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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
DINNER STORIES

A lawyer tells this story of himself
and his efforts to correct the manners
of his office boy. One morning the
young autocrat came into the office,
and, tossing his cap at a hook, ex-
claimed:
Say. Mr.. Jones, there's ball game
down at the park today, and I'm go
ing
him a lesson.
Harry" he said. that isn't the
way to ask a favor W, you come
over here and sit down. and I'll show
you how to do it,
The boy took the office chair, and
his employer picked up the cap and
stepped outside. He then opened the
door softly, and, holding the cap in
his hand, said q1ietly to the boy m
the chair:
please. sir, there is a ball game ct
the park today. If you can spare me.
would like to get away for the af-
ternoon-"
why, certainly. Harry and here
is SO cents to pay your way in"
awho gave the bride away" asked
Mrs. Jones of her daughter, who had
.ust returned from the wedding.
Her little brother. replied the
daughter; "he stood up in the middle
of the ceremony ard yelled, "Hurrah,
Blanche, you've got MIN at laSt-
Two ladies Were hurrying down the
street in Worcester in the rain, car
rying their umbrellas low for protec-
ton In turning a corner sharply the
point of one umbrella struck a passer-
by in the forehead
.-Goodn gasped the woman
'.I'H keep an eye out in the future"
"Goodnesst" exclaimed the man,
you near had one out in the pres
enti''
..Mr. sorrel proposed to me last
night mother"
"And you accepted him. I hope"
NO mother I could never love a
man with red hair
But my dear girl, you should con-
slider the fact that he has very little
of it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News


It makes any man nervous to have
a woman gaze at him.
He is a poor sign painter who can
not make a name for himself
1t is easy for a man to follow advice
that meets with his own views
A woman may know just what to
say, but she invariably adds more
to it.
And the girl who counts on her
fingers never overlooks the engage
ment finger.
Lots of men have been temporarily
paralyzed who never had a paralytic
stroke.
There are some glass blowers in this
country who can work only when the
glass has foam on it.
A woman may have a face like an
open book, but a man always finds it
difficult to read between the lines.
In union there is strength, but the
unknown husband of prominent
woman doesn't believe it is equally
distributed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
POVERTY AND PROSPERITY.

Poverty does not disappear entirely,
even in the times of greatest prosper
ity. says The Iron Trade Review This
is fact which many people find diff
ficult to understand and charity work.
ers complain that in this year of
great prosperity they are finding it
NJ small task to collect the funds
necessary to take care of those who
really are deserving of assistance.
Various unusual elements enter into
the present situation. One of these is
the scarcity of houses. This is due
not only to a large increase in the
number Of people living in busy manu-
featuring cities, but also to the fact
that in some centers many small
houses have been torn down in order
to make roon for manufacturing
plants. Rents have advanced and
evictions have taken place with IN
usual frequency, and often with little
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
GLOBE SIGHTS
tFrom the Atchison Globe.1

lFrom the AtchiSon Globe.
So much patience is devoted to
patiently waiting.
Taking the pledge early beats TAX
ing the Kelley cure
A football player has =. hard time
being hero to his coach.
The rule is that the office which
seeks the man isn't much of an office.
You will not be popular if YOU
know a good deal and are willing to
admit it.
There also are those who devote
their spare time to lookin.~ up long
lost relatives.
The man who al ises to make a
few brief remarks IS generally a poor
judge of time.
When a man gees to court that
indicates some lawyer has con-
WINGED him he has a good case.
Before the automobile came into
common usage, people bought a LOT
of other things they couldn't afford.
An editor in a small town finally
becomes related to so many people
that most of the news is suppressed
1t is all right to learn to do one
thing well. but don't assume that
such learning comprises a liberal edu-
cation.
A man spends half of his life in a
frantic effort to accumulate property
and the other half of his life COM
planning because property is taxed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
MEMBER;
3. Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations
American Newspaper FnDnsherS
Association.

The expected happens once In a
while even in Kansas. The coroner
tur.v which was entrusted with the I'M
nortant task of investigating the recent
1vnching at Olathe has handed IN
verdict to the effect that Bert Dudley
the victim of the mob, came to MS
death at the hands of parties TO the
Jury unknown. The probabilities TOO
are that the Investigations OF TINS jury
were as cursory as its verdlct was
formal And here. no doubt IS tne
final chapter of one of the most out
rageous and inexcusable assaults
against law and order that has ever
disgraced the name of Kansas. Kan
sas is a Great little state not to dc
things during the periods when many
of her patriots are campaigning &C
lively for election or reelection IT
state and county offices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
SIDE TAIL * S
The People Who Think.
BY Ruth CAMERON.

81 didn't think I heard a woman
explain the other day when she was
accused of saying a tactless thing.
How many times that statement ex-
plains (bht does not justify?) not only
tactless but all sorts of foolish, futile,
unnecessary things that we do and
say.
Not long ago I was taking a short
trip by boat. I went into my state
room at dusk. There were two but
tons to press. one evidently for the
electric light, the other for the sew
ardess. I wanted the light and I
didn't want the stewardess. I specu-
lated at some length as to which was
which but I didn't think. Finally l
pressed one. 1t brought the steward
ess After I had tipped her to fetch
me some ice-water that didn't want,
1 pressed the other button, and as ]
did so, noticed that the covering
around that wire ran up to the ceiling
and thence to the light.
Had I used my eyes and my brain
intelligently in the first place, should
have saved myself time, money and
self-respect-
A carpenter told me this experience
the other day. He was summoned by
woman to put screens ON the
chimney OF ner summer cottage
why do you want them?" he
asked.
I'm terribly bothered with flies
she said. Il think some of them come
down the chimney. I've seen screens
! on chimneys."
Then he asked her what openings
there were from the chimney.
| She thought evidently the first
time she had performed that function
on the subject) and said, The oper
fire place and the kitchen stove.'
| Subseuue1tseXa niEation brought out
the fact that the fireplace draft wa
kept closed except when in use and
that the stove was constantly in use
| why don't these women think oncS
/ in while?" said the carpenter.
| Why? Because it's too much work
OF course, it's nc work at all tc
think in the common sense of letting
unconnected thoughts and impressions
| fit thru your brain.
It does mean work to think in the
sense of really using that brain.
And yet not such terribly hard worl
/ once you get the habit It's getting
| the bait that's difficult.
But once you have it you have
elected yourself to a small body Of
! people who are likely to amount tt
something wherever they are-th.
People Who Think.-6Copyrignt b.
George Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Small Helps for canning Season


When canning fruit. as soon as
pared, peaches. pears apples and
ounces should be placed in cold water
to keep them from turning dark.
Many fruits such as pears. ounces.
citrons and watermelon rinds harden
when first put into thick syrup. To
prevent this they should be cooked
first in water or thin syrup and the
rest of the sugar added later.
Peaches, plums, Strawberries and
apples soften when cooking
Pour the syrup hot over these fruits
or sugar them and let stand several
hours.
These methods extract the juice and
harden the fruit
Sweet Dill Pickles.
One pound large dill pickles, cut in
slices or long, thin sections; one
pound graduated sugar. Put into
mason jar, shake thoroly every day
for four days and will be ready for
use
To Can Plums.
A new and better way for canning
the Damson, or any of the very rich
plums-Pick over and wash your
plums thoroly; fill a berry basket, put
in granite pan with one cupful of
water. Let them stew about ten min
utes. Pour off all the juice into an
other dish; put enough water on the
plums to fill a quart jar.
When the p1ums are ready to can,
it will require about a pint of water.
You can tell just what amount will
be required, for the kind of plums you
are using, as some require more, some
less water.
Add about half cup sugar; let them
boil just a few minutes; then put in
jar and seal.
Continue until you have all your
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12

Poor little tired Bushy Beaver! He
didn't even wait to go to the waters
edge to sleep. No, sir, He just tum-
bled down beside the precious dishes
in the hollow of the sycamore tree
and there he slept. Mother Beaver
couldn't bulge him. To tell the truth,
she didn't try very long, because she,
too was so tired from all the pleas
ures and excitements of the night that
she could hardly amble over to the
weedy edge of the creek, and once
there you may be sure she didn't
lose much time going to sleep-not
she!
All the whole day long those beav-
ers slept Father and Mother Beaver
and Little Brother by the creek;
Bushy in the hollow of the sycamore
tree.
Along toward twilight. Bushy
stirred. Somebody was coming into
his tree. In an instant he was wide
awake and ready to fight or run,
whichever was best But he had his
worry for nothing-as folks often do
you'll find-it was only Mother
Beave-.
Hurry quick and help me. Bushy."
she whispered. I've only this min
ute walked up and there's lot to do
1 want to have the party all ready
when Father and Little Brother wake
up"
Bushy rubbed the sleep out of his
eyes, picked up his end of the basket
of dishes and backed out of the hol-
low tree Right here. Bushy; we'll
have the party right here" said
Mother Beaver. She pointed to a
smooth, grassy place. where she and
Bushy quickly arranged the dishes.
THE berries are safe, I know, be-
cause 1 covered them with leaves"
And, sure enough, they were safe and
fresh under the edge of the bushes
close by And the honey's under that
stone Bushy." she continued. Isn't
il lucky 1t didn't rain today? ] would
MT have had much Of a party then,
would 1 2"
While Mother Beaver was fixing the
berries anc honey on pretty little
plates shaped OF leaves. Bushy gath
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
BUSINESS AGAINST WHISKY.

In some particulars, the Manufac-
turers' Journal, published at Balti-
more, Nd, is the leading industrial
publication of this country. Its in
fluence, especially in the East and the
South. is exceedingly strong. And here
is what it had to say recently of the
liquor business:
I'VE are absolutely. teetotally, and
in every way possible, opposed to the
whisky industry. not only because of
it's immoral influence, but from the
economic standpoint. 1t is a curse to
the country of such gigantic proper
lions that the sooner it. is blotted out
the better it will be for mankind. The
billions of dollars that are annually
spent in this country constitute one
OF the most fearful curses ever
brought upon the land, and every dol
lar thus expended is an economic
waste and a drain upon the physical.
mental, moral and financial stamina
of the country. Moreover, the alliance
of the saloon interests with the
politics of the country is another
curse, and to this influence is due
much of the rottenness in American
lolitics. Whisky and the
saloon business are an unspeakabIe
curse, without one single. solitary re-
deeming quality"
OF course. Kansas has practically
solved the liquor problem for herself,
and in the only way that appears to
obtain the desired results. But Kan
Sas can still lend a pouarf,1I band ~,
the struggle that is under way to
bring about national prohibition, and
her energies against the traffic in
| liquors should be directed to those
| channels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12

Notice, duck hunters! If you kill or
capture a wild duck bearing an
aluminium band around one leg, having
a number on one side, and on the other
a.statement requesting that the United
States department of agriculture, or
the biological survey be notified, you
are requested to send this band at
once to the headquarters of the above
mentioned federal department at
Washington, D. C. This band, if ac-
cempanied by a statement as to date,
place and circumstances under which
the bird was taken, will be of service
to the survey in it's efforts to de-
termine the longevity of individual
dus and the routes of migration OF
the species The bands are being at
tached to considerable numbers OF
wild duck of several species which
have been cured of the duck sickness
prevalent around Great Salt Lake
Utah, and there released. The federal
department of agriculture is particu-
larly anxious TO secure reports from
these birds to determine their COM
plete recovery from this malady which
has killed hundreds of thousands oil
ducks in Utah.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12

Bushy, you have set places for six and
there are only four of us"
didn't want to waste any dishes
Motner, explained Bushy, ..and any
way, Mickey Mush-rat may come or
Policeman Billy Now can we begin %
she and Bushy ran over to wats
rather Beaver and Little Brother and
bring them to the party Can't vo,,
just imagine how amazed those yvo
beavers We're when they saw all the
sooa eaungs ana the pretty Dishes
found 1T was all for themt
Inc -FOUR beavers sat down. and
while Mother Beaver explained who
the extra places Were for, they began
.S as,hg up the goodies And just at
that p1lnute footsteps were heard close
py-who could be coynins2 Friend ~
zoe f-tCopyright-Clara Ingram Ind
SOM ai suu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
DENTAL PREPAREDNESS.

What is the most important attrib-
ute of a soldier? asks a bulletin just
issued by the United States public
health service, and it continues:
Good feet?
No.
Good eyesight?
No.
Good brains?
No.
What then?
Good teeth.
A soldier may have good feet, good
eyesight, and good brains but if he
has bad teeth, he can't eat. If he
can't eat he can't march near enough
to the enemy to see him and use his
brains to fight him.
How does a soldier get good teeth :?
By having good teeth in childhood.
How do children keep good teeth?
Thru being taught by their mother
how to keep their teeth clean and
having their teeth looked after while
they are growing. This makes good
teeth for future soldiers.
It would seem then as though the
first patriotic duty of a mother was
to keep her chi1dren's teeth in good
condition.
1t is.
And the essential needs of a SOL
der, of course, are identical with those
of all men and women, regardless of
their stations or callings, if they are
to put up the best possible fights in
the divers struggles of life that are SO
far removed from those of the oc-
casional battle field.
The best of health is just as i'm
portant to all who travel the several
walks of life as it is for the soldier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12

THE SONG OF THE AIRMAN.
Through air which shrieks and cries
Upi UpI UpI
Into open sky
The mists of pearl
Shall twist and twirl
AS w. go racing by
Quit Out. Quit
Over the walking earth
To be the one
To kiss the sun
And see the sunbeams' birth.
Down, Down. Down.
Thru. air which shrieks and cries;
Lucky is he
Whose Fate shall be
To fly the morning skies,''
-Hesper LIE Gallienne, in New York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12

How General Pershing and his
officers and men must be squ1rmlng
under a watchful waiting policy that
permits Villa and his bandit gang to
get within ten miles of the lines of
communication between the American
force in Mexico and its base on this
side of the border. Was General
Pershing and his force sent into
Mexico to capture Villa and his fol-
lowers. or did it merely go on a prac-
tice march into Mexico and under the
orders and on the pleasure of V. Car
rama?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Not so many of the questions that
are asked elicit the desired answers.
X X
A man is always ingenious with his
arguments when it comes to defending
himself.
X X
Perhaps it is just as well for mans
faith N man that all the news isn't
fit to print.
X X *
When man gets the idea that he
is sufficient unto himself his journey
on the toboggan has begun.
X X X
Too many people pass up the worth
while things in life in their fruitless
search for better ones
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12

American tourist travel to Europe.
which had begun TO pick up bit dur
ing the past few months, is again In
the doldrums, and no wonder The
possibility of passengers having to
leave their ship on moments notice
from n German submarine and then
proceed to the business of pulling for
the shore in a little open boat is not
very attractive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12

And the women of England who are
doing mems work during these war
times have finally begun to wear the
mems trousers. But the women of
America evidently never needed the
excuse of war to indulge in this Gus
rom
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
BED t 1ME t ALEs
THE PARTY
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDsON

cred some nice tender tree sprouts
and laid three by each plate.
Did you ever see anything so
pretty?" demanded Mother Beaver,
pro-dly, when she looked 1T the
pretty dishes and the feast. ''Only,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12

p ~. c.o.o Jonrnal In n member Of the
a .soc,ated Press and receives the full dav
SeIegranh report of that great news on,
ganization. for the exclusive @Ae
S1uhIfcatfon in Topeka. ,u.,
> The news is received in The state Io sa.a
huildirg over wires for this sole purpoSe'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-12
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-10

The stingy husband never thinks of
offering his wife weekly amount of
pin money which she may spend with
out being obliged to accoa II for its
expenditure, yet if he lost his good
wife and was obliged to employ either
a housekeeper or just maid of all
work, he would soon learn what a
recompense other women expect and
exact for their top-price wages.
hearty breakfast, luncheon and din
ner. | would like 10 hear him suggest
to such a one how much or how little
she should eat or hint at her giving
up her recreation days of every other
Thursday and Sunday. with evenings
into the bargain.
There are certain meek, submissive
women the tight-fisted martinez Of a
husband can keep in subsection There
are other women whom he would not
dare attempt TO coerce against their
good sense
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-10
Theater Fires.

The first of the many terrible thea
ter fires which have caused the death
of such multitude of amusement seek
ers occurred 303 years ago, when
ShakeSpeare's Globe theater in London
was completely consumed by the
flames. The house was crowded to
its capacity to witness the play of
Henry WILL" but there was no panic
and the audience escaped unhurt. In
the early part of the last century three
London playhouses-the Surrey, the
COvent Garden and the Drury Lane
were destroyed by fire, and in 1911 the
first of the disastrous theater fires of
America occurred in Richmond, when
20 persons, including Governor Smith,
persisted in the flames. The IroquOis
theater fire in Chicago was the most
terrible of this character, 573 persons,
mostly women and children, having
been burned or trampled to death in
that horrible 1908 disaster.-New
York World.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-10
TO SAVE BIRD SANCTUARY
Audubon Societies Working to Pre-
vent Threatened Destruction of
Reservation in Oregon.

The destruction of one of the larg-
est, if not the largest, federal bird
reservation in the United States is
threatened, according to an announce
ment made by L. Gilbert Pearson of
New York city, secretary Of the Ma
tiOnal Association of Audubon socie-
ties. The reservation threatened is at
Lake Malheur, in southeastern Oregon,
and is a breeding place for hundreds
OF thousands of wild ducks, wild geese
and other water fowl
Application has been made to the
federal authorities for permission to
drain the lake in order to secure the
land it covers. The lake is six miles
wide by 10 miles long, and is about
six feet deep. 1t supplies an ideal
breeding place for wild water fowl
Mr.. Pearson says, and, therefore, it
attracts wild geese and ducks from
Canada in large numbers. Its de-
structiOn, he declares, will leave thou.
sands of young water fowl without a
home.
Secretary Pearson has taken the
matter up with the officials of the
general land office, who have prom.
ised to investigate. 1t is understood
that those who plan the destruction
| Of the bird reservation have already
secured the cooperation of the state
land board of Oregon. For that rea-
! son, Mr.. Pearson regards the situation
| as imminent and believes it will re-
quire quick and earnest appeals to the
secretary of the interior from those
who believe in the protection of wild
Birds to prevent the destruction of the
colony.
'There are about five million guns
in the United States" said Mr.. Pear
son, "and the only way to preserve
our migratory game birds is to have
these sanctuaries-areas in which
! they can never be killed, under any
circumstances"