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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
Euening Chat
The Left-Outs.
BY RUTH CAMERON!

There are some folks who are al
ways being invited on little pleasure
trips of one sort or another, house
parties, auto rides. theater parties,
dances-whatever diversion the tastes
of their social group dictates.
There are other people who are sell
dom invited to share their friends
pleasures. They seem fated to be left
out
Quite frequently the second class re-
sents this isolation and points bitterly
at the first class. Why should they be
continually invited and we only in
cluded now and then on sufferance?
they ask.
Now sometimes this state of affairs
is the result of the selfishness and
thoughtlessness of the people who
have. They prefer to give to those
from whom they may receive again, to
those to whom it is easiest to give, to
those who also have. On the occasion
of a certain big celebration when al
most everyone was eager to reach a
rather inaccessible point of interest, 1
heard a woman say mo, we didn't
take out our car at all. The Grad
docks wanted us to go in theirs, you
know. We took them the last time"
Think of the callOuS SelfiShneSS of it,
But there are other occasions when
the people themselves are at least
partly to blame for their isolation.
namely, when they are of the type who
You take one of these people on an
auto ride, you seek to honor her by
placing her on the front seat. She
seems uneasy and you find that she
prefers to sit in back. 1t is necessary
to pass through a rather unpleasant
district on your way to the prettiest
road you know. She does not fail to
say how unfortunate it is that the city
should permit such a dump to exist
There is light wind. She remarks
wit a no IIR n
fortunate for the automobilist that we
have so much wind, because it is never
so pleasant to ride in wind
The road is being repaired in one or
two places '"They seem to be always
fixing these roads, she says
She is invariably cold or hot. and al
ways obviously so.
If she knows you well enough she
has to get home at some set time, and
just as you are approaching the love-
Hest part of the drive, begins to gen.
teelly fidget lest you will not get her
home on time
OF course none of her criticisms the
of anything for which you are directly
responsible and yet they make you feel
vaguely uncomfortable. They seem
reflection upon what you are offering
her.
If you take her to a play, she won
ders why the chorus is not so pretty as
it used to be, regrets that the leading
man is not sufficiently attractive to
supply a plausible motive for the stars
love, or wishes they would not play
such WORKOUT music between the acts.
OF course she always thanks you
afterwards for her good time, but no
effusiveneSs of manner or phrase can
make you believe that she really had
one. furthermore you are sure that
you did not, either. Few things are
more depressing than the uneasy,
critical state of mind in which this
type of person always seems to be.
The result is that when you are on
duty bound you may take the critical
folks, but when you are out for good
time you ask the folks that have good
times, to have one with you and to
help you have one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

from the Philadelphia Record.]
The fault finder never has to con-
suit an oculist.
Even a light sleeper prefers to sleep
in the dark.
The skeptic doesn't believe half he
hears, even when he tells it himself.
The man who parts his hair in the
middle isn't necessarily we'll balanced.
The people who are eager to get
something for nothing never get eX-
perience that way
It's a poor rule that won't work
both ways, but a poorer one that
won't work at all.
You never can tell. Many a man is
an easy going sort Of fellow until he
get an automobile.
Don't judge by appearances. Even
the porch climber and the second
story man are ambitious to rise in the
world.
Muggins-'.Y our wife seems to be
very persistent Buggins-''
ent! Why, that woman has been look
ing under the bed for a burglar for
26 years.
Nell-'.My new bathing suit is utter
ly ruined" Belle-''How did that
happier? Nell-''Why. it started to
rain, and before 1 could reach the
bathhouse I was completely drenched."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

What has become of the old-fash-
Toned wedding bell?
Think twice and il you are still
angry, forget to speak.
One can't meet with big successes
every day. SO just be patient.
1t is hard to gain anything in some
of the so-called gainful occupations.
Neither is early winter the only
season when skating on thin ice is a
favorite pastime.
Neither has the London busman a
great deal on the rest of humanity in
these sultry days.
You probably don't give yourself
much the worst of it in comparing
yourself with other people.
One is also aging when he begins
to observe that the rocking chair is
more comfortable than a porch swing.
Malaria gets more blame than it is
entitled to. A lot of men claim they
have malaria when the fact is they
are only lazy as all get out.
Very few women swear. we are
pleased to observe, but the woman who
does swear can do it much more artis-
tically than any man can do.
Another short address to the high
school or college graduate: Yes, you
may become president of this great
country of our'n, but the proba bility
is that you won't.
Ten years from now all of us poor
people probably will be riding in au
tomobiles, but by that time the rich
people will be using airships. 1t seems
that we poor people are never going
to catch up with our rich neighbors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
Rifle Shoots Around Corner.

A rifle that shoots over the parapet
while the user sits in comparative
safety in the trench without the neces-
sity of exposing himself to the fire of
the enemy is a late invention brought
out by a well known sportsman and
described in the June Popular Me-
chanics magazine. The feature of this
chanics. The feature of this invention
is that the rifle is held vertically
while the projectile is fired horizon
tally. This is accomplished by n
curved DETECTING tube fixed to the
muzzle of the gun, that changes the
course of the projectile from the YER
teal to the horizontal as it leaves the
gun. In spite of the enormous fric-
ton that must accompany this change
OF direction, the tube as shown by
actual tests, is not subject TO excessive
wear, while the effective range of a
rifle equipped with this device is be-
tween 100 and $50 wards
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
THE STRUCTURE OF GERMANY

What is the explanation of the Ger
man people? What lies back of the
proves Of the nation not only in war
but in the arts of peace as we'll? asks
Frederic c. Howe, in the July Scribner
in an article entitled 1.-The Background
of Germany and he continues: By
what means has - peasant country
been able to project its life into indus
try. commerce, and finance, and ex
tend its conquests into every corner
of the earth? How has an autocratic
state, the most autocratic in western
Europe. been induced to think in the
terms of the peasant and artisan, and
to provide social insurance and educa-
ton, state socialism and protection, for
the weaker members of the state, far
beyond any program yet developed by
any of the democratic nations of the
world? What is the social psychol-
ogy of the German people that APP
parently denies the materialiStic inter-
probation of politics enunciated by So
ciaIists and largely confirmed by the
contemporary experiences of other
countries? A people cannot be ana
lyzed in a few paragraphs, and cannot
be understood by an outsider even
with the most sympathetic of inten-
tons. 1t is difficult to understand
ones own country-the changes in
sentiment and conviction, the swift
abandonment of one position, tena-
ciously held, for another. The po-
litical and social currents of America
elude us. And the social psychology
of Germany is particularly battling. 1t
confuses even the tens of thousands of
students, artists, and travellers who
| during the last generation have gone
TO Germany for an education, for the
cultural things and the leisure life
which Germany offers. Possibly the
most important influence in the MAX
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05

agreed shyly, but with a look of con-
f1dence in her earnest eyes.
"A month later Jack and Diana
Mershon found themselves lingering
over breakfast and leaving the head
quarters Of the war service corps a
half hour earlier than had been their
wont. Home was no longer a mis-
homer applied to their reconstruct
ed household Without an apparent
hitch in the domestic machinery Jack
and Diana shifted the heavy yoke OF
responsibility and went about their
daily tasks free and reInvigoratSd. The
servants, too, seemed willing to do
their share and to become a living
part of the household instead of auto
nations.
Gradually the four walls of the
Mershon house became home indeed,
and Della was directly responsible for
the metamorphosis. She had been
given the opportunity to exercise her
one talent and she had succeeded even
beyond her expectation.
She was happy, too, and more than
consoled for all that had happened.
Even with George Craven, she told
herself, she could never have been so
happy as she was now with Diana
MerShon and her brother Jack
How shall we ever do without
her?" Diana said to Jack one day
while they were still at the office.
'fWhat will become of US when she
There was look of positive terror
in her eyes and her voice was decided
ly unsteady.
Jack smiled placidly. Dear old Di,"
he said tenderly. "she will never leave
US. 1 have already provided against
such a frightful possibility. She has
promised to marry me. "-(Copyright
1915, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
WARS END NOT IN SIGHT.

Most of the optimism that the Euro
pean war would be brought to some
sort of a conclusion by the end OF the
summer has probably been knocked
into a cooked hat by this time. And
more evidence that it is to be much
longer war than most of the experts
have been expecting is to be found in
the news that German engineers are
now engaged in building a Syrian rail-
way and a Sinai railway so that Ger
many can convey her heavy artillery
to strategic localities for tremendous
campaign against the English for the
possession of the Suez canal. In other
words. it looks as though the war were
lust getting well started.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
Jayh awker Jots

About time for some company to
begin the marine insurance of wheat,
suggests the Great Bend Tribune.
After a man is fifty, observes Edi-
tor Kelley in his Toronto Republican.
d pretty girl may tell him he is smart
and he will fall for it: but she can't
fool him by telling him he is still a
good locker.
Armed peace is a delusion, declares
the Norton Champion, and it adds this
excellent advice: Don't carry a gun!
AS the Wilson County Citizen OBJ
serves: Some people have will power,
while others have won't power.
After all is done and said, condi-
be satisfactory, insists the Barber
County Index, until the institution is
brought up to modern demands. You
can't make an automobile record on
d handcar.
Gasaway. the Gas Gulch CORE
spondent of the Wilson County Citi-
zen sings this sigh: Higgledy-Piggle-
dy, My Black Hen, Lays an egg Every
now and then: At nine cents a dozen,
and some times ten, the profits all
go to the Middlemen.
A bit OF repartee from the wheat
belt that is going the rounds OF the
Kansas press: A smart young man
breezily addressed a farmer, Hey
Sure, sonny" came back the million
aire in denim, I've got an upper left
in my header barge"
Encouraging words, from the Ellin-
wood Leader: Those who remember
the big wheat crop of eleven years
ago Will bear in mind that year was
very wet and for many weeks it rained
about every day, making harvest very
difficult, many farmers being unable
to get into their fields for days after
the wheat was ready to harvest.
Musings of the Village Deacon, in
the Osborne County Farmer: Mashed
potatoes have this advantage over
peas. The potatoes will stay on your
knife and the peas won't. Every
person in the world has a sure sure
for rheumatism and asthma except
the persons who are afflicted.
A married man can button his collar
three times as quick as a single man.
I he married lads get in practice from
having to button their wives waists up
the back two or three times a day.
Clothes don't always make the
man. The minister who wears a Gel
luloid collar may be able to preach
Just as good a sermon as the one who
wears the finest linen. A rich man
gets as much advice on how to spend
his money to have a good time as a
poor man does on how to make and
save money for rainy day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE.

AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE.
With sugar and apples. and copper and
steel.
And canned gods and silver and gold.
ana timber and corn-meaI. and cotton and
wheat
Packed full in the depths of each hold,
ShaH We nail 1t again sweeping proudly
- Ger the turbulent waters of green
10 lhe churn1ng and turning and thunder
of screws
Inc American merchant marine?
VIII the splendor of stars, and the ripple
of bars,
And the glory of red, white and blue
Appeal on the deep as in earlier DAYS
FROM the brig and the schooner they
II is many year since that radiant flag
On the bosom of ocean was seen
May IT soon be unfurled and encircle the
world
With Americas merchant marine!
OF navy of commerce, armada of trade
SAIL forth to the conQuests of peace.
90 carry the flag to the Niger and Nile
ana the Islands of Britain and Greece.
AT last let America come to her own
And rule Ger the pillows queen.
The ports from Suez to Manila await
The American merchant marine
-M1nna Irving in Leslies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
OUR AUTOMOBILES BILL.

On June l of the current year the
number of automobiles in the United
States for the first time reached o.
100000, according to the Scientific
American, which continues: Figuring
on an average OF four persons to each
car, which is very conservative, there
are 100000 people in this country
in daily enjoyment of motoring. What
it costs to follow this sport is of in
terest. because of the stupendous fig
ures involved. To run 100000 cars
for one year requires at the very least
], 900, 100000 gallons OF gas" worth
$1SO,OOO,000: 2O,OOO,OO0 gallons of lu-
bricating OIL worth 100000; T.
100000 tires, worth not less than SIG
apiece, or S192.OOO,O00;; accessories
and extra comforts, goggles. gloves,
and caps. $50 per car, or S1OO, 100000;
garage charges on short tours (exclu-
sive of gas and OLD, 500 per car per
wear. or s2OO,OO0,0O0; repairs made
necessary by wear, tear, and accident
(excIusiye of tires). $50 per car per
wear. or s1OO,OO0,OOO. Total running
expenses for all cars in use, S73O,O0O,-
900. Add thereto the value of the
500. 900 new cars purchased during
the wear, at an average price of SOU,
or s45O,00O,0O0, and we get the i'm
mense total of S1,1SO, 100000 spent in
a single year (1915) on the sport of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
PATERNALIsM AND PIoNEER1s,I

A policy of paternalism in govern
ment and statutory morals is not
keeping the faith with the pioneer
spirit, declares Thomas w. shelton of
the Norfolk (Va.) Bar in the July
Case and Comment We boast of a
progressive country, but when men
are taught to lean upon the govern
ment, instead of supporting it, the ma
ton is not progressing, but it is retro
crossing. A nation is no stronger,
purer, or better, than its people. Gov
ernmental Improvement is simply a
corollary to individual Improvement
That is the reason for popular cam
paigns of education. 1t was a sense
of personal responsibility and individ-
ual independence that conceived gov
ernmentaI independence and won it in
America, and it is that spirit. alone,
that will preserve it. This country
needs fewer new laws and more real
men: it needs less jural regulation and
more moral sensibility; it needs less
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
EFrom the Chicago News. I

from the Chicago News.
Getting even seldom results in an
even temper
1t is impossible to flatter some wo-
men; they are dead.
Too many men don't even try to
make anything when they white.
Only a married man can fully ap-
preciate the comforts of his club.
Your imagination is the principal
ingredient in good time.
A foolish person is one who is I'M
able to see things from your point of
view.
1t is easier for the average man to
get next to a live wire than it is to be
one.
OF course a man doesn't marry for
mOney-neither does he jilt girl just
because she has it.
When things fail to come our way,
we can turn about and follow. the. line
of least resistance. s ~
We would get more enjoyment tout
of our money if it took us as long to
spend it as it does to earn it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05

Whats that? ?" inquired the toad, as
he whirled around to see WHO was
talking.
The snail repeated his wish, and the
toad huffed and blew himself up big
and fat with pride. lie forgot for the
moment about being thin But what
is this 1 hear about hopping making
you thin? 1 hope it never will
You hope 1 never will grow slender
and thin again." exclaimed the toad.
But I want to get thini I'm SO fat
now that even the flies make fun of
me. I'm trying my hardest to get
slender again.
80 unnecessary SO unnecessarv,'
replied the snail quietly. They mere
ly say that because they are Jealous.
You want to stay just as you arel'
And Mr.. Garden Toad was so hanpx-
to hear such advice tina he STAYED a
friend Of the snails rorever.-(Copy-
right-Clara Ingram Judson)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05

ing of modern Germany and in mould
ing the mind of the nation is the per-
sistence down to very recent times
of the feudal idea of the state, with
the eighteenth century relation OF
classes. The German people, especial
ly the Prussians, still think in terms
of an earlier age; they accept the
divine right of kings and the only less
divine right of the feudal aristocracy
to rule And they accept this with
but little intellectual protest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
SAVING HERE. SPENDING THERE.

There appears to be some curious
anomalies in the information about
business conditions throughout the
country that has been gathered by
agents of the federal reserve banking
system. From Boston, for instance,
comes the opinion that the weather
conditions and the ''wave of economy
which is affecting all classes, are
probably most important factors in the
business situation. Alongside of TINS
is set the news from other centers
that the motor car manufacturers are
working overtime to supply the de-
mand for their wares. And so it would
seem that the people are following the
well known advice that they be eco
nomical in small things so that they
may be extravagant in large ones.
They seem to be cutting down the
cost of their erstwllile high living so
that they can indulge in the high cost
of autom obiling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05

According to the federal department
OF agriculture, the Hessian fly, has
damaged the 1915 wheat crop to the
extent of many millions of bushels
throughout the entire country. And
this happens to be a wheat pest that
the farmers can combat with success
ii they prepare their fields properly
and plant their seed at the right time.
This planting date varies in the sew
eral sections of the country and it is
even not the same in the different
sections of Kansas but the informa-
ton is available for any farmer who
cares to take the trouble to seek it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05

Long faces seldom get much of a
welcome anywhere.
+ =
Being an actor and being on the
stage are decidedly different propo-
sitions.
- % -
Circumstances over which people
have no control are really not very
many.
z. = i.
Reaching a conclusion is not hard.
The difficulty lies in being able to stick
to ii.
10 - =
Man proposes and that's the last
suggestion of his that the girl in the
case is likely to accept.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
From Other Pens
A CREDITOR NATION.


The United States is rapidly becom-
ing a creditor nation. At The outset
of the war, when Great Britain de-
clared a moratorium, so far as its own
debts were concerned, and demanded
payment of air balances due it, there
was much alarm in this country. But
the bankers raised the famous gold
pool and sent it to Canada. This was
a convincing illustration of the sol
vency of this country. Most of that
gold has come back. Gold has also
been pouring in from other sources.
until the banks of the New York City
Clearing House alone last week car
ried a reserve of $1,3S4, Sc, 500 in en-
cess of legal requirements The ex-
cess was over four times that of the
same week last year. The reason is
plain. We have been selling to Europe
without buying much from il. Instead
of having to send gold to settle bal
ances, the gold is being sent here.
This is why the price of London eX-
change is lower than at any other
time in half a century.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05

Some of the relations of money
with. justice in this country are evil
denced again by the fact that the pub
lie authorities of jackson county, Mis-
souri,, cannot see their financial way
clear to place DR.. Hyde on trial for
a fourth time on the charge of having
brought about the death of Col
Swope, unless the relatives of the de-
ceased are willing to contribute $1,000
TO the expenses of such a proceeding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05

All varieties of war are what Cen
eral Sherman so aptly termed an
armed conflict of men; including a
labor war of the proportions that is
now being staged at Chicago. An esti-
mate has it that this labor struggle
means an economic loss to the people
of the city of at least a half-milIion
dollars a day. And this loss is sure
to hit hardest those who are least able
tn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05

The gentleman who robbed Sedg-
wick county of $4,000 while he was
serving it as county treasurer goes to
the penitentiary with the prospects
of being able to obtain parole at
the end of four years. In other words,
tapping the till of a Kansas county
for a comfortable fortune is almost
as foclhardy an enterprise as is steal
ing a chicken in the Sunflower state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05
Hun1or of the Ddy

"You cant afford to be without this
wonderful work" That's good. My wife
says [ am always doing things / can not
afford to, and this will prove she is right"
Houston Post.
She-"Why do you refuse Ethels hand
TO Mr. Nocoyne: Don't you want your
daughter married OFF, He-"Yes; what
L am trying to avoid is having son-in-
law married on.,-oBston Transcript.
Mrs. X.-"Do you have any trouble in
getting Il cook?" Mrs. Y.-"Oh. no; I've
got as many as ten in month" Dos
ton Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-05

While a safe and sane Fourth of
July is by far the i--ore desirable va
riety, it does seem to have put some
thing of crimp in the expressions of
patriotism that used to be more pro-
nounced on this occasion. At any
rate, safe and sane Fourth doesn't
appear to 'savor of the real thing in
this line to the older folk who can re-
call those of the noisy sort, the in
sane kind. if Won will