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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15
Globe Sights
BY THE ArcHIsoN GLOBE.

Kicking on high taxes never seems
to reduce them.
Is the man who keeps a bull dog
in town a patriot?
A man who says he is going to quit
q habit gradually is liar.
There is usually one member of the
committee who does all the work.
Old age is not a crime, but there
isn't much use of boasting about it.
Long experience teaches one that
what he gets cheap is that sort of an
article.
The good old days were that only
to those who happened to he young
at the time.
Where does a barber get the notion
thing he has fer sale.
An old fashioned woman is one who
wonders that more people do not
catch their death of cold.
There is a difference between con-
ceit and self-confidence which some
of the young men should learn.
1t may also be said for your enc
mics that they aren't much given to
dropping in when you are busy.
There are occasions when a cheer
full liar is more desirable than the
person who insists on telling the Pain
full Truth.
Marrying a man to reform him isn't
sensible, but it is apt 70 be exciting
which may be the reason it is fire.
quently attempted.
Speaking of frenzied financiers as
the Hon. Tom Lawson used to, there
is Father from now until the Christ
mas bills are paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15
En- ening Chat
Even as You and L.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

/ L.
| Out of three articles ordered, the
one behind. The housewife was scold-
ing about it.
II should make them send it right
up now" said the visiting lady,
sharply. You're sure you ordered
| it ?'' ..-.-. .--.s. -t-s- A... ...s
Yes said the housewife, soft
ening, but I don't think I'll do that.
They would probably send If, but it
would mean an extra trip for the de-
liveryman and it's a quarter of six
now. 1t may have been the order
clerks mistake and it's too bad to
make the delivery clerk suffer I can
get along without the salad dressing
tonight. I'll tell them in the morning
and ask them to be more careful"
What made her have so much for
bearance? you may be wondering
Well, she IS one of those people
with the rare gift of sympathetic
ina gination.
She sometimes makes mistakes
herself and she likes to be treated
venience her by mistakes she has
enough sympathetic imagination to
remember that they feel just as she
does, and to control her natural i'm
pulse to blame them and make them
suffer.
On another occasion she admitted
to me that if she received too much
change, or was undercharged for an
article, or was in any similar way ad-
yantaged by a clerks mistake she al
ways went back to the shop and with
out drawing the attention of the man
ager tried to fix the matter up. aside
from the honesty end of it, she ex-
plains, clerks are sometimes locked
for mistakes, ard I wouldn't want
to gain at the expense of their pay
envelopes"
People Who Live I'm Glass Houses.
An absence of sympathy and for
bearance for the mistakes of others
is a lack that only those who never
make mistakes have right to.
And yet how many of US, who can
by no means qualify for the mista ke-
less class. show an utter lack of sym
pathy of public servants whom the
humblest of US have in our employ.
Whenever a person over whom we
have power by reason of the fact that
small mistake, we give free rein to
the natural inclination to find fault.
Clothed with a little brief authority"
how we'll that describes the ponpous
consciousness with which many of US
deal with such situationsi
We are always demanding allow
ances and always forgetting to make,
them.
1 think, is that we lose sight of the
personal end of the cervice we receive.
When the woman said, IT'D make
them send it right up now" them
didn't stand for anything personal in
her mind. She didn't think of a de-
livery clerk kept overtime and his
wife waiting dinner.
That's the whole trouble; we forget
that the service we receive isn't rem
dered by machines, but by flesh and
blood people who have meal hours
and headaches and sleepless nights
and engagements tc keep and hopes
and dreams to distract them from
their duty. Even as you and Il
protected by the Adams Newspaper
Service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News
A good liar is always considered
bad.
Stick to your business with the glue
of industry
A fertile imagination may produce
rank thoughts.
1t takes a wise man to pick a fool
whose money he can spend
Whenever two women begin to talk
things over they are sure to overtalk
He's a peevish man who doesn't let
his wife know the size of his income
The woman who marries a widow
er is likely to mourn the demise of
his first wife
The heiress who marries a man to
reform him is foolish to begin with
the gold cure.
Love at first sight often causes the
victims to wish they had consulted an
oculist.
The trouble with too many children
is that the education of their parents
has been neglected
When a man once thoroughly I'M
derstands the ms and outs of politics
he may know enough to stay out
There's only one way to acquire
wisdom, but when it comes to making
a fool of yourself you have your
choice of a million different ways
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cover with fresh cold water. to which
one pint of milk has been added.
After ham has been soaked for sew
eral hours wipe carefully and cover
Roll this paste for pie crust. If
paste cracks when crisped by heat
cover with a fresh supply, as the
delicacy and juicyness of the ham
depends on being alright. After
ham is thoroughly heated turn down
gas and bake slowly for five hours.
Remove crust of paste, to which the
outer skin of ham will adhere.
Sprinkle ham with light brown sugar,
stick cloves and pieces of whole Gin
namon into it. Cover with sherry, TO
which bay leaf has been added. Place
in brisk oven to brown. Serve with
champagne sauce.
Marshmallow Delight - One pint
cream, one-half pound marshmaI-
lows, one cup English walnuts, one
half cup sugar vanilla. Whip cream,
mallows, cut in quarters and nuts
chopped. Beat together. Let stand
several hours. Serve with shredded
pineapples.
Fruit Cheese Salad - Six dates,
seeded three figs. half cup blanched
almonds; chop one scant cup cream
cheese, one tablespoon lemon Juice,
pinch salt. Mix ingredients to a
smooth paste and form into balls.
Serve four to each persons on nest of
ing to which an equal quantity of
whipped cream has been added.
Chocolate Cake-Cream one cup
brown sugar and scant half cup of
lard. Then add one well-beaten egg
and one cup sour milk. Mix well and
add two tablespoons cocoa, ore tea
spoon each of soda and baking pow
der in just enough flour to make bat
ter of proper thickness to drop from
spoon. The success of the cake de-
ponds on the batter Do not use too
much flour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15
JayhaWker 'Jots

One of the best ways to get re-
duction in insurance rates, advises
the Marquette Tribune, is to get busy
and help put the man who burns his
house for the insurance behind the
bars.
Imri ZumwaIt of the Bonner Springs
Chieftain points out that the hyphen
which of old was the aristocrat among
punctuation marks has now become a
vagabond at which everybody throws
stones.
The Village Deacon of the Osborne
County Farmer confesses that while
he doesn't know about business, he
does know this You can't get very
far if you spend more time in trying
to destroy your neighbours trade than
you do in building up your own.
observations by Obey Weaver in his
Sedgwick Paragraph: It's about time
for some fool woman to begin wearing
her new spring hat 80. Confer with
your enemies occasionally, for they
always know your faults. :. Get up
and dust little if you would amount
to more in life than a mere warning.
If you are inclined to vicious
gossip. hide out. There is plenty of
misery in the world and people will
be punished without your assistance.
A fair warning, it would seem. The
Great Bend Tribune prints IAN open
letter" signed A. w. A, as follows:
Protection. If the party with au
lOHlODlle WHO IlcdIIy run ZIG uOWA OA
Main street as I was crossing the
street, ever repeats the act, unless I
am totally disabled, he will need the
ambulance to finish his trip. This is
not intended as a threat, but simply
a matter of business. People not pos
sessing one of these deVilish machines,
do not have to get off the earth, L
don't think.-A. W. A
George Stewart used to be a Shin
erite, hence we feel at liberty to tell
this story about him, writes the
Sinner correspondent of the Cold
water Talisnan. Having noticed him
around the Central office in Cold
water a great deal, and thinking he
might have some position there, we
said to Miss Mary Meers: What po-
sition does Mr.. Stewart fill here?"
And she seemed to be much surprised
at the question and said: why, don't
you know what position Mr.. Stewart
fills?" And we, of course admitted
our ignorance, when she replied:
why, Mr.. Stewart fills the position of
spark plug
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15
Household Hints
Recipes.


Savory Scalloped Oysters = One
quart oysters, one-haf cup minced
celery, one-half cup minced sweet
pepper, three-fourths cup buttered dry
bread crumbs, one cup white sauce,
one cup condensed tomato soup or
tomato sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
Butter q baking dish, dust with the
crumbs, put in layer of oysters,
sprinkle with a dash of pepper and
celery, add a few crumbs and pour in
a little of the two sauces mixed to-
gether. Repeat in this way till the
dish is filled, making the last layer
crumbs, and bake thirty minutes in a
moderate oven.
Lemon Butter-Beat six eggs, one
fourth pound butter, one pound sugar,
the rind and juice of three lemons;
mix together and set in a pan of hot
water to cook. Very good to eat with
any kind of bread or nice for tarts.
Quick Graham Muffins-One pint
sweet milk, two eggs, one-half cup
sugar, two heaping teaspoons baking
powder, one tablespoon melted but
ter, graham flour enough to make a
stiff batter; drop in hot gem pans.
Orange Pudding-Line the bottom
of a pudding dish with stale sponge
cake, slice upon the cake three or
anges; make a custard of one quart
of milk and five eggs, leaving the
whites of four out; beat the whites
to a stiff froth, adding sugar; put on
top of pudding and put in oven until
brown ...s--.--
Old Dominion Baked Ham-Twelve
pounds ham, one cup sherry, brown
one bay leaf, one pint milk. Clean
and scrape ham. Let stand one night
in. cold water, changing several
times In the morning drain and
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hind legs, laid his tribute upon her
knee.
so you are the thief" laughed Hill
da, rising quickly and dropping her
shining pet back into his bowl Il
see it all nowl You want to promote
sociability among the neighbors by
trading their. belongings, even if it
does cause trouble"
The monkey was very tame. and
Hilda picked him up in her arms.
Then she got the gold link from her
dresser and descended the stairs.
AS she had expected, Mr.. Hubert
Field was her acquaintance OF the
library. Good evening", said Hilda-
i've come to return two of your
possessions. both found in my room
Thank you very much L was puz-
zled about the link, although 7 blamed
Jocko for losing it. 1 was almost
wishing he was gone for good this
time. He's worried me to death since
my sister left him here two days ago.
He's stolen things all over the build
ing, and have to keep his existence
secret or they'll put US both out"
1.-The goldfish, 1 believe, belong to
me. He was after another when 1
caught him.
THANK heaven, I've found the own
er of the fish. Fortunately, l hap
pened to be at home when he brought
them or they would have died. But
he handles them carefully enough, it
seems, and 1 dropped them into water
right away. I think I'll have TO put
up a notice and ask the others to
claim the various articles I've been
made recipient of. I've a comb,
lamb chop, a letter, bunch of grapes,
a candle shade, a silk stocking, gold
fish, a box of rouge
Hilda laughed merri1y. I'm not
guilty of the rouge 1 assure YOU
Hubert Field looked at her fair,
rosy skin and softly, curling hair.
THAT is obvious, Miss Neighbor," he
assured her. And now that Jocko
has introduced us, may l hope mat
our friendship will continue"
81 don't see why it shouldn't, said
Hilda, flushing a trifle.-(COpyright
1915, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndl-
cate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
A man must be pretty sharp to fool
a sharper.
Love is one of the things most of
us fall for.
A kiss is poem, but not all poems
are returned with thanks.
Success is the art of going after
things, that don't come to you.
We appreciate most things that are
homemade, especially happiness.
The smallest men are not always
those who have shrinking DISPOSE
lions.
You never can tell The weaker a
man is. the stronger his habits grow
on him.
The good deeds men do live after
them, nor do the bad ones always die
with them.
Fate is a cobbler who always has
some difficulty in fitting our feet to
dead mems shoes.
When a man is dry just before din
ner he generally takes something to
whet his appetite
Sillicus-''What is your idea of a
true Christian 2" Cynicus-''A true
Christian is a man who would rather
listen to other peoples troubles than
tell of his own
Muggins-''P has ruined
quite as many men as adyersity has,
Buggins- Possibly; but most of US
would prefer to take the former route
if we are to be ruined at ALL
why don't you stop begging and
look for work." demanded the man
who had just been touched ''What's
the use of giving up sure thing for
an uncertainty replied the beggar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15

Chirpy Sparrow looked around the
deserted garden The flower beds
the walks were white and cold in the
early winter sunshine: the lawn was
brown and dry; everything reminded
him that winter had come.
Now I'm going to be lonesomei" he
said dismally to his mate. 81 Just
know I'm going to be so lonesome L
can hardly Ifvei"
''Surely not" comforted Mrs. Chirpy
Icheerfully. You have me to talk to
at least!''
II know that" replied Chirpy,
doubtfully; "but 1 do like to talk with
the other birds"
OF course Mrs. Chirpy knew that
he did-that was the very reason why
she didn't feel one bit badly when she
found that for once Chirpy would have
to play with her. He was such a one
to go off with Billy Robin that, after
the nest was once built. she often
went a whole day without seeing him
But like the wise little creature she
was. she didn't say all that she knew
she only said persuasively, Come
on, let's get some breakfast" And
down she flew from the nest under
the caves to the garden Dear mel
Hunting food in the winter time was
something to eat in the bounteous
summer time
The earth was hard and bare: the
worms were grubby and very, very far
DeLWGSn+ II was very ChctIltSS DuSl-
ness. To tell the truth, Chirpy was
nearly cross about the whole change
of season business.
And Just then-what do you suppose
happened
2. One little snowflake dropped from
the big sky overhead and settled down
on the flower bed. And then another
came, and another TIL, before Chirpy
had really noticed what was happen
ing a whole skyfulI of snowflakes was
floating downward and the garden
was soon TO be covered up tight.
''Oh. oh, obi" he cried as soon as he
noticed the snow Now just look at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15
TARIFFS AND REVENUES.

Democratic statesmen attribute the
failure of their tariff law as a revenue
producer exclusively to the disar-
rangement of the eountry's import
trade that has been caused by the
European war. When confronted with
the fact that the imports are almost
as large in volume as they were in
times before the war, they declare
that they are a different character
But fluctuations have been made
which show that. even with the pres
ent volume of imports, the Demo-
cratic tariff law has such a low gem
eral average of duties that il falls
more than $4,000 behind what the
tariff revenues would be We're they
being levied under the Republican
tariff law that the present law super
seeded. In other words, given only the
present volume of imports and ap-
plying the higher duties of Repub-
Iican tariff law, the treasury would
have been $e,0oO,o 900 better off every
been in progress than it has been
under the returns from the Demo-
cratic tariff law. The war has been
raging for 16 months, and this means
that a Republican tariff would have
yielded the government a full $144,
100000 more than the Democratic
tariff has. So it would seem patent
that the Democratic tariff law itself
and not any conditions that have been
brought about by the war, is respon-
sible for its failure as a revenue pro-
dIIcar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15

all waste lands, ditch banks, and SINH
lar places by burning over, pasturing,
or in case of ditch banks by blowing
or disking in the fall This will tear
up the roots and expose the eggs of
grasshoppers to the excessive mois-
ture and cold of winter and will also
turn up those insects which hibernate
in the ground. Burning vegetation
where possible will destroy many in
sects, though in the case of grasshop-
pers it probably will not be as effec-
tive as cultural methods. In addition,
cultural methods by turning humus
into the soil benefits the land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15
From Other Pens

HAPPINESS COMES IN PIECES.
We are told that happiness comes
by pieces, and that it is these small
bits linked together that makes our
lives worth while Some of US are not
content to take our happiness by de-
grees or at intervals We want 1t all
the time in big pieces, and If we can
not have it that way we think that
we are deprived of our natural r1ghts
and look upon ourselves as injured
beings 1t is a rather singular ex-
preston of human nature how happl-
ness affects the Individual with some
of us it makes us friendlfer toward
others and anxious that they should
experience like joys; with others IL
makes us too satisfied with ourselves
to think very much of our neighbors.
Perhaps those of us who know what
the joy of living means have expert
enced both of these attitudes at d11-
ferent periods of our lives and are in
a position, therefore, to appreciate a
varying viewpoint, but even so II is
only after we lose something of that
ioy of living and have found out for
ourselves that there are shadows
which no amount of sunshine can
disperse that we can readily appre-
ciate the blessing of whatever happf-
ness may find its way into our lives
The little things that count so much IN
our intercourse with each other are
not ALWAYS regarded as highly as they
should be, and for this reason we pass
by much that would give us joy if We
only knew how and where to find it.
-MarysviI1e Advocated Democrat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15

as any of her neighbors. The same
impulse which makes the girl of to-
day demand the same sort of atten-
ton from a man that her richer girl
friends receive will keep her poor
husbands nose on the grindstone,
once she lands him. I tell you it's
the extravagant demands of the girl
herself that brighten off the man.
Mind you, do not say there are not
exceptions. But group the girls.-and
you see the attitude which frightens
Off the man of moderate means, or
moderate salary. or a position as yet
insecure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15
BATTLE SLEEP.

BATTLE SLEEP.
Somewhere, Sun, some corner there must
be
Thou visitest, where down the strand
Quietly, still the waves go out to sea
From the green fringes of a pastoral
land.
Deep in the orehard-bloom the roof-trees
stand,
The brown sheep Craze along the bay,
And through the apple boughs above the
sand
The bees hum sounds no fainter than
the spray.
There through uncounted hours declines
the day
To the low arch Of twilight's close.
And, just night about the moon grows
gray,
One sail leans westward to the fading
rose.
Giver Of dreams, thou with scatheiess
wing
Forever moving thro' the fiery hall,
To f1ame-seared lids the cooling vision
bring
And let some soul go seward with that
sail
Edith Wharton, in Century Magazine.
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Journal Entries

Eatables you have to learn to like
were meant for other folk.
r. + j.
Few are the men who do not think
that they're equipped with large bum
dies of common sense.
Il j. +
The gent1e-mannered chap is usually
able to put up a pretty stiff fight
whenever the occasion demands.
= + j.
Any number of people would not
take themselves so seriously if they
got in touch with other folks opinion
of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15

One of the more reasonable of the
recent reports from Mexico tells that
villa is now at the head of a band
of hooters that is also engaged in
abducting young girls as a side line.
How full of pride for their disting uish-
ed husband Villas three wives must
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15
xsp,NsrERHooD Is HER Fault.

..Tt is often the girls fault that she
.sres not get married. says a young
,,San- in the December issue of the
Uonan's Home Companion, who
gives his opinion of the modern young
~xonnan as his reason for remaining
s,ngle. shed expect me to keep up
80 same pace" he says Shed ex-
-ect to live in the style her parents
- AFFORD. to dress and live as well
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15

Not only have the Democrats been
having their innings, as; Congressman
Campbell says, but they also happen
to be still at bat. And if all their
plans carry, the hits they will make at
the present session of congress will be
felt by the country for some time, even
II the voters should strike them out
at the polls next fall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15

~ New York state, with a population
;sof about 100000 people has 231,-
va automobiles. Kansas has more
than $4,000 motor cars to a popula-
Aon of about 100000. In other
words, if New York had as many au-
kcs in proportion to population as
Kansas has, the number in the En-
-pire state would be nearly twice as
large as the present figure, or, ap-
v1roximately. 43S,00O-
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On the Spur +.
of the Moment
VIII We Never Have Thesee
BY ROY K. MOULTON.

Will We Never Have These?
A woman's hat that will never go out
of style.
A pair of shoes that will not run over
at the heels.
A calendar that will not tell a woman
how old she is getting.
A furnace fire that will not make any
ashes.
A dollars worth of street car tickets
that will last a month.
A dish pan under the ice box that will
not run over, matter how full 1t gets:
dinner that will do for seven when
pectedly."
An alarm clock that will not go off at
O'Clock on Sunday morning when one
has inadvertently wound it Saturday night
A device that will induce dog not to
howl at O'Clock when one doesn't have
to arise until Z.
An auto that will not persist in blowing
out when the driver has a party of friends
out and is wearing his best clothes.
A door bell that will indicate to the
housewife when the caller is an agent who
Will try to sell her something she does
not wish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-15

x Probably the Russian government Is
more than delighted over the fact that
the people of Russia are saving more
money than ever before in their MIS-
tory The government. has plenty OF
uses for all the money it can lay its
hands on and it will not be slow 10
find many ways through taxes OF one
sort and another to connect with
good portion of the increasing savings
OF its DeOple