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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22

himself an elephant when he is a
mosquito, or mosquito when he is
an elephant. Some of the most ter
rible misfits in the world are mis-
placed elephants and misplaced mos
quitoes. For example, a mosquito and
an elephant can go into law practice
together and supplement each others
talents beautifully. But the elephant
had better keep out of court, where
SO much nimbleness is required. An
other point is that the mosquitoes
ought never to tease the elephants to
try to take on mosquito-like speed
Neither should the elephants tease the
mosquitoes to try to take on elephant
inc elaboration. It can't be done. Let
every man work according to his own
instinct. The minute he begins to i'm
personate somebody else he loses him
self, and his judgments and decisions
are of less value. AS a final observa-
ton, it may be well to record the fact
that both classes of men are entirely
satisfied with their equipment. The
mosquitoes think there is nothing so
greatly to be desired as agility. and
the elephants pride themselves on
their deliberations, which is. sup
pose, as it should be-for, without
self-appreciation, man would surely
PERISH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
DINNER STORIES

Anne had been frequently repri-
manded by the heads of her family
for her too great eagerness to begin
her dinner before grace had heen
said 1t came, however, as a shock
to all present when her eldest
brother, on whom devolved the duty
of asking a blessing. took upon him
self to administer a gentle reproof,
as follows:
For what we are about to receive.
and for what Anne has already
eaten, make us truly thankful
Despite the exhortations of her
teacher, small Mary persistently lag
ged during the march in the kinder
garten one morning
At last the teacher called Mary to
her side and said: MARY, dear. can't
you keep up with the music and the
little boy in front of you2"
Yes" answered Mary. with
beaming and obliging smile, 81 can,
but my new shoes can't"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Circulation.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Here's hoping that the sale OF the
kansas Natural Gas company to the
Doherty interests is at least the De-
ginning of the end of the gas trouples
in Kansas. The prospects of return
to % cent gas for this locality and all
other parts of Kansas which this deal
holds out are alluring, but rs cent
gas when there is no gas at the times
it is needed most is not much Oh
hoon However, while there is life
there is hope and the Doherty inter-
ests promise a better gas supply 1or
the future But what will the poor
,'gas attorneys do now to make both
ends meet?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
The Table.

Delicious Chocolate Cake-Two cups
brown sugar three-fOurthS cup lard,
three eggs, two teaspoons soda, two
tablespoons cocoa (heaping), two cups
add beaten eggs. Dissolve cocoa in
buttermilk, then the soda; add to first
part. Add flour and vanilla. Mix
thoroly and put in three small or two
large tins. Frosting: Two cups xxx
sugar, butter size of hickory nut and
boiling, strong black coffee. Beat I'M
til right consistency to spread.
Italian Stew-Fry three or four on
ions in a tablespoon of lard. Take a
piece of beef around three pounds and
brown in the onions. Next cover meat
with water and, when it comes to a
nutmeg, allspice, ground cloves and
two bay loaves. Then add half can of
Italian tomato paste. When done cut
meat in small portions, thicken gravy,
put meat and gravy on a platter and
have ready can of peas that have
been warmed to put around the meat
Italian Loin Chops-Loin chops of
lamb are quite stringy and quite a bit
of waste if broiled or fried but if
cooked after this method every par
ticle of meat is edible and delicious.
Heat two tablespoons olive oil in deep
baking dish on top of stove. When it
is hot as can be without burning drop
in four 1oin chops which you have
previously sailed, peppered and lightly
rubbed with bruised garlic and pow
dered thyme. When they are brown,
add a half cup of rich soup stock,
two carrots cut into thin rings, q few
small white onions, a cupful of peas
and two potatoes cut into quarters or
into small balls. Cover tightly and
cook one and one-half hours in mod
crate oven. Serve chops on a shallow
platter with vegetables equally VIII
serve two people.
Apple Pudding-Line a pan about
three inches deep with good rich pie
crust. Fill pan with apples sliced
(not very thin), season with any
kind of spice, sweeten to taste.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
MENTAL GROUPS.

In the December American Maya
zine Sid says: In their mental oper-
atoms I see about me all the time two
groups of men-the mosquito fleet and
the elephant brigade. The mosquito
boys think quickly, and dart to conclu-
sions like lightning. You will get an
opinion out of them instantly that will
be superior to any they will be able to
produce after consideration. The ele-
plant boys take more time. They
move slowly. They like to think
things over. Ask them for an opinion,
and they will do better if they medi-
tate. There is no special choice be-
tween these two groups. In each
group there are quantities of men of
great ability. 1 can at this moment
think of two wonderful presidents of
the United States-one a mesquite and
the other an elephant. AS between
men and women, it can be said in gen.
eral that women are of the mosquito
type. They pride themselves on their
instinct for quick judgment. Men call
it intuition. The bright boy at school
is usually of the mosquito type. His
AiANClACSNuoA pei 1OA IAdHC6S are TdplQ
and snowy. He may or may not go
on and succeed-but if he does make
good he won't get any particular cred
it for it from his schoolmates, simply
because they always knew he was
smart 1t takes a successful elephant
to go back to his class reunion and
stir up enthusiasm. Nobody expected
much of him, and consequently every
body is prepared to applaud his
achievements. 1t is amusing to watch
, these two kinds of men meet. The
mosquitoes bother the elephants, and
the elephants bother the mosquitoes
In games, especially the irritation be-
tween the two reaches its height If
! it is cards. the mosquito, with his
! leaping mind, knows in a second what
he wants to do, while the elephant has
to wait for his inspiration. Some
games are better adapted to one of
/ these groups than to the other Take
chess. for example-an admirable
game for the elephant type of mind.
There is a game to which two ele-
plants can sit down and enjoy for a
week at a stretch. The worst thing
! that can happen to a man is to think
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22

sprinkle generously with flour. fill
pan about two-thirds full of water.
pun on top crust and bake slowly I'M
til apples and all are well done. To
be eaten warm with milk and sugar.
1t is cheap and easy to make.
Baked Bananas-Two cups bread
crumbs, one-half teaspoon cinnamon,
one-fourth teaspoon salt, one-half
cup sugar, one tablespoon butter. one
tablespoon lemon juice, three cups
bananas cut in cubes. Peel bananas
and cut into cubes. Arrange layer
in buttered baking dish, sprinkle
with sugar, salt and spice, moiSten
with water and lemon juice. Dot with
pieces of butter Cover with layer of
crumbs. Repeat until dish is full.
Have crumbs on top. Bake fifteen
minutes in slow oven.
Kidney and Rice (for six persons)
Take two beef, or three veal. kid
neys. Cut in small pieces and remove
the white core" Have some drip
pings hot in frying pan, put in kid
neys and stir Till all are scared over.
Then cut up an onion and brown both
together. When nice and brown take
out and make a ''sweet-sour" gravy of
one tablespoon flour, one teaspoon
sugar. one-half cup vinegar, one and
one-half cups water or stock Put
kidneys and onions in gravy and cook
one-half hour. Pour over plain boil
ed rice and serve hot. A little curry
powder is a good addition.
How 10 Launder Lace Curtains.
Lace curtains should never be
rubbed on a washboard nor wrung
out by hand.
Half the wear ard tear on cur
tanS comes thru this mistreatment
Fold the curtains before putting
them in the water. This will pre-
vent tearing them in lifting them
out of the water
First soak the curtains in cold
water, then boil them in two differ
ent suds. using in the suds some la
bor-saving soap powder If you wish.
Rinse thoroly and always wiring
thru a wringer.
This method of washing curtains
requires very little labor and means
longer life to the curtains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
SIDE T AL K S
Those Housemates of Ours.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A friend of mine was very much up
set the other day. because her sister
had happened to read a typewriter
letter which she had carelessly left on
her desk.
WAS it so very private ?" 1 asked.
ut was all about that man 1 met
at the theater," she answered, men
tioning a subject on which she had
already opened her heart to me.
But you've told me all about him, -
1 said, land apparently you were writ
ing about him to someone else. Sure
ly you must have told your sister be-
fore nowi"
But I haven't she said.
"Any particular heason?'
mo, only somehow Sister and I
don't tell each other things like that. -
Now you might gather from this
that the two sisters are not on good
terms, but they are. Moreover they
are very loyal. Each always speaks
enthusiastically of the others peculiar
talents and ability. And yet they don't
tell each other things like that
Why?
Well, when you stop to think of it.
do we often open the secret places of
our hearts to our housemates?
Isn't it easier to make ones senti-
mental condolences, ones self-revela-
tons to someone whom one will not
have to face the next morning over
the breakfast table, when the glow of
emotional excitement has faded into
the light of common day?'
1 am not thinking so much of hus-
bands and wives-that relationship is
unique because it is the only relation
ship between housemates founded on
choice rather than on consanguinity.
If it is the right kind of marriage,
it represents a sort of glorified friend
ship and hence should follow the laws
of friendship rather than those of re-
lationship.
1 am thinking rather of such rela-
tionships as those between brother and
sister, sister and sister, father and son,
mother and daughter. How often do
these confide in each other as easily
as they do in some friend whom they
love not half as much?
Sometimes we lay the blame on the
mother or father, who has failed to
gain the chiId's confidence, and some
times on the child's waywardness. And
that is just where the blame some
times belongs. But again it belongs
not to any one person. but just to this
strange constraint that close relation
ship seems to breed.-(Copyright by
George Matthew Adams)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
REpoPULATING THE FARMS.

The importance of the farm in these
days of wheat and other crop shortage
is brought to forcible attention, says
the Bache Review. The president tells
the national grange that here are
problems comparable with those of
craftsmanship lying ahead or the
farmers of the United States. The
American farmer in these 1.renuous
days. contributes a large part to the
life of the world. In making the farm
more attractive to labor, il keeping
the farm population on the farms and
drawing new workers to the farm, the
automobile, it is claimed, mas already
become a powerful helper This is by
= making the range of life after work
: extend into the brighter world outside
the farm. and bringing ne worker
back daily or nightly, in CUT. time.
e. The range of the horse and buggy.
: was six or seven miles and back again.
= 1t was monotony for the farmers boys
and girls-no place to go % that was
y new, nobody to see except the same
: old faces, nothing to hear cut the old
s-talk-no way to get about and see
anybody. The automobile changes all
this. The nearby towns are reached
in a few minutes, the cities in a short
time, sweethearts and lovers may live
a hundred miles apart and see each
other often. Before the automobile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
BED TIME TALES
G. SQUIRREL GIVES ADVICE.
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON

mo. you have never seen me be-
fore. because I've never been here be-
fore" said Slippy timidly. but [
knew you must be a squirrel, because
I've seen squirrels"
Right you are,'' answered G.
Squirrel, ST am G. Squirrel. at your
service" (And he said it so proudly
that Slippy was sure that he must be
the only squirrel in the woods who
had big letter for his front namely
'Of course. 1 don't want to be rude"
added the squirrel, but if you hap
pen to feel like telling me how you
came to be up there in the top of my
tree-wen, I'm here to listen"
Slippy thought that was a very po-
lite way to ask a qn.stion, tho to tell
the truth, G.. Squirrel needn't have
worried, she was Just aching to tell all
Indeed 1 do feel like telling" she
said, and she told him all about the
corn she got for Toppy. and how the
Hawk had caught her when she
wasn't watching as she should have
been, and how the Hawk had sud-
to the tree. 1t was an exciting story
even without the hunter-SHppy
didn't tell about that because she had
no idea what made the Hawk drop
her-no idea at ALI
"And so now I'm here" she enGed
ITO be sure said G. Squirrel "ard
you'll stay here always, too
oh dear mel 1 hope mott" ex-
claimed Slippy hastily. Il don't fancy
trees-theyre so sort of high up, they
make me dizzy
.'Nonsense" replied G. Squirrel
trees are the place to live
But that didn't convince Slippy no
sir, She was a tinid modest little
thing. but she had mind of her own
just the same And that mind told
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT

~ ROY z, MOULTON.

In Shaving ParIor.
Said I lately to my barber
As he trimmed my locks,
bill, no venom do 1 harbor
Toward a chatterbox.
Neither do / pine this swivel
Chair to hurl at you,
When you ply me with your dr1vel
Which you can always do.
"And it's seldom that / whimper
When you thrust your snout
Deep amid my hair, to shipper,
Shall I wash it out?'
BUT
wipe my ears, as is your fashion,
with towel, Bill;
And I'll kill you in a passion
Honestly, l will!''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
The True Story of Little AudIey.

There was a child whose rearing
had been so faultlesS and in whom
had been instilled by fond mother
and three fat aunts so many or the
most wholesome moral precepts that
at the age of nine he was dearly loved
by every small boy on the block. Oh,
but he was.
Feeling the most delicate consider
alton for the affection they had for
him he strove to retain it. Rather
than pain them with sense of their
own inferior and unchastened natures
he would endeavor to avoid meeting.
If he saw them coming he would go
home up an alley.
His father noting this disposition in
little Audley had been observed on
one occasion to go out on the porch
and with his right boot watt the cat
far over among the neighbor'S. dahlias.
Once it is true Audley had words
and a little scene with the boys. 1t
was in this way:
Passing a group as they jostled and
hooted in their rough play he heard
one of them use coarse language
N"Dr-t youi" the boy had said, turn
ing to threaten a smaller companion
Audley paused to regard them and 81
lently frown a rebuke.
My little readers will be astonished
to hear how ungrateful and ill-man-
nered were the boys. Audley had
spoken but a few well chosen words of
reproof when several of the largest
burst forth into coarse laughter. An
| other, a bit holder than the rest, STEP
ped forward and reached out as tho
to slap Audley's hand, skipping away
with a little scream.
Several of them called him "Ethel'
and Louise"
Another asked him for a little kiss.
His cheeks burning with indignation
Audley hurried away determined new
er again to detain them in their evil
| courses.
VIII IN he related it all at home with
many sobs his mother and aunts gath
| cred about smothering him with SYM
| pathy and kisses. His father bit off
the end of his cigar-clipper
One day, however, while Audley
was Skipping the rope with a neigh
bor's daughter several of the boys
came up and took him with them to
their shanty club rooms. Audley
didn't want to go and he was real
weak when he got there. He was glad
ne had scratched the nose of the ring
leader, louting fellow of eleven.
That night his mother gave him A
| not bath and fixed his black eve. Then
she put the clothes he had worn in the
rag bag
! While she was thus engaged the bell
rang and Audley's father went to the
door. There was boy there and
Audley' $ father gave the boy SO cents.
The boy had a scratch on his nose.
Bright Kid!
How did you tear your clothes so.
lvTommie ?"
Trying to keep a little boy from
getting licked"
Wasn't that kind of you! And
who was the little boy?"
Me"
1nfantile paralysis is now said to be
due to automobile speeding and it does
seem wrong anyway that parents these
days should permit their children such
eXtravagant enjoyments.
| The grotesque element in life is said
to be intellectually stimulating and
! that is probably the reason why bar
| tenders are so highbrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22

Topeka's new Chamber of Com
merce membership campaign has
started on it's way with such a whoop
as to give evidence that the business
and professional men of the city are
at last awake to their opportunities
to develop their community according
to it's possibilities and thru the me-
dunn of an alert and active CONNER
cial organization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Not SO many ambitions ever come
near being satisfied.
X X X
The practical joker is seldom sue
cessful at anything else.
x x x
For such a potent thing money
hasn't much in the way of staying
power.
* X i.
The wise person never gives an
opinion that baby looks like any one
in particular
Some men don't show any inclina-
tons to act friendly until they've
been soundly thrashed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22

Most people will be likely to take
General Cocktails word for it that the
slides which have frequently inter
rupted traffic thru the Panama canal
will be overcome for all time and in
the not distant future. General Goe-
thals is one of the men who does
things and such men never indulge in
idle words or seek to cover things up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22

out here in Kansas there are twen-
ty-three counties that have no poor
farms six others report no inmates for
theirs, and in the rest of the state
there are less than 1000 persons main
tanned at such institutions. This is a
showing of which any commonwealth
may well be proud. and there is no
doubt but prohibition is responsible
for some of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22

Not only is Mexico in the throes OF
a railway strike, but she also labors
under the disadvantage of not having
a national lawmaking body in session
70 avert it for the time being at least
with legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22

More ammunition for the Socialists.
one f. T. Stotesbury has just paid
New York florist $1,000 for keeping
the New York horse show arena be-
decl<ed for seven days with chrysan-
themums
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22

Isn't it about time for the European
belligerents to spring something new
in this particular? Berlin announces
that the Teutonic forces retired from
Monastir before the Serbians for
..strategic reasons"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
ends meet ?

That bad weather should have come
isn't anything out Of the ordinary
This is the time of year for it, even
if Kansas has sometimes had rather
remarkable stretch of fall weather
right up until Christmas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22

Serbia's "come-back' has also been
one of the big surprises of the great
war. Annihilating nation is evident
" something which cannot be done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news Or
ganizahon. for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication in Topeka.
The paws is received in The State Journal
building over wires for this sole purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22

There is this consolation for Mrs.
+. H. Hartman over her loss thru
theft of SOS, 900 worth of jewels. She
can well afford it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-22

Thank you just the same" she
said politely, but I'll go back to my
home. If you'll be kind enough to
direct me as to how to get down this
tree, I'll be going"
Easy" laughed c. Squirrel, ''just
run like this" And he scampered SO
rapidly down from branch to branch
that Slippy's head whirIed with giddi-
ness.
"Oh, / couldn't do thatl" cried
Slippy. and she dug her little claws
tight into the branch FOR support.
you'll have to show me some other
way" = Copyright = Clara Ingram
Judson.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
HITCH DEVELOPS IN APPOINTMENTS
 OF HEALTH DEPT.
Board Postpones Naming Assistant Health Officer
 and Milk Inspector.

A hitch in the appointment of Dr. Walter F. Brown of Boston, as as- sistant health officer and B. J. Wright, as milk inspector, has arisen among the board of health members. De- cision was postponed at last nights meeting of the health board upon the pretext that insufficient data had been obtained regarding the qualification and salaries Of the candidates.
 It Is known that $3,50O is desired by Dr. Brown and $2,5OO by MT. Wright At an executive session of the board held in Dr. Abraham So- phians office before the meeting was called to order, it is believed that members unanimously decided to post pone decision on the appointments until the matter could be amicably settled.
 Dr. Florence A. Sherman, school physician} reported for instructions of the board last night. She was re- ferred to Miss Katherine Tuite and Dr. Sophian to learn the new inspec- tion rules.
 The board decided, that samples of milk taken from farmers and deal CTS for city analysis should not be paid for, but that a system of tag ging and return of bottles to their owners should be devised by the in- spectors
 inspector, reported insanitary condi- tions on the Plumb farm in Nichols where milk is produced for Bridge