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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
WARS IMPULSE.

The ultimate fact from which war
results is not economic or political,
and does not rest upon any mechanical
difficulty of inventing means for the
peaceful settlement of international
disputes. writes Bertrand Russell. in
the May Atlantic. The ultimate fact
from which war results is the fact
that a large proportion of mankind
have an impulse to conflict rather
than harmony, and can only be
brought to cooperate with others in
resisting or attacking a common enc
my. This is the case in private life as
well as in the relations of states. Most
men, when they feel themselves suf
ficiently strong. set to work to make
themselves feared rather than loved;
the wish to obtain the good opinion of
others is confined. as a rule, to those
who have not yet acquired secure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

sons are heard to say: Il can't save;
don't know how, and 1 can save 50
little that it never will amount to
anything!" All wrong. You can save,
if you begin with only a single cent,
a five cent piece, a dime, or a dollar.
The principal point to remember is
that your money will earn something
for you if you will only set it aside for
that purpose and it will work day and
night while you are sleeping, working
or resting. 500 in the savings bank
at the end of the year will be worth
$104, as it will earn A per cent in
terest. The same amount invested in
a good bond will earn you SIS or SIS
by the close of the year. Better than
all, you will have established the hab-
it of thrift and saving. When once
you have accumulated a 500 bond or
two, the rest will come much easier
and you will be surprised and de-
lighted to realize that you are not
left without means of support. I am
urging this lesson of thrift, at this
now in an era of prosperity, we must
remember that it will not last forever.
We have periods of profit and of loss,
of panic and prosperity. The wise
man and woman take advantage of a
prosperous period to set aside some
thing for the days of trial and anxiety
that come with business depression.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
Euening Chat

By RUTH CAMERON.

Does it pay?
Yes, it does. pay to pay ones bills, be-
cause the creditors profit by that action.
But does it pay for a girl-fOr instanee-to
behave respectfully? 1 go into an eating
because l have to eat in order to live.
Others spend every cent they have-and
BEAVERTON pretty clothes, manicuring,
hairdressing, etc, and flirt with every man
out of their, dinner. They are liked and
peted and helped everywhere. l am respec-
table-and humdrum. Nobody cares a
hang for me.
ii wonder what Molly and the Cynic and
have to say to that"
So writes letter friend.
showed the letter to the Cynic. He
Yes, 1 know what she means There
certainly seems to be an attraction about
little bit fast. Men always flock about her
But" he finished; they don't marry her"
l showed the letter to the Lady-Who-
Always Knows Somehow.
Poor child she said She's probably
in one of those dreadful black moods that
we sometimes have. especially when we are
young and don't realize that things never
stay so black. | wish she had signed the
that it does pay. You have your self re-
spect and that's the biggest thing in the
spective and think it isn't, Some Som day she'll he'll
meet the right man and then she'll be so
glad she didn't flirt with every man in the
place."
I showed the letter to- the Authorman
Il say" he said. that reminds me of a
quotation" And he whipped out his bill
folder, that he keeps full of his latest finds,
and read:
ITO withstand steadfastly the allure
ments of life, vet pass no censure on those
who yield to them, denotes a gentle breadth
of character. far removed from the com
placent self-esteem of the "unco- guild -
Lastly. l showed the letter to Molly.
She pondered upon it. 1T is hard she
said finally, ito see silly, overdressed
selfish girls getting all the fun and ad-
miration, but -"
But what?" said l.
But don't you think that sometimes a
girl blames her lack of popularity on the
fact that she is straight, when it really is
just because she lacks life and charm?"
That might well be So" said I.
So now my letter friend need wonder no
longer what Molly and Co. think about
this matter.-(Protected by the Adams
Newspaper Seryicel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
GET READY FOR OLD AGE.

1t is a good thought to be ready for
the vacation that must come with old
age. writes Jasper in Leslie's Weekly
In Alaska last year 1 saw some ven
cradle Eskimos struggling to exist.
They had passed the active time of life
when by fishing and hunting they
easily secured subsistence, but they
had never laid anything by for old
age. Now they were living as best
they could on whatever friends or rel
atives would give them, much as one
might toss bone to a dog. 1t was a
pathetic sight and made a profound
impression on all who saw it. I do
not care how humble the circum-
stances of any reader may be, they
are not too humble to enable him or
her to begin to save and to prepare
for the time in life when the vacation
of Old Age must be taken. Remem-
Der that the earlier you begin, the
more you will have and that if you
save but cent day, at the end of the
year. you VIII have set aside nearly 81
That is something to begin with. Per-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
Jdyhawker Jots

Speaking about the splitting of
hairs the Barber County Index OBJ
serves that the Republican party of
Georgia has split.
What has become of the fash
toned gent, asks the Phillipsburg
News, who wore a piece of red flannel
across his chest as a protector?
Modern styles have helped in this
respect, points out the Ottawa Herald:
1t is now possible for the ladies to buy
a pair of hose and the public to know
they wear something new.
AS the Lebanon Times says: The
man who continually parades about
the fact that he is predestined to ac-
complish great things usually ends IN
by running the corner beanery.
If a mail order husband or wife
could only be sent back and exchanged
for another and better one suggests
the Norcatur Dispatch. the mail order
business would about be perfected.
A Missouri Pacific official has no.
titled one of the section men to dis
card his red sweater, reports the
Americus Greeting A red sweater
seems to tantalize a Missouri Pacific
engine about as much as it does a
mad bull.
About the time boy is IA years
old, writes Herbert Hickman in the
Florence Bulletin, he wonders if he'll
When he is along about 10 he wonders
If she really cares a darn for him. BY
the time he is 81 he wonders if they'll
always be happy. And some time be-
fore he is 30 he begins to wonder if
they will all be girls.
Three men, in three different parts
of the town, worked the old gag the
other day of presenting letters to SYM
pathetic housewives showing they
were trying to raise money to get
home, reports the Great Bend Trib-
une. Then the three stranded citizens
met down town and while they en-
joyed a good supper from the pro-
ceeds of other mems wages discussed
how fruitful the town was.
All of the old-fashioned boys are not
dead yet. The Cuba Daylight reports:
A couple of Cuba runaway kids were
overhauled at Scandal the other day
by their parents. The same old story.
dime novels and not enough attention
by their parents caused them to long
for the rip-roaring wilds of the treach-
erous Rockies where they could fill
their belts with scalps of the red
complexioned followers of Sitting
Bull. They were perfectly willing to
return, however, as their money had
all been exhausted as well as their
supply of grub.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

steam. There will be enough juice
in pan to make gravy. This will serve
eight people.
Leftover Cake Dessert (serves four
crumbled, one cup sweet milk. yolk
one egg beaten. one teaspoon flour.
one-half cup cocoanut, one-half cup
sugar. Beat egg, flour, sugar and CO.
coanut into milk with cake crumbs.
Beat white of one egg and stir all into
a small baking dish. Bake in hot
oven fifteen minutes.
Keep a supply of asbestos paper in
your kitchen. If oven is too hot and
cake likely to burn at top put a sheet
of the paper on the crate over tin II
there is danger of burning at the bot
tom, place sheet under tin
Saving Can Rubbers-When OPEN
ing. canned fruit, put can rubbers I'm
a glass Jar, cover them with flour and
seal tight; rubbers will be as good
as new.
two tablespoons cocoa, two tablespoons
cold coffee. Work this into a paste and
spread on cake.
Mentless Dishes.
Bean Noodles-Rub cold cooked navy
beans through colander and to two cups
beans add two weIl-beaten eggs and enough
flour to make stiff as can be rolled: cut.
cook three minutes in boiling sailed water.
then drain and fry brown in butter and
lard mixed, or pork fryings.
Peanut Chops-One glass peanut butter.
pinch salt and dash of paprika; soften 10
milk Cut twelve slices of bread, spread
six of them with the credmed peanut but
ter cover with the remaining bread as II
for sandwiches: beat one egg. add two
tablespoonfuls milk and a little salt; dip
sandwiches in beaten egg. roll in bread and
Serve on hot platter garnished with parsley
and you will find them delicious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
QUAKER MEDIrATIoNs.

[From the Philadelphia Record
It's wise chicken that knows its own
incubator.
Sometimes it's easier to move than to
keep up with your neighbors.
Sometimes a fool and his money don't
even get on speaking terms.
The ball player who faces curve pitcher
should know the ms and outs of the game
Every ball player knows that fly ball
is out if caught whether by fair means or
foul.
Wigg-"That girl is sure a peach" wagg
Did you ever see her twin sister?
They're a pair
The man who suffers from corns should
keep off his feet Other people should keep
off them, too
1t pleases a man to have his wife ask
his advice almost as much as it pleases
her to go contrary to it,
Strange that the man who can't hear his
alarm clock in the morning never misses
the whistle when it blows for quitting time
It's all right to love your neighbor as
you love yourself, but he won't take advan-
tage of you so long you keep him from
knowing it
The young fathers were discussing their
baby boys. Have you planned any bust
ness for yours?" asked the first. well,
replied the second. Judging from the way
he yells every morning. about a. m, I
should think he would make a good milk
man. Huh Mines going to be a night
watchman," retorted the first.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
Household Hints


Hominy and Potato Dish-One
quart hominy, six sliced potatoes.
Put layer alternately in baking dish.
Pour on one cup water with spoonful
of drippings or fryings, and teaspoon
of salt. Cook twenty minutes then
pour over one cup hot milk; let cook
twenty minutes longer. Serve hot.
Escaloped Potatoes and Pork Chops
Prepare potatoes as usual to escalop.
Thirty minutes or more before remov-
ing from oven lay over them pork
chops, seasoned to taste; when brown
ed turn chops; when Drowned and
tender, serve.
Fish Flakes Mexicano-One and
one-half cups canned tomatoes, one
half green pepper shredded, one slice
one tablespoon butter. two cups
canned fish flakes, boiled rice Let
tomatoes, pepper, onion and salt sim
mer fifteen minutes. Press through
sieve, add butter and fish flakes.
Heat thoroughly. Serve with boiled
rice.
Beef Loaf - One and one-half
pounds round steak ground, one onion
ground, two slices salt pork ground,
one pinch sage, one-half teaspoon
paprika, one-fourth teaspoon salt,
two eggs, one tablespoon Worcester
shire sauce. Sift one tablespoon flour
with other ingredients and mix well.
Place in pan, sprinkle with flour,
cover with boiling water, place in hot
oven for two hours; cover to keep in
generously)-One cup stale cake
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
Globe Sights

Marrying for money is no sure way of
getting it.
Blind pig is a misnomer; the thirsty pig
can see, all right.
A good deal of the heroism is also con-
fined to conversation.
A scandal doesn't amount to much I'M
less more than one person is involved in it.
If the conversation misses and takes its
hills like a crippled automobile, it's time
to go home.
A lot of people actually seem disappoint-
ed when a fire alarm proves to be
false alarm.
When a man begins to shout that he is
just as good as anybody, that is one sign
that he isn't.
Being natural, which should be the cas-
lest thing in the world, is evidently too
hard for some people.
A woman doesn't ask a great deal of her
heroes, but she expects them to be young
and good looking.
1t doesn't take much of a man to make
his wife jealous and afraid some other
woman is going to steal him.
Every time an Atchison man gets mad
he wishes he owned a newspaper. That
the time you shouldn't own one.
To a woman a good figure is more i'm
portant than being good at figures. re-
gardless of the high salaries paid to skilled
accountants
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BILLY ROBIN FINDS ADVICE IS WORTHLESS

For the first DAY or two after Billy
Robin and his little mate arrived in
the garden they were quite content
to rest and eat, for they were hungry
and tired from the long journey. But
as soon as they were rested and fed,
they began thinking about the new
nest.
THAT old apple tree was all very
we'll last year" declared Billy; but
1 think we had better look around a
bit before building. Maybe we can
find a better location"
II don't know about that" an
swered Mrs. Billy. doubtfully. Il
liked the nest in the apple tree. Why
not stay there?" For, you see, Mrs.
Billy was very anxious to get to
building. and hunting around for a
new place seemed just a waste of time
to her.
"Oh. of course. it would do" adj
mitted Billy; but 1 mean to get adj
vice on this matter. Maybe we. can
find a much better place. There's
Chirpy Sparrow now. He suggested
the apple tree last year, maybe he
will have new place in mind now"
SO Billy darted away, leaving Mrs.
Billy to wait with what patience she
could muster.
Silly grumbled Mrs. Billy. when
she noticed that Chirpy and Billy had
begun what appeared to be long
COi1dO IL SiiIPly not wall IOI
them, How can l build a nest and
lay my eggs and everything, if l have
to wait and wait to begin? I'll start
Matchmaking this very minute and I'll
make the nest in this crook in the
apple tree where we lived all summer
What was good one year ought to be
good another.
And with that sensible remark she
began her hunt for nest materials.
But Billy didn't look behind him;
and he was so intent on his own talk
that he would not have noticed if she
had picked up straws from under his
very bill
NO" he was saying to Chirpy. II
want to find a new place. The apple
tree was very good last year, of course,
but 1 want something different"
Then build in the Usage orange
hedge" said Chirpy.
''All right, / WILL exclaimed Billy
in delight. why didn't 1 think of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
Journal Entries

Countless people live most success
full lives without realizing that they
do.
+ - J.
Another genius is the fellow who
can make the commonplace things of
life interesting.
r + =
Girls waste a lot of time in dream
ing of the ideal man who is to come
their way. There isn't any such thing.
+ =
Honor is a fine thing, but a man
doesn't find it very substantial to lean
on when he has lost everything ex-
cept it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
DINNER STORIES.

A teacher was explaining to her
pupils in the primary class the diff
ference between civilized and unciviI-
lied races, insisting upon the three
things as requisites for civilization
food, clothing and shelter.
The following day she resumed her
subject, by way of review.
What are the three things neces-
sary to a civilized MANI" she asked.
Several of the children remember
ed food and clothing, but the third
requisite seemed to have entirely es-
capped their recollection. Finally, af-
ter the question had been repeated
two or three times, one of the boys,
the largest one in the class, raised his
hand triumphantly-
We'll, James, you may tell u.s.
"a wife,
There is a certain dear old lady
who owns a little farm and takes a
few boarders in summer.
Recently an anxious young mother,
who has been industriously delving
into medical literature of late, in
quired of the old lady whether or not
the milk served at her table was pas
teurized.
"Of coursei" was the old lady's in
dignant reply. Don't we keep the
cows we've got in the pasture all
summer long?"
The imprisoned orator at the Mil
waukee tramps' convention paused
and wiped his perspiring brow.
Brothers, he said, this Is hard
work" T. en- they expelled him.
Our Dumb Animals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.l
Man is made of dust-and is always out
for more
Some womens idea of foolishness is to
dress sensibly.
What this world needs is fewer creeds
and more real charity.
Some men who run for office ought to be
made to run the gauntlet.
Fussing in public is better matrimonial
sign than kissing in public.
And the more confidence we have in 9TH
ers the more we are disappointed.
As long it is only talk, let the other
fellow have his way. Why should you care !?
Too many men turn down a paying job
for reform work that doesn't pay them
anything.
Love may make the world go round but
lovers don't know whether the old ball is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
AN APRIL MORNING.

Once more in misted April.
The world is growing green.
Along the winding river
The plumy willows lean.
Beyond the sweeping meadows
The looming mountains rise,
Like battlements of dreamland
Against the brooding skies.
In every wooded valley
AS though the heart of all things
No languor ever knew.
The goldenwings and bluebirds
Call to their heavenly choirs.
The pines are blued and drifted
With smoke of brushwood fires
And in nv sisters garden
Where little breezes run,
The golden daffodillies
Are blowing in the sun.
Bliss Carman, in the April Atlantic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

Another sortie against the coast of
england by German warships prob
ably raises the question in the minds
OF many as to what the great British
navy is doing. Why it doesn't cut off
these German naval dashes in the
North sea before they reach the Brit
ish coast? And the answer probably
Is that England dare not risk her
major naval units to patrol the North
sea because of the easy marks they
would be for the German submarines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

ITO be surei" grumbIed Billy. And
of course he will come back there this
year. think I'll ask Mr.. Owl where
to build" And away he flew to Old
Man Owls hole in the pine tree over
the way.
Mr.. Owl, please. Mr.. Owl, wake IN
and tell me where to build my nestts
GO away, Go away" mumbled the
sleepy owl. Build where you please.
Don't bother met" And that as all
the answer Billy could get from him.
He stood there in the pine tree
wondering who he should ask next
when who should he spy but Mrs.
Billy. carrying fine big straw toward
the old apple tree.
NO more asking advice for rnei-
exclaimed Billy. Mrs. Billy likes fh~
apple tree. and that's where were
going to Iivei" and he began straw
hunting that very minute.-fCopw-
right-Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

power. The impulse to quarreling and
self-assertion, the pleasure of getting
ones own way in spite of opposition,
is native to most men. 1t is this i'm
pulse, rather than any motive OF cal
culated self-interest. which produces
war and makes the difficulty of
bringing about a world-state. And
this impulse is not confined to one
nation; it exists, in varying degrees,
in all the vigorous nations of the
world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

Sugar may be going up and up in
price on account of the European war,
but it also happens that the preserv-
ing season is rapidly approaching.
Strawberries are already in the mar
ket and coming stronger all the time.
other berries will soon be here. So
will the cherries. And the thrifty
housewives will need sugar and lots
of it. regardless of what its price
NAV be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

Austria is reported to be opposed to
a break between Germany and the
United States, but the chips that Aus
tria has in the war game are not OF
commanding proportions. Germany is
running the Central Powers end of
the war in all things, and by right,
too Had it not been for the strong
arms of Germany. Austria and Turkey
would have been put out of business
long ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

Congress is going blithely ahead
with its preparedness appropriations,
as is indicated by the house naval bill
which calls for almost $21S, 100000.
But the difficulties of the national
legislature in devising the ways and
means to raise the revenue needed to
meet these expenditures are yet to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

With one side of it's mouth the
japanese press is praising President
Wilson's ultimatum to Germany in re-
spect to her submarine tactics, and
with the other side it is roundly scor-
ing this country because of the Bur-
nett immigration bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

It seems impossible, but an estimate
has 1t that the war is costing the bel
tgerent nations of Europe no less than
the enormous sum of $90,OOO,OO0 a
day. Two-thirds of this is being ex-
pended by the Entente Allies at the
rate of $2,50O.OOO an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

Ex-Congressman-Ca Richmond
Pearson HobsOn will probably arise
and remark that he has finally been
vindicated. The New York police have
picked up a young Jap in whose pos
session were found what may be plans
of the United States Notifications on
the Pacific coast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

How perfectly lovely. King George
and Gar Nicholas took occasion to ex-
change Easter greetings. And there
was time when Cousin Bill of Ger
many was remembered when such
Fluctuations were passed around. But
those good old days-well, war is, in
deed. what General Sherman said it
was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

No earthquakes being reported to
1ibe with the unusual activities of the
seismographs, it may be possible that
they may be registering the earth
shocks caused by the terrific artillery
duels in and around Verdun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
EDITORIALS. yC
Observation-Disclosures

vi Is ITTETe aTy sUIIIVIeITC IV1IsOTI
why Judge Nortoni. the Bull Moose
champ of Missouri, should do much
worrying over the necessity of Colonel
Roosevelt running for the presidency
agar. on a third party ticket if Elihu
Root is given the presidential nominal
ton by the Republican national con-
vention. This is an 'if' that has small
chance of Undertaking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

Villa may not be dead but he isn't
making much of noise like live one
that anybody can hear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

that myself?"
THAT will never do for you"
croaked Mr.. Garden Toad. who. un-
noticed by Billy. had been listening.
Don't you remember that the cat
bird nests in the hedge?"