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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

take place in San Francisco the last
week in May in connection with the
Panama-Pacific exposition, where the
committee has an exhibit installed.
This exhibit is said to be the most
complete and striking exposition of
child labor conditions ever shown. 1t
is divided in two parts under the des-
ignations. 1.-The High Cost of Child
Labor" and What Are We Going to
Do About It?' And the national
child labor committee states that
since the child labor situation at pres
ent demands an answer to the ques-
ton asked by the second part-''What
Are We Going to Do About It?"-the
conference in San Francisco will be
devoted to the attempt to answer it
by constructive suggestions along all
the lines considered. And when these
plans are developed all decent citizens,
the country over, should give them
their earnest support. Every child is
entitled to approach maturity with
reasonably good education and
physique that will give it fair chance
in the battle of life. These the child
cannot have if it be permitted to waste
the energy of its tender years and to
stunt its mental and physical growth
under grinding toll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
Evening Chat
Labelling People.
BY RUTH CAME RON.


| Give dog "a bad name and hang
Get a prejudice against a person
and you'll find yourself eager to de-
| cry his most inoffenSive, nay more
even his most pfaiseworthy acts.
When we once get the glass of our
mental vision adjusted upon anyone
at wrong angIes we see, not only the
fault that first prejudiced us, but his
every act in a distorted way.
[ noted a particularly violent exam
pie of this tendency in myself the
other day. l have q book which was
given me by a very fine woman whom
have never been able to like. My
aversion to her distresses me and yet
it persists in my subconscious mind
# l Danish it out of my conscious
mind She has never shown any I'M
kindness to me and the only way l
can account for my disagreeable feel
ingS is that she has been over praised
to me. Protect me from my friends,
1 can protect myself from my enc
miles," a philosopher once said. The
best delicacy is spoiled when it is
rammed down ones throat.
To return to the main road-the
other day 1 caught that book in a
mistake and at once L found myself
blaming its unoffending donor and
thinking that's just like her. though
why, 1 don't know, for she never
makes mistakes.
Wasn't that disagreeable of me?
Indeed should never dare confess
it, if L didn't think that this attitude
of being ready to pick upon anyone
for whom we have conceived a preju-
dice, was almost universal.
The very sweetest woman l know
takes these unaccountable dislikes
sometimes and lets them distort her
vision.
She conceived one for a young per-
son whom I have recently been able
to help in small way, and became
quite indignant at me for putting my
self ont for her ''WhV should Won
do that for herr" she says. What
claim has she on you?'' And yet the
sweetest lady L know is always putting
herself out for others, and would
with reason) think me very selfish
if I had refused to do this small ia
vor if it had been asked of me by any
one else.
Let any person become associated
in your mind with some particular
fault, sel1shness, vanity or what not,
and you will find yourself accounting
for all sorts of inoffensive acts of
theirs, acts which in another would
arouse no criticism, by the dominant
fault. For instance, I know a woman
whom we will consider a bit of a
snob. The result of this opinion is
that if she fails to see some acquaint-
ance on the street, or if she sends
beautiful gift to some wealthy friend,
we at once consider it a manifestation
of her snobbishness, although the
same act committed by another might
go uncriticiSed.
To some extent this is inevitable
She has taught us to look for that
motive and we see it everywhere,
which is natural if not just.
If you want to be just, beware of
this habit. There is good and bad in
all of No one is Snobbis-l or self
ish or cowardly or mean all the time.
on can't like a person against your
will but you can bring yourself up
short whenever you find yourself do
ing anyone an injustice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
From Other Pens
CLEAN LIFE AND BUSINESS.

AS part of it's safety first cam
paign the Carnegie Steel company has
distributed among it's employees a
series of pamphlets explaining in a
practical ay why a moral life in
creaseS workmen'S safety and i'm
proves their chances for promotion
and business success. The appeal is
divorced from ethics and is based
wholly upon material grounds
A number of charts printed in the
pamphlets of the company show how
much longer man lives who lives
right than one who squanders
money, time and health in dissipation.
Another series illustrates the better
school work done by children of par
ents who have led clean lives. The
campaign is conducted from a strictly
business point of view. 1t appeals to
the employees reason rather than to
his conscience.
The same sort of argument has been
employed with marked success by
temperance campaigners. Mr.. Bryan
dwelt chiefly on this phase of the sub
ject in his recent notable speech from
BILLY" Sundays pulpit in Philadel-
phia. In justifying total abstinence
the secretary of state said: 1T has
been scientifically deme1strated that
the moderate use of alcohol decreases
a mans efficiency. The accidents in
industry are increased in proportion
as liquor is consumed
Two British leaders in public life
recently expressed the important truth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

So many race horses can run just
fast enough to lose money.
small boys notion of victory is to
bloody" his opponents nose
This has been a hard winter on dis
positions and international law.
The trouble with some Americans is
that they want to reap before they
SOW.
Sometimes man sees so many hor-
rible examples he decides to Join 'em.
Every man thinks his clothes are
the most ill-fitting clothes in the town.
You can sometimes take the credit
which belongs to others. but it is hard
to keep it.
The number of women who have
died of broken hearts has been over
estimated.
There are times, when the box is
wet, that a safety match seems en-
tirely too safe.
Perhaps the boss makes you take
the dirty end of the stick because he
pays you for it.
About the most diSagreeable thing
on the face of the earth is a quarrel
some old woman.
What has become of the old fash
Toned villain who sprinkled a dancing
floor with pepper?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

mo. sir" continued Sammy. they
are noises"
mo they are not" answered Susie,
they are lightsi''
The catbird, up in his nearby tree.
laughed mockingIy. "a lot you crea-
lures know,' he said. IF you flew
about as / do, you would learn, you
poor stupid things."
That made the snail and the field
mouse and the garter snake very an
cry. They don't like to be made fun
of any more than you do. ''AIl right
Mr.. Catbfrd," they said in a chorus
eff you know so much. tell us what an
automobile is!'
"All right, sir" responded the cat
bird, IAN automobile is noise. a
light and a mass of bIackness, and il
speeds over the ground like a Bird
The snail and the mouse and the gar
ter snake were so surprised that they
just looked at each other and said rot
one word!-(Copyright, I915-Clara
Ingram JudSon.)
Who?
TOmorrow-Easter Belongs to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS.

Former President Taft is exceed
ingly sanguine that the Republicans
will win the presidential election in
1916. And there are about ten good
and sufficient political reasons why
they should for every one why they
shouldn't. But Mr.. Taft refuses to
discuss the Republican presidential
possibilities. which is only natural, as
he is one of them. Stranger things in
politics have happened in this country
than that he should be the next presi-
dent of the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

horses, bringing them down in heaps
and frightening such as escaped.
Times without number did the Rus
sian drivers, sparing neither whip nor
spur, attempt to urge the horses for
ward, but they~stood cOwed and shiv-
ering with fright Some were blind
folded; but the effect was the same,
and only one horse showed any will
ingneSS to go.
eThereupon the driver jumped down
and, cutting the traces of the other
horses. drovelthe willing one at full
gallop through the fire. The wagon
passed through without exploding,
and after the war the horse was dec
GRATED in the manner described and
the driver promoted.-Tid Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.1
Nothing worries a liar like having
to tell the truth.
Two may play at the game of love,
but three spoil it.
Prosperity never spoils a man that
adversely cannot crush.
A girl hasn't any use for man who
is too cowardly to propose.
People who come to high words are
apt to indulge in low ones.
1t takes an optimist to get more
good out of thing than there is in it,
He who stOopS to brush a banana
peel from the sidewalk is bent on do
ing good.
Unless garment is uncomfortable
you can't convince a woman il is
stylish.
A Spinster may live to congratulate
herself on the number of times she
didn't marry.
When a young widow hears of
hating man she wants to meet
him for the purpose of tanning him.
Marriage may be a civil contract,
but some men act very uucivil shortly
after the contract is duly signed and
sealed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
MESSAGE FOR sraY-Ar.Ho,,Es

One of the distinguished crusaders
with the Flying Squadron, DR.. Geisel.
paid forceful respects to the folk who
are not sufficiently interested in the
welfare of their community to go to
the polls and vote whenever the OPP
portunity is presented; and especially
to those among them who would vote
right if they took the trouble to vote
at ALL THE civic Incidence of the
upright said DIR. Geisel, lis itself
capital crime of bribe-taking, for the
man who would vote right if he voted
at all simply sells his ballot for the
price of a days labor when he pleads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

that temperance in iving-they spoke
particularly of the use of intoxicants-
conduces to safety and efficiency. The
chancellor of the eXchequer, Mr.. Lloyd
George, declared in a speech in Wales
two weeks ago that strong drink is
imperiling Britain's chances of success
in the war. Lord Kitchener told the
house of lords Monday night that de-
lay in completing contracts for war
material on schedule time is due to
the use of intoxicants by workmen. In
contrast with this condition in Eng
land is the reported increase in pro-
ductivity of the Russians by 80 per
cept since the vodka shops were
closed.
Intemperance in the use of alcohol
finds easiest illustration, but physi-
clans and penologists bear testimony
following intemperance of other sorts
Chicago News.
No More Big Plungers
Speaking of Pittsburg Phil reminds
me that big betting on horse races has
been abolished. PittSburg Phil was
the leader in this respect and was
about the only one to quit with for
tune. Dave Johnson, who won as
much as $4,000 in one day at Bel
mont Park in 1907, died practically
broke" The late John w. Gates.
after tremendous battle with the
bookmakers in the golden days of the
turf, admitted when he closed opera
lions that he had enjoyed an even
break. Joe Yeager and Riley Gran
nan, who suddenly became rich, lost
everything in due time. John A.
Drake, who shared in the 100000
killing on Royal Flush in England,
finally left the game. declaring that
he could not beat it. Jesse Lewisohn,
Z. r. Thomas and E. E. Smathers,
who plunged for the limit, burned up
thousands of dollars in vain attempts
to outguess the price makers.
One of the assertions of the reform
ers who helped wipe out the betting
rings at the New York tracks was that
the bookmakers ''got all the money!"
But nowadays it is hard to name more
than half a dozen former layers who
are reputed to be wealthy. Many of
the old guard who handled the chalk
and states have been driven to the
wall. Some of them have gone into
other lines of business. Others are
hanging on at the winter tracks trying
to make expenses in a daily struggle
with pikers. A few are running hand
books in this city on a small scale
At the Jockey clubs race courses last
year there was no big betting, for the
excellent reason that bank rolls were
scarce and the oral system was pre-
carious- In short. the plungers of the
turf have disappeared apparently for
all time--New York Evening Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Why speak of deaf mute's hands ?
They speak for themselves.
No fellow likes to get stuck, unless
he happens to get stuck on pretty
girl.
In times of peace we prepare for
war by teaching the young idea how
to shoot.
You never can tell. A groundless
rumor sometimes covers the most
ground.
Many a man who prateS of reform
thinks he can right wrong by writ
ing check
Some fellows are lazy they would
be satisfied with any kind of a job
they can't get
Social custom demands that we send
regrets, in spite of the fact that most
people have enough of their own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

Why don't the peace protagonists
smuggle a few elephants into the war
zones in Europe and then set them on
the rampage? An angry bull elephant
caught between the lines, put a sud
den stop the other day to an engage
ment between German and English
forces in West Africa. Both sides re-
tired in rapid order before the enraged
beast, which charged first in one direc-
ton and then in the other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

the happy man, as he relinquished
AmabePs trembling little hand you
shall be the first to hear the good
news of our engagement-andI would
never have found courage to ask her
if it had not been for the pretty rose
colored frock.''
Blessed be pink!'laughed Marion,
and as she went away with her arm
around Amabel Walton she smiled
over her shoulder at the man.
Il am going to sing Roses Roses
Everywhere, and I am going to sing
it for just you two.''-(Copyright
1915, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
Journal Entries

Time is money in more ways than
one. Much of it is wasted.
j. j. j
Silence may nod assent, but it more
often conceals ignorance.
+ j. +
When most men and women con-
slider themselves they think only of
their virtues.
i = !.
There was a time when nobody
thought of robbing poor man. But
it was long, long ago.
The only redeeming feature of
long beard is that the man who has
it doesn't need to bother with neck
ties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

If an ordinance under consideration
there become a local law, the people
of Cleveland will probably exert them
selves to prevent fires on their prem
Uses due to their own carelessness. The
proposal is to make citizens pay for
the cost of a fire department run if
the blaze is from a needless cause. Nor
would it be a bad plan for other cities
to consider like legislation. The great
bulk of the fires that destroy so much
property in this country every year
could be prevented with the exercise
of reasonable care.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

Some of the Nebraska legislators
were of a mind to extend the women
of the state something better than
equal rights in at least one particular.
A eugenics bill, which was finally killed
in the Nebraska house, exempted the
fair sex from its provisions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

Philadelphians appear to be slip
ping from grace with a rapidly that
is surprising. With Billy Sundays
exhortations still echoing through
their highways and byways, so recent
were their utterance, the Quakers,
or many of them, are tangoing and
foX-trotting to music arranged from
the tunes of some of the hymns that
were most popular at the evangeIist's
aatinQS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
BRITAIN,s MOST DEADLY FOE.

Germany, Austria and Drink are
named as the three foes which Great
Britain is fighting by David Lloyd
George, the chancellor of her ex-
chequer. And he characterizes Drink
as the most deadly in his plea for pro-
hibition under the English flag at
least while the war continues. How
rather ironica1 it is, too, that semi
civilized Russia should have made
prohibition in her territory a fact
even long before the highly civilized
Great Britain began to think or talk
about it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

that he hasn't time to go to the polls.
But in Topeka, even the excuse OF
having to work is not a valid one. The
hours for voting are so arranged here,
that every one can take time to cast
his ballot without interfering in any
way with his DAVIS work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

Uncle Sam rises to remark that the
obesity cures on the market, generally
speaking, are dangerous. But this
probably won't prevent the foolish fat
folk who want to be thinner from TAX
ing them. unless Uncle Sam and his
several states take the bull by the
horns and stop their sale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

Nor was it necessary for the local
weather bureau to take the trouble to
announce that March in these parts
was one of the coolest and most
cloudy on record. Most folk here
abouts are still equipped with their
senses of sight and feeling in good
working order
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
On the Spur
of the Moment
Spring Reading.
BY ROY K. MOCLTON.

Spring Reading.
am not reading much about the war,
1 really don't know what they're fight
ing for.
do not read a line of politics,
The kind of stuff that is devoured py
hicks.
Bob Chambers novels don't get me
at all,
L haven't seen an Oppenheim since
fall.
And when it comes to New York
ma gaines,
I'm off from them: but / am long
on beans,
And radishes, and turnips, for I read
New catalogues that tell of garden
seed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

More evidence of Topeka's prosper
ity is to be found in the fact that the
bunco manipulators find it an excel
lent town in which to work This gen.
try never waste their energy in a place
where the picking is poor. In one
way, of course, it is not particularly
complimentary to the credulity of To-
pekans that they have been tagged as
"easy marks" But. on the other
hand, the easiest mark is usually the
individual who has a comfortable sur
plus on hand. And he can pay for his
experiences without going bankrupt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

Frances charge that the Germans
are mutilating prisoners of war so as
to make them unfit for further mill
tary service by unnecessarily amputat-
ing their arms and legs should be
taken with several large grains of salt.
Everything may be fair in war, but
the Germans are not hrutes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

This is also the stage of a local
campaign when all sorts Of stories
and canards about the candidates are
peddled around by the unthinking
and the INSCRIPTIONS. Ridiculous and
senseless stories of this chara cter
carry so many unmistakable earmarks
of their falsity that they should be
patent to the most casual observation
and no attention should be paid them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

John D. Rockefeller's plan to have
his Foundation devote 100000 of its
immense funds to the relief of the un-
employed in the Colorado mining re-
gions. smacks a good deal of an in
stance of locking the stable door after
the horse is gone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

What has become of the old-fash-
toned South winds that used to visit
Kansas frequently? Possibly. they
think they're entitled to as much of
vacation as the sun enjoyed. They ap-
pear to be bent, however, on taking a
longer one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
EFFICIENCY.

In these days of reforming methods
of the administration of state and
city governments we hear great deal
about efficiency and economy. These
principles and the results hereunder
are based upon good business man
agement. An administration which is
not efficient is not economical; 1T is
extravagant and wasteful These
statements ought to go without say
ing.
Now. in the administration of the
affairs of the city of Topeka, cor
poration employing many people and
expanding 100000 annually to pro-
duce results, we must place our five
commissions in the hands of the best
men that are available. Men who
have held these offices and shown
themselves efficient should be re-
tanned and encoura ged. Experience
and a demonstrated ability to act in
the citys affairs should carry weight
with all voters.
Mr.. Blakely is a business man of
recognized ability and former coun-
Gilman of established efficient service.
Why not select him to help conduct
our affairs and associate with him
the office of mayor to a man simply
because he wants the office, or because
he is a good writer or a genial good
fellow. The latter sort of a man can
serve to better purpose in callings
along the lines of his training and
experience than in an executive posi-
ton demanding experience and train
ing to produce satisfactory results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

Evidently the people of Argentina
have all kinds of money to toss to the
birds. Caruso has signed a contract
that will net him $4,000 for 10 ap-
pearances in Buenos Aires, or $1,000
a night and for not more than a cou-
pie of hours of warbling. This would
seem to approximate the apex of easy
M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

What, also. has become of General
Won Hindenberg's plan to march his
German army into Warsaw? 1t looks
as though it had been filed in the
archives of the war along side of the
Russian project to make merry in
Berlin last Christmas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
TELEPHONES.
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news Or
ganization, for the exclusive afternoon
Dublicatson 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, 1915-04-02

Let there be no crying over split
milk in Topeka on Wednesday next
And this can be obviated if all the
qualified voters, who are physically
able, will take the trouble to go to
the polls and discharge no more than
their full duty by themselves and their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
Horse Given Medal.

Russian artillery horse won a
bronze medal at Plevna. Orders were
given for some ammunition wagons to
be hurried to a spot that meant cross
ing the enemy's zone of fire. All the
time shells were crashing among the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
CHILD LABOR CONFERENCES

For the first time in the history of
Its organization, the national child la
Dor committee will hold its annual
conference this year in a city west of
the Mississippi. The meeting will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
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tasty for my comfort, / assure you"
"An automobilei" exclaimed Sammy
Snail and Susie Field-mouse in one
breath. "Why automobiles don't
move, They are not great masses of
b1ackness, Not at all"