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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12
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3 II looks a. though theE sqlAbb1e
over the compensation az 81. f. D{kn
ss Secfetary of the PanAsnk- affdc
e,1,uaitf6n connnission were aetfled ~
a a1reemenf 10 pay him tiQq =
month frpsn tho time he coMrnenQed
work IL ae1fe1nber, 1919, which ar
raneeinoats 11es. been approved BY Coy
ernUrs Arth6r Capper and the two 9TH
or members Of the cornlmisslon. Al
bert r Reid OF Topeka and Frank
Hodges OF Otathe.
This decision was communicated to
the senate Thursday afternoon after 9
conference between the governor and
the two commissioners who had been
instructed by q senate resolution to
find q solution for the tangie which
grew out of the commissions unau-
thorfzed action in employing Mr..
Dean. one of it's own number. to act a.
secretary. The conference recon-
mended that the bill for an additional
appropriation for the exposition. 426.-
900 being asked to complete the Kan
sas exhibit at San Francisco. be so
framed as to permit the commission
to elect one of its members secretary
with q salary.
It now remains for the senate to re-
model the additional appropriation
bill in such manner as to make the
commission recommendation effective.
Completion of the Kansas exhibit at
San FRANCISCO Is nun8 up penOln8 the
appropriation of additional funds for
the installation of the displays which
have been arranged for from various
parts of the state. There may be
some opposition to the additional app
preparation on the ground that the
first one Of $4,000 was intended to
cover its entire expense. but there are
friends on both sides of the house who
will fight for liberal policy in favor
OF putting representative Kansas
show on the Pacific grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12
aLINCoxN Ar GETTYsBURG.


ssyIINCOxN AT GEITY6BURG.
2. -Four score and se1eA yeafs ago I
our fathers brought forth ON this
: continent a new nation. conceived
In liberty. and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are Gre
ated equal
Now We are engaged IN great
civil war. testing whether that
nation, or any nation so conceived
and SO dedicated, can long en-
dure. We are met on great bat
tleheld Of that war. We have
come to dedicate q portion of that
field as a final resting-place for
those who here gave their lives
that that nation might live. 1t is
altogether fitting and proper that
we should do this.
But. in a larger sense. we can
not consecrate-we cannot hallow
this ground. The brave men,
living and Dead who struggled
here. have consecrateo IL Iar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

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I e not the commodpreb hotreoBs you
10y Juse nh niece by marriage.
anu tney nao 0ofh been kind enough
20 8lvo me this trip. I haven't 500
e. my very own. Won't You go and
tAik 20 Aunt isabel. please. and for
Get al aoouI
Aaoem0aeeile, III honor you, he
taitered over her hand And Phil
kneW ne Was eratefut to her for her
1k1nknesa Then she turned to
LArrys ana they leaned over the rail-
in9 yo9etner happily
on turned him down, didn't you r.
Larry said
she nodded her head. 81 told him
the real truth. and want to tell you,
too. Larry" And she did-far more
completely than the count had heard
It She told him all about Ted and
the girls and her mother, and how
hard life Was sometimes up at tho
little homestead on the Connecticut
shore; how Ted had to 60 tl1roush his
needed a postgraduate course for her
nuratng and Madge was planning on
landscape gardening.
what are you going to do?" asked
Larry
stay home and look after things
ana motner I'm the only one that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12
Journal Entries

Everybody is more or less strong on
rules for others to follow.
Neither are there sufficient reasons
why healthy human should not be
happy.
Probably the foolish questions are
not any more numerous than the fool
tsh answers.
Wants are cumulative. AS soon as
one is supplied there Is another to
take its place.
A little stubbornness is q great good
thing for any man, II it be applied
judiciously
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12
Jayh awker Jots

Many a woman. observes the Uni
versity Daily. Kansan, who can carry q
suffrage banner before insulting
crowds has not the nerve to tell an
election judge her age.
Once in a while you meet a man
who looks like he thought it would be
a sin to smile. says A. Story. the
Republican, and he adds: The Lord
keeps His eye on that kind of a fellow.
Nearly a thousand men are being
fed every day. in. a soup line at Kan
sas City, notes the Marion Record,
and it adds: And all this in spite OF
the fact that their lack OF employment
is purely imaginary and their hunger
merely psychosogicAis
Nobody is entitled to wear a halo
just because he has never been in Jail,
points out the North County Pioneer
from women office-ho1ders. The
Leavenworth Labor Chronicle and Re-
submissionist states: The office OF
the clerk Of the district court, with
Miss Grace Fisher in charge, now
presents the best appearance Of any
in the court house. Since she as
stunned the clerkship there has been q
general overhauling of the vault and
the office has been. thoroughly
cleaned.
Says Oley W. Weaver in hfs sedg-
wick Pantagfaph: i "A light. @aead
makes an easy-running tongue.
The promises of a lover are az reliable
as those of politician. =. 1t
seems that only those We owe care
anything about a settlement.
The lay of the hen Is more valuable
than the song of the phonongraph.
|. The man who takes the cake
thinks it is no more than his Just
dessert. Many q man would
have a better wife II he wasn't such
a poor husband. Engrave
your advice on the handle of a five
dollar umbrella and someone will be
sure to take 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12
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around the room. speaking to each lit
tie girl as they went along.
When Elsie went back to her
mother she had spoken to every little
girl in the room. which little girl
would you like to take home with us?''
asked her mother.
THE one with little black curls, -
Elsie replied. II like her best"
The little girl was called and Elsie
OF the room. What is your manner"
she asked.
Rose" answered the little girl.
win you come home and live with
me?7 asked Elsie.
IF they will let me-" answered
Rose.
So Rose was dressed in a coat and
hat and other things that EEsie's
mother had bought and sent the day
before. and Rose said goodbye to the
pleasant faced lady and went with
Elsie and her mother.
Rose seemed to be q very sweet lit
tie girl and for a few days Mrs. Fisher
felt that Elsie had made a good
choice.
But one day while the. little girls
were making mud pies. Elsie said:
They look good enough to eat. don't
they, Rose 2"
YES" replied Rose, I'VE used to eat
them at the home.'
Why, Rose. you didn't eat mud
pies?" said Elsie.
Yes. We did, replied Rose. .I will
show you." and she took up a bit of
the mud in a spoon and put it in her
mouth
Elsie screamed and her mother ran
to the door.
Rose is eating mud pies" said
Elsie. crying. land know she will
die
Il always eat them." said Rose, TAX
ing up another spoonful
Throw that away" said Mrs.
Fisher. land come into the house.
Rose obeyed. followed by Elsie, who
cried that she knew Rose would die.
Mrs. Fisher washed Roses face and
made her rinse her mouth. What do
you mean by telling such a wrong
story" she asked, You never ate
mud pies at the home Don't Won
know 1T il wrong to tell falsehoods ~
But Rose persisted in saying that
she did eat mud pies at the home. and
Mrs. Fisher sent her to her room to
stay until she could tell the truth.
Tomorrow will tell you how Rose
was cured of telling wrong storfeaL-
(Copyrfght, 1915. by thu Mcclure
Newspeper Syndicate New York Clty.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

The regular February meeting Of the
board of directors Of the Central Y.
M. c. A. will be held at $50 o'clock
this mornig.
A children's Valentine party will be
given Saturday afternoon at O'Clock
at the Y. w. C. A. Admission five
cents. All little girls invited.
The Walnut Grove Methodist church
election Thursday night resulted in
naming the following trustees for the
ensuing year: G. NJ. Hammel, DIR. C..
l. Williams, H. b. Lantx, p. w. Grigxs,
z. G. Thorpe. L. Mc0rath, j. n. Mills,
M. c. Naylor. ]. H. Booth.
Gibbs Clothing company open to-
day final clearance sale for 20 days,
before spring merchandise arrives
Adv.
Petition for divorce from Greeario
Gomez has been filed in the Shawnee
county district court by Domingo
Gomez The plaintiff alleges that the
defendant deserted her February 1.
1915, and says that he II now working
for the Santa Fe railroad at Newton,
Kansas
DIR. and Mrs.. Guy e. Owens are the
parents Of . boy, born At St Francis
hospital this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

The next morning on the train Elsie
still questioned her mother about the
sister. where will we ind her? ?" she
sked.
I'm q home, replied her mother.
where there are many children who
have neither fathers nor mothers."
Elsie and her mother went up the
steps of a large brick building and
rang the bell A young girl answered
1t and asked them to wait a minute
In the hall.
In . few minutes q pleasant faced
lady appeared ana asked them to fol-
low her She took them down q
night or steps into room where there
were more girb than Elsie had ever
seen together before
Thoy were al sewing. and the lady
took B1B1e By the hand and led her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12
WHAT THE PEACE wILL.


The peace treaty which will end the
present war. writes Yves Guyo, in the
February number of the North .Ameri-
can. Review, will be imposed on Ger
many and Austria by the three allied
powers-Great Britain. Russia and
France-who will be- actuated by the
following principles: /. A war in
demnity which will represent the dam
ages caused by the war. 2. AS re-
CARDS territorial acquisitions. the allies
will show disinterestedness. 3. All
other considerations will be. .subordin-
ated to this one-vtx-.. the elimination
of the causes of future warfare. 4.
This will be the sole object In view in
the reorganization of Germany and
Austria Hungary. s. In bringing
about this reorganization the allies will
take account Of the groups called ma
tionalities," but without giving them
the fictitious importance attributed to
them by political anthropology.
In order that a treaty have legal force
there must be a mandatory whose duty
it shall be to see that the stipulations
of the treaty be strictly carried out.
In 1915. for instance, the Triple AL
lance first and the Quadruple Alliance.
afterward undertook this task. and in
the present instance the three allies
will have to enter into a similar agree
ment and distribute the roles between
them, SO that il one of the conquered
powers should try to escape the conse-
quences of its defeat it will Immediate
ly find itself in such a position that a
single injunction will suffice to obtain
strict observance of the treaty.
Such are the outlines of the ar
rangements which may guarantee a
lasting peace to Europe. The setting
up of small buffer states will restrict
the ambition Of the great powers, and
certain governments will no longer be
able to make France and Russia fill
the part of bogy. for the latter will
have shown that they are not bent on
seizing territory.
The legislative and economic unfit
cation Of Germany has been accom-
plished and should not be disturbed,
for such an act would affect every one
Of its Inhabitants. If the peace de-
creases military taxes. nghtens service
with the colors, removes from every
mind the worry of an impending con-
flict, and leaves men free to devote all
their energy to productive occupations.
then every German citizen will see
that he has profited by the defeat Of
Prussian militarism> and imperialism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12
THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM

Under the caption Factory Notes"
Baker Brownell, editor of Teaching.
the semi-monthly publication issued
ut the State Normal school. discusses
in general but suggestive terms the
problem that confronts school boards
and school managers, as follows:
Educations are still largely hand
made. No other manufactured prod
uct requires so attentive q finish and
close workmanship. Teaching appli-
ances, though increasing, remain and
will remain merely accessory. The
human teacher person will always be
the factor Of the. education industry.
Hopes for a patent educator are not
worth having. Inventors are not
working at it.
Americas total product il about half
a million educations per annum. OF
this astonishing output at least 95 per
cent have received the careful inspec-
ton. piece by piece. Of at least q dozen
operatives. A boys education il nearly
as hard to make as is q high priced
instrument. such as a violin. A good
tone can be obtained only by palms.
taking individual effort
The education business il thus ex-
ceptionally difficult to manage. A
huge output on the one hand. requir-
ing the closest individual attention ON
the other. demands an organisation Of
an efficiency hitherto una&tained. No
wonder school boards and school
managers die of disbursement!
| The problem OF the school board ID
this: To organize . pedagogic manu-
factory capable Of supplying every
youth in the district with at least one
education This education must show
furthermore-and this IL the difficulty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

There is reasonable ring to the
report from Washington that Presi-
dent Wilson and the Democratic lead
ers are more or less displeased with
the Goethals-for-presiden talk that
seems to be gaining Roadway all the
time in national political circles Col
onel George w. Goethals would be q
presidential candidate Of the near un.
beatable variety,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

After the Kansas legislature has
killed the initiative and referendum
plan a few more times, 1t is barely
possible that the political parties Of
the state, or some Of them. will awake
to the futility of injecting the propo-
sal into their platforms. Theoretical
ly, the initiative and referendum
looks all right in some Of its aspects,
but in operation 1t has proven to be
most unwieldly and decidedly imprac-
ticable. And 1t also cuts at the vitals
Of the representative form Of govern
ment by which this country and its
several states have been developed to
their present excellent stature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

AS soon as they get, In the seats Of
the mighty the Democrats seem to
forget all about their Jeffersonian
simplicity that they dilate on so extern
stvely- when political campaigns il
under way For instance. the secre-
tary OF labor finds it necessary for
the government to provfdes for his use
a brougham, a cabriolet and an opera
hlla
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

A new heat record for Kansas for
February having been established, the
making of a new cold record for Feb
ruary is in order. The wise man who
laid down the law that extremes new
cr meet was wholly unfamiliar with
Kansas weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

Evidently the Germans are in little
fear Of the vigorous campaign that the
Allies are planning to wage against
them in the western arena Of the war
as soon as gentle spring arrives. Re-
ports have it that they are making
elaborate and thorough plans for a
long stay in Belgium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

With the Provident association
reaching a decision to cease selling
the clothing that Is contributed to it
for the poor Of the city. there are
likely to be many more Topekans who
will send their least -offs'' to this
worthy institution. The association
blundered when it began to sell this
clothing. but its realization of this
mistake mends matters in a happy
fashion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

Another substantially indication Of
the returning activity in the business
world in this country is to be found
IN the recent marked Improvement in
the steel trade, one of the most relia-
bic OF the general business barome-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

, ]. C. Mohler, secretary Of the Kan
sas department of agriculture. is rem
dering a great service to Kansas and
other agricultural centers with his IL
Illuminating addresses on the impor-
tant subject Of diversified farming.
1t is the only kind of farming that is
almost certain to be remunerative
year after year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

Neither would a little firmness be
out of place with the friendliness and
politeness that Uncle Sam injects into
the notes he sends these days to
England. Germany and the other Eu-
rOpean belligerents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12
damage.

z Lodz is evidently the Dixmude in
the eastern arena Of the war. It has
changed hands again. the Russians
returning to the possession of it after
ITS occupation by the Germans for a
couple of months
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12
MEMBER:
), Associated Press.
! Audit Bureau OF Circulations.
9 American Newspaper Publisher
Association.

y In all probability, the fair sex has
lost the talking championship to the
senate filibusters against President
wilson ship purchase Dill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

u Shifting the blame is the most pop
Mar of human pursuits. Now come
The grain dealers with the declaration
that the Kansas farmers are cornering
the wheat market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

4 Naco, Arizona, should send condol-
ences to Porentruy, Switzerland.
Destructive German shells intended
Tor a nearby French battery are fall
ing there and doing considerable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12
IN THE BOOTH Series.
j, Subject Tonight win Be;
wrecked and Rescued"

Toys and Their Teaching was the
subject on which the Rev. Herbert
Booth spoke to children at the First
Baptist church this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
s OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

+ The State journal il a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full DAY
feleRraph report of that great news or
8anixation. for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
4 The news il received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

Crawford-.I hear It was a bad failure -
Crabshaw.'Very. Even the receivers
didn't make anything out Of it"-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-12

DIR. and Mrs. Guy E. Owens are the
parents Of q boy, born at St Francis
hospital this mornin8.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-06
By Nell Brinkley

copyrigbt, 1915 Internl News Service.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-06
Confessions of L'Enfante Terrible

off as u I was kidlet and I'd have to
go up and lean over the banisters or
hide behind the pantry doors when there
was company 10 hear what people said.
and you know how unsatisfactory caves
dropping Is, Besides. it's dangerous
Once nearly fell over the stair railing
and another time ! almost got my nose
pinched IN a door.
Oh. tell you was worse off than
Peter Pan. lie wouldn't grow up. and
IL wasn't permitted to grow up.
At last. one day. l grew angry. said
to myself that II / was going 70 be
treated like a child was going to act
like one, and bad one at that, and I
was going TO get even with the girls by
telling on them, and saying the things
shouldn't, being what the French call
'1'enfant terrible" you know
Horrtd little beast ! was. wasn't /?
But l did it. One day l put on my best
white frock and blue sash--regular baby
| rig, you know-and l went down in the
library and eurled myself up in a chair
and pretty soon Mr.. Ronald Graham was
announced. He Is AWfuiiy rich and
SWELL and Reta was Just after him like
cat after a mouse.
She could Just see herself sitting up in
that fine house OF his. Well, ! gave him
baby stare ont OF my big blue eyes
and said; do you like my sistersg''
! Il admire them very much indeed" he
said, looking at me rather surprised
"oh, so do LII gurSled along as II
! didn't know any better. 81 think that
Reta has the loveliest hair l ever saw
My. but Il ought to be pretty; It costs
enough. You should Just have heard what
papa said when the bill came In for those
new puffs Of hers. II was simply awful. I"
He looked shocked. but never said any
thing. and I went on
But Maud is the artist OF the family.
think she paints better than anybody
ever saw"
That's nice loyal little sister" he
said. hut didn't know that Miss Maud
was an artist. What does she paintg''
''oil. her face" / said. just apparently
beamins with pride. why. she's got the
best hand-painted complexion In town.
and she IL an expert at making eyebrows
Why. she's a real old master"
He looked SO amused and 80 embar-
rassed, but all he said was. II think Miss
Lulu has the sweetest expression I've
ever seen. It's 80 uplifted. 50 guileless,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-06

And oh, Ronald, 1 said, when L
listened TO them talking this way, knew
that IL l wasn't old enough 10 marry.
was young enough 10 love. and was
glad, glad that 1 wasn't wise, and
sophisticated. and hadn't got where /
could weigh the advantages and bar
gain about love. for when you asked me
to marry you l never thought OF what
would be giving up. or Of my liberty.
or whether you had any money or not.
! just knew that 20 be with you always
was all that asked in the WORLD"
And Ronald said something about ''out
OF the mouths OF babes and sucklIngs,''
and ] just snuggIed my nose down into
his shoulder and cried all l wanted 10,
and had perfectly beautiful time And
Ronald didn't try to stop me. That's
why he's such dear He always UNDER
stands.
But ] started to tell you how came
to marry 50 young. You see there are
four sisters OF US. There's Reta. who is
80. oh, yes; / remember the date that
was written down in the family record
in the Bible before she tore the leaf
out She is t-h-i-T-t-y-t-w-ol And there's
Maud. who is sol and there's Annette,
who is 20. l know she Is 20. because she
has been 20 for the last five years to
my certain knowledge. and there was I.
who was most IS
Now, We are just a weI-to-do family
not rich. and you know that nobody who
isn't q millionaire can possibly afford
to have four daughters all out In So
ciety at the same time. Heavensl Poor
dear papa has HIS nose 20 the grind
stone as it Il, and 30. OF course. they
just simply couldn't let me be grown up
And the girls just wouldn't let me
They wouldn't let me do up my hair,
nor wear long frocks. and they treated
me like was baby OF about s.
Mamma, you are not going TO let that
child read that bookr' Lulu would say
every time ] got anything that was
little more advanced than Alice in Won
deriand."
Mamma. you are not going to let
that child 50 70 see that playl" Janette
would cry out in horror when ex-
pressed desire to so to the matinee 10
see something besides Peter Pan" or
Little Lord Fauntleroy."
Mamma. make this child 60 90 bed %
Reta would cay whenever anybody inter
esting came. and they would hustle me