The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-01
Slants
By "Zeke'
By "Zeke"

/ In connection with the government
! regulation of big business it will be
/ interesting to note the attitude of the
administration toward the advance of
the price of gasoline. which since
/ spring has increased somewhere in the
neighborhood of 10 per cent.
/ Since the widespread use of inter
nal combustion engines in the manu-
featuring industries and tractiNe forces
| gasoline is no longer a luxury but d
/ power necessity. At the same time i'm
FroVements in mocha meal equipme mt
and in methods OF distillation have
! been heralded that are reputed to far
more than offset the decline in the
kerose ne market At the same time
an increase in the production of crude
petroleum is shown.
y like increase in the price of coal
would prohibit its use to a great ma
jority OF users.
In that case what would the gov
eminent do?
Probably the easiest way to find out
if you have been trimmed in trans
action is just to wait.
The fear of cleanliness is only over
come by the fear of neighborhood or
official detection in filth
What has become of the old fash
Toned people who were afraid of a tel
ephone?
We believe that the war could be
shortened if the time wasted in esti-
mating the enemys casualties were
devoted to fighting.
This plan would not -top it at once
but it would come as close as Henry
Ford =
Does anyone, barring amateur detec-
tNes, remember the name of the no
| tOrious poison chef.
Subsequent attempts to perform the
apple shooting stunt made famous by
William Tell seem to indicate that he
could not have made good if he had
been drunk
The most boresome conversation is
the one in the stalled street car, tell
ing what has happened and what
ought to be done by the company.
1 his is usually put on by two fat men
who couldn't tell the difference be-
tween Il generator and u power house
to save their souls and is not complete
without some reference to the preju-
dicial attitude of the courts against
public service corporations in damage
suits.
The romantic side of the America,
expedition to Mexico is rapidly deVel-
opins. The hero of the raid is already
engaged to the rescued fair oGc
and the year old boy has walked the
50 miles across the desert. Now for
the single handed capture of the ban
dit.
Some old fashioned man has again
stolen a million dollars worth of pic
lures from an Italian monastery. In
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trail the Italians are praying for the
return of the art treasures.
The result will be the same.
Some forms of economy in public
business are not appreciated. For in
stance, how would you like to get two
pieces of mail in one day from the
state house with six cents postage
due?
A chronic kicker may be described
as man who cannot borrow money
on the strength of his per capita
wealth.
Speaking of the efficiency of our
navy, We submit that the Naval acad-
envy trimmed tn New Orleans Aggic
college 9 to 3 in the first baseball
game of the college season.
The D. A r. is after the recruiting
stations for Decorating the flag bv
leaving it hanging out all night Our
idea of insulting the flag may be dis
torted but after having been sunk bv
submarines and held up by battleships,
shot up by Mexican bandits and re
fused recognition by self-made dicta-
tors of the same county, we feel that
II we were the flag, d night out with
Of a vacation.