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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30
JAYMAWMER JOTS

Energy and perseverance make a
good team, as the Athol Record OBJ
serves, and require no pushing from
behind.
1t is pointed out by the Erie Record
that the man who is always whisper
ing and talking confidentially to you
really tells you the least.
Keith Cleyenger of the Osawatomie
Graphic advises fat folk that dieting
will not only reduce their waist line,
but also their grocery bill.
Fred Cook of the jamestown Opt
| timatums spoil the child unless you
follow up with declaration of war.
Mrs. Tom Thompson, of the Howard
Courant, reports that Mr. Jayne Much
more is SO meek that he is unable
to- maintain much of anything except
his neutrality.
This may some of that pride which
goeth before a fall. But the Cimar-
ron Jacksonian may be pardoned for
calling attention to the fact that Gray
county was one of the thirty-two in
the state that did not send a single
prisoner to the state penitentiary
during the past year.
Related by the Kinsley Graphic: The
young man sat at the lunch counter,
dawdling over his food. He took out
his watch and looked admiringly at a
| photograph pasted in the case. It was
ginning age. He put the watch
away and sat looking far into space
unseeingly. The waitress's inquiry,
Can L get you anything else?" reach
| ed him but didn't jar him out of his
dream. "Dimme jinky water, p'ease,' -
he prattled.
Observations, by Editor Henrie, in
his Lansing News: Gasoline is acting
| positively flirtatious At the age
of 25, girls birthday anniversaries
occur every third year. The
| trouble with many folk who want to
be fair is that they give the devil a
great deal more than his due !.
1t has been very truthfully said that
Improvement comes first by agitation,
and in the end by perspiration
AS soon as man gets an automobile
he believes that horse-drawn vehicles
should be compelled to carry head and
tail lights at night
Some of the Potpourri served by
| Tom Thompson to the readers of his
Howard Courant: The demagogue is
the loud-talking man who belongs to
the other party Doctors have
OF wearing corsets. But Fashion has
done it several times. However, they
always come back. Don't kick
too much. Be content to abuse this
summers heat without prophesying a
bad winter. You often hear OF
the short cut to fortune. but some
short cuts lead to the pen. Some
men who discourse learnedly on the
fine points of international law, don't
even know the ordinances of the town
they live in. Only bald headed
men and sports who affect pompadour
cuts can wear caps without mussins
up their hair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30

IS the head, and it may be that it will
do his bidding in these railroad strike
particulars as it has so often done on
other occasions.
However, in the matter at issue and
because it is of such grave Importance
it isn't at all likely that congress,
even as it is constituted at present, will
be stampeded into passing over night
a program of legislation that ordinar
lily should take months. assuredly
weeks to consider.
So the railroad strike situation ap
pears to be pretty much the same that
it was before the president went be-
fore congress, as the latter, unless it
betrays the confidence of the people.
cannot very we'll pass all of the i'm
portant legislation that the president
asks without due elaboration.
And the position that President VIII
son assumed in the premises before he
appeared before congress seems to be
most untenable. and even more so
in the light of his address and propo-
stils to the nations law-making body.
His rejection of the suggestions of
the railroad officials that the matters
in dispute between them and the rail-
Rad brotherhoods be arbitraIed is the
identical stand that has been taken by
the latter. The brotherhoods threaten
&c strike if the railroad officials do not
meet their demands practically in toto.
President Wilson calls on congress for
mandatory legislation to compel the
railroads practically to meet the de-
mands of the hrotherhoods.
In other words, President Wilson
and the railroad brotherhoods would
use force rather than arbitration to
settle the differences between the rail-
roads and the 1atter's operating en-
ployes.
And then the president turns right
around in his address to congress and
asks for the enactment of law similar
to the Canadian Industrial disputes act
for the investigation or all disputes be-
tween railroads and their employees,
and preventing a strike while such an
investigation is being made.
Perhaps there is a way yet to avert
this railroad strike that would be such
a serious blow to the present prosper
ity of the country and the welfare of
its people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30

iy just as we were going to go for a
stroll?" was the next peevish query.
Well Anne drawled slowly IF
you must know, it was because l was
frightfully bored"
The sharp silence that followed
proved that the thrust reached home.
Then he bowed. 'tI see 1 am permit
ted to learn some things
Anne's desire for independence mo-
mentari1y wavered, but she bolstered
it up as she sat suddenly erect. YES"
she responded gravely, land 1 have
learned some things, also, today
among them that I've been wasting
myself. So I resolved to change and
see what others would do. Instead of
amusing you today, thought I would
let you amuse me, but, frankly, on
the way out you proved yourself q fail
ure So when saw everyone prepar-
ing for a little rsmble, I thought
greater Affections await u.s. and
fled
Phil had listened with set face, and
when she concluded he turned and
seized her hands resolutely. This is
merely matter of doubt with you,
Anne I haven't had a fair chance.
Give me the delight of pleasing. I'll
try-rn spend my life trying, if you'll
only let me. VIII your"
Perhaps" she smiled, knowing she
had attained her hearts desire
copyright 1916, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30

Apparently the California variety of
the Bull Moose is the toughest kind
10 kill. Here comes news from Sac
that Governor johnson, who
fought it out at the primaries in that
state Tuesday with Willis H. Booth for
the Republican nomination for the
United States senate. has 4 Progress
sive party nomination for the same
office neatly tucked away in his vest
pocket. so he was assured e beirg in
This senatorial race regardless of
whether he won or lost the Republi-
ean nomination for the hcEor. Cow
ernor johnson has his political critics,
and not without reason, perhaps. but
it surely will be conceded that he is
some crafty politician.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Ounce and Cranberry Jelly.

VuIficc anu GfdnDeTFY
Six ounces. two quarts cranberries.
Boil the ounces in plenty of water un-
til soft. then add the cranberries and
boil until all the fruit is soft Strain
thru jelly bag, add as much sugar
as there is juice and boil until it Will
Jell, which will be in very few min
utes- This makes a beautifully colored
Jelly with delicate flavor.
Three Good Pies.
Sour Cream Pie-One cupIs thick
sour cream, one-half cup sugar, one
cup chopped raisins, two eggs, one
teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon
cloves, a little nutmeg, pinch of salt
Mix together the raisins, sugar flour,
salt and spices and add the sour
cream, which should be mixed with
the yolks of the eggs slightly beaten.
Line the pie plate with pastry, pour in
mixture and bake about twenty five
minutes in moderate oven Make a
meringue of the egg whites and two
tablespoons powdered sugar; heap on
the pie and cook ten minutes in slow
oven.
Lemon Pie-Grated rind and Juice
of one lemon. one cup sugar, two ia
blespoons cornstarch. yolk of one
egg, one heaping tablespoon butter
one cup boiling water. Mix all to-
gether and cook until thick. Have
one crust baked, and pour this in
Beat the white of the egg, sweeten,
and frost. Brown in quick oven.
Butter Scotch Pie-Two cups hot
water, two cups brown sugar, lump
of butter. Boil while following is
being prep-red: Yolks of three eggs,
cups of milk. add to the boiling
syrup; flavor. Use whites of eggs
for frosting. Sprinkle with cocoanu.
This makes two pies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30
THE sUPERFTCIAL AGE.

The most striking characteristic of
this age-some observers SAYS its
amazing disregard of the past, says
t.oIlier's. We live in the present-of
art. of literature, of history. Nobody
duotes any more--at least not exactly
and precedent is rarely invoked on
any question. Accurate verbal state
nient of any question is unusual. The
dsily-that is to say, the hourly edi-
lions of the indispensable never
Aiding moving pictures, the rapid-fire
book and magazine presses are united
to destroy memory and prevent re-
Election. Discussion is of the topical,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30
SIDE TALKS
Impulses.
By RUTH CAMERON.

Impulses.
well, why didn't you do it," said I.
A friend had been telling me of an
unexpected impulse which had come
to her that day.
"Oh,'' she said, with the air of one
who tells of a fault overcome, I'm
not SO impulsive as I used to be. I
seldom yield to impulses nowadays"
There had been nothing wrong in
the impulse Why shouldn't she have
Welded to it, why have been proud
of not yielding?
There is such a thing as being too
impulsive, and there is such a thing as
not being impulsive enough.
Most young people are too impul-
sive, and most old people aren't i'm
pulsive enough.
When you find yourself conquering
your impulses too easily, look out
1t means you are growing wiser per-
haps, but also it too often means that
you are mot so young as you have
BEEN"
Not long ago, as I was on my way
to town on the trolley. we were held
up by the fire apparatus. The fire
was on a side street. We could see
smoke and flame. crowds sprang out,
the air was electric with the excite
ment that a fire always produces. /
was going into town for some shop
ping that did not need to be done that
day. The impulse came to me to get
off the car and go to see that fire. I
stood up, and then the inhibitions got
in their work. I might hurt my white
Shoes I had planned to do that shop
ping today, I'd have to pay another
fare, the fire would probably be out
in a few minutes. And I sat down
again, stayed on the car. like a re-
spectacle citizen. and did my shopping
like a humdrum, an-shackled per-
son.
| When it was too late to get off, I
| was Disguised with myself, for I knew
that it meant I was growing old.
Next time 1 have an impulse, I'm
going to yield to it. just to prove to
| myself that the part of me which
makes that possible hasn't altogether
] petrified.
When talk of yielding to impulses,
1 don't mean harmful ones. of course,
nor insane ones like shrieking out in a
crowded place when you are nervous,
or telling the disagreeable person be-
| side you that there is something about
| him YOU don't like, and you think it S
his face.
/ 1 mean harmless little impulses to
| do something you hadn't planned to
do, to go somewhere unexpectedly, to
say something direct from the heart.
The definition of impulse is "a
mental force which simply and direct
ly urges to action"
/ / think many of US would be hap
pier if we didn't place SO many re-
strictions on the simplicity and direct
ness of our natures.-(Copyrig by
George Matthew Adams.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30

Mary was all alone in the big living
room. Her mother had gone to the
market and her sister was having a
game of tennis in the park. Only
Mary was left to keep house.
Now let's see what 1 want to do"
said Mary, looking around the room
thoughtfully. Mother said to do any
thing 1 wanted to. 1 believe I'll let
Dickey out and play with him. She
opened the cage door and gay little
Dickey, her pet canary. was only too
glad to fly out of his cage and have a
frolic.
And do you know, Dickey really
seemed to know that Mary was all
alone and that she needed him to
amuse her, for never before had he
done SO many interesting little tricks.
He hoped straight around the rim of
the window box; he sang a song from
the tip top of the big floor lamp, and
he ate some of his seed from the out
side of his seed-cup.
He and Mary were having the best
kind of a time when suddenly the
postman rang the door bell.
wait minute. Dickey." said Mary
comfortingly tfor Dickey had jumped
in fright when the door bell rangD.
mothers mail and Their well play
again.
Down the stairs she ran. intend
ing to come back up as fast as she
went down.
But that was Just what she didn't
do She found her very favorite mag
azine had come a day ahead of time
and she sat right down on a bench
to look at the pictures.
For an hour she sat there. so in
terested and happy that she never
thought of Dickev or her promise TO
him-never once thought of them
And then. just as she turned to look
at the last page of pictures. she saw a
picture of bird. And of course that
reminded her of Dickey. She scram-
bled up those stairs in a hurry and
ran into the big living room No
Dickey was to be seen,
She hooked on the lamp. on the book
cases, on the flower boxes; she looked
everywhere Dickey usually played and
not sign of him did she see.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30
LIST scRaps on p.pER.

JUST SCRAPS OF PAPER.
The pen is mightier than the sword, it's
said.
And surely it's said truly. Yet. just
looki
The law engrossed upon the statute book
Thou shalt not steal" has need, am
afraid.
OF the policeman's billy on his head,
To beat it fully in upon the crook.
Twere best not for mere literature"
mistook,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS surely not obeyed.
There's those in this bad world of ours
to whom
The stoutest document you can coneoct,
With signatures and seals well fortified.
Is just scrap of paper" whom the
OF cannon and great warships freshly
locked
Alone can turn from meditated crime
aside.
B. Warfield, in Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30
Leftover Meat Dishes.

Boiled or roasted veal makes a nice
dish chopped fine and warmed up with
just sufficient water to moisten 1t, and
a little OUTER, salt and pepper added.
little nutmeg and the grated rind of
a lemon improve it (none of the white
part of the lemon should be used).
When well heated thru take 1t up a
platter and garnish it with a couple of
lemons cut in slices.
Fresh or corned beef is good minced
fine with boiled potatoes, and warmed
up with salt. pepper and a little water
add butter just before you. take it
up. Some people use the gravy that
they have left the day before for the
meat, but it not as good when warmed
over, and there is no need of its being
wasted, as it can be clarified and used
for other purposes.
Boiled onions or turnfps are good
mixed with minced meat instead of
potatoes.
Veal, lamb and mutton are good cut
into small strips and warmed with
boiled potatoes cut in slices; pepper,
fore you take it up.
Roast beef and mutton, if not pre-
viously cooked too much, are nice cut
in slices and just scorched on a grid
iron.
Meat, when warmed over, should be
on the fire just long enough to get well
heated thru; if on the fire long most
tracted and render it very indigestibie
Cold fowls are nice jointed and
warmed with little water, then taken
up and fried in butter till brown. A
little flour should be sprinkIed on
them before frying. Thicker the wa
little salt, pepper and butter, and turn
if over the fowl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30

r Possibly there was little too much
lsrunonv at the Kansas Republican
Marty council that concluded its de-
alterations for the current perioo
Tuesday evening; that is, too mucn
harmony for the good of the party
PARTY differences. o. differences with
in a party can develop to such pro-
portions as TO be fatal to Iarty pros
poets. as the recent political history
a this country illustrates in such a
Convincing manner. At the same
f,me. the really healthy political party
Is not entirely and wholly harmonious.
An all-pervading harmony in a politl-
cal party wins elections Ind Offices
Il is true. but is that the whole desid-
s-atum of political parties?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Money, also unlike a human, talks
without giving itself away.
* X x
Why is the man who cannot read
his own writing SO often proud of that
fact?
* x 4.
Many a girl is sc particular in her
search for a husband that she fails to
find one.
* - *
Numberless great men live long
and die without their greatness be-
ing appreciated by any one but them
selves
y X *
1t must be admitted, too, that many
CT the men are quite as frivolous as
are the women who may be inclined
that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30

There seems to be plenty of sub
stance to the ideas of c. A. Forter,
81 perintendent of the city crematory'
tiiat it would be economy in the long
RON for Topeka to reconstruct or re-
build this plant so that the city's
garbage need not be burned in its en-
tiiety but that such porti ons of 1t as
nay have value may be conserved.
and his suggestion that the garbage
collections by the city should be uni
z-crsal and free is certainly to the
point. Many Topekans had an idea
that they were to get just such serv-
Ice when they voted the bonds needed
to build the present plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30

The anniversary of the birthday of
Lafayette falls on September 6. This
year an unusually large rumber of
patriotic organizations will hold spe-
cial exercises in his honor. At Fall
Liver Mass. an equestrian statue of
] lafayette will be unveiled and M
Jusseraud the French ambassador,
" II make an address. In New Orleans
d bust Of Lafayette will be unveiled.
and in Boston. Washington and New
FORK public exercises or memorial
services will be held.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30

These rising temperatures that are
d edicted by the weather bureau will
probably not be unwelcome. if they
arrive. to not a few folk who were
complaining so loudly about the heat
wave of a little while back but who
lave done some actual shivering on
recent mornings as they have emerged
:; ON under quilts and blankets to be-
2in another days work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30
DINNER STORIES

George was hampered by mother
whose idea of goodness was clean1i-
ness. Notwithstanding the frequent
baths to which he was condemned
George thrived exceedingly. One day
a neighbor remarked on mis- rapid
growth.
Yes said George, that's Mas
fault She waters me so much
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30

eettng really frightened. for Dickev
little chirp. say
But just then, before she had haa
tad 10 be frightened very long. she
close by. She looxed around
put she could not guess where ths
SOUND came from. Scratch. scratcb,@
she could hear lis little feet h,,t -.
con1dnt make out where he was.
Msrv en To suaosnly ne began to sing and
pose he had been? He was nerc,,isl
nlsn up under the window draperies
on the rolled-up window sbas.,
wash masnt ne a good little hide ana
&c paayer Copyright-CIara In.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News

IFrom the Chicago News.
A light diet is the best board of
health.
The woman who hesitates at an
auction saves money.
There's nothing like being ready
when opportunity knocks.
Some merchants need larger quar-
tiers and some need more quarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT

BY ROY X. MOULTON

wv r1Cten 1OI mot1o4 piCtu1C tACdtCAJ
First Stanza.
man once said uno his wife, unto his
wife he said.
The best 1 could do was to bring home
three loaves of bread.
1t pains me much these hateful words
you are a wretch the lady cried. ito go
For INVITES like bread. You go too far
Why don't you buy necessities Tor you
We've no benzine to run our touring carr
Chorus.
Wen starve, wen pinch, we'll dodge our
But one fact we well know;
All else We'll gladly sacrifice and suffer no
For our car has got to go.
Second stanza.
The lady went and pawned her ring, the
wedding ring, you know.
She sold the baby's highchair with a
smile.
She pawned the parlor rug well, the
kitchen range also.
Accommodating quite little pile
She went to a nearby garage where gaso-
line was sold.
And laid her wealth down at the keepers
He filled her car with gasoline and then
with joy untold
street
Chorus.
Wen wear punk clothes the year around,
Our pleasure twill not mar;
Wen starye. but we are surely bound
To run our touring car.
A Rural Auction Notice.
"Auction-The undersigned, intend
ing to commit suicide, will sell at auc-
ton at his farm all his worldly be-
longings, to wit:
"One Maltese COW, slightly dam
aged.
Eight brown Leghorn pigs with
golden hair.
'One old-fashioned bucksaw with
full directions for using in four Ian
guages.
lone triple expansion, patent lever
bicycle, with full jeweled mud guards.
lone sulky pillow. very sulky and
slightly balky.
Zone Berkshire wheelbarrow with
ball bearings geared to 120; can trot,
pace or gallop.
''One Cherry Black jassack, with
good open countenance and splendid
physique.
Two fine double breasted cup
boards. fleece lined, also two fine hand
painted handsleds. with automatic
cutoff. One family dog, faithful and
used to tramps and Indiana
Squeezing is not forbidden subject
in Pewamo, evidently Editor Keister
There is an old saying that the man
who soueezes a dollar never s4ueezes
mis- wife. A glance over our subscrip-
ton books convinces us that there are
lot of good married women in this
community who are not getting the
attention they deserve"
The Truthful Bard.
From sentiment l do not sing
Anent the joys of gentle spring.
Oh, no, indeed. oh, no.
/ do not care tinker's hang
About the fresh, inspiring tang
Found in the winds that blow.
The new mown hay in summer time
Is not to me. thing sublime.
/ shun the pasture lot
Let others rave until they die
About the beauteous summer sky,
/ only know it's hot.
The fall does not appeal to me
That is, not particularly;
j sing of it, of course.
| laud the golden autumn leaves
And wheat arranged in fulsome sheaves.
But it's a case of force.
You see 1t is this way
In verse I must sing each day,
In summer, spring and fall.
For them 1 don't care ding,
But l must sing about something,
Or 1 don't eat, that's ALL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30

A Young woman in Pittsburg was
recently looking at material in one of
that city's leading dry goods stores in
an attempt to select what would make
an attractive skirt for the seashore.
The clerk rather strenuously suggest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-30
BED TIME TALES
DICKEY,s HIDING PLACE
by CLARA INGRAM JUDSON

DING PLACE
.'Dickey! Dickey. Dickey bird,"
she called Where are you?"
No answer.
"Dickey, Dickey, Where are YOU p,
she cried, and by this time she was