuity and the practice of social virtue. The cheeriness. kindli- ness and practical socialism of the Eskimes from eastern Greenland to Alaska may be regarded as much due to their environment us is the neces- sity of eating large quantities of fat. The Eskimos hail the first dark even. ings with the same glee as the first daylight after the polar night When a whole summer through the eyes have been buthed fin light day and night, they long to see the land vanish into darkness again. And with the idea of change they associate all the good things the winter will bring-the frozen sea and the hunting on the ice, the swift sledge drives. far from the sweltering houses. after bears. - Ex change.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Startino the Day Wrong.

There was a gloom on the face of the New England farmer.
 "What's the matter, Elijah?" asked his nearest neighbor. "Flapjacks giv- en out over to your houseT'
 "Worse'n that" said Elijah. You know, 'twasn't apple year, and wife says we can't have any more apple pie for breakfast"
 Cant you make out if you have ap- pie pie noon and night?'
 q can, because I've got to-" said Elijah. But, I tell you. it upsets me starting in the day wrong like that."- New York Post.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
His Superiority.

A mission worker tells how shocked she was to encounter this bit of cyn- icism in the slums. The conversation was between two women whose mari tal life had not been particularly fe- licitous.
 Well" said one of them. "of course we has our troubles with all of 'em. But I'll say this for my second hus- band-he's better than any first. He's in Jail so much that practically all earn has for myself.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
weioht of Air.

There is no uniform weight for mir. For instance, say the weight of a cubic foot of air at sea level is HOO grains, with the pressure removed. by its ele- weight would be about the half or 1,700 grains. In other words. the cubic foot at ten or twelve thousand feet above the sea would expand to two cubic feet, each of about $50 grains weight.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28

the Reply" the montly anti-suffrage magazine which used to be published in New Canaan but now appears to have it's home in New York there are several of these personalities. Miss Jane Addams is attacked, so is Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, and pr. Anna Shaw and Mrs. James Loes Laidlaw. The right or wrong of a cause is not settled by sneers at some of the women who are working in it nor by cheap witticisms at their expense. Miss Jane Addams and Dr. Shaw will both sur vive any such attacks, but it is pity to find women willing to conduct a fight on such low lines. Press Sec.
 Hartford, Conn.
 Con.
 How can the suffragists keep insist ing that women want the ballot when election after election shows that women will not vote when the oppor- tunity is offered them?
 In Connecticut only one woman in twenty five even thinks she wants to vote. A far smaller proportion actually goes to the polls when election days comes to vote on school questions. The suffragists claim that women need the ballot and ask or it in in order to pro-
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
A Missed Opportunity.

''There goes a man l might have married" said Gertie.
 He? Why, he married his stenog- rapherr' said Mabel
 "I know it." replied Gertie. "I ap- piled for the same job just ten min- utes after she was hired. d."-Detroit Tree Press.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
New York's Broadway.

Few New Workers know that the great Broadway was once called Great George street in honor of the English king. It was sfterward known as the Bloomingdale road before it acquired the name of "the Broadway" which was subsequently changed to Broad way.-New York Telegram.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Ministerial Aspirants.

Statistics show that in the early days of American colleges about one-half of all the graduates adopted the ministry as a profession. At the present time it is different: only about per cent of the college graduates become min. isters.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-28
Girl Workers In Japan.

The number of factory girls newly recruited every year in Japan is 200 GOO. of whom only s0,00o go home. The remaining 120,0oo never return. They go from one factory to another or go into other occupations, never thinking of going home.- World of Labor.