The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-06


ably would be foolhardy enough to say
so and the police would run me out CT
town.
AS a matter of fact no person liv-
ing on the Pacific Coast except the
SiwaSh Indians eats salmon. They
can it. The only interest the people
there have in salmon is in the money
it brings them-that and curiosity to
know why fasteners eat salmon. In
the windows of the haSherieS clustered
around Portland's union depot salmon
is displayed to tempt the unsophisti-
Gated tourists, but the man in Port
land, who orders salmon is instantly
spotted as a stranger in the land.
When Portlanders want something
really choice to eat. they insist upon
Kansas corn-fed steaks and the lead
ing hotels state on their menu cards
that the steaks they serve are Kan
saS corn-fed.
A simp father and a nagging step
mother-thats a childhood tragedy.
We know of such. There is no hope
assertive, but now that the neighbors
have found it out, perhaps the step
mother will stop nagging. She has
red hair, and that is as much as we
better
Another species OF childhood TRACE
dies has been abolished. Little boys
no longer are forced to wear kilt
skirts.
H. B. Wilson, city superintendent of
schools, was misquoted. He didn't
advocate, Fewer clothes for the girls
and more for the boys"
Don't blame the superintendent, if
you do not like the way the schools
are managed. He runs the schools
just as nearly as the school board
wan tS i'm n a { is nOSSihlR And don't
blame the members of the school board.
They take their pay in 'thank-yous"
and the ghost doesn't walk very often.
One of the purposes of CONNER
cial club is to encourage new indus
tries-emphasis on the new-but a
man no longer active in local boosters
circles, says the subrosa purpose of a
club is to discourage new
in lines of business al
ready engaged In by members of the
club.
A good many people will probably
be found making unkind remarks be-
cause there are three doctors, an I'M
dertaker and the manager of ceme
terry on the roster of the new Boost
Each Others Business club.
Assertions frequently bring better
results than reasons.
Taking one season with another
there is no getting away from the
fact that the lady baritone accom- |
panied by the acrobatic piano player |
gets over oftener than any other
stunt.
There seems to be a certain amount
of argument as to whether the title |
Of Hard Working Girl should go to the |
downtown office maiden or to the wife |
Of the small salaried man who is try |
ing to feed him and the baby three |
squares a day and at the same time /
put something by.
Probably no more striking instance
Of the crowding of long intervals of |
time into Is minute movie show can /
be cited than the advertisement that /
1ne famous actress changes costumes
no less than $50 times, millinery and
ALL in the course of the production.
Box Whittier says his next door
neighbours idea of patriotism is to pin
L flag on his lapel and march in a
body to the hall
Topeka is beginning to take on
attributes. The added
ouch which makes city of a big
own is a sensational divorce suit.
While we have never concerned
ourselves greatly with the changing
fashions, we are still able to view with
aim resignation the passing of the
brown derby.
We contend that the man who
moked himself to death trying to get /,