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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
Evening Chat
More About American Husbands.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A foreigner who was commenting
on American customs said that the
thing which struck him as the most
remarkable about our country was
the way in which husbands entered
into their wives lives instead of TAX
ing the wives into theirs
1t is true, isn't it, when Won sion
to think of it. The wife takes the
husbands name. The husband takes
the wife's friends
In on-paper discussions of marriage
you hear good deal said about the
wife entering new life leaving behind
her old friends and taking her hus
pand S, but when you turn to real life
you find that if anybody drops old
friends it isn't likely to be the wife
Let group of girls who have been
cnunS, marry. The husbands NAV
have never seen each other before but
they soon find themselves friends (by
necessity in the lesser sense of the
word; by good fortune plus necessary
in the greater).
Try the shoe on the other foot.
When two or three men friends marry
do their wives usually become friends
Far from it.
1 have in mind at the moment two
women who were college chums.
Their husbands had never met before
the engagements. They are now each
the others closest friend, if YOU take
friend in the sense of intimate and
companion.
Now the husband of one of these
girls had a very close man friend be-
fore he was married. Yet this mans
wife and his friends wife are only on
formal calling terms. They don't dis
like each other. Oh no. But we
really have nothing in common saws
the woman in the case
The old theory was that the wife
became part of the husbands family
but in most of the cases I know the
husband became a part of the wife's
family.
"A daughters a daughter through
out her whole life.
"A sons son till he gets him q wife
Never were truer words written in
proverb than that.
Nor can you wonder at it. A
mother may love her son just as much
as her daughter; in fact she may feel
"a greater pride in her uan-child, a
sense OF mysterious triumph in being
the mother of one of these ''mager-
full beings, but. after all the bonds
of companionship and congeniality
will probably be stronger between her
and her daughter.
Besides, when the daughter takes
her place in home OF her own, she
is a beginner in her mothers bust
ness. What wonder that they should
have many points of contact Where
as, unless the son happens to be in
business with his father, he has no
such bond with his family.
1t IS a favorite statement that the
American husband is the most indul-
gent in the world. If he is to be
judged by the comp1aisance with
which he permits his wife to deter
mine the social relationships of the
two he certainly IS
I wonder, though. is it wholly be-
cause he is more complalsant than
foreign husbands or partly because
social relationships mean less to him
land business more?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
Journal Entries

Much of the dross in life has con-
siderable of the glitter to it,
j. j. i
Even the dullest of fellows becomes
engaging when he asks girl to mar
ry him.
q Il j.
When a woman gets we'll up in So
cial whirl the way she does her hair
is called couture.
4 J. =
The man who rolls up his coat
sleeves preparatory to a fight ism
likely to go much further with it.
- = +
The chap who marries a poor girl
when he has a chance to capture a
rich one lives only in the realm of fic-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

he developed good little business.
and has supported the family ever
since. There are unsupplied needs in
almost every neighborhood. Set your,
mind to work to find them, if moth
ing better offers. Use your common
sense. Do not waste time in foolish
dreaming, but bring your plans down
to earth and test them out. Think
ing and acting must go together.
Thoughts that do not develop into acts
are like blossoms that never grow into
fruit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
THEY NEEDN'T STAY.

The more we hear and read the
criticisms certain aliens and citizens
of foreign birth are making of things
American-thc international policies
of the administration, the newspapers
the public sentiment of our people and
various other things about the coun-
try they do not like-the more we
feel inclined to warm toward that
pungent remark of the late tom"
Reed, called forth by similar revilings
of this land and this government in
his day. You came here without our
invitation, and upon your going there
is no restraint" Why should man
from another part of the world stay
in a country whose institutions he
chronically deprecates ?-Boston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

He used the finest wood, the
smoothest cloth for sails and he whit
tied the masts with great patience
and skill. The rigging was made of
fishing line and the boats were
equipped with tiny lights and a rud-
der.
When all four boats were ready
Jack was justly proud of his work.
no boy ever made a better set of
boats, of that he was sure.
Now where will you use them %
asked Jack when he showed them to
his father. Come and see," was the
reply. And father showed Jack "A
handsome weather vane he had had
made. Into the four rods of the
weather vane, the four beautiful little
boats were firmly fastened and the
whole thing was set securely ON the
front porch. There it whirIed in the
breeze and Jack was quite as happy
as If his boats were whirlinz i'm the
rapids OF real lakei-( Copyright-
Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

In New York the legislators are
working on an annual appropriation
bill calling for $64.OOO,0O0, or 81 per
capita, notes the Houston Post and it
adds: That rate in Texas would pro-
duce biennial appropriation bill of
s63,O0O,OO0, and probably result in the
lynching of the legislature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

If people in the eastern section of
the country have been willing to con-
tribute no less than half million dol
lars to the support of Washburn col
lege. Topekans, who reap the bulk
of the benefits and advantages of
this fine institution, should certainly
be willing to do their part in placing
it firm financial feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
And NOW comes Enver Pasha. the

And now comes Enver Pasha, the
thirty three-year old Turkish war
minister and generalissimo of the
Ottoman army, with the assertion
England and Russia were to blame
for Turkey getting into the war. None
of the old heads concerned in the
European mixup have anything on
this young man in the realm of art
full lodging
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
From Other Pens
WILSON AND THE CHILDREN.

WILSON AND THE CHILDREN.
One of the touching little bits Of
human interest in the daily news
is the letter received by the president
of the United States from a little Bel
gian girl and Endorsed by her brother,
thanking him for the bread they have
lately eaten. To this the. president re-
plies in a characteristic manner, Civ
ing his little correspondents a word
of cheer and expressing the sympathy
all Americans feel for the little ones
who suffer. 1t is the touch of nature
that makes the whole world kin.
While other presidents have shown n
similar quality, no other attribute of
President Wilson becomes him more
than this ready sympathy with the
little folks. In this he speaks for the
true type of American citizen, to
whom nothing is more appealing than
childhood.-Omaha Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
On the Spur
of the Moment
Who Thought 1t Would Come to Thise
BY ROY X. MoULToN.

Who Thought 1t Would Come to This?
The latest song hit Il Did Not
Buy My Ford to Be a Jitney.' Here
it's:
1 didn't buy my Ford to be Jitney;
1 bought it just to be my pride and
joy.
Who dares to place a sign upon its
windshield:
"a jitney for a ride from town to
field
Let other auto owners run their old
machines,
My Ford is for my own and private
use.
There would be no jitney bus today
If owners all would say:
II didn't buy my Ford to be
jitney.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

News that large contingents of east
ern collegians are coming to assist in
gathering the Kansas wheat crop will
probably make a bigger hit with the
girls on the farms than with their
fathers. The college boy is a willing
and husky worker in the wheat fields
but too often he doesn't know how.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Chairman Gary, of the United States
Steel corporation, is another of the
big business men who sees Prosperity
spelled in large letters on the hand
writing on the business wall. It's
pretty nearly time that the little fell
lows in business were taking seats on
the confidence wagon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Most of the peach trees in these
parts that were injured or killed out
right by the freakish winter season
just ended are blooming in a most
prolific manner. So much for the
astuteness of the gentlemen who dab
BILE in forecasts about the peach crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

How they ever were able to select
a jury to try the Barnes Roosevelt
libel suit is another mystery. Or
maybe the distinguished lawyers in
the case did not press the point of
eliminating all talesmen who had pos
sibly heard of either of the parties to
81,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Let him who is without sin cast
the first stone. An Illinois woman
has been arrested for buying votes
And what else might have been, eX-
pected in view of the political prece-
dents that the men have set the fair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

with John L. Sullivan. showering
bouquets of praise on the fighting
prowess Of Jess Willard, the last word
in the premises has been said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
A New Idea.


1--WE got a great money making
idea" said Mr. BinkS to his .nelghbor.
Whats that?" inquired the neigh
Dor.
DO you see that automobile of
miner" asked Mr.. Binks, pointing with
all of the pride of a campaign speaker.
81 do. What of it %
well, every time I take that car
apart to fix it up and put it together
always have fifteen or twenty parts
left over and can't find any room for
them. 1 have taken that car apart
three times and I have got the back
end of my garage full of parts and the
car runs just as well as it ever did. My
idea is this. think when man has
taken car apart say six times he will
have enough parts left over to build a
new car, exclusive of the body. L am
going to take my car apart every week
and 1 think I ought to be able to build
at least three news cars out of it.
Then 1 will sell the old car and get
another and start taking that apart.
figure 1 ought to clean up about 800
per cent on every car that I buy
just a Few of Them.
cause of Demise as variously re-
ported:
Went to bed feeling well. but
woke up dead
To this time he bid fair to reach a
ripe old age"
DO not know cause of death, but
patient fully recovered from last ILL
ness
Deceased had never been fatally
SICK
"A mother died in infancy"
Died suddenly, nothing serious"
pulmonary hemorrhage - sudden
death. Duration four years."
Kick by horse shod on left kidney"
Don't know. Died without the aid
of a physician"
Deceased died from blood poison,
caused by a broken ankle. which is
remarkable, as his automobile struck
him between the lamp and the radia-
tor"
BLOW on head with ak. Contribu-
tory cause-another mans wife,
Some Livestock.
Speaking of cows, Bro. Gibson. a
boomer, believes in the
dairying possibilities and hog raising
future of the Wolverine state.
why" says John, I'VE have in our
section eleven cheese factories and
100 creamerieS. 1t is impossible to
describe the grand future of our
dairying interests. If all the cows in
our state could be put into one COW
she could Craze off the equator while
with her tail she could swish the
icic1es off the North Pole. If all our
hogs were turned into one hog he
could dig the Panama canal with three
roots and one grunt."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Presumably, if the Daughters of the
American Revolution had been organ
lied in the south, all of the offices in
the organization would have had the
title of colonel" instead of general
connected with them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Doesn't the action of the king of
Belgium in sending his thirteen-year-
old son into the battle line SAVIOR of
patriotism just a trif1e too Spartanic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
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As might be expected, the votes OF
the women are the ones that are GUST
ing the saloons in rural Illinois.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Italy has been ready to strike for
so long that her blow, when deliv-
cred, may be a weak one. The strain
of a high nervous tension, like Italy
has been in the throes of for so long,
usually has a facilitating effect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
$nDed Gl e!!a!ed6P
% Clara l1SramJodsen

How will you use them p" asked
JACK, beginning TO be half convinced.
Skeptic!' retorted father, make
the boats and you will seei"
So the very next afternoon Jack
set to work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Were Italy ruled by a queen, the
matter of that nations indecision
about getting into the war or staying
out of 1t would be more easily ex-
lot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
Kansas Comment

SPEAK SOFTLY BEFORE hlDiE S~r
ANY full grown person "no =,
forgets themselves as 10
ribald language in the prese
children is a thorn in the 1iesn VI
cent society. To indulge in the use U
obscene language at any time Is SO uh
oaI,ad for-is not the mark of real
manhood and should by all means De
discouraged, 1t is next to an lmpos-
sibilfty these days to rear cnllorSIi
who do not acquire a knowledge carry
in life of much that is pase, aps % ~
" vile, and you are JUSTIFIED IN con-
Guiding that in the homes too little Is
said about clean speech Wheh pa.
ents indulge in low down, contempt
BILE language in the presence OF tleil
children. or their neighbors' children
or both and some are so 1ndlscreet as
to do this some punishment Snoulo De
forthcoming that would teach them d
wholesome lesson.-NeWton hahsah-
Republican.
CLEAR LAND TITLES
The Torrens system of land titles
has been adopted by Illinois, New
York, California. Minnesota, Massa-
chusetts and Ohio, and by the Ca
madam province OF Manitoba amt 6nstra Ihe
where Sir Richard Robert Torrens
was it's author. 1t is probable that
the present legislature of Virginia
will adopt the plain. Briefly, under
the Torrens system every title to land
comes from the state itself, which as
sumes all responsibility for genuine
ness of titles, and secures them
against all comers-subject only to
proof of fraud. One of its direst ef-
fects is to do away with abstracts of
title when land changes hands. once
title is clear no abstract is ever
called for except fraud affecting title
is alleged, and that is extremely sell
dom No state or country adopting
the Torrens system has ever repealed
it-Lawrence Journal-World.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-03
Their Mission Complete.

Washington, April 3.--Secretary Garrison said today he had ordered the return of the United States army officers observing the military oper- ations of the German army because their mission was completed. He said no other officers would be detailed with the German army.
 MT. Garrison declared emphatically that the relief of the five officers on duty with the German army was in no manner connected with the recent relief of Major G. T. Langhorne as military attache at Berlin. Major Langhorne was ordered to return to United States after it was learned that messages bearing his signatures had been sent to the army war college here without his knowledge Ar. Garrison and army officers here with out exception, maintained a strict si- lcnce as to Major Langhornes with drawal except to say that it was en- tirely upon the initiative of the war depa rtment. No orders have been is- sued recalling American army officers acting as observers with other bel ligerent armies in Europe.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-03
BELGIAN OFFICIALS HEsIGN.
Refuse to Obey German Order to con struct Roads for Strategic Purposes.

Paris. April 3, 1851 a. m.-Informa- tion has been received here to the effect that officials of the Belgian public works departm ent, who agreed to continue their duties with the un- derstanding that they would not be asked to aid in the construction of military works, resigned in body when ordered by the German military authorities to direct the repair and construction of roads designed for strategic purposes.
 The valuabl archaeological and historical collection belonging to M. Huybrigts of Tongres. Belgium, is re- ported to have been ruined when his house was destroyed. The collection was valued by German experts before the begnning of the war at more than $S7,500
New Britain herald., 1915-04-03
REEKS THREATENS
 TO CLOSE THEATERS
Will Lock Doors of Show Houses Un' less Managers Bar Children
 Having Nhooping Cough.

Unless theater managers are more careful about permitting children with whooping cough to attend per formances Dr. T. E. Reeks, superin- tendent of health, will close the the ater:.
 Superintendent Recks made the above threat today to Herald re- porter. He said he visited the the aters last evening on gum-shoe- ing expedition to learn whether chl- dren with whooping cough were all lowed to enter. As the crowd was leaving one theater Sups rintendent ReeEs heard child whoop but could not locate him.
 Children with whoop.ng cough not allowed in this theater," is the text of a warning Superintendent Reeks intends to have thrown on the motion picture screen beginning to- day. He says that the epidemic of whooping cough in the west end of the city has probably reached its height as no cases have been reported within the past two days but he wishes to take every precaution against a further outbreak.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-03
CHANGES IN SIXTH WARD.
{cDonough a Candidate, Coyie With
 draws From the Council.

Francis T. McDonough of Dewey street, announced today that he would be a candidate for councilman rom the sixth ward on the democratic ticket. Simultaneously Thomas J Coyle announced that he would not seek reelection.
 MT. McDonough is a we'll known electrician and property owner. He sought the democratic nomination two years ago but was defeated in a famous three-cornered fight by Coun- cilman Coyle and Councilman A. M. Paonessa. He has a host of friends ir the famous democratic stamping gl ound, the sixth.
 There is some doubt In the sixth ward whether Edward O., kilbourne will be a candidate for the council. He is 0 nlember of the school board and it is not known whether he will be candidate to succeed himself this spring.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-03
CABLE CENSORSHIP
 POLICY OF BRITAIN
Memorandum on Subject of New Course Forwarded to State Depart
 mcnt by Ambassador Page.

Washington, April 3.-Secretary Bryan had before him today Great Bfitain's formal announcement of her rev cable censorship policy. A mem orandum on the subject had been ransmitted to the state department through Ambassador Page at London.
 In it Great Britain serves notice of it's intention to stop all messages sent ever cables under British control rela- tive to trade in contraband or non- contraband, ''to which a resident in any enemy country is one of the Earties.'
 In this connection. the communica- tion points out that 'It is clear that in view of the great importance of re- stricting the enemy's supplies and withholding facilities from them for carrying on their trade, his majesty government cannot be expected to afford the use of British cables to enable neutral and enemy countries to make arrangements with each other for the conduct of that trade"
 Officials here construe the action to mean that, in accordance with the allies blockade program, Great Britain will not permit the sending O. messages from the United States to Italy or any other neutral country if they refer in any way to a trans action in which a resident of Ger many, Austria or Turkey Is interested.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-03
EDUCATION GOOD HERE.

Superintendent O. Schools S. IT. Holmes has prepared a map show ing that New Britain, as far as edu- cation goes, is comparable with the best cities in the world. The map is a Hay out' showing the various branches covered in the local schools and with the exception of a day con- tinuation school for employed boys and girls between the ages of four teen and eighteen years every spot in the field of education is covered Superintendent Holmes returned last evening from New York where he was examining furniture for the Vo- cational High school.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-03
FORMER HEAD OF LIGHTING
 FIRM DEAD IN NEW HAVEN
l.. c. Whitney, Well Known Here, Succumbs to Shock
 of Apoplexy.

I. c. Whitney, one time general manager of the Central Railway and Lighting company of New Britain, died at 4:30 o'clock this morning at the home of his son, William l.. Whitney on North street, New Ha- ven, in the sixty-hrst year of his age. The immediate cause of death was shock of apoplexy which he suf- fered yesterday morning.
 The funeral will be held at the Erwin Mortuary chapel in this city at o'clock Monday afternoon and Rev. MT. Smith, pastor of the Uni- versalist church in Middletown, will officiate. Interment will be in Fair view. B. C. Porter Sons have charge of the local arrangements.
 Mir. Whitney is survived by his wife, who was Miss Ellen Goodwin of this city before marriage; a son, William l.. of New Haven: a daugh- ter Mrs. John Pinches. Jr., Of this city, and brother, Fred Whitney of Plainville. ..
 Not only was kr. Whitney the man. ager of the local Electric Light com pany, but he had the distinction of being one of the best electricians in this vicinity. From this city Mir. Whitsy went to Norwalk to take charge of the Electric Light com pany there and, later. he became manager of the Middletown Electric Light company. Four years ago he was obliged on account of ill health, to retire iron, business. 3
 MT. Whitney spent last summer at Saybrook Point. and moved to his sons residence in New Haven in the fall. He. was a member of the local lodge of Masons-- and of tthe South Meriden Odd Fellows lodge. He was born in South Meriden.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-03
U. s. NOTE TO GREAT BRITAIN
Regarding German Blockade Wholly
 Friendly in Its Tone.

London, April 5, 2:15 D. m.-Wal- ter Fl. Page, tine American ambassa- dor. is negotiating with the British foreign office concerning d satisfac- tory date for the publication both in the United States and England of the text of the American note dissenting from the British order it council out lining Great Britain's blockade plans. Next Tuesday probably will be agreed upon, although possibly Wednesday may be selected. Earlier publication is difficult because the Easter holi- days here continue through Monday.
 It may be said upon a high author ity that this note is wholly friendly in it's tone. 1t consists largely of a statement of the American concep- ton of a legal blockade based on re- cent precedents.