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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
HEALTH INSURANCE BILL.

| A tentative draft of an act to pro-
vide for compulsory health insurance
of wage earners appears in a pam
phlet just issued by the American AS
ISOLATION for Labor Legislation. This
pamphlet, containing the thirty-page
outline of bill and an explanation of
it's provisions, embodies the results of
| three years study by the social insur-
ance committee of that association,
which has been particularly fortunate
in having the aid of the country's
| leading experts, including, among 9TH
ers, Miles NJ. Dawson, actuary, and
joint author of ''Workingman's Insur..
ance in Europe DIR. S. S. Goldwater,
| late commissioner of public health of
| the city of New York; DIR. Alexander
Lambert, chairman of the judicial
council of the American Medical asso-
citation, and I. NJ. Rubinow, actuary,
and author of Social Insurance.
This tentative draft provides that the
cost of insurance is to be distributed
among employers, employees and the
state. This will entail no new expense
for the working man, since the contri-
buttons of the employer and the state
will enable the working man to pur-
chase the full benefits of the act for
the same outlay he now makes for
! burial insurance alone. The benefits
included within the draft are medical
care, nursing attendance, medical and
surgical supplies for a limited period
cash payments during sickness for
maximum of twenty-six weeks in
year, special obstetric aid for the fam
lily, and a funeral benefit on the death
of the insured. To administer the
benefits, employers and employees
are to be grouped in mutual associa-
tions, supervised by the state and or
ganized according to trade and local
ity. 1t is anticipated, says The Jour-
nal of the American Medical Associa-
ton, that this method of organization.
with the possibility of reducing insur-
ance rates with an improvement in
health and of cooperating with the
public health authorities, will lead to
an effective campaign for the conser-
walton of health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

duction of laces and perfumes has
greatly decreased. Workers in such
manufactures have been transferred
t. the production of munitions and
service in the field. If then, for ex-
ample, there was sufficient economy in
luxuries and in necessities, the loss to
the nation would only be those things
which might have been produced but
which were not. The price of the COM
modities in no way reflects the loss
to beligerent, whatever the amount
of that loss may be. The loss is in
economic goods other than money,
since the commercial turnover in no
way affects the result. Much of the
money spent by the belligerent govern
ments, which is frequently considered
the measure of national waste, is spent
time and again in the course of war,
and finds its way back into the ma
tional purse by taxation, to be again
expended for the l--aintenance of the
army. The thing which attracts at
tention is that all the purchases are
being made from one ,Lrce, whereas
formerly they were made by a million
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

In all proba bility. Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo is speaking for
President Wilson and The administra-
ton in his announcement that he ia
Vors additional and higher taxes,
rather than a bond issue. to provide
the increased revenues that will be
needed 10 pay the cost of the presl-
dents preparedness for defense plans
in the event that the latter are en-
dorsed by congress. And this method
of raising such means is the only ten
able one. 1t would be the biggest
kind of a mistake to add to the
strength of our army and navy
through the medium of a bond issue
Notwithstanding the fact that inter-
ests on the bonds would have to be
paid yearly and their principal in due
time. the people do not feel govern
ment bond issue in the same sense
that they do taxes, and especially
taxes of the direct variety that Mr..
McAdoo suggests, such as extensions of
the income tax law, the continuance of
the war tax law, and special taxes
on one thing or another, such as oils,
autom oEiles, etc Once congress in
augurated the system of issuing bonds
4OI A1ICISdSAIS the ARMY anu navy, anu
there would probably never be an end
to it. The selfish and other interests
behind the militaristic movement in
this country would keep hemmering
away on congress for more and more
army and navy, and providing for
them by bond issues would be such
an easy way out that congress would
readily fall into it, and much to the
delight of the pork barrel enthusi-
asts in the senate and the house. But
paying for such increases as are made
in the army and navy by direct and
heavier taxes would provide a pretty
good check against congress going to
the extreme in the matter of military
preparedness. Tie people who would
have these taxes to pay could be de-
pended upon to set their foot down on
excuses of this sort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

[From the Chicago News.]
A handsome profit is one that is per-
fectly clean
Better a bare faced lie than two
faced woman
See that your pattern is perfect be-
fore cutting your goods.
A man who is continually harping
on his virtues has at least one vice.
The child is wiser in it's simplicity
than the philosopher in his wisdom.
The more tickle a woman is the
more it always hurts her when told
of it.
And many a man has lost money
through the hole at the top of his
pockets.
For every man who seeks glory at
the lannon's mouth, ninety nine seek
it at their own mouths.
All men are more or less prejudiced
not because they want to be, but
because they can't help it.
Never twit your wife because of her
foolish ideas. Except for one of them
she would never have married YOU
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

busy, but she volunteered no in
formation he was silent.
1t was getting to be a regular Thurs
day afternoon performance for Har-
vey to steal home for his weeks
mending and take it to the Mendery,
where a succession of distinguished
looking attendants presided over the
counter. In vain he attempted to
breach the subject of overcharging,
but he never got his courage to the
sticking point.
To-day I'm going to make a kick, -
he said one Thursday after the bill for
the preceding week had amounted to
Sl.95. Il don't care Of the dame at the
counter does look like Newport
dowager I'll do it. Those people are
making far too much money at their
game
This day Harvey discovered to his
JOY that the woman behind the coun-
ter was young and petite. He could
tell her about it, he thought, without
losing his nerve. He might also ask
her why the proprietor made such fire.
quent changes of his employees.
He was fairly face to face with the
young woman when he experienced
the shock Of his life.
Daisy" he exclaimed, his bundle of
socks and pajamas falling to the floor
i've been waiting here for you for
several days. she said. ST first sus-
found in my apportionment of mend
ing one of those raspberry socks
gave you before we were married. /
could tell those anywhere. You poor
dear"
But, Daisy he interrupted, gath
erlng together the scattered garments,
why didn't you tell me? 1 can give
you more money. You told me your
allowance was large enough. oh,
Daisy, to think that you had to slave
like this! You poor dear, why didn't
you tell me? How stupid l have
beeni"
Daisy was laughing Don't you
know, silly? I didn't do this for
money. I did it for the Belgians.
Didn't you know that this place is en-
tirely run by volunteers. Why, some
of the most fashionable and wealth.
lest women in town give their time,
and 1 felt quite honored when they let
me in on it. And it is just the richest
young bachelors who send their things
here" Here Daisy faltered. 81 would
have told you that I was doing it only
you have said so often that you didn't
want to go in for the society game,
and I was afraid that if you knew
was working with the De Paysters and
the Van Duysenspiels you'd think I
was climbing. But truly I'm not. I
just wanted to help the poor Bel
gians. "-(Copyright 1915, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

idiom, that they will not patronize
German schools or German theaters,
and care little for German newspa-
pers and books. German girls, in the
second generation, have a decided ten
dency to marry Americans of native
stock; a few years in American public
schools and American social life
makes the hausfrau career unattrac-
tive The Germans have never affili-
ated as mass with any political
party; there is no reason to think that
they will now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.

[F'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
1t is almost as easy to break a
promise as to make one.
When you get in a rut it is we'll to
drop out, but it is better to climb out.
The man who stands in his own
light imagines the whole world is dark.
The pessimist doesn't necessarily
have to be far-sighted to see his own
finish.
The ambition of many a man is to
be able to borrow enough to pay s
debts.
You never can tell. Many a man
is who1e-souled whose shoes need half
soling.
When the wine is in the wit is out.
Many a fellow has been landed when
he was half-seas over.
You never can tell. Many a woman
who doesn't even do her own sewing
can ruffle her husbands temper.
Talk is cheap, but, on the other
hand, we would never know how great
some people are if they didn't tell US.
Si1licus-Do you believe in hered-
ity? Cynicus-Not at all; would you
lay the blame of a bad egg on the
hen?
Golden opportunities should always
be embraced, and by the same token
an heiress is always golden oppor-
tunity.
At the end of a day among the
stores a woman will look almost as
shop-worn as the things she brings
home.
Muggins-If a man can't make
both ends meet he should do the next
best thing. Buggins is that?
Muggins-Choose the best end.
Wigg-Did you hear about poor old
Bjones. He met with an accident and
has had both legs amputated. Wagg-
Gee! L wouldn't want to be in his
boots.
Blobbs-Wigwag says he is the vic
tim of a woman's signs. S1obbs-I
guess that's right. He is being sued
for breach of promise by a female
who weighs 21S pounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
TIE WASTE OF WAR.

The waste of war is more apparent
than real, argues American Industries
for November, and it goes on: The
true loss to beIligerents is not the ma
terials expended in combat, but the
loss of productive services of the
troops engaged in battle. This loss
is not a positive one, but consists only
of what might have been produced
had there been no war. Even the ex-
penditure of ammunition is not en-
tirely waste. Much of the cost of
modern munitions is labor cost and
this is conserved to the nation Just as
truly as though it had been expended
in the grinding of flour or the mining
of coal, which respectively are con-
sun-ed by being eaten or burned just
as effectively as a shrapnel is de-
stroyed by explosion. No one would
think of describing the sums annually
spent for coal as pure waste. 1t is
true the coal is consumed and so is
the gunpowder. but neither are of any
utility unless thus used. The loss is
the loss of services of men producing
these commodities when they might
have been producing flour to be eaten
or woolens to be worn. The differ
ence in relative utility is the measure
of loss and the life of these commodi-
ties is the duration of the loss to the
nation, and it may readily be seen that
within a few years after peace, an in
dustrious belligerent will have COM
pletely recovered. IT is a question of
very nice analysis whether national
economy in the manufacture of useless
luxuries does not greatly offset the loss
of the service of men in the field and
munition factories. In France the pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
Eu ening Chat
Needles and Pins.


A neighbor of mine was telling a
story of something that had happened
to himself and his wife. His wife was
present Three times she broke in
upon him with "Oh, no, my dear, that
wasn't what he said!'' and similar cor
receive Interruptions.
They haven't been married very
long and he bore the Interruptions pa
tiently, though I could see he was
chatting under them. The third time,
however, he said with a gentleness
that evidently held in leash consider
able Impotence, Are you telling this
story, my dear, or am / 2"
1--WE are, my dear" she laughed.
'"Then I'll yield my share to you,''
he said.
What. can't I interrupt my own
husband once in a while?" she ques-
toned, pouting prettily.
And because they haven't been mar
ried very long, he answered, Il sup
pose I'll have to let you if you want
to-
But I'm afraid there'll come a day
when he won't suppose that.
No, not afraid, for [ don't see why
there shouldn't.
1 think this habit that so many
wives and husbands both contract of
other is very unfortunate, to put it
mildly.
Can't I interrupt my own husband
or wife, as the case may be, is their
thought, or at least their subconscious
feeling.
And why should you, sir or madame,
any more than you would interrupt
anyone else.
What was there in the marriage
service that conferred on you the
right to be rude to your partner? Love,
honor, cherish until death US do part
do not find it in any of these words
or phrases.
The closer any socia! relationship
the more danger of friction, the more
danger of friction the more need of
the 1ubricating oil or tact and court
eSy. Marriage is the closest SOc1af re-
lationship that exists. Why then
should we dispense with even that
measure of tact and courtesy that we
use with outsiders?
woman whose husband told long and
tedious stories. It was worth the suf-
and refined pretense of interest with
which she listened to him, despite the
fact that he was her husband, that
they were fearfuIly tedious even at a
first hearing. and that she must have
heard them a hundred times
Entering a room without knocking,
opening each others letters, contra
dieting, interrupting, making Jest of
the others faults and fo1bleS for out
siderS to laugh at, teasing each other
Ordinarily a masculine fault)-these
are some of the discourtesies to which
husbands and wives think they have a
right by virtue of their relationship.
I'VE don't have right to all our
rights says Phillips Brooks. If this
is right at all, it's certainly that kind
of one protected by the Adams
Newspaper Seryice.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
Jayh ker Jots

1t occurs to the Minneapolis Better
Way that sticking a nose into others
business isn't so bad if the fingers are
kept off their purses.
The Altoona Tribune argues that the
collector is a fortunate individual be-
cause he of all people is most fire.
quently invited to call again.
AS Tex the editor of The Square
Deal, the weekly published at the
states penitentiary says: The fellow
who borrows trouble is always passing
it along to his pals.
Strike out the words you" and
true" and blue" from the language,
says the Holton Signal, and the ma
jority of the popular song writers
would be forced out of business.
Related by the Pratt Union: A TWEEN
ty-months-old baby had oysters Satur-
day night for the first time since she
could talk. She had been looking at
some mice caught in a trap and when
she saw the oysters she shrank back
and while about to cry, she said,
mouse"
Problem for the class in mathe-
mates, propounded by the Clay Center
Times: There are only certain num-
Der OF tones used in music. How many
different arrangements of these tones
can be made and how long will it be
before all the different arrangements
have been made and all the music
written than can be written?
Entries, by Editor Mafkham IN MS
Baldwin Ledger: Never cast reflections
on a light diet. In making a dol
lar go far you do not need to throw 1t.
......As a rule the fellow who mort
cages his future hasn't anything else.
49,. When you ask for sympathy it
is the best proof that you don't need
it. When you are forced to eat
your own words. you realize that they
had not been properly seasoned.
What a nuisance it must be to be
president while counting a sweetheart,
meditates the Mulvane News. The
idea of having three or four secret SER
vice men watching you every minute
night and day-inspecting every bit of
billing and cooing-every lovetap,
every pinch, or touch under the chin.
But We suppose that when folks get
old enough to be president they either
cut out this foolishness-or maybe
they are so far gone that they don't
care who looks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
PAN-GERNfANIsM IN THE U. s

The present year has recently wit
messed a revival of Teutonism. But i'll
the opinion of most observers this rep
resents merely a natural sympathy of
Germans with the German cause, and
does not fundamentally affect their
American allegiance. AS Mr.. James
Middleton in his article, Are Ameri-
cans More German than English ?" in
the December Worlds Work, has
shown, the efforts of German-Ameri-
can alliances are artificial-they can
ut change certain fundamental facts.
These facts are that Germans, in the
second generation, refuse to speak
German, preferring the American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

Nine little raindrops sailed through
the sky on a beautiful snow-white
cloud; sailed so high that the air was
clear and thin, and the earth looked
like a beautiful great big ball far, far
below. And as they sailed a great
strong wind behind them pushed the
cloud that carried them faster and
faster across the sky.
Isn't this fun" laughed the nine
little raindrops breath1essly. Never
was anybody so lucky as We arei" And
they laughed gleefully as the great
strong wind gave them extra big
push.
But the great strong wind grew tired
of reaching SO high in the sky; winds
naturally stay nearer the earth, you
know, and he began pushing the cloud
that carried the raindrops closer and
closer toward the earth. Finally it
dropped down SO far from its high
place in the sky that the laughing lit
tie raindrops noticed the descent and
exclaimed about it.
Don't push us down to the earth,
Mr.. Windi' they cried. please don't
push US down. For if we drop so near
the old earth we cannot see her so
Well, And if we drop too near. we are
likely to fall from this lovely cloud
and sink deep down into the cold, dark
SOLVE don't want any cold and dark
ness today
Mr.. Wind, the strong, only laugh
ed and pushed them down the harder.
What care the winds for nine little
raindrops? Wher they start blowing,
they blow and blow and listen, not a
minute to anyone.
So the nine little raindrops on their
beautiful SnOw-white cloud dropped
lower and lower toward the earth; till
they could see the forests; till they
could make out the rivers: till each
tree and field showed plain and clear
Lets hold on tight to our mother
1In e.af Ia nj rot
to each other, then maybe we can
stay with our cloud, even if we are
near the earthi' They held on tight
and said to each other all the time:
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MEMBER:
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Association.

Georgia's new prohibition law is
even more stringent than the one of
which Kansas is possessed. 1t not only
prohibits the sale or manufacture of
any beverage containing more than
one-ha1f of one per cent alcohol. where
the Kansas law permits a traffic in
two per cent alcoholic beverages, but
it also prohibits one person from re-
ceiving from outside sources more
than two quarts of liquor or a gallon
of wine or forty eight pints of beer
each thirty DAYS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
Journal Entries

The man who is looking for sine
cure will likely develop into hobo.
- j. %
Telling the truth, and telling the
truth as one sees it are different prop
oSitionS.
% 80 j.
A changeable climate also provides
a better excuse for the existence of
weather prophets.
= = q.
What has become of the oid-fash-
toned girl who used many and divers
rats in the building of her couture
s. j.
Getting right down to brass lacks,
there are very few people who are
willing to fight other folks battles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

AS might be expected, the women,
even in the political arena, are better
at making both ends meet than are
the men. Although their expenses in
their unsuccessful suffrage campaign
in New York state were something
over $4,000, their receipts were more
than $S9, 900, which leaves them bal
ance on hand of $4,000. The rule with
the men in their political activities is
that no matter how large their cam
paign receipts may be, their expendi-
lures are always larger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
A PLEA FOE POLAND

a FLEA FOX POLAND.
The snow that over Poland lies
Is darkly stained with red,
The wind that over Poland signs
Brings broken cries for bread.
Where Paderewski's music rose,
And kosciusko fell,
Are beggars waiting in the SHOWS
A pfteous tale to tell.
Her homes are ground to dust beneath
The conqueror's iron heel
The wolf of famine bares his teeth
Beside the naked steel,
She cradles on her wasted breast
A babe too weak to feed:
Arisei oh, Empire of the West,
And help her in her need.
The love of Freedom in the blood
OF Poland ever runs,
And links her DER the briny flood
To Freedoms favored sons.
So from the plenty command
let us now display
The spirit of the open hand,
And smooth her troubled way.
-Minna Irving in Leslie's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

Now it happened that old Mr.. North
Wlnd- brother to the wind who was
pushing the cloud toward the earth
was passing just then and heard what
the little raindrops said. why don't
you want to drop to earth ?' he asked
curiously.
Because we don't want to sink
down into the cold, dark ground - re-
piled the nine raindrops. we want
to see the world
'I'll soon fix that for you" laughed
the old North Wind. Just watch
me- You shall not sink into the
earth-you shall stay on TONI So he
blew his cold breath over the beauti-
ful snow-white cloud and nine little
snowflakes dropped down to earth.
where they lay on the treetops many a
-CCopyright-Clara Ingram Jud-
SOM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

Serbia has finally reached the same
boat in which Belgium has been for a
year or more. The Serbian armies
hold only the barest fringe of their
land. And for the same reason, too
the failure of the Allies to produce the
necessary assistance in time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

Inasmuch as mis- health is excellent
for his years, there doesn't seem to
be any particular reason why Andrew
Carnegie should not have been in as
happy a mood on his eightieth birth
day anniversary as he announced he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

An investigation is to be made by
the American Federation of Labor as
to whether or not the time is ripe for
the agitation of a six-hour work day.
And in the event of the establishment
of the latter, it probably wouldn't be
long before another agitation was be-
gun to shorten the work day to four
hours
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

Suppose some German submarine
commander should forget his instruc
lions and conclude that Henry Ford's
peace cruiser, the Oscar Second, was a
ship carrying munitions of war to the
Allies? Wouldn't there be a pretty
kettle of fish then on the hands of the
United States and Germany?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

What a lot of guesswork there is on
the maneuvers. diplomatic and other
wise, that are incident to the European
war. The announcement that Greece
has given guarantees that she will
meet all the demands of the Entente
Allies, includes the information that
the Allies have never demanded that
Greece should actually get into the
war on their side,