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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04
BED TIME TALES
HE HELPS BEST WHO HELPS HIMSELF.
by CLARA INGRAM JUDSON
If YOU would your courage double,
Help yourself in cv'ry trouble.

If you would your courage double,
Help yourself in cv'ry trouble.
Nothing is more stupid than waiting
for something to happen. And the
longer you have to wait the stupider
the waiting becomes.
After Toppy left in diEgrace and
Mr.. Jim Crow mad departed with his
sneering laugh. Mr.. Turkey became
very bored with his own society. He
pretended to scratch a little but il
was only pretending-he didn't fool
himself one bit He pretended that
help was coming in a minute or two,
but that didn't work. either 1 tell
you, when you can't fool yourself,
you're in a bad fix; Mr. Turkey
realized that.
And for the first time since the
farmer mad shut him up he began
to use his own head.
Those stupid folk will never get
me out of here, I can see that he
said. positively. IF I'm to get out
I'll have to do it myself And when
person or a turkey begins depend
ing on himself, trouble is as good as
gone.
Proud in his budding self-con-
fidence. Mr.. Turkey started struttins
and Immediately felt the pull of the
rope on his leg. Ee looked down at
that rope; he studied it carefully. It
did look strong. there was no doubt
about that.
"Gnawing woull be good" thought
Mr.. Turkey but l can't gnaw.
Picking may be good and I can
peck" So he began at The knot. He
pecked and he pulled: he worked
with all his might. And you'll have
to believe this, because this is true
story it wasn't five minutes before
he had that tight knot pecked apart
and the rope off bis leg, That shows
what working will do,
Once the rope was off. Mr. Turkey
felt more like a citizen and the fence
didn't discourage him nearly much.
He looked at the high. back fence
where Mr.. Jim Crow had perched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Association.
MEMBER:

Opinions differ as to the probable
effect of having a divided national
government. a Republican house with
a Democratic senate and president. BY
many the view is taken that this con-
dition will serve as a check on part-
san legislation, while others perceive
in it only an opportunity to shift the
blame for unwholesome legislation.
But, inasmuch as the past has demon
strated that neither side has been free
from party bias nor guiltless of un-
wise acts, why not consider that the
country is the gamer to the extent that
party politics be eliminated from the
national legislature Since the can
didates of both the leading parties de-
clared themselves for "Americanism"
and America for Americans" it
should be inferred that the best inter-
ests of the nation will be consulted
without reference to party expediency-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Inv RRINKERHOFF,

Fluffy Fried Eggs-Have the fat
hot. Break in eggs, one at time, as
fast as possible; sprinkle with salt and
pepper, then add a dash of boiling
water. Cover with tight lid and let
fry a few seconds. In this way eggs
are free from grease or fat when
served, and the whites are not leath-
cry. This method of cooking will re-
quire a little time to be well mastered,
as one must move rather fast.
Nourishing Veal Soup-Boil a
piece of veal suitable for a fricasSee,
pie or hash. When tender take meat
up and slip out the bones; put bones
back in kettle and boil two hours;
then strain the liquor and stand away
of the fat, put the soup into a clean
pot, add pepper. salt and onions, half
teacup rice, tablespoon flour mixed in
cold water, and slice of potatoes; boil
thirty minutes and serve hot.
Pork Cake (for Thanksgiving)-
Fat salt pork, one pound. chopped
fine or ground; boiling water, one
pint, two cups brown sugar, one cup
dark mOlasSeS, one teaspoon soda dis
solved in molasses, one pound raisins.
five cups flour, one tablespoon each
of cinnamon and nutmeg, one-half ta-
blespoon cloves. Bake slowly. This
makes small milk pan cake and will
keep tive months or longer.
Carrots-Mashed carrous: Boil car
rots in sailed water to which a tea
spoonful of sugar has been added.
When tender drain, add a large lump
of butter and mash.
Carrots cut lengthwise and fried in
butter until a delicate brown are very
good.
Scrape and cut carrots in rounds.
slice G small onion. Boil in sailed wa
ter until tender. Drain and keep
warm while making the sauce as fol-
lows:
Apple and Onion Salad-Peel ana
slice apples, sprinkle over them a
very little sugar. Slice onions and
let stand in cold water (about two
onions to six apples). When ready to
serve, mince onion very fine, stir in
with apple, serve on lettuce with
mayonnaise dressing.
One-Egg Three-Layer Cake-Two
cups brown sugar (for one and one
half cups granulated sugar., one-half
cup butter and lard mixed Cor lard
substitute), one-half cup buttermilk OF
sour milk, one-half cup boiling water,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04
Things Worth Knowing.

To clean upholstered furniture
make "a paste of fuller's earth and
clean water. Spread it on the clotn
with brush and allow to get thoroly
dry. Brush out the powder with a
stiff furniture brush. The dirt wilT
disappear with the powder. This
must on no account be until the full
ler's earth is dry.
To mend broken china or fine
earthenware the white of an egg,
beaten and mixed with plaster of par
is and powdered quicklime, will be
found satisfactory, but it must be
mixed just before use. When piece
or pieces have been cemented and
placed in position they must be tied
to prevent movement until the cement
dries. Tape is the best material.
To prevent table oilcloth from slip
ping turn the old oilcloth face down.
ward, shiny side next the board, and
place a tack in each corner. Trim
the edges so they will not hang below
the new cloth. Place the new cloth
on top and it will stick without any
thing to hold it.
Overhead lights, commonly called
domes, are entirely out of style. praise
be, for they We're usually hideous
orange and red so-calTed art glass;
now the side lights with shield-shaped
shades are in use with candle on the
table.
Hold hot stove lid or flatiron over
that white spot on furniture caused
from dampness.
In making pie crust add a little
baking powder to prevent soaking.
Make two small tunnels out of
white paper and place them in the
top of pies which are likely to run
out while baking, and you will have
no moro trouble.
Peas and Aspara gus-One can peas,
one can asparagus tips. Cut aspara-
gus in one and one-half inch lengths,
heat each in their own liquor, strain.
Mix two tablespoons butter, one tea
spoon flour, one-fourth cup boiling
water. Add to this the peas and
asparagus. Mix and let simmer few
minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04
WHAT ANS THE Lave

The ghost of little Edna Dinsmore
has ceased to worry Fred Bissel, de-
generate, pervert and her confessed
murderer. From the shrinking,
whimpering wreck he was WHEN
Shawnee county officers possibly risk
ed their lives to save his, he has, be-
come a defiant prisoner. Kindness
has been wasted utterly upon him.
Bissell confessed to the murder of
the little Dinsmore girl and described
il in detail in the presence of such
men as Warden j. K. Codding, L. l..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04
SIDE T ALM S
Live Folks and Dead Folks.
BY RUTH CAMERON.


1t is Stevenson, isn't it, who felici-
tously speaks of people whose en-
trance into a room makes one fesl
as if another candle had been
lighted?
There are also people who some-
times come into my life who make me
feel as if a window had been opened.
letting in lots of fresh air and giving
me a clearer and better outlook on the
world.
That's what 1 mean by live folks"
And the people who never have
that effect, who make the atmosphere
a little stuffier than it already is, who
chloroform the spirit of conversation
by their presence, whose departure
gives one the sense of a weight lifted,
l call the dead folks.
All Gaul is divided into three parts.
All people are divided into three di-
visions live folks, dead folks ard the
folks between.
Most of us, of course, belong 70 the
latter class.
My shampooist came to see me the
other morning. One of my house
mates came into the room during the
drying process. In three minutes we
were engaged in an animated con-
versation- Now this housemate had
depressed us all by his lack-luster
manner the last few days. Before the
conversation was over he became an
other man.
We'll. Miss Wheeler" he said, you
certainly are a vitalizing person.
And that is just what she is.
And that also is why she soon be-
comes a welcomed friend in every
family which she first enters as the
shampoo lady.
Everybody loves the live folks;
everybody is galvanized by them into
new vitality, and finds himself and
the world more interesting after con-
tact with them.
Whether one can raise ones self
from the neutral class to the class of
live folks is a question which natur-
ally presents itself.
1t is difficult to answer. isn't it?
In the first place it is so hard to
tell what makes people live.
1t isn't physical vitality. I have
known people in perfect health who
were as dead as doornails, as far as
any vftalizing influence on others was
concerned.
And it isn't mere spright1iness of
manner; that's the base counterfeit OF
real aliveness.
Now you all have live folkc and
dead folks in your circle of acquaint-
ance.
So maybe somebody can help me
| find out what this elusive quality is,
and whether it can be cultivated or is
| just a gift-(Copyrfgh by George
| Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04
HIGH COST OF FOOD.

The EDITORIAL in it's edition this
week discusses the high cost of food
products and the cost thereof in the
Following vigorous language:
High prices for foodstuffs. caused
by scarcity or determined by supply
and demand. may as well be submitted
to without murmur or protest. The
laws of supply and demand are mex
orable. From them there is no appeal.
But prices much higher than those
fixed by natural law-prices exact
ed by manipulation of markets and
'cornering" of the necessities of life
are indefensible from any stand
point that may be chosen for consid-
Grafton or discussion of the subject
When resort is had to the wanton de-
struction of foodstuffs for the purpose
OF intensifying the scarcity complained
OF, the offense becomes so rank. so
inhuman. so diabolical, as to render
hitting characterization difficult and
commensurate condemnation impossi-
Die. Ii the hurting of anathemas mai
ever be deemed justifiable, proyoca-
ton therefor is assuredly afforded bv
the information sent out from Chi
cago from the office of United States
District Attorney Charles F. Clyne
wno' we are told, is going to turn
over to the federal grand jury, now
IN session, the names of $50 ware
housemen, produce rafsers, dealers.
and shippers from which may be Sc
lected those desired for investigation
me suspected conspiracy in regard
TO deliberate limiting of the food sup
ply received startling bit of con-
crete confederation recently in the IN
formation of B. L. Brundage, a farmer
iiving~five miles east of Gary, who as
serted that early in the season a man
came through and contracted for his
seven acres of pumpkins. which would
make about ten car loads, and paid
for them. But he never ordered them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04


You ask me what's the matter
And why / look so sad2
Why the songs of the lark and robin,
Or the flowers don't make me glad!
Therefore I'll tell you the reason
For my anguish, my grief and pain,
The reason the joys of sprfngtime
Don't make me happy again.
We parted Il can't keep from weeping)
Just one little hour ago
And my path is drear and barren,
And my spirit is filled with woe;
loved her. ali me how l loved her,
My darling. my pride and my all,
But now she has left me desolate
And life is bitter as gall.
Her beauty? cannot express it,
lris beyond the power of rhyme,
She'd the face of lovely Goddess
With features grand and sublime,
How I worshiped her and adored her,
To me she was divine,
But now 1 am forsaken by
That little, old Dollar of mine.
Howard f. Johnson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

Charlie Chaplin.
For dong 1 scorned to see thee, merry
sprite.
Saying. ''Such hoodlum pranks should
be unlawful.
The low of brow he charms-but me.
goodnight
I'll bet he's awful
AYE. soethly is the rascal but boor -
To smear with custard pie fellow NOR
tall
That is very stupid thing, I'm sure,
Whereat to chortle,''
And thus 1 spake till lately did 1 see
CPerfoFee. n lady took mel all thy
You're just as funny as they say you be.
The daily papers.
The walk, the cane. are very well. but say.
I most acclaim. I'm most diverted under
The comic looks that DER thy features
play
Hey, you're wonder,
l have a hunch that when you come to go
dove stay the hourD to your reward
hereafter,
The deathless Shades will chuckle at you.
They'll die of laughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04
LEGISLATURE CONTESTS.

Kansas legislatures have apparently
written so much law regarding cleo
ton contests that several disappointed
Job hunters will this winter encounter
difficulty in taking their troubles be-
fore the legislature, in contest pro-
ceedings, without evading or sidestep-
ping some sacred legal provision. The
dispute concerning the method of
proceeding and date of final action il,
legislative contests is mighty nncer-
tain. S. NJ. Brewster, attorney gen.
eral, has looked into the matter. APP
parently, the legislature will be per-
mitted to work out its own solution.
Since the Kansas legislature is the
judge of its own official acts and set
ties disputes and rights of it's own
members, there is really little need of
an immediate decision from the attor-
ney generals office except. And
right there is the beginning of trouble.
The matter of exception means pro-
lection of the rights of several men
who will go before the legislature
with contests in January. They
might lose a contest case on some
legislative enactment of former days
Again, the former act of the legisla-
ture might be made a haven of rest,
world without end.
Under the law the final date for
starting legislative contests is thirty
days after the meeting of the can
wasting board, or rather after the de-
cision of the board. But the con-
fnc nj haf he eli do
eide whether the legislature meant
the county or state canvassing board.
In the fights before the legislature,
Brewster holds that in senatorial con-
tests from districts comprising more
than one county, the law means state
canvassing board. In one county SEN
atorial districts and in representative
districts, the law means county
boards.
The state canvassing board met last
Monday. So the date for filing sena-
torial contests from districts of more
than one county. expires December 20,
81, or 2S-depending on whether
Thanksgiving and Christmas are to be
held as legal holidays
But troubles don't stop there. In
districts of one county, where a COM
pany of national guards is stationed,
there is more trouble. There the con-
testants will be compelled to do the
impossible in filing contests. In
counties in which guards are sta
toned, the records will be held open
until December IS in order to re-
cefve and count the soldier vote. Now
suppose the county board is the one
that does the counting That means
further delay. The contestant would
have thirty days after December IS III
which to file notice of contest. That
would mean he could file as late as
January IT.
Then the same law requires the sec
rotary of state to file contest notices
with the legislature between the sixth
and tenth days of the session. The
legislature meets January Q. Using
these dates and legal provisions as a
basis, the legislative candidate who
needed few votes to win on the face
OF returns. can make his own plans for
a successful contest before the legisla-
ture in January. Two and probably.
three contests are slated before the
1917 legislative session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

The Topeka Idea" in charity has
proven to be unusually efficient.
1t is doubtful if in any other city of
equal or larger size. every hungry
mouth was fed Thanksgiving Day, as
It was in the capital of Kansas. AL
most as remarkable as the generosity
and thoroness of the charity was the
fact that duplication and graft were
kept entirely out of the giving this
year. The Confidential Exchange is
unquestionably the reason for the sue
cess of charity this year. Topeka is
getting too large for the old hit-or.
miss method. The Confidential Elk
change fuses the forty or more or
CARNATIONS working thru it into a
formidable weapon against poverty
and distress. Much credit goes to
Miss Mabel Adams, the self-sacrific-
ing secretary of the Exchange. Miss
Adams has worked almost night and
day for weeks. Her services are al
most as much a donation as any that
the Exchange gets. She started in
last year on pittance of salary; her
wages were cut this year, making her
labors very largely those of love.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

and no rope on his leg.
Mr.. Turkey didn't stoE to get ready
for flight He simply spread his
wings. sailed over the fence and strut
ted back into the farmyard.
The roosters and the hens, the
ducks and the geese who had given
him UP for lost stared in amazement.
Mr. Turkey didn't notice them. He
strutted up and down, up and down
the yard. growing proudly, IF that
farmer thinks he's going to eat me for
his holiday dinner. he's mistaken.
IN able to take care of myself"
And the next to the biggest turkey
was served for the farmers holiday
dinner. - (Copyright-Clara ingram.
Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

that we are to blame for that What
90 you expect me to do? Get her a
new dress?'
NO, sir. 1 do not intend to let you
eff so easily as that" the other man
replied gruffly. He bran6ished in his
right hand small piece of silk
What I propose to have you do
he said, lis to match this silk
why don't you have your wife ex-
amined by an alienist?"
Rather have a good native Amer
lean doctor anv time"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

when 1 was in Topeka" will be the
subject for most of the conversation
of some 1900 boys in every county of
the state and in practically every high
school, when the Kansas Older Boys
conference adjourns and the boys go
home. Here is chance for the To-
peka boosters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

After all. there wasn't much econ
omy in going out with a gun after the
Thanksgiving dinner. The appetite
developed made the dinner cost more
than the saving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

81 have come here" said the angry
man to the superintendent of The
street car line, ito get justice; JUS
tice. sir. Yesterday as my wife was
getting off one of your cars the con-
ductor stepped on her dress and tore
a yard of frilling off the skirt
The superintendent remained cool
well, SIR he said, ct don't know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04
DINNER STORIES

The farmer wanted an almanac.
The peddler who had those veracious
chronicles for sale was very obliginss
in explaining their virtues
81 have here two different almanacs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

Naturally if the government owned
the railroads. the public would be ex-
horted to do it's Christmas shipping
and travelling early.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

one egg, one-half cup cocoa, one tea
spoon vanilla two and one-quarter
cups flour (before it is sifted), one
teaspoon soda, one teaspoon baking
powder, Stir both baking powder and
soda in flour. If white cake is desired
use white sugar and leave out cocoa.
This makes a cheap cake and large
one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

Most of the remarks made about
the talkative barber are inspired by
the fact that the customer can't talk
at the time the barber does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

Tho denied the pleasure of seeing
the Stars and Stripes hauled down at
his command, that Austrian submarine
commander may have enjoyed seeing
IT sink
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

He looked at the right side; he looked
at the front And he didn't need to
look any further. That front side of
the fence was low; much lower than
the back; plenty low to be sailed over
by a turkey who had lots of COURAGE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

If it be really none of his business
the average man will be deeply in
terested in it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

There isn't any likelihood that Mr..
Hughes. as soon as he resumes the
practice of law in New York, will suf-
fer for the want of automobiles an6
other necessaries of life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
Moos of the Purple Cow.
By ROY z. MOULTON.

Moos Of the Purple Cow.
(After @. Burgess.)
never missed a fuzzy Chow,
l think I'll never miss one;
But l assure you, anyhow,
I'd rather miss than kiss one.
l never praised a Mormon's fam
lily, nor will l praise one;
But l am sure Of this, am.
I'd rather praise than raise one.
never passed a Superman,
l never hope to pass one:
But take it from your Uncle Dan,
I'd rather pass than sass one!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04
We Can't Either.

And do you keep cat ?" asked Prue
Politely of Miss Mitt;
Who then replied, Indeed 1 do,
/ can't get rid of it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

It begins to look as if General Per-
shing's punitive expedition" might
have to be hastily withdrawn for its
own safety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-04

know how cowboys rope the
steers; 1 know how buffers buttle, too;
I've seen the natives of Algiers;
know what wealthy people do when
they are bored as they can be and
almost every night 1 see a man hunt
walrus near the poles: a villain choke
helpless maid and see him shot quite
full of holes when forty cops begin a
raid; and it is often too that 1 see
cops besmeared with custard pie.
think that it is quite a treat to
see the llamas at the zoo; to see what
rich folks have to eat; to fish for
sharks in gay Peru; to see man with
funny feet knock people over in the
street: to hear the beat of horses
hoofs the while an auto shoots the
chute: to see man dash Ger the roofs
with forty cops in hot pursuit; to sec
upon the western plain the days of
redskin raids again; to see the bad
man, reused with rum, run up an un-
dertaker's bill: to see a torn and
weary bum steal pies from off a win
dow sill; to take a ride below the sea
and have queer monsters look at me;
to see a burglar burgle flats; to laugh
until my ribs do ache at funny men
with funny hats-the funny faces that
they make!
So almost every night 1 go and see
a moving picture show.